Eriri Admits the Truth

"Eriri, Homura-kun has already told me what happened earlier."

Eriri stiffened.

Did this guy Homura really have to tell others about this embarrassing incident?!

"At first, Homura-kun said it was just an accident, but Utaha-senpai analyzed and guessed that Homura-kun must have seen your underwear, and then you stepped on Homura-kun's nose to cause that kind of incident. Homura-kun admitted it himself."

Eriri breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that the embarrassing situation wasn't exposed. But what does that woman, Kasumigaoka Utaha, want with this information? To tease her?!

And... what's wrong with his nose? Did it get injured from the step earlier?

"But I think... Homura-kun must have hiding something, right, Eriri?" After saying this, Megumi stared at Eriri carefully. Sure enough, she trembled slightly.

"Um... Megumi, I don't think he's hiding anything," Eriri's voice trembled.

Megumi reached out and gently placed her hand on Eriri's small leg...

"Kya~!" The already nervous Eriri was not only trembling in her voice but also in her body from being scared!

"Eriri, you should lift your head up. If you really have nothing to hide, then please face me properly," Megumi said with a straight face.

Eriri, who had nowhere to escape, slowly lifted her head, revealing her awkward yet blushing pretty face.

"Your face is so red. There must be something more, right?" Megumi stared at her expressionlessly.

The pressure of being stared at by Megumi's expressionless face was overwhelming for Eriri. She reached out to scratch her cheek and muttered softly, "It should be... the pillow was smothering me, or maybe I have a fever?"

Why did she use a questioning tone?

Megumi did not refute her but continued to stare at her quietly.

Eriri: "..."

"Ahh~! Alright, I'll tell you!" Eriri exclaimed in self-defeat.

Finally, a smile appeared on Megumi's face, which surprised Eriri.

"Okay, I'm listening."

Eriri started from the beginning, "At first, he took Elf to the activity room, and I followed him, right?"

"When Elf was watching us play, she found Homura annoying and kicked him out."

Speaking of this, Eriri couldn't help but laugh.

"After all, Homura doesn't like to lose face. I think it's quite fun..."

"..."

"When I was getting up, it seemed that I had been squatting for a bit too long, and my legs were a little numb, so I couldn't stand steadily."

At this point, Eriri's face had returned to normal, but then it turned red again.

Megumi also understood that the problem should be here.

"I did step on his face when I couldn't stand, but he blocked me."

"Perhaps he didn't react in time, and after he blocked me, I still couldn't stand still, and then..."

Eriri's face was full of entanglement and shyness, but she still gritted her teeth and said it.

"Then, all of a sudden, I sat on... I sat on his face..."

*POOF!*

Eriri immediately buried her face again.

Megumi's eyes widened at this point! It was a bit different from what she and Utaha guessed, but the reality was too dramatic, wasn't it?!

'So, Homura-kun's nose was sat on?!'

And sat on his face... Megumi looked at Eriri, who was like an ostrich, speechlessly, thinking to herself, 'No wonder she's so shy, after all, that "part" was touched by Homura-kun...'

'But, judging from the looks of it, Homura-kun probably didn't have time to feel anything, did he?'

Thinking of how Homura's nose was being pressed and tears were flowing, Megumi's mouth couldn't help but curve up into a smile.

"Eriri, when we found Homura-kun, he was crying, it seems like it was because his nose was sore." After telling Eriri this information, she immediately sat up!

Really?! Does that mean he didn't feel anything?

Thinking of this, Eriri felt relieved, but also felt a bit regretful.

Well, in the end, she still felt a bit regretful, which was a somewhat awkward and weird feeling.

If he had felt something, she would have felt embarrassed.

If he hadn't felt anything... but this kind of physical contact was still the first time between the two of them, Eriri, who had a feeling for him, seemed to hope that he could feel something...

The complicated psychology of a young girl was revealed at this moment.

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Outside the room, Utaha was quietly leaning against the wall.

"So that's how it is..." She didn't feel jealous or anything like that, no... she just felt that if she were the one sitting on Homura's face back then, she definitely wouldn't have gotten up so easily and ran away like Eriri.

She really wasn't jealous, really... or was she?! She was super jealous, okay?!

If it were her...

Utaha couldn't help but indulge in her own fantasies.

'Would it be a good thing then?'

'Seriously Utaha, you're daydreaming way too much. You are in the hallway, you know?'

'Thank goodness Sawamura-san is so shy... otherwise she would have beaten me to it,' Utaha finally breathed a sigh of relief.

'But Megumi is really amazing. If I hadn't noticed her absence for such a long time and come to check on her... ' Utaha raised Megumi's danger level by several notches.

'Megumi, Sawamura-san, Nanami, Mashiro, the little sister Sagiri, and the newly arrived Elf... there are really too many opponents,' she sighed to herself, but then gave herself a boost of confidence, 'But come on Utaha, you won't lose! NO! You can't lose!'

===

Homura was checking his nose in the bathroom mirror, making sure it was still standing tall.

"Okay, there's no big problem now. As long as the bridge of my nose isn't broken, everything should be fine," Homura nodded satisfactorily.

After leaving the bathroom, He went to the living room and looked at Elf who was talking to Utaha about him. He smiled and asked, "So, how about it? Are you regretting joining us?"

"No, I won't regret it! Even if I didn't know the game, I would have still joined. 'Your Name.' just gave me a bigger surprise!" Elf was in high spirits, as she always was about good stories.

"But it really was unexpected!" Elf looked at him and said, "I didn't expect you to hold so many positions!"

She had an "I'm getting to know you again" expression on her face, and that's exactly how she felt.

This boy who was only slightly older than herself had risen to fame in the world of manga, and now, after she moved to a new place, she had suddenly joined his circle. Today had truly been a deliciously fulfilling day!

"From now on, there will be more and more talented people in Another Dimension!" Homura had no doubt about this, this world had given him too many surprises!

Even if only these few worlds were merged, there were still many more people he could invite, like Senju Muramasa, Hashima Izumi, or even the future Aqours!