The arrogant young lady in the class works as a maid in my house

(What the hell? It's just a cockroach. Such an exaggerated reaction...)

Although Shinnosuke was dumbfounded, he couldn't remain indifferent when he saw the girl so distressed. So he pulled out a few tissues from the box and quickly reached out to grab the black creature.

As for the tissue paper that wrapped the guy, he disposed of it in a place where Jino couldn't see.

"Okay, it's all right now."

"Thank...thank you."

Jinai stood up unsteadily.

"You are welcome."

Shinnosuke had only seen Himeno in her cool and composed self at school, so seeing her like this was something new. He had always thought she was someone from another world, but now he felt a little closer to her.

"What are you smirking about? I'm just afraid of cockroaches, there's nothing I can do about it."

"I wasn't snickering."

"You did. Are you teasing me?"

Shinnosuke not only didn't make fun of her, he even thought she was a little cute. But if he suddenly said something like that, she would definitely think he was a bad guy. So he definitely wouldn't say it.

"I swear to God, I'm not making fun of you."

"...Alright. Then I'll get back to my housework. Master, Master, Master."

"You still want to call me 'Master'?"

“I told you it was a company rule!”

"Are you serious?"

"I'm serious!"

(That kind of rule doesn't matter at all.)

Even though Shinnosuke thought so, he only felt admiration for Himeno who took her work seriously no matter what happened.

*

"Ah~ What's going on?"

When Shinnosuke returned to the living room to continue cleaning, Himeno's voice came from the bathroom.

"What's going on this time?"

Shinnosuke hurried to the bathroom and saw Himeno holding detergent in one hand and trying to open the washing machine lid with the other.

"What's wrong?"

"I hit the start button and realized I forgot to add the detergent. But when I tried to add it, the lid... wouldn't open. This washing machine is broken!"

"It's not broken."

(It’s your common sense that’s broken.)

The washing machine was humming. The safety lock was engaged during operation, so the lid wouldn't open.

"Look. Press the start button again and the washing machine will stop temporarily, then you can open the lid."

Seeing Shinnosuke open the lid neatly, Himeno nodded with admiration.

"Ah, really? So that's how it is."

Jinai poured the detergent into the washing tub and closed the lid. She pressed the button again, and the washing tub began to spin again.

"Let me ask you, Nishikawa."

"Hmm...? What's up?"

"You... don't know how to do housework at all..."

"That's not the case. It's just a coincidence."

"But……"

Shinnosuke knew Himeno was working very hard at the housework. But if that was the case, it would be faster for him to do it himself. Shinnosuke really wanted to say that.

"I told you I could do it, didn't I? Okay, okay, just stay over there!"

"I know, I know. Please don't push me."

Himeno, with a sullen expression, pushed Shinnosuke's back and kicked him out of the bathroom.

The bathroom returned to calm, and Jino took a deep breath inside.

"Really? You keep telling me I can't do it, I can't do it. It's so frustrating. I can do housework. I'm really good at it. Grandma and Mom both said so. They said Himeno is great at everything she does."

She clenched her fists and muttered softly as if trying to convince herself.

"I can't let my classmates see my embarrassing side anymore. I'm good at everything, from studying to sports, and of course I can do housework too. I want to impress my wife!"

Jino looked at the wall clock and found that it was almost time to prepare lunch.

"That's right. I'm going to impress him with my specialty dish."

Himeno patted her cheeks with both hands, regained her spirits and returned to the living room. She said to Shinnosuke who was sitting on the sofa:

"Sorry for the wait. I'm almost ready for lunch."

"Okay, okay. You can use whatever ingredients are in the fridge. Is that okay with you cooking?"

"That's rude. Of course it's fine. I didn't expect you to be so worried."

"No, of course I was worried when I saw how you were doing your housework earlier. I didn't expect you to be so confident."

However, Himeno completely ignored Shinnosuke's words, opened the refrigerator door and looked inside, as if to check what ingredients were inside.

This housekeeping service can cook meals using ingredients prepared by each family, or you can ask the other party to go out and buy ingredients and then cook.

Since I was planning to have them cook using existing ingredients, I had already bought the ingredients yesterday, so I had everything I needed, including vegetables and meat.

"What do you want to eat?"

"What can you cook?"

"I can cook anything."

"Really?"

"real."

“Is that so? Then…”

"I see. You want omurice?"

"No, I haven't said anything yet..."

"I see. You want omurice?"

The young lady in a maid outfit said the same thing with a cold expression and tone.

Seeing Himeno in a maid outfit, Shinnosuke suddenly realized something.

(Oh right! She's going to paint a cute picture on this dish with ketchup, then cast a spell saying "It'll taste good!", right?)

I can actually get the most beautiful girl in the school to do the cute maid cafe service for me that I have only seen in movies or animations.

"I, I want to eat omurice."

Shinnosuke stuttered unintentionally as he spoke.

"Got it. You want omurice, right? Got it."

"I also want to offer the added services of drawing with ketchup and casting spells with the 'Delicious Spell'."

"What? What is that?"

Himeno frowned in surprise and put pressure on Shinnosuke with her eyes.

After checking carefully, it seemed like she was just going to make a standard omurice. There didn't seem to be any extra services like drawing cute designs or chanting spells.

"This isn't a maid cafe. Those requests are beyond my scope of business."

"Okay, sorry."

Under the pressure of her cold gaze, Shinnosuke could only apologize honestly.

He reflected hard on his delusion of getting ahead of others.

Jino took out the ingredients from the refrigerator and started cutting vegetables with a kitchen knife.

(Can she really cook it?)

Considering Himeno's previous clueless state, it was understandable that she would care about her cooking. Shinnosuke, who had been staying in the living room, tiptoed towards the kitchen and stole a glance at Himeno's hands.

There were messily chopped onions and carrots scattered on the chopping board next to her.

"Are you okay?"

"Don't peek, it'll distract me."

"No, the way you cut it..."

"It was just a coincidence."

She covered the chopping board with her hand as if to block Shinnosuke's view and glared at him.

"There's no such thing as a coincidence in how you hold a kitchen knife."

"Yes, yes. If you come to interfere with me, I'll mess up my chopping. Anyway, Agatsuma-san... Master, go over there and relax!"

Although Shinnosuke was full of doubts about Himeno's cooking skills, he had no choice but to move to the living room under her pressure.

But──even in this situation, she still calls me master.

It was a little strange to think how methodical she was.

The contrast between her strong personality and her cute appearance in a maid outfit really makes you want to smile with relief. Shinnosuke tried his best to suppress the smile that rose involuntarily.

Originally, it was thought that Himeno could do everything perfectly and was an arrogant and condescending young lady, but Shinnosuke saw her side that was very strict and had an unexpectedly strong sense of responsibility.

Shinnosuke thought so as he slowly cleaned up the messy living room while waiting for the meal to be finished.

Soon, the aroma of burning tomato sauce wafted into the air. Shinnosuke looked toward the kitchen and saw a young lady in a maid outfit, cooking. A beautiful girl in a black and white maid outfit, a figure, stood in her own kitchen. No matter how many times I saw it, it was still a surreal sight.

Do other high school boys have this experience? No, not really.

*

"Sorry for the wait."

The omelet rice that Himeno made herself is finally finished.

She carried the tray to the table where Shinnosuke was waiting and set it down with a thud.

(Well, the egg shell is broken and the shape is crooked.)

It's roughly the same as I guessed.

"Although it looks ordinary, it tastes delicious."

The eldest lady's attitude was still strong, which was roughly what I had guessed.

"I-I see. Okay."

Shinnosuke gently scooped the edge of the omurice with the spoon in his hand and put it into his mouth. The aroma of ketchup filled his mouth.

"Well……"

In general, the taste is really ordinary.

This is Shinnosuke's frank feeling.

"What do you think...?"

Himeno stood by the table, secretly observing Shinnosuke's reaction as if she had no confidence.

Seeing her like this, my wife found it hard to express her true feelings.

"Mmm...delicious."

"I'll tell you what I'm saying."

Jino's previous fear disappeared instantly. She suddenly became confident and acted as if it was natural.

However, Shinnosuke noticed that Himeno turned away from him and smiled happily.