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8: Chicken and Vegetables (torigomoku)

8: Chicken and Vegetables (torigomoku)

"... who are they?" Metaphorical question marks popped up above Ito Shunsuke as he stared at four extra baggage tagging along with one Inumaki Toge.

Himehime wanted to go to the amusement park.

Thus, Shunsuke, this slave for his sister, brought all his siblings with him. The linguaphile even extended an invitation to Toge, and when he agreed to go, Shunsuke was fired up and cooked one too many dishes.

But that was okay.

The twins and Himehime were big eaters anyway.

When they arrived at the amusement park, waiting for Toge, the four figures trailing behind the sorcerer startled the Ito siblings.

Inumaki Toge lowered his face into the collar, a bit embarrassed by this situation. He didn't expect his juniors to be so shameless and follow after him. Fortunately, the other Ito children were present as well.

He would have died from shame if it had just been him and Shunsuke.

"Torigomoku."

"Ah," the linguaphile's lips quirked up. "Your juniors? You should have said so! Isn't it more the merrier? Himehime and the twins don't mind them coming along either, right?"

"Yeah!"

"I wanna be carried by the pretty lady!" Himehime, this little face con, made grabby hands towards the only girl in the group of tagalongs.

Kugisaki Nobara, upon hearing the words of compliment from the little girl, felt her pride swell up until it was on the verge of bursting before facing her classmates with a scowl.

"I knew guys like you wouldn't be able to see a woman's beauty properly. Only girls understand girls, isn't that right?!" She directed her question to Himehime.

Of course, this little princess raised both her fists into the air, almost smacking Shunsuke who was carrying her in his arms.

"YEAH!"

Himehime pushed herself off from Shunsuke's hold and ran towards Nobara. The twins, who were the little princess' other slaves, followed after her.

Shunsuke and Toge watched at the side as the Ito siblings and the freshman sorcerers made a scene in public.

"Toge," said sorcerer suddenly felt a shiver crawl down his spine as he glanced up at Shunsuke. "Your juniors are... responsible, right? I'm not saying I don't trust you, though! They just seem so rowdy. Like the type of people who would get into trouble without even seeking for it. You get what I mean, right? Do you think it'll be okay if we take them to the amusement park like this?"

After all, the twins and Himehime were already a handful.

What if those four are just as troublesome?!

"Shake shake."

Toge patted the anxious eldest Ito on the arm, reassuring him that despite how his juniors acted, they were responsible enough not to get the little Ito children into trouble.

After a few minutes of comforting Shunsuke, this mishmash of a group finally entered the amusement park — the freshman (mostly Yuuji and Nobara) cheered when Shunsuke paid for everyone.

The Cursed Speech User shot the linguaphile a look.

"It's fine, it's fine," said a beaming Shunsuke. "It's worth spending money if our Himehime is happy. Isn't that right, Himehime?" He directed the question towards his little sister who was currently sitting on Yuuji's shoulders.