I live my life in Tokyo

The arrival of Chizuru Ichinose meant that there was one more person added to the small circle discussing the plot. Instead of returning to Yuuki Asuna's bedroom, they sat in the living room. Kaede Sakakibara unpacked the dried nuts and potato chips brought by Chizuru Ichinose and put them in a bowl, then she took a piece of nut and put it in her mouth.

"Well, this time Chizuru-chan will be playing a junior role that has a bit of a childish vibe."

"Yeah, this feeling is a little hard to grasp." Chizuru Ichinose admitted in a low voice, "I can play the role of a junior in my true colors, but the reaction of a little girl may take some time to prepare."

"Does the manuscript provided to Chizuru-chan explain how she fell in love with the male protagonist?"

Ichinose Chizuru nodded and said, "There's only one sentence of explanation, saying that the male protagonist Feng saved the female character's life. Really, really, who would fall in love with someone just because their life was saved?"

"Then how did Chizuru-chan fall in love with Kaede-san?"

Chizuru Ichinose's face gradually turned red, her head began to smoke, and her mouth opened and closed like a broken machine. Sakakibara Kaede handed two nuts to the curious Yuuki Asuna and stuffed one into his mouth. They did discuss the real plot, but most of the time he was just a curious spectator watching the fun.

"Could it be that it was during that reality show?"

Mai Sakurajima inevitably thought of the Dream Apartment show - Dream Apartment is still being filmed, but in terms of popularity, no subsequent season dares to compete with the first season. It is understandable that Chizuru Ichinose and Kaede Sakakibara have developed feelings of love for each other as they spend time together day after day.

"Who, who would fall in love with him at that time." Chizuru Ichinose lowered her head, seeming to be somewhat unwilling to accept the result.

"Go ahead and say it." Sakurajima Mai clapped her hands and smiled.

Sakakibara Kaede looked at Sakurajima Mai speechlessly.

"Actually, before that, during the mock date."

Ichinose Chizuru whispered, "Well, at that time I was imagining how lucky I would be if Kaede-san was really my boyfriend... or something like that."

Stare~

Sakurajima Mai and Yuuki Asuna's eyes were a little weird, which made Chizuru Ichinose have the urge to run away. She suddenly buried her face in her knees, "Ahhhhhhh what did I say——"

Sakakibara Kaede also noticed the gazes of the two women and touched her cheek. She didn't expect that Chizuru Ichinose would give herself to him so early.

That date was nominally the first time, and Sakakibara Kaede had no experience, and the same was true for Ichinose Chizuru. Unexpectedly, the latter secretly fell in love.

After the explosion, the three girls blushed. Sakakibara Kaede was neither sitting nor listening. She coughed and went to the balcony to water the flowers. The three looked at each other and noticed the slight blush on each other's faces. Finally, Sakurajima Mai coughed and said, "Let's make lunch simple. Tonight is the highlight."

"When will Tou-san and Madoka-san arrive?"

"It's probably during the afternoon tea time. They have work with the idol group in the morning, so they should have had lunch."

As Sakurajima Mai spoke, she pulled up Chizuru Ichinose who was still in a state of confusion. Asuna Yuuki took off her apron and put on another one.

She habitually came behind Sakurajima Mai and tied an apron for her. The two had lived together for so long, and their behavior gave people an indescribable sense of intimacy.

Lunch was simple, just some curry and rice.

While Kaede Sakakibara was washing dishes, Chizuru Ichinose was being taken to visit the room. According to Mai Sakakijima, she could apply to the agency to rent a room here, and if she performed well, it would be very likely that she would be exempt from rent like everyone else.

Sipping barley tea and listening to the girls' whispered discussions coming from the bedroom, Sakakibara Kaede felt relaxed and happy.

When the doorbell rang, the young man came to the door and pressed the answer button. It was Toru Asakura and Madoka Higuchi who had finished their work in the morning.

After waiting for two minutes, there was a knock on the door. Sakakibara Kaede opened the door. Asakura Toru waved at him with a smile. Higuchi Madoka glanced at him and then glanced aside. She was holding a shopping bag in her hand, and no one knew what was in it.

"Hello~"

He walked in on his own, took off his shoes and coat and hung them aside, then stepped forward and hugged the young man with a giggle.

"Not going to do it, kiss?"

Higuchi Enka: “…”

Chapter 14: The Society is Dead

The look in Higuchi Madoka's eyes, as if she was looking at garbage, made Sakakibara Kaede feel deeply moved.

He was back, everything was back, this familiar feeling, as if he and Higuchi Madoka had just met. He rashly approached her and wanted to become friends with Higuchi Madoka, but what greeted him was a cold gaze and words of rejection.

"Yuanxiang is also OK."

Asakura Toru turned around and said to Higuchi Madoka with a smile, "Let's share."

Higuchi Yuanxiang's face flushed, she spat, took off her shoes in front of the entrance, and walked into the inner room with her black stockings clacking on her feet.

Seeing this, Toru Asakura chuckled, and without any hesitation, she let go of Sakakibara Kaede's arm and caught up with Higuchi Madoka - it seemed that she just wanted to tease Higuchi Madoka, and this was just part of the plan, because Sakakibara Kaede could hear that Toru Asakura really wanted to kiss her.

This girl never hides her thoughts, so sometimes she is regarded as an oddball.

Sakakibara Kaede didn't think so, it's just that sometimes when she was with Asakura Toru, she would be easily exposed by her.

In the living room, Higuchi Madoka put on a sour face and glared fiercely at Sakakibara Kaede who was approaching. Her eyes were different from before. If they were cold before, now Sakakibara Kaede could actually show a hint of charm.

Is this a case of beauty in the eyes of the beholder? Sakakibara Kaede finds it hard to say.

"Here, barley tea."

"...Thanks."

At this moment, Higuchi Madoka thanked him very honestly and took the cup. Asakura Toru leaned on the sofa and stuffed pistachios into his mouth. He took the tea with a smile, took a sip and sighed with satisfaction.

“Is the work hard?”

"No, we're just recording a new music video." Higuchi Madoka replied calmly, "In order not to affect Michikoito's studies, we've done it quickly."

"Yes, the original plan was to shoot until the afternoon." Asakura Toru chimed in.

Sakakibara nodded. The two girls asked him to meet on Saturday to discuss the plot role and... Asakura Toru's request to meet him was simple and straightforward. He never wanted to hide his inner feelings. He looked at Higuchi Madoka, "Madoka, what kind of character is Sachi? When I discussed it with Mai-san and Chizuru-san before, the character of Sachi was not included in the outlines we three had."

Higuchi Yuanxiang frowned slightly, "I don't know either. I only know the character's personality and career settings."

As she said this, she handed over her manuscript.

Asakura Toru leaned over curiously, but she was sitting too far away to see clearly, so she stood up with her barley tea and sat on the single sofa under Sakakibara Kaede, squeezing out half of the seat.

Her actions naturally made Higuchi Madoka feel dissatisfied. Facing the cold eyes of her childhood sweetheart, Asakura Toru smiled in a good mood.

Sorry, I'll try again next time.

"Hmm... quiet, afraid of the death game, shy, I feel like I got the script of another heroine." Sakakibara Kaede commented sharply after carefully checking it out.

"okokokok."

To join in the fun, Toru Asakura nodded repeatedly.

Higuchi Madoka glanced at the foolish Asakura Toru speechlessly and snorted, "I think so too. I asked Takenaka-san about the plot before with the manuscript, but he refused to tell me the subsequent plot developments because it was confidential and he couldn't spoil the tour."

This is indeed understandable. Sakakibara Kaede held his chin and thought for a moment, "No matter what, you and I will eventually meet and form a bond in Sword Art Online. I think your role model is more like that of a younger sister. Don't worry, I will stand in front of you with a sword to protect you."

Higuchi Yuanka's heart trembled, and she looked away. After a moment, she said, "But the roles are repeated."

There won't be two people with the same role positioning in a TV series. This principle is exactly the same as in anime. There won't be two tsundere characters at the same time, and there won't be two characters sent from heaven at the same time. The best way is to treat everyone equally.

The two looked at each other. The character of Xing is currently very similar in personality and character to Silica played by Chizuru Ichinose. Both are weak little sisters and are somewhat afraid of the death game.

Chizuru Ichinose finished touring the room quickly. When Mai Sakurajima brought the two back to the living room, she was a little surprised to find that all five people were already there. Asakura Toru and Higuchi Madoka arrived a little too quickly.

What followed was inevitably a round of explanation. Mai Sakurajima asked the two if they wanted to eat something, but they said they had already had lunch in the studio and there was no need to bother making it again.

They say one slap doesn't make a sound, but here there are ten slaps.

It is said that three women make a play. Here are five girls setting up the stage to perform.

At this moment when Sakakibara Kaede was secretly sweating, the chicken-and-rabbit-in-the-same-cage problem suddenly popped up in his mind, and he began to count how many pairs of legs the five girls present had.

"Feng Sang, Feng Sang, do you like looking at my legs so much?"

Sakurajima Mai smiled playfully. After she said this, the other four girls looked at Sakakibara Kaede strangely. The latter broke out in a cold sweat. "Mai-san, you must have seen it wrongly. I glanced at you inadvertently. I was not staring at you. I hope you don't misunderstand."

Drinking tea here feels like sitting on pins and needles.

After he said this, it seemed that he won the trust of the other girls. Sakakibara Kaede broke out in a cold sweat and imitated the old monk who had remained calm in the face of a beautiful woman in the past, and quietly took a sip of tea.

The clear voices and discussions of the five girls came to his ears. Sakakibara Kaede closed his eyes slightly. His heart was extremely peaceful. Now he just wanted to meditate and enter a state of unity between man and nature, which would allow him to temporarily escape from the sword chaos in real life.

Sakurajima Mai caught a glimpse of Sakakibara Kaede trying to hide his embarrassment and couldn't help laughing. Yuuki Asuna held her chin with both hands, thinking that Senior Kaede was actually quite cute. Ichinose Chizuru blushed and turned her head away, but couldn't help looking at him. As for Asakura Toru, he just wanted to kiss him.

Higuchi Madoka also felt that this world was noisy. At this time, she once again confirmed what Sakakibara Kaede had just said that there were no duplicate roles. Here, the girls who liked Sakakibara Kaede all had different personalities. . . Sakurajima Mai was gentle in her sadistic nature, Yuuki Asuna and Yamato Nadeshiko were good at taking care of people, Ichinose Chizuru was arrogant and self-destructive, and Asakura Toru was a straight shot.

She didn't want to interpret her own attributes, but she knew she was different from others.

Sakurajima Mai coughed lightly, "Feng-san, Feng-san, I want to watch you play games."

Hearing this, the other girls' faces blushed. They didn't expect Sakurajima Mai to be so impatient and to make this request directly at this time.

Sakakibara Feng escaped from that bizarre world and slowly woke up. "What game?"

"Feng-san, you are asking this even though you already know the answer. It must be Feng who came to the Snow Country."

"Hasn't it already been completed?"

Sakurajima Mai snorted and crossed her legs, "I haven't completed the harem line yet."

Kaede Sakakibara's eyes widened. He noticed that after Mai Sakurajima said this, the other four girls were looking at him from the corners of their eyes. His mouth felt bitter and dry. He finally understood why the five girls had asked him to meet here today. Great, great, but they didn't expect it to be a Hongmen Banquet!

He didn't expect that they had already discussed it and were waiting for him here!

"this..."

"Okay, go ahead."

The five girls said this almost in unison. Sakakibara Kaede had no choice but to go back to her room, take out her computer and turn it on.

Maybe the relationship between the five girls is better than Sakakibara Kaede imagined, the young man thought silently, otherwise why did they discuss this result? Seeing him push for a harem, they just wanted to tell him the fact that he is now starting a harem?

At this point, it is impossible to turn back. Sakakibara Kaede does not want to turn back. He does not want to disappoint the girl. Since he is pushing the harem line... then let's push the harem line.

His state of mind has gradually changed to that of a dead pig that is not afraid of boiling water.

After turning on the computer, Kaede Sakakibara subconsciously wanted to take it out of the bedroom, but she didn't expect to run into the girls who walked in at the door - Sakurajima Mai and Yuuki Asuna found their way to the familiar seats on the bed and sat down, Ichinose Chizuru sat at the head of the bed in a very formal manner, Asakura Toru and Higuchi Madoka lay down, one holding a pillow and the other leaning against the quilt.

Sakakibara Kaede: "Then I'll leave?"

"Use a screen, otherwise the computer screen is too small and it hurts my eyes."

"Ok."

Now Sakakibara Kaede has become someone who believes whatever you say. After seeing this scene, he should understand that all of this is a planned and premeditated act.

Accompanied by really soothing music, the five girls looked at the screen. The original five personal lines had been completed, and an additional option appeared below the start game.

Start the game?

This option is the harem line.

Sakakibara felt his back being stared at, but what could he say now? He had already vaguely guessed that even if he wanted to run, the five girls would tie him to a chair and force him to finish the harem line.

Make the best of things as they come. Sakakibara Kaede encouraged himself with an ancient saying, telling himself not to be defeated by difficulties. There is also the saying that only women and villains are difficult to raise, which made him feel a little comforted.

The beginning of the harem line is not much different from the common line. Both are about a protagonist named Feng who has to come to a small town called the Snow Country where it snows all year round due to his parents' work.

He still recognized the heroines with whom he had a common thread, the gentle and virtuous classmate, the cold and apathetic class monitor, the well-educated and intelligent junior schoolmate, the silent and elusive student union member, and the tsundere and self-exposure worker outside the school.

The five girls looked at each other and all felt that the heroine in the game Feng Lai Xue Guo was indeed very similar to them in real life. Each of them pushed a personal line and could confidently say that except for the name, the development process of Feng was exactly the same.

Unlike the previous common line, there are no option branches in the current plot.

The male protagonist has a high emotional intelligence. When he stayed behind with his classmates to do duty, he met a junior who was also cleaning. The classmate and the junior quickly became good friends. The cold monitor in the class had abilities that were valued by the student union president, who believed that she could become the next student union president or vice president. The monitor was encouraged by Feng and wanted to give it a try, and met the student union member Wukou.

Both of them are icebergs, the type of girls who rarely talk, but they get along surprisingly well with each other. Sometimes they can understand each other's intentions without saying a word, and their work efficiency increases several times.

The number of encounters with the migrant worker increased. Sometimes Feng was alone with the migrant worker while working, and sometimes she met the migrant worker and her grandmother when she went out shopping. At this time, Feng would always go forward and push the grandmother's wheelchair to a nearby park to bask in the sun. Sometimes she bumped into her when she was traveling with her classmates. At the gentle invitation of her classmates, the migrant worker said a few arrogant words... and still joined her circle of friends.

Because Feng is very gentle, she wants to stay by her side all the time. After a day's work, Feng handed the worker a cup of hot drink, who bowed his head to thank her and took it. The two of them drank the hot drink and looked at the snow outside the window. Suddenly, she thought to herself, "It would be nice if I could stay by his side all the time, if I could always enjoy this warmth."

Sakurajima Mai and Yuuki Asuna held hands. They felt that the plot was familiar. They both glanced at Chizuru Ichinose who was shyly trying to get under the quilt. Although she had the attribute of self-destruction, wasn't it too straightforward to analyze the mood of a working person like this?

"Do you like it, Feng?"

"What else are you saying?"

The silent student union member leaned back in her chair as if she had no bones. The monitor glared at her fiercely, but it was obvious that the look was not lethal enough to break the student union member's stamina.

"If this continues, it will be snatched away."

Sakakibara Kaede was halfway through the game when he felt that this conversation was strangely familiar. He turned his head slightly and was greeted by Higuchi Madoka's feet.

"Dont look at me."

His back was hit hard. Asakura Toru came forward with a pillow and began to rub the place where Higuchi Yuanxiang had just touched. "Higuchi, you are not being honest."

Higuchi Madoka stopped talking. She knew that no matter what she said, her childhood sweetheart would use it to her advantage and turn it into words that would make her feel embarrassed. It was better to keep silent at this moment.

She snorted and curled her toes, obviously feeling a little embarrassed about kicking Sakakibara Kaede just now. However, she and Sakakibara Kaede were not alone now, and there were four girls around them with burning eyes waiting for gossip. How could she even say the words of apology?

So she stretched out her foot again, placed it on the place where she had just kicked, wiggled her toes, and used her feet to massage the young man.