I Am a Light Novel Master in Japan Chapter 210

"what is it call?"

"It's called self-destruction."

"..."

Li Yan's eyes widened slightly, and he always felt that this word had a negative meaning of self-destruction.

"That guy at Kasumigaoka, don't look at her tough style and aloof appearance. In fact, she is a woman who upholds romanticism. Although she is very smart and calm, she is also easy to be emotional sometimes. It is better not to believe everything. oh."

Eri Sawamura seemed to be a bit disdainful, closed her eyes and explained.

It seems that this is indeed the case. Although Li Yan felt that Kasumigaoka Shiyu was occasionally quite sentimental, her words were not surprising, and she was also a bit selfish in her actions. He originally thought that these two girls who were unhappy with each other would rarely interact with each other. As a result, But they understand each other surprisingly well.

"I believe in myself and the readers. Now that I have decided, let's give it a try, but I will also wear a mask and a hat and be conservative. Don't worry." Li Yan thought for a while and replied to Ying Lili's concerns.

"There is nothing we can do about it. If we directly cancel the meeting, your status as an old thief may become even more ingrained. But there is nothing wrong with being an old thief. As long as the books sell well," Yingli said with a wicked smile.

Li Yan shook his head, looked at Ying Lili, and said helplessly: "This is because you don't understand a line of work. If there is any benefit to being called an old thief, why would I be in a hurry to take off this hat? How about other authors?" If I am so tired, why should I be criticized?"

"Today is very late again. I have asked for leave tomorrow just to see how you blew yourself up during the autograph session. Is there any other room I can stay in temporarily? Hey, it's best if it can withstand it. Stay in my noisy girls’ room.”

Ying Lili pointed to her luggage bag, planning to let Li Yan take care of the food, clothing, housing and transportation. She seemed to be quite rude to Li Yan and asked with a smile on her face.

Li Yan started to think about it. When he saw Ying Lili carrying this small luggage bag, he knew that she was going to participate in the autograph session tomorrow. Arranging her accommodation earlier was indeed the most correct approach.

In Tokyo, he had many ways to accommodate Eiri. After all, she herself was a resident who once lived here. If she arranged it with Gabriel, Gabriel would play games all night and the room would be too messy. It is suitable for a young lady like Ying Lili to live here. If it was arranged at Xiaolin's house, the two dragons there might leave a lifelong psychological shadow on Yinglili...

"Just stay in your previous room." Li Yan thought of the most suitable room and said to Ying Lili.

After taking it, Yinglili followed Li Yan, who was carrying a duffel bag and a bag of gifts, to the door of Room 605. She was stunned to see that the person opening the door was her work rival Shiina Mashiro.

"..."

Mashiro Shiina, who was wearing a brown Western dress, saw Eiri, her expression did not change at all, while Nanami Aoyama in the house seemed to be still washing dishes, making crackling sounds. On one of the desks, drawing boards and many drawings were piled up on the table. It seemed that Mashiro was still working on a draft.

Li Yan told Shiina Mashiro that Eirili was going to stay here temporarily for one night, and Shiina Mashiro listened.

"Um."

Shiina Mashiro nodded, looked at Li Yan, returned to the house, and agreed to Li Yan's request.

"Wait a minute, wait a minute... Otaku Li, you guy... don't you think it's quite embarrassing for me to live here?" Ying Lili secretly tugged on Li Yan's clothes and complained softly.

"Awkward?"

Li Yan was stunned for a moment, then analyzed and said: "Shiina is a colleague in our company and also your peer, and if you plan to rush the manuscript, the two of you can work overtime together at any time, and there is also a good girl named Aoyama Nanami in the house. If you live together, you can choose to sleep in the bedroom or outside, which is quite free and convenient. I think this is the best choice.”

"The best, idiot..." Ying Lili glanced at Li Yan's face with displeased eyes and muttered through gritted teeth.

But no matter how you think about it, girls of similar ages can indeed make a living living together. At least there is a high school sophomore named Aoyama Nanami who seems to be easy to get along with, so Erili decides to live here.

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The night gradually became darker.

"It's really disturbing today." Eri Sawamura said with a gentle smile as she greeted Nanami Aoyama and Mashiro Shiina.

"It's okay. Mashiro and I just moved in not long ago, so we are relatively new to this place. Sawamura-san, just live here without any restrictions." Nanami Aoyama replied with a smile.

During the rest time, Nanami Aoyama had already prepared a bed and quilt for Eri to sleep on. She had a good impression of Eri Sawamura, who was very polite and beautiful. However, she also found that Eri's image seemed to be similar to that of Shiina. Mashiro has a high degree of overlap, and out of curiosity, they must not be related, otherwise there would be no such coincidence...

The three girls lived together in the single apartment. Gradually, Ying Lili seemed to relax and felt that Li Yan's neighbors were all pretty good people.

Aoyama Nanami went to bed early, and Eiri, who was wearing pajamas and with beautiful blond hair falling on her back, curiously began to be alone with Shiina Mashiro. At this moment, Shiina Mashiro was drawing comics with an electronic pen, and Eiri was He watched her comics calmly.

It has to be said that Eiri realized this time why people, including Li Yan, would call Mashiro a genius. In just a short period of time, compared to the last illustration that Shiina Mashiro drew for Li Yan, the characters' The emotional expression, plot transitions, and the atmosphere of the comic have all been improved a lot, and it's obviously only been less than two weeks.

"It's amazing...how did you do it? The progress will be so great." Eri Sawamura looked at her painting in surprise and thought nervously.

If this progress continues, when Li Yan starts writing the new book next year, it is estimated that Mashiro Shiina at that time can really compete with her. By then, the next illustrator of Uesugi Yan will be Mashiro Shiina, and She is no longer Eri Sawamura.

"call……"

Eiri borrowed Nanami's desk and while working on the manuscript, she felt empty in her heart. The reason why she wanted to change careers in a hurry was because she felt that no matter how doujinshi made money, one day the notebook artist would be limited to the circle of doujinshi. Slowly being worn away, the difference between a book artist and a regular cartoonist is like the difference between a ronin and a canonized samurai. No matter how good a ronin's swordsmanship is, he cannot be respected by others and will be abandoned by others at any time, but a samurai has the opportunity to marry. A daimyo's princess becomes the next person to make history. This is the fundamental difference in her future.

"What should I do? In front of the otaku Li, I thought the opponent couldn't win. But I suddenly felt that I might not be able to win..." The painting brush held by Eri Sawamura suddenly stopped, and she My mind was very confused, I was thinking.

Although even if she loses, her career as a regular illustrator will not have much impact. She thought the same way a year ago. Without Uesugi Yan's works, she can still design illustrations for other works, so it's not a big deal... But now it seems that the cooperation with Li Yan has become a part of her career, and there is a conflict between them. , and finally work together to draw the best work and share the results of success...

After the crisis as an illustrator came, she realized that she was so confused. It seemed that if she lost the sudden illustrator competition, she would not be able to accept light novels written by other authors except Uesugi En.

In the memory, that young man concentrated on studying character design, torturing himself and her. But when he forced her to draw illustrations of a new level, his praise was unabashed. In the midst of laughter, it seemed that at that moment, Yingli Li felt that she had really followed this serious novelist with harsh demands, and she also felt that if she continued like this, she would really become the number one in the world...

"I have to...become stronger. I have to stay with that guy and continue creating together...I have to become even more powerful..."

Sawamura Eiri closed her eyes, frowned slightly, silently picked up the brush again, her eyes focused, and she thought to herself.

Mashiro Shiina, who was concentrating on drawing her own work, turned her face curiously and glanced at Eri, who seemed to have a lot of mood swings. There was no ripple in her eyes and she continued her manga work.

The silent night, it seems, is not so silent...

The next day, noon.

This day was Uesugi's autograph session, which was held on the second floor of a large bookstore in Koto-ku, Tokyo. Even though it was six or seven hours behind the scheduled time, fans who came here had already gathered in this area. inside, occupying a spot where surrounding shops and bookstores can sit.

"This kind of formation always feels more enthusiastic than a celebrity meeting." Ryuki Kusanagi, who came to watch, said with emotion as he looked at the piles of groups around him.

"Haha, it proves that the book written by that guy Uesugi is indeed very good. Although the sales volume is not the first in Sanwa, I guess it is the real first in terms of fan loyalty... I heard that he has been delaying updates. It was also caused by having to deny the plots I wrote countless times and improve them countless times. Only those who write stories so seriously can achieve such achievements..."

Shido Guoguang, who came with him, smiled and said.

"Ah, that's true. I hope the meeting can go on smoothly." Ryuki Kusanagi smiled, his expression still cold, but his eyes showed a little admiration. After all, Uesugi Yan's writing attitude has been seen with his own eyes. Now is just the time to give back.

"Um?"

Passing by the two of them was a handsome high school student with brown hair. He was slightly startled and turned back to look at Shidou Kunimitsu and the two of them, as if he had met them before.

In the commercial streets of Koto District, you can not only see Japanese people, but also white people speaking Korean, Chinese, and blond and blue-eyed people gather here to wait. In Natsume's eyes, it seems that the readers are not only more sophisticated than In this way, the youkai from Hitoyoshi City were among the crowd, slowly waiting for the autograph session.

Natsume Takashi finally couldn't resist the suggestions of Mr. Neko and other monsters, so he found an excuse to go to Tokyo with Tohru, the monitor, and two classmates, and took the fifth volume of "Super Academy War" with him Come to Li Yan for his autograph to grant the wishes of the monsters.

The backpack kept shaking and making whining sounds, and the cat teacher seemed to be having another attack. Natsume was helpless and regretted letting him read human novels.

"I wonder if I can meet with Senior Li now. I haven't seen him for a while..." Natsume Takashi thought to himself as he smiled and looked at the bookstore.

And in the darkness of the street and alley, surrounded by several figures in a corner, the hell girl wearing a sailor suit seemed to be having nothing to do. She had already read the second half of the fifth volume, slowly turning the pages. Waiting...

Total book sales: 800,432, but his works have been sold to all kinds of readers. Uesugi Yan, who is called the "Master" by his fans, is quietly approaching his fan meeting as time goes by...