" Gojo San, you really are an amazing person."
All of a sudden, Shun felt a tickling sensation at his ear.
He opened his eyes and saw Kurumi already changed into her maid outfit, standing right beside him.
The uniform itself was not much different from what the other maids were wearing. But with her slightly yandere aura and that killer figure, every other girl in the shop instantly lost all color in comparison.
Because she was leaning very close, the edge of his vision was almost completely filled with white fabric.
He took a small breath, and all he smelled was the faint fresh scent of a girl.
And with this getup, she was wearing white suspender stockings, the contrast effect cranked all the way up.
Shun had to admit, purely in terms of looks and style, this girl was very much his type.
Seeing him open his eyes, Kurumi reached out and tapped him lightly on the tip of his nose.
"With so many cute maid girls around, it is impressive you can actually fall asleep, Mr. Gojo."
Shun caught her hand and chuckled. "But I am awake now, am I not?"
He had just unraveled the truth of the First Bullet, and now there was a beautiful girl right in front of him who suited his tastes perfectly.
Mm... it would have been strange if Shun had not been in a good mood.
"Eh? Is it because of Kurumi? I am so happy."
She acted shocked, like she really had not expected that answer.
Shun looked her up and down. "This outfit is very nice."
Hearing him compliment her, Kurumi giggled.
Right in front of him, she spun around in a little circle.
Oh ho, absolute territory.
She really knew what she was doing.
"So then, Master, what would you like Kurumi to do for you?"
As she spoke, the girl fluently opened the menu for him.
He glanced casually down the list.
Sure enough, the prices in the maid café were a little outrageous.
Most dishes were one and a half times the price outside, some were even triple.
And that did not even include the extra charges for interacting with the maids.
You could say this place was black-hearted in a very straightforward way.
But looking at the otaku guys and girls around them, all smiling like fools, he figured they were more than willing to pay.
Still, come to think of it, were people bold enough to come to a maid café really what you would call shut-in otaku anymore?
Shun glanced at Kurumi. "What do you like to eat?"
"Is Master asking me?"
She did not shy away at all, simply bent down so she could look at the menu together with him.
Their faces were close enough that they could feel each other's breath.
At the same time, Shun could feel something soft, like cotton candy, pressing lightly against his shoulder.
With the word "Master" coming out of a girl like this, there probably were not many men who could hold firm.
"It was always my intention to bring you here for food," Shun said.
Although his true purpose was to study this Kurumi properly.
After all, she absolutely had a deep connection with that cursed spirit.
Maybe the breakthrough point for the cursed spirit Kurumi's clones was this Kurumi right here.
It was even possible that she was the main body.
Until he had a definitive answer, Shun kept all these possibilities open in his mind.
"Eh?! Right, you are treating me, so why am I the one serving you?"
Kurumi suddenly seemed to realize something, her cute face filled with shock.
"Am I taking a huge loss here?"
She whipped her head around to stare at him.
Because neither of them was careful about distance, her lips brushed across Shun's cheek.
"Ah..."
The customers who had been secretly watching them this whole time, along with several maids nearby, all began grinding their teeth.
Realizing she had accidentally kissed his cheek, Kurumi froze slightly.
Shun kept flipping through the menu and said calmly, "You already touched my lips before, so there is no need to be shy about this."
For a moment, she did not know whether to be angry or to laugh.
" I seriously doubt you have ever had a girlfriend," Kurumi sighed.
"Of course I have. Plenty of girls have chased me," Shun answered without a care.
"I even casually gave a few of them a chance."
"..."
Kurumi was completely speechless now.
"That is such a textbook scumbag line."
Shun wagged a finger. "Do not mix up what a scumbag is. I, Gojo Shun, am absolutely a very qualified boyfriend."
"Then why did you break up with those girls?"
She gave him a look full of disdain. "Was it because you two-timed them and could not resist temptation?"
"That was not it," Shun replied calmly. "The reason is simple. It is just too dangerous to stay by my side."
Ever since he obtained the special grade curse system, he had become a magnet for cursed spirits.
People who got too close to him would be stained with his aura, drawing curses to them and putting them in danger.
"Although I can protect them every single time, the sad thing is that I have not met a girl who is willing to stand next to me anyway."
"And to be honest, they did not really have much faith in me."
That was what truly frustrated him.
He had been in a few relationships, all initiated by the girls. Yet every single one of them ended with him being dumped.
Scumbag girls.
"..."
Kurumi's expression turned complicated as she listened.
Even though Shun was using a very calm tone, she could still feel the helplessness and faint sadness buried underneath.
Maybe her sense of sympathy was acting up.
Kurumi suddenly wrapped her arms around him from behind.
"They really were awful to you."