He's trying to lower his favorability in her eyes. Helping a lost child like is a boon, so it checks out that he would lie about it. That said, the man is still an absolute moron, and he has no clue how normal humans think.... why does he need to lie about helping a child find their mother? Like my dude, you have less brain cells than a single celled organism.
What he thinks is happening: I’m so invisible that they don’t even notice meMC: Oh, hey, Nayu. You have the same hair accessory as my classmate, Yuna. Guess it must be popular.
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Bro just fart in front of her or something
And their names are just swapping letters. There's no way they could be the same person, right?MC: Oh, hey, Nayu. You have the same hair accessory as my classmate, Yuna. Guess it must be popular.
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Yeah, thinking of dropping this. I know braindead MCs are a trope, but this is guy is just borderline unbelievable at this pointMC denser than the core of a neutron star. Welp! Time to see how he "thinks" his way outta this one.