Machete Style Anime

"Let's go back to our room first."

Without waiting for Eriri and Kato Megumi's reply, the girl left the room first.

After a slight hesitation, Eriri quickly followed, leaving Kato Megumi alone to slowly put away her novel.

"Looks like she wrote some really exciting news in her diary!"

……

"By the way, is that diary really reliable?"

"You know, the sentence he said most often back then was, 'Who keeps a diary?!'"

Chapter Twenty-One: My Stepmother's Burden is My Ex-Girlfriend

Kasugano Sora's bedroom.

Kasugano Sora sat on the edge of the bed with a sullen face, the black rabbit doll in her arms deformed from being held so tightly.

Faced with this situation, Eriri's heart was in her throat, fearing that her friend would pull out a wood-chopping knife from behind her back at any moment and say in a terrifying and chilling tone, "Since my brother doesn't want me anymore, then let's destroy everything!"

She's never been in a relationship before!

I don't want to die such a miserable death!

Glancing at her friend who was leisurely sitting at the desk reading a novel, the girl carefully moved her chair to the desk.

Her red lips parted slightly, and she was about to say something when she turned back to look at Kasugano Sora sitting by the bed.

Then, she took her phone out of her pocket and opened the Line interface.

'Err: Hui, Xiaoqiong is in this state, should we do something?'

"Buzz~buzz~"

The vibration from her pocket brought Kato Megumi back to reality, who was engrossed in the novel.

Noticing her friend's somewhat nervous expression, she took her phone out of her pocket.

After reading the message, Kato Megumi tilted her head to look at her friend, a thoughtful look flashing across her face, before she began typing.

The girl didn't type quickly, or rather, she deliberately slowed down her typing speed so as not to make too much noise.

During Eriri's agonizing wait, which felt like an eternity, her phone finally vibrated.

She eagerly looked down to check the message, and then she was dumbfounded.

Because there were only a few words on the screen.

MK: You don't need to do anything.

Eriri's face turned bright red after reading the message.

If the person they were discussing wasn't still in the bedroom, she would have already lost her temper.

Even though she couldn't vent her anger on the spot due to external factors, the girl still angrily edited and sent a message.

"Err: Megumi, aren't you Sora's childhood friend?! How can you just stand by and do nothing about her?!"

Kato Megumi's expression didn't change after receiving the message. In fact, if she hadn't known that her friend's personality wasn't very mature and that ignoring her could cause problems, she wouldn't have even wanted to reply to the message.

After thinking for a short while, Kato Megumi lowered her head and began editing the message, which took her a relatively long time this time.

MK: "Doing nothing" means not disturbing Xiaoqiong right now.

MK: Eriri is a girl too, she should know very well that Sora isn't listening to what others are saying right now.

MK: Rather than offering comfort and guidance, what she needs right now is some quiet time alone.

MK: It's best to wait until Xiaoqiong has calmed down before discussing what we want to say or do with her.

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As Kasugano Sora's former sister-in-law, Kato Megumi was well aware of her sister-in-law's feelings for Kasugano Mirai, and also knew that she was hostile to anyone who had any goodwill towards the latter.

However, she is different from the brother-obsessed sisters in anime.

Although Kasugano Sora is the younger sister, she sometimes cares for and looks after her older brother like an older sister.

She does like the latter, but if this feeling causes him distress, she will understandingly hide her feelings and act as a normal brother and sister with him.

Kato Megumi was able to get together with Kasugano Mirai in her previous life, and Kasugano Sora actually played a significant role in that.

This is why the problem of discord between sisters-in-law and sisters-in-law, which often occurs in other families, does not exist in the Kasugano family.

After being reborn, Kato Megumi persuaded her parents to move to the vicinity of the Kasugano family home, and became childhood friends with the Kasugano siblings.

Considering that my sister-in-law is still young and not as mature and sensible as she will be in the future.

Kato Megumi has always kept her feelings well hidden.

Not to mention the Kasugano siblings, even their parents never considered the possibility that she liked Kasugano Mirai.

This is actually related to the special nature of girls.

Kato Megumi's weak presence has resulted in a beautiful girl, whose looks are no less than those of the school's most popular girl, remaining largely unknown at school.

While there were many reasons why Kato Megumi fell in love with Kasugano Mirai in her past life—such as her helping her out of a predicament, their feelings developing over time, and Kasugano Sora's assistance—the most fundamental reason was that Kasugano Mirai was the only person who noticed her and never mispronounced her name.

Perhaps because of her rebirth, or for other reasons, Kato Megumi's presence in this life is even weaker than in her previous life. As a result, Kasugano Mirai often complained that she should have been born in the Type-Moon world as the last Hassan, instead of being an ordinary high school girl like she is now.

Whenever her sweetheart made such a comment, Kato Megumi would just laugh it off.

Ordinary?

In her past life, she was indeed an ordinary person at first. Later, due to harassment from someone, she taught herself programming and eventually became an industry expert.

After her rebirth, she has memories of major events that will happen in the next few decades, as well as the programming experience she has painstakingly learned.

It's no exaggeration to say that if it weren't for her limited education, with the experience and skills that Kato Megumi possesses, many companies would be willing to pay a high price to recruit her.

However, the girl did not choose to become famous; instead, she used her foresight to make a fortune for her family and the Kasugano family.

Closer to home.

Knowing Kasugano Sora well enough, Kato Megumi knew very well that what Kasugano Sora needed right now was not comfort, but a quiet space.

Once she calms down, she'll be able to come up with a solution herself.

This is also why Kato Enoki was able to calm down and read the novel.

If her friend hadn't been so impatient and sent her a message to ask, Kato Megumi could have quietly read a novel all day.

After patiently explaining why she had stood by, and regardless of whether her friend understood, Kato Megumi picked up her novel and continued reading.

Unlike Eriri and Kasugano Sora, who knew nothing, Megumi Kato knew very well that the light novel she was reading was the work of Kasugano Mirai.

"I never imagined that in the future, just like in my previous life, I would publish this work under the pen name Asuka."

"It seems that even with me, this little butterfly, flapping my wings, some things will still remain unchanged."

Does this mean that I will still develop a serious illness in the future?

……

Thinking of this, a shadow suddenly appeared in Kato Megumi's eyes.

"...Probably not."

"Since my rebirth, to prevent a repeat of this tragedy, I accompany him and Xiao Qiong to the hospital for checkups every year under various pretexts. If there were any problems, they would have been detected long ago."

……

"However, such an accident never happened between the future and Xiaoqiong in the previous life, so we still can't let our guard down."

……

It took Eriri a while to process what her friend meant, and the tension, anger, and worry in her heart dissipated in an instant.

Then, she finally noticed the title of the light novel her friend was reading—"My Stepmother's Burden is My Ex-Girlfriend".

She gently nudged her friend, and under her friend's puzzled gaze, she leaned close to her ear and asked in a soft voice, "Hui, is this light novel good?"

Chapter Twenty-Two: When you're wandering the martial world, how can you not have an alternate account?

As a doujinshi artist, Eriri is undoubtedly an otaku.

Besides doujinshi and visual novels, she is also very interested in light novels and manga.

When Kasugano Sora needed some quiet time, Eriri, who had nothing to do, turned her attention to Kato Megumi and noticed the title of the novel her friend was reading.

The moment the girl saw the novel's title, she felt the name was very familiar.

After thinking for a while, Eriri, who really couldn't remember where she had seen this name before, decided to look at the (question and answer) answer (friend).

"Hui, is this light novel good?"

Upon hearing her friend's question, Kato Megumi put down her novel, glanced almost imperceptibly at Kasugano Sora on the other side, and then whispered in her friend's ear, "I personally think it's quite interesting. If Eriri is interested, you might want to take a look together."

Putting aside Eriri's own homebody tendencies, the fact that this invitation came from Megumi Kato, one of her few close friends, made it impossible for her to refuse.

"...Did Hui bring the first volume?"

The title page of a light novel has a number indicating which volume it is.

Kato Megumi is currently reading volume seven, which is obviously not suitable for her to read with Eriri, hence the latter's question.

The girl nodded slightly, then picked up the schoolbag next to her, rummaged through it briefly, and took out a novel to hand to her friend.

"This is the first volume. If you're interested, come find me after you've finished reading it. I have all the volumes that have been released so far."

Eriri remained silent, gazing at the cover figure in deep thought.

After a long while, she said with a look of sudden realization, "I was wondering why I felt like I'd heard that name somewhere before. Isn't this the anime that recently released its preview PV?"

After handing the novel to her friend, Kato Megumi picked up the novel that was placed aside and began to continue reading.

Upon hearing her friend's voice, she first looked up in Kasugano Sora's direction, only to find that the other person did not react. Then, she looked at her friend, who had a look of realization, and scolded her, "Eriri, you were a little too loud just now."

Eriri was startled by what she heard and quickly turned around. She found that Kasugano Sora was unaffected. Then she turned back around, put her hands together, and apologized to her friend: "Sorry, sorry, I was so surprised that I forgot to be careful."