How to raise a random guy's wife

This is the kind of shirking responsibility by passing the buck to someone else.

Morioka Aiko: "...I'm sorry."

This... is an honest child.

Michi Hyoudou looked helpless. "Nobody's only saying sorry now, right?"

Now she knows that she has been kept in the dark by her friends for a long time.

After all, a person can't suddenly become an otaku.

Aki Tomoya managed to say, "Michiru... the world around you seems to be even more of a shut-in than you imagine."

Hyodo Michiru's face flushed bright red. "You call this a little bit?!"

"You're still as reckless as ever." Kasumigaoka Utaha's eyes narrowed slightly. "Aki-kun."

"You recklessly disrupt the girls' little cliques," Eriri frowned. "No wonder it's you."

"No!" Aki Tomoya retorted, staring at Hyodo Michiru. "The choice wasn't mine, it was yours!"

"Wh...what?"

"Now it's your choice... you can choose which outfit you want to wear on stage, or you can change out and leave immediately."

"Well......"

“You can withdraw if you want, and I will apologize to the organizers immediately,” Aki Tomoya said frankly. “But your teammates are waiting for you.”

Michiru Hyodo looked in the direction of her companions.

"I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, Mei!" Himekawa Tokino honestly admitted her mistake. "I'm really sorry for keeping it from you!"

“Before, we played rock music according to your wishes and had a lot of fun. We thought it would be good to continue pretending…” Mizuhara Eichika said more clearly, “But, for us, it was just deceiving ourselves in the end… No, it was deceiving you too… You should understand, right?” She felt that she was talking a little incoherently.

"Xiao Mei..." Morioka Ranko pursed her lips slightly, "How about performing with us?"

"But...but..." Michiru Hyodo hesitated, "Aren't the listeners also otaku?"

Aki Tomoya sighed, "You still hate otaku?"

“That’s not what I meant!” Michiru’s face showed confusion, not disgust. “It has nothing to do with liking or disliking. I just don’t understand otaku at all! From the past until now, I have never thought about understanding people like that… So, I still lack confidence.”

Chapter 216 This Grievance

Kato Megumi looked at Kobayashi Sora, wanting to speak, but felt it wouldn't be good to disturb them.

"Hmm?" Noticing Kato Megumi's gaze, Kobayashi Sora turned her head away.

Kato Megumi opened and closed her mouth, using lip reading to say: [You guessed it.]

"[Thanks to the inspiration you gave me.]" Kobayashi Sora replied in lip reading.

If Kato Megumi hadn't noticed the similarity in musical style, Kobayashi Sora wouldn't have discovered the key to solving the problem.

“That’s true,” Aki Tomoya asked, “but aren’t you able to understand me?”

Hyodo Michi answered subconsciously, "That's because the object of my affection is Allen! I don't care about other otaku!"

The band members whistled.

Kasumigaoka Utaha started beating the drums.

With her rapidly shaking legs.

Eriri's reaction was not significant.

It seems like this child has become numb.

Aki Tomoya pressed further, "Is this all the seriousness you have for music? Does your heart soften so much that you can't go on stage and sing when you put on a slightly cute outfit?"

"I would be completely devastated if it were me," Kasumigaoka Utaha scoffed. "If I were forced to dress up in such an embarrassing way..."

"Nobody would want to watch that," Eriri retorted habitually. "What's so interesting about cows doing role-playing?"

“I think it should be more presentable than empty chicken bones.” Kasumigaoka Utaha changed her target. “At least the cow is alive.”

Too big won't do, and too small won't do either.

Kobayashi Sora instinctively looked at Kato Megumi.

"Hmm?" Kato Megumi tilted her head. "Do you like it?"

“Actually…” Kobayashi Sora paused, recalling Kato Megumi’s bunny girl outfit from before, “I liked it.”

He really likes this.

"Hmm..." Kato Megumi looked a little troubled, "but the size is a bit hard to find."

"Is there?"

“Yes,” Kato Megumi replied, “you’re too tall.”

"With me..." Kobayashi Sora suddenly realized, "It wasn't me who wore it."

"You just said you liked it..."

"I..." Kobayashi Sora was speechless for a moment, "You've gone astray."

Kato Megumi blinked. "You've corrupted me."

"You guys..." Eriri couldn't stand being wronged. "Can't you be a little more mindful of the occasion?"

“Michiru, you can do it.” Aki Tomoya wasn’t bothered at all; to be precise, with his neck being choked, he didn’t have time to pay attention to his surroundings. “Because you’ve long recognized that anime and game songs are good music, which is why you’ve included tributes to them in your compositions. So, you’ll definitely be able to move those people… Otaku will absolutely love the music you compose!”

Seeing her silent cousin, Aki Tomoya pressed on, "I'll be managing the band from now on—so now, come with me..."

"Alan," Michiru Hyodo still couldn't decide, "but..."

"Michiru!" Aki Tomoya interrupted the spellcasting.

He has a reason why he absolutely cannot lose.

As Michiru Hyodo said, everyone else was working hard to make games, while she was doing things that had nothing to do with making games.

An opportunity is right in front of us.

He will be involved in the game's production and will take on important musical responsibilities.

This is for the development of Michiru Hyodo's band, and also for his dream, so...

Aki Tomoya's gaze was sincere as he said, "Let's be happy together!"

Michiru Hyodo's eyes widened. "What...?"

"Wow!" came an exclamation from the direction of the band.

"Tsk." Kasumigaoka Utaha almost stomped the floorboards to pieces.

Eriri puffed out her pink cheeks and shook her head again.

Regardless of everyone's reactions, just look at Michiru Hyodo's expression.

Clearly, she had made her decision.

With that, Kobayashi Sora's lips curled into a smile; the first step of the plan had been successful.

Noticing Kobayashi Sora's expression, Kato Megumi frowned slightly but said nothing.

In the basement of a building on a bustling street, there is a small LiveHouse with the words CLUBG-MINE on the entrance sign. In order to accommodate as many people as possible, there are no seats inside, only about 150 standing rooms.

Currently, only about fifty or sixty audience members have entered. Many more, who came specifically to hear the popular bands performing later in the show, have not yet arrived. The current number of attendees is typical for a band that hasn't even had any promotion before their warm-up performance.

In the spacious area at the back, Aki Tomoya nervously watched Icytail adjusting on the dimly lit stage.

Utaha-senpai is reading a book on her tablet, while Eriri is just playing around on her phone... So what are you guys even here for?

"It's not quite what I expected." Kato Megumi looked around curiously.

"What's wrong?" Kobayashi Sora leaned closer to her and lowered his voice.

"Well... everyone's looking at the stage with anticipation, waving glow sticks and stuff." Kato Megumi looked at the people chatting around her. "I thought that would be it."

“Large-scale concerts or popular underground bands will have the kind of scene you described,” Kobayashi Sora explained. “However, this is an anime and game-themed concert, so the audience cares more about the songs than the band, so they are passing the time by chatting.”

"Huh?" Kato Megumi was a little worried. "Won't that make things difficult for Michiru and the others?"

"Well..." Kobayashi Sora smiled, "This world is always kind to good-looking people."

"Huh?" Kato Megumi paused for a moment, then understood.

The stage lights came on, illuminating the members of icytail.

The next moment, cheers surged onto the stage like a tsunami.

The tall and well-proportioned Michiru Hyodo, dressed in a ruffled maid outfit, stood on the stage with a shy demeanor, instantly capturing the hearts of otaku who were meeting her for the first time.

First meeting: cute; marriage.

That's roughly the process.

But the challenges have only just begun.

The so-called warm-up is to create a lively atmosphere.

So the first song is very important.

The best choice is naturally the theme song of the most popular anime of the season, the kind of song that gets as high-energy as the barrage comments on a website as soon as the intro starts.

Kobayashi Sora initially gave the same suggestion.

However, Aki Tomoya also put forward a new idea.

The theme song for the current season's anime doesn't fit Michiru Hyodo's style; instead of just riding the wave of popularity, there's another direction to take.

Morioka Aiko struck four times with her drumsticks, Himekawa Tokino strummed her guitar, followed closely by Mizuhara Eichika's bass, and Hyodou Michiru brought the microphone to her mouth:

Even if the dry, fierce winds blow wildly on the road ahead~

"Just chant one incantation~"

"That will allow me to move freely~"

"Divine power and beauty that everyone envies~"

"We will absolutely not tolerate anyone committing wrongdoing."