Doma Residence, living room. For some reason, the atmosphere was incredibly awkward. Ahem, ahem—who could blame Sogo Doma for no longer wanting to do thankless work?
One Ako Tamaki had been bad enough, and now Megumi Kato had shown up too. What, was this harem opened by his little sister or something?
"Onii-chan, save me..." Even as that dumpling kept shooting him pleading looks.
"Serves you right..." Sogo Doma merely replied with his eyes. "Clean up the mess you made yourself!"
"This is Umaru's once-in-a-lifetime request..."
"You've already used countless once-in-a-lifetime requests!" It couldn't be helped. Before the siblings began communicating with their eyes, Utaha Kasumigaoka had said, "Who wouldn't like such a cute Umaru?" After Megumi Kato subconsciously clenched her fist, she loosened it and lowered her gaze. "But the heroines in Kasumigaoka-senpai's books don't seem very compatible with Umaru, do they?" Utaha Kasumigaoka: "..." Hey, hey, wasn't this practically laying all her cards on the table already?
What kind of sin had she committed to run into something like this? Umaru, Sogo-kun, anyone was fine—could someone please stop this underclassman?!
"They're only references for the characters, after all..."
"But Sayuka seems to overlap quite heavily with Kasumigaoka-senpai's image." Megumi Kato said expressionlessly, "I've heard that some authors project themselves onto the characters they write..." A full-blown battlefield—well, a one-sided one... Umaru Doma was utterly dumbfounded, and that was when she had started sending those distress signals. Then again, it wasn't just her; even Utaha Kasumigaoka was about to crack. If this were a genuine love rival, she could still fight back, but the other girl was clearly coming after Umaru. How was she supposed to fight that?
"This is absolutely, absolutely the last time!" Umaru was still pleading for help. "Onii-chan, if you get us through this, Umaru