MIDNIGHT PRINCE Empire of Sin

es be quite tiring to be around.

The Asian girl with the shortest stature he had ever come across, Sae Kirishima, was an exotic girl with an equally exotic beauty standing at a mere 145 cm tall.

People of culture would collectively refer to her as an Oppai-Loli, the name was self-explanatory so there was no need for him to indicate the reason behind giving her that weird term. For Adam, however, she was simply a midget that might fall at any moment the moment gravity realized the existence of those huge breasts that definitely didn fit her size.

Her young face, petite body, twin tails, and her radiant blue eyes filled with mischief really made her seem far younger than she actually was. This impression contrasted deeply with the clothes she was wearing.

She was wearing a mini white dress that barely went past her butt and seemed about to flash pictures of her exquisite derriere to the world at any moment. The top part of her dress had a hole cutout in the form of a heart, showing slight instances of the deep cleavage made by her gigantic C-cup breasts.

Steve on the other hand was the very definition of a simple man. Despite how rich his family was.

He was rather muscular and it was easy to see that his shirt was fighting just to contain his compact muscles. Despite that, he was rather stylish in his beige-colored T-shirt and blue Denim jeans. He had short and neatly trimmed black hair and hazel-brown eyes that gave him the appearance of a gentle teddy bear.

Compared to that, Adam, who was currently wearing a blue baggy tracksuit, a thick pair of glasses that made him seem like the very definition of a wizard or a scholar, and his long bangs covering his eyes, making his expression difficult to see, seem quite unappealing at first glance.

Sae liked to tease him by saying that he was worthy of being a hentai protagonist.

He hadn understood what she meant at first. But it became clear once she properly introduced him to the world of anime, manga, and the trifecta— hentai.

In her opinion, it was heresy for people to know nothing about anime. Even more so since he was half-Japanese himself.

Honestly, she could be rather intense because of her love for anime but she had guided a newbie like him pretty well. Now he wouldn say he was a fan but at least he wasn completely in the dark either.

Ignoring Sae once again, he put back his notepad and took out his phone. He needed to review the lesson of the previous day. He hadn been able to study lately because of his new job.

The only saving grace was that the class was conducted by a friend of his mother. A woman named Shuri. She knew his situation so she would cut him some slack every now and then.

But a piece of news caught his eyes once he opened the browser of his mobile…

[Jack the ripper strikes again.]

His face became cold at the title of the article and Sae threw a furtive glance at his phone before gagging in distaste.

Steve, seeing their reaction, took a look as well and his mood in turn soured like theirs.

”Another murder? ”

Sae sighed, ”Yeah, I don know how those vultures always get the news so fast. Neither do I get how that damn serial killer did it again right under everyones nose. ”

Sae was upset. After all, her father was a detective working for the Los Angeles Police Department and this case was definitely weighing down on him.

This was already the fourth murder and all of them had the same MO. The target were always women who worked in the sex industry.

Because of this, the media jokingly named him the American Jack Ripper and the name stuck.

———

The walk toward the campus was filled with various discussions but they knew they were just doing this to cheer up Sae and forget about the sordid news.

Sometimes, Sae would shiver because of a gust of wind and Steve would snicker a little. Finally, after a while, Steve stopped mocking her and gave her his jacket.

”You guys are as friendly as always. ”

”Of course~! Steve is my besty ~! We have been like, totally best friends since kindergarten. ”

Steve simply nodded before continuing, ”I had to bring this mini trouble with me everywhere as long as I can remember. Sometimes I feel like I am taking care of a pet. ”

”Hey! ”

Stevens parents were lawyers and Saes parents were cops. The two couples had worked on a few cases together and so their children became friends since childhood.

Despite how close the two of them were, they weren going out together.

Though it was clear from the way Sae looked at Steve sometimes that she had feelings for him. But either Steve was ignoring her intentionally or he was super dense.

If the three of us were classified into stereotypes. Then Steve would be the dense Protagonist who does not understand how cool he is.

Sae, the poor childhood friend who is destined to lose because of some new girl, and I would be classmate A or the poor Nerd that is magically friends with the cool kids.

Adam sighed. Sae had really poisoned him with the anime culture.

On the way, they were greeted by many people. Showing how popular the two of them were.

Meanwhile, no one bothered to talk to him. They would also say hello to him out of politeness but they clearly weren really interested in him.

Once they reached the campus, the three of them separated. As they didn follow the same courses. Both Adam and Sae were law students while Steve was a med student.

”See you later Stevy~! Don you dare go home without me. ”

The classroom for the third year was a rather large auditorium. There was no place assigned for university students like in high school, but after a while, some places were basically reserved.

This was even more so when said place was taken by both the 3rd and 2nd highest ranked student as well as–

”Privetik, Adam. I hope your morning went well. ”

An elegant blonde-haired blue-eyed tall woman was already seated on the corner they usually took. She was wearing a black t-shirt that gave her a rather vaillant look and a tight pair of jeans that alighted her perky butt. Her white skin seemed to shine while her pearly teeth were perfectly aligned.

”Hello to you too, Natasha. ”

— Natasha Antonovna Nikitina, the undisputed first-ranked student since their first year.

A foreign student originating from Russia.