chapter 75
75. Sekichitoku Momo and Ego Search
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At first, she was just an accessory.
I never imagined that I would actually fall in love with her.
Momo is the cutest in the world. Momo is a self-love hero who draws power from loving her own cuteness. According to the doctor, Momo is the first hero to transform through self-love.
Some people say that narcissists don’t fall in love, but Momo is different. Because everyone knows that a girl who is in love is super cute, right?
But that doesn’t mean anyone is good enough. I want the person who makes Momo shine the most.
When such a man appeared as Momo’s love interest, I wanted him.
Momo would be even cuter if she dated senpai. Momo would shine if she dressed up for senpai. Momo, with her heart pounding, would surely be like an angel. With such thoughts in mind, Momo approached senpai.
It’s true that “cute” is a weapon, but love isn’t so simple that you can win just by being cute. If you’re not senpai’s type, that weapon becomes weaker, and in some cases, it can even become a disadvantage . She’s not as strong as Akane-san, as s*xy as Uguisu-san, or as pure as Himawari-chan.
Momo needs a proper scenario to get her senior.
For such a normal reason, Momo started to monitor her senior.
Senior Sora, who is also the beloved of Philansered, who always attracts public attention, is the best accessory for Momo. It was just an act to get it.
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‘#202X First Half Active Hero Popularity Poll’
That was the story of the beginning of the rainy season. The day before the incident with Uguisu-san and Himawari-chan…
Momo’s feelings were riveted to the words that floated up on the SNS trend.
For ordinary people, the existence of a hero is the most watched content. The popularity poll is treated like a celebrity, with fan art and secondary creations. It might be closer to a character.
The popularity poll held twice a year is a bit of a festival for the citizens, and the world starts to get excited like the idol general election I saw on TV when I was a child. The scale is much larger though.
Momo also checked it every year until she became a hero herself. It becomes a bigger topic than the 24-hour TV or the Olympics.
The big difference from the idol general election is that the heroes themselves are not interested in the results at all. Well, except for Momo.
Momo hadn’t become a hero yet when the last popularity poll was held, so this will be the first popularity poll that Momo will participate in. Until now, it had been someone else’s business, but from now on, it will be a happy festival where I can visualize how much the cute Momo is being evaluated. Actually, I was looking forward to it a little bit.
“But, I don’t think I’ll be able to get first place.”
Momo knows that Momo is the cutest, but even so, she doesn’t think she can beat that monstrous woman in a popularity poll. No matter how cute Momo’s bare face is, she’s still a hero by profession. It’s natural that more people are attracted to coolness than cuteness. It’s called supply and demand.
Above all, she’s been a hero for many years and has saved many people, so that’s unfair. People who don’t have a hero in their lives and are just bystanders will choose the one they like the look of, but those who have been helped once will definitely support that hero.
Even so, one day, when the world knows how cute Momo is, she intends to become the most beloved hero in the world.
Anyway, at this point in time, Momo doesn’t think for a moment about threatening the bright red gorilla who has continued to take first place since the popularity poll began. It’s a different world. The other side has too much advantage. This isn ‘t’ta loss.
“But, but, if you take out that cheat red, the normally cute Momo will win, right?”
Because Momo has been very active. Sometimes she shows her bare face, so there are rumors on the net that the contents are really beautiful.
Look, there are so many people who support Momo.
‘This year’s hero election, vote for pink! The skirt is cute!’
‘My daughter loves Philansered Pink, so I made her a costume by hand.’
‘Philansered Pink was so beautiful during the building fire incident that I almost changed my favorite…’
‘I tried drawing Pink-chan’s bare face. I’m sorry if my interpretation is different.’
‘I did my nails like F Pink because it’s election time.’
I know how cute I am, but it still feels good to be praised by ordinary people.
“I’m so popular. I might actually have a close fight with Akane-san…”
The URL that her fingertips touched flew the screen to the popularity poll results page in just a few seconds.
‘Second Place Philansered Green’
‘Third Place Philansered Yellow’
The moment her eyes caught the two lines displayed right in the center of the screen, Momo’s world seemed to fall into darkness.
“Wha… why?”
Only the word ‘Pink’ displayed fourth from the top looked unnaturally bright. Philansered Blue is even lower down, but Senior Sora is not doing hero activities, so Blue is currently vacant in the eyes of the world. That means.
“In effect, I’m in last place.”
That can’t be right.
“Hey, why, because”
Momo is the cutest in the world…right?