At the entrance, before even opening the door, Sato asked:
"Who is it?"
He muttered to himself inwardly. There had already been an unusually large number of visitors today. Could it really be another beautiful girl?
"O… Onii-chan, it's me…"
A trembling voice came from outside the door, sounding full of shyness and timidity.
That voice…
Click!
Sato opened the door and looked at the visitor outside with surprise.
Izumi Sagiri?
Why had this little girl suddenly come here?
"O… Onii-chan!"
The moment the door opened and she saw Sato, Sagiri shivered slightly, then lowered her head and softly called out to him.
The petite and adorable girl stood quietly outside the doorway. She wore a blue coat, while her silver hair, bright like liquid mercury, flowed freely down her back. In her arms she tightly hugged a tablet computer, making her look almost like an exquisitely crafted doll.
Although he had no idea why Sagiri had suddenly come to visit, Sato still stepped aside and invited her in.
"It's freezing outside, come in and talk."
The cold wind outside howled loudly. It felt like icy needles stabbing against the skin.
"Eh?!"
Izumi Sagiri instinctively stepped backward, looking at Sato with a frightened expression.
G-go inside?!
For some reason, her face suddenly flushed bright red, wave after wave of embarrassment spreading across her cheeks. In the blink of an eye, her originally fair and delicate face had turned crimson.
Sato looked at her strangely.
What was wrong with this girl? Why had her face suddenly turned so red?
Wait a second!
That expression and that blush…
Sato suddenly realized something, and his own expression became rather strange as the pieces slowly connected in his mind.
"Sagiri…"
He looked at the girl complicatedly and asked,
"Are you imagining something weird right now?"
"N-no!!"
The girl immediately panicked and waved her hands frantically in denial, stammering as the redness on her face deepened even further.
Although she denied it, her expression and movements had already betrayed her.
Seriously…
Sato did not even know what to say anymore.
As expected of an R18 doujin artist, huh?!
This imagination ability was exactly the same as Eriri's!
"Alright, come in already. There are other people inside too."
Sato shook his head helplessly.
"Mm…"
Sagiri lowered her head, her face still bright red as she answered softly.
When Sato brought Sagiri into the living room, it was exactly as expected, both beautiful girls inside immediately turned their gazes toward her.
Seeing the girl following behind Sato, both of them showed obvious surprise. Although Izumi Sagiri had not fully matured yet, anyone could tell at a glance that she was destined to become a beauty.
Fujiomiya Konomi was completely stunned on the spot.
She stared at Sato with wide eyes, suddenly unable to tell whether everything he had said before was true or not.
Could it be…
That Chiba City really was full of beautiful girls everywhere?
Meanwhile, under the gazes of Konomi and Yukinoshita Yukino, Sagiri clearly looked uncomfortable.
She had always been a shut-in by nature. Even though she was now attending school, she was still extremely shy around strangers. Faced with the scrutinizing looks of the two girls, she instinctively hugged her tablet tightly and hid behind Sato, clutching the corner of his clothes while lowering her head and exposing only half her body.
Seeing this scene, Yukinoshita Yukino and Fujiomiya Konomi both reacted differently.
Sato gave a brief introduction for Sagiri.
"This is my upstairs neighbor, Izumi Sagiri."
"Sagiri? What a beautiful name."
Fujiomiya Konomi revealed a bright smile and sincerely praised her.
Not only was the girl pretty, even her name sounded beautiful.
"T-thank you…"
The girl blushed deeply, tightly hugging the tablet in her arms while lowering her head and speaking in a voice as soft as a mosquito's buzz.
Seeing this, Yukinoshita Yukino's brows furrowed slightly.
A bad feeling suddenly rose in her heart.
If they were comparing social skills, she seemed to be slightly inferior to the girl before her.
She gently pursed her lips, feeling just a little unwilling to admit it.
"Alright, stop scaring her."
Seeing Sagiri shrinking timidly behind him, Sato turned and spoke to Yukino and Konomi.
Couldn't you at least tone down your stares a little? She's already so nervous she's practically hiding.
Turning back around, Sato asked Sagiri curiously,
"By the way, Sagiri, what did you come here for?"
In the past, Sagiri had never come looking for him herself.
Yukinoshita Yukino and Fujiomiya Konomi also raised their heads curiously to look at Sagiri.
Facing everyone's attention, Sagiri nervously lowered her head and said,
"I… I finished the first chapter of the manga. Mom told me to bring it to Onii-chan so you could look at it."
"Manga?"
The others were all stunned.
Unlike the other two, who were still confused, Sato quickly reacted.
He looked at Sagiri in surprise.
"You already finished the first chapter?"
"Mm!"
Sagiri nodded lightly, then handed the tablet she had been clutching toward Sato.
"The manuscript for the first chapter is all saved in the photo album here…"
Sato took the tablet with great interest, then sat down on the sofa and casually called out to Konomi:
"Konomi, bring over the snacks we just bought. I'll take a look at Sagiri's work first."
"Okay!"
Fujiomiya Konomi stood up and walked lightly toward the storage cabinet.
Watching her back, Yukinoshita Yukino's eyes narrowed slightly as she suddenly realized something she had overlooked.
Wasn't Sato supposed to live in a faraway countryside town?
If that was the case, then why had his childhood friend suddenly appeared here?
At this moment, however, Sato had no attention left for the subtle battle between the girls. Instead, he curiously began reading Sagiri's manga.
Come to think of it, if he managed to straighten Sagiri out this time too, then the doujinshi world would lose another master.
That really made him feel deeply sinful.
He sighed and shook his head, no longer thinking about random nonsense as he focused entirely on Sagiri's manga.
The manga had no title, but the first few images contained character settings.
They were all monster girls?!
Sato's expression became subtle.
Why did this feel like he was reading a doujin?
He calmed himself and continued flipping through the pages, gradually extracting the key elements of the manga.
Hero, adventure, harem, monster girls…
The premise was cliché, but the storyline and art style seemed excellent. Furthermore, because of her background drawing doujinshi, the art style carried an alluring sensuality to it…
Yet from beginning to end, there was actually nothing inappropriate in it!
Amazing!
Sato was genuinely a little impressed.
The theme itself might affect public reception somewhat, but the artwork was truly incredible…
He flipped to the last page.
That was the end of chapter one.
No more?
Sato frowned and casually swiped to the next image.
To his surprise, there actually were more pictures afterward.
Only they were no longer manga pages, but…
Selfies?!
Wait!
What kind of selfies were these?!
Sato stared at the tablet in complete shock.
Izumi Sagiri looked at him in confusion at first, but then suddenly seemed to realize something.
In an instant, her entire face turned bright red!
She snatched the tablet back from Sato, her face so red it looked ready to drip blood, and shouted at him:
"Pervert! Ultimate super pervert!"
Yukinoshita Yukino: "???"
Fujiomiya Konomi: "???"
The two girls stared blankly at Sagiri in utter confusion…