Chapter 24

He changed his mind and asked.

"Neither!"

Yamada Fairy denied it flatly, leaning forward, her kawaii face occupying the entire screen, and her voice was excited.

"I want to ask, who is your illustrator, Eromanga teacher? The character she drew is too cute, cute and a little sexy, which is really to my taste!"

Under Sagiri's changes, the other characters have different styles, but the character with a loli-like appearance like Hado is actually the aspect that Sagiri is best at drawing. It instantly made Yamada Fairy feel the throbbing of her soul, and she fell in love with her at first sight.

"Why are you asking about this?"

Hikigaya Hachiman's eyes were alert.

Could it be that the pull of fate is still unavoidable?

"Why are you so nervous? I just want to understand it."

Yamada Fairy muttered.

At this moment, Hikigaya Hachiman became expressionless.

"Okay, okay, I just think that Eromanga's painting style seems to suit me better. If we can join forces and conquer Senju Village, conquering the world is just around the corner!"

Yamada Fairy talked endlessly, clenching her fists, looking excited.

"Don't you already have Elmi? In terms of painting skills, Elmi is better than Eromanga, but you still covet my Eromanga?"

Hikigaya Hachiman said angrily.

After all, Sagiri is still too young, and Elmi is the eldest disciple of the first generation Eromanga teacher, Sagiri's senior sister, it is normal that she can't compare.

"What do you mean by yours? It's just a job! Can Eromanga's future with you be the same as his future with me? If Eromanga knew, he would definitely choose me, a more powerful light novelist!"

Yamada Fairy patted his chest and said confidently.

"As for Elmi, she is indeed very powerful, but she is not really a good match for me."

"Okay, okay, I know you are powerful, but Eromanga-sensei and I have cooperated very well, and we will continue to cooperate in the future, so just give up!"

Hikigaya Hachiman waved his hand to interrupt the speech, with the same confident look.

"You are killing the potential of Eromanga-sensei! Hikigaya, you understand, right?"

Yamada Fairy suddenly straightened his expression.

Hikigaya Hachiman was startled when he heard this, and then smiled and said: "There is that possibility, but this is also an unknown thing. For the sake of our friendship, let's do this. As long as Miss Yamada has the ability to convince Eromanga-sensei to cooperate with you in the next work, I will not stop you, but correspondingly, I will not provide you with any help, so you want to get Eromanga-sensei's contact information from me, it is not possible!"

"Don't worry, when that time comes, I will also convince Elmi to cooperate with you, and I will not let you suffer a loss and affect the quality of your novel illustrations."

Yamada Fairy seemed to have confirmed the result and arranged a way out for him in advance.

Across the screen, the two looked at each other at this moment, and there seemed to be sparks in their eyes, and they smiled at the same time.

"Hehehe..."

"Hehehe..."

38 Unexpected sales increase

"Hey, Ms. Sonoko, did I hear it right?"

A week later, when Hikigaya Hachiman called the editor to ask about the sales, he was a little surprised to hear the figures reported by the other party, and even thought he had heard it wrong.

Because the specific first-week sales increase was much higher than he expected, it has now reached the level of 30,000 in the first week.

Logically speaking, even if his volume performed well, it would not be possible to see such an immediate effect.

"We were also a little surprised. Although we have increased our publicity efforts because of your excellent performance before, Mr. Tsukiro, it is indeed too exaggerated to increase so much at once. Therefore, we checked and found out that it might be because your work was recommended by an artist named Kashiwagi Eri."

Then, Machida Sonoko made a very likely guess.

"Ah? Teacher Kashiwagi Eri?"

Hikigaya Hachiman exclaimed in surprise.

"The other party is a famous manga artist who has become famous in the past two years. He draws comics. It seems that his fans are of high quality, so he has such appeal."

Machida Yuanzi thought that he didn't know who the other party was and what a manga artist was, so she simply explained it.

Of course, Hikigaya Hachiman didn't know what a manga artist was, but he just heard the name by accident.

Although there may be many people in this world that he may know, he will not deliberately understand them. He may only check when the plagiarized works involve reality.

After hanging up the phone, Hikigaya Hachiman directly searched the other party's Twitter account, found the message of recommending the book, and confirmed the facts.

Although this was a spontaneous act of the other party, it is indeed worthy of gratitude.

If the other party is willing to accept it, he can wait until there is a chance to repay this favor. If he is unwilling or has not seen it, then forget it.

With this in mind, Hikigaya Hachiman sent a private message to the other party to reveal his identity and leave his contact information.

Just three days later, when Hikigaya Hachiman logged into the chat software, he suddenly received a friend request.

The name was Kashiwagi Eri, and it was obvious that he was added by an account used for work.

Click to accept, and the first message from the other party was to question his identity.

"Are you really Tsukiro-sensei? What evidence do you have to prove it?"

Hikigaya Hachiman then remembered that his account was not officially certified, which led to the other party's doubts, but it was too late to ask the editor to certify blogs and Twitter at this time, so he changed his mind and sent the original manuscript of an illustration.

Me: This is the character design left by Eromanga-sensei with me. It has not been disclosed yet. As an artist, you should be able to see that it was drawn by Eromanga-sensei, right? If this doesn't work, then I can only send out my contract.

Kashiwagi Eri: Is it really Tsukiro-sensei?

Obviously, Eriri has confirmed this.

Kashiwagi Eri: The teacher's "Summer Reappearance" is very well written! It is considered very good among the works in recent years! And the expression of the desire to create is also respectable.

This means that he writes well and updates quickly.

Hikigaya Hachiman was also very happy to hear her praise.

Although it is a plagiarized work, it is no exaggeration to say that this novel version of Summer Reappearance probably has 50% of his credit...

Oh no, at least 30%, right?

Me: Thank you Kashiwagi Eri for liking my work, but I should thank you for your recommendation some time ago, which has significantly increased the sales of my work.

The market for comics is much larger than that of light novels. Although Kashiwagi Eri is still just a book illustrator, the books sold during this period may not be less than his, which led to such a good effect of the recommendation.

Kashiwagi Eri: It's nothing, I just expressed my love for the teacher's work, there is no need to thank him or anything, as for favors, let alone mention it.

Me: Really?

Kashiwagi Eri: Really.

Me: That's it.

The conversation with Eriri was somewhat beyond Hikigaya Hachiman's expectations.

He originally thought that the other party's speaking style should be similar to Ms. Yamada, but in fact, the difference is very large. This is probably because the two of them are strangers, they are talking in text, and Eriri puts herself in the position of a book fan.

Eriri chatted with him for a while about "Summer Returns", but only briefly to avoid hearing spoilers, which would cause a loss of surprise when reading the subsequent plot.

"I hope that Mr. Tsukiro can achieve more success next time!"

Finally, Eriri sent another blessing and ended the conversation.

Seeing that there was one more person in the friend list, Hikigaya Hachiman glanced at him, without any other expression, and exited the chat software and went to rest.

A few days later, the painting work started again.

"Tsukiro-sensei, have you heard? Kashiwagi Eri-sensei is also reading your novel!"

In between painting, Sagiri suddenly chatted.

"You also know Kashiwagi Eri-sensei?"

Hikigaya Hachiman suddenly looked gloomy and said, "Listen to me, Sagiri, it's not good to be obsessed with those things at this age. Even if you know something, don't go too deep."

"Well, Tsukiro-sensei, don't get me wrong!"

Sagiri's face was already red under the mask.

"I only know a little bit about that. I follow Kashiwagi Eri not because I'm interested in those works. I just think she draws very well and can be used as a reference for learning."

Seemingly realizing that there was ambiguity in her words, Sagiri immediately added, "I'm talking about the kind of otaku paintings that can be posted directly."

"I understand."

Hikigaya Hachiman knew that Sagiri was thin-skinned and easily shy, so he didn't continue to tease her in order to prevent her brain from crashing and affecting her work.

"By the way, why can Tsukiro-sensei question me? Tsukiro-sensei is not much older than me."

Sagiri recalled, but only expressed doubts in her heart.

39 Chuunibyou

Some time before dinner, Hikigaya Hachiman walked out of the bedroom, and Komachi pulled him to the sofa and whispered.

"Oh no, Onii-chan, I just talked to Hinata for a while, and she said that she often heard Sister Ruri talking to herself there during this period of time, and she also said some inexplicable words. Could it be that she has a mental problem due to too much pressure? If so, we should solve this problem as soon as possible."

As an insider, the younger sister naturally knows how much pressure Gokou Ruri has put on herself, so she is so worried.

"Really? Do you know what Gokou is talking to herself?"

Hikigaya Hachiman asked calmly and leisurely.

"Well, let me think about it, it seems to be "The power after awakening is really strong, and now this little mental attack can't do anything to me", "The time of my reign is coming", "Hehehe, the magic power is constantly surging"... something like this."

As he said this, Komachi also pretended to perform.

"Onii-chan, is Sister Ruri suffering from some kind of hysteria?"

"Puff!"

Looking at his sister's worried look, Hikigaya Hachiman couldn't help laughing.

"Onii-chan, what's so funny? Why are you gloating at this time!"

Komachi's forehead seemed to have an angry symbol.

"I'm laughing at you, you idiot."

His expression returned to normal, and then he explained, "This is actually a state called Chuunibyou."

"Chuunibyou? What is this disease?"

Komachi looked confused.

"It is said that it is a cute and adorable disease that is easy to suffer from in the second year of junior high school when puberty comes. It is a mixture of the emerging self-awareness and the childishness of daydreaming, which makes people do all kinds of weird things... Well, the person who only read boys' comics yesterday suddenly read the original English books on chess, and did not understand the bitterness of coffee at all, but insisted on drinking black coffee, believed that he had some special power, and indulged in all kinds of weird things."

He tried to change his voice and looked far away.

"It's too complicated. And isn't Sister Liuli only in the second year of junior high school next year?"

Komachi shook her head.

"To put it simply, Gogen occasionally puts himself into some anime characters, which is not a big problem. As for the second year of junior high school, it is just a virtual reference. It is possible to suffer from it during sensitive periods such as puberty. At that time, I also..."

Hikigaya Hachiman suddenly interrupted here.

Because if I continue talking, I will unconsciously think of the past that is hard to look back on!

"Has Onii-chan also got Chuunibyou?"

Komachi thought about it and it seemed that there were indeed a few times when her brother said something very strange, which made her a little confused.

"It's just a little bit, anyway, you don't have to worry."

He omitted it.

December 5th.

The story that Gokou Ruri had polished many times was put in front of him again.

After his many instructions and self-reflection, it finally became more attractive than ordinary fan fiction.

This is also normal. The quality of the fan fiction sold at the comic exhibition is uneven. Many people enter the venue with enthusiasm to try, and never try again after the first time, so the level of the work that can be sold does not need to be too high.