The Strongest Loner Redo His Youth With Unmatched Prowess!! ~In the Second Round of School Life, He Made Beautiful Girl Friends!~ - Chapter 19: It’s Difficult

Saturday. Yuito, Kirika, and Hakari had arrived at the airport. 

However, it wasn’t an ordinary airport. 

“There are so many explorers here.” 

“See? We don’t stand out in our outfits, do we?” 

Yuito and the others were wearing the exploration clothes they had purchased the other day. 

Many people around them had a similar vibe. 

It felt like Halloween.

“Really? I feel like we’re being watched for some reason.” 

“That’s because we’re cute!” 

Indeed, Hakari, wrapped in her costumes, is cute. 

They are gathering attention from those around them. 

(The reason I’m being looked at is probably because I’m with them…) 

Even Yuito was receiving piercing gazes, mainly from men.

(Sorry for being a loner with a beautiful girl…) 

This is the “Dungeon Airport.” 

It’s an airport that transports explorers to the giant beasts that reside in lands and seas all over Japan. 

The prices are very affordable, so even students can board without any issues. 

“There’s still time before departure, so let’s take some pictures!” 

“Pictures?”

“I’m going to post it on SNS!” 

With that, Kirika grabbed Yuito and Hakari’s arms. 

They were taken to a large window overlooking the departure area. 

“Is this the Reflection Spot?” 

“Yeah, before going to the dungeon, everyone takes pictures here.” 

In front of the window, many people were snapping photos. 

Yuito and the others lined up in front of the window as well. 

Kirika took out her smartphone and aimed it at a selfie.

Click. 

“…Isn’t your expression a bit stiff?” 

“It’s always the same.” 

“I’m sorry.” 

Yuito peered into the photo that had just been taken. 

Kirika was facing the camera with a splendid smile. 

In contrast, Hakari had a sulky expression, and Yuito was enveloped in a gloomy atmosphere. 

“Somehow, the two of you look like ‘people who accidentally got caught in the frame’…” 

“We’re not dead yet.”

“I might look like a ghost.”

She resembled someone who had a fight with a friend, but Yuito had the vibe of a ghost photo. 

Yuito was surprised by his own gloomy demeanor and looked taken aback. 

Kirika was seemingly dissatisfied as she started to pinch Hakari’s cheeks. 

“Even if Yuito-kun is ‘hopeless,’ Hakari-chan, you need to try a little harder!” 

“Is my smile so hopeless that it’s already given up?”

On the other hand, Hakari is having her cheeks pinched freely. Her brow furrows. 

“It’s not even funny, so I can’t laugh.” 

“Are you really saying that? Yuito-kun, hit her with a killer gag!” 

“Huh, like what?” 

Kirika pointed sharply at Yuito. 

“A side-splitting one-liner!” 

“That’s too much of a stretch…!” 

There’s no way an introvert would have a one-liner. 

That’s the privilege of a mood maker.

“Everything is a challenge! Go, go!!” 

“Even if you push me like a dog training…” 

The gazes of Hakari and Kirika gather. 

The atmosphere makes it impossible to escape. 

Yuito panics. He quickly shapes his fingers into a fox. 

“W-well, Hakari-chan’s smiling face is cute too, so I want you to smile once!” 

He makes the finger fox speak in a voice reminiscent of a certain mouse.

This time, it’s not a fox but a dog image. 

(Uh, will it be well-received?) 

Yuito observes Hakari’s face. 

When Hakari’s mouth twitches, she smiles sheepishly. 

Not a bad feeling. 

“That’s unfair! Say I’m cute too!” 

“Huh!? What’s with the sudden change!?” 

Kirika was similarly making a fox with her fingers and started attacking Yuito’s fox.

At the mouth, it pokes lightly. 

“Come on, come on, obediently do as I say, woof!” 

“Huh? Isn’t this about making Hakari-chan laugh?” 

“Enough already, just say it quickly, woof!” 

It seems like the conversation won’t end like this. 

It’s embarrassing, but there’s no helping it. 

Yuito reluctantly turns the fox’s face towards Kirika.

“Ki, Kirika-chan is cute too, woof.”

She poked Yuito’s cheek with her fox mouth. 

“Hehe, thank you, woof!” 

Kirika smiled shyly. 

Her smile looked more radiant than the one she had directed at the camera. 

Yuito exchanged glances with his fox. 

(Is this really that funny?) 

Yuito tilted his head in confusion.