Chapter 263: Mom's New Hobby
Eriri's skill level in first-person shooter games, how should I put it... If you let her hold a position or fight a stronghold battle, maybe she'd be fine, but in an encounter battle, that girl would definitely choke.
Plus, they were still chatting, so just like Kaede and Ishigami Yuu's first round, they chose a relatively remote area, looting supplies while talking.
"So, what kind of girls do you actually like, Ishigami? Being gloomy all day long isn't good, especially since you've been doing Student Council work."
"...I really haven't thought about those things."
Ishigami Yuu distributed the useless ammunition he found to the other two and then said, "Actually, things are pretty good right now. Every day in the Student Council is interesting, I'm not drifting aimlessly, and I can play games daily."
"You really don't care about anything else as long as you have games."
After expressing his sentiment, Kaede smiled and said, "But you can't keep living like this forever, right? I don't believe your family will keep letting you do this. Also, with your grades, don't tell me you can stay carefree forever."
Ishigami Yuu's family owns a toy company, and the business is quite large. He also has an older brother, and the two siblings have no worries about fighting over the inheritance; their relationship is very good. Therefore, Ishigami Yuu's life has always been comfortable, allowing him to play whenever he wants.
It's just his grades... they aren't so pretty.
According to Shirogane Miyuki when they were chatting, this guy was almost held back a year, so Shinomiya Kaguya forcibly dragged him to tutoring, and he finally managed to pass the minimum requirement.
Hearing Kaede mention grades, Ishigami Yuu said indifferently, "It's fine. When it comes to grades, there's always a solution right before the exam."
"Were you dragged to tutoring by Shinomiya-senpai?"
"...How did you know that?"
"Hehe, Senior Shirogane told me." Kaede sold out Shirogane Miyuki without hesitation. Since they were all guys, they wouldn't mind such a small thing; selling each other out was common.
"I knew it."
Ishigami Yuu wasn't angry either; it was a minor matter. Everyone in the Student Council knew about him being dragged off for tutoring.
At this moment, Eriri spoke up, "But Ishigami, you should at least put some effort into studying. After all, you're attending Shuchiin. If your grades aren't good enough, you probably won't be allowed to play games anymore."
Ishigami Yuu naturally understood what Eriri meant. Since he wasn't financially independent yet, if his grades were ridiculously bad, he wouldn't have money to buy games, and even his current collection might be confiscated.
After a moment of silence, Ishigami Yuu said, "Ah, I know. I study for a little while every day."
If someone else had said that, Kaede might have believed them, but since the person speaking was Ishigami Yuu, Kaede had to question it.
"Then, may I ask, how much time do you spend studying every day now?"
"Half an hour!"
"That's not even enough time to do homework!!!" x2
Even Kaede, who always had excellent grades, couldn't spend only half an hour studying every day. Even if he spent less time at home, he would use his free time at school to make up for it. Eriri was similar; Kaede constantly reminded her.
But as for Ishigami Yuu... half an hour, that guy really had the nerve to say that.
Ishigami Yuu smiled and said, "It's fine, I'll just review right before the exam. Ah, there are people ahead. Stop talking, stop talking, let's fight."
Kaede and Eriri exchanged glances, knowing they couldn't convince Ishigami Yuu, and could only focus on the game at hand. After this match, they needed to get busy, and Ishigami Yuu's issues could be left to their seniors, Shirogane Miyuki and Shinomiya Kaguya... Another week passed, and it was Friday.
Today was finally the scheduled time for Kaede to go to the TV station to record the program.
After afternoon classes finished, Kaede and Eriri did not go to the Art Club. After requesting leave, they went straight home.
After changing into casual clothes, Sawamura Sayuri's call came through.
"Let's go, Eriri."
"Okay!"
Eriri, dressed in autumn attire, happily held Kaede's hand, and they went out together.
"Hehe, a TV station! I've never been to one before!"
"I went once before, but honestly, it's just like that. Each program has a separate studio, and the area isn't that large."
When I went to understand the program flow previously, I went with the animation company staff, met the program director, and had a discussion.
However, the feeling of understanding the process versus formally recording the program is different. Even Kaede felt a little nervous right now.
After going downstairs, Sawamura Sayuri's car was already parked there, and Asakura Reiko was also inside.
Kaede said in surprise, "Mom? Why are you here too?"
Waving her hand, Asakura Reiko smiled and said, "My son is going to record a program; as his mother, shouldn't I come to lend support? It's just that your father has been extremely busy with work these past few days, or else he would have wanted to come too."
"Let's not do that. I'm just recording a program; there's no need to bring the whole family."
As he spoke, Kaede and Eriri opened the car doors and got in.
As they set off for the TV station, Sawamura Sayuri asked, "Kaede, are you nervous right now?"
"I'm okay. It would be a lie to say I'm not nervous, since this is my first live broadcast program." Holding Eriri's hand, Kaede smiled and said, "But as long as I know the procedure, most of it is just simple chatting, and we'll be discussing anime and light novel content, which I'm very familiar with."
Asakura Reiko smiled and said, "Actually, there's nothing mysterious about a TV station. When I was in college, I visited a TV station for a study tour. If I hadn't married Kiichi right after graduation and had Kaede, I probably would be working at a TV station somewhere right now."
Hearing this, Eriri immediately leaned forward curiously and asked, "Aunt Reiko, did you not want to be a housewife originally?"
"That's right!"
Asakura Reiko said frankly, "At that time, Kiichi and I discussed working together to earn more money. I also considered working at a TV station; with my foreign language proficiency, taking on related jobs would have been easy. I just didn't expect to have Kaede so quickly, so I had to temporarily set that idea aside. Later, after Kaede was born, Kiichi's work progressed exceptionally smoothly, his position kept climbing, and we didn't have any financial pressure, so I let the idea fade. However, now that I have a lot more free time, I've been thinking about becoming a video creator."
"Huh! A video creator!" Eriri immediately recalled the interesting live stream room of Shirogane Miyuki's father. "What kind of video creator do you plan to be?"
"Hmm~ I'm currently planning to focus on food content. Besides keeping up my foreign language skills over the years, my greatest expertise is cooking."
Clapping her hands, Asakura Reiko happily said, "Who knows? Maybe my career will start right here?"
Kaede returned her smile.
Although his mom was a housewife, her abilities went far beyond that. Perhaps her future fame would surpass his and Eriri's.