Crossover anime, and you call this a slice-of-life story?

Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Beautiful Young Writer

Although a week has passed, the boy's face is still deeply etched in my mind.

Touka Kirishima will never forget the scene where the other party effortlessly dealt with a group of ghouls, including one SSS-rank ghoul.

At that moment, she was relieved that she and her companions had not clashed with the other party, otherwise their fate would have been extremely tragic.

Why would such a being come here?

Kirishima Touka felt uneasy, even though she had reached an agreement with Shangguan Jin that would allow them to live in this world.

But that still couldn't diminish the shock Shangguan Yun had given her at the time.

Kojima En'er and Iruma Kaname also noticed the unusual situation at the door, and were surprised to see that the person who came was Shangguan Yun.

However, their reaction was much calmer than that of Kirishima Touka.

Iruka greeted him with a sweet smile, "Welcome, Mr. Shangguan. What kind of coffee would you like, Mr. Shangguan?"

At the same time, he gave Kirishima Touka, who was in a daze, a wink.

Kirishima Touka bowed silently and jogged towards the inner room.

"Just give me a cup of espresso."

Shangguan Yun, led by Ru Jianxuan, sat down at a table.

Yoshimura Kozen, who had been notified by Touka, also came out soon after.

Following behind him were the burly Shihō Renji and a mother and daughter.

Ryoko Fueguchi appeared quite respectful and seemed to have a gentle personality.

The little girl next to her, Hinami Fueguchi, was hiding behind her mother, looking at Shangguan Yun with curious eyes.

Shangguan Yun returned her a smile, which startled her so much that she quickly shrank back.

"Welcome, Mr. Shangguan, to our antique coffee shop. Please wait a moment. As our first customer, please allow me to personally brew you a cup of coffee."

Store manager Yoshimura Kozen greeted customers with a polite smile and spoke in a friendly and calm tone, as if he were conversing with a friend.

"Thank you for your help, store manager."

Shangguan Yun also treated himself as a normal guest.

The others also noticed that Shangguan Yun didn't seem to have any intention of doing anything; he just seemed to be there simply to have a cup of coffee, or... to support them.

The store manager didn't seem surprised at all, as if he already knew the other party was coming back.

Regardless, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Like a friendly older sister, Irimi Kaname introduced Fueguchi and her daughter to Shangguan Yun. Shangguan Yun then pulled out a few candies from somewhere and handed them to Fueguchi Hinami, who was politely greeting her.

Ryoko Fueguchi was flattered and quickly thanked him.

Hinami found that this older brother was quite nice, and she became less nervous, stepping out from behind her mother.

Kirishima Touka also took the opportunity to secretly observe Shangguan Yun.

He appeared to be a very gentle young man with an impeccable appearance. If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she would never have imagined that such a young man could possess such powerful strength.

This made Kirishima Touka curious about Shangguan Yun.

"Kirishima-kun, you must be a junior high school student, right? Do you want to go to school? I can have someone help arrange it."

Shangguan Yun looked at Kirishima Touka, who was the youngest besides Fueguchi Hinami, and asked.

Since he had agreed to let the other party live in this world, Shangguan Yun would treat them as a guest and would take the initiative to consider their needs in some matters.

“I…I’m a junior high school student in our world, but…that was just to better hide my ghoul identity…”

When suddenly asked the question, Kirishima Touka looked a little confused, recalling her life as a student in their world and the girl who often ate with her.

'Have I really been pretending all along?'

“Here you don’t need to pretend, and you don’t have to endure ‘food’ every day, so if you want to go to school, you can just tell us.”

Since ghouls cannot feed on humans in their world, Shangguan Yun considered them nothing more than people from another world with pica.

Of course, this is on the premise that the other party does not cause trouble. If it is like Jason, he will not be lenient.

"Okay...okay, I'll think about it carefully, thank you..."

Touka Kirishima seemed somewhat tempted, but she didn't make a decision on the spot; she needed a period of observation and adjustment.

"Mr. Shangguan, please have some."

Yoshimura had already brewed the coffee and gently placed it on the table in front of Shangguan Yun.

Shangguan Yun picked up the coffee and took a sip.

With a slightly surprised expression, he put down his cup and praised, "As expected of coffee brewed by the shop manager himself, the flavor is rich and mellow, far surpassing any coffee I've ever had before."

Hmm, it's so much better than the civet coffee brewed by that Fujiwara Secretary.

"Thank you for your compliment, Mr. Shangguan."

When Yoshimura Kōzen heard Shangguan Yun's praise, his smile widened.

"No need to call me Mr. Shangguan anymore, just call me Shangguan classmate. Anyway, I'm a high school student, so you won't get me mixed up with my brother."

Upon hearing that the other person was a high school student, everyone's expressions were quite interesting, but they still accepted Shangguan Yun's suggestion.

For the rest of the time, Shangguan Yun quietly drank his coffee.

Kojima En'er and Irumi Kaname were tidying up the counter.

Kirishima Touka was also busy wiping the table, and Hinami was helping out, while the others returned to the inner room.

Shangguan Yun had a fairly good impression of the ghouls in the coffee shop.

This salvaged the impression score that had been lowered due to the Mother of Chaos and Jason.

I sat for about an hour, during which I also tried some coffee brewed by Koma En'er. Although it was slightly inferior to the coffee brewed by the shop owner himself, the taste was still unforgettable.

Several young people discovered the newly opened coffee shop and praised it after trying the coffee.

After bidding farewell to everyone at the coffee shop and declining their offer to have the manager come out to see him off, Shangguan Yun got up and left.

Just as I opened the door, a customer was about to come in.

Before me stood a tall, slender girl with long, straight black hair and a white headband. She had a beautiful figure and graceful curves. If she weren't wearing a school uniform, you wouldn't be able to tell that she was a high school student.

The girl was holding a laptop when she saw the wooden door suddenly open, and her outstretched hand paused.

Shangguan Yun slightly turned his body, indicating that the other party should go first.

Kasumigaoka Utaha looked up at Shangguan Yun, who was standing not far in front of her, paused for a couple of seconds, but quickly came to her senses.

She whispered "thank you" and walked past Shangguan Yun into the coffee shop.

Shangguan Yun didn't pay attention to these small details and had already closed the door and left.

"I actually stared at someone else's face for two seconds. Although it was the first time I had ever seen such a handsome guy, it was still so rude of me. Kasumigaoka Utaha, I never thought you would be like this."

After ordering a coffee, Kasumigaoka Utaha sat at the table, tapping her fingers on the surface, her thighs, clad in black stockings, began to tremble slightly.

I opened my laptop and started typing something on the keyboard.

Slowly put what just happened out of your mind.

'This coffee shop has a pretty nice ambiance; I can come here to write my novel after school.'

Chapter Thirty-Nine: Rize Kamishiro: "I'm intellectual and elegant? Yes, yes, yes!"

On the surface, she is a high school student, but secretly she is also a rising light novel author who has just released the first volume of her debut novel, "Love Metronome".

However, sales were not very good, and there was no sign of a reprint. The editor even said that the third volume might be canceled.

This result was a huge blow to her confidence, and she has recently encountered a creative block.

So she decided to try writing in a different environment to see if she could find new inspiration, and while she was racking her brains, she discovered this coffee shop.

'It doesn't seem very lively. And the surrounding area is quite quiet. Let's go in and take a look.'

And so, the scene described earlier unfolded.

However, it's really nice to write in a different place. Right now, Kasumigaoka Utaha feels like inspiration is flickering in her mind.

He didn't even notice that his coffee had gone cold, and kept his head down, typing away furiously.

Are you writing a novel?

A sudden voice rang in Kasumigaoka Utaha's ears, startling her and pulling her out of her writing state.

Looking up, I realized that someone had appeared beside me at some point.

She has beautiful long purple hair, a tall figure, and an appearance that makes her seem like a very intellectual and elegant woman.

Kasumigaoka Utaha always thought she was very charming, but compared to the other person, she seemed rather naive.

"Excuse me, did I disturb you?"

The woman gently brushed her long hair behind her ear with her right index finger, and said apologetically to Kasumigaoka Utaha, seemingly feeling very guilty for disturbing her writing.

"It's okay, do you like reading novels too?"

Seeing that the other party was so polite, Kasumigaoka Utaha did not treat people coldly as she did at school, but instead asked them a question.

The other person seemed very literary and even noticed that I was writing a novel. They must be a book lover, right?

"That's right, but the novels I usually read are quite niche, so you might not have heard of them. However, I just read a bit of your novel, and it was very exciting. It's clear that you have a very deep cultural foundation, and the sentences you use can create a beautiful atmosphere."

Rize Kamishiro smiled gently and praised her, which made Utaha Kasumigaoka develop a lot of goodwill towards her.

"You flatter me. I'm just a newcomer, and I can't even think of any good storylines right now."

Kasumigaoka Utaha pursed her lips, her expression somewhat distressed.

"Could I take a look at your novel? Perhaps I can offer some suggestions as a reader?"

Rize Kamishiro bent over, a strand of long purple hair falling down, and the young people at the other tables were all attracted to this beautiful woman.

"This one……"

Kasumigaoka Utaha hesitated, after all, the other party was just a stranger, and it was not quite in accordance with the rules to just show the original manuscript of the novel to the other party.

"I'm sorry, I was being presumptuous. If it's inconvenient, then it's alright."

Rize Kamishiro seemed to sense Kasumigaoka Utaha's predicament and took the initiative to speak up.

"No...it's alright. I'd also like to find a reader to give me some feedback. Thank you for your help. My name is Kasumigaoka Utaha, and my pen name is Kasumigaoka Utako."

"My name is Rize Kamishiro, nice to meet you, Shizuko-sensei."

Please give me your guidance.

Rize Kamishiro then naturally sat down next to Utaha Kasumigaoka and began reading intently on the laptop Utaha handed her.

At the counter, Kirishima Touka looked at them warily and asked Irimi Kaname beside her, "Senpai, is it alright to let that woman in?"

Iruma Kaname was wiping the teacups with elegant movements, but her eyes were sharp. Upon hearing this, she said softly, "Don't worry, that woman has no way to hunt in this world. There are still guests here, and we can't drive her away. If we forcibly expel her, she might go berserk and cause casualties."

Seeing that Kirishima Touka was still somewhat worried, Irimi Kaname quietly said to her, "I will warn her when she leaves, and she won't dare to come back if she doesn't want to be arrested."

"That's good."

Hearing that Irimi Kaname had said that, Kirishima Touka breathed a sigh of relief.

Looking at the girl who was talking to Rize Kamishiro, Touka Kirishima decided to give her a subtle reminder before she left.

Although ghouls can no longer prey on humans in this world, that woman is known as the "Big Ghoul" in their world, and her true personality is exceptionally wicked; even just being around her would be dangerous.

However, if the other party doesn't listen to her advice, she won't interfere any further. She doesn't have much affection for most humans anyway, and giving a reminder is already a sign of her kind heart.

Rize Kamishiro looked at Kasumigaoka Utaha, who was listening attentively to her analysis, and a hint of longing flashed in her eyes.