Chapter 286 – Pillar West (3)

When I was told that I couldn’t pay for the hotel, I thought about going to a 24-hour cafe and staying up all night.
Grape’s House… In an unexpected way.
In the first place, since Grape came to my house every day, I don’t think my life up to now will change even if I go to Grape’s house.

“Are you tired from a house fire? Wouldn’t it be better to stay in a familiar place than an unfamiliar place like a hotel for mental and physical health?”
“I think Grape’s house is unfamiliar too… ?”
“Can I get used to it in the future? Our house has good hot water, and we have a lot of food in the refrigerator… No, we don’t even have a separate place to sleep, do we?”
“That…But…”
“Ah! If you sleep in our house, you can use the washing machine at will! The smell in the Anger bag is because it was wet and then dried? The dryer works great too!”
“Uh…”

Grape will go to work, and it’s nice to save money on hotel bills.
Not a bad way…It’s…
When I seemed to hesitate, Grape suddenly rose from his seat, grabbed my hand, and lifted me from the table where we had finished eating.

“Hey, is this too sudden? Would you like to think about it while shopping? Start by trimming your hair… Buy some clothes, eat delicious food~ and buy a vision phone!”
“Huh? Uh, right?”
“I’m going to buy a vision phone first!”

Grape took me by the hand, took me to the TrueVision electronics store, and immediately bought me a new Vision phone.
It is not the old-fashioned model originally used, but the latest premium model advertised by Rapid.
Like Rapid’s advertisement, “Faster, safer”, It is stronger and faster than the old-generation entry-level Vision Phone I had.

“Your Vision Phone looks just like me!”
“I know.”

I answered by connecting the vision phone Grape bought me to my cloud account.
Unlike Grape, a top-notch magical girl, this is the first time I’ve used such a good vision phone.
I inserted the data chip with the hypnosis application while the vision phone took care of bringing my messenger data, contacts, and photos from the linked account.

As soon as I found the document and reinstalled the hypnosis app, just like when I installed it for the first time, the text 0% application optimization came to mind.
After optimization, you can use the hypnosis application again.
I left the electronics store with Grape, relieved by the hypnosis application that was back in my hand.

The next destination was a hair salon near a shopping center.
I’m a shop that specializes in men’s cuts that I’ve never been to.
The price of five sandwiches for a single haircut… Why the hell would I pay such a price to have my hair clipped…

“How should I style my hair?
“Please do it loosely…Just in moderation.”
“No! Please tidy up the side hair, cool down because I have a good physique? Oh, but don’t make it too short… Please shave too.”

I had the choice of my hair style taken away from Grape.
After a while, as I was feeling awkward at the reflection in the mirror after shaving, Grape approached from behind after paying the bill.
Grape kept glancing at me with the corners of her mouth raised.

“Grape… Isn’t this too short on the side?”
“You look so good! He was unemployed when he first came in, but now he’s clean, he has a good physique, and his jawline…”
“Ah, yes, thank you. Anger? The payment is over, so leave quickly.”
“Uh? Uh…”

As Grape forcibly dragged me out of the hair salon, I was walking to the shopping center. At some point, Grape grabbed my arm and started rubbing my chest gently.
I feel the people around me glancing at me with envious eyes.
The content of the whispering voice at the sight of Grape… Was very different.

“And…”
“Are the defense forces and girlfriends… ?”
“I envy you…”

A woman the size of Grape would be envied if she carried her around.
That too, but the negative words are completely gone.
After rising from a beggar to a rich unemployed, from a wealthy unemployed to a National Guard soldier, I stopped by a clothing store with Grape.

“By the way, Anger… Did you apply for that outfit and get it?”
“Uh? Do you know what?”
“There’s no way you wouldn’t know… Um… But since those clothes are no longer available, wouldn’t it be better not to wear them and keep them separately?”

Unlike the street lady, I was thrilled with Grape, who had clear eyes.
As Grape said, these clothes are very rare and cannot be obtained anymore.
It was also the uniform worn by VIP members of Esther’s fan club Yoo Seong-wu.

“How about this? It’s a sweatshirt from the same line as the shoes Anger is wearing… This is what I’m advertising. Wouldn’t this suit Anger much better?”
“Well, since the shoes have the same design…But if you wear them like this, you’ll know that you’re a person who really likes grapes…I’m not an ordinary big fan…”
“Try on, bring something that suits you! I’ll buy you!”

After that, I changed into several sets of clothes Grape had chosen and bought them.
With both hands full of new clothes before I knew it, I dressed up from head to toe in clothes advertised by Grape and came out of the shopping center.
I tried to wear other clothes, but Grape forced me to wear them, saying that these clothes were the best match for my current shoes.

A considerable amount of time had passed in the meantime, and the sun was setting outside the shopping center.
Tired of the unplanned shopping, I covered my mouth with my hand and yawned.
Seeing this, Grape looked at me while doing something on his vision phone and said in a kindly soothing voice.

“Are you very tired? Well, I’ve been walking around since lunchtime, and I’ve changed a lot of clothes… Shall we go get some dinner before we go home? Are you hungry?”
“Uh… Yes.”

Just as he said, I was hungry, and Grape, who smiled broadly and pulled his arm, led me to the restaurant.
The restaurant we arrived at was like a quiet bar, where hot pot dishes were served.
The inside of the store is divided into areas with partitions, and for some reason, there are many middle-aged couples.

“What kind of restaurant is this?”
“Mo… It’s a restaurant that does good things for the body, I thought Anger would be very tired…”

Considering that Grape kept touching his Vision phone as he walked to the restaurant, it seemed like a restaurant that Grape had never been to before, searching for it on VisionNet.
After sitting down and receiving the menu, I took a look at the menu, wondering what kind of cuisine the restaurant serves.
Before even reading the menu, in large letters, ‘Symbol of vitality, 100% natural eel hotpot uses secret sauce! I will not disappoint you by betting on business for 30 years.’ Is written on it.
Strangely, it is a sentence that gives chills around the waist.

“Give me this! Ah… I came to see that vision net… This one…”
“Aha… Okay, sir, you mean ‘extract’, right?”
“Excuse me… Quietly…”
“Sorry, sorry. We will prepare one ‘special hot pot’ and one energetic hot pot.”
“Uh? I haven’t chosen the menu yet…”

When a female employee who appeared to be in her 30s came to visit, Grape ordered a dish on her own, took the menu I was about to look at, and handed it to the employee.
The female employee glanced at me once, covered her mouth, smiled, and poured black tea into a cup.
Seeing the warm steam rising, I wanted something like this, so when I sniffed it, I felt a fishy scent.

“Grape, what did you do?”
“It is delicious.”
“So what… ?”
“…The special hot pot is a special menu of this store, and the energetic hot pot is a hot pot with eel and abalone. Anger is special, and I am a restaurant famous for its vitality…Deliciousness.”
“Hmm…”

It doesn’t matter if it’s delicious… But it’s strange, why is it so cold?
The inside of the store is filled with the sound of boiling hot pot dishes and filled with hot air… Strangely creepy
I shivered and drank some of the hot tea I was holding in my hand.
The fragrance is savory, deep, and heavy with a fishy theme.

“…How was D poetry?”

While the food was being cooked, I made eye contact with Grape, who looked at me without saying anything. I asked what had happened in D City, remembering that I hadn’t seen Grape in a long time.
Seeing that they returned safely, it might not seem like much, but even if you know that, it’s a basic courtesy to ask such a question after a long time.
However, Grape heard my question and averted his gaze as if he had trouble answering.

“Uh…”
“…Would you mind answering?”
“No, that…”

I thought nothing would have happened, but did something happen?
As I finished the tea and set the cup down on the table, I remembered why Grape had gone to D.
A strange number of tentacle monsters occurred and the magical girls were dragged away…Were they going to rescue them…

“Did anything bad happen to the other magical girls during the rescue?”
“Um…Ha, no, it wasn’t an accident…”
“Then… ?”
“It should be called an incident… But something strange happened…”

It’s not an accident, but there was an incident…
The magical girl wasn’t injured or dead, but something happened.
Grape crossed his arms and raised his chest, seemed to ponder for a moment, then opened his mouth with a sigh.

“It’s not really something Anger should worry about…But you know C City’s…Liberation Comfort Bridge…Monster Bridge?”
“Uh? Uh…”

The Liberation Comfort Church and the Kaisu Church are new religions with headquarters in C City, based on the doctrine of true liberation from the oppressed world, safety, and pleasure by being with the monster.
Should I call it a religion, it is known as a group of lunatics.
Why is that monster cult suddenly appearing in the story?

“When I arrived at City D… They sent someone to rescue all the magical girls.”
“At the Kaiju Bridge?”
“It’s not wrong… It’s strange… There wasn’t a single magical girl who went wrong, and I came after investigating that for the rest of the period.”

As Grape said, it’s not wrong for the Kaiju cult to rescue magical girls…
This is because the Kaiju cult leader is not an ordinary person, but a magical girl.
That’s…A fairly high rank, a fifth-ranked magical girl.

Despite her 5th commission, she became a pseudo cult and was treated as a vacant position. Even so, her measured power level is quite high, and she is a magical girl who is still ahead of Grape on record.
Her name before becoming the headmaster was Tetra, and the name she now calls herself is Tetra Grama Ton.
No matter how much she became a religious leader, the fact that she was a top-level magical girl didn’t change, so it seemed like there was no problem at all, but… It was, to be sure, quite strange.