They are really too low!

"Heh, they really are high and mighty."

"I'm not trying to be superior, I just want to know what you're thinking." Hoshino knew she wasn't in the mood to listen anymore. "Let's leave it at that."

Shoko Toyokawa suppressed her anger, picked up her glass, and took a sip of juice.

"Although the score is very well completed, I suggest you write a decent song instead." The girl said with a cold face, "Musical form can have formulas, but the emotions a song expresses cannot be simply applied using a formula."

Hoshino remained silent, but Toyokawa Shoko had already stood up.

"If there's nothing else, I'm going back."

After such an unpleasant conversation, Toyokawa Shoko naturally didn't want to stay any longer, and she also needed to calm down.

"Wait, I have something for you." Hoshino suddenly called out to her, and then took a box out of the drawer of the table in front of her.

"What is this?" Toyokawa Shoko asked, puzzled.

"This is a gift for you." Hoshino handed her the box. "I just bought it not long ago."

Toyokawa Shoko took it and saw that it was a game console box, and her expression froze.

"I've installed a few games for you, including the one we played against last time. If you have time, we can play another match."

Hearing Hoshino say this, Toyokawa Shoko felt even more strange.

"You know my situation, I don't have time to play games with you." Toyokawa Shoko didn't want to accept the gift, her face stern. Just a moment ago she was saying that she was escaping reality, and now she's giving her a game console. She couldn't understand what this girl was thinking.

"There are 24 hours in a day and 168 hours in a week. Can't Miss Toyokawa spare an hour to spend with me all the time?"

Seeing Hoshino's expression, Toyokawa Shoko felt inexplicably pleased, but she still maintained a cold expression on her face.

"You're not worth an hour of my time."

However, as soon as she said it, she regretted it; she had spoken too harshly.

"Can't I even play with Mumi?" Hoshino seemed unwilling.

Toyokawa Shoko remained silent for a long time, recalling what she had said before, and it seemed she had no reason to continue refusing.

“Okay, I’ll play games with you two.” Toyokawa Shoko took a deep breath. “However, I’ll only play with you for a little while, no more than an hour at most.”

Hoshino smiled but didn't say anything.

Toyokawa Shoko felt very embarrassed, especially when she thought about what had just happened.

"I can't have the game console; I'll buy one myself."

"It's a gift. You don't need to buy it yourself; it's a gift from a good friend."

"I haven't done anything that would warrant a gift from you."

"Just because I haven't done it before, does that mean I can't give it to you?" Hoshino smiled slightly. "I only give gifts because we're good friends. There's no special reason."

Toyokawa Shoko had nothing to say, but on this particular point, he always said the same thing.

It seems I have no choice but to accept it; at worst, she'll reciprocate next time.

However, after returning, Toyokawa Shoko will ask Wakaba Mutsuko for clarification: Hoshino Mi met with Nagasaki Motoyo, such important information, yet Wakaba Mutsuko didn't tell her!

Chapter Ninety-Four: The Senior at the Bookstore

"Brother, did you two have a fight just now?"

Not long after Toyokawa Shoko left, someone hugged Hoshino Mi from behind.

"It's normal for friends to have different opinions sometimes. If you have a disagreement with a friend in the future, you can be angry, but don't hold a grudge."

Hoshino sensed the girl behind him rubbing against him restlessly, her arms wrapped around his waist, her soft little bunny pressed against him completely.

"You just gave her a gift," the girl muttered sullenly. "And you even have to play games with her!"

Kasugano Sora grew angrier the more she thought about it. She had originally planned to call Hoshino Mi out again, but when she heard arguing in the room, she thought they were having a fight.

She was so excited that she pressed herself against the door to eavesdrop, thinking that if a fight broke out, she could run in to support Hoshino and kick Toyokawa Shoko out in one go.

Who knew it would end so quickly? It was such a waste of her expectations!

"Is my Sora angry because I want to play games with her?" Hoshino turned around, and the two changed from hugging from behind to hugging face to face.

"Yes, I'm angry!" Kasugano Sora blushed and started saying something like, "My Sora, even so, I'm still going to be angry."

"Shouldn't I be the one who's angry?" Hoshino lowered his head slightly, cupping Kasugano Sora's pretty face in his hands, which immediately turned into a chubby face. "Someone called me out twice just now. If Toyokawa-kun doesn't go back, are you planning to do it again?"

"What does it matter? It's not like we're outside. You never said we couldn't do it at home." Kasugano Sora's words were somewhat unclear. "Actually, my brother likes to play like this too, right?"

"I've already told you, I don't have that much self-control." Hoshino felt a little helpless as he released her face. "Aren't you afraid someone will see us?"

She doesn't care who sees her; in fact, it's better this way—it scares away the culprit!

Despite thinking this, Kasugano Sora remained outwardly obedient, not wanting to be lectured by Hoshino Mi again, or even get a spanking.

"Is brother angry?" Kasugano Sora gently hugged Hoshino Mi's arm, swaying it like a spoiled child, and looked at Hoshino Mi with pleading eyes. "Don't be angry, I'll help you vent your anger."

As she spoke, the girl unconsciously licked her lips, her delicate pink tongue sliding over her moist cherry lips, as if still savoring the taste of white.

This action was so alluring that Hoshino felt a surge of heat. The scene from earlier flashed before his eyes as he pressed the girl's head down, with only a door separating him from Toyokawa Shoko, and thrust all the way to the deepest point in one go.

"No, I don't need it." Hoshino suppressed her impulse. "We've already done it twice, isn't that enough?"

"I don't know either. My brother ate too much. My stomach is full." Kasugano Sora touched her lower abdomen. "But it was so delicious. Even though I knew I couldn't eat anymore, I still wanted to eat more."

Hoshino remained silent. Why was she talking like she was addicted? Shouldn't such lines only appear in eroge?

"No means no. I have to go out for a bit." Hoshino thought she was just imitating Erochi, since this younger sister had been influenced by Eriri, and the two of them were both Erochi's creations.

"Why?" Kasugano Sora's expression fell, then she huffed, "Where are you going? You're not thinking of learning guitar from the young lady, are you?"

Eriri had already told Kasugano Sora the common knowledge that everyone in Tsukimori was a young lady, and the latter immediately had a similar conditioned reflex.

The school for young ladies is a classic setting in eroge (adult games). Hoshino Mi probably wanted to create a school for naive young ladies!

Having only met once, Kasugano Sora could already imagine several classic scenarios for preparing Nagasaki Motoyo, so it's hard to believe that Hoshino Mi could resist taking action.

"No, I was just thinking of going out to buy a book. I'll be back soon." Hoshino reached out and tapped her head, too lazy to correct her fantasy. "Or, do you want to come with me?"

Kasugano Sora, ignoring the blow to her head, immediately became conflicted.

Immediately afterwards, she relaxed, seemingly giving up the struggle.

"Brother, you should go buy the books by yourself."

"Are you really not going?"

"No, no, but my brother has to buy me something."

Hoshino wanted to drag her out, but considering it was just a trip to the bookstore, it didn't seem necessary to let her come along.

“You don’t have to go, but when will you let go of your brother?” Hoshino looked at Kasugano Sora, who was still holding her waist. Because they were face to face, Sora’s slightly bulging breasts were rubbing against Hoshino, sending a soft and delicate warmth through her.

If you look down, you can see that because you're so close, you can even see the girl's slender waistline. Next to her slightly concave waist is her round, plump little bottom. Although it can't compare to a ripe peach, the girl's youthful vitality is a unique charm. It feels so bouncy and elastic that you don't need to worry about anything else, just go for it.

Hoshino felt herself becoming increasingly decadent, her mind filled with the hypnosis of young girls.

"Wait a minute, I want to drink some milk." Kasugano Sora's face was flushed. "To prevent my brother from cheating on me, I'm going to squeeze my brother dry first, so that he will never be interested in anyone else again."

Hoshino was stunned for a moment, then felt Kasugano Sora's small hand fall on a certain place. Before she could think, she had already squatted down, and the familiar feeling enveloped Hoshino once again.

"Wait, didn't you say you couldn't eat anymore?"

Hoshino tried to struggle, but unfortunately, the girl's hands were tightly wrapped around his waist.

"Hmm... my stomach can't hold it all... we can catch it somewhere else... don't you want it on your face, brother?"

Under the influence of hypnosis, Hoshino Mi ended up soiling Kasugano Sora's pretty face, including her little rabbit.

……

Kasumigaoka Utaha walked into the bookstore she visited last time and returned to the familiar light novel section. She noticed that there were quite a few customers today, mostly high school boys.

Of course, they weren't wearing school uniforms today, and Kasumigaoka Utaha only deduced their age and identity through the typical silliness of high school boys.

Aside from high school students, who would yell at a few two-dimensional characters?

If you're a typical office worker, you'd probably just grab the item and pay immediately, without lingering.

Kasumigaoka Utaha stood in front of the bookshelf, noticing the gazes of several boys who were secretly observing her.

This is not surprising. Although modern girls also like anime, their numbers are too small. It's normal for them to notice Kasumi Churchill.

However, Kasumigaoka Utaha didn't care, since no one here knew her.

In addition, she was wearing a mask, so even if she ran into students from the same school, they probably wouldn't recognize her.

Kasumigaoka Utaha focused her attention on the bookshelf in front of her. These were recent popular works, occupying the most prominent positions in the bookstore and also the most advertised works, with special promotional posters next to them.

She picked out one of the novels that was available for preview, but after only a few glances, she found it very boring. It was another isekai adventure novel where the protagonist used various cheat-like skills to become the Demon King and build a harem of more than a dozen girls.

Immediately afterwards, Kasumigaoka Utaha took out the next book, but after reading it for a while, she was speechless. It was supposed to be a gimmick about a veiled ex-girlfriend, but it turned out to be another romance with a different skin.

Kasumigaoka Utaha put the novel back, feeling very disappointed. Is this what mainstream popular works are like now?

Machida Sonoko suggested she consider the market, but she felt it wasn't necessary.

If that's how the market is, Kasumigaoka Utaha would rather give up her identity as a light novel author than write such formulaic works.

As Kasumigaoka Utaha was thinking, she suddenly noticed a group of boys gathered around a certain spot. She couldn't help but take a closer look; it seemed to be a light novel by that Kaede Karen-sensei, with a cover featuring several little girls.

Upon discovering that it was a long series spanning over ten volumes, Kasumigaoka Utaha couldn't help but want to complain that there was really no hope for lolicon these days.

Kasumigaoka Utaha had no interest in little girls, and considering her earlier thoughts, she felt there was no need to continue watching.

So, Kasumigaoka Utaha went to the new book section and saw her own book, "Love Metronome," just like last time, but in a very inconspicuous corner.

There were only two or three copies left, which seemed like they would sell very well, but Kasumigaoka Utaha knew that the store didn't want to restock, and probably the first batch of stock hadn't been sold yet.

In other words, her "Love Metronome" is becoming increasingly rare, essentially a limited-time UP pool, once the time is up, it's gone.

I wonder if they'll be willing to pay high prices for it in the secondhand market.

Kasumigaoka Utaha couldn't help but want to laugh. Wasn't she a little too good at finding joy in hardship?

However, she couldn't bear to leave her novel all alone here.

Since there were only a few books left, Kasumigaoka Utaha thought she might as well buy them all. Anyway, she had plenty of space on her bookshelf, and if she found someone she liked, she could give them away as gifts.

Just as Kasumigaoka Utaha had this thought, a hand suddenly reached out from the side and picked up her "Love Metronome".

In that instant, Kasumigaoka Utaha's heart suddenly started beating faster.

"Strange, where is Volume One?" A male voice came from the side. He sounded very young, and even before turning around, you could tell that he was very handsome.

He took the second volume; the first volume, being an unsold item, was placed at the bottom by the shopkeeper and should have been difficult to spot.

Kasumigaoka Utaha thought that this boy was probably only interested in the cover and the synopsis. Once he read the contents, he would probably give up quickly and go on to read novels about lolicon.

Because there's a sample copy of the first volume available for reading, but usually very few people actually read it.

"Is there no Volume 1 here either?" the boy seemed unwilling to accept.

Kasumigaoka Utaha pretended to pick up a novel, then her gaze inadvertently drifted to the other person.

This guy is so good-looking that it wouldn't be surprising if he debuted as an idol right away, but I'm a little puzzled.

She felt like she had seen him before; he looked very familiar.

Kasumigaoka Utaha hadn't figured it out yet when she saw the boy turn and leave so decisively, and a faint sense of loss flashed through her mind.

She knew what this feeling was like, and secretly hoped that the other person was one of her readers.

That must have been her imagination, just wishful thinking on her part.

Kasumigaoka Utaha was about to put down her novel when she suddenly remembered that the other person didn't seem to have put "Love Metronome" back.

Sure enough, the boy returned shortly after.

This time, he was accompanied by a shop assistant, and the shop assistant found the first volume for him without him having to do anything.

Kasumigaoka Utaha felt her heart pounding. Was this boy really her reader, and had he come specifically to buy her novel?

Seeing that the other party might leave, Kasumigaoka Utaha couldn't possibly miss such a good opportunity.

"Excuse me, is the novel you're holding called 'Love Metronome'?"

After she finished speaking, the boy was stunned for a moment, probably not expecting her to come up and chat him up.

Kasumigaoka Utaha could understand. Although the boy was good-looking, he was, after all, a hardcore otaku, and would inevitably freeze up a bit when faced with a beautiful girl taking the initiative to chat him up.