NOVEL NEXT Chapter 46
[【Regular Collaboration】Angel and Avatar #Star’s Flow#Suzuha Koga#Izumi Kainoh#Suzuizu]
[Suzuhai~ I’m the angel who wants to be praised by everyone, Suzuha Koga!]
-Suzuhai!
-Suzuhai!
“Konzu, mmm… the mood maker, it’s Kainoh Izumi.”
-Haizumi!
-Haizumi!
[Finally starting, the monthly regular collaboration!]
“Th-that’s right….”
The inevitable has arrived.
The promised monthly collaboration from the last offline collab. It was originally planned to start last month, but it was decided to begin this month for various reasons.
…It’s not all my fault.
Of course, I account for most of the causes, but Suzuha said she was busy last month too….
[Just so you know, it seems like we’ll be doing this on the third Sunday of every month.]
-So, is today just a casual chat broadcast?
[First, let’s decide on the collaboration unit name, read the MyCarrot, and then move on to chatting, right?]
Suzuha skillfully started the broadcast while looking at the chatroom.
Since it’s a collaboration broadcast, I couldn’t just sit still.
-Are we going to take turns on the broadcasting channel?
[Yes. We’re doing it on my channel now, but next month, it’ll be on Izumi’s channel.]
“Y-yeah….”
Phew. I’ve already said two sentences aside from greetings.
Isn’t that pretty good for me?
-I feel like Mei-chan is being quieter than usual today.
-Isn’t it because it’s a collab?
-That aside, she’s still quiet.
“….”
The chatroom crushed my happy little circuit in an instant.
It seems everyone thinks it’s strange.
-Did you two have a fight?
[Huh? What do you mean by that? We wouldn’t be collaborating if we were fighting, haha.]
Suzuha chuckled at the chatroom’s speculation.
“Y-yeah. We didn’t fight….”
Right. We didn’t fight.
It’s just that I’m too awkward to speak.
But think about it.
When Natsune’s one-year live ended and Suzuha came to see me.
Suzuha cried, but I cried a lot too, right?
With such an embarrassing memory, how can I have a normal conversation?
[No way. I think we need to have another offline collab, Izumi?]
“Uwaah….”
[That’s a bit too much, isn’t it?!]
I’m not the weird one.
It’s Suzuha who can smile casually, so she’s the communication monster.
[Let’s first decide on the collaboration unit name.]
“U-um, okay….”
To be honest, I thought ‘Suzuizu’ would be fine to go with, but Suzuha seemed to oppose it for some reason.
Since we’re having a regular collaboration, she wanted to come up with a proper unit name.
[What name does everyone think is good?]
-Can’t we just go with Suzuizu?
-Suzuizu rolls off the tongue well.
[That seems a bit too lacking in effort…. I want us to think of a cool name since it’s our first official unit!]
“Then, d-does Suzuha have any ideas…?”
Suzuha opposing the name ‘Suzuizu’ meant she must have something she prefers.
That thought led me to ask her.
[Well, it’s not like I have anything in particular… We just had a hard time thinking of one, okay?]
That was the reply I got.
…So, isn’t it fine to just go with Suzuizu then?
If I say that, Suzuha will definitely scold me later, so I better stay quiet.
-What about ‘Pure White Sea’?
Suddenly, I saw that in the chat.
Pure White Sea. It seems like an appropriate name since Suzuha represents the color white as an angel, and I’m supposed to be an avatar controlling water….
[P-Pure White Sea…. It does sound good, but it feels a bit lacking somehow.]
Suzuha must have seen the same chat as she expressed that thought.
And it definitely felt a bit short by 2% as she mentioned.
“White, color. Sea. Water…. Sky. S-Ky.”
Ah.
“Then, how about ‘Blue Sky’?”
Using the symbolism of ‘blue’ that represents Kainoh Izumi and that Suzuha is an angel descending from the sky.
-Why English all of a sudden?
“Well, saying it in English makes it sound cooler, right….”
It feels more impactful.
I might not be able to explain this male fantasy to Suzuha, though.
-It’s like being stuck at the maturity level of a 14-year-old boy.
-Mei-chan’s a girl though.
[Blue Sky. Blue, Sky…. Hmm. I think it sounds good. It sticks to the tongue perfectly.]
Even though the chatroom was filled with that hostility, it’s not a problem since Suzuha says it’s okay.
“S-So the collaboration unit name will be Blue Sky then….”
I said it, thinking it’s a good naming.
Maybe I’m a bit talented at naming after all.
[…Isn’t that just you writing in English by flipping the audience’s suggestion?]
Please don’t mind what I’m thinking….
★
In the end, we decided on ‘Pure White Sea’ as the collaboration unit name, which I had initially thought of in the chatroom.
I was going to go with Blue Sky at first, but upon hearing Suzuha’s words, it felt like my pride took a hit, so I canceled it.
The truth is, I don’t have any talent for naming.
…Pure White Sea.
I felt slightly disappointed at first, but after hearing it continuously, it resembles ‘Pitch Black Star,’ so I think it’s great.
[Haizumi! Suzuha!]
[Suzuh, I have a question!]
[Suzuh! What do you think of Mei-chan as a motivation?]
MyCarrot asked a lot about each other during the collab.
For my part, I was asked how I feel when Suzuha pretends to be my older sister….
Of course, if I were to answer with my true feelings like, “I think she’s cute,” it would’ve definitely made her angry, so I wrapped it up with, “Suzuha is really a reliable, cool older sister.”
Yet for some reason, Suzuha’s reaction wasn’t great.
I feel like lately, Suzuha might really be reading my thoughts, which is terrifying….
[Hmm. A cute motivation? Well, this includes the other motivations too, but since I’m the eldest, I feel like I need to lead from the front.]
“Hehe…. K-Ky looks the cutest itself….”
…Ah.
-Haha!
-It feels like something similar happened last time.
[Ha?! Are you challenging me, Izumi?!]
“I’m s-sorry! I’m sorry!”
In a hurry, I exited the Miscode call.
I didn’t even think that something like that would slip out of my mouth.
…Now what should I do?
-Does this mean the collab ends here?
-Don’t tell me haha.
[Suzuha Koga: Get back here quickly!]
“I-I’m back….”
In the end, I reconnected to the Miscode call again.
[Izumi…. Didn’t I tell you something similar last time?]
Even during the broadcast, I got scolded a lot for an hour.
★
[By the way, did you start the broadcast a bit late recently? Given the timing, is it because of the cultural festival?]
“Y-yeah. I got to help with making decorations….”
Even though the broadcast ended, Suzuha and I continued the conversation over the phone.
The embarrassment I felt last time was considerably diminished thanks to getting scolded by Suzuha earlier.
…Can I say that’s a good thing?
[But, if it’s because of the cultural festival preparations, don’t you usually stay a bit longer at school?]
“W-well, I’m in charge of making flyers, so I came home early after making simple decorations.”
Now, a week later, I’ve made about four design drafts, but each one feels a bit off.
Since they’re flyers, they need to have enough appeal to catch people’s eyes.
[Oh, I see. But when is your school’s cultural festival, Izumi? Next week?]
“Ah, y-yeah…. It’ll be held next Thursday and Friday for two days.”
Fortunately, preparation for our class’s cosplay cafe was going smoothly.
I sneaked a peek, and the costume quality was amazing, plus I had tasted the brownies we’d be selling, and they were delicious.
I think we would definitely attract a crowd on the cultural festival day.
Of course, for that, my flyer is immensely important.
Thinking of it like this, the pressure is incredible….
[Next Thursday and Friday… Do you have anything to tell me?]
“Ah, y-yes?”
Anything to say?
Hmm. Is she perhaps trying to offer some help?
Well, Suzuha has experience doing three cultural festivals in her high school.
There ought to be many areas where I could get help during the preparations.
But unfortunately, all my tasks are things I can resolve on my own.
At most, I might just want to ask her for feedback on the flyer once I’m done designing it.
“U-um, I think it’ll be fine for now….”
[…Got it. Then shall we end this call here for today?]
“A-Thanks for your hard work.”
[Yeah. I’ll contact you again tomorrow.]
With a ding, Suzuha exited the Miscode call.
…What’s this? It feels like Suzuha was a bit angry at the end.
It’s probably just unnecessary worry, right?
I mean, I didn’t do anything wrong….
★
[Yukari Akabane: Izumi, is the reason you’ve been starting your broadcasts late recently because of the cultural festival?]
[Izumi Kainoh: Ah, yeah. I got assigned to make decorations.]
What is this? It feels like I just had this conversation with Suzuha earlier.
As I was feeling this déjà vu, Yukari sent me another DM.
[Yukari Akabane: Remember the penalty we had from the bet?]
[Izumi Kainoh: Yeah. It was to treat each other to a meal, right? I was supposed to arrange the schedule….]
I was going to think about it once the cultural festival was over….
Since it could be burdensome for both of us to meet, I was considering a gift card for an expensive restaurant.
[Yukari Akabane: Sorry, but I want to change the penalty a bit.]
[Yukari Akabane: I want to invite you to your school’s cultural festival.]
“…Huh?”
Of course, we can invite a maximum of 2 people to our school’s cultural festival apart from family, but I thought I would never use that right.
Just as I thought to ask her if she was really going to change it that way, another DM from Yukari arrived.
[Yukari Akabane: It would be great if you could buy some delicious food at the festival.]
It seemed that I no longer had the right to refuse.