Chapter 155: The Yaoyorozu Maids
Yaoyorozu's home was in the Setagaya district, an area where many celebrities and artists lived. To protect these residents, Pro Heroes patrolled the area around the clock. On the way from the subway station to Momo's house, Kira and the others had already seen several heroes in costume, including the Chivalrous Hero, Fourth Kind, walking through the city with a few of his sidekicks in black suits.
Besides Mina and Kaminari, Jiro, Hagakure, Ojiro, and Sero had also come along.
Sero and Hagakure were in the same boat as Mina, near the bottom of the class rankings. Jiro and Ojiro, while better academically, had their own weak subjects. And so, after pleading with Momo, they had all tagged along.
Mineta had wanted to come too, but he had been unanimously rejected by all the girls. Momo had originally felt a little bad seeing his disappointed expression, but then she remembered the peeping incident in the locker room the other day and decided he deserved to be ostracized.
When they arrived at the address Momo had given them—
"It's huge! Yaoyorozu is a true-blue high-society young lady!" Mina Ashido's jaw dropped as she stared at the building with the "Yaoyorozu" nameplate.
"Is this really a 'house'? It's practically a small park..." Yoshikage Kira was also stunned by the sight of the sprawling, European-style manor. So this is how the upper class lives. I've only ever seen something like this on TV.
"When Yaoyorozu said she'd open up the 'hall' for the study session, I thought she was just exaggerating..." Kaminari clicked his tongue. "Don't tell me it's a facility the size of the school's stadium! Even my old man, who fancies himself a member of a prestigious family, has probably never seen a setup like this!"
A thought suddenly occurred to Kira. If this world didn't have Quirks, a girl from a family like this probably would never have been studying with commoners like them. She would be in an elite private school, surrounded by other members of the upper class. The emergence of Quirks had rendered the solidified class structures of family and corporate dynasties obsolete in the face of innate advantages. Unless they resorted to "Quirk Marriages" like Endeavor, their class was destined to collapse one day.
But that has little to do with me. After Kira pressed the doorbell, the line was quickly connected.
Momo's excited voice came through the speaker. "Kira-san! Are you all here? Please, come in! Someone will be at the gate to take you to the study room!"
With a creak, the iron gate opened automatically. A driverless tour cart rolled out from the lawn. After everyone had boarded, it began to drive along the white stone path toward the main house.
Sitting behind Kira, Kaminari suddenly shook his shoulder excitedly. "Kira, look! Maids!"
At the end of the path, in front of a classic, mansion-like building, two young girls in knee-length maid outfits were waiting. They were both very petite, looking almost like elementary school students. One had a haughty expression, while the other was looking down, appearing a bit nervous.
Kira felt that the two of them looked familiar. When the cart stopped, he was surprised to find that they were indeed people he had met before: Ueno and Tsukimi Komachi.
They were both second-year students at U.A., though not from the Hero Course. Before the Sports Festival, Kira had discovered them tracking him with their eyeball drone, and they had been forced to tell him everything about the Student Council Secretary's surveillance.
At the time, Kira had thought the secretary, Erina Nakiri, was targeting him, so he and Momo had performed a little "Princess and Knight" act in the meeting room. He later discovered it was all a misunderstanding, but it had at least helped Momo and Erina become friends, so it wasn't a complete waste of effort.
"Gah! It's that pervert!" The moment Kira and the others got out of the cart, Ueno's twin-tails shot straight up. She pointed at them and shouted, "Don't tell me you're the ones Yaoyorozu invited!?"
Denki Kaminari, who was at the front, pointed at his own face in disbelief. "A pervert? You mean me!? I was just a little excited to see the maid outfits! Do I really look like a pervert!?"
Jiro deadpanned, "No. I think you're more of an idiot."
"She's not talking about you," Kira said, patting Kaminari on the shoulder. He ignored Ueno's protests, walked up, and grabbed her by her twin-tails, lifting her into the air. "It's been a while. But you're still as feisty as ever."
Kira knew Ueno's personality. The only way to have a normal conversation with her was to subdue her first.
As he spoke, he reached out with his other hand and patted Komachi's head. "Komachi. Long time no see," he said with a smile. In Kira's eyes, Komachi was like a harmless little pet.
Komachi kept her head down, only managing a soft "Mm."
"What are you doing, you pervert!? Let me go!" Ueno, surprisingly, didn't feel any pain from having her hair grabbed. She cursed and kicked at Kira, but because her limbs were so short, she couldn't reach him. "If you hold onto me for three more seconds, the Pro Hero on patrol nearby will get my signal and have you locked up!"
"So the 'pervert' was Kira! Don't tell me our Class Rep did something unspeakable to her?" Sero said with a suggestive smile. "Doing that to a little girl is illegal, you know."
"No way! Kira-kun isn't that kind of person!" Toru Hagakure retorted. "And look! The other girl isn't resisting his head-pat at all! Doesn't that mean it's her own problem!?"
"A head-pat! I'm so jealous!" Mina said, completely ignoring the situation and just staring at Komachi with sparkling eyes.
Ojiro said nervously, "Kira-kun, I don't think it's a good idea to hold a little girl like that."
Hearing this, a vein throbbed on Ueno's forehead. "Little girl!? Who are you calling a little girl!? Your whole family is little girls! I'm your senpai!"
"Eh? I was just trying to help, and I get yelled at..." Ojiro said, a rare look of dejection on his face.
Kaminari wasn't interested in a kid who hadn't developed yet. He smoothed his hair and asked directly, "Kira, this kid is pretty fierce. What did you do to piss her off?"
"I don't feel like I did anything to her. She's the one who wanted to pick a fight with me," Kira said, letting her go. "Isn't Yaoyorozu waiting for us? Lead the way."
"Hmph! You bastard! If the Yaoyorozu family wasn't my biggest client, I wouldn't have let you off so easily!" Ueno said, straightening her clothes in a huff. She angrily stomped off ahead. Komachi gave Kira a bow and then scurried after her.
"Kira... uh, where did you meet those two little girls?" Kaminari asked, scratching his head in confusion. "And from the looks of it, they don't seem like they're really Yaoyorozu's maids, do they?"
"Who knows? Let's see what Yaoyorozu has to say," Kira shrugged. "Also, Ojiro, they really are our senpai. It was a bit inappropriate for you to call her a little girl."
The rest of the group retorted in unison, "But isn't grabbing her by the hair even more inappropriate!?"
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