It's raining hard outside, and it's fun inside.
The Hyakki family ate hot pot today, and the whole family sat together, feeling a little warm.
"The cut of meat is extra!" Nero shouted in dissatisfaction.
"Hmph, an idiot like you enjoys eating green vegetables!" Jeanne Alter sneered.
The two bickered over a piece of meat, Marie moved gracefully, but kept sending chopsticks to her mouth, scraping the food in the pot.
Compared to Nero and Jeanne Alter, it turns out that Marie is the real winner.
"Dingling~" The doorbell rang.
"I'll go and open the door." Mash volunteered, much better than the three foodies in the house.
Mash went to the door, opened the door, and saw a blonde girl.
The girl had dazzling blonde hair, a lovely face, a large chest, and a gentle smile.
"She's here to find Senpai," Mash guessed to herself. After all, in her impression, almost all beautiful girls were related to Ryuji.
"Hello, who are you?" asked Mash.
The blonde girl bowed and gave a generous salute, "Hi, my name is Rita Ainsworth, and I'm Mashiro's friend."
"Friend." Mash nodded, it was still raining outside, so she let the other party enter the room.
"Thank You." Rita smiled.
She walked into the room and opened her mouth in shock when she saw the situation in the living room.
There was chaos at the dinner table, the blonde girl and the gray haired girl fighting, as if they were fighting over food.
Beside them, was a disharmonious scene, a white-haired girl drinking black tea after dinner gracefully, like a European lady.
"There was a mess at home, please forgive me." Mash smiled apologetically.
"It doesn't matter." Rita smiled apologetically, and finally saw Mashiro who had not seen her for a long time.
The current Mashiro was completely different from how she remembered, and she even stuck rice grains on her face.
"Is this some kind of special occasion?" Rita was a foreigner, so of course she didn't know the saying of popping a grain of rice out of the corner of her mouth and eating it.
"This…" Mash didn't know how to answer, could she say that this was Mashiro's way of acting spoiled to Ryuji?
Except for Mashiro, no one in the living room was an ordinary person, and when Rita came into the room, her aura was locked.
But as for the arrogant Heroic Spirits, mere humans couldn't pique their interest, so they continued with their own business.
"Who's this?" Ryuji, who was wiping Mashiro's face with a tissue, glanced at Rita and asked.
"This is Mashiro's good friend, Miss Rita," said Mash.
"Hello, I'm Rita Ainsworth, Mashiro's friend when she was in England." Rita introduced again.
"Rita!" Finally finding her friend, Mashiro ran regardless of the grains of rice left on her face, and hugged Rita.
Rita would be happy some other time, but right now...
"Wait, Mashiro, you still have rice grains on your face!" Rita couldn't help but smile, her beautiful long golden hair rubbed by Mashiro's rice grains.
"Ainsworth?" Ryuuji frowned. This name may not be a branch of Einzbern.
"Miss Ainsworth, what is your business here looking for Mashiro?" Ryuji asked.
"You can just call me Rita." Rita said her goal with a smile, "Actually, I came to Japan this time to bring Mashiro back to England."
"Back home?"
Mashiro changed her expression in an instant, and distanced herself from Rita. A second ago, she was a good friend, but now she looks like a stranger. The friendship between girls is really great.
"I'm not coming back." Mashiro's flat tone expressed firmness.
"I know you will say that, but please think carefully about how many possibilities are hidden at your fingertips." Rita persuaded.
This was a conversation between Mashiro and Rita, and outsiders couldn't interfere, even though they all looked disinterested.
"Many people are looking forward to your next work, please respond to people's expectations."
Mashiro lowered her head, with sadness written all over her face, as if betrayed by her closest friend.
"Studying manga, Rita, you supported me back then."
Rita explained, "It's just teaching you how to use the computer, not support."
"I can no longer watch Mashiro waste her talent."
This is Rita's self-delicacy.
Ryuji frowned, when he was about to say something, Mashiro moved first.
This was the first time he saw Mashiro so angry, and pushed Rita out of the house.
"I'm not coming back!" This is Mashiro's insistence.
"Mashiro, I will not give up, I must bring you back to England!" Rita screamed outside the door, like a failed criminal.
Mashiro returned to Ryuji without saying a word, like a kitten who had just been betrayed by a friend seeking comfort from its owner.
"Calm down." Ryuji comforted Mashiro.