Huh? Another side quest triggered?
Hearing Ai-chan's notification, Rita immediately stopped in her tracks. Sure enough, she needed to spend more time walking around outside—this made it easier to trigger quests.
[Side quest triggered~] [Completion conditions: Draw a manga adaptation of My Little Sister Can't Be This Cute, and successfully sign a serialization contract.] [Quest reward: 300 Crystal, Random Armed Doll Fragment Egg x30]
"Huh? My Little Sister Can't Be This Cute? So that means... that girl just now was..."
Looking at the side quest she had triggered, Rita suddenly remembered who the girl who had brushed past her earlier was. Wasn't she that chuunibyou, airheaded, cute girl... Ruri Goko?
No wonder she had felt so familiar. Still, she was somewhat different from the two-dimensional character in Rita's memories. Her traits were the same: beautiful long black hair, fair skin, a Japanese-style girl, and she had been dressed in Gothic Lolita attire just now. She looked gloomy and gave off an extremely unapproachable impression, but there was still a difference between the second dimension and reality.
Ruri Goko was a character from Oreimo, though she was not the male or female lead. She counted as a supporting female character, perhaps at the level of the second heroine. Besides, compared to the little sister in Oreimo, Rita... preferred this Ruri Goko. Even if she was just a losing heroine who had fallen for a pervert in love with his own little sister—and lost at that.
"Rita?"
Seeing Rita space out again, Mashiro Shiina shook Rita's arm.
"Oh~ Sorry!"
Coming back to her senses, Rita smiled at Mashiro Shiina before turning to look behind her... only to find that Ruri Goko's back had already vanished. If Rita wanted to find her, she could do so immediately, but after hesitating