"How about... you two talk by yourselves?"
Izumi Chiyo blinked at Sato. She did not continue asking what exactly had happened, but no matter how one looked at it, her expression seemed rather meaningful.
Still...
Ma'am, your actions are seriously unfair!
Sato could not help complaining inwardly.
Izumi Chiyo was already a gentle-looking beauty to begin with, but after making a gesture like winking, she gained an extra touch of playfulness. Somehow, she suddenly looked even cuter, and the destructive power was enormous.
"That's probably not a good idea."
Sato hesitated before speaking. No matter what, that was still a girl's bedroom.
"Ara, it's fine. Just give it a try."
Izumi Chiyo's face was full of smiles. Like a little devil, she whispered temptingly beside Sato's ear, constantly encouraging him to act.
"If Sagiri won't let you in, then forget it. I'll talk with her properly. But if you can get inside, that would be even better."
Ma'am, there's definitely something wrong with you!
Sato looked suspiciously at Izumi Chiyo.
What kind of parent keeps encouraging people to enter her daughter's room?
Perhaps noticing his concerns, Izumi Chiyo somewhat melancholically supported her fair and beautiful face with one hand, her pale fingers slipping through her silver hair.
Perhaps because she worked as an artist, her fingers were exceptionally beautiful, slender, crystal-like, and fair.
Separately, each finger had its own beauty, like freshly washed lotus roots. Together, the hand looked like a work of art carved from white jade.
"Little Nohara..."
Izumi Chiyo spoke softly.
Sato froze for a moment before helplessness gradually appeared on his face.
Why did everyone like adding "Little" when addressing people?
"What do you think of Sagiri?"
Eh?
"Why are you asking that?"
"Mmm... she's still a little young to be a girlfriend."
Izumi Chiyo seemed not to hear Sato's question at all. Resting her face on her hand, she quietly muttered to herself while thinking.
Sato: "???"
He stared blankly at Izumi Chiyo.
Had he just heard something completely outrageous?
"Well, never mind! Hurry and go already!"
Izumi Chiyo suddenly smiled brightly and clenched her fist in a cheering gesture toward Sato.
Looking at her smile, however, Sato became even more hesitant.
Your muttering just now really made me uneasy!
"Izumi-san, did you just say something strange...?"
"Eh? Did I say anything?"
Izumi Chiyo blinked innocently.
"Fine then."
Sato immediately understood that she was deliberately playing dumb. Twitching at the corner of his mouth, he helplessly stood up and walked toward Sagiri's room.
In any case, the entire Izumi family felt kind of strange.
After he stood up, Izumi Chiyo supported her cheek and thoughtfully watched his back.
If Sagiri could get a boyfriend, maybe she could get over her shut-in tendencies?
That was what she thought inwardly.
If Sagiri had a boyfriend, then they could go shopping together...
Go to amusement parks together...
Go to Tokyo Skytree together...
Little Nohara was actually a pretty good choice, but there were just too many rivals. With Sagiri's timid personality, she probably could not win.
Although her daughter was very cute, and she had great confidence in that. Calling her the cutest in the world would not even be an exaggeration.
But the rivals were all outstanding too. In terms of looks alone, every single one of them was beautiful, and she had heard many of them were also masters at housework, excellent academically, and athletic as well.
Not even mentioning the others she had seen, just the Nishimiya girl on the second floor was already an incredibly powerful rival.
Gentle, beautiful, good at housework, considerate...
Although Sagiri, despite being a shut-in, loved cleanliness and was not bad at housework either, no matter what, she was still too young.
Middle school students dating was nothing unusual in Japan.
But compared to those older girls competing against her, Sagiri was still just a child who had not fully grown yet. From a figure standpoint, she had no real advantage.
Unless...
Little Nohara liked l𝚘lis!
Hehe!
...
Meanwhile, after reaching Sagiri's door, Sato turned around for a glance.
The moment he saw Izumi Chiyo's grinning expression that resembled a pervert's, he immediately shivered in alarm.
"..."
Sure enough, Izumi-san was definitely the main culprit behind corrupting Sagiri!
Just what exactly are you imagining?!
Your drool... your drool's practically coming out already!
Sato quickly turned his head away, no longer daring to look.
He was afraid the image of Izumi Chiyo in his mind would completely collapse.
In a daze, he suddenly thought of Eriri.
When Eriri worked on her drawings, she also often revealed this sort of pervert-like grin while giggling to herself.
Could this really be some kind of universal condition among eighteen-plus doujin artists?!
Sure enough!
Eighteen-plus doujin artists all seemed to possess at least some degree of pervert attributes.
After thinking that, he shook his head and stopped dwelling on such nonsense.
Hanging on the door before him was a pink sign that read "Sagiri's Room."
Knock knock knock!
He knocked on the door.
Sagiri, who had been standing behind the door eavesdropping for a long time, immediately panicked and hurriedly lowered her voice.
"I-I'm not here!"
Sato: "..."
He stared at the door with a strange expression.
This little girl really was adorably dumb...
Very quickly, Izumi Sagiri herself realized what she had just said.
Her face flushed bright red as she covered her mouth in embarrassment and frustration. Her cheeks were completely crimson.
I-I'm so stupid!
Leaning against the door, she sat down with her knees pulled up and buried her burning face between her legs. Her beautiful eyes were watery.
"Sagiri, I want to talk to you about the manga."
"Don't talk about that!"
"Alright, alright, we won't talk about that. We'll just talk about manga, okay? Open the door."
"No! Talk from outside!"
Sato helplessly stood outside the door and said:
"I haven't even seen the manga yet. How am I supposed to talk about it?"
"I-I'll send the manga to you!"
"Hm? How?"
The room suddenly fell silent for a moment.
Soon after, Sato noticed a slip of paper slide out from beneath the crack under the door.
Curiously, he crouched down and picked it up, only to discover that it was a LINE account ID.
Immediately, a mechanical notification seemed to flash through his mind.
"Ding! Congratulations, you obtained a little l𝚘li's LINE ID ×1."
An unexpected gain indeed!