[TSSIM] Chapter 417: Fumino's Realization

'What did I just hear?'

After hearing the explanation from Sagiri, Megumin's eyes widened.

'Onii-san likes all the Onee-san, and they agreed?'

'Moreover… three Onee-san together still can't satisfy Onii-san?'

She couldn't believe what she had heard.

She couldn't help but glance at Homura, then quickly averted her eyes, repeating the process, making Sagiri beside her find it quite amusing.

Meanwhile, Homura had finally clarified things with the group of girls.

"Wow… Kirisu-sensei is surprisingly bold..." Uruka murmured to herself.

"Um? Isn't it surprisingly timid?" Rizu asked, looking puzzled.

Mafuyu's face turned bright red, likely a combination of shyness and embarrassment.

'You girls are missing the point!' Fumino thought to herself.

Clearly, the real focus should be on how their teacher's relationship with him—no, the relationship between their teacher and him had changed!

Even though they met him before their teacher did, they haven't made any progress at all!

'Huh? Wait, why am I thinking like this? Am I also interested in Homura-kun?'

Fumino stole a quick glance at Homura and then reflected on her feelings.

In the next second, her face turned bright red as she came to a realization.

Fumino's reaction surprised and confused the others. After all, she was a humanities genius—hadn't she come across similar situations in texts before? Why was she blushing about this topic?

Evidently, Fumino's blush led to some misunderstandings.

However, the fact that Mafuyu had become closer to Homura did make Fumino feel a bit anxious.

"Homura-niisan~"

Suddenly, Tsumugi's voice came from a distance.

Fumino gathered her scattered thoughts and returned to her earlier state.

"Why is everyone still here?" Tsumugi asked as she looked at everyone.

"We were just figuring out how to split into groups." Homura replied with a smile. "We have too many people for everyone to act together."

"Ah, I see..." Tsumugi nodded. "It's different from the hot spring villa, where it was just us... Hmm? Who are these people?"

Homura raised his eyebrows.

'Come to think of it, Mugi has only heard about them and hasn't met Mafuyu in person, and it's also her first time meeting Mya-nee and Hinata...'

"I'll introduce you. She is Kirisu Mafuyu. Remember her?"

Homura glanced at Mafuyu, introducing her.

"So this is Kirisu-sensei?" Tsumugi looked at Mafuyu and nodded. "She's really beautiful! Kirisu-sensei, nice to meet you, I'm Kotobuki Tsumugi."

"Um, thank you for the compliment."

Mafuyu gave a slight smile, which made Fumino, Rizu, and Uruka glance over with surprised eyes.

No choice.

Mafuyu's smile was quite rare for them to see!

"And... these two here, this one is Mya-nee!" Homura continued the introduction.

Mya-nee: "..."

"Mya-nee?" Tsumugi looked puzzled.

"That's right! She's Mya-nee!" Hinata said proudly, then realized something was off. "Ahh! Why do you call Mya-nee Mya-nee?!"

She stared at Homura in shock.

"I just got used to calling her that." Homura gently rubbed her little head.

"You're not allowed to call her that!"

Hinata tried to look fierce but ended up making Mya-nee and Kotori giggle.

"Hahaha, alright, I'll try my best!" Homura laughed.

"Umu!" Hinata nodded in satisfaction.

Utaha, on the other hand, had a black line on her forehead.

'What's this 'try my best' nonsense? Clearly, he knew it's hard to do that, right?' Utaha shook her head. 'But there's no helping it… sometimes I also end up calling her Mya-nee… Hinata's way of saying Mya-nee is just a bit infectious and addictive…'

"Okay, let me introduce you properly. She is Hoshino Miyako, the big sister, and this is Hoshino Hinata, the little sister."

"Hoshino-senpai is in the same class as Utaha, so she's here with us this time. By the way, she has an amazing talent for fashion design, so I'm trying to recruit her into Another Dimension."

"Well, she hasn't agreed yet…" Kotori mumbled from the side.

"Etto… Hello, everyone." Mya-nee greeted everyone.

"Oh right, Yui-chan and the others are still waiting for me to come back, Homura-niisan, you should come too!" Tsumugi said, giving a slight nod to the group before running off.

"Is anyone coming with me?" Homura shrugged.

"Better go on your own." Eriri shook her head. "There are only four people with Tsumugi, so with you, it makes five. You can check out the school festival first, and when they're on stage, we'll gather at the auditorium."

Homura looked at the others, saw them nodding in agreement with Eriri, then patted Sagiri and Haru's heads before turning to leave.

"Yosh! Let's start exploring too!" Elf said, hands on her hips. "Sakuragaoka's school festival is really lively!"

"I'm going to check out the stalls!" Honoka raised her hand to state her intention.

"Honoka… Are you really that hungry?" Umi's face darkened.

"It's a school festival! Not checking out the stalls is just wrong!" Honoka said firmly.

"Even though it won't be as good as what Homura-kun makes, it's still a rare treat!" Kotori smiled slightly, agreeing with Honoka.

"You just spoil her!" Umi said helplessly.

"Aren't you the same?" Kotori made a playful face and laughed. "You say that, but in the end, you'll end up just like me!"

Umi: "…"

"Yeah, she's my big sister after all." Yukiho nodded in agreement. "No one can really argue with her."

"Hoshino-senpai, let's go together!" Kotori continued inviting.

"Eh? O-Oh, okay."

Mya-nee, taken aback for a moment, nodded and grabbed Hinata, setting off with the three.

"Food~" Chika's eyes sparkled. "Kaguya-chan! Let's go eat something too!"

"Alright, I've never tried this kind of food, so I'm a bit interested." Kaguya said, then glanced at her maid. "Hayasaka, let's go too."

"Kaguya-sama, Fujiwara-sama has already gone far ahead…" Ai reminded calmly.

"Eh? Hey! Wait for me!" Kaguya turned her head toward Chika's already distant figure.

"Umu, I'd like to check out some of the activities. Kuroneko-shi and Kiririn-shi, what do you think?" Saori adjusted her big glasses.

"It's fine, but I wonder if there will be anything fun." Kirino said, glancing around.

"Mwahaha, we'll find out by looking, won't we?" Saori said with a smile, hands on her hips. "What do you think, Ayano?"

'Ayano? Is this a sign of familiarity?' Ayano raised an eyebrow, then smiled and shook her head. "I'm good with anything. Anyway, no matter where we start, we'll probably end up exploring the whole festival, right?"

"In that case… Let's go, de gozaru~!"

With that, Saori's group set off.

Seeing all of these, the remaining people looked at each other, smiled, and then split into smaller groups to head toward their own points of interest.

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"Ahh~! Homuhomu-senpai, welcome!"

Yui excitedly greeted Homura.

Ritsu waved at Homura with a smile, and Mio also nodded in his direction.

"So, how's the practice going?" Homura asked with a smile.

At his question, the expressions of the four of them grew serious.

'I knew it…'

Homura facepalmed and shook his head helplessly.