Machete Style Anime

This time, Yoshino covered Yoshina's mouth to stop her from speaking.

Kurumi Tokisaki took in the reactions of the two, and a thoughtful look flashed in her right eye, which was not covered by her bangs.

A moment later, she looked at Kasugano Mirai: "I was just about to go to the supermarket to buy some more things. Since Mirai-san said so, I'll leave dinner to you."

"By the way, Seven Sins is coming with me this time."

"Eh?"

Seven Sins, whose name was called, looked up in bewilderment.

Before she could say anything, Kurumi Tokisaki had already dragged her out of the house.

After the two women left, only Kasugano Mirai and Yoshino remained in the living room.

After a slight hesitation, Kasugano Mirai went into the kitchen without saying a word and began preparing dinner.

Seeing this, Yoshino's eyes grew even dimmer.

However, this sense of loss did not last long.

"Yoshino, don't make a sound, let me finish."

The sudden sound startled Yoshino.

After a brief moment of surprise, she recognized it as Kurumi Tokisaki's voice.

Out of the corner of her eye, Yoshino glanced towards the kitchen and noticed that Kasugano Mirai hadn't noticed her earlier unusual behavior. Yoshino held her breath and listened to the message from Tokisaki Kurumi.

"Natsumi and I went to the supermarket to buy alcohol. During dinner, Yoshino, just like us, used various excuses to persuade Mirai-san to drink."

"Once he's had enough to drink, Seven Sins will use her ability to trick Mirai into revealing the answer to that question."

Upon hearing these words, Yoshino secretly glanced at Kasugano Mirai, a sense of guilt rising in her heart for no apparent reason.

"Mirai-nii, I'm sorry, Yoshino wants to know more about you."

Poor Kasugano Mirai had no idea that she had been completely manipulated by the three girls.

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Tokyo.

Kasuganoya.

The Kasugano couple went to the hospital for a visit, while Kato Megumi and Eriri attended school.

After a period of intense internet surfing, Kasugano Sora felt a strange emptiness.

Remembering the novel her childhood friend had recommended yesterday, she closed her notebook and walked to her desk, where Kato Megumi had specially brought the novel from home the night before, ostensibly to keep as a collection.

Japanese otaku typically buy three sets of novels: one for reading, one for spreading their beliefs, and one for collecting.

Kato Megumi wasn't interested in missionary work, and one set of novels was enough for her reading; the extra set was bought specifically for Kasugano Sora.

After all, no one knew better than her who the author of this novel was.

As the pinnacle of the "little sister" archetype, Kasugano Sora's brother complex goes without saying.

Therefore, the words "stepmother's burden" in the novel's title greatly intrigued her.

I don't know if she's the older or younger sister.

With this in mind, she opened the novel on the table.

……

"At this point, I can only say it was a mistake I made when I was young, but I did have what is commonly known as a girlfriend between my second and third years of junior high school."

Upon seeing this, a smile appeared on the girl's face.

"It seems they, like us, have sweet memories from junior high."

After chuckling to herself for a while, Kasugano Sora continued reading.

A light novel volume has only about 100,000 words, which translates to about 50 chapters in an online novel. A fast reader can finish it in less than an hour.

Kasugano Sora, who frequently surfs the internet, is one of the types of people who reads books quickly; she finished the first volume in less than an hour.

Still wanting more, she opened the second volume, then the third, the fourth…

When Kato Megumi came to visit her after school that evening, Kasugano Sora asked, "Megumi, does this author have any other novels?"

"His work is surprisingly to my liking!"

……

……

……

When Kasugano Mirai creates (or reposts) works, she does not simply copy them verbatim.

Or rather, he didn't have the ability to copy it exactly.

—The system is low-class, it doesn't have superpowers, and it's not a patient with hyperthymesia, so how could it possibly copy the novel's plot verbatim?

Although the novel titled "My Stepmother's Burden is My Ex-Girlfriend" shares the same title as the novel in my previous life, the content is not exactly the same.

After all, after the fourth volume of the original work ended, due to commercial reasons, the author began to learn from Aka Akasaka Akira, and the plots of the fifth, sixth and seventh volumes were simply indescribable. Kasugano Mirai skipped these three volumes and went straight to the eighth and ninth volumes.

I only remembered the general plot, and then I skipped three volumes in a row. It would be considered a lot if the current work is even half as similar to the original.

Fortunately, after being reincarnated, Kasugano Mirai lived in Japan for more than ten years and thoroughly understood the Japanese customs, reading habits, and writing habits.

Thanks to the outline and the experience gained from writing web novels in his previous life, this work has also shone brightly in this world.

The latest volume of the novel is currently on sale, which is the seventh volume. According to the plot progress, the eighth volume will be the final volume if nothing unexpected happens. Kasugano Sora has already read the latest volume, which is why she asked Kato Megumi about other works by the same author.

Unfortunately, the outcome was destined to disappoint her.

"This author is a new author, and currently only has this one work."

Kato Megumi shook her head slightly, and before Kasugano Sora could react, she continued, "However, as far as I know, another author's writing style is similar to his, and the name format is also similar, so it is very likely that he is using an alternate account."

"If Xiao Qiong is interested, she might as well try to learn more about it."

Upon hearing this, Kasugano Sora became interested and asked curiously, "What's the author's name? What are his works?"

"The author's name is Crescent Moon, and the work is 'The Witch's Journey'."

Having obtained the answer, Kasugano Sora immediately opened her notebook and began searching for relevant information.

A few minutes later, she looked at Megumi Kato: "Megumi, Asuka and Crescent Moon both belong to the Shinazugawa Bunko, and their names are both derived from Tagore's works."

"If nothing unexpected happens, it should be the same person."

Do you have "Witch's Journey" there?

Listening to Kasugano Sora's analysis, Kato Megumi nodded in agreement.

Upon hearing the last question, she replied, "My thoughts are similar to Xiaoqiong's, so when I bought the book, I also bought a set of 'The Witch's Journey'."

"If Xiaoqiong needs it, I'll bring it over later."

"Thank you for your help."

"You're welcome."

After a pause, Kato Megumi asked, "Does Sora want to see it now?"

"If you want to read it now, I'll go home and get the book."

"If there's no rush, we can talk about it after dinner."

"I just finished reading the novel, so I'm not in a hurry."

"Then let's do it after dinner."

"Ah."

……

After a short while, Kato Megumi suddenly asked, "Has Sora contacted Mirai-kun?"

Upon hearing this question, Kasugano Sora's smile faded slightly, and she slowly shook her head: "I haven't figured out how to explain pushing him down the stairs to Mirai yet. Let's contact each other again in a while."

"...As long as you know what's right, that's fine."

"Ah."

Chapter Thirty-Three: The protagonist has been taken down! Congratulations! Congratulations indeed!

At dinner time, the atmosphere at the Tokisaki family's dining table was somewhat subtle.

Kasugano Mirai's eyelids twitched involuntarily as she looked at the two bottles of unidentified liquid that had appeared on the table.

Looking at Seven Sins, he noticed that the girl's eyes were darting away, and she didn't dare to meet his gaze. He then turned his attention to the culprit, and the girl smiled sweetly: "I'm in a good mood today, so I went to the supermarket and bought two bottles of wine."

Kasugano Mirai didn't respond; he knew perfectly well that there was more to come.

As expected, Tokisaki Kurumi continued, "However, drinking alone is rather boring, and Yoshina and Nanami... Mirai-san, I'm sure you don't want me to drag the two of them along for a drink, right?"

Upon hearing this, Kasugano Mirai's face began to twitch.

浓！

It's too strong!

Hey Japanese netizen, please tone it down!

After a moment of silence, he said, "I'm only 17 years old, not old enough to drink."

Japan has a very interesting legal provision.

Japanese law stipulates that men reach adulthood at 18, but can only drink alcohol at age 20.

But these kinds of rules... those who know, know.

The law doesn't even allow minors to enter internet cafes!

Under normal circumstances, as long as you're not openly buying alcohol at a supermarket or going to a bar while wearing a school uniform, no one will care about this rule.

Kasugano Mirai bringing up this law is essentially a form of rejection; normally, neither Tokisaki Kurumi nor the two kids would say anything.

But today is different!