"Since you're dating my daughter, that means you told her you are The Fourth Primogenitor," Sensai said, staring at Kojou with sharp, hawk-like eyes.
"Dad, did you know Kojou's identity?" Asagi asked in shock, as she hadn't expected her father to know that Kojou was The Fourth Primogenitor and was hiding it from her.
"It seems you forgot that I'm a Manmade Island City Councilor," Sensai said, glaring at his daughter with a mix of resignation and amusement—she was always smart but tended to be foolish when it came to Kojou. "But judging by your reaction, it seems he didn't really hide it from you."
Seeing Asagi's reaction, Sensai looked clearly satisfied. Although he supported his daughter's relationship with the man she loved, he certainly did not want to give his daughter to a liar who hid his true identity.
"No need to worry, Aiba-san," Kojou said seriously, locking eyes with Sensai. "I'm completely serious about my relationship with Asagi, and I do not intend to hide anything from her."
"Good to hear that," Sensai nodded approvingly as he stood up. "I'll leave now since I've intruded enough on your time together."
After speaking, Sensai left the house, as he still had work to do.
"Shall we go to my room?" Asagi asked shyly, happy to hear Kojou's words, and also because Kojou had become much more handsome, which gave him even more presence.
"Alright, that's better; I want to talk to you about some things, and this isn't the right place for that," Kojou said, rising from the couch and following Asagi to her room.
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10 PM.
"Finally finished," Kojou murmured after finishing his part-time job. He had completely forgotten he had work today, but luckily Diana had called to remind him that they had a shift at the same time.
"Good job, you two," the manager said with a kind smile. "Akatsuki-kun and Caruana-san, you can leave now since your shift is over."
"Thank you very much," Kojou nodded as he took off his apron and hung it up. "I'll leave first then."
After putting away the apron, Kojou and Diana headed to the locker rooms and each entered their respective rooms—women's and men's.
After changing into regular clothes, Kojou left through the back door, as it was time to go.
"I have to go back and study; I have a make-up exam tomorrow," Kojou muttered, since tomorrow was the last day of vacation and he had a final make-up exam. School would start normally the day after.
As for his summer homework, he had copied it from Asagi today when he visited her and asked her to make IDs for Erica and the others.
"Good evening, Akatsuki-senpai," a voice said beside him just as he reached the main street.
"You're...," Kojou said, looking at the girl bowing before him with a raised eyebrow, as he had some impression of her; she had been at the restaurant since his arrival, drinking coffee alone for five hours.
"Fujisaka Touka, pleased to meet you, Akatsuki-senpai," the girl said respectfully, standing in front of Kojou so he could see her face.
Touka was a beautiful girl with long black hair reaching the middle of her back, with a small ponytail on top, and a pair of beautiful blue eyes. She carried a guitar case in her hands.
"..." Kojou could only stare at Touka in amazement, as she represented the ideal Yamato-nadeshiko beauty, especially under the moonlight; she was dazzling.
"Although you already know, I'll introduce myself: Akatsuki Kojou, pleased to meet you," Kojou said, examining the girl. It was clear she wasn't just human. "Do you need something from me?"
"Yes, I was waiting for your shift to end so I could talk to you," Touka nodded gently. "But I don't think this is a good place to talk; what do you say we move somewhere else?"
"I see... Let's go," Kojou nodded, as it really wasn't suitable to talk in a dark alley.
After speaking, Kojou walked nonchalantly toward a nearby empty park. He did not try to talk to Touka since he knew nothing about her except her name, and she must be an attack mage because of the magical power he sensed from her.
The two walked in silence through the noisy city streets, and while Kojou cautiously observed Touka, she was curiously staring at everything.
'Is she one of those young ladies who have never seen the world before?' Kojou thought quietly as he noticed Touka's reactions like someone seeing something for the first time.
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"Here..." Kojou said, handing Touka a juice box he bought from a nearby vending machine, and sat down. "So, what did you want to talk about?"
"As I said before, my name is Fujisaka Touka, and I'm a Sword Shaman from the Lion King Organization," Touka said, fiddling with the juice box in her hand. "You know the Lion King Organization, right?"
"The Lion King Organization? I think it's an organization affiliated with the Public Safety Committee, specialized in preventing large-scale magical disasters and magical terrorism, right?" Kojou said, recalling information Asagi had gathered for him about the supernatural world since he couldn't remain ignorant after deciding to become The Fourth Primogenitor.
"That's right. And as I said, I am a Sword Shaman from the Lion King Organization, sent to observe you because the Primogenitors are too powerful to be left unmonitored," Touka said, taking a sip of the grape juice Kojou had offered her.
"I see. But didn't your superiors expect me to get angry at their rudeness and go berserk?" Kojou asked calmly, as if talking about the weather.
Although Kojou was calm and hadn't done anything threatening, Touka was more nervous about this calm than she would have been if Kojou got angry.
"Well..." Touka said nervously, wanting to explain but unable to because Kojou was right; even if he was The Fourth Primogenitor, that didn't give the Lion King Organization the right to interfere in his life and observe him.
"Well, don't worry too much," Kojou said, finishing his juice box. "I know you have no say in this and I won't blame you; you can carry out your mission, but tell your superiors I have no intention of letting them interfere in my life any more than this, or they should make sure the consequences won't be pleasant."
"Alright..." Upon hearing Kojou's words, Touka could only tremble, feeling that Kojou was not joking and that he would do something terrible.
"Let's go. I'll take you home since I can't let you walk back alone this late," Kojou said with a faint smile, tossing the empty juice box into a trash bin about 10 meters away without even looking at it.
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