In the waiting room exclusively to those treated unneeded in the main storyā¦ā¦ Or rather, in the room exclusively for a certain person, the embodiment of the concept of seriousness, Serious-senpai picked up the 4th Volume of āI was Caught up in a Hero Summoning, but That World is at Peaceā, and read through it just like usual. The only thing thatās a little different from the usual today is that thereās another person sitting across the table from the chair Serious-senpai sits on. She doesnāt know how the being dressed in a somewhat eerie cat costume was doing it, but that being is relaxing while sipping on a cup of choccy milk, still wearing their cat costume.
[ā¦ā¦Rather, what the heck are you doing here!?]
[Unnn? You talking about me?]
[Is there anyone else here!? Relaxing like youāre in your own roomā¦ā¦ Heck, youāre appearing in the main story! This is the waiting room for characters who donāt appear in the main story yet, so leave!]
[No, no, what are you talking about, me appearing in the main story? Iām just a passing Alice-chan fan, just your āusual Transcendental Beautyā, ā? ? ?ā-chan, you know?]
The self-proclaimed Alice fan ? ? ? ā¦ā¦ Incidentally, it seems that you actually read her name as āHatena-chanā. Moreover, she totally has nothing to do with the general store owner, Alice-chan that appears in the main story, and totally just a fan. Of course, that was just what she herself proclaimsā¦ā¦
(T/N: Hatena means Question mark, so I either call her Hatena-chan or Question mark-chan.)
[From the moment you first appeared, even those who arenāt web novel readers can tell your true identity!]
[True identity? I wonder what youāre talking about?]
[Also, Iām saying this now, but youāre wearing a costume, so how the heck can you proclaim yourself a beauty!?]
Just like a combi of a boke and a tsukkomi, Serious-senpai unleashed a sharp tsukkomi against ? ? ? who was feigning ignorance. In response to such a Serious-senpai, ? ? ? took a sip at her choccy milk before calmly responding.
[Well, putting that aside, please pass the baby castellas over there, Serious-senpai.]
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[Ah, unnn. Here.]
[Thanks.]
[Iāll say this now, those baby castellas have different flavors, and there are some that are tasty and some that arenātā¦ā¦ Wait, the heck are you making me do!? Leave!!!]
As expected of Serious-senpai, she makes use of her experience as a gag character to make a good tsukkomi. And yet, the person herself insists that sheās a serious character. And to such a Serious-senpai, ? ? ? doesnāt seem to be particularly bothered as they responded in a relaxed tone.
[Whatās with you, suddenly shouting at me? You one of those emotionally unstable people?]
[Shaddup! Listen here, okay!? This is the corner where I, the most serious of the serious in this series, introduces the highlights of the volume in an easy-to-understand manner! Main story characters arenāt welcome here!]
[How surprising. I did read through the back covers of Volumes 1-3ā¦ā¦ but āI havenāt read anything informativeā, you know? I thought this is just a miserable corner, where the only occupant is just venting around the sweet developments.]
[Ghaakk!?]
Receiving ? ? ? ās sharp tsukkomi, Serious-senpai crouched down. It seemed like she herself is more or less aware of it, as the damage ? ? ?ās words dealt to her was immense.
[I mean, in the first placeā¦ā¦ Serious-senpai was a āgag characterā, you know?]
[Gfuuuhā¦ā¦ Y- Youāre wrong. Iām the embodiment of seriousness, the most serious character of them allā¦ā¦ Iām not a gag character! Not a gag character!!!]
[ā¦ā¦Well, Iām sure something good will come for you later. Here, choccy milk with lots of sugar.]
[Donāt console me! Rather, didnāt I tell you I hate sweet stuff!? Pretending like youāre consoling me, but youāre totally harassing me!!! Just get lost already!]
In response to ? ? ? ās aloof attitude, Serious-senpai shouted with tears in her eyes. Thereupon, for some reason, ? ? ? exaggeratedly slumped her shoulders.
[ā¦..What a shame. Even though I went out of my way to bring some āblack coffeeāā¦ā¦ Well then, Iāll obediently leave.]
[Ah, wait! I lied! I lied, okay!? Gimme the black coffee! Please!!!]
Hearing that they brought her favorite sugar-free black coffee, Serious-senpaiās attitude made a full 180Ā° and she clung on ? ? ?. This is something the web novel readers knowā¦ā¦ but these two are rather close. And just as usual, Serious-senpai didnāt introduce Volume 4ās highlights again.