When Shishio returned to Sakurasou, he thought this place would be rowdy because Misaki would jump around, clamoring to do something during the cultural festival.

However, everyone was quiet, and no one was talking. All of them were focused on their food.

Yet this wasn’t so surprising since he was the one who cooked the dinner. He seldom cooked on his own, but when he cooked, everyone would be immersed in the food, ignoring their surroundings. In their minds, it was only the food and themselves—no one else. The food in front of them was the only thing they thought about because of how delicious it was.

His food was so good that even if Shiro-san, Mayumi Nishikino, and Sayaka Watanabe were far away, they wouldn’t go home to Sakurasou with their might.

Even Ryuunosuke, who had always holed up, would go out to have dinner, especially when the dinner was his favorite tomato egg. It might be a simple dish from China, but it was the ultimate combination of egg and tomato, which made him even more amazed by how awesome the tomato was.

Tonight, it was a full Chinese course.

It was vibrant, colorful, and delicious, and they couldn’t stop the movement of their chopsticks.

“Hey, that shrimp is mine!”

“You’re late!”

“You bastard!”

“DIE!”

“….”

Shishio wondered whether his food could be so dangerous that it could make all of them fight each other.

However, the rest ignored the fight and continued to eat since there were many other delicious dishes on the table. It wasn’t until all the dishes were cleared up and everyone rested while patting their belly with a satisfied sigh.

If Shishio made a restaurant, they were afraid that they might visit it every day. The only problem was that they might not have money, but if they didn’t have money, it should be okay to use their bodies, right?

Naturally, this was the thought of Mayumi.

As for Shiro-san, even if he wanted to use his body, Shishio would throw him away.

On the other hand, Sayaka was relatively low-key, and she wasn’t the type who would seduce Shishio. It wasn’t that she didn’t want to since she didn’t want to have a boyfriend like him, but she just didn’t have the confidence to hold the rein around his mouth.

If he was a horse, he would be a fierce stallion that was impossible to tame.

Instead of being tamed, she was afraid that she was the one who would be tamed by him. She was scared of this, and their current relationship wasn’t bad since they were quite close to each other, like friends.

Anyway, after dinner, everyone was quiet, and they honestly washed the dishes.

Shishio didn’t help but sit on the sofa while playing the guitar lazily, thinking about a soundtrack he would use for the movie. He put his head on Shiina’s lap and thought about the song, which suited the mood of the movie.

The song was quiet and pleasant to hear, so no one said anything. They even closed their eyes and enjoyed the music.

Shiina had finished her manga and only needed to let Ayano (her editor) review the manga, so she enjoyed her time with him. She caressed his soft hair with a smile, wanting this time to continue forever.

However, a voice destroyed this harmony.

“Shishio! Shishio!”

Misaki shook his legs several times and even pressed her breaths on his face.

“…it’s still too early.”

He thought this girl was in heat, but this was too early, right?

“That’s not what I mean!”

Misaki pouted and felt that Shishio had misunderstood him. Even though she was active on the bed and often asked to do it almost every day, she wasn’t a pervert. Instead, it was because she loved him that she wanted to stay with him all the time.

“What’s wrong?”

He raised his body while looking at Misaki, who still stayed between his legs. If this was his room and wasn’t a living room, he might have misunderstood what she was about to do. Yet he had to say her appearance made him quite restless since she wore an oversized t-shirt where he could see the upper part of her breasts from the gap of her collars.

Misaki knew this, and she might have done this deliberately, so her request could be accepted by him smoothly.

He had to say, even if Misaki seemed like a stupid girl. She was full of conspiracy.

“Are you busy at this cultural festival?”

“Hmm… if I have to say, I am quite busy.”

He didn’t lie since there were many things that he had to do at the cultural festival since he had to help the literature club, service club, and even his class. While most of them were easy, there were quite a lot of things he had to do, so he was quite busy, especially when he also needed to manage his business and also took care of his women at night.

“Hey, Shishio, are you going to make a movie at the cultural festival?” Mayumi suddenly interjected.

What was she doing in her free time?

While it was cliche, she was watching a tv drama. Usually, she would watch it in her room while eating sweet pastries or snacks, which caused her weight to increase.

Anyway, leaving the part where she got fat because of food, she loved a movie, so when she heard he was going to make a movie, she was quite surprised.

“Yes.” He nodded. “Don’t forget to watch it at the cultural festival.”

“Sure.” Mayumi nodded, then asked, “So what are you going to play? Is it a romance, and you’re the main character?” If this guy wasn’t the main protagonist, then no one could play it.

“You’re not wrong, but I am dead in the movie.”

“….” Everyone.

“Cough!” He coughed and said, “Anyway, I won’t spoil the story anymore, and please watch the rest.” He then rubbed Misaki’s head gently then smiled. “Still, even if I am busy, I still have time to help you. Is there something that you want to do?”

Misaki, who had been down, suddenly jumped high and became spirited after hearing his words.

“Yes, there is something that I want to do! Everyone, please listen to me!”

She suddenly stood on the table and said with a righteous voice, “Now, men! Today is the day you have been training for!”

Still, he stood up and put a pillow near her lower body since her stripped panties were shown.

However, she didn’t care and continued with her speech.

“Now is the time for us to materialize our power of friendship and dominate the cultural festival!”

He couldn’t let this girl rampage anymore, so he held her in his arms and said, “In other words, you want to make something on the cultural festival as Sakurasou?”

“That’s right!”

“Is that okay, Chihiro-nee?” He looked at Chihiro.

“Sure, why not? But can you handle it? You have a lot of projects, right?” Chihiro asked worriedly.

He patted Misaki’s head, making her melt, and acted docile in his arms. “It’s okay. It isn’t like I will do everything, right?”

“That’s true! That’s true! We’re going to use everyone’s power to realize this! Everyone will do this together!”

“You heard that. What do you think?”

He looked at Shiina, Nanami, Ritsu, and Ryuunosuke since they were part of the Sakurasou.

“Un, I don’t mind.” Shiina nodded.

“It seems fun.” Nanami smiled.

“I don’t see a reason to reject this.” Ritsu felt this might be a chance for her to get closer to him.

Then, everyone was looking at Ryuunosuke, waiting for his answer.

“Why not?” Maybe, this was something that he had been waiting for. To make something with everyone, and they were all geniuses, so there was no need to hesitate.

“Since we have decided to do something at the cultural festival, is there something you want to do?”

Everyone had agreed, so he wondered whether Misaki had something that she wanted to do.

“How about an anime?”

“It’s good, but Ryuunosuke might not be able to show his skill.”

“Ah, that’s true!” Misaki rubbed her head, thinking about what kind of thing they should do to materialize the true power of Sakurasou. She was good at animation, Shiina was good at drawing, Shishio was good at making stories, Nanami was good at voice acting, Ritsu… Ritsu was probably good at management, right?

Lastly, Ryuunouke was good at programming.

To combine the power of everyone, they needed something they could work on together.

He was also in the middle of a thought, but suddenly the face of Sorata emerged in his mind.

“…game?”

“Game?”

Everyone was looking at him curiously.

“Well, Mashiro can draw, Misaki can manage the animation, Ritsu can help with the editing and manage everyone’s schedule, I can make the script, Nanami can take the voice jobs, and Ryuunosuke is the programmer. When we combine all of them, the best way is to make a game. What do you think?”

He had never made a game, and it was rare for him to play one, but when he thought about Sorata if he wasn’t wrong, that guy’s dream was to become a game designer. It might be part of his bad hobby, wondering what would happen if he showed a great game created by everyone to Sorata.

Still, his idea made all of them smile.

“That’s great!”

“Game! Game! Let’s make a game!”

Everyone agreed, and they discussed what kind of game they should make.

Naturally, if possible, the game should be able to be played by everyone instead of a single person.

While they discussed it, the older people, such as Chihiro, Roberta, Shiro-san, Mayumi, and Sayaka, looked at all of them and thought that this was a youth.

However, in the middle of their discussion, the wind suddenly caused the window, door, and many parts of the house to tremble and make a rattling noise.

“The wind is intense.”

“It should be an autumn storm.”

During autumn, while it was beautiful weather, a storm often appeared.

“Seriously, this weather makes it feel like something ominous is about to happen.”

“….” Shishio stared at Chihiro helplessly, but suddenly the sound of the bell ringing was heard. His nose moved slightly, and he could smell a sweet scent.

‘It’s a woman’s scent.’

“I will answer this.”

Everyone looked at Shishio in surprise and even felt suspicious.

“What’s with that gaze?”

“Is it a beautiful girl?”

“…why do you think so?”

“Isn’t it?”

“…”

“Go! Go! Don’t make the person outside wait.” Chihiro slapped his back helplessly.

“Okay. Okay.”

He walked toward the entrance of Sakurasou, but everyone also joined, following from behind.

“Wait a moment.”

He raised his voice slightly before he opened the door before a figure of a beautiful girl appeared before him. While he had seen many beautiful girls, this one was different since she was a foreigner.

“…”

His lips twitched, and he felt that the system was too amazing.