There Are So Many Geniuses in Omni-Anime! What's Wrong with Adding Me?

"Let's eat! Dig in!"

"..."

Ten-odd minutes later, halfway through their meal, Touma Kazusa's phone rang. Puzzled, she picked it up.

"..." The name on the video call made her blink.

"Who is it?"

"My mother."

After a moment's thought, she answered.

[Note: White Album 2 was set in the early 2000s, so video calls didn't actually exist in the original. Most scenes involved calls and texts, usually texts. (What? Why mention this? No reason. Just wanted you to know.)]

"Hello~ Mom?" Her cool, resonant voice sounded through the quiet living room.

Although a girl's voice was rarely described as resonant, hers qualified. It was part of her dashing charm.

The other two held their chopsticks to their lips, listening intently to the conversation. Not that its subject was particularly hard to guess.

"Huh? All alone and pitiful again? Are you calling to pick a fight?"

Touma Yoko's very first remark annoyed her.

But then she proudly switched cameras, pointing the phone at the dishes and cake on the table.

"See that? I made all of it myself!"

"Wow~ Really? What a spread! It makes me want to fly straight back to Japan!" Touma Yoko's mature voice came through the phone, full of surprise and envy.

Once the surprise passed, she added dismissively, "Ha~ Kazusa, do you think I don't know how well you cook? I'd thank my lucky stars if you could make an omelet rice all by yourself!"

"Where's White-Haired Boy? Point the camera at him!"

Touma Kazusa pursed her lips, but she couldn't argue. Everyone present knew exactly what she was like.

She raised the camera and pointed it at the other two.

A triangle is stable

"Hey there~ White-Haired Boy, long time no see! Thanks for celebrating my hopeless daughter's birthday with her!"

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