388 Ethereal Snow (1/2)

”This is the best 'Demon Sword' cosplay I've ever seen!”

”The swords actually sparked when they clashed against each other. Could they have been using real swords?”

”Judging by the swords' quality, the sounds of the swords clashing, and the sparks as well as other details, they're probably real iron swords. Amazing!”

”Incredible performance! Just how long did they practice for it?”

”10 points for the clothing, 10 points for the makeup, 10 points for the props, and 100 points for the performance!”

”I strongly recommend the makers to come find these two cosplayers if they decide to make a movie out of 'Demon Sword!'”

”It's a minus that a guy is cosplaying as Renha!”

”It's a plus that a guy is cosplaying as Renha!”

”Renha's a female disguised as a male in the original story, so there's no problems with a guy cosplaying as her. Of course, the prerequisite is to have a sufficiently excellent appearance first!”

”Is this cosplayer really a boy? Maybe the cosplayer is actually a girl.”

After reading such messages, Seiji didn't know what expression he had anymore.

He silently closed the forum, poured himself a cup of tea in the living room and drank it to calm himself down. Afterwards, he returned to the study and logged on to his chatting application.

”Seigo, I saw your cosplay today! It was amazing~”

He received a message from Yukari.

”You actually cosplayed with someone else! Why didn't you notify me? I wanted to see you cosplay in person!” Chiaki sent him a message as well.

”Senpai, your cosplay was wonderful, and your performance was incredible as well!” This message was from Hoshi.

”Seigo, I think your cosplay was awesome! Although Renha is a female character, you seemed perfectly suited to cosplay as her, it was beautiful! Your friend's cosplay of Frost was awesome as well, and your performance was excellent!” This message was from Kaho.

”That cosplay was so cool! Were you using real iron swords? With milord's physical abilities, a performance of this level is probably a cinch. Your friend's abilities are quite something as well. Well, I do have to say that I never expected our king to cosplay a female character. Was it in order to experience the feelings of our game's characters?” Hisashi sent such a message.

'Give me a break…'

Seiji slumped over in his chair, staring at the ceiling with his head angled at 45 degrees with an expression as if there was no more meaning to life.

The other Knights of the Round Table of his game creation group kept passionately discussing their Idle Fish King's cosplay for quite a while.

”Next year, if possible, let's all cosplay together!” was the end result of the discussion.

As for the arrangements for the doujinshi convention's third and final day…

Yukari was busy and wasn't going to go.

Kaho wanted to go by herself.

Hisashi strongly requested to join Seiji's team, but all the female members rejected him, so he could only sadly go by himself.

Mika wanted to take a rest.

Chiaki said she wanted to sleep in, so she wouldn't go.

Those were the arrangements.

Hana still hadn't logged on.

Seiji sent Hana a message asking if she wanted to watch the last day's stream of the doujinshi convention… There was no response.

He also asked Shika if she still wanted to watch the stream, but she answered that she didn't need to watch it anymore with her face reddening.

He had no clue what his adopted sister was thinking. He figured she was going through the awkwardness of puberty… Sis-con Seiji felt like his power to influence his sisters was decreasing!

Luckily, he still had the angelic Reo to accompany him tonight, so he could still sleep together with such a cute loli.

Hoshi barely slept all night.

That was because he was incredibly looking forward to today! Being able to tour the doujinshi convention together with his Harano-senpai and his twin sisters.

This was also going to be the first time that he was meeting his senpai outside of school or the confectionery store, as well as the first time going outside to have fun together.

He was feeling excited, anticipatory, delighted, and blessed… all these emotions caused him to have difficulty sleeping.

He got up super-early in the morning, made some breakfast for himself, ate it, changed clothes, freshened up his appearance, and walked out of his home with a backpack on his back, heading to the arranged meeting location.

It was rather cold this wintry morning, but Hoshi felt like he was filled with warmth inside.

As he walked, he imagined seeing Harano-senpai again and couldn't help but smile.

He arrived at the arranged meeting location and waited quietly.

A cold wind was blowing, and the temperature gradually dropped.

Then, it began to snow.

Hoshi was beginning to feel a little cold.

He checked the time on his cell phone and saw that there was still slightly over an hour before the arranged meeting time.

'Should I go sit down for a while in a nearby restaurant?'