Detective Kato Megumi

As soon as the night fell, Homura suddenly felt a huge pain in his nose and instinctively wanted to get up...

Under the force, Eriri only felt her important part that couldn't be described being pushed by the guy underneath her, and then...

"Kyaaa~!!!" Her face flushed, Eriri screamed in surprise and quickly rushed up, not even bothering to put on her slippers, disappearing from his sight in a flash.

It was only then that he realized that he had been sat on by Eriri!

However, it seemed quite different from what happened in the manga, as he was sat on the nose!

Feeling his nose sore, he was overwhelmed with sorrow... No, there were tears, actually. After all, it was a normal physiological response to cry when the nose was sore.

'It was supposed to be a lucky pervert plot... Why did it happen on my nose?! I haven't even had a chance to enjoy it properly!' Homura felt heartbroken for missing the opportunity.

"What happened just now?" Others who were attracted by the commotion were confused.

What did they see?

Homura was lying on the ground with tears streaming down his face? And his nose was red?

And, what about Eriri who just ran away like that?

And that scream...

"Could it be... Homura-kun wanted to 'attack' Sawamura-san just now? And then Sawamura-san screamed, punched Homura-kun in the face, and fled in panic, which led to what we see now?" Utaha launched her unique writer's brain circuit.

Homura: "..."

Girls: "..."

Are you serious?

"No, no, no matter how you think about it, what Utaha-senpai said is impossible, right?" Megumi seriously made her comment.

Mashiro also expressed her unusual thoughts, "Homura, do you want to attack? Then come at me, it's a good opportunity. Ayano suggested that I should learn more about things between men and women."

"Wait a minute! Mashiro! How can a girl say such a thing?! And how can Ayano-san teach you such things?! That kind of thing is not allowed!" Nanami frantically tried to stop Mashiro's thoughts, but she couldn't help but imagine various scenes, with Homura and herself as the main characters.

Sagiri murmured gloomily with resentment: "Obviously, having Sagiri is enough for Nii-san... Obviously, having Sagiri is enough for Nii-san..."

Homura jumped up directly, angrily shouting, "If I really 'attacked' her, do you think she could still run away?!"

Girls: "..."

Okay, unexpectedly it makes sense.

"Utaha-senpai, you know this is impossible, right? Why would you say that?" Homura looked at her with a puzzled expression.

Utaha smiled generously. "It can't be helped. As a writer, encountering various situations inevitably requires using your brain! Otherwise, how can you write interesting works?"

"So, am I becoming the source material for your writing this time?" Homura wanted to refute her, but he didn't know how to argue. Moreover, he had experienced this kind of divergent thinking from Utaha several times before, so experiencing it one more time was no big deal.

"What's going on?! Why is this place always full of chaotic voices?" Elf walked out with an unhappy expression.

Utaha smiled slightly and said, "Who knows, we're also waiting for Homura-kun's explanation!"

Seeing everyone's attention gathered, Homura scratched his head and turned to Elf. "What do you think about the game?"

"Of course, it's a true masterpiece! Let me tell you..." Elf was eager to speak, but suddenly realized, "Wait! You should explain first!"

"Alright! Alright!" Homura shrugged. "All I can say is that due to some unexpected circumstances, Eriri, who was standing unsteadily, caused a rather strong impact on my nose. That's it."

"That's it?" Utaha dissatisfiedly said, "What kind of explanation is that? We want a detailed explanation!"

All the girls nodded in agreement with Utaha's words.

"It was an accident, don't believe me? You can go ask Haru or Eriri herself!" Homura said.

Upon hearing this, all the girls were speechless. It was okay to ask Eriri, but who could understand what Haru was saying besides him?

He was not lying, it was an unfortunate accident...

But the girls didn't believe him!

"Then why were you lying on the ground?" Utaha asked, "Don't tell me you were knocked unconscious, you're not Nanami."

Nanami was also confused. Was this something related to me? Why am I being dragged into this?

"After Elf kicked me out of the room, I was lying here all the time before you arrived!" Homura justified himself.

Utaha looked at his expression and suddenly became furious. "What were you doing lying here? Trying to peek inside our skirts?!"

'... Sure enough; Utaha-senpai definitely using cheat codes right? How does she know everything? Besides, I didn't mean to do it!' Homura thought in his mind.

"Don't be ridiculous, I just wanted to get close to the little one, and lying down was just so I could hold her against my chest," Homura explained awkwardly, but his brief moment of strange behavior was still noticed by Utaha and Megumi.

"So, while you were lying down, you saw Sawamura-san's underwear, right?" Utaha probed, "Then she caught you, screamed, and stepped on your nose with her foot before running away in embarrassment?"

"...Actually, you already knew, right?" Although it wasn't stepped on, Homura admitted it outright, fearing that Utaha might continue to analyze the situation and make it worsen, "If you knew, why did you ask me?"

"Heh..." Elf laughed, "But isn't this supposed to be the lucky pervert incident?"

"I don't think so," Homura pointed to his nose, "Just look at it and you'll understand!"

"Haha!" The girls couldn't help but burst out laughing seeing his red nose. It was such an amusing situation!

Megumi quietly stepped forward, picked up the slipper that Eriri had thrown away, and said to everyone, "I'll go return this slipper to Eriri first."

She returned to their room, where Eriri was lying face down with her face buried in a pillow.

"Eriri, I brought your slipper back."

Eriri's voice sounded muffled because her face was still buried in the pillow, "Mm, thank you, Megumi."

Megumi was a little puzzled by her behavior. 'Why wasn't she lifting her head? Was she still embarrassed? But... if Homura-kun had only seen her underwear, why would she be embarrassed to this degree?'

She was aware that all of the girls in the house, except for Elf, had developed feelings for Homura at the moment.

If they really liked him, then even if the person they liked saw their underwear, they shouldn't be this embarrassed, right?

Unless there was something that she didn't know.

'Could it be... Homura-kun was still hiding something?'

Detective Kato Megumi carefully examined the situation and discovered some important clues about the case!