I, Yuhaka, am hungry!

Croissant patted the part of her shirt with the word "meat" written on it, gave Exusiai a thumbs up, and said:

"Don't worry about leaving it to us. Besides, Yuhaka is a good boy and won't cause us any trouble."

Croissant winked at Exusiai as she spoke, and Texas, watching the interaction between Croissant and Exusiai, frowned and said:

"You two... are acting a bit strange?"

Upon hearing Texas's words, Croissant and Exusiai immediately shuddered. Even Sora, standing to the side, stiffened her smile upon hearing Texas's words. Texas looked at the three of them, whose expressions had become somewhat stiff, for a few seconds before sighing and saying:

"Alright, I'll leave Yu-Yu-chan in your care. We should get going, Exusiai."

After saying that, Texas opened the car door, sat in the driver's seat, and turned the car key to start driving.

"Oh! It's coming!"

Upon hearing Texas's words, Exusiai nodded quickly and went to the passenger seat. After Exusiai closed the car door, Texas started the car and reversed away from Rhodes Island's Nagaku, heading towards a nearby town.

After Texas and the others left, Yuhaka stopped waving her little hands and looked at Croissant and Sora. Croissant and Sora seemed to breathe a sigh of relief when they saw Texas and the others leave. Yuhaka, who was standing next to them, looked at the two of them with a small question mark above her head, as if she didn't know what Croissant and the others were relaxing about.

Croissant and Sora exchanged a glance and nodded. Croissant then said to Sora:

"I'll go prepare those things, then I'll leave it to you to take Youyou out to play."

Hearing Croissant's words, Sora nodded in understanding, clenched his fists, and said:

"Leave it to me! I'll take Yuyu-chan to play in [other] places."

When the two looked towards where Yhaka had been, they discovered that Yhaka, who had just been standing there, had vanished.

huh~~~

Suddenly, a gust of cold wind blew between the two of them...

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In the car driven by Texas, Texas gripped the steering wheel, chewing on Pocky while looking at the wasteland ahead, while Exusiai sat in the passenger seat, gazing out the window at the scenery. Then, a sentence from Texas startled Exusiai sitting next to her.

"You...are you hiding something from me?"

Startled, Exusiai's halo suddenly rose and fell like an elevator, flashing rapidly. Exusiai herself quickly said to Texas:

"Haha, how could that be, Texas? You're overthinking it—"

Before Exusia could finish speaking, Texas suddenly interjected:

"Exusiai, when you panic, the light bulb above your head flashes rapidly. Tell me, what are you guys doing?"

Upon hearing Texas's words, Exusiai looked embarrassed. She scratched her short, burgundy hair, looked at the halo above her head, and said:

"Um... will my aura flash rapidly when I panic?"

This was the first time she had heard this information. Texas, who was standing to the side, turned her eyes to Exusiai and said:

"Tell me, what exactly are you hiding from me? It's not some kind of prank or something, is it?"

Seeing Texas's glare, which seemed to say, "If you don't speak honestly, I'll chop you up," Exusiai panicked and said:

"Don't worry, don't worry! It's not a prank! It's a surprise! It's a surprise!"

Upon hearing Exusiai's answer, Texas, who was driving nearby, raised her eyebrows and looked at Exusiai with some confusion, saying:

"Surprise? What surprise?"

In response to Texas's question, Exusiai deliberately kept her in suspense, waving her hand and saying to Texas:

"Hey~ If a surprise is told, it's no longer a surprise. Texas, just wait and see!"

Hearing Exusiai's words, Texas sighed helplessly and said:

"Okay, hopefully your surprise won't just be shocking..."

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Meanwhile, somewhere on Rhodes Island, Eyhaka was strolling around...

"Hmm OwO?"

As Yuhaka passed by a plantation, he became curious about the various plants inside and went in. Yuhaka looked around at the plantation filled with plants. Although there were vegetable gardens and such in Merlin's area, those were just things grown outdoors. The plants in this plantation were all grown indoors, which was why Yuhaka was curious.

However, after watching for a while, Yuhaka lost interest in the plantation. Just as Yuhaka was leaving the plantation, the plants in the plantation began to grow a little bit.

Shortly after Yuhaka left, the perfumer entered the plantation carrying a bag of fertilizer. However, after taking a few steps into the plantation, the perfumer emerged with a puzzled expression and said:

"Hmm? Why do the children in the plantation seem to have grown a little bit?"

No one answered her question.

Meanwhile, the culprit, Eohaka, continued wandering around. After walking for a while, Eohaka saw Finn, Beagle, and Kokodayo (or rather, Kroos) carrying a bunch of things approaching. Finn and the others greeted Eohaka and said:

"Ah, good afternoon, Manager Youyou~"

Hearing Finn and the others greet him, Yuhaka also raised his right hand and loudly greeted them back:

"Nyapasu~"

“Meow, meow??”

Upon hearing Yuhaka's greeting, Finn and the others looked bewildered. They were clearly confused about the direction of Yuhaka's greeting and even wondered if it was in Yuhaka's native language or something.

Chapter 286 [Youyou's Strolling Around (Part 2)]

After encountering Finn and the others, Yuhaka looked at the things in their hands with a puzzled expression and asked:

"What are you doing?"

After hearing Yuhaka's question, Finn and the others told Yuhaka about their situation:

"Oh, Yu-Yu, you're asking about these things? These are decorations and stuff we'll use to welcome back the Rhodes Island operators."

Upon hearing Finn's words, Yuhaka nodded in understanding, and then Finn and the others said goodbye to Yuhaka and headed towards the cafeteria.

After wandering around Yuhaka, he arrived at a Rhodes Island training ground, where many Rhodes Island operators were training their combat skills.

Here, Ehaka can see Big Cat, who is actually Hoshino, and some Rhodes Island operators training in combat. Ehaka isn't very interested in the combat training of those Rhodes Island operators, since combat skills are basically of little use to her.

Because when Yuhka is fighting in his first form, he basically relies on simple slashing and wild swinging to defeat his enemies.

Of course, this doesn't mean that Yuhaka learned other combat techniques, such as Texas's dual-sword swordsmanship, some of the Iron Eater's fist techniques, and some of the Red Kite's fist techniques.

Some of the techniques were taught to Yhaka by others, while others were learned by Yhaka himself. It was not difficult for Yhaka to learn other people's fighting skills. Just by watching those people fight, Yhaka could memorize those fighting techniques through his dynamic vision and memory.

After watching for a while, Yuhaka went to wander around other places. While Yuhaka was wandering around, Croissant and Sora were tidying up their things in the dormitory. Sora looked at Croissant and said:

"Well, I think I should go find Youyou first. If we leave her alone, she might come back at any time."

Hearing Kong's words, Croissant stroked her chin and said:

"Alright, Kong, go find Youyou. I'll take care of the setup."

After hearing Croissant's words, Sora looked at Croissant with some concern and said:

"Are you sure you can handle that croissant by yourself?"

Croissant, with a "don't worry" look on her face, gave a thumbs-up and said to the air:

"Don't worry, the setup is really simple. I can handle it all by myself. I'll leave Youyou's to you then~"

Croissant continued arranging her things, while Sora went to find Yuhaka. However, before Sora had gone far, Katie saw Sora and shouted:

"Ah! We've spotted Miss Sora!"

Hearing Katie's words, Sora was stunned for a moment, but before Sora could react, Katie grabbed Sora's small hand and pulled her along, saying:

"Excuse me! Miss Kong, please come with me!"

"Huh? Huh? Huh?!"

Kong, who was being dragged away, looked completely bewildered as Katie led him away.

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In a small town, after Texas and Exusiai delivered an order to the client, Exusiai checked her inventory list and said:

"Hmm... we've almost finished delivering all the goods. Just a few more orders and we're done. Texas..."

As she spoke, Exusiai looked in Texas's direction, as if she wanted Texas to drive or something, but unfortunately, Exusiai didn't see Texas next to her.

"???"

Seeing that Texas wasn't by her side, Exusiai had a few question marks popping up above her head. After looking around, she found Texas standing behind the glass wall of a shop selling plush toys, looking at the plush toys inside. Upon seeing this, Exusiai's lips curled up into a ridiculous grin.

Then Exusiai secretly came up behind Texas and teased her:

"Oh dear! Why is our cold-faced messenger, Texas-chan, interested in a little girl's plush toy?"

Hearing Exusiai's teasing, Texas stuffed the Pocky stick in her hand into Exusiai's mouth and said:

"If you can't speak properly, shut your mouth. I was just planning to bring some gifts back for Youyou..."

Exusiai, who was chewing on the Pocky Texas had given her, was taken aback by Texas's words. Texas ignored Exusiai's stunned expression and continued:

"Come to think of it, since we met Youyou, we don't think we've ever given her a decent gift for a girl, have we?"

Hearing Texas's words, a somewhat bewildered Exusiai scratched her head and said in a slightly daze:

"Uh...that seems to be the case? But Texas, what kind of plush toy are you planning to buy for Yu-Yu?"

Regarding the question about Exusiai, Texas stroked her chin, looking somewhat troubled, and said:

"No, actually I don't know much about these things either..."

Hearing Texas's answer made Exusiai a little embarrassed. However, thinking about how she looked like a boy when she was a child, Exusiai felt that she didn't really know what kind of plush toy to buy for Yuhaka. Then Texas asked Exusiai the same question, and Exusiai didn't know what to say, after all... she didn't know what kind of plush toys Yuhaka liked.

Exusiai's answer made Texas a little troubled, and she said:

"I should have brought Kong along. If it were Kong, she probably would have known..."

Hearing Texas's words made Exusiai's expression a little awkward. Although Exusiai really wanted to refute Texas, unfortunately, she couldn't think of anything to say, which made her feel a little frustrated.

"Huh? Aren't these Miss Texas and Miss Exusiai?!"

Hearing someone call their names, Texas and Exusiai turned around and saw a girl with brown twin tails looking at them with a surprised expression. Texas and Exusiai were also taken aback when they saw the girl with brown twin tails, and then, as if remembering something, Exusiai pointed at the girl with brown twin tails and said:

"Ah! It's Angelina!"

"Long time no see! Miss Texas, Miss Exia."

The one who greeted Exusiai and the others was Angelina, the messenger from Rhodes Island. Angelina looked at Texas and the others standing in front of a shop selling plush toys and asked them: