Chapter 114 Where Did Your Shame Go!?

After getting to know the new friends and seeing that they were nice to the kids, Oda Sakunosuke felt comfortable allowing the three kids to occasionally visit their new friends' homes while he was at work.

However, after a little understanding, Oda Sakunosuke found that the living conditions of the children's new friends were not particularly good. In contrast, the new friends' home was like an orphanage without adult supervision.

The monthly ration of living expenses was just enough to get by, and there was no adult guidance in any aspect of daily life, so we had to support each other and figure things out on our own.

In addition, these boys and girls will also take on some missions from the Kuroda Group in order to make money. Although the content is similar to the miscellaneous and troublesome things that Oda Sakunosuke himself usually does in the port mafia, they are minors themselves, so it is naturally not easy for them to handle such things.

The only one with superpowers among them was already carrying out some very dangerous missions. And he suspected that some of these missions were from the Port Mafia, because he had seen missions with similar descriptions in the organization.

As for money, Oda Sakunosuke himself was also very tight, so he couldn't directly support them, and they probably didn't need such charity. So when he occasionally came to stay at their house with his children, he would buy some snacks, tell them some life tips, or bring books that he had bought at home for these boys and girls to borrow.

He was also surprised to meet Ace at the home of his child's new friend. Although he was not a gossiper, many people around him were gossiping, and he actually thought that this was the leader's son. He was not surprised that the leader's son had an intersection with Akutagawa Ryunosuke. After all, he had seen him several times at the Port Building and heard rumors that this boy was Ace's student. He just didn't expect that these children in Akutagawa's family seemed to have a good relationship with him.

But it's not surprising if you think about it carefully. With Ace's personality, not only can he get along easily with ordinary children, but he can even see that Dazai, who is very defensive and has almost no friends, is actually somewhat tolerant of Ace.

Well, or rather, it is quite tolerant.

Oda Sakunosuke, who came to pick up his children after get off work, nodded to Ace and left with his three children.

After Oda Sakunosuke left, Ace checked the time, turned around and said to the room full of minors, "Let's go out for a nice meal!"

There was a burst of cheers in the house——

"Great! Mr. Ace is treating us to dinner!"

"Mr. Ace is awesome!"

"Mr. Ace, I want fried chicken!"

"point!"

"Me, me, me! I want to eat steak!"

“I want to eat fried shrimp!”

"And me..."

Ace waved his hand generously: "Click, click, click, all of them!"

"You go ahead. I'll stay and take care of my brother."

"Then we'll bring some back for you and Akutagawa! Gin, is there anything you want to eat?"

"I can do anything."

"Okay! Let's go!"

…

Ace was happily enjoying his meal, while Mori Ougai was looking at the consumption notification on his phone. He had a heart attack out of habit and then sighed silently.

Oh, forget it, it’s time to get used to it.

…

According to the original plan, Nakahara Chuuya flew to Italy on a business trip again, while Verlaine got a superb score due to the leniency of the examination working group, and is currently preparing to go to the United States to take the entrance examination for the university he has chosen.

Nakahara Chuuya is not in the country, Verlaine is preparing for the exam diligently, and there hasn't been any trouble in Yokohama recently. Mori Ougai can be said to be living a very comfortable life recently.

...Except for Ace, it's easy for him to have a heart attack.

But those are just harmless little things, and overall life is still very comfortable.

When the days were free, Mori Ogai wanted to take Alice out and buy her some small skirts to wear. He glanced at Ace who was sitting at the side of his desk, scratching his head and doing his homework, and just wanted to run quickly, otherwise it would be easy...

"Mr. Ouwai——"

Mori Owl's scalp tightened.

Here it comes!

"Please explain this question to me. I have no idea how to solve it. I just got a start, but I don't know how to solve it anymore..."

Sen Ouwai took a deep breath.

Although it is true that he is a top student who graduated from the University of Tokyo, it is one thing to be knowledgeable and talented, but it is another thing to explain questions and teach people how to write homework!

Especially when the student’s foundation is very poor!

After taking a deep breath, Sen Ou Wai chose to refuse: "You have been studying for so many days, why not take a day off?"

"This...is not good..."

Ace's expression became visibly confused.

It is certain that he does not like to delve into bookish cultural knowledge, but after many years he has once again taken on the responsibility of being an elder (eldest brother), and it is really difficult for him to let go of the knowledge in his hands.

When he was only ten years old, he was able to hold his breath and suppress his nature of running around, forcing himself to calm down and learn characters and etiquette. Even though he no longer has that kind of pressure and urgency, he can still suppress his temper and use it to study.

Mori Owl remained calm: "The combination of work and rest will lead to high efficiency."

"...a combination of labor and leisure?"

Mori Ogai remembered that the boy had some education, but not much, so he explained: "It's a combination of study and rest. You studied hard in the past few days, so you can take a break today. After a good rest, you can study better, right?"

It turns out that I still need to read more books, otherwise he won’t understand if I use words with a little more depth.

But it would be better to let him speak for himself, as it would be a waste of his life.

Ace, who had wanted to go out and play at first, but had been restraining himself by saying he had to study hard and not embarrass himself in front of his students, was instantly convinced.

"You're right!" He quickly put the cap on the pen and picked up Alice with a smile, "Then Alice and I will go out and play!"

Mori Oogai: “……?”

He looked at Ace in confusion: "Wait? Aren't I going out with Alice-chan?"

Ace readily agreed: "Do you want to go out and play with us too? No problem, we can just go out together!" Then he took the lead and walked out of the office.

Alice, who was in his arms, hugged Ace's neck, poked her head over his shoulder and looked back, smiling and calling out, "Rintaro, aren't you coming?"

Mori Owl: "..."

Mori Ouwai followed him into the elevator with a confused look on his face.

The elevator reached the first floor and the two walked out one after the other. Mori Ogai was still wondering why things had turned out like this when he ran into Ozaki Kouyo who had just returned and was about to get on the elevator from the other side.

Ace greeted politely, and Alice followed suit. Ozaki Kouyo and Mori Ogai said hello, then glanced at them and asked, "Are you going out together?"

To be honest, it's not strange that Ace takes Alice out to play, and it's not strange that Mori Shou-leader takes Alice out to play, but whether it's Mori Ogai and Ace going out to play together or both of them taking Alice out to play together, the scene suddenly becomes very strange!

Mori Ougai came back to his senses and was about to explain, but Ace answered before him, "Yes."

Alice turned around and agreed, "We're going shopping and eating cake!"

Ozaki Kouyo nodded in understanding, and then said to Mori Ogai, "It would be nice to go out for a walk. It just so happens that Ace hasn't bought new clothes for a long time. Mr. Ogai can buy a skirt for Alice and buy some clothes for Ace as well."

Mori Owl: "..."

I like buying a little skirt for Alice, but who wants to buy clothes for a 1.80-meter-tall man? And what kind of clothes does he need as a mutant? Can't he just make whatever he wants to wear?

…

"Ace! Come here!"

Alice ran from one end of the mall to the other, "This is the men's clothing section!"

“Here we come!”

"Alice-chan, let's try on the skirt first~~"

"No! I need to try on clothes for Ace first! Rintaro, go try on the skirt yourself!"

"Wooo ...

The three of them finally went to the men's clothing area. I don't know if Alice's aesthetic taste was set by Mori Ogai from the beginning or it was directly his own taste. Alice first chose a short-sleeved red shirt for Ace, which was a dark red. Then she looked at the army green overalls on Ace, which looked weird no matter how she looked at them.

She immediately ran into the pants area and looked around.

Mori Ou looked at the somewhat eye-catching outfit on Ace, closed his eyes, retracted his gaze, and followed Alice.

He had figured it out. Instead of letting Ace sculpt whatever he wanted to wear, what if he sculpted out an outfit that he couldn't accept like he did the last time he sculpted out a set of gold teeth? It would be better to buy him a closet full of clothes for him to change into!

"Ace—try this!"

“Here we come!”

…

After picking out a few outfits for Ace, Mori Ogai finally got his wish and brought Alice to the children's Lolita area. After he excitedly selected a few little skirts, he was once again challenged -

"Ace - I remember you said before that you would wear a little skirt with me, right?"

Mori Ou's expression froze: "Ai, Alice-chan?"

Ace responded quickly, "Ah, I think I did."

Alice ran over, grabbed Ace's hand, and ran to another area.

Mori Ogai hurriedly followed: "Alice-chan——wait for me!"

Then they came to the women's clothing section.

Sen Ou watched the two people disappear in a flash and couldn't help but take a deep breath.

I have a bad feeling.

…

The bad premonition came true.

"Ace! Let's go back like this!" Alice, who was wearing a red Lolita dress, sat on the shoulders of Ace, who was wearing a Lolita dress with a large skirt of the same color. "I remember there are people in the cosmetics area on the first floor who specialize in makeup for customers. Let's go down and put on some makeup!"

"Okay." Ace followed her lead without hesitation.

Mori Owl: "..."

Ace, do you want to reconsider this? It is said that men who dress up as women will feel ashamed? Where is your shame?