My anime/manga fandom can't be that lazy.

As for the rest of the time, it's all spent playing. Originally, it was just the two of us, Fairy and I, playing games until dawn. Recently, Umaru joined us, and the three of us are still playing games until midnight every day.

"Aren't you all tired? Including Gabriel, none of you slept last night, right?"

"Hmph, brother, you're still too young. It's just staying up all night; young people can handle that!"

Doma Umaru, with his eyes closed and a soft chuckle, extended his finger and spoke in a way that sounded philosophical. The fairy and Gabriel beside him nodded in agreement.

"Staying up late won't make you grow taller."

Dongfang Bai rolled his eyes and muttered a complaint: of the three of them, only Xiaomai is 1.6 meters tall; the other two are 1.5 meters tall on average.

It's understandable that the fairy is only fifteen years old, but what's wrong with Gabriel? Her height and figure are like those of an elementary school student, so it's no wonder that she's constantly being mocked by the fairy.

"Huh!? There's a competition at the arcade the day after tomorrow, and the first place winner (4.8) gets a limited edition hamster cape just like the one worn by the bear-man?!"

While looking at her phone, Umaru suddenly exclaimed in surprise, which made the fairy look at her phone with some curiosity. Then she said, "This is the limited edition Bear King cape from The King of Fighters. I'm not very good at this game, it's too difficult to get first place, I give up."

Me too.

Gabriel waved her hand. She was just as bad at games as the fairies, but it was too difficult to stand out in the competition, so she gave up on the prizes altogether.

"...Waaah, brother~ can you come with me?"

The moment he heard that voice, Dongfang Bai understood that he probably had no choice but to go.

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"Please, Onii-chan! I really, really want this cape, come with me!"

Doma Umaru clasped her hands together and pleaded with Dongfang Bai. Although she was very confident in her abilities and winning first place wouldn't be difficult, what if something unexpected happened?

It's better to be safe than sorry.

"Okay, okay, I'll go with you the day after tomorrow."

Dongfang Bai couldn't resist his cute little sister's coquettishness, so he rubbed his temples and agreed. He didn't have anything particularly important to do the day after tomorrow, so he had no reason to refuse.

"But I remember this bear-man is Umaru's favorite character, right?"

Yamada Elf seemed to remember something and suddenly asked a question. Elf had once been obsessed with this game for a while, but after being taught a lesson about life by Umaru, she became less obsessed with it.

The reason was that one afternoon when Dongfang Bai was not at home, Xiaomai used the bear man to hang up and torture the fairy. Even with one hand, she could beat the fairy, which made Yamada Fairy doubt her life.

"No mistake, 04!"

Although the contrast between the muscular man wearing an adorable hamster cape was so grotesque that Dongfang Bai couldn't quite accept it, he figured he might as well let Xiaomai have her way since she liked it.

"However, I heard that there will be a lot of strong opponents in this competition, and famous players from all kinds of games will be there."

Gabriel squinted at the announcement on her phone, which specifically noted that many popular players would be participating, making it quite difficult to win first place in this competition.

"It's okay, Umaru is a popular player."

Dongfang Bai praised Xiaomai, which made her proudly raise her head. For some reason, Xiaomai has become more and more of an otaku ever since she got to know this group of otaku, but in public she still looks like a super beautiful girl.

"Oh, speaking of which, you're UMR, the weirdo who swept all the prizes in the arcade and ended up getting blacklisted."

"That's so unfair! I'm not a freak."

Umaru immediately retorted to Yamada Elf's teasing, but her retort was somewhat weak, since she had been going to the arcade to buy up game tokens for quite some time, and it was true that she had been blacklisted.

"Hmm, it seems like time is almost up..."

Dongfang Bai glanced at his phone and realized it was already 2 PM. This was the moment he had been looking forward to for half a year. The other three were stunned, seemingly not yet reacting.

"Oh right, today is the airing date of the first episode of the Fate anime..."

Upon hearing Yamada Fairy's shout, the other two suddenly realized what was happening. They had almost forgotten that the broadcast time was 2 PM, meaning they could watch it as soon as they turned on the TV.

"Sagiri, do you want to come down and watch with us?"

Dongfang Bai called out to the upstairs, followed by several stomping sounds, roughly meaning: "Coming down right away."

"Sagiri said she'll be down in a bit."

"Hey, how did you understand that?"

Gabriel looked at Dongfang Bai with an incredulous expression. She, an angel, hadn't even understood the meaning of the thuds on the floor, so why did he understand?

Humans are truly terrifying. Could this be a secret code among spies?

"It's rare to see Sagiri willing to come down."

Yamada Elf was somewhat surprised to hear that Sagiri was willing to come downstairs. Sagiri never even left her room to use the toilet, because her room had its own private bathroom and shower, so she didn't need to go downstairs at all.

Meals were the same; everyone ate in their own rooms, then turned on their tablets to video chat with everyone while eating, and they were unwilling to leave their rooms no matter what.

Sagiri would only sneak out when there was no one else in the house; getting her to come out when there were people around was practically impossible.

"Sagiri-chan is willing to come out?!"

Even Doma Umaru was quite surprised. She knew that Izumi Sagiri was a girl with an exaggeratedly high level of otaku tendencies, even stronger than her. While she could stay at home without leaving the house, Izumi Sagiri could not even leave her room.

Moreover, apart from the first time I went to greet Sagiri, I haven't seen her come out even once in the past few days.

"Because she was also looking forward to this animation adaptation."

Dongfang Bai smiled, and suddenly Xiaomai stood up abruptly, as if she hadn't finished something important, and said, "Oh no, I haven't brought the snacks that are essential for watching anime!"

As she spoke, Xiaomai suddenly slipped away, running upstairs with a thud, and then came down carrying a bunch of snacks. There were so many snacks that she had to carry them in two batches, especially since she was also carrying two large bottles of cola.

"You really like drinking Coke, huh?"

Dongfang Bai watched as Xiaomai happily hugged the cola and made a comment, while Xiaomai smiled mysteriously and said, "This is the 'fat otaku's happy water,' the devil's taste can bring happiness!"

"agree!"

Gabriel rarely raised her right hand to indicate her agreement. She was also a big fan of cola. Just thinking about being able to sit here in the air-conditioned comfort, eating snacks, drinking cola, and watching anime made her feel that being photographed by Sagiri as a model was worthwhile.

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Not a loss, but a huge profit!

Yamada Elf didn't really like cola. Instead, she rolled her eyes and said, "You guys should drink less of it, or you'll get cavities."

"Beautiful girls don't get cavities!!"

Your statement is like saying that pretty girls don't know how to use the toilet.

Dongfang Bai inwardly complained about Xiaomai's serious expression. Anyone who didn't know better would really think what she was saying made a lot of sense.

"..."

Da da da.

With a series of light footsteps, Sagiri finally arrived at her door. She opened the door and prepared to step out, but before her foot even touched the ground, she pulled it back.

As expected, it was really difficult to leave the room when there were other people at home. If she could, Sagiri really didn't want to come out, but she had no choice but to.

Today is the day she has been looking forward to: the Fate anime is coming out, and she has made a promise with her brother to watch the anime together. She has been preparing for it for the past few days, but now that the day has actually arrived, she is too shy to leave her room.

"Damn it, why are there so many people in the house... How could my brother bring so many girls in..."

Sagiri puffed out her cheeks with a hint of resentment, clearly feeling a little annoyed.

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Although Sagiri really didn't want to go downstairs, she had to go down anyway, because if she didn't, she wouldn't be able to watch anime with her brother. That was only one reason; the other was that if she didn't go down, her brother would end up watching it with Umaru.

No, this absolutely cannot be done!

After hesitating for a while, Sagiri finally took a slow step, but then suddenly stopped, as if she had thought of something and turned around to find something in the room.

……

"Sagiri-chan is so slow, why isn't she coming down yet? The anime is about to start."

Yamada Elf glanced upstairs with some concern. There hadn't been a sound for half a day, making her wonder what Sagiri was doing up there, as she hadn't come down for so long.

"I guess they're having an internal struggle with their thoughts."

While looking at his phone, Dongfang Bai casually made a comment. His eyes were fixed on the phone because the animation was about to air, and the online discussions were quite heated. Many people were already waiting in front of the TV for the 2 PM broadcast.

For example, a childhood friend with blonde hair and pigtails sits on her sofa with her knees drawn up to her chest, a glass of iced cola next to her, her phone in her hand, glancing at the TV every now and then.

"Hmph, I only watched it because you begged me."

Eriri snorted, her slender, green fingers tapping incessantly on her phone, clearly texting someone. But as she spoke, her eyes involuntarily drifted toward the television screen.

"Oh no, your readers are really looking forward to it. If the animation is a disaster, it'll probably cause a huge uproar."

Yamada Elf watched as the comments kept refreshing on forums and online communities, with several new comments appearing almost every second. This level of traffic was something only Yakumo Haku, the current supernova of Dengeki Bunko, could generate.

Even Senju Muramasa didn't have this much popularity back then. Dongfang Bai's recent big moves have indeed attracted a lot of attention. The anime adaptation, game production, the author himself doing voice acting, and other things have brought more attention to Fate.

Over the past few months, the light novel has consistently ranked among the top in popularity, especially in the month when the fifth volume was released, when it even surpassed Senju Muramasa to take the number one spot in the Dengeki Bunko popularity rankings.

Of course, the number one spot in popularity ranking was achieved through criticism, because at the time, various posts on different forums were full of complaints about Yakumo killing off Illya, which led many uninformed readers to buy the book to read it.

I eventually became completely hooked and joined the 'Yakumo Shiro' extermination army.

The deeper the love, the more intense the hate. The more readers who liked Yakumo Haku before, the more confused and upset they were by this plot. Therefore, these original super loyal fans became the main force in criticizing Yakumo Haku.

"It's amazing you managed to turn things around after being criticized so harshly back then!"

Gabriel could tell from the messages on the forum how much readers were looking forward to it. At the time, Dongfang Bai did have a lot of people criticizing him, but there were also quite a few bandwagon haters who took the opportunity to criticize the book Fate.

Needless to say, the main force that attacked Yakumo Haku was a group of loyal readers of Fate. Suddenly, someone who was criticizing Fate joined the group that was criticizing Yakumo Haku.

You can curse the old thief, but if you curse the book, you're doomed.

Haters never imagined that someone who was a teammate one second would become an enemy the next. This contrast caught all those who followed the trend of hating off guard.

"elder brother……"

Just as these people were discussing something, Sagiri suddenly appeared in the stairwell. However, unlike others, she was wearing a pink mask that looked exactly like the magical girl Meruru. This was the mask used by Eromanga Sensei.

When Sagiri puts on this mask, she gains a combat power boost, allowing her to step out of the room and talk to people normally.