"What else do you have to say?!" The battle continued, and Homura ran around the room, chased by Eriri.
*Growl~*
A not-so-loud, but not-so-small growling stomach sounded, and the chase ended. Eriri blushed and *WHOOSH* onto the sofa, burying her face.
"Ahem!" Homura didn't tease her and quickly said, "I'm going to cook now!"
He disappeared in a flash, leaving only Megumi and Utaha looking at Mashiro, who was expressionless and staring at Haru. They were speechless for a moment.
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At the dining table.
"Well, Ahem! Attention please!" Homura signaled everyone to look over, including Sagiri, who was on the video call. He introduced, "This is Shiina Mashiro, a world-class genius painter! We'll be living together from now on, so please take good care of her."
Silence...
Everyone was shocked, staring blankly.
What does "World-Class" mean? Everyone understands, but is it really that simple to live with a world-class genius?
"AAAHHHHH!!" Eriri screamed, then her eyes lit up, becoming a little fan who had just met her idol!
"Please give me an autograph!" Eriri pulled out a signature board from somewhere and handed it to Mashiro.
Mashiro looked at her blankly, not knowing what was happening, then looked at Homura.
Homura covered his face. He didn't expect Eriri to become Mashiro's little fan.
"... And me, I also, I also want an autograph..."
'Huh? Whose voice is this?' Homura thought confusedly.
"!!!"
Homura widened his eyes, looking at the signature board handed from behind him, and slowly turned around.
Everyone, including Eriri, who was about to get an autograph, was shocked and stared at the petite figure behind Homura.
Finally, Homura turned around and faced the trembling body that was nervous because of being stared at by several pairs of eyes.
Homura then said, "... You... finally came out of your own world, Sagiri."
Homura's heart was not calm. No matter how he thought about it, he couldn't imagine that Sagiri would take the initiative to come out. Could it be the "Idol Power"?
No... Idols don't have that much power. It's the result of accumulated effort! Even if Mashiro doesn't exist, he believes that Sagiri will walk out the door in ten days or at most half a month. Mashiro is just the last straw that broke the camel's back!
Homura held her trembling body with one hand and rubbed her head with the other hand. He looked at Mashiro, who was still confused.
"Mashiro, sign these two people's autographs! They are both in the art industry, and you are undoubtedly their idol!"
Mashiro blinked. "Okay... Although I don't quite understand, since Homura said so."
Utaha heard this and gave Homura a meaningful look.
Homura felt embarrassed and avoided Utaha's gaze, whistling, but unfortunately, he didn't know how to whistle and it didn't make a sound...
After Mashiro finished signing, Sagiri was just about to go back to her room, but Homura grabbed her collar.
Sagiri turned stiffly and looked at Homura's "smiling" face. She shivered fiercely, smiled awkwardly, and sat in her seat at the dining table.
"You sit here and wait, I'll go to your room and get your food." Homura turned to Megumi. "Megumi, please watch her for me. Don't let her run away. She finally came out, she must get used to the outside world first!"
"Okay, Homura-kun, you go. I'll watch Sagiri-chan." Megumi nodded slightly and came to Sagiri's side, feeling that Sagiri was still very nervous.
Homura slowly left, occasionally looking back at Sagiri, and found that she didn't move much. He was quite surprised. He had already prepared for Sagiri not letting him leave and had to ask Megumi to help bring Sagiri's food, but it wasn't necessary after all.
After that, the welcome event continued.
"At first, when I saw Mashiro, I felt familiar! No wonder!" Eriri exclaimed and then touched the autograph she got. Since everyone became familiar with Mashiro; they decided to call each other by their first name directly.
"I'm quite surprised that you and Sagiri are still chasing stars." Homura was also surprised. After all, Mashiro's arrival directly caused Sagiri to come out early!
Eriri: "What's so strange about it!"
Sagiri: "Umu!"
Eriri: "You also know that Mashiro is a world-class painter!"
Sagiri: "Umu!"
Eriri: "For people like us, especially since we are all women like Mashiro, it's normal, right?"
Sagiri: "Umu... KYA~!"
Homura pinched the blushing face of Sagiri with dissatisfaction. This little girl was actually taunting her older brother with others, which was really... cute.
Looking at Sagiri, who was puffed up with anger, Homura was amused and let go of her hand.
"Nii-san is so bad! You actually pinched my face!" Rubbing her slightly reddened face, Sagiri pouted and complained to Homura.
Homura shrugged. "It's your fault for not siding with your Nii-san. But it's okay, it seems like you and Eriri are already familiar enough to team up with her."
"Hehehe~" Sagiri giggled shyly.
Unable to control his own hand again, Homura rubbed her head and said, "Nii-san would like it even more if you could get along with others as well as you do with Eriri."
Sagiri straightened out her hair, which had been messed up by Homura, and nodded. "I'll do my best!"
"Good, I believe in you!"
Finally, Homura looked at Mashiro.
"Mashiro, you came back this time to draw manga, right?"
The others looked at Homura in surprise, as if to say, 'Did you get something wrong? Mashiro isn't a mangaka!'
"Yes," Mashiro nodded, and Homura looked at the others, feeling as though they were about to petrify.
*BANG!*
"Why!?" A shocked Eriri slammed the table and asked.
"Because... it's my dream," Mashiro said to Eriri seriously.
"Excuse me?"
"Becoming a mangaka is my dream." Mashiro looked at Eriri, and she could tell from her eyes that she was serious.
"Well... I've been wondering since earlier, this guy Minamiya said he was going to invite you, but you're obviously a world-class painter. How could the invitation possibly succeed?!" Eriri looked at Homura. "You knew from the beginning, didn't you? That's why you said to invite Mashiro to join us!"
Homura smiled and nodded, then turned to Mashiro, who was a little confused. "Mashiro, a few of us are working on a big project. Although it's only a part of it now, I still want to invite you now!"
"Mashiro, do you want to join us?"
Mashiro remained silent for a moment before speaking softly, "I want to draw manga."
Homura replied, "Sure! I can teach you about manga!"
Mashiro asked, "You draw manga too, Homura?"
Homura responded, "We're currently working on a game, not manga, but I do draw manga myself. You and Eriri can work on the manga for the game together. She's in charge of character design."
Mashiro looked closely at everyone present, and they all looked at her with hopeful eyes.
"Is it really okay?" Mashiro stared at Homura.
Homura reached out his hand, "Welcome to Another Dimension, Mashiro."