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"So..."

"What does a date have to do with cat ears?"

The location is a dessert shop on Cake Island.

Uchiha Hikaru sat at the table, watching Esdeath put a cup of freshly prepared strawberry smoothie in front of her. The cat ears on both sides of her head moved, and her face looked a little unnatural.

How should I put it? Adhering to the principle of willing to gamble and lose, she accepted the date proposed by Esdeath and placed the location nearby on Cake Island.

-This is also one of the most prosperous places in the pirate world. There are all kinds of desserts, cold drinks, and clothing stores on the island. You can see the sea view in the distance when walking on the road. And because the entire Wan Guo Sea has been frozen by Esdeath, no one will disturb you no matter what you do here. It is indeed very suitable for enjoying the world of two people...

Just...

Esdeath seems to have some obsession with cat ears. She insists on letting Uchiha Hikaru appear in the form of a cat-eared girl, which makes her a little helpless.

"Well, after all, this looks the cutest."

Esdeath said as a matter of course.

At this moment, she also sat down at the table with a glass of smoothie. She snapped her fingers casually, and the air above the two glasses of smoothie suddenly cooled down, making the cream more compact.

The ability of "Devil's Essence" was used in this place, which was quite ingenious.

"Try it."

Esdeath raised her chin: "When I was in the Empire, I learned some dessert mixing techniques. I haven't used them for a long time. I don't know if the techniques are still there... Speaking of which, this place called "Wan Guo" is also quite interesting. Even the walls of the houses are made of various desserts, which makes mixing very convenient."

"Indeed."

In the case of horizontal comparison only with the pirate world, Big Mom's Wan Guo is actually considered to have a relatively high standard of living. Although life will be drawn regularly, at least you can live... However, if you live here for a long time, the most intuitive disadvantage is that you may be prone to diabetes.

Uchiha Guang scooped a piece of smoothie with a spoon and put it into his mouth. The moment his tongue touched the crushed ice, his eyes widened slightly.

This taste...

It's unexpectedly delicious?

"How is it?"

Esdeath sat opposite with her chin on one hand, looking over here with interest, as if looking forward to her feedback.

"Hmm... It's delicious, don't you want to try it yourself?"

Uchiha Guang scooped two more spoonfuls, and after eating it, she looked up and found that Esdeath had been staring at her. Then he suddenly reached out his hand, put his fingertips to the corner of her mouth, scraped off a small ball of cream stuck there, and then naturally put it into his mouth.

"Wait, that is..."

Uchiha Guang opened his mouth and stared at this scene in amazement, and didn't have time to stop it for a while.

Esdeath on the opposite side had already swallowed the cream, then stretched out her rosy tongue and licked it gently, then pursed her lips and smiled: "Hmm, it's really sweet."

"..."

No...

Why are you so skilled?

Uchiha Hikaru admitted that she didn't have much experience in relationships, but at least she lived in the modern world of information explosion in her previous life, so she had quite a lot of experience. But she never dreamed that one day she would become the object of someone's flirting.

This sudden intimate gesture really made her heart beat faster unconsciously.

But it was a bit strange...

--Esdeath, when did you learn these tricks?

Could it be that after buying a mobile phone in the world of magic, you found learning materials on the Internet and secretly studied?

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

Esdeath was slightly startled by Uchiha Hikaru's suspicious eyes, but then she laughed again: "Didn't we agree that I will arrange everything for this date? You don't want to go back on your word, do you? Well, eat quickly, it won't taste good if it melts later."

As she said this, Esdeath pushed the glass of smoothie in front of her over.

Uchiha Hikaru accepted all offers, and while holding the smoothie in his mouth and waiting for it to melt, he said vaguely: "What are the plans for later?"

"Well... there seem to be a few clothing stores over there. After eating the smoothie, go over and pick out some clothes. You look like this now, so it's suitable for you to wear more cute clothes."

Esdeath looked at the cat ears on both sides of Uchiha Hikaru's head and said with a smile.

"...Okay."

At this point, Uchiha Hikaru was too lazy to think about it.

Anyway, this date was initiated by Esdeath. Since the latter had already made a plan, there was no need for her to ask more questions. She just listened to the other party's arrangements. She had been running around for Yamato, Ace, Whitebeard and others some time ago. Now it's really time to let go and relax.

She finished the smoothie leisurely.

After that, the two got up and left the dessert shop, walked a short distance hand in hand, came to the clothing store, and started trying on clothes.

There are quite a lot of clothing styles in the Pirate World, and many of them are quite trendy. Even in the neighboring Dragon Clan and Curse World, they don't look out of place at all.

But...

The clothing sizes are generally large, and more than half of them are prepared for people over two meters tall, leaving few for normal body types.

Esdeath chose a gorgeous dress.     Hmm... pink.

Even though he had prepared himself mentally, when he saw this outfit, Uchiha Hikaru still pulled his lips unconsciously: "Are you sure you want to try this one? I don't care, but this color... you probably don't like it, right?"

"That's not necessarily true. If it was you, Xiao Guang, I would be very interested in seeing it no matter what color it was."

"..."

Uchiha Hikaru glanced at Esdeath, and then, under the latter's excited gaze, he turned and walked into the fitting room.

Two minutes later.

Uchiha Hikaru opened the door of the fitting room and waved outside: "Xiao Ai, come and help me."

"Hmm?"

"This skirt... is a little difficult to wear."

The space in the fitting room is not large.

When Uchiha Hikaru stood in it, it was still spacious, but when Esdeath squeezed in, it immediately seemed narrow. After a brief explanation, Uchiha Hikaru stood in front of the fitting mirror holding the skirt she had just put on halfway. She felt a few cold fingers falling on her back, and her body stiffened unconsciously, and a few drops of sweat oozed out of the tip of her nose.

"Is it hot?"

Esdeath said softly.

"... A little."

"Then I'll be a little faster, you bear with it for a while."

Having said that, Esdeath obviously didn't know much about this kind of skirt - as a general of the empire in the past, the most common clothes she wore were military uniforms, which were incompatible with this kind of cute style of skirt. So, after groping for a long time, she finally figured out how to wear this set of clothes, then zipped it up from the back, and then tidied up the fabric next to it.

"Okay."

As Esdeath spoke, Uchiha Hikaru breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to push the door out, but was called by the other party again.

Then, Esdeath was seen bending down, and his hands naturally reached to both sides of her shoulders, pulling and smoothing the wrinkles at the collar.

Compared with the previous action, this action seemed much more gentle, and there was a hint of a wife tidying up her husband's clothes.

Soon.

The wrinkles on the collar were neatly arranged.

But Esdeath did not stand up directly, but kept her hands on her shoulders, raised her eyebrows, and looked at Uchiha Hikari with a pair of ice-blue eyes. Uchiha Hikari was also looking at her.

The four eyes met.

The air around them seemed to become quiet, and in the small space, only the breathing and heartbeats of both parties were clearly audible.

It was unclear who moved first, and the faces of the two gradually approached, so close that they could see each other's eyelashes clearly and smell the faint fragrance in the air.

"Speaking of which..."

Esdeath sighed lightly: "This kind of thing can also be regarded as a part of a date, right?"

Uchiha Hikari's heart moved: "You mean..."

No response. There was just a cool and soft touch that suddenly fell on the lips, causing Uchiha Hikaru to open his eyes wide for a moment, and then gently close them.

A breeze blew by.

A charming atmosphere spread in this small space.

For a long time.

The two sides separated again, and Esdeath took a half step back, looked at Uchiha Hikaru's radiant face and the clothes on his body, and nodded slightly: "It looks good. Let's go out and take a few photos as a souvenir, and then try other things?"

"...Okay."

...

That afternoon.

Uchiha Hikaru and Esdeath visited almost all the shops on Cake Island, and then came to the beach near dusk. They caught a few sea fish here, and Esdeath scaled them and put them on the bonfire. Then the two of them sat by the sea, eating grilled fish while watching the sun set and the bright moon in the sky.

"It's been a whole day. Time has passed quite quickly."

Uchiha Guang looked up at the full moon for a while, then looked at Esdeath and said softly: "Is this date over?"

"Shouldn't this kind of thing be calculated by time?"

Esdeath raised her eyebrows, then smiled again: "But it's really late now. If you are sleepy, go to bed first... I had a very happy day today, and you should be the same, right?"

"...Yeah."

Uchiha Guang stretched, got up and washed up quickly, then returned to the place where he was just now, sitting next to Esdeath in a back-to-back position, with his head back against the other's shoulder: "Then... Good night, Xiao Ai."

Esdeath's shoulders stiffened slightly, then became soft, and then relaxed, and then exhaled softly:

"Good night, Guang."