Chapter 49

Izumi Sagiri accepted this calmly and followed Eriri back to her own room.

"Sagiri, what have you been doing lately?" Eriri tossed the things she had bought onto the floor.

"I don't want to draw erotic manga anymore; I want to draw light novel illustrations." Izumi Sagiri sat back down on her small bed, which was decorated in a style full of girlish charm.

"Hehe, why don't you want to draw them anymore?"

Alone with her intimate friend, Eriri temporarily cast aside the worries in her heart and lunged at Izumi Sagiri.

Izumi Sagiri, caught off guard and tackled, did not struggle at first, though there was a hint of reluctance on her cute face.

"Sagiri is so soft, and smells so good~"

Eriri used her slender hands to skillfully embrace the cute, soft little loli.

She pressed her body against her and gently rubbed her own cheek against Izumi Sagiri's cheek.

One big, one small, two cute lolis.

One wearing black over-the-knee socks, the other wearing thin white silk stockings, they cuddled and played on the bed, which was filled with the scent of a young girl.

It was enough to make one's blood boil.

No one would ever imagine that the usually elegant and cold, fair-skinned, noble mixed-race young lady was like this in private.

"Er... Eriri-nee-san..."

Izumi Sagiri began to reach her limit and pushed at Eriri with her small hands.

"Heehee."

Eriri laughed, feeling her mood improve quite a bit.

She decided that for tonight, she would temporarily stop thinking about the things that troubled her.

Afterward, Eriri let go of Izumi Sagiri, and they ate a luxurious takeout meal together and took a bath together.

Lying on the bed, chatting, reading manga...

They played until very late before Eriri finally fell asleep.

The next day, Kitakami Yoru woke up as usual.

Since school started, he had developed enough self-discipline.

As soon as the phone alarm went off, he got up immediately, never lingering in bed.

In the past, even if the alarm rang until it stopped, he wouldn't necessarily have crawled out.

"Early to bed and early to rise makes for a healthy body, keep exercising..."

Kitakami Yoru put on his slippers and folded his quilt.

He wasn't just fat; because his body was too obese, he had more or less developed some underlying conditions, and his immunity was also low.

After tidying the bed, Kitakami Yoru began to brush his teeth and wash up, drank a little water, and started his warm-up exercises to lose weight.

Half an hour later, it was only just past seven o'clock.

Kitakami Yoru walked into the bathroom naked and rinsed his body with warm water.

He discovered something.

It was that he seemed to have changed.

Comparing his body carefully, one could slightly see that he seemed to have slimmed down just a little bit.

Another place, however, seemed to have become a little bit sturdier.

Kitakami Yoru had heard before that fat guys were usually particularly small, but he didn't care at all.

He was already more than half again the average size of an adult.

"Could it be that if I lose weight..."

Kitakami Yoru muttered to himself while gesturing in front of the mirror.

After showering, he prepared today's breakfast and lunch, and also left some cat food and water for Sansan.

While eating breakfast and watching the news on TV, Gabriel came to knock on the door.

"Morning, Gabriel," Kitakami Yoru greeted her.

"Here, I've cleared this game cartridge, I'll return it to you first."

Gabriel reached out and handed over a game cartridge.

"Didn't you sleep well?"

Kitakami Yoru saw Gabriel's somewhat exhausted appearance as he took the cartridge.

"Yeah, but I'm fine, it's nothing."

Gabriel yawned after saying that, then added, "It was fun, but this kind of game doesn't have much replay value."

"Online games, on the other hand, have a bit more replay value," Kitakami Yoru replied afterward.

"Online games?" Gabriel muttered softly, waved her small hand, and walked back.

"Whew~ finally made it!"

Eriri rushed out of the station at the end of the shopping street, checking the time on her phone.

She had gotten up early to head to school.

But Izumi Sagiri's house was too far away, the commute was too long, and she was always worried about being late while on the train.

"Almost twenty minutes left."

Eriri breathed a sigh of relief, and while heading to school, she casually looked around to see if there were any breakfast shops or convenience stores on the road.

Just then, Eriri, whose gaze was wandering, saw a familiar back in front of her.

She couldn't help but stop in her tracks.

"Isn't that..."

Eriri looked at the front in surprise.

A dead fat otaku was walking together with a petite blonde girl.

Both were wearing the Xiuzhiyuan Sect uniform.

"No... no way... and they're talking and laughing?"

Eriri's expression gradually became strange.

Those thoughts that troubled her immensely surged into her heart once again.

When Kitakami Yoru arrived at the classroom, morning reading was about to begin.

He put down his schoolbag and took out his phone.

Out of the corner of his eye, Kitakami Yoru noticed a gaze from beside him, sizing him up.

When he turned his head, he met the emerald-green eyes of his beautiful blonde deskmate, Miura Yumiko.

"Wha... what's wrong?"

Kitakami Yoru was stunned, watching Miura Yumiko's eyes constantly scanning his body.

It was as if she were at a zoo, carefully observing a rare animal.

"Nothing." Miura Yumiko shifted her gaze away indifferently and landed it on Yuigahama Yui.

"How inexplicable..."

Kitakami Yoru let out a breath and muttered a sentence.

Morning reading ended, and he took advantage of the break time.

Kitakami Yoru took out his phone, sent a short message to Kato Megumi, and waited nervously for a reply from the other side.

Inside the classroom.

Sitting silently alone in her seat, many people got up to move around and chat with friends during the short break.

However, Kato Megumi had no idea what she should do.

Resting her chin on one hand, she boredly watched every scene in the classroom.

"Ding-dong~"

The phone in her schoolbag suddenly rang.

Kato Megumi, who never received messages from anyone, knew without thinking that it was an advertisement or an app notification.

Bored, she took her phone out of her bag, only to find it was from Kitakami Yoru.

"It's Kitakami-kun, he's the only one who remembers me..."

Kato Megumi held her phone, recalling the time she and Kitakami Yoru went out to play last weekend.

Replying with a message, Kato Megumi held the phone with both hands, a faint smile on her lips. ===== CHAPTER 50 =====