889: Hakase
Leader: “You’re an executive, cat-ear Kunoichi. What’s with that outfit?”
cat-ear Kunoichi: “…Casual girly style, nya.”
Leader: “…I see.”
The next day.
Leader: “Executive cat-ear Kunoichi. You’ve put together a rather cute look today?”
cat-ear Kunoichi: “Feminine theme…nya.”
Leader: “……………I see.”
And the day after that.
Leader: “You’re, quite underdressed today, aren’t you?”
cat-ear Kunoichi: “Hot pants-centered coord. Erotic cute style, nya.”
Leader: “…………………I see.”
The leader keeps glancing at me.
(You’re her instructor, so do something about this) – that’s what his looks are saying.
So it’s going to become my responsibility again, isn’t it!?
I haven’t done anything wrong this time…
890: Anonymous Combatant
The typical increase in the Hakase’s workload due to poor management, huh?
891: Anonymous Combatant
Imagining the Hakase flustered between the leader and the cat-ear Kunoichi is killing me.
892: Hakase
But you know, it’s because of the cat-ear Kunoichi’s past.
I’m not actually against her interest in fashion itself. I’m glad she found that joy.
Just be mindful of the right time, place and occasion. That’s why I gently pointed out “Wouldn’t a different look be better for official audiences?”
The next day she came with natural makeup on. What is this, her rebellious phase?
893: Anonymous Combatant
Going with the cat ear look lol
894: Anonymous Combatant
So that kid is one of the ones who teases the Hakase too huh
895: Hakase
What should I do……
896: Anonymous Combatant
But be careful Hakase. Sometimes when a girl starts dressing up, it’s because she’s aware of attracting a guy’s attention.
897: Hakase
……Huh? Huh?
898: Anonymous Combatant
Yeah like she wants a boy she likes to think she’s cute, you know?
Not surprising if she’s a teenager.
899: Hakase
What……Who’s been secretly making moves on her……?
Combatant C guy right? That skirt-chasing C guy?
900: Anonymous Combatant
Combatant C (Charming) guy.
901: Anonymous Combatant
He’s becoming Halvied huh
902: Hakase
Oh. Well, that kid has become an adult too……. It’s only natural for her to change from how she used to be.
903: Anonymous Combatant
As a father myself, I have experience with this. At times like this, you just have to watch over them properly.
It may rub you the wrong way, but if you come down too hard you’ll just alienate them.
904: Anonymous Combatant
I agree. I think stuff like this is an important part of a child’s growth process?
905: Hakase
I see……As much as it pains me, I can’t do anything about it.
Still, the guy who made that kid conscious about fashion! I’ll definitely punch him one day!
906: Anonymous Combatant
He’s totally not over it at all lol
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Miina-Rona is a quiet girl with little emotion, belonging to the Miao minority ethnic group known for their cat-like traits.
The reason for her emotional detachment lies in her past, deprived of her parents’ love.
Miina was born into the Rona household, the leading family of the Shadow Manipulation Art.
However, her father abused her, his daughter from his official wife, and showered affection only on the daughter of his concubine.
Though officially his wife, her mother was never truly loved, having entered into the marriage for political reasons.
Adding to this, at the tender age of ten, Miina had already mastered the Shadow Manipulation Art to unprecedented depths her father could never reach.
Her father’s cold treatment stemmed from mere jealousy – he could not accept that his daughter would far surpass him as a master of their family’s art, etching her name into Rona’s history.
This led the father to ally himself with the Delnkeim divine spirit organization.
Once formidable, this group possessing powerful combat forces and outrageous technology was rapidly losing influence after the previous leader’s death.
By getting close to and exploiting Delnkeim ,
the Rona household head planned to eventually assassinate their leader and seize the entire organization when the time came – an unprecedented audacious scheme.
But to do so, he needed to offer up a valuable enough hostage. The one chosen was Miina.
She did not resist. Having long lost any familial affection, she knew as the daughter of an assassin household, she had no choice.
[I may not be exactly an upright, ethical person either. But for some reason……Rona household head, you are unpleasant.]
However, the household head’s scheme was preemptively thwarted by a man named Halvied-Calm-Sein, who claimed to be a Delnkeim executive.
Accompanied by monstrosities and ethereal troops, he decimated the Rona household. Kneeling down to meet Miina’s eyes, he spoke to her:
[I am Halvied, an evil divine spirit engineer. That’s why I resorted to violence to disrupt negotiations with Rona, forcibly taking you with me. But I’m no good at physical exertion. If you tried escaping, I wouldn’t be able to catch up.]
In other words, she could choose to run or come with him.
[I never had a place to begin with. So I’ll……go with you, nya.]
Thus Miina, for the first time, chose to seek something of her own volition.
She had always just been an unwanted child.
Hal was the first to extend a hand to Miina.
Under his guidance, she came to Delnkeim . As an expert spy, Miina now lives each day happily in her own way.
That’s why she thinks: Hal is like a father, friend, colleague, teacher……perhaps even her deity.
“Umaa……what is this? This recommended dan dan noodle cup is too delicious! I’ll have to pour the soup over white rice too.”
Though the evil divine spirit engineer who saved Miina is not as serious as he looks.
He keeps his room neat and tidy, and is meticulous about laundry. But he loves strong, heavily flavored foods, eating only instant and frozen meals he picked up in Japan. He also adores sweets.
At one point he served as an instructor, and still looks out for Miina now and then. But the longer their association, the more his scatterbrained side shows.
Still, her respect and affection for him never wavers in the slightest.
“Hal, always eating stuff like that is bad for your health, nya.”
“Hm? No, Miina. Delicious means the body is craving it.”
Spouting some dubious theory, he makes and finishes off the dan dan noodle soup over rice.
Ever since the invasion of Japan began, Hal has been busy. Yet he also seems to be one of those most enjoying Japanese culture. Though she feels a tinge of discomfort seeing him make a hand-drawn poster of their enemy Fiona from Seiryu and hang it in his room.
“By the way Miina,”
“……Nya?”
“No, I’ve noticed you’ve been putting more effort into fashion lately. Every outfit looks great on you, and I, I think it’s quite cute.”
Hal has changed recently.
Before, while respecting Miina as a fellow executive, he never treated her as a girl.
But perhaps because she’s an adult now, he’ll compliment her when he notices little accessories, saying she looks cute.
The reason Miina started dressing up was precisely for that.
Having had only a guardian/colleague dynamic until now, Hal’s words of praise made her happier than expected.
“Though for official audiences, maybe clothing giving a slightly different impression would be better?”
“Got it, nya.”
Then she’ll try different types of outfits.
Put on some makeup too, and show her grown-up self. Each time, Hal will give her different words of praise.
It was Hal himself who taught Miina the joy of fashion after all.
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