"Ah… um, sir, although Tenma-san's service attitude isn't very good, you still shouldn't hit her!"
After seeing Sato bring his hand down on Gabriel's head, the Owner, who had been watching from a distance, hurried over in a fluster.
"Boss, we know each other!"
Gabriel couldn't help but say.
"Oh, you… know each other…"
The Owner froze for a moment, scratched his head, and laughed awkwardly. "Then I won't disturb you."
He seemed to let out a sigh of relief as he turned and left.
Watching his back, Sato said thoughtfully, "Seems like your boss is pretty decent?"
"Him? Probably just a nice guy."
Gabriel replied casually, then glanced at Gokou Ruri sitting across from Sato and raised an eyebrow.
"A date?"
She turned back to Sato and asked.
"Ah!"
Gokou Ruri, sitting across from him, immediately blushed and stammered, "N-no, it's not that. I… I'm just discussing some things with Miyabi-sensei…"
Miyabi-sensei?
Gabriel looked at Sato suspiciously. Is that what she calls you? Since when did you change your name?
Sato rolled his eyes at Gabriel and warned, "Gabriel, don't talk nonsense. Kuroneko is just my junior."
"Heh."
Gabriel wore an expression that clearly said she didn't believe a word of it. Her gaze toward Sato was full of disdain. What kind of person brings their junior alone to a café? Couldn't you come up with a better excuse?
Sato's mouth twitched. He couldn't be bothered arguing with this fallen angel anymore.
"Forget it, let's order. Little maid!"
"Damn!"
Hearing how he addressed her, Gabriel tightened her grip on the pen, her eyes flashing with killing intent as she stared at him.
"Don't look at me like that. In your current useless state, you can't beat me."
"And… your service attitude should be better."
Sato suddenly showed a playful expression as he looked at Gabriel. "I heard your living expenses are given based on your performance?"
Since Gokou Ruri was still sitting there, Sato kept his words vague, but Gabriel clearly understood what he meant.
"What are you trying to do?"
A bad feeling rose in Gabriel's heart as she looked at him warily.
"You're working here because you're short on money, right?"
"What does that have to do with you?!"
Gabriel's face darkened, the uneasy feeling in her heart growing stronger.
"Ahem, here's the thing. I think your service attitude isn't very good, so I'm planning to file a complaint later. What do you think?"
What do I think?!
This guy is way too despicable!
Gabriel roared inwardly. And that bigmouth Vigne, why did she tell this guy everything?!
If a customer files a complaint, her pay would be docked!
Gabriel wore an expression like she had swallowed something awful, staring gloomily at Sato.
If looks could kill, Sato felt he would have been murdered hundreds of times already.
But honestly, this felt pretty good.
Ever since he learned from Vignette that Gabriel's angel halo had been corrupted, and that she could no longer use divine arts or the trumpet, he felt a huge sense of relief.
After all, that useless angel used to pull out the trumpet of the apocalypse to scare people at the slightest provocation.
"M-master, what would you like?"
Gabriel forced out a stiff smile that looked worse than crying, her face dark and full of killing intent as she stared at Sato.
For the sake of her game spending, she endured it!
But if she ever got the chance to recover, she would definitely beat this guy up properly!
"Hm, that sounded pretty nice. How about saying it a couple more times?"
Sato squinted, smiling.
Gabriel glared at him coldly. That's enough, you bastard!
"Tch."
Seeing her reaction, Sato clicked his tongue lightly, then ordered some food along with Gokou Ruri.
"Hmph."
"Scum."
The blonde angel snorted coldly before turning and leaving, her gloomy aura making anyone who saw her swallow nervously.
She still dares to insult people!
Sato looked at her back with a face full of black lines. There was no trace of her being an angel at all.
"Senpai, is this really okay?"
Gokou Ruri asked with some concern as she watched Gabriel leave.
Sato waved his hand with a smile. "It's fine. That girl is easy to deal with. Speaking of which, I didn't expect someone that lazy to actually come out and work. That's pretty interesting."
He wondered what the heavens would think if they found out. Maybe there would be a headline like, "Shocking! Top student from Angel Academy reduced to a part-time worker in the human world!"
"By the way, where's your book?"
Sato suddenly remembered the main matter and looked at Gokou Ruri.
"Yes, it's here!"
Gokou Ruri quickly took out the book from her lap and handed it to Sato with both hands, looking a bit nervous.
Sato glanced at the cover.
The overall tone was dark. Beneath a blood-red moon, bats flew across the sky. In the center sat the silhouette of a Demon King on a throne, with a teasing smile clearly visible at the corner of his mouth. At the bottom were chibi silhouettes of players calling their friends, preparing to challenge the Demon King.
Aside from that, the cover also had a very eye-catching line: "About Me Becoming the Demon King! A new work by rising middle school light novel author, Kuroneko!"
"Can I open it?"
"Yes! I actually wanted to give this book to you, Senpai. And also to thank you for your guidance."
Gokou Ruri quickly replied.
Sato unwrapped it and looked through it, reviewing everything from the content to the layout and illustrations from beginning to end.
Gokou Ruri waited nervously.
After a long while, Sato closed the book and looked up at her.
Finally, under the girl's anxious gaze, he smiled and said, "From here on, work hard for it."
"Yes!"
The girl responded happily.