"I said that I wouldn't be disappointed," Izawa responded. "I don't intend to take back or change what I said at the time."
"Thank you." Seiji smiled. "Can I call you Izawa-kun?"
"Of course. Please also allow me to call you Haruta-kun, or Harano-kun? "
"Let's call you Harano. That's the name I usually use."
"Alright then, Harano-kun."
And so, the two of them decided on a new way of addressing each other.
"Master wishes to see you, so she hopes that Harano-kun will wait here for her and Wanhua Grand Mistress to come out," Izawa requested.
"Sure. I'll stay in the photography area with my companions for a while longer. " Seiji responded. "If the two Grand Mistresses still haven't come out by the time they want to leave, I'll stay here and wait together with you."
"Thank you."
Izawa then indicated that he wanted to quietly wait in this corner and didn't want to return to the photography area. And so, Seiji exchanged cell phone numbers with him and walked back by himself.
Halfway there, he saw Chiaki and the others appear.
"Seigo, just who is that beauty? Why did she leave us behind and be so intimate with him!? Could it be that she's tired of us!? "Chiaki acted like an abandoned lover as she spoke pitifully.
* Smack! * Seiji's fist smacked her head.
"Gulp …" Chiaki's head sank.
"Sorry, your words were so stupid that I didn't even have time to retort before I reacted." Seiji expressionlessly retracted his hand.
Mika, Genji, and Kaori were all rendered speechless.
"I met that person at a party on the day of the Winter Snow Festival," Seiji explained simply.
"Oh …"
Chiaki, Mika, and Genji instantly understood. She was someone he met when he was dating Wanhua Summer Night … no, when he was accompanying the Wanhua student council president.
Kaori was the only one who didn't know. She thought that Seigo had participated in some ordinary activity and met an otaku friend.
"He said he's a little tired from standing in the photography area and wants to rest in the corner … Don't mind him, let's go back there and have a look." Seiji looked at the girls. "Or, have you seen enough?"
The girls looked at each other.
They could sense that the other party didn't want to talk about the handsome man in detail.
Mika and Chiaki understood why — that boy was definitely someone from "that side"!
Genji's curiosity deepened. She wanted to know more, but she felt that it wasn't appropriate to pursue the matter.
Kaori was a little confused and did not understand the situation.
"Of course I haven't seen enough. It's just that someone was paying attention to you, so he came over to sneak a peek." Chiaki smiled. "Fortunately, it doesn't seem like there's an affair going on. That's wonderful."
"What affair!?"
"Coming out of the closet."
"Coming out of the closet, the hell!"
They started joking again.
With Chiaki's cooperation, Seiji changed the topic.
Everyone returned to the photography area and continued watching cosplays that interested them.
Seiji restarted his livestream and connected his Bluetooth earpiece. Then, Hana immediately asked him a question.
"Who's that boy?"
"Master … Sister, do you know about Yin Yang Masters?"
Hana instantly fell silent.
She finally responded after a few moments.
"Of course I know."
'As expected, she does.' Seiji thought to himself.
He had never talked to her about "that side" before, but he figured that his younger sister probably knew about it as well. This was the first time he had talked about such a topic with her.
"That boy's name is Ryuuno Izawa. He's Kanna Fujihara's Spirit-branded Retainer, and Kanna Fujihara is …"
He gave a brief explanation of what happened during the Winter Snow Festival, as well as his relationship with the Grand Mistress.
Hana furrowed her eyebrows as she listened in silence.
"You can't possibly be a hero from another world, can you?" She sighed in a complex tone.
"That's right."
"Stop lying to me."
"I'm not lying to you. To a certain extent, this is the truth." Seiji chuckled. "That's what I believe. As for what you believe, that's up to you."
Hana fell silent for the third time.
"Tell me what you experienced. I want to hear the details." She finally spoke up again after a while.
"Sure. But now … "
"I don't want you to tell me right now."
"Then when?"
"When I want to."
"Oh …"
"Does … Sister know about what happened to you?" Hana asked in a soft voice.
"She knows," Seiji answered.
"You … have you met with Sister before?"
"I suppose so, in the form of passing by her … At the time, I thought that it was a coincidence, but I don't know if that's the case anymore."
Hana fell silent for the fourth time.
"Brother …"
She seemed like she wanted to say something else, but didn't.
After a moment of silence, Hana ended the voice chat and logged off.
Seiji wanted to send her a message, but he didn't know what to say, so he could only silently close the chat window.
…
After watching enough cosplay, Mika and the others wanted to leave.
Seiji indicated that he wanted to chat with the beautiful boy … er, Ryuuno Izawa some more, and had them leave first.
After sending off the girls, he went to meet up with Izawa.
At this time, Izawa had already changed back into ordinary clothing and was quietly standing in a corner.
"Your companions have all returned?" Izawa spoke up when he saw Seiji walking over.
"Yeah. Your Grand Mistress sure took a long time. "
"Actually, she's already left with Wanhua's Grand Mistress. They're currently waiting for you in the store outside," Izawa explained. "Please follow me, Harano-kun."
Seiji followed him out of the conference hall.
They took a taxi to the store.
Seiji had thought that they would be going to a high-class coffee shop or something, but he didn't expect that they would arrive at … an internet cafe!
That's right, an internet cafe, or perhaps a large-scale, high-class internet cafe.
Izawa led Seiji in and took the elevator to the VIP area on the top floor. They walked up to private room # 1 and pressed the doorbell.
"Secret code!" Kanna Fujihara's voice came from the intercom on the doorbell.
"Amagami Iwato," Izawa responded.
And then, the door opened.
Seiji followed Izawa inside.
This spacious room was covered in tatami mats. There was a kotatsu, cushions, a small sofa, a computer, VR equipment, a small bookshelf, a teapot … all sorts of things were available.
Kanna and Summer Night were sitting by the kotatsu. The kotatsu table was filled with all sorts of books that had obviously been purchased from a doujinshi convention.
Two beautiful Grand Mistress girls were sitting around a table in an internet cafe room reading doujinshi … this scene gave Seiji a rather subtle feeling.
"Hey, Shiroya-san." Kanna greeted him. "Welcome to my secret base!"
"Hello, Fujihara-san," Seiji responded. "This place does indeed feel like a secret base."
"I like it here. There's endless manga and anime to read, as well as endless games to play. I can surf the internet as much as I want without having to worry about anything. The environment is so comfortable as well. This is basically heaven! "Kanna told him sincerely." You probably think so as well. "
"That's right, I agree." Seiji chuckled. "This place is indeed quite comfortable. I'm even willing to stay here for an entire week. However, if I keep playing here, I'll eventually get bored. "
"Rather than saying that I'm bored, I think it's more like I don't want to be dispirited anymore." Kanna looked directly at him. "You don't want to stay in a dark room and continue being a useless person, so you've worked hard to change yourself, right?"
"That's right." Seiji smiled. "Nice to meet you, Fujihara-san. I'm Haruta Seiji, a famous abandoned otaku from the Haruta family. "
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