I am the protagonist

"I will work even harder if my boss praises me."

Tsunayoshi was quite helpless after hearing this.

Tsuna had gradually come to understand Chrome's preferences over time.

Chrome loves nothing more than hearing his praise.

Sometimes, adding praise and a pat on the head makes Chrome even happier.

"Yes yes~"

Chrome is awesome!

It was extremely perfunctory.

"Hmm~"

"Boss, you need to be more serious and not just do things half-heartedly."

That's what they said, but even such perfunctory praise kept Chrome's smile on his face.

More praise requires more effort.

Chrome had already obtained this equation a long time ago.

Effort = Praise

It was a very strange equation, but Chrome found that every time his efforts yielded results, he would receive his favorite praise.

From the initial test to the relentless efforts to earn the boss's praise.

In the monitoring room.

"Mr. Reborn, why do I feel more and more that the Tenth Boss and Miss Chrome are becoming a couple?"

Johnny II, who has been keeping a close eye on the surveillance cameras lately, has felt this feeling growing stronger.

Especially seeing the longing in Chrome's eyes for the Tenth Generation, it was exactly like a girl in love.

"Yeah, Chrome has been getting more and more enthusiastic about Tsuna lately."

"Reborn, guess how many times I've seen Kyoko and Haru looking jealous?"

Reborn knew without a doubt that Kyoko and Haru had been jealous a lot lately.

"Tsuna has been taking good care of Chrome's life lately."

"Although I told Tsuna before, I didn't ask him to take care of me even during my sleep at night."

Bianchi, who already knew this, simply smiled.

Bianchi knew that Reborn wasn't unhappy because of this, but for other reasons.

"Reborn, hasn't Tsuna already made Chrome, who used to be so gloomy, start to become normal again?"

"That's all the stupid thing Tsuna is good for."

Reborn now hopes that Tsuna will take action towards the girls, rather than taking care of them like an older brother.

"That idiot Tsuna never treated Chrome and the others as girls from the very beginning."

"If that idiot had any sense, he would at least have treated them as women... but that idiot has no self-awareness whatsoever."

Bianchi couldn't say anything about this.

Actually, it's not that she couldn't see that Tsuna treated Chrome, Kyoko, and Haru like younger sisters, in a way that was completely devoid of any evil intentions.

It is precisely because of that different perspective on relationships that the current relationship between the four people seems so clear.

Because siblings can't possibly have that kind of relationship.

Otherwise, the way Tsuna looked at those girls would have changed long ago.

“Reborn, after all, Tsuna is not old enough to be interested in girls.”

Well, even Bianchi herself didn't believe that she said that.

Normally, boys in junior high school should have already started to be interested in girls by then.

She remembered that Tsuna was very interested in Kyoko before he lost his memory.

"...Reborn, do you think it could be because of some problems that arose after Tsuna's head injury?"

Reborn's lips twitched involuntarily.

"There shouldn't be any problem."

"That idiot Tsuna was so innocent when he was with Chrome before, and he blushed so much when Chrome kissed him last time."

Suddenly, Bianqi had a flash of inspiration.

"Could it be that because Tsuna lost his past memories, his feelings for girls have also stopped?"

"Bianchi, are you saying that Tsuna isn't uninterested in girls, but rather doesn't know how to treat girls who have feelings for him?"

If that's the interpretation, then Reborn is acceptable.

Reborn, the tutor, felt ashamed when he thought about how innocent Tsuna treated girls.

"That's possible."

Actually, Bianchi wasn't worried about the problem between Tsuna and Chrome.

Even if you don't understand it at all, you'll gradually understand what that feeling is after spending a lot of time with it.

The key is Kyoko and Koharu.

"Reborn, if we could go back ten years, what would Haru and Kyoko do?"

"If they don't know what the memories are like ten years from now, and don't experience the world ten years from now, they'll grow further and further apart from Tsuna."

This is also a problem that gives Reborn a headache.

Chapter 98 Chrome and the Little Lion: Mutual Understanding

"Boss, shouldn't we move aside to open the box?"

"...Ah, I've forgotten about this child."

For a while, Tsuna hadn't been paying attention to box weapons and had even forgotten that he had one.

He took the box out of his pocket, and the box reacted very strongly when he held it in his hand.

"Boss, is it upset that you didn't let it out?"

"...No, the child is probably upset that I forgot about it."

The child had been very eager to get out of the box.

Tsuna suppressed the child's desire to come out at the time, but afterwards he completely forgot about it.

"There's no other way, so let the child out and move around a bit."

The deathly flames on the ring were ignited and directly injected into the box.

The box opened and a ball of flame fell to the ground.

"Ouch!"

A very cute little lion roared with its back to Tsuna.

Tsuna looked on helplessly and covered his face.

"Boss, is it angry?"

Tsuna rolled his eyes at Chrome.

With a helpless expression, he walked over and picked up the angry little lion who was carrying him on the ground.

"Don't be angry, I've had other things to do lately."

The little lion wasn't really angry and ignoring people; it was just protesting its owner's unreliable behavior.

Since its owner had already lowered his head, the little lion did not continue to ignore him.

It turned its head and crawled directly into its master's collar, leaving only its head sticking out while its whole body was hidden inside the master's clothes.

"He was ignoring me just now, but now he's become so clingy."

"Ow~"

The little lion said that even though he was angry, he still needed to be clingy.

For a proud little lion, choosing an owner to stick close to is quite important.

Of course, it is also very important for a proud little lion to have its owner all to itself.

So when it saw another person approaching, the lion cub extended its paws a little.

"Do not attack indiscriminately."

Hearing his master's words, the little lion abandoned his plan to attack and silently withdrew his paws.

"Boss, it doesn't seem to like other people very much."

"Yes, this little lion doesn't like other people very much, and it's quite aggressive towards them."

If he hadn't stopped the little lion from attacking, it would have charged straight at Chrome.

However, this little lion still obeys his commands, but his dislike for other people is a bit of a problem.

"However, the child won't do anything too outrageous when I'm watching him."

"And this child seems to really like me."

From the very beginning, the little lion showed that it really liked him.

[He showed affection towards me, but strong aversion towards others.]

Is this child simply introverted, or does he/she simply dislike other people?

Tsunayoshi wasn't quite sure what the little lion was thinking; he was just inferring from its actions.

"It's because it's the Boss's box weapon, right?"

Chrome had a good relationship with Mist Owl inside the Vongola Box when she opened it.

"may be."

It seems that this is the only reason that can be used to explain this.

"Let's keep the child outside for now."

"Now this child probably doesn't plan to go back into the box."

The little lion has absolutely no intention of going back.

Of course, this situation is also Tsunayoshi's fault.

After all, he had forgotten about the Vongola Box for a week. If he had let the little lion out for a stroll earlier, there probably wouldn't have been so much trouble.

"Ow~"

Having understood its owner's words, the little lion let out a happy howl, then closed its eyes and began to sleep.

"Boss, it seems to be going to sleep."

"Hmm? I thought the child was bored inside the box and decided to come out, but I didn't expect that the first thing it thought of after coming out was to sleep."

"...Boss, I think I understand its thinking a little better."

Chrome looked intently at the Boss.

Seeing the little lion's actions, Chrome felt more and more that she was exactly like the little lion. Just like she could only feel at ease sleeping next to the Boss, the little lion must feel the same way.

Having the boss around really makes you feel safe.

Chrome could never quite put her finger on that feeling.

[It's very comforting; I can completely relax when I'm with the Boss, without any worries about danger.]

As a girl, Chrome could clearly feel that sense of security.

"Ow~"

The little lion also heard Chrome's words.

Although this person was close to his master, the little lion agreed with everything he said.