Living Normally In An Abnormal World - Chapter 96: Friends, Welcome! Part 1

Chapter 96: Friends, Welcome! Part 1

A certain person was appearing in a live variety show.

“Hello!”

“How do you do?”

One of the National Treasures, Toudo Satoru, and next to him, Toudo Haruki, smiled and waved.

This time, the plan was to invite their friends and the friends of the guests, and to expose all sorts of things. Those who intended to watch could sense that this would cause great harm to one person in particular.

“Now, our first guest is… Grauzer!”

I knew it.

“You piece of trash!”

Those were his first words upon appearing. He didn’t wave and averted his gaze from Satoru. It was easy to understand that he didn’t want to come and be made fun of. Even though he wasn’t being teased, he raised his middle finger at the camera. This is not good for education.

“Is something wrong?”

“I was told nothing and thought I’d play a game as usual, but suddenly I was told to go out and was brought to the studio. Listen to my feelings. It’s a live broadcast, you know? If it were a shoot, I’d do a rehearsal and get a sense of the flow, but being told to just be myself without a script is a bit unkind, don’t you think?”

“Be quiet and go over there!”

“You bastard, I’ll kill you later!”

He was threatening the host with his finger pointed at her face, but his footsteps were heading towards the seat he had been shown. The fact that he didn’t leave the studio showed the breadth of his character.

“If Mom and I are going to appear on this show, Dad has to be here too!”

“Shut up, say something!”

“I’m sorry, dear.”

“You spoil Satoru too much.”

“Hey, stop with the husband and wife comedy! The comment section is getting out of hand!”

“Shut up, my emotions are all over the place.”

“Let’s move on to the next guest!”

Then, the next person to appear was Agrius Filia Brezin, known as the “Sea Spirit,” and his mother, Adriana Filia Brezin.

“Hmm, nice to meet you.”

“Everyone, how do you do?”

I wanted to point out that this was just like his usual stream, but this was just the warm-up act for the warm-up act, which was scary.

From here on, even more crazy people were going to gather, so the viewers tightened their focus.

“I think a regular stream would have been fine.”

“Yuu– Dad! it’s better to call your friends on a show than a stream.”

“Uhm, Agrius, you don’t have to imitate him, you know?”

“You said I can call you whatever I want to.”

“Dear, let Agrius do whatever he likes.”

“Aren’t you also spoiling him a bit too much??”

“As I said, stop with the husband and wife comedy! The comment section is in chaos!”

“Frankly, it’s my business what I do with women.”

“You’ll get stabbed by a woman someday!”

“Haha, hospital life isn’t so bad? Except for the long-term live stream for a week course.”

“I’m happy if I could watch that, but it’s a bit complicated that I can’t watch it all in real time. I can’t take a day off.”

“Hey, Satoru! You’re being criticized!”

“What?”

“You!”

The female host of the show was giving him a fierce comeback.

The venue was filled with laughter, and the atmosphere was changing for the better.

“Well, this is the warm-up act so far. Greetings should be unnecessary, since you all meet often anyway. However, from here on is the real Friends, Welcome! Our true first guest is… Tachibana Erina-sama!”

He made a stupid sound, “Huh?” and showed a foolish face through his mask. After all, Erina hadn’t said anything to him.

Their relationship was, to put it bluntly, that of a master and disciple. Also, for some reason, he was a candidate as her fiancé. However, this was only known to fans who knew the truth and the nobility, and there was no way for the general public to know of it.

“How do you do, everyone.”

He was panicking, thinking, “What should I do?” when Erina waved elegantly at the camera. But immediately, she looked at him. Although her expression was not visible, they felt a little cute about her panicked appearance. And they were very curious to see how he would handle himself in this situation.

“How do you do, Ta…”

“It’s Erina?”

“Yes, Erina.”

He decided to act politely towards her, as if he didn’t want to spread their relationship to the public. However, Erina hated this polite behavior. She would have allowed him to call her “Erina-san,” but not “Tachibana-san.”

“Umm, what is your relationship?”

“She’s my master.”

“Oh, I see.”

“My disciple always takes care of me.”

“Grauzer, you have too many friends in the VIP category don’t you!?”

“That’s right!”

“Erina-sama, you are in the friend category of Adriana-sama and Haruki-sama right!?”

“I’m his acquaintance as his master.”

The madman who gave him his unlimited stamina was exposed, and it was time for the next guest.

“Well, let’s go on! The person who is the counterpart of Tachibana Erina-sama is this person, Yamazaki Shiori.”

“I am honored to be introduced. I am Shiori.”

He was worried, thinking, “Is this going to be okay? Will she fight with Erina?” But Shiori was easily introduced and she simply sat down.

“Were you surprised?”

She said this in a small voice, so she was also a deliberate offender.

He didn’t answer with his mouth, but nodded twice.

“By the way, do you know Grauzer?”

“We have a family-like relationship with him.”

The host also realized this and tried to delve deeper into their relationship, but a bomb was dropped. It wasn’t wrong, but her personality was bad because she didn’t simply answer that they were friends.

“Including me, he is always kind to my daughters. I think we have a good relationship that would definitely make other people jealous.”

“Shiori-sama, could you stop with the intimidation?”

“Fufufu”

“That’s why you’re called a bad woman, Shiori.”

“I don’t want to be told that by you, Elina.”

“Says the person who still keeps making trouble even now.”

“I’ll return that statement to you, co-conspirator?”

“Hey, call the next guest! If we let this continue, it will be bad!”

He stood up at this statement, cut between the two, and asked Erina to move one seat over so that he could sit between them. “Calm down, huh?” he whispered to the two, and after a brief glare, they turned away.

“Well, our next guest is… the charismatic fashion designer, Sakata Luna-san!”

“Hello, I’m Sakata Luna! Nice to meet you! Chu!”

The person who appeared with a flying kiss towards the camera was Sakata Luna, whom he had known for six years. She was his only romantic counseling partner, and he trusted her so much that he would simply describe her as a best friend.

However, she was their spy.

After a brief greeting, she threw a flying kiss at him.

He stood up from his seat and, with his index and middle fingers stretched out, threw a flying kiss. Then, he pointed his finger at her and walked towards Luna. The two faced each other and exchanged high fives before walking back to their seats.

Also, there was no conversation between them during this time.

Their completely unbothered behavior left everyone else stunned.

“Hello, I’m his best friend..”

“She’s my best friend too.”

“Ah, I see~”

“By the way, I learned makeup from Luna.”

“Wow~”

The host was also getting tired of making comebacks.

“And next up, we have the incredibly popular game streamer, Ricchan!”

“Ugh, I knew it… I’m totally out of place, aren’t I? I just want to go home already.”

“That’s not true! Now, please allow me to introduce you as one of Grazer’s friends!”

With a pale face, Rin was holding her stomach with both arms, feeling a sharp pain just from being with this royal group. Internally, she was thinking, We’ve only known each other for a few months, though, as she couldn’t help but silently complain. However, ever since they met, Rin had often been invited to play games during Satoru’s streams to balance out the number of players, and sometimes she would even invite him to play. So, in terms of being a friend, it was more than enough.

Moreover, since she was a real-life friend of his, both of their impressions of Rin were good even before they met, and during their calls, they didn’t ask her any deep or intrusive questions about her personal life. She quickly earned the trust of both of them.

“Ricchan, are you okay?”

“U-um, I’m fine.”

“If you’re not feeling well, please let me know.”

“Thank you, um… Grauzer.”

Feeling responsible for making her come here, he walked up to Rin and offered her kind words. Taking her hand, he led her to her seat, and the viewers were confused, thinking he was a dark horse. Since Rin was being treated the most kindly, it was not strange for her to be misunderstood.

Without knowing about the viewers and others, he took a candy on a stick from the pouch attached to his waist.

“If you put something sweet in your mouth, you’ll feel a little better.”

“I feel your kindness.”

“Ricchan, I’ll give this to you.”

“Thank you, Satoru-kun.”

“Around you, people say what they want, but Ricchan is our friend. And this.”

“Agrius-kun is also kind.”

She was given a bag of cookies from Satoru.

Agrius gave her a bag of gummy candies.

It seems that boys these days carry small snacks with them.

Rin, who had been treated kindly by the three boys, realized something.

As an girl, she understood. She realized that the gazes around her were filled with jealousy, murderous intent, and malice. Rin, who was experiencing a pseudo-harem experience, was met with a cold gaze from the public.

“I’m not doing anything wrong.”

“Yeah, you’re right.”

Finally, the live broadcast began with the cast assembled.

Unfortunately, with each appearance, more and more information about him was revealed.

“It’s definitely strange that I’m being exposed like this.”

“There are too many drawers that can be opened.”

“Originally, it was your bad habit not to open it, um… Dad.”

“I don’t care, it’s your fault for being talkative. Be like Luna-san and keep your mouth shut. Right, Luna-san?”

“Umm, yeah, that’s right!”

“?”

Indeed, her mouth was hard.

However, she was passing on the voice recorder she had recorded. Luna, who had been given too much trust, felt a sense of guilt creeping up her back. However, she acted as if nothing had happened with a steel mind.

Erina and Shiori, who knew this, were the leaders of the act of betraying his trust.

Yuuto, who didn’t even suspect that it was being leaked, began to sweat from his forehead. Taking out a handkerchief, he wiped the sweat from his forehead. He hoped that this conversation would end soon and maintained his composure.

The broadcast was still in its early stages.