"Mashiro, forget about this. That kind of thing is too early for you."
Izumi Chihiro had to interject.
Mashiro had always trusted him, except for some mischievous aspects, so although she had some questions, she suppressed her curiosity.
Eriri patted her chest, letting out a sigh of relief.
She finally dodged a bullet!
However, while she might be able to gloss over it elsewhere, at a comic convention, that might not be the case.
Because many of the stalls sold doujinshi manga or overly explicit fan fiction.
Mashiro's gaze was instantly drawn to a yuri doujinshi of Madoka and Homura Akemi on a stall.
"What is this…?"
She moved closer.
The two girls on the cover, leaning against each other, without any direct nudity, clearly had more allure.
"It's an untold story of Madoka and Homura Akemi from puella magi madoka magica, customer, are you interested?"
At the stall, the cosplaying girl, who had been paid by the author to sell the doujinshi, smiled.
"Mashiro, what are you holding…?"
Izumi Chihiro looked back and saw Mashiro had run off to the side, so he followed her, his gaze falling on the yuri doujinshi in her hand, and he fell silent for a moment.
Finally, he paid for the yuri doujinshi and then reluctantly explained the concept of a doujinshi.
"I see, is this what couples do? If I need to draw such scenes in the future, I suppose I can use it as a reference."
Mashiro said with an unchanging expression.
Just as she said, the girl was full of thoughts related to doujinshi; as for stimulating plotlines, there was nothing shameful in her world, at least not yet.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have appeared completely naked in front of him back then, nor would she have followed her editor's advice and used him as a reference.
"Hmm, well, this is an 18+ work, and the rating is different, so such scenes cannot appear in your debut works. You've seen other people's manga, right? They don't describe such things in detail."
"As for yuri plotlines, it's not impossible, but the tone of the work has already been set, so there's no need to add such unnecessary plotlines. Just being 'friends' is enough; don't overdo it."
Izumi Chihiro offered advice with the tone of someone experienced.
"I understand. I've learned new knowledge from Chihiro again."
With sparkling eyes, Mashiro looked up, appearing to be receptive.
After some more time, everyone felt tired, so they prepared to find a place to rest.
"A maid café."
Just then, Mashiro was the first to express her preference.
Everyone was a little surprised.
Did she want to use it for reference?
Soon, everyone understood.
"I want to go too! I want to see how the maid-san works!"
Sagiri raised both hands in agreement.
"Minalinsky, I want to find her."
Mashiro even specified a name.
"Minalinsky, Akihabara's star maid?"
Kousaka Kirino was a little surprised.
How could the aloof Mashiro know about this?
Hearing that name, Izumi Chihiro understood the reason.
Minalinsky is Kotori Minami, and as a reference for the manga, it made sense that the μ's (Muse) group would reveal this to Mashiro.
So, Mashiro's visit to the maid cafe wasn't just for reference; it was on-site research.
Everyone had no objections and chose that famous cafe.
And fortunately, Minalinsky was working today.
As soon as they went upstairs, everyone noticed a unique girl.
She had smooth, straight, ash-blonde hair with choppy ends, a left-swept straight fringe, a half-tied side ponytail on the right, a bright green bow hair tie, amber eyes, a naturally cute and beautiful face that made people feel comfortable, and a warm, sunny smile; she was a cheerful and energetic young girl.
"Is this Minalinsky? She's indeed very cute."
"A famous maid, truly living up to her reputation."
Kousaka Kirino and Makishima Saori praised her highly.
"Welcome..."
Kotori Minami had just returned from her break, ready to greet customers, but then she saw several young girls looking at her, which she found a bit strange.
Then she noticed two familiar faces.
"Is that Mashiro and Izumi-sensei?"
She asked in surprise.
Izumi Chihiro raised a finger and made a'shush' gesture.
"We'd like a private room, please."
"Oh, oh, customers, please come this way."
Kotori Minami wasn't stupid; she gestured for everyone to enter the private room.
This way, they wouldn't have to worry about their identities being exposed.
"Mashiro and Izumi-sensei, what brings you here?"
Kotori Minami asked.
"We came to see the comic convention, Mashiro suggested it."
Izumi Chihiro explained.
"I wanted to see you work with my own eyes."
Mashiro added.
"I know, it's for the manga, right? I can cooperate with Mashiro."
Kotori Minami showed great enthusiasm.
Because of the manga, μ's (Muse)'s popularity had soared, which she was very grateful for.
"Ah, ah, I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Kotori Minami."
She then worried about neglecting the others, so she turned to introduce herself.
"Chihiro, don't you have any explanation to offer?"
Eriri glared at him.
"Actually, it's because of Maki..."
Izumi Chihiro recounted the story.
Kani Nayuta and Sagiri weren't surprised at all, because they had also gone to see μ's (Muse)'s performance last time, they just hadn't been introduced to each other then.
"So that's how you met."
Eriri also remembered; there was indeed such an incident.
Afterward, everyone made brief introductions.
Today's main focus was Mashiro's observation; the others didn't interfere but discussed their gains from the day.
Until someone called for Minalinsky.
"Sorry, I have to go to work now; let's chat after I finish."
Kotori Minami said apologetically.
"It's already enough."
Mashiro didn't mind at all.
After she left.
"Chihiro, why didn't you ask Minalinsky for an omurice magic spell? It would be very appealing, such a cute maid."
Eriri rested her chin on her hand, looking at him askance.
This was clearly a trap.
"Haven't we tried that before? It's not very interesting."
Izumi Chihiro replied nonchalantly.
"Of course, if Eriri were to do it, that would be different."
He emphasized again.
Eriri's posture immediately straightened, she tapped the table with her finger, looking embarrassed, and said, "You want the Sawamura family's young lady to be a maid? Don't daydream, okay?"
However, with just a slight association, the doujin-style art immediately dominated her mind!
Eriri secretly thought, This is bad.
She couldn't help but fantasize about that scene, herself like a servant, being bullied and humiliated...
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