It's so big!
So people who live in houses like these do exist in real life.
I definitely feel out of place here.
Why did we have to come someplace like this?
Because you haven't done one bit of your summer vacation homework.
In that case, let's call Rusian over, too.
It's better if we have everyone do this together.
We can't have a boy here if we're having a sleepover.
If Rusian can't be here, why does she get to?
You called?
I didn't call! I didn't call!
This is a chance for you to get to talk to people without Nishimura.
Nanako would be a perfect practice partner, right?
What good is using the final boss to practice with?!
Learn by dying!
Bring on the zombie attacks!
I can hear everything you're saying, you know.
Let's be friends, Ako-chan.
Rusian!
Please save me!
I thought if we stayed over, we would get along better?
Welcome home, mistress.
Mm-hmm.
These are my friends!
Please take good care of them.
Actual friends?
The mistress has finally made friends?
Our long-awaited wish has at last come true!
W-Would you cut that out?
It's all right, Master.
It goes for me, too.
I don't need your support pity!
Come, let's be off.
I've never seen a real maid before.
They actually exist, huh?
She's not a real maid.
Huh?
When we heard that the mistress was having friends over...
...we rushed to have these made up.
Then this is just cosplay, isn't it?
"Just" is a rude thing to say!
That is a full-fledged maid's outfit, with attention paid to its material, design, and practicality.
If you would like, I could have some made for all of you anytime.
Do you mean it?
Don't take the bait.
This is my room.
It's ten times as big as my room.
There's another room in here.
What is that?
That is my computer space.
You're not a day trader, you know...
Let me at it.
I'll earn 100,000,000 in seconds!
This is what I want to be!
You would never be able to master it.
It's simple.
I have the game up on this monitor.
On here, I'll have the strategy guide site open, if I need it.
I can't hear you! I can't hear you!
And once I check the chat window, I'm all set!
Well, shall we start our homework?
See? Simple, right?
I can't take it anymore!
How have you forgotten most of what we did during 1st Term?
I left it alone for about a month, and now it's dry and withered, kupo.
Withered...?
Master, where is the bathroom?
Go out that door, and it will be the fifth room.
I need to use it...
Ah, I'm coming, too!
No, that won't be necessary.
What won't be necessary?
I just need to go, too.
Yeah, Nanako, go with her.
If we leave her alone, she might make a run for home.
I wouldn't run away!
There's no way we can trust you.
Mm-hmm.
Come on, let's go, Ako-chan.
Okay, let's go back.
I'm going to go search around for a little bit first.
Are you sure we should be walking around on our own?
Well, my gamer's sense of adventure is whispering to me...
...that I should reveal the map here!
Can't be helped then, huh.
If I leave you alone, Ako-chan, you'll run away.
I wouldn't do that...
W-What's that?
I wonder if I should have let the two of them go.
Schew-chan is just a pig, so she doesn't get hard stuff.
Don't be so immature.
Those two are such polar opposites.
You might be surprised how well that helps them get along.
You think that's how it is?
This looks like just the kind of place that has hidden items!
If they're hidden, we shouldn't be looking for them.
Look at that!
That book looks like it's rigged somehow!
This isn't a game, nothing is going to happen.
There's something here, all right!
Huh?!
Let's inspect the treasure!
An album?
Indeed...
I see you found it.
This is a Goshouin Family treasure.
Mistress Kyou's growth is chronicled in this album.
W-Why was it hidden?
Because the mistress would be embarrassed.
Now that you have seen it,
there is no other choice but for you to become members of the society of the mistress's admirers!
We're already in a guild!
One is enough for us!
P-Please stay away!
Did you just hear the other two?
They must be up to something, huh?
If Nishimura were here, he'd know what to do.
At times like this, you value Rusian, don't you?
Is that so weird?
Usually, Schwein, you treat Rusian like some kind of insect.
If he were to hear you, he'd be surprised.
Huh? Really?
Is that how I usually strike you?
Huh?
During class, I may be a little harder on him,
but I'm not like that in the club, am I?
You don't think I'm ill-natured toward Nishimura, do you?
That's not at all the way I mean it.
No, I guess I had the wrong idea.
Schwein, you're a good kid.
Mm-hmm.
Why are you saying it like that?!
What do you mean?!
Don't worry.
Rusian understands you.
Somebody help us!
Just a moment, please, ladies!
Act now, and I will even throw in some detergent!
That was a close call.
Ako-chan, do you really dislike me that much?
No, it's just...
Instinctively, I can't accept you...
Inst—!
"Instinctively, you can't accept me"?!
Nobody's ever told me that before.
It's okay!
I've been told so at least five times, and it doesn't even bother me anymore!
It happens to you a lot, huh?
Still... when I say I want to be friends with you, it's the truth, you know?
O-Okay...
So then...
Where... are we?
Huh?
Master!
Where are you?!
We don't know where your room is!
Without Nishimura around, it falls to us to go and rescue her, huh?
No problem.
As the master, it's my responsibility.
Wow!
That "meow" lady is the teacher?
Right?
It's dishonest, right?
She actually did trick Rusian, after all!
If only I'd met him first...!
How long have you been under the illusion that if you met him first, you'd have beaten out Nekohime-san?
Hmph! Hmph!
In that case, I'd make him fall for me, even if I had to physically exclude her!
Hmph! Hmph!
Love, parenthesis, physical...
We'll have another incident where she brings her glitter wand into reality!
Huh?
What kind of incident is that?
That was part of my dark past.
Don't you have way too much dark past for one lifetime?
Nobody can top me when it comes to having a dark past!
Let's make some good memories, too!
Yeah.
It's summer vacation, after all.
Let's create a memory or two...
Come to think of it, what about her summer vacation homework?
Made any progress?
Tee-hee.
Don't "tee-hee" us!
Starting now, all of us will watch you do your homework!
Let's not!
"Time is already timeout."
No, you're going to do it!
Rusian!
Are you sure we should be eating without your parents here?
Of course.
Our family chef has been looking forward to this.
How does a regular household have a chef?
Why are you gripping your fork and frowning like that?
I've never had a fancy formal meal like this before!
Schew-chan, there is a lot of water in that bowl, so we all drink it together.
I-I-I know that!
We exchange cups, right?
The three of us, though our login days be different,
merely hope to retire from the game on the same day!
S-So we hope!
I doubt we're supposed to exchange cups using finger bowls.
W-We don't?!
These are here for us to wash our fingers.
You tricked me, didn't you?!
I didn't think you'd actually fall for it.
For that matter, how are you negotiating all this so well?!
I have studied it all, to be ready for whenever Rusian takes me out.
You should be studying your school work!
Now then, dinner is concluded,
so now, we all take in a bath to get ready for our pajama party.
This is an event that Nishimura could never attend if he were here.
There'd be more soapy hands to go around.
Soap?
Don't even suggest it.
It's huge!
Does a private residence need all this?!
How many people were you planning to have at once?
You may find it to be unnecessary...
...but it was decided that having a big house while having a small bathroom would be poorly balanced.
How does the size of a bathroom figure into a house's balance?
Ako-chan, let's go!
I'll be in later.
What are you so embarrassed about?
Only people with self-confidence can strut into a place like this.
I understand how you feel!
Sharing a bath with others like this does make one nervous!
I feel like my heart may leap out of my chest!
In that case, would you mind being a little less assertive?
Come on, let's go, already!
I don't want to!
Please stop!
I made a promise to Rusian that he would get to be my first!
What do you mean, your first?
Of course...
...the first claim to sharing a bath with me!
In that case, I already claimed your first time during our camp.
Th-That's right.
My first time...
You can make Rusian answer for that.
What an awful way to bring him into this.
Don't try washing anyone's hair with soap, like at camp, okay?
Huh?
Camp sounds nice.
I wish I could have gone, too.
Nanako, you're not in the club.
I'm kind of in the club.
There is an unscalable wall in between us.
There are no unscalable walls.
Normalfags shouldn't say such normalfag-sounding things.
I see an alarming discrepancy there.
This guild can be pretty unfair sometimes.
In what way?
Look!
Look!!
Look!!!
I don't know what we're looking at...
We're all people here, so why is there so much difference between us?!
It's wrong, this isn't something that should happen!
That's the way you created your character, isn't it?
You don't get to choose how to create your character in real life!
That is not true, Schwein!
With adequate exercise!
A healthy diet!
And a regular sleep schedule!
You are able to control your own figure to a certain degree!
Yes, you can make your own cuteness!
You heard her.
You failed to create any cuteness.
I don't have enough materials to make that item.
There, all done.
How does a girl who takes such little care of herself grow up so big?
I do lead an undeniably squishy lifestyle,
so my body is squishy, too.
You are indeed a bit squishy here.
Do you diet, or anything?
I'm fine as long as Rusian isn't turned off by me,
so not really!
What does Nishimura-kun prefer?
I've never asked him.
Surprisingly enough, he might be more attracted to slender girls.
N-No, he couldn't be!
Husband
I-I'll ask him!
Why are you carrying your cell phone with you?!
Who cares?
Let her make her phone call.
Okay, I'll ask him over video chat.
Sure, sure.
What?!
You're going to send video from here?!
I have to let him see, so he can verify which body type he prefers!
You're not seriously going to broadcast live from our bath!
I can't possibly let that slide!
Please don't stop me!
I'm on an important quest, to confirm Rusian's preferences!
That quest...
...is forbidden!
No way!
This will hinder the guild's workings from now on!
Stop it, Ako!
No way!
Ako-chan! Pass it!
Sette-san!
There, now it's off.
Why did you betray me?!
Sorry, I'm not really sure what you're talking about.
Nishimura-kun didn't answer.
If he had, it would have been a huge disaster.
Nice of him to read the situation.
It's easy to see how thoughtful Rusian is.
Without him, you are out of control.
I was only going to show myself.
That's not what the problem is!
What kind of bed is this, where we can all sleep in it together?
Today has been one long stretch of culture shock, huh?
Anyone would think so, right?
Perhaps,
but up to now, no one has ever had the chance to tell me so.
You are the first guests I've ever invited over to my house.
Ako, Schwein and Sette...
I really am grateful that you came.
What are you talking about?
We're friends, aren't we?
This is my first sleepover at a friend's house, too, so I'm excited.
Oh, yeah?
Are you really excited?
Sette-san, please stop that!
You all keep calling me by my nickname in the game.
Give it up.
In this club, that's what we do.
Sometimes, doing stuff like this without Nishimura can be nice.
If I'm going to sleep with others... I'd still rather it be Rusian.
You can do that after you get married.
But we are a married couple.
Say,
I'm not sure how this all works...
Ako-chan, what has your thinking always been?
You're only married in the game,
but you say that you and Nishimura-kun are a couple.
I was just wondering what your thoughts were.
You mean about Rusian?
Right, right.
You don't consider yourselves married in real life, right?
Hmm...
How can I put it?
That's a scary question you ask.
Is it?
Haven't any of you ever asked her?
We were too afraid to ask.
Listen.
If you gaze into the abyss...
...the abyss also gazes back into you!
Ruuusssiiiaaannn...
"Abyss"?
Well then...
Please picture this.
Let's say that you, Sette-san and Schew-chan, were to get married.
Why?!
Just supposing, just supposing!
Then, as a couple, you were to start playing Legendary Age.
And then...
There's a bonus if we get married,
so why don't we get married in the game, too?
No, real life and net games are different things,
so we can't get married.
What do you think if that were to happen?
That may be one way of thinking,
but isn't that a little weird?
They're already a married couple,
so there's no reason for them not to get married.
You wouldn't want to marry someone else in the game.
That would be cheating, right?
Right?
What to do?!
I think... I might understand a little bit how Ako feels!
It's not something I should get, and yet I think I kind of do!
Oh, no!
We've been tainted by Ako!
Just remain calm!
And I tried so hard to think up an example!
Aren't you being a bit mean?!
You're the one who's being mean!
Stop brainwashing us, will you?!
How does Nishimura-kun always deal with Ako-chan like it's nothing?
I know!
Let's call Rusian!
He should be able to do something!
Yeah!
We really do need Nishimura on this!
Save us, Nishimura-kun!
Rusian!
Everyone is being mean to me!
Thank goodness you're here!
Please, we really need you!
I'm begging you!
We can't handle this alone!
Save us!
Huh?
I thought we would do our best at the culture festival?
We didn't run into Rusian all day, so I didn't get enough Rusian!
Ooh, Rusian! Rusian! Rusian!
Now, now, Rusian may not be here, but I am, aren't I?
I don't want you!