"If you don't dislike it... do you want to take the bus with me? The things on your hands look heavy... I'll help you get it?"

Facing his friend who seemed to be unwell, Ayase took two steps forward enthusiastically, trying to take the bag from Kirino's hand, but the other party avoided it.

"Thank you, thank you...! Hey, hey! But it doesn't matter to me!"

Kirino refused in a panic. When she waved her hands vigorously, the paper bag in her hand also swayed.

It's still drizzling now, and the paper bags that are full of paper are already wet. If you sway back and forth like this, you might break it at any time.

Because Kiryno kept refusing Ayase's overly enthusiastic invitation, the two of them chatted for a while and finally decided to give up.

"That's it...well, Kirino...so brother, go home with me."

Ayase, who was a little disappointed, finally remembered her elder brother Chu Xuan. This was really a clear difference.

If it weren't for a guy like Chu Xuan who had a cold relationship, he would definitely cry in his heart now.

"Woo...well..."

Kirino nodded to Ayase very apologetically, but he looked relieved.

But just as she was about to leave, Ayase's doubtful voice came over again:

"That Kirino...I've been a little concerned since just now..."

"And, what's wrong?"

Kirino, who had not yet taken steps, shouted as if he was about to cry.

Ayase stretched her neck, jumped over Kiryno's shoulders, and stared behind her.

"babble……"

Kirino, who turned his head, took a breath of cold air.

Because Saori and Black Cat, who had been hung aside from the beginning, were standing there in surprise and motionless.

It seems that Kirino completely forgot these two friends from the "internal world" just now.

Ayase frowned slightly with a thick eyebrows and looked at the two strangely dressed otaku with a little timidity.

"That...these two people... are Kirino's...friends?"

"Hey, ah...that..."

Under Ayase's tentative questioning, Kiryno was so nervous that he was at a loss.

The two weirdos, Saori and Black Cat, both look like otaku. Even if Ayase doesn't know now, she will be clear after going back and investigating it. Combined with what Kiryno was holding in her hand before, isn't it very likely that Kiryno is also otaku's secret?

Kirino doesn’t want his friends in the school to discover this secret anyway. You know, the group that hates otaku the most in Japan is the junior high school girl!

If this secret spreads in the school, Kirino probably won't have the courage to go to school anymore.

"Well, that~that~they..."

Kirino kept looking back at his otaku friend, and hesitated and didn't know how to answer.

(Oh, oh no! Is it really going to be exposed because of these two guys?)

Maybe Kirino thought so in his heart, and his shaken expression was revealed on his face.

On the other hand, Saori rarely showed a gentle smile with a troubled expression.

She is a guy who is very good at observing words and expressions. Now she should also be worried whether she should admit that she is Kirino’s friend, right?

The Black Cat is the only person on the scene except Chu Xuan who remained expressionless.

She used her red pupils that made people unable to guess its connotation, and watched the whole thing coldly as if bystanders...

After more than ten seconds—

"It seems that we have been misunderstood... Let's go? If you don't go back quickly, you won't be able to catch up with the 5:30 animation. Today I happened to be in a very exciting place."

The black cat turned around neatly and took a path away from Kirino and others toward the station.

Immediately afterwards, Saori looked back and forth between Black Cat and us a few times, and finally left behind Black Cat.

Although Black Cat is a guy with no connection between his superficial attitude and his true thoughts, it is hard to say that her actions like this are just really wanting to watch animations, or whether she is worried about Kirino's difficulties...

"Wait, black cat, Saori."

At this moment, Chu Xuan, who could flash his glasses even in the drizzle, suddenly called out the two people.

"Ayase, they are my friends - and also my descendants and members of the Miyagi."

"Hou, Hou~ Palace—?"

Chu Xuan turned his head to look at Ayase with a blank expression and said, but he didn't scare Ayase, but the others were shocked.

"Hou...gong? Brother, what does Hou~gong mean? Why are everyone surprised?"

Ayase asked in confusion, but she didn't even know Hou~Miya, this is common sense!

"That was just a joke."

Chu Xuan pushed down the reflective glasses and said seriously.

"Black cat, Saori, this is my sister, Aragaki Ayase.

Thank you today. My sister and I took the bus back together, so let's say goodbye.

goodbye."

Chu Xuan briefly introduced Ayase's identity, and then said goodbye to Black Cat and Saori.

The black cat who was so shocked that he didn't know what expression to use to face Chu Xuan nodded in a bit, and then was dragged away by Saori, who was smirking with a "haha" and was dragged away by his arm.

Kirino breathed a sigh of relief, showed a very sorry expression, and watched the two friends gradually fade away.

"Oh... it's my brother's friend..."

Ayase nodded slowly, holding some words in her mouth and not saying them.

As a model, she probably thinks that the two people's dresses are too strange, but since they are friends of the elder brother, she will not be able to rashly evaluate these issues.

"Uh-huh!"

Perhaps in order to further clear his suspicion, Kirino nodded and confirmed for Chu Xuan.

This was really a terrible move. Originally, most of Ayase's attention had been attracted, but Kirino's voice was like a super powerful electromagnet that suddenly turned on, which immediately attracted Ayase's attention back.

Ayase's eyes turned to Kirino, then she showed a very bad uncomfortable expression, and turned her head left and right to look around.

Now, it is natural that a large number of otakus who have returned from Xia Comi are walking towards the station, and many of them are carrying paper bags like Kirino, so it makes people feel quite uneasy...

Just don't be noticed...

"Kuno... I just saw many people in strange costumes and buses with cartoon patterns... Are there any activities nearby today?"

"I, I don't know! OK, it seems like Comi Xia?"

Kirino, who felt increasingly uneasy in front of his friend Ayase, was asked suddenly and immediately tried to pretend to be unaware of anything. Unfortunately, he was foolish again and added to his sarcasm.

“What is Xia Comi…?”

Sure enough, Ayase, who had no idea about the otaku noun, naturally asked.

PS: Oh... I got up after 5:30 in the afternoon, and after dinner, I finally completed a chapter before 8:00. We will continue to work hard at 0:00, so we should not delay.
Chapter completed!