Inner Voice: All Heroines Hear My Inner Voice Chapter 1035: Taeko was surprised. What is that?

"Hoh~ Senpai, is that guy handsome?" Chelsea asked with a flirtatious look.

She had just arrived; she hadn't heard the earlier conversation between her senior and her master.

"W-Whether he's handsome or not… That doesn't matter!" Taeko had a slight blush on her cheeks as she said that.

It wasn't just Chelsea—Babara was surprised, too.

Taeko blushed!?

And it was because of a guy?

"Senpai, don't tell me you..." Chelsea covered her mouth with one hand.

She wanted to keep teasing Taeko, and she was also curious just how handsome the guy she was talking about was.

Taeko glared sharply at Chelsea.

Before they could start arguing again, Babara happened to see Eiji and several women following him walk out of the inn.

She was standing at the second-floor window, so she could see the scene.

Babara narrowed her eyes as she looked at the people in the group, especially Eiji. She felt that the man Taeko had mentioned was him.

"Taeko, is that the man you were talking about?"

Before Taeko could answer, Chelsea quickly turned to look out the window. Her eyes widened, and the lollipop in her mouth nearly fell out.

When she saw Eiji.

There was only one thing on her mind.

'What a handsome guy!'

Taeko was surprised when she saw Eiji and some of the women in his group. She said, "It really is him… and those women must be the friends he mentioned."

"Friends? Taeko, you're still a bit naive." Barbara said with a sense of superiority in her tone. She glanced at Cornelia, Akame, Tsukushi, and Poney with a cold smile before saying, "The way his 'friends' look at him, and how they follow him, is more like that of subordinates. That man is their leader. They're very suspicious and are most likely our target."

Taeko froze.

She didn't dispute what her master had said. After seeing what Eiji's friends were like and the way they looked at him, she knew the likelihood that they were the targets was very high.

Did that mean what happened at the mixed-gender bath earlier was intentional?

Was Eiji himself investigating whether she was his enemy!?

"Calm down, Taeko. That man doesn't seem to realize who you are either."

"Master, how can you be so sure?"

Taeko was confused.

Chelsea also looked at her master curiously.

Babara said proudly, "Of course, it's because of my experience with so many men! Back when I was really beautiful..."

"Ah... Can we drop this topic?" Chelsea seemed fed up with hearing her master brag about how beautiful she was when she was young.

However, Babara continued speaking. "In my opinion, that guy named Eiji was just mesmerized by Taeko's beauty and was flirting with her at the bathhouse. Besides, the sight of our Taeko wearing nothing at all is obviously tempting to men."

"Huh!? Master, I get it. Please stop talking about my body!"

Taeko complained, her face feeling hot.

Chelsea glanced at her senior's ample bust before glancing at her own—hers was only slightly smaller than hers.

But she was confident in her figure, which was slimmer than Taeko's!

"This is an opportunity and a new training exercise for you, Taeko." Babara's smile turned sly, and she said, "To test whether Eiji and those women are our targets, you have to use your beauty."

"W-What?"

Taeko was stunned; she thought her master's idea was terrible! At least to her, since she'd never tried using the honey trap on a man before.

She didn't know how to seduce a man with her body.

"Pfft! Interesting—now it's your turn to contribute to this mission, Senpai." Chelsea laughed and teased Taeko.

The woman clenched her fists, trying to restrain herself from hitting her junior.

Since her master had already said that, Taeko couldn't refuse. She would seduce Eiji, and once she was certain he was one of her targets...

she would kill him.

Meanwhile.

Eiji was certainly aware of the stares from Taeko, Chelsea, and Babara on the second floor of the inn. However, he pretended not to notice.

Right now, under the pretext of searching for the assassins hired by the Revolutionary Army, he invited Akame and the other women to go shopping with him.

Money problems? Eiji easily took care of that using All Fiction. He converted a few percent of his wealth in Draconic Deus into the currency of Akame Ga Kill.

This morning, just as he stepped out of his bedroom. Cornelia often blushed when she saw him, and that was nice, Eiji thought.

"We all have to split up. Not just to search for our enemies, but also to lure them out. Here, take this money—there's enough for each of you—and buy whatever you want. I want all of you to pretend to let your guard down."

Eiji pulled out four pouches filled with gold coins. Akame and the other three women's eyes widened.

Before this, Gozuki—or their adoptive father—had never even given them that much money.

Poney's eyes sparkled.

"Wow! Eiji, thank you! You're so generous—this is the first time I've ever held this much money all to myself."

"Isn't this too much money for each of us? Can we really use it to buy anything?" Tsukushi asked hesitantly.

Eiji casually replied, "Spend the money however you like. It's your personal money now."

Poney looked at him with a touched expression; there was also a warmth in her eyes.

Her positive level and that of the other women immediately went up by a few points. Tsukushi was no exception; she felt Eiji was being too kind to them.

"Eiji, can I buy as much food as I want?" Akame asked with a greedy expression on her pretty face.

This woman immediately thought about buying a lot of food.

Eiji found it amusing and nodded; he also took the opportunity to place his hand on Akame's head. He also activated his head-patting skill.

Akame narrowed her eyes like a cat; she enjoyed Eiji's touch on the top of her head.

[Akame +1]

[Akame +1]

If it were Green, Guy, or any other guy, She would have immediately brushed their hands away. But Eiji? What he's doing to her is making her addicted.

"You can buy lots of food, but don't let yourself get fat, okay?"

"Mhm! I understand."

Akame thought Eiji was worried that if she gained weight, her movements would slow down and her combat strength would decrease.

However, she was wrong. Eiji liked her current slim yet slightly curvy figure—or the version of her with defined abs in the future.

With a body like that, he'd be even more eager to play with her in bed.

[Hehehe.]

Leme laughed lewdly.

Akame, Poney, and Tsukushi began to distance themselves from the group. Each of them went in a different direction.

Cornelia was still standing next to Eiji, awkwardly glancing at the bag of money in her hand.

"Is there something you want to say, Cornelia?" Eiji turned to the sexy young blonde woman.

A faint blush reappeared on Cornelia's pale cheeks; she couldn't help but recall what she had witnessed the night before. That made it hard for her to relax when she was near Eiji.

She said shyly, "No, Eiji… I-I'm just confused about what to buy with this much money. Of course, I don't plan on spending it all in a single day."

"Want a suggestion?" Eiji asked.

"Suggestion? Do you have a suggestion, Eiji?"

Cornelia wanted to know what suggestion the white-haired young man had.

Eiji gave a faint smile, his gaze sweeping over the curves of Cornelia's body and the cleavage of her breasts. Cornelia noticed this, but instead of feeling disgusted, she actually felt her body heat up.

Guy was pathetic.

Just like in the original work, it seemed he wouldn't be able to be with the woman he liked in this life either.

"Buy some beautiful and sexy clothes to wear in your free time. You're beautiful and have a great figure, Cornelia. It would be a waste if a young woman like you didn't show off her beauty to the fullest."

"B-Beautiful and sexy!? Eiji, is that how you see me? I, I..."

Cornelia stammered, the blush on her cheeks growing deeper.

Yare-yare.

Guy would definitely be stunned if he saw how easily Cornelia was flustered and blushed by Eiji's words.

What if it were him?

Cornelia never reacts like that whenever he teases her!

"I see. I'll go to the clothing stores."

Eiji said enthusiastically, "Go ahead, and pick out some nice outfits for me to see."

He bluntly told the woman that he himself wanted to see her wearing beautiful and sexy clothes.

Hearing this, Cornelia immediately turned away to hide her embarrassment and ran off.

Eiji watched her butt, encased in tight black pants, with a slightly narrowed gaze.

[Host, that butt fetish of yours... You're beyond saving.]

"Miss System, I don't need to be saved."

What's wrong with liking beautiful women's butts?

Eiji felt that what he was thinking could make for a novel title. Of course, it would be an ecchi and adult-themed novel dominated by the protagonist's pursuit of the heroines' butts.

"Well, now I'm the only one left." Ignoring the stares of the women on the street, Eiji started walking back toward the inn.

Why?

It was because he sensed Taeko moving closer to him. With hearing sharper than Homelander's, Eiji had certainly overheard the conversation between that woman and her group earlier.

He knew what they were planning.

But he was more than happy to play along with Taeko. The woman herself didn't realize that, lurking in her shadow, was one of the shadow soldiers.

That made it easy for Eiji to sense her presence.

From Taeko's perspective, the man she was looking for had just split off from the women in his group. They had split up, and their unusual movements made her suspicions about their identities grow a few points.

"Ah, Eiji? We meet again."

From inside the alley Eiji was about to pass through, Taeko walked out and greeted him with a friendly smile.

As an assassin, Taeko certainly knew how to act or pretend. Eiji feigned surprise; he almost laughed because, usually, he was the one saying that sort of thing to others.

"Taeko, this is either a total coincidence or maybe fate."

Eiji's gaze took in Taeko's appearance—it was different from when he'd seen her at the mixed-gender bathhouse. She was now wearing a dark purple sleeveless bodysuit with a short bottom that accentuated her curves and the size of her breasts. There was also a green scarf wrapped around her slender neck.

She had tied her dark gray hair into a ponytail, which gave her a neat appearance.

She was still beautiful, of course.

The men, including Eiji, couldn't help but glance at her exposed stomach and navel.

[Just as I thought, Taeko is just as sexy as Cornelia. Those two women mustn't kill each other; they have to get along and serve me together.]

Eiji's inner voice was very honest this time.

He revealed his perverted desires toward the heroines in other worlds. The women weren't surprised; they already knew he was very perverted.

"Haha, you might be right..." Taeko laughed a little awkwardly, but she leaned toward Eiji, deliberately showing off her breasts.

Her master had told her that was her ultimate weapon for seducing men. Taeko had no doubt about it because right now, she could see Eiji's gaze fixed on her breasts.

This will be easy, she thought.

"Eiji, how about we go for a walk together? My grandmother asked me to pick up some things at a place not far from here—would you like to come with me?"

Taeko also deliberately took the initiative. According to her mentor, men love women like this!

And Eiji didn't seem to be an exception.

"Sure, I just happen to have some free time. My friends are out shopping, so I don't have anything else to do while I wait for them."

"Then, let's go!"

Taeko hesitated a little, but she took Eiji's hand. Her heart was racing, and she didn't even know why.

Her face felt hot, too.

Eiji didn't say a word about Taeko's attempt to flirt with him; he took the opportunity to hold her hand.

Taeko's lips twitched, but she kept forcing a smile. On the way, she asked, "Eiji, why did you and your friends come to this town? You don't seem to be from around here—I'm curious. O-Of course, you don't have to answer if you don't want to…"

This woman is a pretty good actress, Eiji thought. No wonder, in the original story, Cornelia was deceived and nearly killed in a single attack by her. Although in the end, she still died at her hands.

"I don't mind telling you. Actually, my friends and I came here to look for certain people."

Certain people?

You mean the assassins hired by the Revolutionary Army?

It must be them, right?

Taeko became even more convinced that Eiji was one of their targets.

Eiji knew what Taeko was thinking; the corners of his mouth turned up even higher.

"Who are these people, if I may ask? I might be able to help you find them, Eiji."

"Really? Can you help me?"

"Yes, this is in return for you agreeing to come with me to pick up my grandmother's belongings."

Taeko lied without a second thought.

However, she didn't expect that Eiji was also pretending. Her master was too confident; she thought he hadn't known her true identity from the start.

Eiji seemed hesitant to tell Taeko, but when his gaze fell on her beautiful face and big breasts—which Taeko had certainly noticed—

'This man... He seems to be completely charmed by me!'

Taeko didn't know why, but she was happy and felt proud of her appearance.

A man as handsome as Eiji was crazy about her.

Suddenly, she also felt a little reluctant to kill him.

'It would be good if Eiji weren't one of the Empire's assassins. That way, maybe we could...'

Taeko thought her thoughts were crazy. She wanted to slap herself—she was a professional assassin! She couldn't let herself be charmed by a man's good looks!

Eiji wasn't just very handsome—he was also terrifying because he was able to mess with her mind.

"You're a good young woman, Taeko. The people I'm actually looking for are those hired by the Revolutionary Army. As members of the Empire, my friends and I have taken on the mission to eliminate them."

Eiji said that indifferently.

"...!"

Taeko was disappointed; Eiji was indeed one of her targets. In other words, he and those women were assassins from the Elite Seven squad.

They were people from the Empire.

Taeko didn't hate Eiji just because he was from the Empire, but she had been hired to kill him.

She couldn't cancel the mission just because of her personal feelings.

"Gosh, are you looking for those people? Unfortunately, I don't know anything about them... Sorry, Eiji." Taeko said with a guilty expression on her face.

"It's okay, I didn't expect you to know where those people are." Eiji chuckled to himself.

Not long after.

They arrived on the fourth floor of an abandoned building.

Eiji deliberately turned his back on Taeko and said, "Are you sure your grandmother kept her things in a place like this?"

"Yes, those things should be around here somewhere."

Taeko stared coldly at Eiji's back; there was murder in her eyes. A sword appeared in her hand; she quickly stabbed Eiji from behind, aiming straight for his heart.

Unfortunately, instead of seeing the sword pierce its target, Taeko froze in shock.

*Clang!*

With that sound, her sword struck Eiji's back without piercing his flesh at all. His clothes weren't torn either, and not a single drop of blood dripped.

"Taeko, what are you doing?" Eiji turned around, a smile still on his handsome face.

Taeko had jumped back and was staring at him intently, "Eiji, you don't look surprised at all. You've known who I really am from the very beginning, haven't you!?"

"That's right, I know you're one of the assassins hired by the Revolutionary Army, Taeko. I also know that one of your friends and your grandmother are your junior and your master. Their names are Chelsea and Babara."

"You know that much?!"

Eiji chuckled and nodded.

Taeko's gaze grew colder; she sighed and gripped her sword with both hands.

"Ridge Wind!"

She unleashed one of her sword techniques; even though she knew she couldn't pierce Eiji's defense with her sword, this attack was different.

With a gust of wind swirling around her, she moved faster than ever before and appeared in front of Eiji in the blink of an eye.

The sword strike she unleashed could easily split a stone wall, even from a distance.

But Eiji?

He stood his ground with no intention of dodging, letting the attack hit him.

Just like before, Taeko's attack felt as though it had struck something hard. This time, she and her sword were even thrown backward. The hand she used to hold her sword was trembling, and it ached.

Taeko stared at Eiji, who hadn't moved from his previous position and still wore a faint smile on his face, with a look of horror.

How could he not be even slightly injured!?

And just how hard is his body or his clothing!?

"I know what you might be thinking, Taeko. Give it up—no one in this world can hurt me." Eiji sighed.

He wasn't bragging; he was just stating a fact. But to Taeko, that wasn't the case.

"D-Don't be so cocky! I'm not done yet!"

Taeko was about to use her other techniques, but Eiji suddenly appeared in front of her in the blink of an eye and grabbed the wrist holding her sword.

"!"

Taeko was startled by Eiji's speed, but her surprise didn't end there. Her waist was wrapped by Eiji's other arm, and she blushed as she saw his face getting closer and closer.

"Let me go! Ugh!"

"Taeko, I order you to surrender and stop fighting."

"Why should I obey your orders!?"

Taeko thought Eiji was being unreasonable. She used her body manipulation technique, removing the mental constraints on her physical body, which allowed her to gain a temporary yet powerful boost in speed and strength. However, even after doing that, she was still unable to break free from the man in front of her.

Why is he so strong!?

Something hard also poked her stomach.

"What is that?"