"That guy? You mean Eiji-kun? Well... No, I didn't learn from anyone. I'm not a ninja girl, Utaha Senpai." Megumi said in a very calm and expressionless tone.
There was no anger at being mocked, instead she took her question seriously.
"...." Utaha was joking of course, but compared to the feeling of punching Eriri who sent a counterattack, the feeling of punching Megumi was very boring. It was like punching cotton.
Even so, Megumi was clearly a good junior, she actually liked her more than girls like Eriri. It's just that it's true what Eiji said, that girl is indeed like a ninja because her existence is very thin and often suddenly appears which makes people surprised by it.
By the way...
"Megumi-san, you know the person I'm referring to is Eiji-kun? Could it be that you can also hear that voice?" Utaha realized this, she was a little surprised. It seemed that not only her and Eriri, but Megumi and even the other heroines could also hear inner voices.
Actually, she had guessed this for a long time, especially since she learned that the girl named Yuuki Nonaka also seemed to be able to hear it.
What happened to Megumi convinced her even more.
"Hearing? Kasumigaoka Utaha, what did Megumi hear?" Eriri was so slow, it took more seconds for her to realize what Utaha meant. Her blue eyes widened and looking shocked, she saw Utaha smiling contemptuously at her.
She clenched her small fists, feeling the urge to beat Utaha up.
"Hm... You guys seem to be able to hear it too?" Although Megumi's academic grades were not as good as an outstanding student like Eriri, her IQ worked faster than the blonde girl's, she instantly realized Utaha and Eriri could also probably hear the inner voices of Eiji and the others in their heads. However, this discovery didn't even change her expression. She said: "So that's it. I'm not the only one who can hear it."
While the three girls were chatting.
The person they were waiting for finally came.
The door was shifted rather loudly, making the girls turn their gazes forward.
"Tomoya, you're late! What are you...huh?" Eriri did not finish her words, she was shocked and wondered how her childhood friend became like this?
Utaha was equally surprised, she suddenly remembered Eiji saying something about a plot that had something to do with Tomoya. Was this what he meant? Actually if it weren't for the fact that she still had a contract with Blessing Software, she wouldn't have wanted to come here, especially after hearing Tomoya's disappointing inner voice.
However, as a novelist, she was also a professional. Personal matters would not make her directly neglect her work and responsibilities as a scriptwriter in this group.
Megumi also looked at Tomoya who had just arrived, she gave her classmate a curious look.
Why? It was because unlike usual, this time Tomoya came to the group meeting in an unusual outfit!
Instead of wearing his school uniform, Tomoya was now wearing a black suit with a very formal red bow tie. He no longer wears glasses, the hair that usually covers his bangs is also combed up. As the protagonist, it must be admitted that Tomoya's appearance dressed up like this can indeed be considered handsome.
Even his childhood friend Eriri looked dazed when she saw him.
Now that Tomoya no longer had the aura of a nerd around him, he now had the aura of a handsome and rich man that girls usually meet at weddings.
"Sorry, I'm late." Tomoya said calmly and confidently.
"....." Utaha, Eriri, and Megumi were silent.
At this moment, they also heard Eiji's inner voice in their heads.
[Has it already started? Pfft! Hahaha! Protagonist Tomoya, are you seriously wearing that outfit? Although it looks good, you're overdoing it. But whatever, do it! I want to see how the girls react after you do it.]
Do it? Do what?
The three girls looked around, only the four of them including Tomoya were inside the auditorium.
Since the man's voice was heard, Eiji must also be watching them somewhere, right?
{They looked surprised, even looking around as if they couldn't bear to look at my appearance right now. It's true what those people on the internet said, at this moment when Eriri, Utaha, and Megumi take their eyes off me, they must just be embarrassed because I'm too handsome.}
Never asking, they knew this time it was Tomoya's inner voice.
But what's with this narcissism?
Utaha frowned, actually after seeing men who were much more handsome than Tomoya. For example a guy like Eiji, she wasn't mesmerized by Tomoya's appearance which now did look much more handsome than usual.
Only girls like Eriri were still fascinated because she had quite deep feelings for her childhood friend.
"Tomoya-kun, what are you dressing up like that for? We're having a group meeting, not attending someone's wedding." Utaha said with a slightly venomous tone. She was usually like this.
Tomoya had gotten used to it although he was still a little sad that Utaha no longer called him "Rinri-kun." like she used to.
{It's all Eiji's fault! If that playboy hadn't seduced and threatened Utaha Senpai. Senpai would still be calling me affectionately.}
Utaha raised her eyebrows, now she always felt Tomoya was not making sense. The first one is arguably true, but the last one? Who was threatened?
Utaha shook her head, if Tomoya had such a rich imagination, why didn't he create his own scenario.
Eriri and Megumi looked at Utaha, they were actually curious if what Tomoya said was true?
[Many protagonists have rich imaginations... Who is seducing and threatening? It was definitely Utaha who seduced me first! She even used me to get a lot of inspiration for her novel.]
The two girls saw that Utaha had a dark expression.
Is that so? It seems to be true.
No! Utaha roared in her mind, she certainly understood why Eriri and Megumi were looking at her like that. But no, okay? Eiji, that shameless man is twisting the facts! Although about getting inspiration for her novels that was somewhat true...
After getting a lot of otherworldly novels from Eiji, Utaha was indeed helped a lot, she had finished her latest volume of novels now and was even writing the next volume because she got a lot of ideas from the novels Eiji gave her.
In her heart, she was very grateful to Eiji even though the boy was annoying.
However, she did not expect her annoyed facial expression to be misinterpreted by Tomoya. The protagonist was increasingly convinced Utaha was being threatened by Eiji. Otherwise, there was no way she would look like she had such an annoyed and dark expression.
'Utaha Senpai! Don't worry, although what I'm about to do now will make you and Eriri misunderstand. You will understand later. Once I'm strong enough and can defeat a playboy like Eiji. I will accept all of you! After all, with the system, I'm destined to have a lot of money and beauty.'
After a few days of getting the system, Tomoya's mentality also changed. He now seemed to think like a harem protagonist, he became possessive of beautiful girls like Utaha and Eriri, in this life these two could only be his women.
And Megumi too, she was actually pretty and it wouldn't be bad to add her to the harem.
"Utaha Senpai, Eriri, Megumi. I know you feel strange about the clothes I'm wearing right now. Today's group meeting is also destined to be something else."
"I want you guys to look and listen well." Tomoya smiled softly, he stood at the podium a little high with the mic in his hand and his gaze fixed on Megumi who stood not far in front of him.
"???" Utaha, Eriri and even Megumi weren't sure what Tomoya wanted to do.
[This is it! Finally came! I'm just here to watch the fun!]
Eiji, seriously. Where exactly is that man hiding?
Neither Utaha nor the others knew, the man they were looking for was actually sitting in the same room as them. It was just that the man used magic to make himself invisible and now he was staring at Tomoya who was standing on the podium with popcorn in his hands.
"Tomoya, what exactly do you want to do?" Eriri didn't know, but she had a bad feeling when she saw Tomoya looking at Megumi gently like that.
"If we're not going to discuss work. I'd better go home, I still have to write a novel at home." Utaha said as she packed her laptop and belongings into her bag.
Unlike Eriri, she was too lazy to care about what Tomoya wanted to do.
"No! Utaha Senpai, please wait a moment. It's only for a moment. And Eriri, you'll know what I want to do in a moment." Tomoya panicked slightly, he was also actually hesitant because what he was going to do was none other than completing the quest that the system gave him!
To do that, Utaha and Eriri had to be here to watch what he was going to do.
Utaha stopped, she had originally stood up and was about to leave. But after thinking for a moment, she sat back down and folded her arms. "Hurry up then."
Tomoya heaved a sigh of relief, he stopped hesitating.
He stared at the one and only girl who was still standing while holding a school bag.
"Megumi."
"...Aki-kun?" Megumi was confused. It seemed like Tomoya dressing up like that also had something to do with her.
Eriri looked at this scene frantically, she felt that this situation was a bit wrong.
No, there was no way that dense Tomoya would confess to a girl, right? That boy had never even realized her feelings for him since childhood.
But if it really happened, she...
"Megumi, there's something I've always wanted to say to you since we first met."
"...."
[.....]
"Under the blue sky, with the summer dress and beret hat you were wearing back then. When the wind blew and made your hat fly towards me..."
[I feel embarrassed watching this, hey. These words... Did you also learn them on the internet, Tomoya? I don't know where you got the courage to confess to a girl in front of all your heroine.]
"...." Megumi, Eriri, and Utaha.
They knew they were now witnessing a confession scene.
It was true that it felt a bit embarrassing, but they were surprised Tomoya would do this.
And that was still in front of two girls who somehow had to watch the boy they once liked confess to another girl.
Tomoya's actions were actually quite cruel.
Utaha didn't react much, at most she just erased the little remnants of Tomoya in her heart. Her face was cold and indifferent, she didn't care at all about what she was watching.
But Eriri was... The girl's face paled, she sat limply on the chair.
Eiji who saw all this smiled. Tomoya, continue!
"That sight mesmerized me. I knew back then I must have fallen in love with you!"
"Megumi, I like you!"
"Will you be my girfriend?!"
Tomoya said that very loudly, and he was still using the mic to do that.
The girls' ears hurt a little, and the most hurt was Eriri whose not only ears hurt, her heart also hurt because she was heartbroken to see her childhood friend actually confess to another girl and it was right in front of her eyes!
At this moment, everyone naturally glanced at Kato Megumi.
Eiji had just seen the girl in person for the first time today, and although the girl was much more normal compared to heroine like Utaha and Eriri.
Although not as beautiful as the other two, he thought the girl was more unique than the other heroine in the "Saekano" franchise. In the original work, Kato Megumi was able to be the winner who made the protagonist prostrate under her skirt even though she never took so much initiative to seduce the protagonist compared to other heroine.
With short dark brown bobbed hair, dark brown eyes, milky-white skin. Kato Megumi does not have a voluptuous figure like Utaha, but she is also not too small like Eriri. She had "perfect proportions" for a high school girl.
She looks pretty at first glance, but because her face is always flat and looks very lacking in emotion even though she is not a cold type of girl like Yukino. In the original work Megumi is actually a kind and gentle girl. But that's it, she rarely smiles and makes expressions other than her flat expression.
That made her charm stuck at the level of a normal girl that Tomoya seemed to like the most in the original work.
Even now, hearing the protagonist's obvious confession of love to her in front of everyone.
Megumi only widened her eyes slightly, her expression unchanged, she stared at Tomoya for a long time.
Utaha and Eriri thought that the girl would definitely accept Tomoya's confession. After all, Tomoya was the protagonist. In the original work, weren't they also together? That's what Eiji said.
Tomoya was a little embarrassed at first, but after confessing clearly though he was worried seeing Eriri's sad reaction and Utaha's cold one. He decided to ignore them for now. Now, he was waiting for Megumi's answer!
The system didn't tell Megumi to agree to his confession, she could even refuse and the quest would still be successfully completed.
However, Tomoya didn't think Megumi would refuse. With his current appearance which he thought was very handsome and his words of love which he had practiced for several days.
He was sure Megumi would be moved by his confession of love!
She would definitely agree to be his girlfriend!
"Sorry Aki-kun." Megumi's soft and flat voice took the people in the room by surprise.
"!!!" The most surprised was of course Tomoya, he almost dropped the mic in his hand and looked at Megumi in disbelief.
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