Chapter 385: Preliminary Round of the Beauty Pageant!
Over the weekend, it rained continuously.
Affected by the weather, Ryohei and Yurine spent most of their time shopping in malls and exploring shops.
Besides that, they also had a meal with Persephone II and her mother, Persephone.
To thank them for taking care of Persephone II in the human world, Persephone specially booked a table at a local thousand-year-old restaurant and treated them to a feast.
In the end, everyone was happy.
On Sunday evening, Yurine took the train again, returning to the human world.
No choice, students were like this; they had to rush back before the holiday ended.
The rain pattered down, continuing until December.
On the 1st, the "Beauty Pageant" held in Charm Capital officially kicked off.
The preliminary round was held online!
Due to the excessive number of demons registering for the competition—heard that men and women combined had exceeded 100,000—the organizers uniformly helped each contestant shoot a short video within one minute and uploaded it to the internet.
Then, netizens would vote to select the 100 most beautiful and handsome demons to enter the formal competition.
The voting period was within half a month of the start of the preliminary round. Each demon could only cast three votes, requiring real-name authentication.
Ryohei planned to cast all his three votes for Yusa.
He had a visa, so he could also vote...
"..."
"I'm done eating."
After having breakfast and lunch, Ryohei got up and went to the living room, sat on the luxurious sofa, and took out his phone from his pocket.
He clicked on an app, and a short video popped up immediately.
"Is it ready?"
Ryohei temporarily left the app interface, clicked on the memo, checked the information he recorded two days ago, returned to the app, entered "39420" in the search bar, and clicked search.
Yusa's competition video popped up immediately!
Accompanied by a brisk melody, in the video—
Wearing a pristine white chef's uniform, a white pleated mushroom hat, and her hair tied in a high ponytail, Yusa began to make a parfait with fluid movements in a clean and bright kitchen.
Full of ingredients, exquisite in shape, like a work of art—a Centennial Festival Limited Parfait that satisfied just by looking at it was born in her hands in the blink of an eye.
At this time, the video also ended!
"..." Ryohei was somewhat surprised, not expecting Yusa to shoot a beauty pageant short video in this form.
The corners of his mouth curved up, and he watched it again.
The short video was shot quite well—
Although Yusa's clothing was conservative, the fitting chef's uniform perfectly highlighted her curvy and hot figure. Coupled with her exquisite face and calm and elegant temperament, it was pleasing to the eye.
There was expandable text at the bottom of the video, which was an introduction to Yusa. Ryohei clicked on it to take a look, then cast three consecutive votes.
He wasn't the first to vote.
Yusa had already accumulated more than 700 votes and dozens of comments. Ryohei casually clicked on the comment section—
I know this demon; she's Head Chef Yusa of the Ice Clan dessert shop in District 11! The desserts she makes are exquisite and super delicious! Especially various parfaits, truly superb! (☆｀• ω •´)ｂ
The first comment, and also the one with the most likes, was suspected to be an advertisement.
However—
If Yusa takes this opportunity to become an internet celebrity and accumulate a fanbase, maybe she can advance to the formal competition?
A thought flashed through Ryohei's mind. He continued to read down, serious and unserious comments mixed together—
Lady Head Chef is super good-looking!
Beautiful chef!
Wah—! Ice Clan lady! Those who know, know! (￣y▽￣)~ covering mouth and snickering.*
This girl looks very sweet at first glance; must vote for her!
Oh ho! Want to drink her lemon syrup, preferably directly into my mouth! Opening mouth wide—ah(๑´ㅁ`)!
The parfait she makes is indeed delicious; have eaten it and love it!
"..."
Ryohei nodded secretly at those positive comments, smiling. When he scanned the improper comments, he frowned slightly and clicked his tongue unhappily.
Finally, he also left his own "footprint"—
Good-looking, good figure, and so good at making desserts; don't know which man will benefit in the end! (๑＞ᴗ＜๑)
After posting the comment, Ryohei switched to the LINE interface and sent a private message to Yusa—
[Ryohei]: "Voted for you! All three votes for you! Mwah! (´,,•ω•,,)♡!"
"..."
After a while, there was no reply; maybe she was busy. Ryohei didn't mind and casually swiped through other short videos.
Accompanied by exciting music—
A succubus lady dressed very revealingly danced an enchanting dance.
"Good looking?"
Lucoa, whose skin color had returned to fair, came to Ryohei's side. With her slender hands behind her back, she leaned to one side, looked at his phone screen, and asked with a smile.
"It's okay." Ryohei answered casually.
"Lustful human."
Pekola said on the other side.
"Wait a minute!" Ryohei couldn't help looking over, defending himself: "I'm just looking at what contestants are participating in the beauty pageant; how did I become a lustful human?"
"Just say if you are lustful or not." Pekola looked at him calmly, her voice cool.
"Oh ho! Checkmate!" Lucoa covered her mouth and chuckled.
"..." Ryohei was numb. He put his hand to his forehead, choosing his words carefully: "I think... desire is my instinct as a living being."
"Nothing wrong with that statement."
Lucoa hugged her ample bosom and sat down beside Ryohei.
Pekola sat down on the other side, her tone devoid of ripples: "I didn't say it wasn't!"
Buzz buzz—!
At this time, the phone vibrated; Yusa sent a message—
[Yusa]: "Arigato... speaking of which, I thought you voted for me at midnight! (◜◔.◔◝)"
Ryohei looked at the message and replied casually:
[Ryohei]: "Actually wanted to vote then, but the app froze as soon as it opened; couldn't operate at all. Tried several times but it didn't work."
[Yusa]: "Should be too many visitors crashing the server."
[Ryohei]: "Mn."
"..."
Ryohei chatted with Yusa for a few sentences, and then she went to work.
She would be relatively busy until the end of the preliminary round...
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