Published at 16th of December 2018 08:23:19 AM
Chapter 2.5
2: In a party with only one low level member, only that person will level up a lot . PART 5
TL: ntsugu
TLC: learning2tl
ED: N/A
The four us used the escalator and went down all the way to the first floor . Hinami and the others were saying things such as 「Man~ I bought something nice~」, 「I wonder where we should go next?」, and 「Ah, Tomozaki, what are you going to buy?」 . I ended up replying half-heartedly with, “Ah, hm . ” I wasn’t paying attention .
The feeling of excitement from earlier was still lingering in my mind .
Perhaps having sensed something strange about the way I was acting, Hinami suggested,「I guess it’s hard deciding . For now, how about we take a quick break at Starbucks or something? I’m tired!」in a playful tone of voice . To which Izumi replied with,「That sounds great! I feel like having a green tea frappuccino!」 . The words didn’t really enter my head .
I hadn’t looked like a gross otaku .
I hadn’t instantly recognized that figure as my own . Just as I was thinking ‘well there’s a student with their appearance all nice and tidy ── riajuu go explode!’, I had come to the realization that it was actually me .
Even I was fully aware that it was ridiculous for me to feel this way, or rather, that it was nothing too impressive . After all, I had precisely followed what Hinami had taught me about the use of correct postures and expressions, so it wouldn’t have ended badly . My eyebrows and hair had been handled by an expert in the field and an aspiring expert, so the results would obviously be good . As for the clothes, I had simply copied the outfit from a fashionable mannequin at a fashionable clothing outlet .
As a result, regardless of how bad the qualities of the target person might be, it would not have made sense for the result from the combination of those factors to be terrible .
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However, I was happy .
I had changed enough for my sister to ask me if I had read an Escape Otaku-ism book . Mizusawa had told me that the way I spoke had become more cheerful . Those kinds of things had happened . And I had also felt delight each time, realizing that I had changed . Even so…
A clearly visible change . A sense of accomplishment .
Such a trivial feeling had made a deep impression on me, to a degree even I found unexpected .
｢What’s wrong, Tomozaki-kun?｣
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｢Hinami…｣
Walking over to my side, Hinami called out to me . There was no way I could tell her those feelings under our current circumstances anyway, so I merely shook my head and said,「It’s nothing . 」
Hinami didn’t appear convinced, but she switched her expression right away…
｢We’re leaving, you know?｣
Then called out to me with her usual fabricated voice .
｢Sorry, coming!｣
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I replied to Hinami in a voice as extroverted and cheerful as I could manage, then began to walk .
And then, once again, I lined up next to Hinami .
｢I’m going to do my best from now on, too . ｣
｢Eh?｣
Then whispered in a voice that only Hinami walking beside me could hear .
Hinami seemed to have trouble understanding the meaning of my words . ‘But it’s fine that way’, I thought .