Chapter 100
Crackling and popping!
[I don't care! No matter what, you ignored me and went to fawn over someone else! You need to be punished!]
"Is there any punishment...? What kind?"
Crackling and popping!
[Help me!]
"Huh?" He thought he had misread it, but after confirming that it was indeed those two words, he glanced at Kasumigaoka Utaha, who had no expression on her face.
She slightly opened her mouth, her crimson eyes wide, as if waiting for something.
"I see."
Crackling and popping!
[Feeding them all afternoon!]
"Isn't this taking too long?" he wondered.
Crackling and popping!
No bargaining allowed!
"... All right."
Sakurakoji Talent, frustrated by his lack of talent, could only look around for something to feed him.
I never expected her to make such a request. Could it be that the previous feeding games have made her addicted?
Fortunately, Aoyama Nanami, who served as their maid during the creation process, was very responsible and prepared gift baskets containing each of their favorite Underground Street goods.
Next to the computer were the cream puffs and mille-crepe cake that Kasumigaoka Utaha had ordered. There should have been something else, but it seems she had already eaten it all.
"Is there no Pocky?" This thought suddenly occurred to him.
That makes sense, though; what dessert shop would stock such cheap snacks?
The mille-crepe cake was too thick and too big, so he focused his gaze on the cream puffs, picked one up with his fingers, and brought it to her lips.
Although relatively small, a cream puff is still about the size of your middle finger and thumb touching, not something you can eat in one bite, unless...
Awooo!
"..." Sakurakoji Talent felt his fingers being held between two soft, writhing skins, and his eyebrows twitched.
At the edge of the field of vision, there was a rather unseemly image of Kasumigaoka Utaha swallowing a cream puff into his mouth, which even included part of his fingers.
The speed was too fast and the distance between them was too short, so he didn't even have a chance to react.
He loosened his grip, pulling it out with a little force. His damp fingertips felt slightly cool. Before he could even think of a critical remark—
Crackling and popping!
[More!]
Kasumigaoka Utaha, having quickly swallowed the food, gave her next command.
"..." Sakurakoji Talent's eyelids twitched reflexively a few times, but in the end he didn't say anything. He picked up another one and Kokoro put it to her lips.
Awooo!
Despite his thorough preparations and fully alertness, he still couldn't evade the sudden attack.
There was no way around it; the cream puffs were too small, and she was too fast.
The fact that she didn't bite upwards along his fingers was already an extra act of mercy, wasn't it?
He spread his index finger and thumb, looked at the wisps of moisture on them, frowned, puffed out his cheeks slightly, and looked somewhat displeased.
It wasn't because he couldn't stand the filthy saliva attack—well, he is indeed a bit of a germaphobe.
But what he found even more unbearable was that he couldn't tolerate anyone riding roughshod over him, treating him like a Little Chu Nan and teasing him in every way! Although that was exactly what he was doing!
But he considers himself to be an S, just like his mother, not an M! How could he accept being teased unilaterally?
"Snort!"
Thinking of this, he became enraged and, without much thought, merely glanced mockingly at the beautiful woman with Black Long Straight Hair and Black Stockings was feigning composure but whose face was actually slightly flushed. A wicked smile curled at the corner of his mouth. Under her watchful gaze—he brazenly put his finger in his mouth.
"!!!"
Kasumigaoka Utaha's eyelashes visibly widened, and a pinkish aura quickly rose from her neck, spreading to her face, earlobes, and even her forehead...
In the pristine white document, a line of exclamation marks rapidly increasing and extending backward.
[!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...]
Having observed her reaction, Sakurakoji Talent felt relieved. That's right, that's how it should be; how could he be the only one being "punished"?
He took out his finger, which had been covered in his own saliva, smacked his lips, and looked disgusted. He wondered why it felt even dirtier after he put his own finger back on. He needed to wash it.
"Sorry, there's some cream on it. I'll clean it up." He offered a reasonable explanation for his earlier actions, adding, "The cream at this shop is quite delicious, very fragrant and sweet, and it looks like a freshly baked, high-quality product."
"You're right, aren't you, Senior Shi--Yu?"
"..." Kasumigaoka Utaha's skin was already blood red, and her trembling eyelashes betrayed her inner turmoil.
Sakurakoji Talent smugly scoffed, "Little brat, trying to play tricks on me?"
He never learned to play with toys as a child, but instead learned to play pranks. Do you really think you can gain an advantage from such lowly tricks?
"A mature woman, please? Even a mature woman won't do! Besides, she's just a fake mature woman who uses Dirty Joke to disguise her true self. He easily won her over!"
The exclamation marks on the computer screen had already reached the second page. He placed his Hands on her soft hands and moved them away from the keys. Then he selected the entire document with CTRL+A and clicked delete.
She picked up another cream puff, gave it a quick kiss on the corner of her mouth, and said with a slight smile, "Then Let's Continue?"
"..." Kasumigaoka Utaha glanced at him, her eyes pleading, surrendering in defeat.
Giving up? Giving up won't do! Once the game starts, it's over!
Ignoring Sakurakoji Talent's talent, he forcefully pried open her sexy pink lips and teeth, which felt very comfortable to the touch, and shoved the thing inside.
In the end, Kasumigaoka Utaha couldn't be as assertive as her words suggested, nor could she get Sakurakoji Talent to spend an afternoon with her.
Because—she simply couldn't eat anymore.
Ten minutes into the game, after she typed out half a page of pleas for mercy and apologies on her computer, Sakurakoji Talent finally took pity on her and let her off this time.
"If you do this again next time, you know what will happen, right?" He gave him a meaningful look.
!!!
Kasumigaoka Utaha nodded vigorously.
"Very good."
Volume 1: The Daily Life of Attracting Bees and Butterflies: Chapter 135 - Just Two Ordinary Friends
[I never expected that you, Talent-kun, would be interested in 3D culture. I thought you'd never be in a relationship.]
Perhaps because she felt ashamed of her crushing defeat in this offensive and defensive battle, Kasumigaoka Utaha did not choose to speak even after the game ended, continuing to use this method of communication.
"What does this mean?" Sakurakoji Talent had just returned from washing her hands in the bathroom, was puzzled when she saw the text.
Gazing at her stunning profile, still flushed, his tranquil heart felt as if water were dripping down, and the tingling, warm touch seemed to linger on his fingers.
[Didn't you say you were going to give Sawamura-kun a picture of the Female Protagonist? This means you already have a real-life Female Protagonist in mind, right?]
Kasumigaoka Utaha met his gaze with a look that was a mixture of melancholy, awkwardness, and unspoken emotions, revealing the complex feelings of a young girl.
"Ah... that." He remembered what he had said to Eriri earlier.
So she'd been eavesdropping all along. He gave her a teasing look, drawing her attention away and making her feel embarrassed again.
Could it be that her anger just now wasn't solely due to his failure to greet her first? This thought startled Sakurakoji Talent, who dared not delve deeper into the matter.
Thinking about it further, I might have to turn her earlier description of the woodcutter's knife into reality.
"What kind of image do I have in your heart, Senpai Utaha? Who told you I'm not interested in 3D? What do you take me for? A hardcore otaku who never goes out?" He was slightly speechless.
[Isn't that right? If you're someone who actively writes Light Novel, no one would believe you're not an otaku, right?]
Kasumigaoka Utaha turned her head back to scrutinize him. Actually, there was another reason she didn't say: didn't she think it was a bit too difficult for someone like him to find a real-life opposite sex who was his equal?
"Well... okay, you're right."
So, what kind of people are those two Female Protagonist?
"It's nothing, just two 'ordinary' friends. They happen to go to the same school, so I thought it would be a good fit as material."
[Sawamura-kun the same school, but I've never seen you get inspiration from us. It seems those two ladies are more special to you.]
These words, no matter how you look at them, reveal a certain emotion. It seems that words are indeed magical, capable of expressing certain feelings. Sakurakoji Talent agrees with this view.
"They both happen to like playing music. One is very musically talented, and the other is a great singer, so I thought choosing them would make the post-production dubbing much easier." He made it up off the cuff, but it was passable.
[Just like in the script?]
"Just like in the script!" Sakurakoji Talent affirmed.
[Could one of them really have won the National Competition Piano competition in her first year? Is she the daughter of Piano?] Kasumigaoka Utaha's eyes were filled with disbelief.
"You might find it hard to believe, but it's true." He crossed his arms and shook his head slightly, understanding her feelings.
[I see...]
Kasumigaoka Utaha's eyes gradually deepened. She never expected that these two Female Protagonist, and even the male protagonist, actually had real-life counterparts! And they were all so outrageous!
She gave him a meaningful look. "What kind of people do you know?"
I'm a little curious.
"If there's a chance in the future, I'll introduce you to him."
Kasumigaoka Utaha nodded silently and continued typing away on her Keyboard.
[Speaking of which, in the final chapter of this game, three more female protagonists are supposed to be added, right? The casting...]
"I haven't decided yet. We'll see how it goes after it's released and sells well!" Sakurakoji Talent interrupted. "Ah, I should probably go check on how things are going over there. Mashiro seems to be having a hard time."
"Senpai Utaha, please excuse me for a moment."
After saying that, he left somewhat awkwardly and hurriedly, heading towards Eriri and the others.
He understood what Kasumigaoka Utaha wanted to say, but he was also having a bit of a headache about the issue and hadn't yet figured out what to do.
Touma Kazusa and Kogisora Yukina are both characters from the original work, so there's no problem with them. However, he doesn't recognize any of the three Female Protagonist who appear in the final chapter.
Judging by the timeline, they should be in middle school, high school, and university by now, right?
I impulsively chose this one without considering the consequences, and now I realize they haven't even found all the female leads yet. What's the point of having this?
He now has three choices before him:
1. Go find the three female leads, persuade them, and get them to join;
2. Three new characters will be created, and the original storyline will be changed, which may affect the original script;
3. Retain the three character settings, but change the voice actors.
No matter which one you choose, it seems like it's all quite troublesome, Sakurakoji Talent, feeling mentally exhausted.
But clearly no one can understand his thought process, and this may even lead to unnecessary misunderstandings.
Staring at his retreating figure, Kasumigaoka Utaha puffed out her smooth, delicate lips, as white as a peeled peach, and slowly typed a few words on the computer: [Coward!]
The afternoon was neither long nor short.
If you only use it for speaking, it seems you can say quite a lot; but if you use it for reading, studying, painting, or practicing musical instruments, it can't do much.
This is even more true if the two are done together.