EVA: Shinji Ikari Returns from the Dragon Clan

Chapter 1 0. Golden Eyes

The third New Tokyo City.

"Miyoko-chan."

"Ok?"

Inside a cosmetics store filled with all kinds of products.

Wearing pink nail polish, her slender fingers nonchalantly arranged the goods on the shelf. Asagiri Miyoko, a female office worker who has been in the society for two years, worked as usual today. She hung the price tags one by one and dealt with her usual work as usual.

The person who spoke to her was a female colleague who worked in the same store. They had known each other for a long time and had a good relationship.

"Would you like to go to that new karaoke bar together after get off work?"

"Hey... the one on the flyer? Sure."

"Then it's settled!"

Her colleague waved at her cheerfully.

Looking at her colleague's receding back, Miyoko took a deep breath and tried to cheer herself up.

When she first started working every day, she was not in high spirits. To be honest, the city of New Tokyo was not suitable for living at all. Fifteen years ago, a huge meteorite from outer space fell on the Antarctic continent, causing the Antarctic glaciers to melt and a global disaster broke out. That disaster caused great losses to all mankind.

In Japan alone, a lot of land was flooded.

Not only that, the temperatures throughout Japan have become extreme throughout the four seasons, and today is also an extremely hot day.

After listlessly arranging all the merchandise on the shelf on this side, Miyoko calculated what she would arrange next and came to the side near the glass window.

People are coming and going outside the cosmetics store, and young and beautiful girls are walking together.

Even though half of the human population disappeared after the disaster, this commercial street is still bustling today.

…Just then.

She noticed something unusual.

A big boy was outside looking into the store, seemingly hesitating whether to come in.

Do not know why.

Where he stood, people subconsciously avoided him.

The boy was wearing a white shirt and black trousers that looked like a middle school uniform. He was so old-fashioned that he seemed like someone who had walked out of old photos from the last century. His every move was neat and tidy, as if he was going to give a grand opening speech.

The way he was dressed, he should be quietly attending class on the campus of some aristocratic school.

Instead of standing there like a homeless ghost.

——Completely out of tune with the crowd around him.

Miyoko suddenly had a strange feeling: he was standing there, but he didn't seem to exist. The boy was so ethereal that he seemed like a mirror in another world, so everyone ignored him, but she was the only one who could stand with him if she took a step forward. The great attraction prompted her to speak.
"guest……"

Hear sounds.

The boy looked at her.

Midori couldn't help but hold her breath.

People often say that eyes are windows to the soul, and she agrees with this statement. When she saw the boy's eyes, Miyoko was immediately attracted by them. They were extremely beautiful eyes, deep as a cold pond, firm and clear. When staring at people, the golden pupils sparkled, as if they didn't care, but seemed to be listening attentively at all times.

But the point is not here, but that the eyes are golden.

Are there normal people in the world with golden eyes?

She almost jumped out of her wits.

But as a clerk in a cosmetics store, Midori quickly realized that the other person was just wearing golden contact lenses, but because they were so realistic, she almost thought they were real.

Amazing!
It must be one of those expensive brands.

As if noticing her nervousness, the boy smiled kindly and said in a clear voice:
"I want to buy some colored contact lenses, can I?"

“…Yes.” Although she was surprised, Miyoko’s qualities as a store clerk allowed her to react quickly, “Please come over here with me.”

The two of them walked one after the other, moving through the shelves filled with a wide variety of goods.

Although the store was not big and it only took a moment to reach the cosmetic contact lens section, Midori felt as if a long time had passed while she was being led the way.

She felt her heart pounding.

Breathing is also a bit short.

The air conditioning in the store was as useless as usual, but Miyoko felt that there was another reason. The big boy behind her was staring at her with his golden eyes, right? Just thinking about it made her whole body seem to have an allergic reaction, as if she was stuck in a quagmire...

no doubt!

I'm attracted to him! Could it be that the rosy Tokyo love story will begin today?
…etc.

Something seems wrong.

No one would start a rosy romance so long after graduating from school and starting working. Besides, the other person looks like a minor. When I think about it this way, I feel really guilty for falling in love with an underage boy at first sight.

"There are many different types of contact lenses depending on when they are discarded. Which model would you like to see first?"

"No need to look around, I have experience."

The big boy picked up several dark brown contact lenses on the shelf with ease, without seeming to be choosing carefully. It was obvious that he didn't care much about the style of the contact lenses; the only thing he cared about was the color.

Brown or black contact lenses are not popular in East Asia. After all, they look the same whether you wear them or not.

Miyoko couldn't help but be very curious.

Maybe underneath those golden pupils, there are pupils of another color?

Is he a foreigner?

"That's all, check out."

"Ok."

Should have promoted something more.

But before she knew it, she obeyed the other party's orders.

After getting the change, the boy couldn't wait to put on his dark brown contact lenses in front of the mirror in the cosmetics store. Midoriko opened her mouth slightly, wanting to say that if the gold contact lenses she was wearing before were not taken off, the two pairs of contact lenses would easily stick together, but the other party had already stood up swiftly and was ready to leave.

Midori looked at this and found it a little unbelievable.

It was just a pair of cosmetic contact lenses, but it created a completely different temperament. Under the contact lenses, he looked very gentle, with delicate features and slightly upturned eyes, even a little girlish. When he smiled, it was definitely a smile that made the sun pale in comparison, like a lily of the valley swaying in the wind.

Watching the other person leaving.

Do not know why.

Miyoko's heart gradually calmed down, and her whole body, which had suffered an allergic reaction, also returned to normal. But even though the figure had gone far away, she still stared at him in a trance.

"Come back to your senses."

The colleague waved in front of her jokingly and pulled her back.
"Are you still looking at that guest?"

"I might……"

"Ok?"

Midori said in a trance: "I have met my soulmate."

"I don't know whether I like it or I'm afraid, I feel my heart beating fast."

I feel the same way. When he looked at me, I felt my whole body trembling. My colleague was stunned for a moment, looked at Miyoko who seemed to be in love, and did not say this.

Those eyes...

Even when she took a break from get off work at noon, Midori was still thinking about the boy's eyes.

it's a pity.

I haven't had time to talk about the dangers of wearing two contact lenses at one time, nor have I asked for contact information or anything.

But misfortunes never come alone in life.

As she recalled.

A voice suddenly came from the broadcast on the wall of the cosmetics store:

"At 12:30 today, an emergency warning has been issued for the entire central Kanto region, centered around the East China Sea. All residents, please evacuate to the designated shelters immediately. I repeat once more..."

Midori didn't react for a moment.

That was the siren sounding to evacuate.

Why... there shouldn't be an evacuation drill today... Does that mean we really have to evacuate? Although this city has often conducted evacuation drills before, even to the point where it affected daily work, the strongest earthquakes so far have only been minor ones. Is today finally a big one?

as predicted.

The merchandise in the cosmetics store began to shake, and the chandelier on the ceiling swayed left and right.

It’s really an earthquake!
It's over.

Miyoko thought.

The karaoke in the evening is also going to be cancelled!
(End of this chapter)