375 Isn’t This… Too Daring? (1/2)

An incredibly eye-catching cosplayer walked over.

When Seiji noticed and looked, his eyes instantly bulged in surprise.

This was a long dark red-haired handsome boy wearing extravagant Sakura Island clothing with a silver longsword strapped to his waist. He was a popular male character from the story Chronicles of the Demon Sword! His name was… no wait, it wasn't important what character he was cosplaying as, the person him was more important – Ryuuno Izawa!

This was Kanna Fujihara's Spirit-branded Retainer that Seiji had gotten acquainted with at the Winter Snow Festival Yin-Yang Master party.

Izawa was actually cosplaying!?

Seiji instantly realized that this must be at the request of Kanna Fujihara.

The red-haired handsome boy walked steadily towards him, with everyone along the way giving him a path while taking photos of him with their cameras or cell phones. This made it seem like he was an idol walking down a red carpet.

Izawa ignored everyone else, and walked directly towards Seiji.

”Shiroya-san, I've finally found you.”

Seiji blinked as he looked at Izawa.

”Izawa-san… how did you recognize me?”

The moment he asked, he felt like he had asked a foolish question.

Izawa smiled faintly and pointed at his own left eye.

”My master said that you would definitely come to the cosplay area, which is why she had me wait here and observe everyone.”

”I see, but was there a need to dress yourself up like this?”

”This was a request from my master.”

”I thought so as well.” Seiji smiled and reached out his hand for a handshake. ”Nice to meet you, Izawa-san. My name is Seigo Harano.”

”Nice to meet you, Harano-san.” Izawa shook his hand.

*Click click click…* Many camera shutters kept snapping their pictures.

Seiji let go of the handshake and looked around him, noticing that many bystanders, including even Chiaki and his friends, were taking many photos of the two of them. It seemed to Seiji like they were a group of paparazzi taking photos of a meeting between two celebrities.

”Let's go somewhere quieter to chat,” he recommended.

”That's just what I wanted.” Izawa had an expression of he couldn't wait to get out of here.

Seiji then indicated to the bystanders that they should stop taking photos now, and then explained to Chiaki and his friends that he was going to step out for a while and meet up with them later.

Something flashed in Chiaki's eyes, Mika had a curious expression, Kaho's eyes were sparkling, and Yukari was all excited.

The four girls watched Seigo walk off with the unknown handsome boy and all fell silent for a moment.

”I want to go spy on them!” Yukari raised her hand and spoke in a spirited manner.

”You're actually saying something like this directly out loud…” Chiaki gave a sidelong glance to Yukari.

'Your image is breaking down a little, Princess.' Chiaki really wanted to say that to her.

But, she was able to understand what Yukari was feeling. Even though Chiaki didn't understand much nor had much interest about boys' love, seeing the scene of Seigo and that extravagantly handsome cosplayer boy smiling at each other caused a small fluttering in her chest.

”I… want to spy as well!” Mika rose her hand and told the truth, causing her face to flush red.

”Me as well.” Kaho also rose her hand and blushed red.

The three girls all looked towards Chiaki.

Chiaki smiled.

”Then what are we waiting for? Let's go!” She took the lead.

”Harano-san, what's that on your body?” After Seiji and Izawa left the cosplay area together, Izawa asked Seiji about the streaming equipment that he was wearing.

”Oh, I'm currently doing a livestream, but not a typical stream for a large audience… wait a moment.”

Seiji told Hana and Shika over voice chat that he was going to turn off the stream for a while, then turned off the camera and removed his headset.

”Harano-san… you're an internet streamer?” Izawa blinked as he asked.

”No, but I was doing it for certain reasons. Please don't mind it,” Seiji told him.

The two of them walked to a relatively quiet corner after leaving the cosplay area.

”Fujihara-san is probably exploring the stalls?”

”Yes, Master is currently together with Yoruhana-san.”