"Senpai… are you really sure it's okay for me to go on the school trip?" Touka asked softly, anxiety evident in her eyes despite her attempt to hide it.
Kojou smiled lightly, raising his hand to gently stroke her soft black hair.
"There's no need to worry so much… it's a chance to forget what's been bothering you for a while and just live like a normal girl among your friends and classmates."
She paused for a moment, staring at him as if seeking reassurance in his eyes.
"If you say so…" she finally murmured, then nodded in quiet surrender.
It was clear she was still hesitant, but she trusted his words. Kojou wasn't just her man; he was also in charge of the LKO, and she was one of his followers. So… all she could do now was listen to him and believe that he knew what was best for her.
"I'll be fine then…" she said at last, with a small smile, though it was more of a shy smile than a reassuring one.
He responded with an even smoother smile:
"That's what I want to hear from you. Just be yourself, and don't think too much about work."
She turned her face slightly, trying to hide the blush creeping across her cheeks.
"Be myself" — the words seemed simple when he said them, yet they carried a special weight for her…
A normal life wasn't something she had grown accustomed to since joining the LKO, yet she felt that his words gave her the courage to try.
"Touka-chan! Kojou-kun! Let's go into that store!" Nagisa called from ahead, walking with Kanon and pointing to a shop by the roadside.
"…" Both of them looked at Nagisa, then at the store, which was a women's lingerie shop.
"Go ahead, I'll catch up with you in a bit," Kojou said calmly, hands in his pockets, a small smile on his face showing that he understood exactly what Nagisa was thinking.
The three were his women, and they had done so many things together that buying just some lingerie wasn't a big deal—especially since Kojou wasn't the type to be embarrassed by such things, his handsome face giving him plenty of privileges with women.
Touka raised her eyebrows slightly, clearly flustered.
"S… Senpai? You're not actually thinking of going in, right?!" she said, her voice a little louder, eyes wide.
He replied with a side smile, tilting his head slightly toward her:
"And why not? She invited me herself, didn't she?"
Touka's entire face turned bright red, as if steam might rise from her head.
"That's not what Nagisa-chan meant! She just…!"
But before she could finish, Nagisa grabbed her arm from the front, letting out a small mischievous laugh.
"Ah, don't speak for me, Touka-chan~! Actually, I wanted his opinion."
"...Na…Nagisa-chan!" Touka muttered, blushing furiously as she tried to pull her arm away, while Kanon merely sighed lightly, a faint smile appearing on her face.
"We'll be waiting for you, Onii-san."
Nagisa stepped lightly toward Kojou, her eyes sparkling with playful mischief as she said:
"So, Kojou-kun, which kind of lace do you prefer? Classic white? Or bold black?"
"That depends on the person," Kojou replied with a sly smile. "So go ahead and pick what you like first, then I'll come and choose what I prefer."
Nagisa giggled lightly, covering her mouth with her hand in a deliberately feminine way, her mischievous gaze never leaving Kojou.
"Hah… you're as confident as ever, Kojou-kun~"
She took a small step closer, leaving only about two steps between them, then whispered with a side smile:
"But don't regret it when I show you what I picked later…"
Kojou blinked slowly before responding in his usual calm tone, which was enough to make her cheeks flush lightly:
"That depends on how daring you are, Nagisa."
She stepped back slightly, laughing with a shy, forced laugh, while Touka in the back watched the scene with tense eyes and heavily reddened cheeks.
"Nagisa-chan… stop that, people are watching!" Touka whispered, trying to pull her away, but Nagisa paid little attention. She let out a beautiful bell-like laugh before entering the store with the other two girls.
Once the three girls entered the lingerie shop, Kojou heard a voice beside him.
"That silver-haired girl… she's very beautiful," a calm, refined voice said. "Is she your girlfriend?"
"Although I'm not obliged to answer a junk heap like you… yes, she's my girlfriend," Kojou replied, giving the man beside him a look of disdain. "So, are you targeting Kanon's life again, Amatsuka Kou?"
"Oh, since you know my name, you don't seem like a normal human," Amatsuka Kou said with a trembling smile, as his hand turned into a silver, liquid-like substance that surged toward Kojou. "But that doesn't give you the right to call others a junk heap."
Despite his attempt to remain calm, it was clear that Amatsuka Kou was extremely angry, murderous intent burning through his entire body.
"…" Kojou stared at Amatsuka Kou calmly, as a soft yet terrifying Mauve light glimmered like waves that swallowed and destroyed everything.
Magic Eyes of Mauve.
It was a gift given to him by Anos after training; without the Voldigoad bloodline, it would have been impossible for anyone to possess the Magic Eyes of Mauve.
The moment the Magic Eyes of Mauve appeared, Kou froze, beginning to disintegrate into nothingness, as the Magic Eyes of Mauve had the power to destroy gods and laws (concepts).
In that brief moment, every sound on the street vanished.
Even the noise of cars and passing laughter seemed to shrink into the void, swallowed by a wave of deep, deadly silence.
Kojou's eyes—greyish-purple in color—glowed with a dark, cold light, like a limitless sea.
The light pulsed slowly, consuming the air around them, and with each pulse, Amatsuka Kou's face contorted further, his metallic skin melting as if evaporating into the void itself.
"…These eyes…" Kou muttered in a trembling voice, silver sparks flying from his body.
"Impossible… this kind of power… cannot exist among humans!"
Kojou did not answer.
His gaze remained fixed, devoid of emotion, as if he were merely executing a simple equation without feeling.
With each passing second, Kou's body boundaries faded further, his extremities turning into metallic ash scattered into the air.
"You better remember something…" Kojou finally said in a low voice, his tone sharper than anger itself.
"The next time you raise your hand against any of my women… you won't even find the void to hide in."
In the next moment, Amatsuka Kou completely vanished—no body, no remains, no energy.
It was as if his very existence had been erased from reality.
Kojou exhaled calmly, his eyes returning to their natural color, standing as if nothing had happened.
"Well, there won't be a next time," Kojou muttered with a hint of sarcasm, as the one destroyed wasn't just Kou, but also Wiseman's consciousness hiding within Kou's staff.
"And now, it's better to see the girls…" Kojou stretched lazily after dealing with the pest and followed the girls into the lingerie shop, under the curious and excited gazes of women eager to see a handsome man like him.
But before anyone could approach him to chase him away or speak, he had already reached Nagisa and the others, speaking to them, preventing anyone from coming closer. Since he was with women, there was no reason to chase him away.
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