376 When I Want You To (1/2)

”I said that I wouldn't be disappointed,” Izawa responded. ”I have no intentions of retracting or changing what I said before.”

”Thank you.” Seiji smiled. ”May I call you Izawa-kun?”

”Of course. Please allow me to address you as Haruta-kun as well, or should I use Harano-kun?”

”Let's go with Harano. I typically use this name.”

”Alright then, Harano-kun.”

And so, the two of them set new ways to address each other.

”My master wishes to see you, so I hope that Harano-kun is able to wait in this general area here for her and Yoruhana-san to arrive,” Izawa requested.

”Sure. My companions and I were going to stay in the cosplay area for a while longer anyways,” Seiji told him. ”If by the time my friends want to leave that area but the two ladies we're waiting for still haven't arrived, I'll stay behind and wait together with you.”

”Thank you.”

Afterwards, Izawa indicated that he wanted to quietly wait here in this corner, with no interest in returning to the cosplay area. So, Seiji exchanged cell phone numbers with him and went back by himself.

Halfway back, he saw Chiaki and his other friends pop up.

”Seigo, who is that beauty? Why did you abandon us to be so intimate with him!? Are you already tired of us!?” Chiaki made an expression and pose as if she was an abandoned lover, acting pitifully.

*Smack!* An iron fist of justice knocked her on the head.

”Wah…” Chiaki was defeated.

”I apologize, your words were so foolish, that I didn't even have time to retort before I reacted automatically,” Seiji said expressionlessly as he took back his hand.

Mika, Yukari, and Kaho were all rendered speechless.

”I met him at a party on the day of the Winter Snow Festival,” he explained.

”Oh…”

Chiaki, Mika, and Yukari instantly understood. That was someone that he met on his date with Natsuya Yoruhana… whoops, when he was accompanying the student council president.

Kaho was the only one who didn't know about it, believing instead that Seigo had joined some ordinary activity and made a new otaku friend.

”He said that he was a bit tired from standing so long in the cosplay area, and wanted to rest for a while… no need to mind him, let's go back and look some more in the cosplay area.” Seiji looked at the girls. ”Or, are you guys done looking around?”

The girls exchanged awkward glances.

They noticed that he evidently didn't want to go into detail about that handsome boy.

Mika and Chiaki knew what this was – that boy was definitely someone who was from the ”mystical” side of society!

Yukari's curiosity intensified, and she wanted to know more, but she felt that it was imprudent to pry.

Kaho was somewhat confused, and didn't quite understand the situation.

”What's with having an affair!?”

”It's also known as cheating.”

”Who'd cheat on who!?”

They kept joking around.

With Chiaki's help, Seiji was able to change the topic of conversation.

They returned to the cosplay area and continued looking at cosplay that they were interested in.

Seiji turned on his stream again and put on his Bluetooth headset, which caused him to instantly receive a question from Hana.

”Who was that boy?”

”Master… sister of mine, do you know about Yin-Yang Masters?”

Hana instantly fell silent for a moment.

She didn't respond for quite a while.

”Of course I know about them.”

'As expected,' Seiji thought in his mind.

He had never discussed the topic of the ”mystical” with her before, but he figured that his younger sister probably knew about as well. This would the first time he had ever discussed this topic with her.

”That boy's name is Ryuuno Izawa, and he's Kanna Fujihara's Spirit-branded Retainer. Kanna Fujihara is…”

He gave a brief explanation of what happened at the Winter Snow Festival, as well as his relationship to the student council president of his high school.

Hana silently listened to his story and furrowed her eyebrows.

”Are you really a hero from a different world?” She asked in a complex tone of voice.