Yes. So, here I am.

　It's the day of our date.

"...what to wear...

　That's what I was thinking about when I woke up in the morning. I've been thinking about it all last night and it really bothered me. It's just the warmest time of year. But it's the halfway point of the year when you can wear long or short sleeves. As a matter of fact, some people in town are already wearing summer clothes.

　You can attack it with neat and tidy, or you can go boldly girly... or not.

　I don't know what Elle likes (probably not), but I chose this one for now.

''........this one works!

　And I was heading to the meeting place with Elle.


''Well I hope I'm not too early.''

　We had decided to meet in front of the central fountain at 10:00. But I'm overly enthusiastic and arrive an hour before. Fidgety, I wait. Then two men approach me.

''Hey lady, you're so cute...''
"Would you like to have tea with us if you're not busy?　I'll buy you a drink~

　Hmm. Pick-up. I'm used to this kind of pickup, which is fine, but it's totally disgusting. And doesn't he know me?　 Nobles and such exist, but those are really creatures of a world that is only useful to alchemists.

''No thanks. I'm waiting for you.
Don't say that.
Come on, it's a little bit.

　Annoying. I should smash him with alchemy........ Just as I was thinking that, a beautiful woman walked over from the corner of my eye. Eh, but that's.........

''Fee, you're early.

　So. It was Elle. That's strange. This man is too crazy. He is wearing a black jacket over a pair of tight jeans and a white shirt, and a necklace on his chest, but it is tucked away inside his clothes. He also has a necklace on his chest, but it is tucked away inside his clothes. That casual neckline, which is not too revealing, makes her look stylish.

　And she may be wearing a hairdressing product to make her hair look nicer than usual. Normally, her long hair is tied up in a tidy bun, but today it looks strangely shiny as if she's wearing oil or a glossy wax. And although she wears her hair in a ponytail, it's a little loose and s*xy. The shoes are also brown, high cut, and they're cool and... what do you call it, who are they?　Did you do this to yourself?　Seriously?

Hey, b*tc*, you got a guy?
Let's go.

　The pickup guy spits that out and leaves. But this can't be helped. There aren't many men who can compete with the current Elle.

''Well Fee, you're looking stylish today. I think you're pretty.
'What?　Well, yeah, well it's a date.

　My outfit, on the other hand, was simply a plain white dress. I actually bought it this spring and hadn't had a chance to wear it...but I figured it was now or never.

　It's truly the ultimate in neatness. The material of the dress is important. That's why I put a lot of thought into my makeup, hair and makeup today.

　But that's just the bare minimum of etiquette, and I didn't expect Elle to point it out to me.

　Something is wrong with Elle today. It's the same with being dressed up, and he's never told me I'm pretty, but he's just plain saying it. I'm amazed that this man had an aesthetic sense that existed. No, he said something about the shape of vegetables being beautiful but I never thought he had that for humans.

'Alright, let's go then.'
Ha-ha-ha.
What?
'Hey!　It's nothing!　Let's go!

　And so we both walked side by side.


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　It's crazy. This man is abnormal.

　He said he hadn't eaten breakfast, so I stopped by a nearby cafe, but he bought me a drink. Basically, Elle doesn't buy me a drink. I'm not interested in gender equality, or even the concept of gender in the first place. She doesn't have a gender bias that says she should be strong because she's a man or pretty because she's a woman. Or rather, they don't know about gender bias itself. So you don't know that there's this idea that men are supposed to escort women.

　And yet, he bought me a drink. I said, "Fee, I'll pay the bill," so I pulled my wallet out of my pocket and quickly paid the bill. By the way, this is a restaurant where you pay in advance.

　And that wallet. It's a branded long wallet. The base color is chic black, simple but also slightly shiny. The person who sees it can understand that it is an expensive one. And the watch you wear on your left arm, which I caught a glimpse of, also looks expensive. It's kind of shiny.

　Seriously, what is it?

　Did this guy hit his head from all that research?

"Fee, what do you want to do after this?
'What?　I haven't really thought about it, but...
So let's go with my plan.
....

　Drop the croissant you've been eating.

　Let's go with my plan, shall we?

　Is that what Elle made to escort me to?

　Eh, wait ... I can't get my head around it. Is this a fake?　Do you have a cognitive disruption on me?

　I look at myself with that thought and see the alchemy of resist on myself.

'What's the matter, Fee. You used alchemy out of the blue.
Hahaha it's nothing.

　Nothing much happened. The Elle in front of me was still a stylishly handsome man.

　Wow.........this is bad.......cool.......

　My original goal was to 'make him confess', but if I'm not good at it, I'll end up 'about to confess'.

　 It's not just the appearance, but I like the rugged, kind and hardworking Elle. It's not legal to mess with your students, but hey, we're in the same position now, right?　I mean, we're colleagues, right?　I mean, what's wrong with being in love at work?

　So this is legal.

　This is the way it should be. That's it.


"All right, let's just hang out for a bit.
Uh-huh.


　And we were walking out of the store.




'No, this might look good on Fee but but but...'
Oh, yeah?　Do I look good?

　I'm at the grocery store, and Elle says she buys me all kinds of little things. It could be a necklace, a bracelet, or another trinket.......but the store here is rather expensive. Elle makes a lot of money and a lot of different things, so I'm sure she can pay for it but I really can't believe that the idea of spending money on people is in this head.

Do you have any idea which fees are better?
Whatever Elle chooses for me, I'll take it.
Okay. Well, you'll have to choose carefully.

　Elle turns her smiling face towards us.

　Noooooooooooooooooooo!　No, no, no, no, no!　Who are you, who are you, who are you, who are you?

　The ranking of what I would want to do if I were a lover is being digested. It was a bit sad to be digested when I wasn't a lover, but I was still genuinely happy that Elle was doing so much for me.

　At the same time, it was scary.

　There was no way that this crop idiot could behave in such a normal way. There has to be a backstory... something behind this... but there's nothing.

　I can't help but think that he's genuinely doing a lot of things for me.

　It's not that I'm doubting you, Elle, you know!

　What do I want to do, I want to bite the tsundere alone........ This might be a bug that's coming to me as well.

'Alright, let's do this.'

　Elle chose a bracelet that was a bit expensive. It's a simple silver one, but that's a good thing. There's no weird ornamentation, which I like.

Then don't go buy it.
Yeah. Have a good day...

　I thought as I looked off his back.

　This might be a maybe.

　I, I can go as far as I can.

　Ah.........finally I won't be able to be bullied either....... I'm so glad.........

　While thinking about this, we continued to date.