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Chapter 4 – Super-Popular Model Miu Midou
Part 1
“Fuaaaahh~… maru~.”
One day at noon.
Kaori and Noah were having lunch in the cafeteria when Sumimaru, who was disguised as a key ring, yawned loudly.
“You look sleepy, Sumimaru-san.”
“Gosh, it’s bad manners to yawn at the table while people are eating. Gulp, gulp, munch, munch!”
“Mm. Even you, Noah, should eat more elegantly…”
“Munch, munch! Okay, I’ll get another helping! It’s amazing that such a delicious lunch is free, no matter how much you eat!”
“Gosh, you’re so impatient. I don’t know if you’re going to get sick again-maru… Fuaahhhhhh…”
Kaori tilted her head at Sumimaru, who yawned again.
“Didn’t you get much sleep last night?”
“Well, I watched too much anime on my subscription service last night and ended up staying up all night-maru~.”
“Oh dear.”
“You’re so lazy; you don’t even know how to take care of your health.”
Noah, who had returned with a second serving at breakneck speed, was taken aback, but Kaori asked with interest.
“Was it that interesting of an anime?”
“That’s right! It was so interesting that I bought all 50 volumes of the original manga at once-maru! I also ordered figures, clear files, and…oh, I’m also expecting a body pillow to arrive-maru! All of this will be taken from Noah’s magic account, so please take care of it-maru☆”
“Whoa! I thought I wasn’t saving any money at all, but it was Sumimaru’s doing?
“Gosh, don’t be so stingy-maru. It’s a necessary expense to learn the culture of this world-maru!
“Thanks to you, I’m still living on bean sprouts this month! If it weren’t for the school cafeteria, I would have starved to death a long time ago!”
“Um, you two really stand out…!”
Kaori spoke to Sumimaru in a low voice, trying not to draw attention to herself.
“Sumimaru-san really likes anime, huh?”
“That’s right! There are so many wonderful works in this world; it’s like heaven-maru! Especially the anime I’m really into right now is-maru…”
While they were having this conversation, they heard the girls at the next table chatting happily.
“Speaking of which, the anime festival starts today, right?”
“That’s right. This time, the venue is in the next town, so we can go there after school without any trouble!”
“I think there’s also a stage for The Eternal Valkyrie, right?”
“The Eternal Valkyrie-maru?!”
Sumimaru suddenly shouted.
“Whoa! Don’t shout so suddenly!”
“People will find out that you’re not a keychain…!”
“The Anime Festival has already started-maru? I was so busy with my otaku activities that I accidentally forgot about it-maru…!”
Sumimaru panics and starts to rage.
“Whoahh, I want to go to the Anime Festival-maru! A dream festival where all the hottest anime of the moment are gathered together… I want to go, I want to go, I want to go-maru~!”
“Sumimaru-san, please calm down!”
“What is it, you old squid, throwing a tantrum!”
“I want to go to the Anime Festival so much-maru~~~! If I can’t go, I’ll cut the skirt of your magical girl costume by another 5 centimeters out of sheer sadness-maru~~~!”
“Even though it’s already short, by 5 centimeters?! A-All right, let’s go after school today, okay?”
“Yay, I did it-maru~~~!”
“Ah, Kaori-san, you can’t spoil her like that!
“If you’re going to say that, Noah can just stay at home-maru. Oh no, that’s a shame because apparently there are a lot of delicious food stalls at the Anime Festival-maru.”
“What? You should have said that earlier; we should definitely go!”
“Right, since we’re going anyway, let’s all go together.”
“Yay, I’m really looking forward to it-maru~~~! By the way, I’m going to make the skirt five centimeters shorter-maru~~~!”
“Why?”
So, the two girls and one pet promised to go to the anime festival in the neighboring town after school.
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“Woohooooooooo”!
Sumimaru’s eyes light up.
Kaori, Noah, and Sumimaru, who are disguised as a key ring, have come to the anime festival in the neighboring town.
The venue is so large that you can’t see the end of it, and it’s packed with visitors, with a huge stage set up in the middle, various booths and exhibitions, message boards, and stalls selling goods.
“T-This is even better than I imagined-maru! It’s a paradise for otakus-maru~~~! There are lots of monsters and weapons from various anime on display-maru! Is that dragon model the middle boss from Eternal Valkyrie, the Empire Dragon-maru? It’s so powerful-maru!”
“I-it’s amazing! There are a lot of big monitors! Equipment, stages, photo spots… It’s a flood of sounds and images!”
“I-I’m not really into anime and stuff like that, but I didn’t know there were events this big!”
The venue was packed with people, and there were also many food stalls around.
“Wow, there are so many booths! There are all kinds of food; I want to try them all… but I don’t have any money!”
“If you want, I’ll treat you.”
“Is that okay? But if I accept your offer, I’ll get caught by the Magical Girl Rules and end up covered in honey and thrown into a bear cage, and then my bones will be used as materials for avant-garde art! Nggh, if only Sumimaru hadn’t wasted money in the first place…!”
“Calm down-maru! There are plenty of other things you can enjoy-maru! For example… Gyaaaaahhh!?”
“Su-Sumimaru-san? What’s wrong?!”
Sumimaru, who had been looking around in a good mood, suddenly let out a cry.
In the direction he was looking, he saw someone eating squid.
Sumimaru was so shocked that he turned back into a fairy and covered his eyes.
“W-what is that horrible food-maru? Are they frying squid-shaped fairies with soy sauce all over them-maru?!”
“Ah, that’s ikayaki. They’re not fairies; they’re squid caught in the sea…”
“Bieeeeee, that’s scary-maru~!”
In the middle of the conversation, Sumimaru tries to sneak into Kaori’s clothes.
“Kyaaa, Sumimaru-san!?”
“I’m afraid I’m going to get roasted whole-maru, ufufu, ufufu, help me-maru!”
“Hyah, s-stop it~!”
“Hey, Sumimaru~! Come out! Is it here? Or is it over here?”
“Kyaa? Noah-san, where are you putting your hand…!”
Noah shoved her hand into Kaori’s clothes and pulled Sumimaru out.
Then she slammed him to the ground with a thud.
“Bubeh…! What are you doing-maru?!”
“Enough of this! If you bother Kaori-san anymore, I’ll sell you to the ikayaki stand and use the money you misused to pay for it!”
“That’s terrible-maru! I was just scared and wanted to hide…Hmm!? W-what’s that…?”
Sumimaru’s eyes are drawn to a corner of the room.
There is a partition with an illustration of a cute character.
Apparently, the area behind the partition is a waiting room for the staff.
“What is it? What’s wrong with this illustration?”
“It’s an illustration of a cute girl holding a very big sword.”
“Wait, that girl looks like someone I know…”
Sumimaru’s eyes light up when he sees the character with black hair drawn there.
“Ah, that girl is… my favorite, Lily-chan-maru! Could it be that there’s a stage where Lily-chan-maru appears? Whoaaaa!”
“Li-Lily-chan?”
Sumimaru rattled on to the stunned Kaori and Noah.
“Lily-chan is a very popular character who appears in ‘The Eternal Valkyrie’-maru! The Eternal Valkyrie is an anime that is attracting a lot of attention this season for its attractive characters and epic worldview, and I’m also watching it every week on my subscription-maru! In a world where swords and magic intersect, the Valkyries fight gloriously to protect what’s important to them-maru! And of those, my top pick is Lily-chan-maru! She’s so cute and pure, and most importantly, she’s so good at taking care of her friends and working hard-maru. She’s a really good girl-maru!”
“You talk really fast.”
“You really like her, don’t you?”
“Of course I do-maru! I’ve already pre-ordered the limited edition disc and the soundtrack, and I’ve put every Lily-chan-related item in my shopping cart-maru! I can’t wait for it to arrive-maru. Oh, and please pay for it-maru, Noah!”
“Ooh, ooh, oohhhhh~!? I can’t stand to hear that~!”
“Even Noah was fooled by a suspicious money-making scheme and had her money swindled. Compared to Noah, this is definitely a more meaningful way to spend money!”
“Sumimaru, you’re doing whatever you want; you need to control yourself a little!”
While the two of them were struggling with each other, Kaori’s eyes caught sight of a certain notice.
“It looks like there’s going to be a stage performance of ‘The Eternal Valkyrie’ after this. There will also be cosplayers dressed as popular characters… Staff will be handing out numbered tickets for the viewing area.”
“The ‘Eternal Valkyrie’ stage?! Oh my God, Lily-chan is definitely going to be on stage-maru! I want to see it, I want to see it, I want a numbered ticket-maru~~!”
“Ah, Sumimaru?”
Sumimaru ran over to the young female employee.
“I want a numbered ticket, I want a numbered ticket-maru! You can touch my precious squid tentacles as much as you want-maru! I’ll even give you a free suction cup as a special offer-maru! It’s fun to suck on them-maru, look, suck on them-maru~~!”
“Hyiii? What is this squid?”
Noah slaps Sumimaru, who is scaring the staff off the stage.
“You can’t cause trouble for other people…”
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