Thinking this in her heart, Kasumigaoka Utaha took her novel from Miyauchi Hikari's hand and wrote a few lines of blessing on it.
At the same time, she also pretended to casually ask the two of them.
"Are you biological siblings? Did you come with that pair of sisters in front?"
Being mentioned on this point, Miyauchi Hikari was immediately in the mood to explain.
She first seriously used the title "senpai" to address Kasumigaoka Utaha, telling her that the two of them were actually juniors one school year younger than her.
Then Miyauchi Hikari continued to explain that she was actually the older sister, and Miyauchi Hikage was the younger brother.
Finally, she said that the Shiina sisters were her current neighbors and also very good friends, and that it was the two of them who had suggested the Shiina sisters come to this book signing.
Listening to Miyauchi Hikari basically spill all her secrets with just a casual normal attack from the other party, Miyauchi Hikage couldn't help but cover his forehead.
The expression on Kasumigaoka Utaha's face also looked a little subtle.
So that Shiina Mashiro hadn't originally thought of coming to her book signing. It was all because of the instigation of this junior from her own school that she had come?
Wait, a junior from the same school?
Kasumigaoka Utaha suddenly thought of a possibility. She looked at the Shiina sisters, who were chatting with Katō Megumi not far away, and then asked Miyauchi Hikari about her relationship with Katō Megumi.
After getting the answer that they were deskmates and best friends at school, Kasumigaoka Utaha felt that everything could be explained.
So the reason she and Katō Megumi know each other is because you acted as the glue in the middle.
At this moment, Kasumigaoka Utaha also couldn't help but feel what the mysterious person had mentioned in the diary: because this world had integrated too many stories, the characters of these stories might also have their respective fates changed because of their interactions with characters from other stories.
Katō Megumi had met this girl named Miyauchi Hikari at school, and then through her, she had met her neighbor, Shiina Mahiru, and then through this line, she had had an interaction with Shiina Mashiro.
Thinking that Katō Megumi and Aki Tomoya were originally classmates, and also classmates of this young girl in front of her, relying on this relationship, Shiina Mashiro might really be able to get Aki Tomoya's consent.
Probably the only one whose consent would be difficult to obtain was that loser heroine, Eriri.
But thinking about it carefully... Eriri's side didn't seem that important.
In the manga, having her as a strong love rival was already enough. Why did they have to stuff in an Eriri who looked like a loser heroine at a glance?
She shook her head, feeling that she, a loser who was slightly better off, probably shouldn't be thinking about this kind of thing.
It was better to let Shiina Mashiro figure it out for herself.
Her gaze fell on the girl in front of her, who looked a little carefree.
Could it be that this girl, who looks quite young, and her younger brother are also characters from other works?
However, after thinking for a moment, she didn't take this matter to heart.
The other party hadn't gotten a diary. It was fine to just treat her as an ordinary junior.
Perhaps she could even, through this seemingly easy-to-talk-to junior, learn about the movements of Katō Megumi and Shiina Mashiro?
Keeping this thought in her heart, Kasumigaoka Utaha's attitude towards Miyauchi Hikari became much better.
As for her attitude towards Miyauchi Hikage, she was a good deal better than an ordinary reader, but she didn't say much, just simply asked about his class.
After knowing that his class had neither Katō Megumi nor Eriri, she gave him a polite smile, then signed the copy of Koisuru Metronome in his hand and offered a blessing for his academic success.
It seemed that after being tortured by his diary for several days, the current Kasumigaoka Utaha really didn't want to have any more scandals with boys and just wanted to focus on her career.
Of course, there was also the matter of finding the whereabouts of the mysterious person and seeing what his background was.
It was just a pity that he was standing right in front of Kasumigaoka Utaha now, and she hadn't noticed any problem, and couldn't even sense his special physique like Katō Megumi and Shiina Mashiro could.
It seemed that in terms of talent for ripple breathing, Kasumigaoka Utaha probably really didn't have much talent and was completely relying on that so-called Reading Value to improve.
Thinking this, Miyauchi Hikage was also happy and relaxed, no longer needing to put on any disguise.
After saying thank you to her with a grateful expression, the group, having gained a lot, left the scene of the book signing with several copies of the novel with Kasumi Utako's autograph.
"Kasumigaoka-senpai seems quite gentle. She's completely different from the cold and aloof appearance she had when she gave her speech at the entrance ceremony," Miyauchi Hikari said, flipping through the novel in her hand, looking quite excited.
It was as if she felt she had obtained a secret of the honor student, Kasumigaoka Utaha. When she went back to her hometown for the holidays, she would have one more thing to boast about in front of her juniors and younger sister.
"You really should have gone over to say hello to Kasumigaoka-senpai, Megumi. She knew you were also a student at Toyogasaki and even specially found a bookmark, signed her name on it, and asked me to give it to you." As she said this, Miyauchi Hikari handed a beautiful bookmark to Katō Megumi on the side with some regret.
Katō Megumi took the bookmark with some confusion.
On it was written a single line of words.
"I hope you can still be the female protagonist of your own story."
"Still?"
Why would Kasumigaoka-senpai use the word "still" here? Is there some deeper meaning in this?
Katō Megumi didn't quite understand what the words on this bookmark meant, but she still carefully put away the gift the other had given her and decided that no matter what, she would buy a copy of her senpai's novel as a sign of support.
"Alright, we've gotten the autographs. The only thing left is to buy manga for Mashiro-san. You guys can give her some ideas. I'll go and find my two friends first," Miyauchi Hikage said to the few girls, explaining his plan for later.
After buying manga with Shiina Mashiro, he would have to leave to buy filming equipment, otherwise, there wouldn't be enough time.
But he could still treat everyone to a good meal at a restaurant outside for dinner.
Receiving this reply, Shiina Mashiro, who had just gotten Kasumigaoka Utaha's consent, only hesitated for a moment before nodding at Miyauchi Hikage.
But looking at her eyes, if he didn't show up for dinner, the other party might directly have Miyauchi Hikari call him.