[TSSIM] Chapter 423: A Bunch of Foodies

Homura was chatting with those below the stage until Yui's 'stand-up comedy' finally ended after Ritsu and Mio kept urging her to wrap it up.

After all, the student council members were constantly signaling her to hurry up.

"Etto... due to time constraints, this will be the last song!" Yui declared with an awkward expression.

Homura looked at her with a speechless expression.

Needless to say, she spent half the time talking instead of singing. However, Yui and the others hadn’t prepared many songs in the first place, so it shouldn’t be a problem to fill the remaining time with other things.

"By the way, this last song is also written by Mio-chan, composed by Mugi-chan, 'Fude Pen ~Ball Pen~'! We hope you all enjoy it!"

Upon hearing this, Homura was surprised.

They really had written another song!

It seemed like they wanted to start with their own song and end with one as well.

Evidently, they had carefully planned the order of the songs.

At the same time, the audience also could tell, as the lyric style was indeed the same as the first song.

"They've grown quite a bit, haven't they..." Homura sighed softly.

Upon hearing his words, Eriri thought about how the girls had been at the hot spring villa and nodded in agreement.

They had indeed grown a lot.

"But people always grow, right? Haven't we also grown?" Eriri chimed in.

"It's a bit different." Homura smiled. "Not to mention others, but you, Eriri, have grown through competition."

He wasn't wrong.

Although no one forced Eriri to compete, her competitive nature wouldn't let her sit idly by.

Her resoluteness to surpass Mashiro wasn't just talk.

"But them..."

Homura continued, looking at the four girls on stage, sweating as they performed.

"They've grown naturally alongside their bonds."

Thinking about how Tsumugi and the others spent the majority of their time drinking tea and eating cakes, Eriri and the others couldn't help but shake their heads and chuckle.

Indeed, different people had different ways of growing.

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Behind the large auditorium, Homura's group was with Tsumugi and the others who had just finished their performance, including Yamanaka Sawako.

"Homuhomu-senpai! This is our adviser, Sawa-chan-sensei!"

Yui introduced Sawako to Homura and the others.

"Ah, I've heard so much about you. I always hear the name of Yamanaka-sensei from Yui and Mugi."

Homura's words made Sawako smile a little happily.

"My name? All they've said is just Sawa-chan and stuff like that, right?" Sawako shook her head with a wry smile. "If we're talking about fame, I should be the honored one. Minamiya-sensei is pretty well-known now. At least one out of five people in Japan knows you."

'So, two out of ten? Well, that's about right... If it were three out of ten, part two of the fame mission would be complete.' Homura thought to himself before replying, "Where, where, you're too kind, Sensei."

At this moment, the girls looked at him with somewhat strange expressions on their faces.

Even though they knew he could be very serious when needed, it was still odd to see him like this.

Homura then introduced the others to Sawako, focusing mostly on those who were not members of Another Dimension.

After all, Another Dimension's members were well-known already, so there was no need for Homura to say much about them.

"Yamanaka-sensei, what about Yui-chan's outfit?" Kotori asked.

"Ahh..." Sawako smiled. "I made them all by hand. How? Do you like them?"

"They're perfect!"

Kotori nodded vigorously, glancing at Yui and the others, paying special attention to Mio.

At her comment, Mio felt something was off.

"I'll go change clothes!" Mio said with a flushed face before running off.

Tsumugi, Yui, and Ritsu exchanged glances.

"Well... let's go change clothes too?" Ritsu shrugged.

"Yeah!" Yui nodded, then shouted, "Mio-chan, wait for me!"

"Homura-niisan, we'll be back soon." Tsumugi said.

"Sure, go ahead." Homura said while patting her head.

Tsumugi hesitated for a moment, then gave him a sweet smile before leaving.

Seeing this, Sawako raised her eyebrows.

'Hehh... it seems that Tsumugi-chan's relationship with this Minamiya-sensei is not so simple...' Sawako thought to herself. 'But it's not just her…'

She glanced at the other girls and finally looked at Homura.

'Hmm, he really is quite special…'

Shaking her head, Sawako decided not to think about it for now.

"Mio-chan is just too shy…" Sawako said with a hint of regret.

"Yeah, it really suits her. Mio-chan looked super cute in it." Kotori agreed, nodding.

"By the way…"

Sawako glanced at Kotori.

"All the costumes of Muse are handled by Minami-san, right?"

"Yes, and recently I met Hoshino-senpai. I have a feeling that the next performance outfit could be designed to be even cuter!"

Kotori immediately pulled Mya-nee over as she replied.

With that, the three fashion experts began exchanging ideas, diving into their discussion.

Homura and the other girls fell silent.

He could have joined in if he wanted, but he had no intention of doing so, so he just watched their conversation.

Meanwhile, the girls felt it would take a while for the discussion to wrap up, so what should they do?

Might as well eat!

A moment later, they exchanged the food they had bought, sampled each other's snacks, and laid out a picnic blanket to make it almost like a real picnic.

"Even though we had our fill now…"

Homura looked at Honoka as he spoke.

"We need to step up the intensity of your training later."

"No problem!" Honoka nodded without hesitation and continued eating.

"Is it just me, or has Honoka's appetite increased ever since I came up with a new workout method...?" Homura said, looking speechless.

"We're supposed to be training anyway." Umi shot him a look. "If it can also help with weight loss, then of course we should eat while we can."

Truly, what she said made sense!

If the weight issue could be addressed, why control the appetite? Might as well enjoy the food!

At most, just practice a bit more later.

"Ahh! How sneaky! Why did you start eating before I got back?"

Yui, now back in her school uniform, ran over with a pout when she saw everyone having a feast.

"It's not too late now! We can go buy more!" Chika replied casually, taking a bite of the fried noodles and looking happy as she ate.

Everyone: "…"

Did she even realize how much she had been eaten?

Even the usually calm Ai raised her eyebrows slightly, a little amazed.

"Oh!" Yui slapped her palm as if she had just realized something. "Okay, let's hurry and go!"

"Yeah, these fried noodles are pretty good!"

Chika, finishing her last bite, gently patted her stomach and took Yui's hand.

"Let's go!"

With that, the others watched the two of them walk away, unsure of what to say.

"Hey, wait for me!"

Honoka quickly chased after them.

Umi: "…"

Fumino was also tempted but felt a bit shy.

As she glanced around, she saw Tsumugi had a similar expression as her.

"Etto... shall we go too?" Fumino asked tentatively.

"...Yeah." Tsumugi paused for a moment, then nodded.

And so, two more people were added to the group.

They were truly a bunch of foodies.

In the end, the remaining people looked at each other silently before deciding to get more food as well.

At the school festival of Sakuragaoka High School, this large group of people truly enjoyed their feast.