Ch 198 – 27 June, Invitation from Marin 02
Then dinner time arrived. Usually Miho, Michiru and Nanami go home after dinner. Meanwhile, the other girls usually go home late or stay at Kouta's house from time to time. In the past, Kouta almost always prepared dinner. Since the presence of several girls there has been a change because there are several of them who can help, such as Nanami, Megumi and also Miho. Apart from that, Eriri is also slowly starting to become an expert in cooking.
However, in the end it was Kouta who decided on the recipe and menu that was created. At least he didn't have to do it all since the presence of girls. Moreover, for Kouta, who had spent dinner alone after the death of his family, having a meal together like this really warmed his heart.
“Oh, it feels like it's been a long time since I've had a dinner like this— This is really delicious!” Marin talked while enjoying the salad in front of her. Not only from the appearance, but the smell of the delicious looking food continued to tempt her.
“Is that so?” Megumi, who was sitting next to him, replied to Marin's words.
"Yeah, my dad is always busy working so I always eat and sometimes prepare dinner by myself. I've never made a meal this complete."
“Uh, I see— What kind of meals do you usually make?"
“Hehehe—” Marin smiles broadly at Megumi's words and has a proud look on her face. She showed Megumi the dishes she made to Megumi who was immediately surprised to see a picture of Marin with a meal that was practically full of carbohydrates and the like without any vegetables. The photo showed fried rice, sausages, and the like that looked to be lacking in vitamins and the like.
“If I don't order food from outside, I make food like this— Doesn't everything look good?" Kenji spoke as she showed the photo while puffing out her chest proudly.
Megumi felt a little sorry seeing those foods and she might even feel a little stuffed seeing Marin's food.
“Well, if you're tired of those foods. You can almost come here. In the end, sometimes you need healthier food than that." Kouta told Marin while suggesting that the blonde girl should have a healthier diet than the one featured in the photo she was shown.
“Really? Can I? Yay— I will come here as often as possible.” Marin answered Kouta's offer with a smile that was more positive and powerful than usual. This made Kouta want to make sure that she would eat more delicious and healthier food even more.
However, their dinner time became more talkative than usual because of Marin's presence. Afterward, as usual Nanami and Miho went back to their respective homes especially since they had a curfew. Especially Miho, who has a strict father
Megumi, on the other hand, uses her time to help me program the visual novel that this circle is making. Meanwhile, Eriri and Utaha are busy with their own activities. So finally Marin had the opportunity to talk to Kouta.
"Kouta, there's actually something I want to tell you? Or a request from me to you?" Marin spoke and she looked a little hesitant or maybe embarrassed— either those two.
Kouta thought it was strange to see Marin looked a bit shy like this. As such, he was quite ready to agree with her request.
“Very well. As long as it's not really difficult, I’ll do as you ask.”
“Hehehe, really— Okay then, it was actually not long after I posted the results of the photo session we did almost two weeks ago. I got a message from one of my favorite cosplayers that I know Juju-sama!”
“Oh—”
Kouta certainly knows who Juju is or who is a character named Inui Sajuna who is a famous online cosplayer in the manga. She is a character who can be said to have a petite, childlike appearance, despite being the oldest of Marin and Gojou.
Kouta was quite aware that once he had contact with Marin, then he would definitely eventually learn about this character.
"It seems that she was quite impressed with the cosplay I used and she dm'd me and asked how I could get the costume. Of course, I told her about Gojou who also agreed to the costume maker's request from both me and Juju-sama. This time we will be cosplaying characters from magical girl themed anime. Likewise, I will be cosplaying as Black Lobelia." Marin continued to recount her conversation between herself and Sajuna which seemed to be different from what happened in the manga.
It seems that with the relationship between Kouta and Marin, the relationship between Marin and Gojou is only limited to customers and sellers in this world. So that makes Sajuna not do a stalking behavior to find out the costume used by Marin. In the end he acted like a normal person and sent a message to Marin instead of following up and getting Gojou's home address.
From the conversation between Kouta and Marin, it can be said that Marin also often communicates with Satomi, who is one of the famous online cosplayers, to help Gojou in making her costume. So that makes the relationship between Gojou and Marin just ordinary.
"Then I managed to get Juju to have a photo session together— I therefore hope that you can come with me." Marin, who had explained the relationship between herself and Sajuna at length, finally extended an invitation to Kouta to join the photo session between her and Sajuna.
“Hm, I don’t see any problem. What about the date you promised?" Kouta had no reason to refuse, he was always happy to get the chance to spend time with the heroine and also get to know the characters he knew. As long as it doesn't conflict with his schedule.
"Ah, that's true. We're doing a photo session tomorrow Friday— Can you do it?”
“Okay. I can go. But what about Juju and the others- Are they okay?"
"It's okay, I accidentally showed them your picture from the last photo session. They're fine if you come along—” Marin answered Kouta's question with certainty. However, there was one thing that actually crossed Kouta's mind since the photo Sajuna saw was most likely him wearing a female costume. He wondered if Sajuna knew that he was a man or Marin told them he was a man— But, this could be something interesting. So, he'll probably act casual and see what happens.
It may be make a flag or something—