"I want to leave the room..." Sagiri whispered softly in Rin Ito's arms.
"What did you say? Your voice is too quiet, I can't hear you!"
"Help me... I want to leave the room." Sagiri's voice was slightly louder.
"Leave what room what?"
"Help me! I want to leave the room!" Sagiri said in a voice louder than her normal speaking volume.
"You want to leave the room? You want me to help you? Then what should you call me?"
"Coach! I want to leave the room!"
"Good! That's the spirit!" Rin Ito gently pushed Sagiri away, heavily patted her shoulders with both hands. "Since you called me 'Coach', Sagiri, I will take full responsibility for your training to leave the house. When the time comes, I, your Coach, will take you to an anime convention and take you to buy doujinshi. How about that?"
Rin Ito calling himself a "coach" wasn't because he had some special method. Sagiri couldn't leave her room not because of a physical problem but a psychological one. The fact that she herself had the desire to go out was already half the battle won. However, just having the desire wasn't enough. He needed to give her a goal, such as what she would do after going out.
"Mmm!" Sagiri nodded heavily.
But going to an anime convention wasn't a specific enough goal. Rin Ito needed to give Sagiri a more concrete goal that could be achieved gradually, step by step, every day. There was no need to achieve it all at once. Every little bit of progress was equivalent to taking a step forward psychologically, until finally, it happened naturally... Of course, this was just Rin Ito's wishful thinking. Rin Ito had no idea what the specifics would be like later.
"But just going to an anime convention seems a bit boring... How about you draw a doujinshi to sell yourself?" Rin Ito suggested with a smile. "With your skill in drawing ero manga, Sagiri, many people will definitely love it. You can change from the undeserved title of Ero Manga Sensei to the real Ero Manga Sensei." Although Sagiri claimed not to look at doujinshi, Rin Ito didn't believe it.
Sagiri looked hesitant. She used to draw ero manga and illustrations one by one. Although she drew ero manga, they were only suggestive, not as explicit as doujinshi.
"I... I don't know anyone with such a strange name!" Although hearing the name Ero Manga Sensei made her shyly look away, selling her own doujinshi at an anime convention... Sagiri had only seen this in anime before. Her heart fluttered with excitement at the thought of being like the protagonist in an anime.
"But a doujinshi... it's not impossible." Sagiri paused. "B-but, let me tell you now, I won't be the one selling it at the booth!"
"No problem." Rin Ito smiled. "What type do you plan to draw? If it's pure love, I can promote it for you."
"Of course, Kemonomimi Lolis!!! Kemonomimi Lolis are the treasure of this world!" Sagiri exclaimed loudly. "Putting collars on Kemonomimi Girls and making them lie on the ground with their butts up, then pouring milk into their food bowls and making them lick it clean with their tongues! If your doujinshi was about a real Cat Girl, that would be great." Rin Ito's pure love doujinshi featured a girl like a wild cat, while Sagiri's fetish was Kemonomimi Lolis. They matched, but not entirely.
"You know a lot." Rin Ito looked at Sagiri with a teasing gaze. "Didn't you say you haven't read doujinshi?"
"!!!!" Sagiri's face flushed, and she nervously averted her gaze. "I... I'm an illustrator. It's normal to know a little more!"
"I see..." Rin Ito paused. "By the way, Sagiri, you can't draw things you haven't seen, right? I happen to have a Kemonomimi set at my house. Do you want to try it?"
"I! I! I! I don't want to!" After an instinctive refusal, Sagiri finally realized and showed a lecherous-old-man expression. "Did you buy a plug-in or clip-on Cat Girl set?"
"A plug-in set, of course!"
"Hehehe..." Sagiri swallowed. "We could get Megumi to come... or that girl next door. If she is willing to wear the plug-in Cat Girl set and model for us, you can tell her who I am. Hehehe..."
"Hehehe..." The two looked at each other. Rin Ito also showed a mischievous smile. "Besides her and Megumi, I also know other girls who can be models. But unfortunately, I only have one Cat Girl set that I bought for reference."
Hiss... Sagiri gasped. If she could get several girls to wear the Cat Girl set and model for her... Besides Megumi, Ami, who was very interested in doujinshi, should also be fine. As for Ami's good friend, Maki... if she found out that he planned to have Ami wear the plug-in Cat Girl set and model, she would definitely want to stop them. When that happens... Hehe, of course, they would drag her down and make her join in too!
"I'll transfer you the money. Buy a few more sets!"
"Oh, you're back. I've basically finished labeling these. The living room, study, music room, and my own boudoir have all been sorted. You, as Elf's servant, just need to move them!"
When Rin Ito returned to Elf's house next door, she had already finished labeling the luggage. She didn't wait for Rin Ito to come back to start moving; she had already begun moving things little by little herself. Although the petite, thin-armed, and thin-legged Elf couldn't move very heavy luggage, she was doing what she could.
Through these two encounters, Rin Ito realized that Elf was only chuunibyou on the surface, but in reality, she was quite considerate. For example, she would lower her voice when Mashiro was sleeping, and this time, she didn't just stand by like a spoiled young lady and dump all the work on Rin Ito.
It took both of them a lot of time to move all the luggage piled in the entryway, but they only moved the boxes into the rooms. As for arranging the items in the boxes, Elf would have to do that herself.
Sitting on the living room sofa, Elf walked up to Rin Ito with a teacup. "I'm sorry, I don't have any tea or drinks. Only water for now. You must be tired after moving so much, right?"
"I'm fine." Rin Ito took a sip of water. "By the way, the Ero Manga Sensei just sent me a message saying she agreed to meet with you."
"Really!?" Elf excitedly rushed toward Rin Ito. "Did you go see the Ero Manga Sensei just now?"
"That's right~ You guessed correctly." Rin Ito smiled, then changed the subject. "But the Ero Manga Sensei also has one condition."
"What condition?" Elf sat back down, placing her palm on her chest and saying modestly, "If it's being seen naked, that's a no-go, even if the Ero Manga Sensei is a Loli."
"No, no, no. It's for you to cosplay as a Cat Girl. The Ero Manga Sensei's fetish is flat-chested Cat Girls. She will only agree to meet you if you're willing to wear a Cat Girl set and model for her." Rin Ito blinked at the blonde Elf, a subtle smile playing on his lips.
As for the plug-in part... he would trick her into the car first!