Chapter 231: Is This Your Relative?
Oosaka Taiga didn't stay for dinner that night because Kushieda Minori would be back in the evening, and she planned to go see her friend.
So dinner once again reverted to just Kaede and Eriri.
After dinner, Eriri took out the electronic scale she hadn't used in a while, stepping on it and saying, "Is it wrong to weigh myself right after eating?
But I've been exercising lately, so it should have some effect, right?"
Then, Eriri saw the display on the electronic scale.
43KG.
Upon seeing it, Eriri breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank goodness, thank goodness.
Excluding the dinner I just ate, it should be even lighter.
Hehe, it seems there's some effect after all.
My physical fitness is slowly improving, and I haven't been dieting for any meal.
Maintaining my weight at this level is perfect."
Eriri used to be quite concerned about her weight, always wanting to be a little lighter, a little lighter.
However, after seeing Oosaka Taiga today and secretly asking her current weight, Eriri felt that her current height and weight were quite standard, and there was no need to lose more weight; just maintaining it was fine.
Oosaka Taiga's weight, although she was shorter, was excessively light.
Eriri felt, looking further ahead, that with Oosaka Taiga's weight, even having children in the future seemed quite risky.
Mm, it wasn't an exaggeration; she genuinely felt it was quite risky.
What? You ask how Eriri knew?
Well, you'd have to look at her phone and computer browser history...
It was Monday again, a school day.
After waking up with Kaede in the morning, she exercised for a while on the treadmill at home, then took a shower.
While blow-drying her hair, Eriri said to Kaede, who was brushing his teeth beside her, "Kaede-kun, we absolutely must go to the zoo this week!
Because of the Cat and some other messy things, we haven't made it yet.
I definitely want to go before it gets completely cold."
Spitting out the toothpaste foam from his mouth and rinsing several times, Kaede said, "Okay, this time we'll clear our schedule in advance and try to go out and play for a day on Saturday, how about it?"
"Great!"
After washing up, Eriri ate breakfast while holding her phone, confirming her schedule for the week.
"Hmm... I have to meet Editor Izumi on Friday, and then Saturday and Sunday are free. This time, I hope we don't run into anyone else, just the two of us."
"...Eriri, the more you say things like that, the more likely you are to jinx it, didn't you forget?"
"Uh... Did I really forget?" Putting down her sandwich, Eriri said seriously, "Kaede-kun, you don't think that after I said that, we'll really run into someone, do you?"
"You never know. It's a matter of probability. Unless you can accurately know what everyone we know will be doing and where they'll be on Saturday."
"Hmm~~~ Well, forget it. If we run into someone, we run into someone. At most, we'll just say hello. I don't think anyone would bother us."
Eriri had a point. Among their friends, even Takasu Ryuji, who had low emotional intelligence, wouldn't come over and be a third wheel when he saw the two of them on a date.
Ah, Machida Sonoko might. Because she might feel jealous after seeing them, and then come over to stir up trouble.
But on second thought, Machida Sonoko wouldn't go to the zoo alone, so it was fine.
Eating breakfast with anticipation, Eriri also said: "Hmm, we're going out to play, so I need to dress up nicely. Kaede-kun, after school today, let's go to the mall first. It's time to buy autumn clothes, and you haven't bought new clothes for your wardrobe in a while, Kaede-kun!"
"Buy clothes?" Kaede didn't have much thought about clothes. Most of his original clothes were chosen by his mother, and now Eriri had taken over. Fortunately, Eriri's taste in clothes was quite good, so Kaede was very relieved.
"Then let's go."
Seeing Kaede agree, Eriri immediately happily searched on her phone to see which brands of men's clothing had released new styles recently.
After breakfast, the two left for school. Today, there wasn't a large group of people going to school together like before; it was just Kaede and Eriri all the way.
However... just after getting off the train and not walking far, their path was blocked by a petite figure.
"Hmph hmph, I finally ran into you again!"
Wearing a nearby middle school student's uniform, with long twin tails being swung back and forth in her hand, the blonde girl stared at Eriri with a smile.
"Uh..." Eriri really didn't expect to meet the girl she had accidentally seen yesterday again. And judging by the look of it, the other party had specifically waited here.
"Excuse me, is there something you need?"
Looking at Eriri, the girl said triumphantly, "You've been hiding for so long, but you still exposed yourself yesterday. Come, show me your true power! We need a strong person with special abilities like you!"
"...Huh?"
Eriri looked at the girl in front of her with a blank expression, clearly unable to keep up with her rhythm.
Kaede, on the other hand, looked at the girl with interest and said to Eriri, "Eriri, is this your relative?"
The same blonde hair, the same twin tails, it was no wonder Kaede would ask that.
"Of course not!"
After a loud rebuttal, Eriri pulled Kaede's arm and whispered in his ear, "Kaede-kun, I met this child yesterday morning when I was returning from buying groceries. She, well, you can tell at a glance she's a Chuunibyou. She probably gave me some kind of setting!"
Kaede suddenly understood, and said with a smile, "So that's it. I almost thought my Eriri was actually some kind of psychic girl in secret."
"No way! How could there be such a boring setting!!!"
After denying it with a blush, Eriri looked at the girl in front of her and said to her seriously, "Although I don't know why you're saying this, I really don't get any of your settings. Instead of blocking me here, why don't you hurry to school? And don't block us anymore."
After speaking, she patted the girl's head and walked past her with Kaede.
Watching the two leave, the girl muttered, "As expected, I can't do it alone. I must find Evil Gods True Eye! Only Evil Gods True Eye can truly awaken her!"
Saying that, she turned and walked towards the other side, which was the direction of her school, and at the same time took out her phone and dialed a number.