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  "Hey, there are a lot of people here. Should we find a quieter pce to rest?" Roy suggested.

  "Yes, that's a good idea," Rias and the reed.

  They looked around for a suitable cafe.

  "Roy, look! There's a La Patisserie shop!" Ri excimed, pointing to a charming cafe across the street.

  "What? The famous La Patisserie? I've always wao try their cakes!"

  "If I remember correctly, it's a very popur shop in the Capital... I-I'm ied too."

  Even Cire and Ellis knew about it. It seemed this temporary shop was quite renowned.

  "The's go there."

  "Agreed!"

  "Sure!"

  "Okay!"

  They all headed towards the cafe.

  La Patisserie acked. They even had to wait for a table.

  But after Roy used a bit of magic, the staff immediately led them to a private room.

  Roy observed the cafe's interior as they walked.

  The exposed wooden beams on the ceiling created a warm and inviting atmosphere.

  "I'll have the peach pie, peach sorbet... and the peach mousse," Cire decred, her firag the meedly.

  "Why are you so many peach desserts? Didn't you have some this m?" Ri questioned.

  "M-Mind your own business! I like peaches!" Cire retorted.

  "This raspberry puff looks delicious too."

  "Y-Yes... that looks good as well."

  "Ooh, this one has ice cream on top of a hot apple pie..."

  "Let's order that ooo and share it! Roy, what do you want?"

  "I'll have the strawberry pie."

  ...

  The girls happily chose their favorite desserts.

  Seeing their joyful expressions filled Roy with warmth.

  ...

  After leaving the cafe, they tinued expl the port.

  "Roy, we go to that shop?" Ri asked, pointing to a clothing store that specialized in ire.

  "Sure." Roy nodded. "Ri, are you buying clothes now?"

  The main tour of the Bde Dance was starting tomorrow.

  There wouldn't be any opportuo wear anything other than their academy uniforms.

  "Not for me. I'm buying gifts for Carol and my little sister," Ri expined.

  "Your sister?" Roy didn't recall her having a sister.

  "Ri-neesan has a little sister?" Alid the others also looked at her curiously.

  "Yes, she came to watch me pete," Ri replied with a smile.

  Carol wasn't with them because she was at the port, waiting to wele Ri's younger sister.

  "So Ri has a little sister... I bet she's just as beautiful and charming as you," Roy ented.

  "Roy, w-what are you saying..." Ri blushed.

  "My sister is very beautiful too!" Ellis chimed in for some reason.

  "Well, Velsaria is indeed a beauty," Roy agreed.

  "Are you paring sisters now?" Fianna grumbled.

  The girls blushed.

  "What do you mean, paring sisters? Idiot!"

  "You impure shrine maiden!"

  "Even if you're jealous, there's nothing you do about it. You don't even have a sister."

  ...

  They ehe store, surprised by its spacious interior.

  Besides fashionable clothing, they even had swimsuits.

  "I'll go choose something for my sister," Ri decred, heading deeper into the store.

  "Roy, wait for me here... I'll try some clothes on and e back," Cire said, her cheeks reddening.

  "Try them on?" Roy looked at her curiously.

  "I-I want you to help me choose," Cire expined, flustered.

  "Oh, I uand. Go ahead."

  'So she wants a fashion show, huh?' Roy thought with amusement.

  "Roy, please help us choose our clothes too," Rias and Akeno chimed in with pyful smiles.

  "No problem. Go ahead."

  The girls then took turns trying on various outfits, parading before him like models on a runway.

  With their natural beauty, they looked stunning ihing they wore.

  ...

  After their shopping spree, they tinued expl the port and came across the A Library.

  It was a massive, fortress-like building on a hill.

  Although not as rge as Areishia Spirit Academy's renowned Sealed Library, it housed a vast colle of aexts and legendary grimoires.

  At Cire's suggestion, they ehe library.

  tless bookshelves, reag the high ceiling, filled the interior.

  "This library is huge..."

  "It's so impressive!"

  "Unfortunately, I'm not good at reading."

  "Me her. Books give me a headache."

  ...

  Sheele, being airheaded, found books tedious, as did Leone.

  But some of the girls, like Saya and Saeko, enjoyed reading.

  Roy was also a bit ied in the books.

  He headed towards the se with historical records and legends from across the ti.

  ...

  ...

  As he walked, he overheard the whispers of the shrine maidens from the Diviual Institute.

  "Look, it's the male Elementalist!"

  "Is that the rumored 'King of Winning'?"

  "Don't look into his eyes. You'll be corrupted!"

  "I heard that if the Night Demon King takes a liking to you, you'll get pregnant! How terrifying!"

  ...

  'Why do even the shrine maidens know about these rumors?' Roy wondered with a sigh.

  But he decided to let it slide, sidering their ess.

  He closed a book he had been browsing. It was a rather dull travelogue of some adventurer's journey across the ti.

  As he returhe book to its shelf...

  "Are you Roy?" a voice suddenly asked.

  Roy turned around.

  "Yo, Leonora!" he greeted her with a smile.

  "D-Don't call me so casually!" the girl retorted, blushing.

  Roy chuckled and observed her.

  She had beautiful bck hair that reached her shoulders, a beret with a dragon emblem, and a sharp gaze that pierced through her gsses.

  This was Leonora Lancaster, the representative of the Draia Academy and the leader of the Knights of the Dragon Emperor.

  She was sidered one of the favorites to win the Bde Dance.

  "What brings you here, Leonora?" Roy asked.

  "That's a stupid question. I'm gathering information oher teams, of course," Leonora replied with a sneer, as if he were an idiot.

  "Well..." Roy eechless.

  This girl had the guts to speak to him like that? Punishment is necessary!

  "Gathering information, huh? Have you gathered any on me?" Roy asked, stepping closer.

  Leonora, startled, backed away until she ressed against a bookshelf.

  "N-No, I haven't found any information on you," she stammered.

  She had witnessed Roy's power firsthand. She knew she was no match for him.

  Although this a library held a vast amount of information, it wouldn't have anything on Roy.

  "I don't recall you wearing gsses before," Roy ented, leaning closer and trapping her between his arm and the bookshelf.

  Leonora, with her gsses, looked even cuter.

  "As expected of the infamous Night Demon King. Even such a small detail doesn't escape your notice," she said, trying to maintain her posure despite her poundi.

  Roy narrowed his eyes, his gaze sweeping over her.

  "I-I only wear them when I'm reading. My eyesight isn't very good. I use spirit magic to enhance my vision during bat," Leonora expined, a bit intimidated by his intense gaze.

  "They suit you. You look cute," Roy ented casually.

  Leonora, usually a shy and easily flustered girl, blushed crimson.

  "W-What are you talking about?! You pervert with a gsses fetish!" she excimed.

  Roy eechless.

  He gently removed her gsses.

  "W-Why did you take them off?" Leonora asked, her eyes wide and i.

  "Because they'll get in the way of what I'm about to do," Roy replied with a smirk, pg her gsses on his colr.

  Leonora blushed even harder, her thoughts unknown.

  And for a moment, Roy thought her eyes ged color.

  "Then... I'll accept your offer," she suddenly decred, throwing her arms around his ned kissing him.

  "Eh?" Roy was stunned.

  What was going on? She had been so shy just a moment ago, and now she was suddenly so bold?

  Then, he remembered.

  Leonora had Dragon Blood.

  When her Dragon Blood awakened, she would act impulsively and boldly towards the opposite sex.

  That expined her sudden ge in behavior.

  ...

  Right there, in a er of the library, Leave Roy her first kiss.

  "H-How could you..." she mumbled, her face burning as she came to her senses.

  "You were the one who kissed me," Roy replied ily, shrugging.

  "Mmm..." Leonora quickly pulled away.

  "I apologize. It seems my Dragon Blood awakened for a moment," she expined.

  "It's alright," Roy chuckled.

  Leonora bit her lip and ran away.

  Roy watched her retreating figure with a smile.

  "She's quite cute," he murmured.

  ...

  Roy left the er.

  "Cire, what are you four reading?" he asked, seeing Cire, Ri, Fianna, and Ellis huddled together, seemingly engrossed in a book.

  The firls jumped, their faces turning red as they saw him approach.

  "eren't reading anything!"

  "Cire found it."

  "Yes! And we weren't peeking at any forbidden magic books!"

  "That's right!"

  Roy sighed at their unving denials.

  'What kind of book were they reading?' he wondered.

  ...

  By the time they left the library, the sun was setting.

  On the carriage ride back, Cire and the others whispered among themselves excitedly.

  "It's... it's true! If it's Shizuka-nee-san, she should be able to ha!"

  "No way! How could anyone do that?!"

  "Handle what? What are you talking about?" Roy asked, looking at them curiously.

  "Or... could it be that you're so big that even Shizuka-nee-san 't handle you?" Ri asked, her eyes wide with surprise.

  "...What?" Roy was fused.

  "Ahem, we were talking about eating ice cream," Ellis expined with a cough.

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