Mashiro always stated the result directly without explaining the reason, completely changing the context. It was as if making others overthink things with this way of speaking was Shiina Mashiro's instinct.
"I want to see Rita naked."
Mashiro tilted her little head, as though she were thinking about what the reason was.
"I..."
Hearing that, Rita suddenly felt a tightness in her chest.
"Is this your own wish, or something else? Why do you want to see?"
"It's a long story."
"Then make it short."
Rita glared at her with those beautiful wine-red eyes, instantly reclaiming the momentum Mashiro had seized from above earlier.
"It was Ayano's suggestion."
After being glared at by Rita, Shiina Mashiro's large eyes blinked involuntarily before she answered calmly.
"Iida Ayano?"
Rita looked at her in confusion. How had this gotten involved with Iida Ayano again? What had Shiina Mashiro been doing these past two days? She hadn't been drawing manga or game illustrations, had she?
Rita stood up and walked over to Shiina Mashiro, then reached out and pinched Mashiro's fair, smooth cheek. There was practically no excess flesh on her beautiful oval face, and no matter how long Rita pinched, she could not grasp much at all.
Yet even with Rita lightly tugging at her cheek, Mashiro's expression did not change much. Only a trace of confusion flashed through her phoenix eyes.
"What have you even talked about with her for Ayano to give you such a strange suggestion?"
Withdrawing her hand, Rita continued to look at her doubtfully.
"Because of Rita. The game illustrations Rita asked me to draw... need people without clothes, and there are some details I can't draw. Also... for Pet Girl... drawing things around me also needs inspiration! I asked Ayano, and Ayano said art comes from life.