“Wakaba, it’s me, Hina. How about it? Aren’t you surprised to see me dressed like this?”
Wakaba Hiiro nodded expressionlessly, as usual.
As expected, still so cold.
But if she actually had an expression on her face, that would be a horror story.
“Then let’s hurry up and go! The anime convention starts in an hour.”
Saying this, Hina boundary-lessly grabbed Wakaba Hiiro’s wrist and walked briskly.
As expected, Wakaba neither resisted nor actively complied.
After hailing a taxi, while in the car, Hina handed the ticket to Wakaba Hiiro, and the mission reward from the sign-in system arrived as well.
[Congratulations to the host for acquiring one copy each of “Creation God’s Guide (Evil God D Exclusive)”, “Basic Conjuration Computation”, and “Basic Conjuration Control”, as well as the skills: “Magic Perception” and “Magic Control”.]
[Please note, Host, the rewards are distributed in advance. Please continue completing the task, or this system will reclaim the rewards.]
Fuck you, dog system!
Why are you like a certain dog-like white-haired person, giving me such paltry rewards?
And the Creation God’s Guide is exclusive to Evil God D?
Do you think Evil God D isn’t strong enough and needs another buff?
Are you even going to give ordinary people a chance to live?!
Forget it, scolding you won’t do any good anyway.
Magecraft?
I recall this was mentioned in the original work: after becoming a god, magic is referred to as “art” or “craft”.
Abbreviated as magecraft, it is an advanced form of magic.
However, since I am still a mortal, I’ll just leave this to gather dust in the inventory alongside Weapon Forging.
Right, I remember the original work mentioned that local gods still exist on this planet, along with magic power, so practicing magic is possible.
But it might be forbidden by the local gods, or perhaps by the planet itself.
If I recklessly use the [Magic Perception] skill…
Not to mention being discovered by Evil God D, if a local god senses it, I’ll be totally cooked.
[Rest assured, Host, you will not be discovered. With the assistance of this system, neither Evil God D nor the local gods will detect it.]
Who knew you’d actually be useful, System!
[Isn’t this all arranged by that adult anyway?] the system thought helplessly to itself.
(-ι_- )
Arriving at the anime convention, they checked the time and saw there were still about 20 minutes before it opened, yet a huge crowd was already waiting at the entrance, regardless of age.
A third of them were fans supporting various cosplayers.
“Sigh, there are so many people! How long would this line take? But luckily, the tickets I bought let us skip the line.”
“Let’s go, Wakaba, let me show you around elsewhere first.” The month-end sign-in rewards from this system really are pretty good; these two tickets turned out quite decent.
Wakaba nodded, then immediately dove into a nearby bookstore on the street to buy manga, with Hina following close behind.
Does this girl love manga that much?
Well, it’s lonely at the top.
Being an otaku might be the only way to stay unbored and relax.
Who would have thought that the bane of such an invincible Evil God D would actually be her maid?
It’s just like a 24/7 overworked employee nagging her boss to work 24/7 and take care of the company properly.
Hina picked up a random manga and started reading.
Come to think of it, this was her first time visiting a bookstore—after all, lately she was either drawing manga or changing the plot.
Soon, it was time for the convention to open.
Hina picked a few manga with good storylines, paid for them, and walked to the convention with Wakaba Hiiro.
At the convention entrance, many people were taking photos with cosplayers and handing out freebies.
Dressed as Furin Kazan Hina, she couldn’t escape it either.
Wakaba also attracted plenty of attention thanks to her looks.
In the eyes of passersby, the two of them looked just like a couple.
Just then, a pair of best friends cosplaying as Hatsune Miku and Yowane Haku set their eyes on Hina.
“Wow, Mai, look at that handsome guy in the mask! He looks so cool! Let’s hurry over and see if we can get a picture with him!”
“Ugh, Hiraya, I can tell your fangirl mode is acting up again. Come on, let’s go.”
“Um, hello cosplayer! Could we take a photo with you?”
“Ah, is that so? You’re pretty unique, little cosplayer! But girls are great too,” Mai said with a smile.
After taking a few photos, they departed.
Hina then went to look for Wakaba, who had already entered the convention venue while Jiuxin was taking photos.
Stepping into this paradise where 2D hearts met 3D gatherings, Hina was somewhat awestruck.
After all, this was her first time attending an anime convention.
She quickly found Wakaba at a book stall whose mascot was cosplaying a certain blue-clothed magical girl.
At that moment, Wakaba was picking out out-of-print manga she hadn’t read yet from the pile.
Of course, the stall owner offered a very reasonable deal: trading out-of-print manga for other out-of-print ones.
“I’m sorry, little girl, but this out-of-print manga you picked can’t be used for exchange. You can only trade four books.”
“Wait a moment! Boss, take a look at this one—I’m her friend.” Hina suddenly swooped in, pulling an out-of-print manga out of her backpack (obtained from a random sign-in).
“Let me see first… Okay, dealt! Little girl, these five out-of-print manga are yours.”
Afterwards, Wakaba stuffed five of the manga volumes into her bag and handed the sixth volume—the out-of-print manga the stall owner didn’t accept earlier—to Hina.
Hina shook her head and said,
“No thanks, Wakaba. That manga isn’t important to me. Right, we haven’t taken a picture together yet! Let me find a spot for a photo.”
“Come on, smile! Say cheese!” Saying that, Hina pressed the camera shutter.
In the photo, Wakaba Hiiro remained completely expressionless, dark and inscrutable, while Hina had a slight smile.
Beneath her mask, her cold face looked surprisingly bright and sunny.
Afterwards, Hina charged all over the venue, taking photo souvenirs with many cosplayers along the way and collecting various freebies.
Nami, Tsunade, Luffy, maid girls, Decade, Gaim, and the like.
Then she ran over to buy some merchandise as souvenirs.
Though they were quite expensive, it didn’t matter since the system had provided more than enough money.
From the heap of merchandise, Hina picked out a Hatsune Miku figure, spending 7,000 yen.
She also bought a model driver set used in Kamen Rider Gaim, along with an Orange Lockseed and a Lemon Lockseed, costing 15,000 yen.
Equipping the driver onto her waist, the Furin Kazan outfit of Crimson Slash Cangya surprisingly showed no sense of disharmony with the driver; in fact, they matched quite well.