Honkai Impact 3: Deadwood

"If it's too heavy, let me take it."

"No, this is your duty as a maid, let Rita get it."

"A maid is not a coolie."

"Captain, have you forgotten? I am the Valkyrie~"

"Okay, okay... where to go next? I've almost finished buying everything on the list."

"Well..." Rita thought for a while, then she raised her head and said: "I want to hang out with the captain more. Although Rita is very happy to be able to purchase things with the captain, but as expected, ...I still want to spend more time with the captain outside."

"I see. Speaking of which, it's lunch time. Why don't we take you to dinner first? I'll treat you." After hearing this, the captain immediately planned the next itinerary. It's just a request of this level, so the captain is naturally willing to accept it. , after all, Rita helped a lot with the purchase, and I haven’t even had time to thank her properly yet.

"Would you like to have lunch with Mr. Captain? It would be an honor."

Rita looked very interested, and the two of them walked around the commercial street for a while carrying their bags, and finally chose a small store under Rita's choice. There were not many people inside, but the atmosphere was surprisingly good. Rita found a seat by the corner and asked the captain to sit down first, and then she sat down on the opposite seat.

"Rita, what would you like to eat?"

"Where's the Captain?"

"It's up to you to choose."

The captain handed Rita a menu, and Rita flipped through it quickly, but she only chose a few home-cooked dishes.

Seeing that the two guests in the corner had almost finished their selections, a waiter walked up to them with two glasses of lunch juice and asked respectfully: "Have you made your selections?"

Rita told him the chosen dishes, and the waiter placed the juice in front of the two of them, recorded the dishes skillfully, and then bowed and left politely.

The captain took out the shopping list and started to check if there was anything missing, while Rita looked at the captain quietly.

After a while, the waiter brought out the dishes Rita had chosen, three home-cooked dishes, plus two small bowls of rice.

"Speaking of which, it's rare to be able to eat such a simple dish with Rita by your side."

"Oh?"

"I don't mean it's not delicious, it's just that Rita usually likes to cook very exquisite dishes, so that's why I said that."

Rita smiled, picked up the juice next to her and took a sip, then turned her eyes to the young man in front of her: "For Rita, if you are with the captain, no matter what the food is, it will be delicious☆"

"..."

Seeing that the captain didn't reply, Rita moved her body towards the table again and stretched her head slightly towards the opposite side: "Then which one do you prefer, captain? The simple and delicious one... or... the perfect and exquisite one?" What about?"

The captain put down his chopsticks, glanced at Rita, moved forward, and said close to Rita's face: "As long as it's made by Rita, I think it's delicious~"

"Huh?!" The maid who was quite impressive just now suddenly retracted her body, and a clear blush suddenly appeared on her fair face. Because the captain's tone was well controlled, she couldn't tell the difference for a moment. Is the other person joking or serious?

"Pfft, haha." Looking at Rita who was uneasy and her eyes were wandering around, the captain felt quite amused and couldn't help laughing. Rita pretended that nothing happened, took another sip of juice, and calmed down her mind: "That is, even the captain, sometimes it seems that he cannot be careless."

"Who knows, haha."

"It's really...haha."

Both of them showed happy smiles again. In fact, the captain just wanted to make a joke on the maid who had always been "unforgiving". Although he was not good at it, it was surprisingly effective in counterattacking, and it also made people happy. The captain felt that it added another color to today's purchase.

After spending a wonderful lunch time together, the two of them started shopping slowly in the commercial street with large and small bags of things. Although the captain considered using "that" to get everything back, he gave up. After all, this was also part of "today" for him and Rita.

The two of them were walking on the street. Just like in the morning, they still received a lot of looks. Of course, most of the looks were focused on a certain maid behind the captain who was carrying many bags but didn't change her expression.

"Captain, Rita feels like many people are looking at us?"

"Remove the "we", everyone is obviously looking at you. You look like the kind of "weak maid who works hard to make money to support the family", and I look like a black-hearted boss who exploits his employees."

"Oh~ Is that so..." Rita smiled mischievously. The captain glanced at Rita beside him and suddenly stopped, as if he thought of something.

"Let's go buy you some new clothes."

The captain pointed to the clothing store in front and said to Rita.

"Huh? New... clothes?"

"I feel like if I continue like this, I will be killed by the sight of the unsuspecting people around me. Are you right, Miss Maid?"

The captain said, switching all the bags in his hand to his right hand, holding Rita's wrist with his left hand, and pulled her into the clothing store.

"Are you serious, Captain?"

"What do you say?"

The captain pulled Rita and walked slowly towards the depths of the clothing store. As he walked, he looked at the women's clothing on the hangers and models and carefully selected them. After walking around for almost a circle, the captain had desired harvest.

"Ah." He stopped and turned his attention to a certain piece of clothing in the corner of the clothing store.

"Does this look suitable for you?"

It was a red dress. He took off the dress and brought the hanger to Rita for comparison.

"The size feels quite right, what do you think?"

"If it was chosen by the Captain, of course Rita would feel..."

"stop."

The captain, who had already guessed what she was going to say, interrupted Rita's "chanting". Rita smiled knowingly, put the bag aside, picked up the dress and walked into the fitting room.

After a while, the curtain of the fitting room was opened, and what appeared in front of the captain was a beautiful woman who had put on new clothes.

"How about it? Captain."

In order to get the captain's comment, Rita also turned around. She wore a burgundy off-the-shoulder dress that matched Rita's graceful figure. The bright skirt fluttered gently. It was obviously just an ordinary dress, but she was wearing it at the moment. But her body seemed to be tailor-made for her.

"Ah...um...suits you very well, Rita." The captain suddenly realized that he was a little fascinated. He turned his head and gave his own evaluation.

"Haha, let's take this one." Seeing the captain's slightly red cheeks, Rita walked out contentedly. The captain took Rita to the front desk. The clerk saw Rita's clothes and took out a handbag from the cabinet with understanding.

"Boss, we want this."

"Okay, sir."

In response, the female clerk took out the props and took off the tags on Rita's clothes, quickly completed the delivery process, and handed over the handbag just now: "Sir, the clothes your lover originally wore can be put inside and taken away. ."

"Ah, uh... okay, thank you."

The captain sounded very uncomfortable, but he was not going to explain any more. In this situation, it is normal for him to be misunderstood. There was also a slight blush on Rita's face. She smiled and put the folded maid uniform into the handbag she had just given.

"Then, let's go?"

"Okay, Captain." Rita came up with an interesting idea again, and taking advantage of others' misunderstanding, she naturally took the captain's arm.

"..."

The captain said nothing and reluctantly walked out of the store with Rita.