Crossover Anime: The Heroine's Savior in the Other World

Chapter 47 Try standing me up again?

To be honest, Kitahara Sousuke doesn't really like eating lunch at school. No matter how good the insulated box is, it can't retain much heat in a morning.

There are always long queues in front of the microwave in the cafeteria. If he had to choose, he would actually prefer to buy a fried pork chop rice bowl and a soup for lunch at the school cafeteria.

Marina thoughtfully prepares lunch for him every day; it's impossible to refuse a loving lunch from such a kind and generous older sister.

Luckily, I managed to get on Hoshizuki Maple's good side today. The student council has its own private microwave, and if all else fails, I can sneak into the cooking classroom with a key.

Kitahara Sousuke picked up a mouthful of rice and put it in his mouth. He felt his phone vibrate, so he took it out and looked at it. There was a new friend request on Line.

The application notes are: Kasumigaoka Utaha?

Kitahara Sosuke was stunned for a moment, but a smile quickly appeared on his face, probably because the fish had taken the bait.

He wasn't surprised at all that Kasumigaoka Utaha had approached him, because no new writer would give up on such an excellent work as "White Album 2".

For a new writer, personally polishing and perfecting this excellent work would be a huge boost to both popularity and skill level.

"That laugh is disgusting. Which girl are you chatting with?"

Hoshizuki Kaede looked at Kitahara Sōsuke with disdain. This guy was eating with her and still looking at his phone. Was she not as good-looking as his phone? His disgusting smile clearly showed that he was chatting with a woman.

"...Eat more meat to increase breast size."

Kitahara Sōsuke picked up a piece of crispy pork with his chopsticks and used it to shut the girl up. Then, staring intently at Rin, he also picked up a portion for her, showing that he was not worried about scarcity but about inequality.

You have to admire a woman's sixth sense.

He accepted the friend request with a tap of his finger. After a few minutes of silence, the other person sent a message: "Junior?"

"It's me, Kasumigaoka-senpai, good afternoon."

Kitahara Sousuke replied to the message with one hand while casually picking up some food.

"Are you free? Come to the rooftop around noon. I have something I'd like to talk to you about," Kasumigaoka Utaha replied, then added after a moment's thought, "It's about White Album 2."

"Can we wait a bit? We're eating."

"That's perfect, let's do it together. Also, bring me a serving of milk and fried noodles bread."

Kitahara Sousuke looked at his phone screen with some difficulty. When poaching someone, he had to show some sincerity; treating someone to lunch was nothing. Especially since it was lunch with the aloof beauty of the academy. Anyone else would have already sprinted to the store.

But I can't get away right now. If I wait until I finish eating with Kaede and Rin before going up, given Kasumigaoka Utaha's personality, she might have already left; that girl has her own pride.

"Um, I have something to do. You guys eat first?"

Kitahara Sousuke hesitated, glancing at Kaede and Rin in front of him, and said guiltily.

How strange, why do I feel guilty?

"Snapped!"

Hoshizuki Kaede put down her chopsticks, her eyes coldly fixed on Kitahara Sosuke. A few seconds later, just as Kitahara Sosuke felt the air freeze, the girl finally spoke:

"what's up?"

“Someone I know asked me to bring her some bread to the rooftop.”

Kitahara Sousuke said honestly, staring at the bamboo skewer Hoshizuki Kaede was using to hold fruit after the meal, feeling that the thing might appear on his throat any second.

Okay, Feng might not be that irritable, but if he lies, he'll definitely stick that thing in the back of his hand.

"girl?"

"She's a senior in high school..."

"show me."

Hoshizuki Kaede extended her hand to Kitahara Sousuke, not as a question, but as a command.

"You have a wide circle of friends, and they're all pretty girls."

Kaede took Kitahara Sousuke's phone. Everyone knew Kasumigaoka Utaha; she was a celebrity at school even before Kasumigaoka enrolled. Besides, his LINE friend list was filled with girls' names.

"Kasumigaoka Utaha, Kato Megumi, Aoyama Nanami, Nishimiya Shoko, Marina, Airi..."

Xingyuefeng read out the names one by one, and just by hearing the names, she knew they were all very beautiful girls.

"That's my sister."

Kitahara Sousuke argued in a low voice.

Xingyue Feng nodded noncommittally. Both of her younger sisters had been set to "special attention," making them seem different from their ordinary classmates.

"Huh, who is this 'Forever Seventeen-Year-Old Hanako-chan'?"

Xingyue Feng looked at the third person she was paying special attention to and asked curiously, "This person chats with Kitahara Sousuke the most frequently."

"That's my mom..."

Kitahara Sousuke was speechless.

"Ugh... who sets a nickname for their own mother like that?"

"He's busy," Hoshizuki Maple complained, switching back to her chat with Kasumigaoka Utaha as she spoke, her fingers flying across the keyboard: "He's busy, you'll have to wait a bit."

Then he handed the phone back to Kitahara Sousuke: "Let's eat, I've called back for you."

Kitahara Sousuke stared blankly at the message that had already been sent and marked as read; it was too late to recall it now.

Never mind, there will be other opportunities in the future.

Why did I suddenly have a new one on my special watchlist?! Do you two sisters really enjoy messing with other people's phones?

"Let's eat first, then I'll go over. Let her wait."

Kitahara Sosuke reluctantly compromised. It wasn't really appropriate to leave Kaede and Rin to meet other girls, since the three of them had agreed to have lunch together since morning.

Although no one said it explicitly, the fact that Feng didn't separate the items when packing them already speaks volumes. Besides, this morning I was... sigh, seeing the two of them in front of me makes me feel a little guilty.

Feng proudly crossed her legs. A pretty girl looks good no matter how she sits. How could that idiot Sosuke be trying to stand her up again?

She picked up a bag of cookies and placed it on the table, looking at Kitahara Sousuke seriously:

"Eat quickly, you'll have the strength to climb the stairs if you finish eating."

"..."

Kasumigaoka Utaha stared blankly at the latest message on her phone; she had actually been rejected.

The fact that the subject of the reply was "him" indicates that it was not Kitahara Sousuke himself. Furthermore, Kitahara Sousuke did not send any further messages after that, which seems to indicate that he tacitly allowed the other party to reply on his behalf.

"It's probably a girl," Kasumigaoka Utaha immediately confirmed. "And it looks like she's jealous, or maybe asserting her dominance?"

"Then just wait."

Thinking this, Kasumigaoka sat on a bench next to the rooftop safety net, quietly flipping through the novel in her hands. She really liked the script for "White Album 2," so she could be a little more patient.

Kasumigaoka Utaha was passing the time reading a book, completely unaware of a clear "click" coming from the direction of the door not far away—the sound of the door lock being bolted.

"Feng, what are you looking at?"

Ling looked at her sister with some confusion, while Feng suddenly smiled in a strange way.

"nothing."

Hoshizuki Kaede's smile faded as she added another spoonful of food to Kitahara Sousuke's bowl. The moment she turned off the screen, it showed the chat interface of the student council's work group.

Xingyuefeng: "The lock on the rooftop door has been broken for a long time. Go find someone to replace it."

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"That's all right..."

Kitahara Sosuke stared at the remaining third of the bear-shaped cookies with a grim expression. Even though they had lost their initial crispness after being left for several days, they were still delicious.

However, there was too much of it.

“You must finish it!”

Hoshizuki Kaede picked up a cookie with her fingers and held it to Kitahara Sousuke's lips, her smile incredibly sweet, yet she uttered a devilish whisper:

"Sweetie, have another piece."

"Sousuke, ah—"

Bell also began feeding the animals.

"..."

Kitahara Sousuke rolled his eyes helplessly, silently chanting "body enhancement" in his mind, trying to use the negative effect of the skill to consume a large amount of the feeling of fullness in his body, and then closing his eyes and opening his mouth as if stepping into the execution ground.

My eyes are wet, you bastard!

"I...I've finished eating..."

Kitahara Sosuke swallowed the last biscuit with difficulty, then grabbed his cup and gulped down a large mouthful of water.

"Tch, what a pity."

Hoshizuki Kaede curled her lips in disdain, but at the same time admired Kitahara Sosuke's appetite. This guy really went all out. Did he really want to be someone else's errand boy?

"I'll trouble Feng and Ling to wash the lunchbox. I'll go buy a piece of bread for my senior and take it over."

Kitahara Sosuke had barely stood up and taken a step when a turbulent feeling surged in his stomach, as if gastric juices mixed with various foods were creating a tsunami inside him.

"Go on, go on, hurry up and go! What if your senior gets impatient?"

Hoshizuki Kaede noticed Kitahara Sousuke's stagger and covered her mouth, chuckling to herself. Two-thirds of a large bento box plus a bag of cookies was enough to teach this guy a lesson.

He actually tried to stand me up, so I'll teach him a lesson he'll never forget.

"It's okay, I'm not in a hurry..."

Kitahara Sosuke forced a smile that looked more like a grimace, and slowly moved forward. The side effects of the physical enhancement were beginning to take effect. "Keep going, you can do it. This isn't even a proper battleground."

He strolled slowly like an old man taking a walk to the shop next to the school cafeteria and bought Kasumigaoka Utaha a carton of milk and a bag of finger bread.