So Good~

Before everyone dug in, Kamigami Haruo picked up a knife and cut open the still-warm omurice for everyone. The calorie bomb revealed the gooey cheese inside, and he sprinkled a little shredded seaweed over it before preparing drinks for everyone.

"Whoa~"

Ichinose exclaimed in surprise, touching her stomach before speaking again.

"If I eat like this, I'm going to gain weight again."

"Hehe... Actually, having a little more weight makes you comfier to hug~ Slurp."

Shiranami Chihiro murmured quietly from across the table. Others might not have heard it, but Kamigami Haruo, whose hearing was cranked up just to catch people's reactions, heard every word clearly. He really was such a pervert.

Even Horikita Suzune frowned slightly, feeling that her usual dietary routine had been disrupted, but she still picked up her chopsticks.

"Let's eat." ×4

The four of them moved at once, picking up food with their chopsticks and putting it into their mouths.

"So good~" ×3

Three voices rang out at once. As for Horikita Suzune, she was as quiet as ever, but she couldn't hide the delighted expression brought on by the delicious food.

Come on, Horikita Suzune. You were starting to fall from grace too.

Everyone happily alternated between cheesy eggs and beef.

After a while, when he felt the time was right, Kamigami Haruo lifted the lid off the pot in the middle of the table.

A large cloud of steam immediately billowed out, carrying heat and a mouthwatering aroma.

He reached over and turned off the induction stove, then took the opportunity to pile a huge chunk of beef into his bowl. Ignoring the looks around him as though they were watching a childish kid, he stuffed it into his mouth.

Halfway through eating, Kamigami Haruo felt like something was missing. He got up, opened the fridge, and took out two cans of Asahi Beer and a large glass.

He had Kamuro's earlier contribution to thank for this. He had only found a chance to drink it today. Though he felt his body probably wouldn't get drunk, it was the flavor he was after. Besides, two cans wouldn't get him drunk anyway.

Crack, hiss~

Kamigami Haruo opened a can of beer and poured it into the glass in one long stream, then looked at everyone.

"Cheers."

"Cheers~" ×2

After the three of them said it, they lifted their glasses and took big gulps.

Though Horikita said nothing, she still picked up her glass and drank as well.

"Ah~"

Kamigami Haruo let out a satisfied sigh after downing half the glass in one go.

"Is alcohol really that good, Haruo-kun?"

Our great angel—no, archangel—voiced her question.

"How should I put it? To a beginner, it's just a bitter carbonated drink. But to people who love alcohol, it's an indispensable side dish with every meal."

"If you're so curious, just try it. One sip won't get you drunk anyway."

He opened the other can of beer and set it before everyone.

Kamigami Haruo's words were like a devil's whisper. They didn't want to reject his kindness, yet they hesitated because the law prohibited drinking before the age of twenty.

"Don't pressure Honami."

Shiranami Chihiro couldn't stand watching any longer and scolded the bad guy.

"You of all people have no right to say I'm pressuring others."

Kamigami Haruo replied speechlessly to the person criticizing him. It was the pot calling the kettle black.

Ding-dong, ding-dong.

"Huh?"

Just as everyone was hesitating, the doorbell rang.

Wondering who would visit at a time like this, Kamigami Haruo immediately got up, went to the door, and opened it.

"Good evening, Haruo-kun."

A cute, busty girl with short brown hair and a multicolored headband stood there, looking delighted to see him.

"Oh, it's Kikyo. What brings you here?"

The moment Kamigami Haruo saw her, he knew why she had come. Since she was here to mooch a meal, he didn't greet her with his usual enthusiasm and merely asked casually.

Still, that information network was seriously... freaking awesome.

"Ah, um, here. The uniform Kokoro-chan repaired for you before. I only remembered it today, so I volunteered to bring it over."

Looking at the uniform Kushida Kikyo handed him, he had to admit she had come up with a pretty good excuse.

"I see. Then thanks. Have you eaten?"

Seeing Kamigami Haruo finally say what she had been waiting for, Kushida Kikyo pretended to hesitate. She poked her index fingers together and spoke as though reluctantly.

"Ah... Not yet. I turned down an invitation from my friends to bring Haruo-kun's uniform over... I've been hungry until now."

"If you don't mind, come in and eat. I happened to make plenty."

Today was sunny, without a drop of rain. That was what Kamigami Haruo was thinking right now. If she wanted to come in, she could just say so instead of beating around the bush.

"Then I'll take you up on that. By the way, Haruo-kun's room is really lively~"

Kushida Kikyo had heard the people inside chatting even while she was outside. As she spoke, she took off her shoes. Since there weren't enough indoor slippers, she had to go barefoot.

"Yeah, you came at just the right time, Kikyo."

Kamigami Haruo drew out the word "right," then scooped up a bowl of the fried rice left over from earlier. Taking a pair of chopsticks, he stepped past Shiranami Chihiro, who was slumped over the table, and set it at the spot farthest from Horikita Suzune.

At the same time, he gave Prison Sister a look, roughly meaning, Trouble's here. It's up to you, only to receive a glare in return.

"Good evening, everyone~!"

"Good evening, Kushida."

Good girl Ichinose replied like that.

Meanwhile, Shiranami Chihiro, that lily flower, looked like she was throwing a drunken tantrum? She definitely was, right? What on earth had happened during this time?

He knew someone might get drunk because they couldn't hold their liquor, but he had never expected someone to turn into a drunken mess.

"Honami, you're mine. Hehe, hehehe."

As she spoke, two wandering hands reached toward Ichinose beside her.

"C-Chihiro, don't..."

"Haruo-kun, save me..."

Kamigami Haruo, who had been about to step in and stop her, froze. He would wait a little longer. He would stop her after he had seen enough.

Shiranami Chihiro's hands kept roaming back and forth over that voluptuous body.

Surging waves, eye-catching curves, a smoking-hot figure, a devilish body, all the right contours, and so on...

Then there was no more after that. Horikita Suzune put her to sleep peacefully with a single hand chop.

"Let's keep eating, hahaha..."

Kamigami Haruo carried Shiranami Chihiro over to the bed, then returned to his seat. Ignoring Ichinose's pitiful, resentful gaze, he resumed eating as though nothing had happened.

"Then I'll dig in."

Kushida Kikyo had wanted to strike up a conversation with Horikita Suzune, but the sudden incident made her rein herself in for the moment.

"So good~"

"If you like it, eat more."

He stuffed a huge chunk of meat into his mouth. The tender beef, whose fragrance and sauce spilled out as he chewed, was like a bomb dropped into a calm sea, stirring up waves. It gave meat lover Kamigami Haruo a dreamlike sensation.

Just as he was about to pick up the beer and pour it into his glass, a delicate hand holding out a cup stopped him.

"Can I have some? I want to try it."

"If Honami gets drunk and starts making a scene, I'm not dealing with it."

As Kamigami Haruo said that, he poured a third of a glass of beer for her.

"Horikita, Kikyo, do you want some too?"

"Give me a little, hehe."

Kushida Kikyo grinned as she held her glass out before him.

"I'll give it a try, at least."

As for Horikita Suzune, the mocking look in the man's eyes across from her had provoked her.