This chapter opens with a description of the protagonist's older brother, who is a "dirty fanboy" and a "shut" . He is treated as a "god for his boys" and is "treated liked a god" for his "boys love fanworks." The protagonist, however, is not a fan of his older brother. He wants to go to the "limited time only" cafe at the academy, but the place is so small that he can barely fit in. He asks the waiter for an order of food, but is told to wait for the "magic girls" to finish their work. The protagonist is so impressed by the food that he orders a plate of it, the waiter, and a piece of seared bonito. He gushes over the "muscle puberty orange juice" and the "rash seared bonito slices" , and the waiter gushes about his "muscular puberty" and his "muscled puberty juice." He tells the protagonist that everyone is ordering in a "flood" and that even the "pretty and slender ladies" are "soldiers." He is jealous of the "eye of warriors" that he sees in the women, and he asks the protagonist if she might be the girl with whom he is sitting. She replies that she is not, but that she would like to shake his hand. He says that he is too lowly to shake her hand, and that he cannot bring himself to do so. He fears that he has been "triggered" by his shyness.