"I think it was absolutely well deserved. After all, you really were the first person in the world to get Rei Ijuin's ending."
Sakumura felt as though his soul was about to dissipate when another voice delivered an extra blow while he was down.
"Kirei, you bastard..."
"Hello. Yesterday's performance was wonderful."
Kirei Kotomine approached the two people Sakumura had met at the convention and politely greeted them.
"I'm Lai Zhong's friend, Kirei Kotomine."
"H-Hello."
The two otaku seemed somewhat shy around strangers, looking very stiff and reserved.
After all, although Kirei Kotomine was not yet thirty, he really did look old for his age. He was clearly only twenty-eight, yet he had the face of someone at least thirty-eight, and he looked stern and serious besides.
"You don't need to be so stiff. This guy can be considered young too, really, and he came to the convention as well."
Sakumura shrugged.
"I-Is that so?"
Dao Huan, dressed as a male Rei Ijuin, nodded to show that she understood. Then, seeming to remember something, she took out two envelopes and excitedly handed one each to Sakumura and Kirei Kotomine.
"What are these?" Sakumura accepted the envelope and inspected it curiously.
"These are applications to join our anime club! Sorry, I forgot to ask—neither of you seniors has joined another anime club already, right?" Only halfway through speaking did Dao Huan suddenly remember that she had failed to ask this crucial question beforehand.
Sakumura and Kirei Kotomine exchanged a glance, then shook their heads together.
"Then—" Dao Huan and the big guy who had cosplayed Sakumura yesterday both lit up.
"No."
Yet the answer they received was a simultaneous refusal from Sakumura and Kirei Kotomine.
"Ah—"
The two young people also let out matching cries of surprise and disappointment.
"It's because