The Stand in the Everyday World

Shiina Mashiro tilted her head cutely.

"So, how did you know that I was here to pick you up on behalf of Sengoku Chihiro-sensei?"

"Chihiro Chigoku?"

"Why do you use a questioning tone?!"

You can't possibly forget even your own cousin's name.

Shunsuke Fujii really wanted to say "Impossible, absolutely impossible", but when he thought about it being Mashiro, it didn't seem like anything unusual.

"It doesn't matter." Mashiro said the spicy words calmly, and asked again, "What color do you want to become?"

"I never thought about it."

"Then please think about it."

"If I have to choose a color..." Fujii Shunsuke thought, "Is it yellow? Or purple?"

After all, the first Stand, Star Platinum, was purple.

"Yellow and, purple?"

Mashiro looked at Fujii Shunsuke, her pupils motionless.

"how about you?"

"what?"

"What color do you want to be?"

Even though he knew the answer, Fujii Shunsuke still asked this question.

“I haven’t thought about it.”

"Then think about it now."

"Now, it's probably white."

"Yeah, just like your name, it suits your color, Mashiro."

Fujii Shunsuke directly called Shiina Mashiro by her name. There was no other reason. He had always called her that before and it sounded good. Now he would feel uncomfortable if he changed to calling her Shiina.

As a girl with a blank slate, there is almost no possibility for Shiina Mashiro to refuse.

To put it simply, it is to take advantage of the situation and bully honest people.

"But, Mashiro, do you know why snow is white?"

The corners of Fujii Shunsuke's mouth curled up slightly, and he suddenly said a "famous quote" that people in this world did not understand.

Mashiro looked up at Fujii Shunsuke with a little surprise. He was so cute, a hundred times better than a certain pretentious little devil schoolgirl.

"Because it has forgotten its own color." Shunsuke Fujii shrugged.

"Well, what's your name?"

I don't know if she understood what Fujii Shunsuke said, but Mashiro didn't show any resistance when a stranger called her by her name.

"Fujii Shunsuke."

"Junsuke is great." Mashiro said these words calmly.

"Ok?"

“Great name.”

"Well, thank you." Knowing that Shiina Makoto likes to speak and write about tigers and wolves, Fujii Shunsuke was calm and helped carry the suitcase. "Now that the small talk is over, let's go. I'll take you to the reception."

"Okay." Mashiro followed immediately.

Following a stranger like this, Shunsuke Fujii was very worried that she would go out alone in the future.

I don’t know how she came from the UK. Did her parents or Rita secretly arrange bodyguards?

While thinking about some random things, Shunsuke Fujii stopped a taxi.

Six o'clock in the evening is when traffic in Tokyo is the busiest. Taking a taxi at this time is undoubtedly a waste of your wallet and time.

But at the same time, private communication space and more contact time are important factors in Shunsuke Fujii's choice.

"What is Mashiro planning to do this time?" Shunsuke Fujii asked in the car.

“Draw comics.”

"Oh, really? That's great. Have you submitted your work?"

Shunsuke Fujii's reading is about exposing people's wounds.

"...next time, next time will pass."

Although her face remained expressionless, Fujii Shunsuke could feel the endless fighting spirit emanating from Mashiro's small body... probably.

"In fact, I am also planning to submit a story to Shonen Jump. I have prepared a great story and I am sure it will be a hit."

Hearing something that concerned her, Mashiro turned her head away and stared at Fujii Shunsuke motionlessly: "Shunsuke, do you draw comics too?"

"Yes, after all, I have been learning to paint since I was a kid. The owner of the place where you are staying today is the famous Eromanga teacher in Sakurajima. I am her disciple."

"Eromanga-sensei?" Mashiro tilted his head. "Is he very powerful?"

"Of course, the disciple she taught is now a cartoonist."

Shunsuke Fujii is talking about Amelia Almeria, nicknamed Almi. She is one of the rare talented high school cartoonists, but the magazine where she serializes her works is not the most competitive "Weekly Shonen Jump", so this title is still a bit exaggerated.

Mashiro's eyes lit up, as if there was light: "I want to draw comics."

"Well, I know."

Mashiro grabbed Fujii Shunsuke's sleeve: "Junsuke, help me."

"Mashiro, you're really rude." Fujii Shunsuke looked helpless but inwardly he was shouting "The plan worked!" "If you stay at the Izumi family, you can ask Eromanga-sensei for advice every day."

"Of course, you can always discuss it with me. I will never refuse."

Even though Mashiro draws girls' comics, she always feels that there is something wrong about learning to draw comics from an Eromanga teacher like Mrs. Izumi, but Fujii Shunsuke ignores this feeling.

If possible, he even wanted to go a step further and kidnap Mashiro to his home, but things have to be done slowly. If he really did this, I'm afraid that the unreliable adult Sengoku Chihiro would definitely stop him... right?

The taxi drove on like this all the way, and finally arrived at the destination when it was already dark.

“It’s time to go make some money.”

After getting out of the taxi, Shunsuke Fujii took a look at the price and made up his mind silently.

17. Izumi Sagiri, a woman who is easy to deal with

"Welcome, welcome, Mashiro-chan, you must be tired, the welcome dinner is ready."

As soon as I opened the door with the key, Mrs. Izumi started setting off firecrackers at the door. She was obviously very excited. I don't know how long she had been squatting by the door.

"Wow, what a cute child, let me touch it!"

Looking at the doll-like Mashiro, Mrs. Izumi's eyes lit up and she couldn't help but want to go up and touch her.

"......"

Mashiro, who had been acting very calm and nonchalant all along, took a step back.

"Madam, please pay attention to your image." Fujii Shunsuke couldn't help but stepped forward to block Mashiro behind him, and asked knowingly, "Sagiri?"

"The child ran upstairs when he heard the door open." Mrs. Izumi sighed, "I don't know who this child learned this from."

"..."

Shunsuke Fujii looked at the unconscious person with sidelong glances without saying anything.

Mrs. Izumi was furious: "Xiaojun, why are you looking at me like that? It's because you dote on Sagiri too much!"

"I hope you look in the mirror." Shunsuke Fujii said bluntly.

"Excuse me, are you Eromanga-sensei?"

At this time, Mashiro stood up from behind Fujii Shunsuke and asked.

"Ah, this...Mashiro-chan, where did you hear this? It's not me." Mrs. Izumi scratched her head, looking embarrassed. She was no longer at that age.

Back then, when she was Sagiri's age, she was in her prime and was full of energy and ambition, so she was quite free when naming people, but now...

Just like adults who, when they think back to the stupid things they did in their middle school years, can't help but bang their heads on the ground, slap themselves twice, and regret why they were so stupid back then, Mrs. Izumi can't help but want to roll around on the bed in embarrassment whenever she thinks back to this incident now.

Hearing Mrs. Izumi's denial, Mashiro did not ask any more questions. She just turned her head and looked at Fujii Shunsuke calmly without saying a word.

This kind of silent dissatisfaction was more difficult for Shunsuke Fujii to cope with than direct accusations.

This attitude, which should have been a relaxed one, didn't work in front of Mashiro.

——Is this my first love at first sight in this world?

Shunsuke Fujii covered his chest unconsciously, feeling unbelievable.

"Xiaojun?"

Seeing that Shunsuke Fujii looked a little strange, Mrs. Izumi felt a little upset for some reason.

"Oh, it's okay. I just thought of something else."

Fujii Shunsuke came back to his senses and walked into the house with Mashiro, revealing at the same time: "She is Eromanga Sensei, but now she is old and knows shame, so she is embarrassed to admit it."

"Xiaojun, who are you saying is old?" Mrs. Izumi pouted, very dissatisfied.

Whether in appearance or character, Mrs. Izumi, who stays at home all year round, is not much different from an ordinary high school student.

If you go out with Chihiro Chigoku who is wearing a teacher's uniform, she will be mistaken for a student.

Fujii Shunsuke ignored Mrs. Izumi's deliberate cuteness and pushed Mashiro to her: "Mashiro wants to learn to draw comics from you, so I'll ask Eromanga-sensei to accept a new apprentice."

"Hey!!! I haven't heard Chihiro say such a thing!"

"Well, because we just decided that in the taxi."

"This is too much. With Mashiro's talent, it's incredible that he can draw comics. And then he wants me to be his teacher. No, no, I don't want to be criticized by the art world."

"The objection is rejected. At worst, we can just let Mashiro be an anonymous disciple and not tell anyone about it."

Shunsuke Fujii showed his power as the head of the family and suppressed all the dissatisfaction. Mrs. Izumi agreed to Mashiro's request to become his disciple with a sad face.

"Master, I will bother you here from now on. Please give me your guidance." Mashiro said as Fujii Shunsuke requested.

"You don't have to be so polite... Wait, have you been bothering me all this time?"

"Well, Mashiro wants to live here forever."

"I haven't heard Chihiro say that either!"

"So, this is what we just decided in the taxi."

"There's nothing wrong with me, after all, Mashiro is so cute, and my house is pretty big, but as for Sagiri..."

Speaking of Sagiri, Mrs. Izumi has a headache. This child is too much of a stay-at-home kid. She is too afraid that after she gives birth, there will suddenly be one more person in the family, and she is afraid that Sagiri will not be able to accept it.

Fujii Shunsuke, who knew the original work, sneered and said that Sagiri is just at that level now.

As for the theoretical guardian Chihiro Chigoku's opinion?

Mrs. Izumi, whose friends have known the true nature of this unmarried woman for more than a decade, is not worried at all. How could she take care of a child?

Although she has only raised a stay-at-home kid, Mrs. Izumi is surprisingly confident in her ability to educate her children.

Sagiri is the head of this family. Mashiro cannot move in without her consent, so Fujii Shunsuke said, "Then Mrs. Izumi, go ask Sagiri."

Mrs. Izumi was caught off guard.

Mrs. Izumi typed GG.

"Wow, Xiaojun, Sagiri is so mean. She actually said something like 'I hate my mom the most'."

Mrs. Izumi went up smiling and came down crying.

"It's okay. It's as expected. I asked you to go up just to let Sagiri release some of her dissatisfaction first." Fujii Shunsuke pushed his non-existent glasses. "If I go up now, Sagiri should be able to listen to me properly."

"Xiaojun is too much!"