If I don't capture the girl, I will die

It was a room he was familiar with. Mashiro was drawing in it and he was reading a book beside her. In the silent space, there were only two of them. There were no games, no communication, and no laughter. There was only the back of Mashiro who continued to draw under the soft light of the desk lamp.

Despite this, it also makes people feel inexplicably warm.

It’s great to be successful.

truth.

Chapter 366 Do You Think I Will Fail?

However, what Ji Qi did not expect was that after saying thank you, the girl suddenly bent down deeply and made a very polite gesture.

Ji Qi was shocked and quickly helped Mashiro up. Could it be that Mashiro was possessed by some strange thing? Otherwise, this sudden behavior was really inexplicable.

After doing this, Mashiro whispered with joy, "I can work with Qi from now on."

"Didn't we work together before?" Ji Qi shook his head, not knowing where the girl was playing.

Mashiro didn't say anything.

He enjoyed the joy of success with the girl again. Coincidentally, at this moment, accompanied by a sound, the Yamada fairy, who had changed into an alternative children's style clothes, also pushed the door open.

"Mashiro, are the results out? It must have been successful, right? After all, Mashiro's drawings are really great. If they weren't successful, then those editors must have been blind! I'll go and argue with them for you!"

Her pointed ears trembled. After entering the room, the Yamada Fairy noticed the attitudes of the two people. She immediately thought of something and said in surprise: "Success?!"

In fact, the relationship between Mashiro and Yamada Fairy is not much worse than that of Himechi. After all, they are both kind-hearted and considerate girls with good personalities. Living under the same roof and spending time together every day, and their novels and comics are also connected, it would be strange if they didn't have a bad relationship.

Yamada Fairy has had few friends since she was a child for various reasons. Now she has gained a good friend, Mashiro, and has made several friends in total. She cherishes them very much in her heart.

Therefore, knowing how important this matter was to Mashiro, she was also very nervous.

"Well, it was successful. But Mashiro has become a cartoonist and has to submit manuscripts every week. I may have less time to help you draw illustrations in the future?" Ji Qi teased with a smile.

"It doesn't matter. Although Mashiro and I can create the best light novel in the universe, I am a genius! Even if I am alone, I can create the ultimate light novel that can defeat Kadokawa Bunko!"

Yamada Fairy waved her hands nonchalantly. As a good friend, how could she let Mashiro sacrifice herself to help her? Even though the sales of her novels had increased by at least 20% since Mashiro drew a few illustrations for her.

It's true that the girl's words are annoying, but she is really a very good girl.

"If you want to defeat Kadokawa, you have to get over me first!" Ji Qi was in a good mood and acted like a big boss. He didn't correct the words he used to tease the girl.

The blonde loli made a face, "Your current sales volume is not as high as mine, right?"

"Illustrations. I can also draw for fairies." With a warm and gentle expression on her face, Mashiro found a gap and joined in the conversation between the two.

"…Is it really okay? It won't affect your comic drawing, right, Mashiro?" Yamada Fairy, who didn't know much about cartoonists, asked with concern.

"no problem."

Mashiro replied softly that Yamada Fairy only published one volume of light novel every three months, and Mashiro was only responsible for a few pictures, which was much easier than drawing comics for her.

"Then please give me your guidance in the future, Mashiro."

The Yamada fairy raised a big bright smile and stretched out her soft and boneless little hand towards Mashiro.

"Seven also..."

After solemnly shaking hands with the Yamada fairy, Mashiro turned his attention to Himechi.

Today's protagonist is Mashiro, and without complaining about anything, Ji Qi stretched out his hand and shook hands with the girl.

Then a beautiful and cool figure appeared in the open door of the bedroom.

Before the new girl came in, several people suddenly felt that the temperature of the air conditioner had dropped another five degrees.

There is naturally only one girl who can make several people feel this way.

Yukinoshita Yukino.

The famous flower on the hilltop of Toyo-no-saki.

Because it was summer vacation, he hadn't seen Yukinoshita for a while, and he missed her quite a bit, so he set his eyes on the stern girl.

Apart from being a little prettier, she was no different from the last time we parted.

Yukinoshita, who was very familiar with this house, looked around. Her expression and mood were very subtle when she stared at Ji Qi. Finally, she set her eyes on Mashiro.

The corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

The whole person feels a lot softer.

The ice and snow melt.

"Shin...Shiina, was the comic thing successful?"

After a pause, Yukinoshita asked directly, without any intention of beating around the bush.

Mashiro nodded gently, then whispered, "I'm glad Yukino can come."

I'm still as bad at dealing with them as ever... whether it's Mashiro or Yuigahama Yui.

Even though she thought so, Yukinoshita Yukino's facial expression softened, "That's great."

After listening to the conversation between the two, Ji Qi stood up and prepared to go to the kitchen to help. With so many girls present, it would be inconvenient for him to pull Xueshita aside to reminisce about the past.

When passing by Yukinoshita, accompanied by a familiar and moving fragrance, the cold feeling of the snow girl disappeared a lot, turned around and walked with him, and said calmly: "Are you going to the kitchen? I will go with you."

Although his tone was calm, it was mixed with a hint of excitement that he himself was not aware of.

"Okay." Not only could Yukinoshita help him share the cooking work, but Ji Qi also happened to have a lot to say to the girl, so he readily agreed.

Oh... Oops, I forgot there was a girl in the kitchen.

But it shouldn't be a problem.

Ji Qi twitched the corner of his mouth.

When I walked into the kitchen, as expected, Hui was squatting and looking for some ingredients in the refrigerator. Hearing the noise, she temporarily stopped what she was doing and turned her head with a gentle expression on her face.

"Ah, front—"

Then I saw the two people who were traveling with me.

After a pause, Kato Megumi regained her calm expression as if nothing could shake her, and changed the subject very naturally: "Senior and Yukinoshita-senpai are here too?"

"Hmm..." Yukinoshita was slightly stunned when she didn't expect that there was another person in the kitchen, and subconsciously greeted Kato Megumi.

Kato Megumi's calm and natural attitude was as if the hostess of a house was greeting guests. This home advantage made Yukinoshita, who thought she was playing away, feel a little uncomfortable.

"I'm not quite sure what dish to make? Senior and Yukinoshita-senpai, you guys decide?" Kato Megumi said with a smile on her face but with an inexplicable aura.

Ji Qi's eyelids twitched, and he tried not to get involved too much. He talked about the dishes that each person liked to eat, and tried his best to take care of everyone.

The girls may not know each other's taste, but he knows it very well.

Yukinoshita raised her eyebrows slightly and looked at Ji Qi's face with a rather strange look.

Chapter 367 Another Hug

Feeling the inquiring gazes of the two girls, Ji Qi prepared the main course without changing his expression.

Could he say that he memorized it after spending so long with them?

If we were alone, it would be fine, but now...

Ji Qi's kitchen was very big, at least it could accommodate the three of them without feeling crowded at all, which avoided Ji Qi's embarrassment to a great extent.

The division of labor among the three was very clear. Kato Megumi washed the fruits and vegetables skillfully, Hime Nana washed rice, and Yukinoshita was the chef. It seemed that the three of them agreed that Yukinoshita had the best cooking skills.

The atmosphere was inevitably a bit stiff and awkward at the beginning, but as the dishes came out, the situation improved a lot.

Because none of the steaming hot meals on the table were made by one person, but by three people. Although any one of them could have done it alone...

After bringing the plate to the dining table in the living room, Ji Qi greeted Yamada Fairy and Mashiro who were still in his room doing something unknown.

As for Sagiri, just give it to her. Ji Qi doesn't expect her to go out.

After all the preparations were done, it took ten minutes for them to sit down at the dining table.

Sitting in an ordinary seat on the left, Ji Qi glanced around calmly.

There were five people at the scene, four of them girls. Mashiro sat on his left, whether intentionally or unintentionally, and on his right was the very energetic Yamada Fairy.

The Snow Girl with a calm smile on her face and a cool aura sat opposite.

There is also a space on the table for a tablet.

There shouldn't be any hidden tricks in this location distribution, right?

Ji Qi, who saw beautiful girls everywhere, twitched his lips. Why does it feel like there are beautiful girls around him? Is it an illusion? It's not an illusion, right? No wonder both Shiyu Eriri and Sagiri like to complain about him being the protagonist of a light novel. Now even he himself doubts whether he is the protagonist of some weird work.

"Let's eat."

However, feeling that the girls did not pick up their chopsticks and looked at him with different thoughts, Ji Qi came back to his senses and smiled without any abnormality.

After spending such a long time hanging out among all kinds of outstanding girls, even a otaku can develop a thick skin, not to mention that Ji Qi is already thick-skinned.

Today's protagonist is said to be Mashiro, but seeing Mashiro's obedient look, who is centered around Himechi, the girls could only sigh helplessly.

There was only the sound of chopsticks being moved at the table, and no girl was the first to break the silence.

Even the usually lively Yamada fairy who acts as the engine of the atmosphere was affected, and his bright eyes kept scanning several people.

As a man, Ji Qi couldn't turn a blind eye to it. He raised the glass of juice and said, "Well... congratulations to Mashiro for fulfilling her dream just now..."

"Seven, I want to eat that."

Unexpectedly, before Ji Qi could finish his words, Mashiro, who was staring at a piece of tempting grilled meat, interrupted him.

so awkward.

Ji Qi stood up unhappily at the uncooperative heroine and put the braised meat into Mashiro's bowl.

The meat was already in the bowl, and Mashiro contentedly picked it up with chopsticks and put it into her little mouth.

After this interruption, Ji Qi was too lazy to say anything polite and just ate his meal in silence.

Of the people present, Yukinoshita was not a talkative person. On the contrary, because of her inflexible personality and the fact that she rarely communicated with others, she usually spoke very little. She was still quiet even with people she was familiar with.

Although Kato Megumi is much better than Yukinoshita, she won't take the initiative to bring up a topic unless she has something else to do.

Not to mention Mashiro.

The same goes for Sagiri.

In the end, Ji Qi and Yamada Fairy can only bear the responsibility of awkward conversation.

Otherwise silence would be even more awkward.

Next time I will never let so many girls get together.

Ji Qi thought with resentment.

Ji Qi, who had completely forgotten what happened in the afternoon, finally made it through the meal.

At this moment, Mashiro, with a very gentle expression on her face, suddenly said in a light voice: "...I'm very happy that everyone can come."

Everyone focused their attention on her.

"I'm very happy that Yukino can come. I'm very happy that the fairy can come. I'm very happy that Hui can come. I'm very happy that Sagiri can come..."

Mashiro, who had been silent and very quiet, tilted her head, her beautiful cherry blossom-like eyes rippled, and she whispered their names.

What? Can't you talk properly?

Ji Qi looked at the girls with gentle and surprised expressions, then looked at Mabai, and a sense of relief rose in his heart.

Maybe they all understood the peculiarity of Mashiro's personality, so this thank you, which was very ordinary in the eyes of normal people, made them feel very comfortable.

As Mashiro took the initiative to reveal her feelings, even the air was slightly warm.

Then, with food residue still on her lips, Mashiro blinked and added calmly:

"Also, thank you to Qi, too. He said he would reward me by taking me to do what he and Hui did today when he's free."

"...???"

Mashiro's voice is very soft, sweet and pleasant to hear, but at this moment, it seems to be magnified countless times.

The whole world seemed to be quiet.

Several strange gazes instantly converged on a certain person's face.

After looking at Ji Qi, Yukinoshita glanced at Kato Megumi inconspicuously.