Chapter 16: Multiverse Same-Sex Friendship Group
"Arche Eeb Rile Furt: Group leader, um... Isn't the person you like Eriri-san? How come there's suddenly someone named Jingjing?"
"Flower Hashira: I'm also a bit curious. Does Arifureta have someone else she likes?"
"Iron-Blooded Hot-Blooded Cold-Blooded Vampire: For someone to come to mind at such a moment, it seems that Jingjing must be very important to you, right?"
"Arifureta (Group Leader): Ah... no... this Jingjing is not that Jingjing."
"Ashen Witch: Oh... so there are two Jingjings? The name sounds like a cute girl."
"Arifureta (Group Leader): Well... I wasn't thinking of Jingjing. I wanted some peace and quiet."
"Kashiwagi Eri: So do you want Jingjing or not?"
"Arifureta (Group Leader): Ah, well... right now, I just want you all to be quiet... I say... are you doing this on purpose?"
"Kashiwagi Eri: Take a guess."
"Arche Eeb Rile Furt: What's on purpose? Wasn't the group leader thinking about Miss Jingjing?"
"Flower Hashira: Did I misunderstand? Sorry, Arifureta."
"Arifureta (Group Leader): ..."
"Chika Fujiwara: Hahahahaha..."
"Arifureta (Group Leader): Chika, what's so funny?"
"Chika Fujiwara: Nothing, just suddenly remembered something funny, haha..."
"Arifureta (Group Leader): ..."
"Arche Eeb Rile Furt: ???"
Of course, Eriri understood what "Jingjing" meant. Seeing the messages from the others, she knew that Acerola and Elaina were probably teasing Arifureta, while Chika Fujiwara just displayed her expression. Probably, only Kanae and Arche were in the dark.
Once again focusing her consciousness on the member list, looking at the names familiar from her previous life, Eriri felt a novelty. Watching them as 2D characters before felt nice; she wondered if they would still be as cute and beautiful when she saw them in reality.
Eriri's goal of re-entering the chat group and getting along with the members had basically been achieved. Today, most of the group members had spoken in the chat, and she had become somewhat familiar with them, except for Tohsaka Sakura, who hadn't appeared in the chat at all today.
As for Tohsaka Sakura, later known as Sakura Matou, Eriri had some understanding. In the crossover fanfiction novels she read in her previous life, there was often a saying: "The must-do for transmigrators in the Type-Moon world is to kill Zouken and save Sakura."
According to Eriri's understanding, both Tohsaka Sakura and her sister, Tohsaka Rin, were prodigies with high magic potential. But since the magic engravings of the Tohsaka family could generally only be inherited by one successor, Tohsaka Rin was chosen as the heir to the Tohsaka family.
Originally, without the qualifications for inheritance, Tohsaka Sakura would live her life as an ordinary person and not step into the world of mages, which could have been a form of happiness for her.
However, her father, Tokiomi Tohsaka, didn't want her magical potential, which was no less than her sister's, to go to waste. Also, the Matou family's descendants, one of the three great families of the Holy Grail, had completely lost their magic circuits, so he decided to give her to the Matou family to inherit their magic, leading to Sakura Matou's tragic life afterward.
Seeing the age shown on the profile, Tohsaka Sakura was now four years old, less than a year before she was to be given to the Matou family. Eriri thought she could perhaps emulate the transmigrator predecessors in those novels and carry out the task of "killing Zouken and saving Sakura."
Alternatively, she could train Tohsaka Sakura into a super-strong warrior in less than a year, so that when she is later given to the Matou family and Zouken is ready to transform her body, she could showcase power far beyond the Type-Moon world's Servants in front of him. This idea seemed very interesting.
Eriri was immediately intrigued by her own thoughts, looking forward to witnessing that future scene. She wondered what kind of expression Zouken would have at that time.
However, this plan would have to wait until after she had contacted Tohsaka Sakura in the group before it could be implemented.
Setting aside her thoughts for now, Eriri looked again at the member list and noticed something she hadn't specifically focused on before: the chat group had, to date, only added ten members, all of whom were female.
This was interesting. In the chat group novels she read in her previous life, the first batch of members always included both males and females. So was this just a coincidence in the chat group, or had Arifureta, as the group leader, set some permissions?
"Kashiwagi Eri: Alright, alright, everyone stop thinking about Jingjing."
"Arche Eeb Rile Furt: Um... what exactly just happened?"
"Kashiwagi Eri: It's nothing, nothing happened, and don't ask anything. If you do, it means Chika did something silly!"
"Arche Eeb Rile Furt: Is that really it?"
"Arifureta (Group Leader): That's right, that's what it means, and Eriri and I are completely in agreement."
"Flower Hashira: Since Eriri says so, it must be true."
"Ashen Witch: Oh, isn't that obvious?"
"Chika Fujiwara: Hey!!! You guys!!!"
"Kashiwagi Eri: Stop, stop... Let's skip this topic. We should talk about something important. I noticed a key issue with this chat group after looking at everyone's profiles."
"Arifureta (Group Leader): Alright... What's the problem with the chat group? There shouldn't be any issues, and I haven't received any notifications from the system."
"Iron-Blooded Hot-Blooded Cold-Blooded Vampire: Oh? I haven't noticed anything wrong either."
"Arche Eeb Rile Furt: I haven't noticed anything unusual either. Is it because my strength is too weak?"
"Kashiwagi Eri: Of course there is. Haven't you noticed that our chat group, with only ten members, all share a common characteristic?"
"Arifureta (Group Leader): A common characteristic?"
"Flower Hashira: A common characteristic... Are you saying that we're all girls, Eriri?"
"Kashiwagi Eri: Yes, exactly, Kanae. Congratulations on finding the blind spot!"
"Arifureta (Group Leader): Is that it?"
"Chika Fujiwara: Is that it?"
"Kashiwagi Eri: ???"
"Flower Hashira: Um... Eriri, we discussed this yesterday..."
"Kashiwagi Eri: ...Alright then, what was your conclusion? Did Arifureta do it?"
"Arifureta (Group Leader): Of course not. Even though I'm the chat group leader, I don't have the authority to change the group's default rules. This is purely a coincidence."
"Kashiwagi Eri: Ah, well..."
"Kashiwagi Eri: Since all the members are female, we should rename the chat group to 'Multiverse Same-Sex ♀ Friendship Group'..."
[Ding, confirmed, Multiverse Chat Group is officially renamed to Multiverse Same-Sex ♀ Friendship Group, invitation targets specified as female.]