Chapter 1913: Cute and Stupid Observer
Haru and Himeragi then went to the nearby fast-food restaurant and ordered a burger. He could see that she was slightly nervous, so he needed to be the one who took the initiative. "Well, how about we introduce each other first, miss stalker?"
"I'm not a stalker!" Himeragi stood up and slammed the table quite forcefully, causing everyone to turn their attention toward them. "Ugh...!" She quickly realized what she was doing, lowered her head embarrassedly, then sat down on her seat while looking at Haru begrudgingly.
'What an unreasonable girl?' Haru shook his head and asked, "So what's your name?"
"My name is Himeragi Yukina. I'm a sword shaman from the Lion King Organization," Himeragi introduced her identity without hesitation.
"..." Haru looked at Himeragi for a moment and wondered why the Lion King Organization would send such a stupid girl to follow him.
"Wh - What...?!" Himeragi's face blushed when Haru kept staring at him.
"Sorry, I didn't expect that a sword shaman from the Lion King Organization would be this cute," Haru said with a sigh, wondering what kind of organization would keep a lot of cute girls?
"Wha ---?!" Himeragi's face was so red that smoke emitted from her head. She knew that the fourth progenitor was dangerous, but she didn't expect him to be this dangerous!
Himeragi wanted to ask something, but...
"Sorry for the wait. Here's your order!" The waitress came with their order, but then she winked at Haru, then gave a piece of paper to him.
"..." Haru.
Haru nodded with a smile and looked at the paper for a moment before he let out a sigh. He was wearing a facemask, but his popularity was still high, huh?
Looking at Haru's reaction, Himeragi was a bit curious and asked, "What's that?" Even though she was a bit emotional and easily angered, she also knew that the young man in front of her was the fourth progenitor, so she also needed to be respectful. However, somehow, she felt very comfortable with him, which caused her to let her guard down from time to time. She was also wondering how his face was behind that facemask.
"You want to see?" Haru asked.
Himeragi nodded without hesitation.
"Here you go." Haru then gave the piece of paper to Himeragi.
Himeragi was wondering whether the piece of paper filled with a secret could cause trouble to the world, but...
"........"
Himeragi was lost for words when she saw the number and piece of note that was written by the cute waitress of this restaurant. Her face quickly turned red, then quickly said, "As expected, you're dangerous, the fourth progenitor!"
"Ha?" Haru was confused.
"You use your charm to cause trouble to the innocent girl, right? You don't need to hide it anymore. I know it!" Himeragi said.
"......"
Haru wasn't going to deny it since Himeragi was right. "Well, sit down first. You should know that no one has ever seen the fourth progenitor's face, so are you sure that I'm the fourth progenitor?"
"Eh? You're not?" Himeragi was dumbfounded.
'This girl is really gullible, right?' Haru sighed inwardly, and before he wanted to say something....
*Growl!*
"........" Himeragi.
Haru smiled and said, "You can't fight with an empty stomach. How about you eat first? We can talk slowly since we have a lot of time."
Hearing Haru's words, Himeragi nodded without hesitation. "Yes!" She then enjoyed the hamburger on her hands with a happy face since she was really famished. She also had to admit that Haru was saying something good since she knew that she couldn't do her mission with an empty stomach, so what she needed to do right now was to eat.
Haru looked at Himeragi and couldn't help but sigh. Himeragi was very young, and he could also tell that for someone around her age, she was quite powerful, which was why he was wondering what kind of training that she had done during her childhood time to achieve that power. He knew that she had sacrificed a lot of things, and it might be because of that. She was a bit stupid. 'Well, since she's cute, I'll forgive her.' Looking at Himeragi, who ate heartily, he smiled and said, "You have ketchup on the corner of your mouth."
"Eh? Really?" Himeragi was surprised, but then she tried to lick that ketchup with her tongue, but she couldn't do it. "Where?"
Haru shook his head, then took a tissue, then wiped the stain of ketchup in the corner of her mouth. "Don't move."
"Huh?" Himeragi was dumbfounded again when she saw him wipe the ketchup on the corner of her mouth.
"Here you go, I've cleaned it for you," Haru said with a smile.
"Tha - Thank you..." Himeragi blushed and lowered her head shyly.
Looking at Himeragi, who slowed down the speed of her eating, Haru asked, "You're from the Lion King Organization?"
"That's right!" Himeragi nodded without hesitation.
"And you're a sword shaman?" Haru asked.
"Yes!" Himeragi nodded again.
"That's amazing." Haru looked at Himeragi and said, "I guess you must have been working hard so you could become a sword shaman at such a young age."
"No - No, it is something that I naturally need to do..." Himeragi didn't expect that she would be praised at this moment, which was why she felt a bit embarrassed, but at the same time, she was happy since her hard work was being acknowledged—forgetting the fact that the young man in front of her might be an enemy.
"So, what are you doing here? Why did the Lion King Organization send you here?" Haru knew that there were a lot of people from the King Lion Organization that observed from far away places, and some of them even hid their identity as a student or the employee of his company, but he ignored them since they were practically harmless since they weren't part of the confidential project and only some normal employees. He also knew that Yaze, who was his classmate, was also part of the Lion King Organization, which was why he was quite confused at the reason why the Lion King Organization could send such a gullible girl to be his observer. Besides her cute face, slightly powerful strength, and the powerful weapon on her guitar case, he really couldn't see the reason why she was sent by the Lion King Organization.
Haru observed Himeragi again and looked at the huge suitcase on her side, which somehow made his lips twitch, wondering whether the Lion King Organization didn't prepare a place for this girl to live?
"As I've said before, I'm a Sword Shaman, and I was sent here to the Itogami Island to observe you," Himeragi said.
"Observe me?" It was his first time seeing such an honest observer, which somehow made him speechless.
"Um." Himeragi nodded and said, "The progenitors are considered to be on equal footing with an entire nation's military force. Naturally, that includes the Fourth Progenitor. In other words, your very presence is treated as an act of terror or war."
Haru wasn't surprised at how the world treated him since he didn't care much either way. "Still, I've heard that the Fourth Progenitor has always used a disguise, so no one has ever seen his real face, so are you sure that I'm the Fourth Progenitor?"
"Eh? You're not?!" Himeragi was startled, stood up, looking at him with a confused expression.
"......"
'This girl is really gullible, right?'
Haru smiled and said, "I was joking." He coughed and said, "How about I introduce myself now. My name is Kasugano Haruka. I'm human, but I'm also the Fourth Progenitor." He was wondering how Himeragi was going to react, but as expected that this girl was too loud, right?
"Impossible!" That was the word that came out from Himeragi's mouth since there was no way for the Fourth Progenitor to be a human, right?
Haru looked at Himeragi and sighed. "How about we change our location since you know... if you keep screaming, you're going to disrupt everyone."
"Oh..."
Himeragi looked at everyone who looked at her with doubt and quickly sat down again with a blush. She took a deep breath, staring at Haru, then said, "Let's change our place, Senpai."
"....."
Haru wasn't sure why, but when he heard her call him "Senpai," it made his body slightly giddy. "Well, how about we go to my house? That way, we can talk to each other better without any problem."
"Yes!" Himeragi also nodded since she was also curious about the place where the Fourth Progenitor was living, and she prepared herself, and no matter what kind of situation that she was going to face, she wouldn't be surprised anymore! She made a vow, as the Sword Shaman of the Lion King Organization!