Chapter 18 : I'm back... sort of.

Hey ya! I'm back for sometime. Since my dnd group suddenly have no time to play this few weeks so here I am…

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The very next day after the incident with Kamoshida's castle, Kamoshida suddenly went viral. He immediately turned himself in, and exposed his whole…. Prostitution scheme… It seems that he worked together with the principal to 'sell' some girls to the highest bidder, and now the whole country is shocked. Needless to say, some names include those high up in the government. It seems that my Senior took this opportunity and rained hell upon them. Thus cementing himself as one of the best candidates for the prime minister position…

"Wow… he sure works fast…"

"Who? Father? He always works fast."

My hand is suddenly held by alice… after the little fiasco yesterday, Alice somehow found out that I went to 'have fun' without her and thus… with her own words…

"I SHALL NOT LET YOU OFF MY SIGHT ANYMORE!"

But I'm sure Nemo will come to my rescue right… speaking of which I didn't see him today…. Strange… Well it is a saturday after all.

"Oh Nemo? Well I may or may not have set the kitchen on fire and blame it on Nemo prime ...."

"... I suppose Nemo Bakery is furious right now …"

" Hahahaha, well she's having fun whipping the rest of the nemo's to shape!"

Yeah I remembered getting whipped into shape with that sharp tongue of hers.

"But then again! It's unfair! Why do you always 'stumble' upon fun things!"

" ehhhh?"

I mean yeah fun for you, anything but fun for me! I would rather stay at home than go into the metaverse and get killed like a certain detective!

"Hence I bought this !"

Click*

I heard a clicking sound. And look at my wrist…. I'm cuffed… with a pink cuff….

"Alice…"

"Yes?"

"Do you by any chance find this in your father's room?"

"No, it's from Mother Sae's room! I thought they looked cute on you!"

… I'm conflicted… I hope they washed these….

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Moving throughout Tokyo with a cuff in your hand does draw some attention… especially if you're walking with the prime minister candidate's daughter…. But then again… I'm sure everything will be fine… If anything happens there's always Moriarty and Senpai that backs me up right?

[Oi oi oi, do your kinky play yourself, I'm not going to get pulled into your debauchery.]

"Oh hey! It's Liam and Dojima-san."

!?

I looked back to see… Why is it Ren and Ryuji and the Cat….

"Hi!"

Alice is waving her cuffed hands in the air with no hint of embarrassment, while Ryuji and Ren notice it. Ryuji turned bright red for some reason… while Ren just… flashes his glasses…

"Why are you so red, kohai!"

"WHY ARE YOU WEARING THAT THING!"

"Why not? I can't let this guy run around having fun himself! I want some release too! It's hard to keep it cooped up, you know!"

"YOU BASTARD! WHAT KIND OF MEN ARE YOU LEAVING A WOMAN HIGH AND DRY LIKE THAT!"

"I know right! What kind of man are you!"

Oi oi oi I think both of you are talking about different things… I suddenly felt a presence behind me, I instinctually throw a punch hoping it was rodin.

*thud*

My fist was captured by… eh? A handsome middle aged man with a goatee… and a hunk… who are you again?

"Tsk, young ones these days…."

"Ah, Uncle Sojiro, opening up shop for today?"

SOJIRO? Well I did see him in his usual suit when on Alice's birthday, but holy hell, when he changes into a short sleeved shirt he looked completely different!

"Don't Ah me young lady! You can't just chain your boyfriend up in public like that!"

"Ehhhhh! But why! He keeps having fun without me!"

"Oh… did he now?"

"Yeah! I always smell the scent of battle and blood every time I get my eyes off him! You gotta help me put him on a leash uncle Sojiro!"

It looked as if a light bulb just popped on top of sojiro as he finally got what's this all about and finally looked at me with… pity…. Yeah… thanks man…

the next thing he did is he went into a random clothing store, and brought a white jacket…. Afterwards he just put the jacket in between the chains so no one sees them…

"There you go Alice, keep a tighter leash next time… You can always ask your father or Uncle Nobi for help…"

"Thank you Uncle Sojiro! I'll Keep that in mind!"

I looked at Sojiro with pitiful dog eyes….

"Yeah, no kid, that won't work. And keep those kinds of actions clean and discreet would you? No scratch that, keep Alice's record clean would you? Ring this number if you ever need…. A dinner reservation…"

Dinner reservation… where did I hear that before….

"Ah of course…. How about the price?"

"Ah that… The Japanese branch is all under our control… if you mention me or maou-sama's name it's free."

I took the name card that Sojiro presented to me….

"And you kids."

He looked towards Ren and Ryuji.

"Keep your noses clean, got it?"

"Hai!"

It seems that Ryuji is also spooked by the hulking figure of Sojiro.

"And the cafe ain't no dorm that you can just come in and out willy nilly. 11pm sharp, if I don't see you back you can kiss your probation goodbye."

"I understand."

"Good."

"If you don't have any business in front of my cafe, you can go. You're blocking the customers"

Huh? Cafe? And since when is there a line behind me?

"Ah yeah, that's Cafe leblanc! Uncle Sojiro's Cafe! Wanna try?"

"EH?"

But we're in the middle of shibuya! And leblanc is …. I looked at the huge cafe in front of me… if no one tells me this is a cafe I would think of it as some kind of department store with how big it is…

"Maybe some other time, Alice, Let's walk around the city first!"

"Sounds good to me!"

This has got to be a money laundering scheme…. Yeah it has got to be!

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We walked ourselves into the Tokyo tower… since I had always wanted to come here. It's tall and we can see the whole city from up here, and what do you know it's just the right time for lunch.

"Liam, I'm hungry!"

Alice's nudging me unsubtly. As she's literally poking me with her hands, and I think I'm bleeding…

"Yeah, me too Alice, should we stop by somewhere to eat? What do you think, Ren, Liam?"

Nods nods.

Somehow Ryuji and Ren ended up following us. Not that it matters though… There seems to be a fancy restaurant by the tokyo tower… but after seeing the price of the food… yeah I would rather buy myself something nice thank you very much.

Wait… isn't Moriarty like super rich?

[No. but I suppose having a meal like that does count as cheap.]

…. I oh so envy you.

[I couldn't say the same to you.]

Just take the god damn compliment.

[But I heard none.]

{Less talking in your mind, and more talking to me, please, Liam. And Mori, please be a dear and don't bother me and Liam's date. For today I'm the only thing that he can think about. }

[.... I've sent a bit of money to you Liam. Have fun!]

You're the best. Although my sarcasm sense is tingling I'll let it slide.

[....]

And he closes the connection. With a couple of million yen richer, I ended up appeasing the moody Alice by promising to jump from Tokyo Tower while gliding… much to Moriarty's displeasure.

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"Ah that hits the spot. Right Ren? "

Nods nods.

I ended up paying for the group…

"It's barely passable."

Yeah compared to Nemo's cooking, yeah this is just tasteless..

Right now we're sitting inside the fancy restaurant… it appears that even the staff is a yakuza, recognizes Alice, and sends us to a VIP seat immediately.

"So…. since when are you guys dating?"

"Oh… we've always been each other's sweethearts, it started 7 years ago…"

…..

"Sniff sniff* I Take it back you're the manliest man Liam."

"Yeah."

What the hell did I just hear? She made me into this prince on a white horse and saved her from her father's ridiculously effective curriculum…

I mean if my daughter was from Yarnm I would also do that. Basic etiquette is a must. And common sense yeah. Let's not forget that.

Anyway it seems that I've always responded to her text and instant messages, and I'm the ideal man for her who never expected anything from her, and whatnot…

And how come I didn't know that she thinks we're dating secretly.

[That's just you and your thick skull.]

You better get out of my head before Alice notices.

[...]

"And we've been together ever since!"

I want to suddenly shout an objection but I still love my head above my neck so I'll just shut up. Nobody knows what a moody yandere would do.

"Speaking of which, Alice-san, What's your father's name… you know for research purposes…"

If this is heading where I'm thinking, then good luck, I ain't helping ya.

"Oh, I thought you knew, It's Dojima Akira."

"Oh Dojima Akira, got it… WAIT ISN'T HE LIKE A BIGSHOT?"

"Huh? I wouldn't call father a big shot…"

"I mean, isn't he set in stone to be the next prime minister?"

"Oh! That! Yeah. That's what mother Izanami always says. But competitions are though."

There seems to be a big ? from Ren. It seems like he's not up to date with politics.

"Oh ren, if you don't know, my mom's a big fan of Dojima-san… I mean Alice-san's father. She wouldn't shut up about how much effort he put into helping the needy."

"Eh? Really?"

"Huh… you didn't know?"

"I mean father always keeps a lookout for the family, and for his clan. Are you by any chance related to the Tojo-clan Sakamoto-san?"

"I wouldn't exactly say it's related… but they did help me and my ma out a lot…"

Abruptly Ryuji stood up and bowed.

"I can't express how much I owe the TJC and your father Dojima-san. If not for —"

"Sit. I'm Alice, Dojima Akira's daughter. If you want to say thank you, say it to my father."

"Eh— but—"

"Or do you want me to call my father right now?"

"No— em—."

"Then sit."

"Yes mam…."

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I paid for the meal in the end… and it seems that it didn't even scratch my wallet that much…. Especially with the aid from moriarty. Thanks man.

[I don't need your thanks.]

Just shut up and take it.

[I smell another favor. Out with it what do you want]

Oh you know what I want.

[But I take control?]

Sure. as long as Alice's happy.

[Deal, I've been itching out to try my theory of flight using mana to pull me into a certain vector instead of propelling me —--]

I didn't pay attention to the rambling.

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Later that night. It seems that #TokyoBatman is trending on SNS. As long as Alice's happily laughing in my arms, I could care less.