Chapter 855: Cosplay event

In the office of the manager of Amagi Brilliant Park.

While Latifah was checking some reports about the park, the door of the room was knocked on several times.

"Latifah-sama, may I come in?" Isuzu’s voice rang out.

"Come in."

Immediately, Latifah saw her most loyal subordinate enter the room and stand in front of her.

She could see the nervousness on her usually stoic face.

"Isuzu, you came back quite quickly. How did it go? Does Seiya-san agree?"

Latifah actually had a guess. Because of Isuzu’s rude attitude, Eiji most likely refused to help her.

She was a little dissatisfied with Isuzu, but did not show it on her face and smiled elegantly like a princess.

However, who was Isuzu? She had known Latifah for a long time and knew now that she seemed to be upset.

She was dissatisfied with her.

"I’m sorry, Latifah-sama! I’ve messed up!"

Isuzu panicked and hurriedly bowed.

Latifah sighed, "Raise your head, Isuzu... Don’t be like this. I’m just a little disappointed and not really angry at you for Eiji refusing to help me. I’m used to this curse, and just wanted to try my luck."

She was telling the truth.

Isuzu was moved and thought her princess was very kind!

She raised her head and said with a serious expression. "Thank you for your forgiveness, Latifah-sama. But you misunderstand, Eiji has actually agreed to help you."

"Ehh? That’s good news, Isuzu. Then, why did you apologize earlier?" Latifah was relieved and at the same time, confused by what was happening.

Isuzu bowed her head, she stared at the report on the table and awkwardly replied.

"If it wasn’t for my not-so-good social skills, Eiji was originally planning to help you voluntarily. But now he’s changed his mind, he doesn’t want to help remove Latifah-sama’s curse for free!"

This was a bit strange.

Was it just her feelings or had Isuzu been tricked?

And since when did she start calling Eiji by his first name?

Latifah decided to put aside the few questions in her mind.

"It’s not a big deal. From the beginning, I planned to pay Seiya-san properly as long as he could help me. In the past three months, our park’s income has also increased a lot. We can give him some money."

Isuzu bit her lip before saying, "Eiji doesn’t want money, he said Latifah-sama can pay him with anything but money."

Wait a minute!

Don’t say...

Latifah suddenly remembered what else Eiji had said in his inner voice.

A moment ago, he wanted her and Isuzu to become his wives and join his harem.

Since it was his inner voice, that was the thing he wanted the most, right?

Latifah’s face turned red.

"I-I need time to think about it!"

"Latifah-sama, let me pay the price for you!"

She and Isuzu said at almost the same time.

They were stunned and looked at each other in silence for a few seconds.

"Isuzu, what do you mean?" Latifah was worried that she had heard wrong.

Isuzu repeated what she said, "I said let me pay the price for you. That is, I will give you what Eiji wants."

Her expression was serious, but there was a slight blush on her cheeks.

She was clearly planning to sacrifice herself to feed a wolf.

Latifah was surprised and stood up from the chair, "What does Seiya-san want? Isuzu, you seem to know. Say it clearly."

She was naturally moved by the sacrifice Isuzu wanted to make.

But, she suspected she could also hear Eiji’s inner voice.

Isuzu folded one of her large breasts, she looked embarrassed. "I-It’s... I’ll do it by marrying him or becoming one of his women?"

"!?"

Latifah opened and closed her mouth.

Outside the room, several women who were residents of Maple Land had surprised expressions.

Or rather they were the beautiful fairies named Muse, Sylphy and Salama. In Amagi Brilliant Park, together with Kobory they formed a quartet called Elementario.

Coincidentally, they eavesdropped on a conversation inside the manager’s office.

The three fairies looked at each other.

Isuzu is getting married and becoming someone’s concubine?!

This is big news!

We have to tell the others!

Latifah and Isuzu had no idea that part of their conversation was being overheard.

It was only a matter of time before Kanie’s protagonist found out too.

"Isuzu, can you hear... Eiji’s inner voice?" Latifah asked.

Fortunately, she wasn’t censored anymore.

There seemed to be an exception to who she could tell about inner voices.

Isuzu widened her eyes, "Latifah-sama, how do you know?! Are you also..."

"Yes, not long ago I could hear it too."

Latifah admitted that she could hear Eiji’s inner voice.

Isuzu thought that would make her princess agree to her wish. After all, she was doing this for her sake.

But what she didn’t expect...

"Even so, I refuse your request, Isuzu. This is my problem, it’s not fair if only you pay."

"Latifah-sama, I don’t mind!"

"You don’t mind, but I do!"

"....."

Isuzu pouted.

Latifah sighed and with a gentle smile said, "And Seiya-san’s inner voice says he not only wants you, but also me. He might not be satisfied if only you pay for his favor, Isuzu."

"Huh? Latifah-sama... you mean, you want...!?

Latifah nodded, "If it can remove my curse, I’ll do it. But Isuzu, you don’t have to force yourself to do it with me."

She couldn’t bear to let Isuzu sacrifice herself for her sake and wished she could marry another man she loved.

Although Eiji didn’t look bad and she herself didn’t have much resistance to being his woman.

But what about Isuzu?

...

Tokyo, in the parking lot of a very crowded convention center.

A sports car had just stopped and two people got out of it. It was none other than Eiji and Marin.

Marin had put on her Shizuku Kuroe costume. As for Eiji? He was now wearing a casual shirt and pants.

[My nose is a little itchy. Are some beautiful women talking about me? Yare-yare.]

The heroines including Latifah and Isuzu fell silent.

How did you know such a thing happened, Eiji?

Just because your nose is itchy?

That doesn’t make any sense!

Marin giggled before jumping out of the car with great vigor, and stretching her arms into the air. "WAAAHH! It’s finally here! The smell! The atmosphere! It’s an otaku’s paradise!"

Closing his car door, Eiji looked in the direction Marin was looking. At an event like this, there were tons of otaku things.

Not just people cosplaying as two-dimensional characters. There were many stands selling adult manga (doujin), light novels, otaku accessories and even games like the protagonist Tomoya did in his original work.

By the way, he couldn’t remember what the condition of that boy was now.

[You killed him after sending him to a mental hospital, host.]

I did?

Eiji forgot because it was just a small episode for him.

"Marin, don’t run around. The costume will get messed up. Besides, it’s crowded in here."

Hearing what her boyfriend said, Marin got too excited and walked back to his side.

Her eyes lit up and she pointed at a certain woman in the place, "Eiji! Look at that! There’s someone cosplaying as a character from Flower Princess Blaze! So cool!"

Eiji didn’t know who Flower Princess Blaze was.

He wasn’t familiar with the characters from the anime released in this world.

But he looked in the direction Marin was pointing, and made an interested expression.

"Yeah, that’s cool. Although..."

His gaze fell on Flower Princess Blaze (cosplayer).

She wasn’t as beautiful as Marin, but her breasts were large and matched the character she was portraying.

"Although what?" Marin asked curiously.

Eiji shifted his gaze to Shizuka-tan’s chest, or rather his girlfriend’s. "You’re cooler, Marin."

"Oh my~!" Marin laughed cheerfully and hugged his arm, "Your mouth is very sweet, Eiji. But not here, okay? Come on, we have to take as many pictures as possible today! I’ve reserved an indoor photo spot with good lights!"

[What do you mean not here? Marin, I was just complimenting you. You think I’m horny and want to do that?!]

Um? You don’t?

Marin doubted his inner voice, she pretended not to know and dragged him to the place he mentioned.

Eiji wondered what his image was like in Marin’s heart. He’s really not horny, okay?

[According to this system, you’re a little horny from looking at Marin’s cleavage, host.]

Miss System, shut up.

It was inevitable because the combination of Marin’s beauty and the Shizuku-tan costume he made for her was absolutely stunning.

The men and women around couldn’t help but glance at her and ask for permission to take pictures of her.

They even made a long queue to do so.

Eiji was a little surprised, but saw the men staring at his woman with hot gazes.

He could not resist using his power. He released an invisible poison in the air, it made them all suddenly sick to their stomachs and need to use the restroom.

Marin: "....."

She realized what her boyfriend might do.

How could it not?

All the people who lined up to take her picture were now only girls!

Eiji... You’re so cute! Kyaaa! Are you jealous?

No, instead of jealousy, it’s more appropriate to call it possessiveness.

Marin is happy because of it, she certainly doesn’t care about the men who run away and is satisfied with the many women who take her pictures.

Some of them were even famous bloggers and celebgrams. After this event was over, she herself didn’t realize the photos of her being Shizuku-tan became so popular.

More than an hour later.

"See you at the next event!" Marin waved goodbye to the last photographer.

Then, she walked quickly to her boyfriend who was sitting on a long chair.

"Are you done yet? A lot of people are looking for you just to take your picture." Eiji was playing with his cell phone and Marin was sweating.

A drop of sweat happened to fall from her chin and into the cleavage of her breasts.

The scene was... erotic.

[Horny 71%.]

Miss System is bored.

Ignore her.

"Of course! Hehe, the costume my boyfriend made is perfect! Everyone loves it!"

Marin laughed cheerfully, she sat beside Eiji, accepted a bottle of cold drink from him and drank it.

Eiji humbly said, "I just sewed it the best I could."

Marin refrained from rolling her eyes, "No need to be modest! Eiji, you made me into a real Shizuka-tan! Some photographers also asked who made my costume, I said it was my boyfriend!"

That was really the case.

Eiji had actually heard their conversation earlier.

Even so, he didn’t react much and was busy exchanging messages with some of his women including the Dandadan heroine, Ayase Momo.

Still, when they were talking casually and he deliberately delayed Marin so that she would not immediately go to the changing room.

"Excuse me."

A cold, sharp voice sounded from behind them.

[She’s finally here! Gojo, where are you? He who is fast, gets it. Since you’re late, don’t cry when you lose your other future wife.]

Some heroines were curious if the protagonist Gojo had more than one wife in the original work?

They didn’t know Eiji said that because Gojo changed his love interest. The girl who suddenly came and approached them from behind was his target.

Marin was surprised and like her boyfriend, she looked back. She saw a short blonde girl in an elaborate gothic lolita costume, wearing bright red contact lenses and standing with a flat expression.

"Y-yes?"

For some reason, Marin stammered.

Eiji suddenly remembered that in the original work, the girl they were currently looking at was her idol cosplayer.

At the same time, she was the female supporting character in My Dress-Up Darling— Sajuna Inui.

Sajuna pointed at Marin, or rather her costume. "Where did you get that costume? You really look like Shizuku Kuroe. No, you’re even prettier than her."

"Thanks?!"

[Marin, you’re too nervous. You said thank you in a questioning tone.]

Eiji, I can’t help it.

After all, the person in front of me is...

Marin’s eyes lit up, she was obviously so excited that she forgot to answer the other party’s question.

Eiji answered for her, "I made it for her. Girl, who are you? At least introduce yourself first before asking about such a topic."

"You made it? You’re a costume maker?" Sajuna was surprised. From the start, her attention had been on Marin to the point that she ignored the man beside her. When she saw his face and hair, she was stunned and thought he was also doing cosplay.

Still, this man was very handsome...

"You could say that. I sewed that costume." Eiji said casually.

She was a little embarrassed and said, "Sorry, my name is Sajuna Inui. I—"

"Juju-sama! You are Juju-sama! Hello, I’m Marin Kitagawa, I’m a big fan of yours!" Sajuna did not finish her words because Marin suddenly shouted.

She called her by the name of the character she was playing.

"Um... Hello too? Marin Kitagawa."

Sajuna did not expect the cosplayer she praised to be her fan.

However, she immediately ignored her and looked back at Eiji. Her gaze was rather hot, not because she was in love with him or anything like that. Ahem, don’t get me wrong. She wasn’t that easy.

She just wanted something from him.

"Juju-sama! This is Eiji Seiya, he made my costume! Isn’t it cool?" Marin introduced Eiji while showing off his skills.

Eiji gave her a thumbs up.

Good job, Marin!

"You’re really the one who made it? Are you open to making other costumes? I want you to make a costume for me. Of course, I’ll pay you."

Sajuna did not doubt Eiji’s identity as a costume maker. Without further ado, she immediately mentioned her wish.

Marin was surprised, and covered her mouth with both hands. "Juju-sama is asking for Eiji’s help to make a costume!?"

"Your reaction is too much, Marin Kitagawa. It’s natural for me to want a costume that’s just as good as yours."

Sajuna complained and was somewhat overwhelmed by Marin’s super extroverted aura.

Not that she was an introvert of course, she was just normal.

Eiji refrained from laughing, "I don’t mind but not now. How about exchanging contacts first?"

"Okay, I’m in no hurry."

Sajuna immediately took out her cell phone and exchanged contacts with him. After that, she immediately said goodbye to them and left.

But before that, Marin managed to persuade Sajuna to take a photo together. Eiji became the photographer and took a picture of them with his camera.

The result made Marin satisfied.

Shortly thereafter, they both decided to go home.

On the other side.

"Where is Sajuna? Damn! Did she not come to the event this time?!"

"I didn’t even see Marin and the strangest thing is..."

Gojo’s protagonist was also at the event. He had already been there for two hours.

He looked around with confusion on his face.

How did he not do it?

"I’m sure I’ve been circling around the same place countless times! What the hell is going on?"

If Eiji had to answer, he had used his ability to manipulate probabilities.

He made Gojo’s chances of meeting Sajuna and Marin zero. That’s why he kept circling in the same area.

The scene was like in horror movies where the protagonist or other characters are made to get lost by ghosts.

"Should I just go home?" Gojo was depressed, even though he had prepared a plan to woo Sajuna with his costume-making skills...

It was useless if he didn’t even meet her.

He walked out of the place but on his way to the bus stop, a bus passed him.

Gojo gasped and turned his head to the side because just then, he saw a girl who looked familiar.

"Sajuna!? Wait! Hey, wait!"

He shouted but it was too late.

Sajuna stood on the other side of the street and got into a taxi. Within a few seconds, she had left the place.

"....."

Gojo’s protagonist’s hands hung in the air, he opened and closed his mouth speechlessly.

But in his heart?

{Why am I so unlucky today?! It feels like the world is playing tricks on me! First Marin, she fell again into Eiji’s hands and betrayed me!}

Marin: Betrayed you? When? We didn’t even have such a good relationship to begin with.

Eiji: Yare-yare.

{Now, when I decided to make Sajuna my future wife. I’m having trouble meeting her, it’s too coincidental that I suspect someone is playing a trick on me.}

There were many people in this world, but the first person the protagonists often suspected was him.

Eiji was speechless even though he was really the culprit.