Chapter 50: Nia: Drew a Doujinshi with My Boyfriend as the Protagonist
"Whew! Finally revived! Little Kurumi's cooking really makes me feel more energetic~!"
After licking the last grain of rice stuck to the corner of her mouth, the silver-haired girl happily stretched her arms and let out a yawn.
Her state shifted from lazy to lively in an instant.
"Ms. Nia, you flatter me too much. Compared to Mr. Satoru's, mine is still far behind~"
The black-haired maid standing beside her with her hands clasped chuckled softly in response, humble, gentle, and elegant, perfectly embodying the image of an ideal maid.
"No, food made by a girl naturally scores high. This taste is really good; it warms my heart~ Unlike someone who, after getting a new person, neglects the old one, boohoo..."
As she said this, she covered her eyes and cheeks to match the mood and started crying.
...Of course, this fake crying while secretly smiling was obvious to anyone with eyes.
All it earned was the black-haired maid's pursed-lip smile and the young man's eye-roll from the side.
"Keep spouting nonsense then. Go submit today's manuscript to the editor yourself—I'm not delivering it for you."
"Eh? Don't be like that! I still have one dungeon run left to clear, I need to finish it soon!"
But she soon faced consequences.
Hearing the boy's cold response, the silver-haired girl immediately grabbed his arm in a panic, swaying it back and forth coquettishly.
"At most... I'll give you something nice later~"
She pressed her face closer and whispered something to his ear with a blushing smile, like a succubus's whisper.
It had to be admitted—her features were quite delicate. Combined with her faint fragrance and those words, it genuinely made the boy feel a slight itch in his heart...
Then a karate chop landed on her head.
After all, his hand was feeling a bit itchy too.
"Ouch! So mean, why did you hit me!"
"Nothing much, I just remembered the BL manga you showed me last time, it gave me psychological trauma."
"What's the big deal? I just wanted to see how things were in that area. After all, I have a friend who's very interested in that~ So I drew a doujinshi with you as the main character~"
"..."
Is that friend actually yourself...
Oh wait, no, there really is one.
At this thought, Satoru recalled that woman wearing old-fashioned rotating floral glasses who called herself "this humble one," and couldn't help but feel speechless.
She was an employee at their publishing company named "Takashiro Hiroki," who served as Nia's manga editor.
Originally, their relationship had become strained because Nia had used her "Angel" ability to check the contents of her mind and discovered that she was actually no different from three-dimensional people. This left Nia somewhat disappointed, and she stopped interacting with her...
Well, despite the masculine name, she was actually a woman, and also an otaku.
It was during this period that she suddenly wanted to come to school to escape reality and change her mood.
That's when she met him.
But now, Nia's relationship with her has improved quite a bit.
Because he understood the situation between Nia and her, he mediated between them. After all, he also knew Takashiro and had a fairly good relationship with her.
It wasn't really anything major—the other party was just overwhelmed with work and had been privately complaining about everyone around her, including Nia, wondering why she had to bother her during the busiest times and wishing she could come a bit later...
But for Nia, who had considered her her only friend at the time, this was equivalent to "betrayal."
Two-dimensional people couldn't possibly have such realistic thoughts, so she ultimately wasn't two-dimensional.
Holding such thoughts, Nia didn't contact her for quite some time, but...
"Given your situation, if it were me, I'd have way more and harsher complaints about you. She just chose not to tell you. As for the reason, do you think it's because she genuinely dislikes you, or simply because she's afraid of losing you as a friend?"
After hearing his remark, Nia thought about it for a while and then reached out to her again.
Although she still seemed to use her "Angel" to secretly investigate the other party, her attitude had become much better than before, and she would occasionally reveal some of Takashiro's little secrets to tease her.
...It's just that her BL hobby really gave Satoru a headache.
She even said he was "beautiful" and very suitable to be the "male lead" in her mind.
Being complimented like that by a woman should normally make one proud, but being described that way by a fujoshi made him feel chills down his spine.
"Ara~ That sounds quite interesting. I'd like to see it too~"
"Really? It's under my pillow~"
"Okay~"
"Didn't I already burn it? You said that was the only copy."
Seeing Kurumi actually run inside with some excitement, Satoru couldn't help but wipe his forehead with a dark expression as he complained to Nia.
That thing—he had already burned one copy, and it was the original manuscript with drawings. How could there still be more?
"Hehehe~ Of course, I used my ability to recreate it in a book and then printed copies. Don't worry, it's only for the two of us to read. But if you try to stop us, be careful—your doujinshi might spread all over the world~!"
"..."
This woman, her heart is truly black!
Does she even consider him her boyfriend anymore?
"Alright, alright, don't make such a sour face~ Don't you also want Kurumi to get familiar with this world and relieve her stress? It's been working pretty well lately~"
"I do want that, but not through this method."
"Then it's up to whether you're willing to make a sacrifice. After all, we have to be careful with that woman. It's not like she's completely safe now. If she goes berserk again, it won't be easy for us to handle, right?"
"..."