<h4>Chapter 214: Eyesses</h4>


    Trantor: imperfectluck Editor: vb24


    It was Yukari Asamiya.


    The purple-haired beauty was smiling widely while looking at Seiji.


    She was waving a sign, so she was probably trying to attract customers, but the part the Seiji paid the most attention to was the fact that she was now wearing a pair of silver sses.


    There was a saying that eyesses were the simplest type of disguise. At least, it seemed to work for a certain costumed superhero.


    The purple-haired girl wearing sses definitely gave Seiji a different impression from before. She seemed to have a more bookish aura about her.


    Originally she was someone who gave others the impression of a properdy, and now it was easy to imagine her elegantly reading ssical books in the library.


    Wait a moment—sses…


    Seiji took a looked the sign that she was waving.


    The sign read "Eyesses Milk Tea Shop."


    ''What the hell is that supposed to be?''


    "Our Year One, ss Three’s shop’s main theme is ‘eyesses.’ We prepared many pairs of non-prescription sses for the guests beforehand, and each customer can pick a style that he or she likes to wear.


    "As for the customers that already wear sses to begin with, there’s a discount for them, and we even offer the special service of cleaning their sses for free."


    Yukari noticed Seiji’s confusion and gave a well-practiced exnation.


    "I see, eyesses… an ingenious topic."


    He supposed that people who didn’t wear sses would have some curiosity about the matter. If they wanted to try it, they would visit the store. And as for the customers who already wore sses, they could try out different styles.


    No matter who the customer was, he or she would be able to try out a new style that was different from usual. That would appeal to many.


    And the preparations necessary for this theme wouldn’t be all that difficult as long as they had connections to any sort of eyesses store.


    In summary, it was a clever topic.


    "Thanks for your praise. But we can’tpare to Harano-san’s ss store—the ‘Honey Candy Girl’ cosy sweets café is just too perfect! No matter whether it’s the cosy quality or the excellent taste of the sweets, it’s all on another level. None of the other sses in our Year 1 canpare."


    Yukari smiled as she took a nce at the long line waiting in front of Year 1, ss 5''s store.


    "That’s a bit of an exaggeration… but thanks for your praise as well." Seiji smiled in response.


    "It’s no exaggeration at all, in my opinion. At the very least, many of my ssmates think so, and you can include me in their ranks as well. If there was a vote for the best store, I think that, objectively speaking, my entire ss would vote for your ss."


    Her tone of voice was sincere without any trace of simply being polite or hypocrisy. Seiji could only ept her praise.


    "I heard that your ss’s idea was singlehandedly brought up by Harano-san… how amazing." Yukari changed the topic and praised him again.


    "I don’t believe so—it was the result of everyone’s hard work."


    There was also the fact that Peach-sensei and the confectionery store owner Rika Amami had given him their full support.


    "I knew that Harano-san would say that." Yukari smiled as she looked towards the two people beside him. "Are these two… your family members?"


    "No, they’re my friends."


    "Oh… Hello,dies. Would you like to join Harano-san ande visit our store? As for thedy in sses, we even have a discount~" The purple-haired girl shed a brilliant smile.


    Saki nced at Mayuzumi.


    Mayuzumi looked back at Seiji wordlessly.


    "Let’s go in." Seiji made the decision.


    "Wee!" Yukari was delighted at this.


    With her leading the way, the three of them entered Year 1, ss 3.


    Seiji instantly felt as if he was the focus of attention of all the other students from ss 3.


    After thinking about it, he felt that he understood why and could only feel helpless about it.


    Oh well, he just needed to not pay it any attention.


    He nced around ss 3’s store. While he felt that while the decorations were rather ordinary, the atmosphere was quite nice. It seemed interesting how all the customers were wearing different styles of sses while drinking their tea.


    "Please choose the style that you like, our dear customers."


    Yukari didn’t let any of her ssmates take care of them and personally guided the three of them to a nearby table upon which arge selection of sses were ced.


    There were various colors, shapes, and styles of ssesid there neatly in rows with their lens shing. This made it seem just like the disy case of an eyesses store.


    ‘I''ll just pick one randomly,’ Seiji thought to himself.


    "Harano-san, I rmend this pair for you."


    Yukari seemed to see through his intentions and made a suggestion specifically to stop him from just picking one at random.


    She picked up a pair of golden sses that seemed rather gentlemanly.


    "This pair is a ssical style. Although golden-colored sses aren’t verymon to see these days, and perhaps many young people believe that the gold color is for middle-aged or even elderly people, their belief that it’s not fashionable is just a misunderstanding. ssical styles always have their unchanging charisma! It’s just that ordinary people are unable to activate the charisma. If someone who isn’t at a high enough level wears golden sses, it’ll seem just as inappropriate as a child trying to wear an adult’s clothing."


    "Harano-san, I promise that you definitely won’t have this problem! Wearing this pair of sses will definitely suit you and create a brand-new image!"


    The purple-haired girl’s eyes shone as she made her mini-speech.


    Seiji felt that he was unable to refuse.


    "Okay, let’s go with this pair, then." He reached out his hand and was about to take the sses from her.


    However, Yukari retracted her hand at thest moment.


    Seiji was mystified by this.


    "Let me help you put these on." Yukari held on to the sses and walked closer to Seiji with a big smile on her face.


    Seiji felt that the other students’ stares grown more intense!


    Even Mayuzumi and Saki noticed something as they watched this situation unfold between Seiji and the purple-haired girl that they weren’t acquainted with.


    "There''s no need," Seiji protested feebly. "I can do it by myself."


    "Please allow me to help you put these on!" Yukari looked directly into his eyes and remained firm.


    Her manner was resolute, reminding Seiji of her firm attitude when she made her confession.


    Once again, Seiji found it difficult to resist her direct friendliness.


    "Okay then…" It was just putting on a pair of sses, after all.


    Yukari smiled once again upon receiving his permission.


    She stood up on her tiptoes as she ced the golden eyesses on his handsome face.


    In order to help her out, Seiji bent his knees slightly as there was somewhat of a height difference between them.


    All the students in ss 3 were watching this scene.


    The guests had also noticed and turned to look at it.


    Beside Seiji, Mayuzumi and Saki silently watched the proceedings as well.


    A light breeze blew past in the ssroom that was currently so silent that you could hear a pin drop.


    In such a quiet atmosphere, under the watch of so many people, this perfectly ordinary action actually seemed rather ritualistic.


    Yukari slowly ced the sses on Seiji’s face.


    Seeing his handsome face at such a close distance and doing such an action… caused her heart to keep beating at a rapid pace.


    He was so handsome!


    Regardless of whether or not he wore sses, he was unbelievably handsome! However, they were two different styles of handsome.


    The person that she liked was right before her, and she was personally changing his style.


    This fact made her heart pound rapidly and caused her face to heat up and be faintly red.


    ‘This is amazing…’ Yukari sincerely believed this.


    Seiji only paid attention to the sses and didn’t notice her expression.


    After the sses were ced on him, he blinked and stood up straight again before he noticed that something was different.


    The beautiful girl in front of him had a slightly flushed face, and her eyes shone with an enigmatic light. Her lips were arced upwards in a flirtatious half-smile.


    Almost everyone in the ssroom was watching them. Some female students had expressions as if they just saw "something good," while a portion of the male students had grudging expressions which said "popr handsome guys should just go explode and die." The adult customers had appreciative expressions like "it’s nice to be young."


    As for the manga author and editor…


    Mayuzumi’s face was slightly red, while Saki had a cold look in her eyes.


    Seiji didn’t know what to say anymore.


    ‘What’s going on? All I did was put on a pair of sses, so why is everyone paying attention to me to such a degree?


    ‘Asamiya-san, why is your face so red? Does your action have some deeper meaning? It doesn’t, does it!? At least I don’t think it does, right!?’


    He was absolutely and utterly confused.