Haru's career had been quite smooth, in the past month, but if there was something that changed, then it would be...
"Haru!"
Haru looked at the beautiful mature woman that was waiting for him in this winter season. "Maya-san, you don't need to wait for me. It is still winter, you should wait inside." Maya was wearing a disguise, even though her dress was quite similar, her features were rather ordinary since he lent her his glasses.
"Fufufu, I just want to feel the feeling of the girl who is waiting for her man outside during winter." Maya smiled and said, "But it is so cold, you should take responsibility for making me wait so long."
"Well, I can't do much, but I can warm your hands," Haru said and took both of Maya's hands, rubbing it gently, transferring his warmth to her.
Maya blushed lightly and said, "You sure have your way with a woman, how many times have you done this?"
"I've done it with a lot of women, but you're the most special," Haru said simply.
Maya snorted and shook her head, clearly showing that she didn't believe in his words, but she didn't move away from him and let him hold her hands, clearly happy with his words. "Still, these glasses sure are convenient." After Haru lent her the glasses, she could change her appearance from her beautiful and full of the feminine that would attract everyone when she walked, into a very ordinary woman. Even though she didn't really like this ordinary face, after all, every woman wanted to appear beautiful, but she knew that her every movement was always being watched so when she had gotten these glasses, she without hesitation walked around, and she also didn't need to worry about the gaze of anyone, after all, her face was very ordinary.
Maya looked at Haru, who was also wearing the same glasses, but in his case, she felt that it was necessary for him to wear them, considering there would be a lot of girls who would fall for him if he didn't wear them.
"Do you want to go somewhere?" Haru asked.
"Well, I want to try the gothic lolita dress, come with me," Maya said and pulled Haru's hand.
"Yes, yes." Haru smiled and walked beside Maya while still holding her hand.
Most people couldn't help but shake their heads, after all, it was their first time seeing a couple who seemed to be so ordinary.
Haru then directly used his magic and caused everyone to avert their eyes when they were looking at him, who was with Maya.
"Did you use Ghost Walker?" Maya asked.
Ghost Walker is the Mental Interference Type Magic of the Outer-Systematic Type. It is an Ancient Magic that manipulates the vectors. Based on the user's wishes, this secretive magic can redirect other people's attention to the desired location and people with their vectors scrambled will never locate their target. Much like someone who intends to walk straight forward but is walking in circles, or maybe seeing a carriage plainly in walking distance but is never able to catch up.
Maya looked at everyone's reaction and said, "No, it is a bit different, is it a new magic?"
"Yeah, I call it "Misdirection"," Haru said.
"Misdirection?" Maya looked at Haru.
"Yeah, like that entertainment magician," Haru said. "In principle, it is like when they're about to look at us, their attention is automatically focussed on something else, such as the beautiful girl in that place, the tree, the ground, even the sky. If you want to learn it, I'll teach you later."
"....." Maya looked at Haru for a while and said, "You know, you shouldn't give your hard-work magic directly without any hesitation." She should have been happy when she heard that Haru was going to teach her, but somehow, she also felt quite guilty, since she felt that she was deceiving him, and she also wasn't sure whether he knew about her past, the past that she didn't really want to recall, and the one that destroyed a lot of things about her. She was in deep thought, but then that thought was broken when Haru held her hand tighter.
"I'll only teach it to my Sumire, my clan, and you. You don't need to worry too much, and that's the gothic lolita stores, but are you really going to go to that place?" Haru asked, even though he had agreed, he felt that it was a bit strange when a 45-year-old woman asked him to come to that place.
"What? Is there a problem?" Maya raised her eyebrow, feeling that this guy was thinking something rude.
"Nothing, I'm just jealous when I think that a lot of guys might be attracted toward you when you wear those gothic lolita clothes," Haru said without hesitation.
Maya smiled and said, "Your mouth is good, but you don't need to worry. No guys dare to put their eyes on me beside you."
"Why?" Haru asked.
"Because the majority of them have died after all," Maya said with a smile.
"....."
"Cough! Cough! Let's go to that place." Haru felt that his bad hobby to dare to date a villain-like woman might bring him doom in the future.
"Fufufu, you don't need to get so nervous, I won't do that to you," Maya said with a smile while hugging his arm tighter, putting it in her soft place.
"..."
Haru sighed and had to admit that an older woman was the best!
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Haru looked at the ice cream in his hand and wasn't sure what to say since it was still in the winter, but compared to the "Ice Hell" in the world of Toriko, he felt that the temperature in this place was quite cute, still...
Haru took off his jacket and draped it over Maya's shoulders, without saying much, and continued to eat his ice cream, though, in truth, he wanted to ask her why she wore a dress in this cold temperature.
Maya smiled, looking at Haru, and moved closer. "Sumire isn't going to be jealous?"
"Well, I have permission to chase after you," Haru said.
"You know, with my age, I can be your mother," Maya said while looking at Haru helplessly.
"I know, but I can't control my emotions," Haru said while looking at Maya.
Maya stared at Haru and this time, her expression became serious, losing her usual playful expression. "You know, I have been raped."
"I know, but I'll accept it. That's your past, and I'll accept everything about you," Haru said and held Maya's hand gently.
"....." Maya looked into Haru's eyes to see whether she could lie to him, then looked at his hand that held her hand. "I can't get pregnant."
"As long as I have you, I'll become the happiest man on earth," Haru said. He wanted to say that he or Sumire should be able to make her pregnant again, but he couldn't say an empty promise and needed to make sure that he was able to do it.
Maya snorted and said, "You're young, and in the future, a decade, twenty years in the future, you might see me have wrinkles and forget about me."
"I won't." Haru squatted down, holding both of Maya's hands, and looked into her eyes. "Even if there's a wrinkle in your eyes, body, or any part of your body, I'll still call them beautiful, or I should develop the magic that can erase the wrinkle or make you younger again?"
Maya was stunned and asked, "Will you do that?"
"Believe me, I can do it," Haru said.
Maya wanted to say something but closed her mouth again. "I have a lot of enemies."
"I'm strong, I can protect you," Haru said.
Maya looked at this young man who slowly tried to enter herself, and she felt both afraid and excited, after all, she couldn't stop him, so...
"As I have said before, I have been raped, don't you think that my body is dirty?"
"As I have said to you before, I'll accept your everything, and when you do it with me, I'm sure that you'll forget all of your bad dreams."
Maya snorted and said, "All you want is my body!"
"Is that wrong? I love you, I want to have your everything whether it is your body or heart, so let me stay by your side, protecting you, accompany you, support you, Maya," Haru said without hesitation.
"......"
Maya looked at Haru, she could hear her heart beating very fast, and she couldn't control her emotion, but as the head of the Yotsuba clan, she needed to be calm. "I wonder what I should do now when I was confessed to by a young man who is 20 years younger than me." In truth, she was older than that, but she still wanted to be seen as younger after all.
'I think it is more than that...' Haru thought, but he didn't say it. He looked at Maya and said, "Can you just give me a nod, kiss me, then hug me?"
"Well, I'll do that." Maya moved forward and kissed Haru's lips. There was no disgust or anything, only an enjoyable feeling that she had never felt before while wondering why he only appeared now, but since he was here, she wouldn't let him go.
Haru also hugged Maya's body in his arms, kissing her lips, and felt that he could kiss those lips forever.