Chapter 402: Christmas Gifts and Scarf Tying Master!
December 25th, Tokyo weather: Sunny. High 5°C, low -2°C. North-northwest wind, force 4.
The snow last night only fell for a little over an hour. When the sun came out, it melted not long after.
9:00 AM—
Wearing Christmas outfits, Ryohei and Yurine drove back to the luxurious villa in Meguro Ward.
At this time, Jashin-chan, Lucoa, Pekola, and Second were all in the living room, either watching TV or playing games.
"Huo—!"
"Look what I found? A wild Santa Claus!"
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Upon seeing Yurine dressed as Santa, Jashin-chan immediately pointed at her and shouted exaggeratedly.
Then she jumped up from the sofa, leaned in with a shameless smile, and extended her hand: "Yurine, you'll give gifts, right?"
"Mn, of course."
Yurine didn't refuse, nor did she fuss about Jashin-chan pointing at her just now.
She walked to the coffee table, bent her slender waist, and pulled out a metal baseball bat gleaming with cold light and a small black leather whip from under the table.
"I am the Dark Santa Yurine who spreads terror and despair!"
Yurine held the small leather whip in her left hand, shouldered the metal baseball bat with her right, and turned back to look at Jashin-chan, who had turned into dot eyes with snot hanging under her nose, gesturing:
"Choose one. Do you want to be whipped by this leather whip, or beaten by this baseball bat?"
"I choose neither!"
Jashin-chan was instantly numbed. If you don't want to give, just don't give; why go this far? Is it necessary!
"That won't do! are my gifts so easily refused? You must choose one!"
"Like hell I'll choose!"
"Hmm..." Yurine tilted her head slightly, looking at Jashin-chan, as if thinking of something, and said in surprise: "Could it be... you want both? What a greedy child."
Saying this, she walked towards Jashin-chan.
"How did you come to that conclusion!?"
(／‵Д′)／~ ╧╧
Jashin-chan truly couldn't hold back. She grabbed Ryohei, who was watching the show nearby, blocked him in front of her, and said urgently: "Servant, quickly control your woman!"
"Control what?"
Ryohei turned back with a surprised look: "Didn't you ask her for a gift first? Now that she's giving it, you're unhappy..."
"Screw you!"
Jashin-chan pushed Ryohei forcefully towards Yurine, while she turned and ran upstairs.
Ryohei stumbled from the push and subconsciously hugged Yurine. He wasn't angry either, smiling at Yurine: "Alright, stop scaring her."
"Mn."
Yurine responded gently, asked Ryohei for the clothes they changed out of yesterday, and went upstairs to do laundry.
Ryohei looked at Lucoa, Pekola, and Second in the living room, took out three beautifully wrapped gift boxes from his storage space, and called out: "Distributing Christmas gifts."
"Oh oh—!"
Second's ruby-like beautiful eyes lit up. She cheered, jumped up from the sofa happily, and came to Ryohei in a few steps.
"Here." Ryohei handed over a gift box tied with a silver ribbon, with the word "Second" written on the side.
"Arigato, Onii-chan!"
Second took the gift with both hands, hugged it happily to her chest, bowed slightly, and then returned to the sofa expectantly to open the gift.
What could it be?
"Mn, do I get one too?"
Lucoa reached out with a smile and took the gift box Ryohei handed over.
"Of course."
"It's my first time receiving a Christmas gift," Pekola chimed in.
"There will be more in the future," Ryohei said with a smile.
"Servant, where's mine?"
Jashin-chan leaned on the glass railing on the second floor, leaning out and waving downwards.
"..." Ryohei looked up at her and casually tossed a gift box up.
"It's a hat!"
Second opened her gift and looked happily at the black beret in the box.
She reached out, picked it up, put it on her head, and then left the living room excitedly.
Probably went to look in the mirror.
"Mine is a scarf." Pekola also opened the package, her voice softer than usual.
"Mine is a set of sexy couple's underwear."
Lucoa took over the conversation.
"Mn!?"
Ryohei, who was looking down and replying to Minos's message "Departed, expect to arrive at noon," looked over in shock upon hearing this—
He didn't recall putting any sexy underwear in there.
"Just kidding."
Seeing Ryohei looking over in shock, Lucoa raised her hand to cover her mouth and chuckled lightly.
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Ryohei was instantly speechless and roasted: "Punish you to wear sexy underwear for me to see now!"
"Mn? Punishing me like this? Too light! I hope you can be more excessive!"
"Where did such a masochist come from!"
"Mr. Reindeer, help me tie the scarf."
At this time, Pekola walked up to Ryohei with her long legs and handed out the plaid scarf in her hand.
"Oh, okay."
Ryohei put away his phone and took the high-quality scarf with a soft texture.
He looked up slightly at Pekola, who was a head taller than him, and said confidently: "I'm a professional at tying scarves!"
He had previously obtained the ability entry [Scarf Tying Master (White)]—
Thanks to this entry, Ryohei now skillfully mastered more than a dozen tying methods!
He briefly sized up Pekola, draped the plaid scarf over her shoulders with one long end and one short end. He wound the long end neatly around her neck once, then crisply passed it through the other side and draped it lightly backwards.
Adjusted slightly, letting one end hang naturally on her full chest, and the other end fall smoothly behind her right shoulder.
—Simple, atmospheric, and full of casual feeling tying method completed!
"Mn, not bad."
Ryohei took a half step back and nodded with satisfaction.
Pekola conjured a full-length mirror, turned sideways to look, and the corners of her lips curled up slightly: "Indeed skillful."
She placed her slender white fingers lightly on the scarf and said softly: "So warm..."
"Help me tie it too."
Lucoa handed over a scarf with a smile.
The gift she received was also a scarf, but the style was different from Pekola's.
"Sure."
Ryohei took the scarf, responded, and skillfully tied it for her.
"By the way, why is Mr. Reindeer distributing gifts instead of Santa Claus?"
Lucoa put her hands behind her back, a movement that accentuated the voluptuous curves on her chest.
Really fierce!
"Our family has no Santa Claus, only Santa Girl. Santa Girl is currently washing clothes for Mr. Reindeer, so Mr. Reindeer is doing it on her behalf." Ryohei spouted nonsense with a straight face.
"Souka—!"
Lucoa couldn't help chuckling after listening.
After Ryohei finished tying her scarf, she pressed Ryohei's head into her embrace and said seductively:
"This is the return gift."
"...Actually taking advantage of me twice in a row, Lucoa, you are so greedy!"
"Eh?"
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