"Umaru, thank Mashiro. Actually, today's dessert feast was prepared to reward her..." There was no need to hide the reason Sogo Doma had made all these desserts. After all, everyone knew that eating something sweet could make you feel better when you were sad.
But when Hamster Umaru heard that, the hand holding her cake froze. "..."
You idiot, Onii-chan! Umaru didn't think this strawberry cake was sweet at all anymore. It even tasted a little sour!
Mashiro Shiina blinked. "Sogo, you made all this to reward me?"
"That's right. This is a consolation feast to commemorate your manga getting rejected..." Sogo Doma shook a finger. "When you're sad, eating something sweet makes you feel happy."
Mashiro Shiina: "..."
Right, right. She'd had her manga rejected today and parted on bad terms with the editor. Heh, heh... For some reason, this chocolate cake tasted incredibly bitter.
Hamster Umaru: -_----
Yep, this was Onii-chan's style. It was a miracle he'd made it this far without getting beaten to death. He was seriously lucky. Still, the strawberry she'd just eaten off her cake must have been a bad one. She'd have another one now. This one tasted great!
"Um, has Mashiro already started submitting her manga?" To make her strawberry taste sweeter, Hamster Umaru decided to take the initiative.
"Mm..." Mashiro nodded.
"Mashiro, you're really impressive. By the way, what kind of manga are you working on? Umaru can give you some pointers..." As for what kind of pointers, naturally, they'd be the kind that would leave her utterly devastated!
"Does your little sister like manga?"
"Not little sister, Umaru! Don't let appearances fool you. Umaru's read at least eight hundred manga, maybe even a thousand. Back in Totsuki, I was the one who showed Erina all those masterpieces, and that's how