Chapter 808: Beach Swimming Final Part ④ (2/2)

In response to Alice's question, Shallow Vernal looked tired for a moment…… before she started talking about Eden…… who was operating the stuffed costume that became Kaito's pair.

[It seemed like she had been watching us, and seeing that Kaito-san didn't have a pair, she asked to participate in the game. I thought about refusing her, but she had often accepted my requests until now…… but there had been lots of times where it feels like I'm forcing her patience, so I've decided that it would be a bad idea to have her accumulate any more dissatisfaction.]

[Ahh~~ Well, she certainly was dissatisfied back in the housewarming party, didn't she?]

[Yes. And her request today of ”wanting to participate in beach volleyball as Kaito-san's pair”…… Well, it was a light request for her……]

[That's why, it's better to let her join us here, where we have members who can stop her even if she goes out of control, than to refuse her and have her make absurd requests again later huh…… I see.]

Nodding her head in agreement when she heard about how Eden managed to participate in the beach volleyball, Alice then looked to Shallow Vernal and asked the questions that were still unanswered.

Just by her gaze, Shallow Vernal already knew what Alice wanted to ask, and without a change in her expression, she let out a light sigh before continuing her explanation.

[……Many of the participants would feel intimidated if she were to participate with her normal appearance, so we made it a condition of participation that she would wear a stuffed costume and pretend to be Alice so that her true identity wouldn't be revealed.]

[So, that's why she showed up dressed like that huh……]

[The only strange thing though was that she accepted the request so readily. I thought she was going to complain, but she agreed without any other complaints. Is she really alright with that?]

[Well, if the person herself is alright with it…… then, I guess it should be alright?]

As Shallow Vernal curiously tilted her head, looking like she's trying to pretend that she didn't hear anything, Alice turned her gaze towards the court.

<Afterword>

Serious-senpai : [……She's watching everything, all the way from here in the Afterword…… Well, that aside, she agreed without any complaints? To imitate Alice? Why did she…… Ahh, I got it! For normal people, imitating Alice is a punishment game, but for her, she's ”imitating the hero that she had been looking up to”……]

Makina : [Being told about it makes me feel shy, but that's right!]

Serious-senpai : [Uwooohh!? Since when have you……]

Makina : [I just returned back to do some errands.]

Serious-senpai : [……Errands?]

Makina : [Yes! With the second part of Volume 10's Character Rough Draft released in the Activity Report, my character rough draft is finally out!]

Makina : [What do you think? Isn't she overflowing with adult charm? My children, Mother is coming to spoil you lots!]

Serious-senpai : [……This appearance and her minefield-like factor…… This is already on the level of a fraud…… Rather, did she just toot her own horn!? Even though the other characters didn't say anything about their own character rough drafts, this woman just nonchalantly praises her own character design publication in the Afterword!?!?]