My Gang of Swordsmen

Chapter 598: Chapter 190: Aoto Teases Sazanoko Until She Blushes [7000]_2

Among the two young girls, one of them casually glanced at Aoto... it was merely the ordinary gaze one gives a passerby.

But at the very moment her gaze landed on Aoto’s face, her expression froze abruptly.

Quickly, her previously lazy demeanor faded away, replaced by an expression of astonishment.

The girl whose expression had changed suddenly leaned excitedly towards her companion’s ear: ”Hey, look, it’s Tachibana Aoto.”

”Tachibana Aoto? The one who almost single-handedly crippled the Anti-foreigner Group and defeated its leader?” The girl’s companion turned her face, sneaking a glance at Aoto, ”Are you sure it’s him?”

”It’s him, it’s him. I’ve heard that Tachibana Aoto is now recuperating in this Ren Medical Hall, I didn’t expect it to be true.”

”So he’s Tachibana Aoto... he’s quite tall, with a rather handsome and delicate face.”

...

The two girls slightly slowed their pace towards the stairs while conversing with the excitement of discovering a celebrity, frequently stealing glances at Aoto.

Though they lowered their voices, their skills at ”hushed speech” were quite mediocre.

Not to mention Aoto, the ”Wind Sensor.”

Even Sazanoko heard every word of their conversation without missing a beat.

After the figures and voices of the two girls completely disappeared into the distance, Aoto felt Sazanoko’s gaze shift to his face.

”Mr. Tachibana, you’ve really become quite the celebrity now.”

Sazanoko still maintained her expressionless ”Iceberg Beauty” look, but there was a playful tease in her voice.

”A celebrity...” Aoto couldn’t help but chuckle dryly, and at that moment, the phrase ”celebrity you” reminded him of certain things.

Things related to Sazanoko.

Aoto raised his hand to scratch the back of his head, then looked askance at Sazanoko, meeting her gaze with a mischievous smile.

”The only one who became a celebrity... isn’t just me.”

”Wouldn’t you agree? Black Bull Princess?”

Aoto stretched out the pronunciation of the term ”Black Bull Princess” in a teasing tone.

An interesting scene occurred at this moment.

Even after experiencing a harrowing event like being kidnapped by the Anti-foreigner Group, Sazanoko never lost her grace and composure, but the moment Aoto uttered the nickname ”Black Bull Princess,” her expression suddenly changed.

The ”Iceberg Beauty” expression disappeared.

In its place was a face with stiff features and two blushes rising on her cheeks.

”No, don’t do that...”

Sazanoko looked visibly embarrassed, her delicate hands tightly clasped together out of shame.

Her face grew redder, and her eyes, filled with flickering emotions, rebuked Aoto for making her say such things.

”Please don’t mention that strange title again...”

After speaking, Sazanoko turned her head forcefully, as if trying to hide her blushing face, lowering her head and intently gazing at her cute little toes.

Aoto blinked hard, a slight, uncontrollable curiosity spreading across his face with the upturned corners of his mouth.

Sazanoko was always so serious... so much so that she might be described as ”rigid” by her demeanor.

No matter when or where, her expression and stance were always so poised and elegant.

Sazanoko’s current appearance... was something Aoto was seeing for the first time.

—So even Miss Sazanoko can blush...

Aoto couldn’t help but express this sentiment, his eyes locked on Sazanoko’s charming face trying hard to see this rare spectacle.

Sazanoko was already an extremely beautiful woman, and the blush on her lovely face added an exotic allure to her beauty.

At this moment, Sazanoko noticed Aoto’s gaze.

Without needing to look in the mirror, just from feeling the temperature of her face, Sazanoko could tell how intensely red her cheeks had become.

The continuous heat emanating from her cheeks heightened Sazanoko’s sense of shame.

Aoto kept staring at her bewildered face... which seemed to have made Sazanoko unhappy.

She decided to retaliate.

Taking a deep breath, she suppressed the shame stirred by Aoto’s ”Black Bull Princess” comment, raising her gaze to glare at Aoto.

Though her expression could be described as a ”glare”... due to the lingering blush on her face, her ”glare” at Aoto had no effect. Instead, Aoto found her action somewhat cute.

”Mr. Tachibana, sorry for letting you see such an unseemly side of me.”

As expected from a Miss from a prestigious family embodying the Yamato Nadeshiko spirit — her first words were so cultured and dignified.

After speaking, Sazanoko took another deep breath, raised her head high, back straight, and although her cheeks remained slightly red, her expression had returned to its usual calm and expressionless state.

At this moment, Aoto belatedly realized that his unblinking gaze at Sazanoko’s charming face might have been slightly impolite, so he hurriedly withdrew his gaze, directing his eyes back to the scenery outside the window.