Monster Musume The Novel Monster Girls on the Job! by Yoshino Origuchi

Author:Yoshino Origuchi [Origuchi, Yoshino]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: light novel
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Published: 2021-07-16T04:00:00+00:00

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“Hail fellow, well met!”

The two men waiting outside the café doors were startled by the boisterous voice that greeted them.

“Uh…?”

“A centaur in a maid outfit—or, wait, not quite…?”

It made sense that they were confused. Centorea stood at the door in an altered costume, with a silver cuirass strapped across her chest and a fake sword slung at her side. Under close scrutiny, it was obvious the armor was also fake, but it was well made enough to make the right initial impression. As the customers gaped at her, she announced, “I am Centorea, and while I normally serve as a knight, today I am sworn to this maid café! For reasons.”

“So you’re, like, a female knight? A…knight-maid?”

“Wow, her acting’s on point.”

“I am not an actor!” she insisted. She’d been having this conversation since the start of the shift. The armor came courtesy of Salmon and Dubtwo, who’d somehow found a set at short notice. “A chivalric heart beats strong inside me, and when I return from this post to Milord’s side, the hardships endured here will have strengthened it further.” She gazed hard at the customers.

“O-oh,” one of them stammered.

“Her sense of duty is so inspiring!” cheered the other.

“Come, let me serve you! Let us proceed to your assigned seating.” With a dramatic sweep of her arm, she invited them inside. She was every bit the accommodating maid but with her own special twist.

From the corner, Kimihito watched Centorea work. Salmon and Dubtwo had taken the next table over. “That armor could be in a movie,” he whispered, trying to keep a low profile without knowing why.

“Thank you—but of course, it’s actually cardboard.”

“We got the pattern from a cosplay magazine, copied it at a larger size, and then sprayed it silver. Akihabara’s got everything.” According to Dubtwo, the spray paint used for plastic models could make anything look metal with just one coat, and dried fast.

“It’s made really well,” Kimihito said.

“There’s a trick to it—”

“—We got a lot of practice at work!”

They laughed in unison. What on Earth did Smith have her agents doing?

The sword itself was a dull metal display sword she carried daily to “protect” Kimihito. Somehow, it had finally come in handy.

“Thanks to your help, Cerea seems like she’s actually having fun,” he said.

“We barely did anything.”

“Yeah, the whole maid-knight idea was yours. Don’t sell yourself short.”

“Can I really take credit for that?” He wore a pained smile. “That’s just how she acts all the time.” His thinking had been: if she couldn’t play the role of a traditional maid, there must be another type of maid she could be instead. Thanks to Akihabara’s unusual tastes, he’d found the perfect option. After all, lots of maid cafés had secondary themes they used to stand out, and there would always be customers who liked a change from the norm. The break room here had tons of doujin about female knight characters.

“—should our guests prefer, we also have this option—”

Of course, most of those doujin followed a formula, one

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