Chapter 107 Dating (Part 2) (4k5)
"…It seems that the previous store is no longer there."
After staring at the storefront not far away for a moment, Cuique turned around and wanted to take Xia Liang away: "But come to think of it, after so many years, it's strange that these stores can still exist. Let's go."
She pushed Xia Liang's arm, signaling him to follow her, but found that Xia Liang did not move.
Not only that, when Delphinium was about to leave, Xia Liang grabbed her sleeve with his backhand, fixing Delphinium in place, and she was unable to move forward for a while.
"Try it, young senior."
She looked at Delphinium with a smile: "Since we are here now, why don't we go take a look?"
Delphinium couldn't help but shook her head: "No, I think..."
——"Are the two little sisters over there interested in our store?"
Just at this moment, the girl at the entrance of the cafe suddenly took two steps closer to them and said loudly, "Today we have a special event. In addition to discounts on certain products, you can also get rewards by completing mini-games!"
Her loud voice interrupted Delphinium's original words and blocked her refusal.
"Eh? Really? What kind of activity is that?"
In contrast, Xia Liang had already excitedly run to the store entrance and chatted with the clerk behind the sign, asking: "I've never been to a maid cafe before, what exactly do I do?"
"Well... these are just some common little games. They're not difficult. As long as you beat the sisters in our store, you can get rewards."
The clerk at the door said kindly, "Even if you don't win, you can still get a reward as long as the sisters in the store recognize your performance."
"As for what today's event is specifically about - you see."
She pointed to the French window on the side and looked through it into the store. She could see a group of young female employees in colorful clothes walking back and forth in the store: "Our theme this time is Magical Girls Day."
Magical Girl Day.
The moment she said this word, Cuiqiao thought to herself that something was wrong, but she was still a step too late, as Xia Liang's eyes were already shining.
"That sounds interesting!"
That's what she said.
Not interesting at all.
Delphinium retorted in her mind.
But today's trip was ultimately based on Xia Liang's wishes. She found it interesting, and there was no need for Cuiqiao to pour cold water on her. She could only follow her into the coffee shop in front of her.
As soon as I walked into the store, I saw the surrounding shop assistants turned around and said in a clear voice: "Guardians of love and justice, today we cheer for your smile, welcome to the secret base of magical girls in Fangting City!"
The uniform greetings made Delphinium's eyelids twitch.
"Normally, they would say 'Welcome home, young master' or 'Welcome home, young lady', but because it's a special theme day, they said it differently."
The poster girl beside him chuckled and explained, "How is it? Doesn't it feel like the magical girl in the TV animation?"
“Yes, yes!”
Looking around with great interest, Xia Liang's face was filled with irrepressible curiosity, and he praised: "Even the decorations on the wall are magic wands, it's really realistic!"
"This way, please. It's easier to see the whole store from this seat."
The signboard girl guided the two to an empty double seat, then pointed to the sign on the table and said, "If you want to order, you can choose online. See if there's anything you're interested in! I'll excuse you for a moment!"
After finishing the guidance work, she gave some simple instructions, then walked away with small steps.
Cuiqin and Xia Liang also sat down and opened the menu on their phones. They each looked at the options on the menu for a moment, discussed it, and ordered the desserts and drinks they wanted.
Xia Liang ordered a cup of fruit tea, a plate of small cakes and a cup of ice cream; Cuiqiao ordered something relatively simple, she just asked for a cup of latte.
The business in the store was actually quite good, and you could see many customers interacting with the staff in magical girl uniforms. Fortunately, the speed of making the dishes was not slowed down by the booming business, and soon, the desserts of Delphinium and Xia Liangdian were brought up by a staff in a blue dress.
After seeing the face of the person who came, Kuiqi couldn't help but raise her eyebrows - because the other party was the poster girl who had just left.
The girl opposite had changed out of the maid uniform she was wearing when she stood at the door, and put on a magical girl style, gorgeously decorated blue coat and puffy skirt. At this moment, she brought the dessert to the table where the two of them were sitting with a smile on her face.
"Aren't you watching the sign outside?" Cuique couldn't help but ask.
"It's shift time. We can't just stand outside all the time."
The girl in the blue skirt laughed and explained, "If you keep being exposed to the sun, your skin will turn darker."
"Yeah."
Not satisfied with this perfunctory answer, Delphinium responded with some noncommittal, took the plate from her hand, and then picked up the cup of coffee she ordered.
"Are you interested in these magical girl-style uniforms in the store?"
Before Delphinium could bring the cup to her lips, the signboard girl next to her came over again and said, "The uniforms in our store are all made based on reality."
"To be specific, the prototypes of these magical girl dresses can actually be found on the Internet. The original owner of each piece of clothing is a very famous magical girl."
"For example, the one I'm wearing is the clothes of Blue Star, a famous magical girl from the northern central city of Tiandu."
Hearing what she said, Kuei-Ching couldn't help but take a look at her clothes. After comparing them with the "Blue Star" she had mentioned in her memory, she found that it was indeed as she had said, and it was very similar to her own clothes.
Thinking of this, she looked around again, at the uniforms of other store employees, and could see that these clothes were indeed more or less familiar. Many of them she remembered, some of which she had seen on her colleagues when she was a magical girl, and some of which she had seen in various news or online pictures after retiring.
Apart from the fact that the girls wearing these clothes were serving tea and water, it was quite an experience to see such a rich variety of magical girl clothes in such a place.
The evaluation of this place was slightly higher. While watching the actions of the surrounding shop assistants with interest, Delphinium picked up the coffee and took a sip.
However, when she began to calmly taste the coffee in her hand, another clerk walked past her lightly. The uniform style of this clerk made Delphinium almost drink the coffee in her mouth into her trachea.
“Puff—cough cough cough!”
After bending down and coughing a few times, she finally managed to catch her breath. She pointed at the clerk passing by and said to the sign girl next to her: "That dress... that shouldn't be..."
"Ah, little sister, do you know me? This is the clothes of our magical girl from Fangting City, Sakura."
The clerk standing nearby didn't know why Delphinium reacted so strongly. She just thought that she recognized the origin of the original model of this skirt and continued to explain with a smile: "Speaking of Ying, she is the pride of our Fangting City. Although she has not been active for a long time recently, she has saved thousands of people in this city in the past."
"Ah, well, I remember now."
After calming down a little, Kuizi turned her head and continued, "I've seen her on TV before, so I think that dress looks familiar."
Because her reaction just now was so strange, and she didn't want the signboard girl to realize this, she wanted to change the subject directly, so Delphinium began to observe the clothes of other employees, trying to change the subject.
But before she could find a gimmick to change the subject, when her eyes fell on another clerk not far away, she fell into a long silence.
A navy blue Lolita dress and a big bonnet - just by looking at these features, she knew that this was her own, and Delphinium's, magical girl outfit.
Her gaze was noticed by the girl at the side who was looking at the direction of Delphinium. After seeing what kind of uniform the clerk was wearing, she immediately asked, "Are you interested in what she's wearing?"
"No, not really. I was just looking around." Delphinium immediately turned her eyes away from the clerk's clothes.
"If I remember correctly, she was also wearing the clothes of the Fontaine City Magical Girl."
The signboard girl didn't listen to Delphinium's explanation, but added: "It's just that the original owner of this dress was a magical girl who retired a long time ago. I remember her name was Cornflower?"
Delphinium could only pretend not to care, continue sipping her coffee and pretend to be silent.
"Come to think of it, little sister, your hair is blue, maybe that outfit will suit you very well."
The girl on the sign suddenly clapped her hands together and said, "Today we have a small game about exactly this. Wear the same magical girl clothes as the store clerk, and then take a photo together. Do you want to try it?"
"No thanks." Delphinium refused briefly and forcefully.
"If you don't want your photos to be published in the store, you can keep them privately!" The signboard girl continued to suggest this, but did not get a response from Delphinium.
At this time, Xia Liang, who had just finished taking pictures of the desserts, raised her head and looked at the girl holding the sign: "Sister, are you sure you remember that the magical girl you were talking about is really called 'Cornflower'?"
"Well, this code name should be quite famous. After all, she is a veteran hero in Fangting City. You can still see her name in some old news if you search for it now." The girl on the sign explained it in detail, and it seemed that she was very familiar with the information related to magical girls.
"Hey... so her name is Cornflower."
Xia Liang slightly curled up the corners of his mouth, glanced at Kuizi with a hint of meaning, and said meaningfully: "It seems that I was confused. I confused her with a magical girl named Kuizi."
"Delphinium?" Hearing this, the girl on the signboard showed a puzzled expression, "I don't know about this. I don't think I have heard of such a code name."
Listening to the conversation between the two, Delphinium lowered her head in silence. She drank her coffee, pretending not to hear the conversation between the two, while thinking about how to refuse the "little game" proposed by the other party.
"Well, let me give it a try."
Just as she was thinking about how to decline, Xia Liang beside her suddenly raised her hand after the conversation: "It's the 'cornflower' dress you mentioned. I want to try it!"
"Oh! Little sister, you want to try it? No problem. The changing room is over there."
The girl on the signboard suddenly became motivated and said in a somewhat encouraging tone, "We have prepared at least two of each type of magical girl uniform, so feel free to choose, don't worry about conflicts!"
The two people reached a consensus, and Xia Liang immediately agreed to the request of this "little game", stood up from his seat, and followed the other party to the employee rest area in the store.
With the help of the store clerk, Xia Liang quickly changed into the "cornflower style" magical girl uniform, and according to the rules of the game, she stood back to back with the store clerk wearing the same uniform, and began to try various poses.
"Let me see what kind of posture and lines are more suitable..."
After trying several times, he finally found the most suitable posture and angle. Xia Liang smiled faintly, picked up the blue magic wand, and posed in a fighting posture with the clerk back to back. He blinked his right eye at the camera and said, "I will protect the safety of Fangting City!"
"Ah ...
The girl in charge of taking photos put down her phone and covered her chest in ecstasy: "She looks just like a genuine magical girl! As expected, the most suitable image of a magical girl is a younger girl!"
The commotion here undoubtedly attracted the attention of many people in the store, not only the shop assistants next to them, but also some customers turned their eyes over.
Xia Liang's appearance is already quite cute, so the effect of wearing this Lolita skirt is also very good. Although it is very different from the original "cornflower" image, it does not prevent the effect after wearing it from having a unique style.
Even though the store clerks are all wearing gorgeous magical girl-style uniforms, few of them can make them look as cool as Xia, which is something that surprises many people.
"You win, you win, I'll give you a 30% discount... No, 40% off!"
The girl on the sign seemed quite satisfied with Xia Liang's appearance. After a moment of intoxication, she took the initiative to suggest to him, "Do you want to try something else?"
"Is that all? That's actually the end of the game, right?"
Xia Liang blinked innocently, and said as if he was a little embarrassed: "Will I delay my sisters' work by doing this?"
"Other people's words may be considered as delaying work, but your words are fine!"
The sign-posting girl shook her head repeatedly, denying Xia Liang's statement: "Look, it's not just me, the shop assistants around here are also eager to see what you look like in other uniforms!"
After she said this, the shop assistants around her also waved to Xia Liang, and some made a heart shape or gave a thumbs up to express their expectation and encouragement.
"In that case... then I will respectfully obey your command!"
In this way, Xia Liang tried on more than half of the magical girl uniforms in the store.
Most of them were the same clothes worn by famous magical girls from other places, and some were worn by magical girls from Fangting City. Among them was the skirt that belonged to Sakura and the one that Cuiqiao had just seen.
In response to this, Delphinium only showed a little nostalgic look at first, but soon calmed down.
The shop assistants and customers around clapped and cheered from time to time, and someone even whistled twice. But then they were quickly reminded and warned by the shop assistants and then they calmed down.
Delphinium sat nearby, saying nothing, and watched the whole thing quietly.
Until Xia Liang felt that he had had enough fun and had no intention of wearing any other uniforms, he changed back into his original clothes and sat back in his original seat.
Seeing her performance like this, Cuique thought she was ready to be quiet for a while, but just as this thought came to mind, Xia Liang suddenly looked at Cuique and said, "Young senior, do you want to try?"
(End of this chapter)
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