How Could There Be So Many Geniuses in Omni-Anime Without Me?

Could it be like what happened with Sawa just now...

No, no, no! This wasn't something that could be solved just by massage...

"Your appetite might increase a little in the future." Himemiya Chihaya secretly glanced sideways at her.

"..."

"..."

"That's it?"

After hearing no follow-up for quite a while, Makinohara Shoko practically collapsed.

"That's it."

"..." She gave him a rather subtle look, tilting her face to one side with an odd expression. "Can that really count as a price?"

"Doesn't it? You'll probably eat more than half again as much, you know? Girls care about that sort of thing, don't they?" Seeing how unconcerned she was, he sat down on the single sofa opposite her.

"Hmm~ If we're only talking about me, I think that's actually a benefit~" She copied his posture, folding her arms and swaying her head as if deep in thought.

"My parents always say I eat too little and worry about me. This might actually put them at ease."

Grrr!

What a Good Child! She was still thinking about that at a time like this!

"That's good, then... Shall we begin now?"

"Um, Chihaya..." Makinohara Shoko nervously and cautiously asked in a soft voice, "When you say begin... what exactly are we starting?"

"Giving you your gift."

"Isn't a gift supposed to be an object?"

"It is an object, in a way, but probably one you can't see."

"That sounds kind of scary..."

"No, it's not really scary. It's like having surgery at a hospital."

"Surgery is scary enough..."

He confidently raised a thumb. "Don't worry! I'm ninety-nine percent sure!"

"...What about the other one percent?"

"Unless a meteor falls from the sky and suddenly interrupts us."

"I see. Then it's pretty safe..." She stroked her one-third-developed chest and let out a soft