Tokyo, Akihabara District, X Bookstore under Undying River. Utako Kasumi's autograph session.
Standing first in line, Umaru Doma, who had already gotten her autograph, pulled Sogo Doma over to a sofa in the corner of the bookstore. "Onii-chan, help Umaru check the list and see if there are any friends we missed..."
"Erina Nakiri?" Sogo Doma's mouth twitched as he looked at the name on the gift copy. How on earth had his imouto gotten mixed up with that girl?!
"Erina, okay!" Lady Umaru marked something in her notebook.
"Hisako Arato?" Sogo Doma—Umaru, at least get her name right!
"Hisako, okay!"
"Rindo Kobayashi?"
"Rindo-senpai, okay!"
"Akaneho..."
As he looked at the familiar names one after another, Sogo Doma's mouth twitched. She had practically packed up Totsuki and brought it with her! Seriously, who had taught Umaru such incredible social skills?
"Umaru, don't you think giving autograph copies to these people is kind of off?" Halfway through checking the list, Sogo Doma couldn't help covering his forehead.
"Hm? Onii-chan, what's off about it?" Umaru Doma asked in confusion.
"Why would a bunch of chefs read romance novels?!" Sogo Doma reflexively quipped.
"Because Erina said this was a novel Onii-chan recommended, and then Rindo-senpai and the others..." Umaru Doma's gaze drifted away.
Because it was a novel Onii-chan had recommended, Erina had accidentally let slip that the Totsuki Elite Ten all believed Love Metronome contained some sort of secret recipe.
After the Elite Ten studied it earnestly, they failed to find any recipes. Instead, they began treating Love Metronome as a Bible of romance, and they were utterly amazed by Utako Kasumi. It couldn't be helped. For a group of people who had undergone closed culinary training since middle school and could only imagine romance in their heads, Love Metronome fit