"Big brother..." When people thought or talked about someone, that person often suddenly appeared nearby. It was the famous phenomenon of "speak of the devil, and he appears." Thus, just as Sogo Doma started grumbling internally about how reckless his little sister had been, that little dumpling pushed open the studio door and said, "Utaha's... Did Umaru get into trouble?"
"My foolish little sister, what are you thinking? What could this possibly have to do with you? Ugh! I can only say, as expected of the Kasumi-sensei Umaru admires so much—her writing can move people's hearts, and even her plot twists..." Sometimes, life needed a few well-intentioned lies...
"Big brother, Umaru contributed lots of concepts and ideas for Kasumi-sensei's final volume for her to use as reference, okay? Don't make Umaru sound useless." Unfortunately, that well-intentioned lie seemed to have struck a blow against the little dumpling, and she argued her case indignantly!
Sogo Doma: "..."
This useless little sister of his really was an idiot. He was desperately trying to take the blame off her, while she was desperately taking it all onto herself!
"Idiot, discussing the plot, concepts, and ideas with Utaha was merely one way for her to gather material. The person who truly decided where a story went was never anyone else—it could only be the author herself!"
"But Umaru clearly..."
"My foolish little sister, since you have so many concepts and ideas, can you express them through any kind of work?" Knowing full well how much of a couch potato his little sister was, Sogo Doma opened with a killing blow.
Hamster Umaru guiltily fell silent: "..."
Express her own ideas through a work? Give her a break—just thinking about it sounded troublesome. Were games no longer fun? Were movies no longer good? Or were