I Am a Light Novel Master in Japan Chapter 220

He thought for a while, took a toothbrush, towel and other toiletries to Izumi Sagiri's door, said hello: "Hello, this is the first time we meet, my name is Uesugi Yan, I am your brother's friend, what happened last night... is the responsibility of I'm sorry that my one-night stay has disturbed your lives, and I hope it won't bring you any unpleasantness."

In short, he still had to apologize. Although he was the one who was exposed, after all, the other party was the sister of his best friend, and he had to maintain a good relationship in the future.

But for a long time, no sound came out of the room.

After waiting for a while, Li Yan thought that Izumi Masamune's sister was too introverted and dared not say anything. When he was about to leave, an A4 paper with one line of words printed on it was handed out from the crack of the door.

"Huh? What is this?"

Li Yan picked up the paper, and it turned out that it read: [Eromanga: Teacher Uesugi, I have heard what you said. There is no need to apologize in person. I am also responsible. Please add a line account. If it is convenient, you can contact me through line. Now, I also have a request to tell you, thank you. 】

Attached to the bottom of the line is a line account number, which is probably Eromanga's work number.

"Hmm... I guess... you just use lines to talk to each other?"

Li Yan seemed to understand Izumi Sagiri's habits and looked at this line of numbers curiously, thinking to himself. In short, he just looked at Zhengzong's younger sister, who was also a contracted painter of Sanhe Bunku, and asked him if he had anything to do.

Therefore, after brushing his teeth and washing his face, Li Yan moved his laptop to the dining room table at Izumi Masamune's greeting, logged into his Line account, and explained to Izumi Masamune that he was communicating with his sister using Line.

"It seems that Sagiri quite agrees with you, senior. I rarely see her willing to exchange line accounts with other people. If you encounter something you don't understand, just call me. Wait for about ten minutes and you can eat it. It’s breakfast.”

Izumi Masamune seemed to realize the reason, smiled and said to Li Yan. He thought that his sister Sagiri probably overheard the conversation he had with his senior last night, and his views on Uesugi Yan changed.

Li Yan narrowed his eyes and looked at Izumi Masamune, who was still cooking, and said with embarrassment: "Masamune... what you said just now makes me feel that you are acting like an old lady. Why don't you come and take a look at your sister's online performance and her inner feelings? Show that you have to analyze things all the time in order to get her out of the room."

But Izumi Masamune, who was frying three poached eggs at the same time, focused his energy on the iron pot. The sizzling sound of cooking also covered up Li Yan's suggestion, and he completely integrated into the state of a househusband. Li Yan looked at his back and sighed softly. He would talk to him carefully when he discovered something.

Soon, a notification popped up on the line software, showing that a line friend named [Eromanga] had been added, so the conversation between Uesugi En and the illustrator Eromanga started in the morning. The meal time has begun.

——[Eromanga: Hello, it’s the first time we meet, Mr. Uesugi. I was a little rude before. I’m sorry. Please take care of me. 】

As soon as he was added as a friend, Izumi Sagiri took the initiative to say hello, which slightly surprised Li Yan. He thought that the other party would hesitate for a long time before replying because of his introversion, but it turned out that the communication became natural all of a sudden.

Such words and tone can make people feel the cute and lively atmosphere of the girl on the screen. If he didn't know from the beginning that the other party was a first-grade girl, Li Yan probably also thought that the person opposite the screen might also be pretending to be cute. Foot-picking uncles or popular transvestite gays. In this information age, the Internet is such an unreliable thing.

Li Yan started typing on the keyboard.

——[Uesugi Yan: Hello, this is the first time we meet, Mr. Eromanga, you can just call me Uesugi. 】

——[Eromanga: Although I want to do this, there are differences in seniority. You are also the favorite writer of my brother Izumi Masamune-sensei, and your qualifications are higher than ours, so it is more appropriate to use the honorific title...Also, I don't know anyone with that name. 】

"Huh? What does this mean, Masamune, why did your sister say she didn't recognize her pen name? Eromanga should be her pen name, right?" Li Yan didn't quite understand when he saw this, and asked Izumi a little. What's going on?

"Well... although I don't know why she didn't like such a pen name and chose this name, but the transliteration of Eromanga is very similar to English [yellow manca] (erotic comics), and our Japanese also sounds like it. She is like an eroge teacher, so she has always been called an eroge teacher by her fans, and Sagiri seems to be quite shy and unwilling to accept such a title."

Izumi Masamune had already prepared breakfast. After a period of distressed silence, he finally lowered his brows and explained to Li Yan with some embarrassment.

"It probably just sounds similar. After all, it also has other meanings when translated in English. Although I don't remember too many words, I haven't deciphered other possible connotations. I'll ask Shiina if she has other meanings. It should be clear, but thinking about eroge comics all the time is too deliberate, just like sexual harassment. If you come up with a pen name that you don’t agree with, it doesn’t even make sense logically.”

Li Yan didn't quite agree with the opponent's fans' views, and analyzed Izumi Masamune with a calm expression.

"Oh, it can indeed be analyzed in this way... I always feel that it is very powerful. Although I know Sagiri's pen name... it probably means this, but Uesugi-senpai does not have a blindly following attitude. I have to say that he is really independent."

Masamune Izumi looked at Li Yan's ability to think in multiple directions with some surprise, and felt a little admiration in his heart, thinking to himself.

At this time, Sagiri's message came over again.

——[Eromanga: Mr. Uesugi, I actually have a request that requires your approval. In fact, I am particularly interested in the character of Akiyama Mingxue designed by Mr. Kashiwagi. If possible, would you allow me to do the painting live next time? , draw this character? 】

Li Yan was slightly startled, and Izumi Masamune, who started watching from the side, was also a little surprised.

"Akiyama Mingxue? I remember this is the heroine of a senior novel. Why not draw the popular President Ningning instead of Akiyama Mingxue?" Izumi Masamune asked curiously.

Li Yan raised his eyebrows, looked at Masamune Izumi with a puzzled expression, and said: "You said she is the heroine of my book, so I want to ask why you have to pay attention to President Ning Ning all the time instead of Look at the female character Akiyama I carefully created?"

"Because...such a character is too ordinary." Izumi Masamune was stunned for a moment. Then, he realized something and curiously asked directly: "Senior, do you like the kind of character who has an ordinary and inconspicuous temperament?" Female?"

"...No, as an author, how can I have such an idea? I like all the characters very much, so there is no such thing as who I like more or who I don't like more. Even if the pen is about a heinous clown, I still have to Let’s make his story come to its fullest.”

Li Yan looked at Izumi Masamune, did not agree with Izumi Masamune's guess, and explained.

"Although it is true that the characteristics of the character doom her popularity to mediocre, I still think it is an interesting story to make an ordinary girl shine with her own luster. I remember that the illustrations of your work are quite exquisite and beautiful, Eromanga Teacher, she must be very good at drawing. Finally, a professional artist is the first to draw Akiyama. I'm really looking forward to your sister's live broadcast."

Li Yan typed happily and replied to Izumi Masamune.

——[Uesugi Yan: Of course, I generally don’t interfere with secondary fan creations, especially Kashiwagi-sensei. I’m looking forward to your live broadcast. 】

Izumi Masamune watched with some worry as Li Yan hastily agreed to his sister's request, thinking: "Although senior explained it this way, senior really likes the role of Mingxue Little Angel (the name on the Internet)... If that's the case If the author's preference is revealed a little bit, the senior will probably be criticized by readers on the Internet... Also, I remember Sagiri's live broadcast, the style of painting should be of that type... Does it really matter?"

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In the early morning, at 8:35, the sun was shining brightly on the streets of 1-chome, Ashikaga District, Tokyo, and the spring breeze gradually returned to warmth. On the streets with few passers-by, Li Yan pushed his bicycle with a pale face and set off with Izumi Masamune. .

Teacher Eromanga specially sent him the final work of about 20 minutes of live broadcast by email. As a result, Li Yan still has the picture on his mobile phone where he was wearing pink and sexy underwear, half taking off his underwear and sitting on it. The shy and scared Akiyama Mingxue looks at the door with a blushing face in the direction of the reader. I always feel that this scene is clearly based on him last night!

Of course, the pen name Eromanga does indeed mean eroge...

"Zhengzong, your sister's thoughts are very dangerous..."

Li Yan thought carefully and became extremely frightened, and said to Izumi Masamune.

"Um...I'm sorry, senior, I will ask Sagiri to restrain herself next time." Izumi Masamune smiled awkwardly and said to Li Yan.

He also seemed to understand why Eromanga, that is, why his sister Sagiri was eager to draw Akiyama Mingxue. It turned out that the more youthful and timid the anime character type was, the more interesting it was to draw such a scene. He also felt that Eromanga He really deserves to be the legendary eroge teacher.

Teacher Eromanga usually makes arrangements for the live broadcast without making any clear plans when he is interested in live streaming. Originally, the number of people watching on Thursday morning should be relatively small, but the response was unexpectedly enthusiastic.

Originally, Eromanga had only been drawing characters from the "Silver Wolf Series". Although the number of clicks and popularity of the live broadcast were linked to the light novel, the results were quite satisfactory. However, when he live broadcasted the characters of the popular anime for the first time, the number of live broadcasts increased. But it doubled, which also hit Izumi Masamune, and he clearly realized the gap between himself and his predecessors. However, he was also happy. After all, the writer beside him was not only excellent in his works, but also in his personality. He also hoped that one day he could become a writer like Uesugi Yan.

"But... those barrages didn't forget to curse Uesugi-senpai. As expected, I couldn't stand seeing a bunch of mean comments. I don't know how senior Uesugi ignored these negative comments..."

Izumi Masamune's face turned blue, his mental endurance was very poor, and it seemed that he would never be able to learn from Li Yan's calm attitude of being cold-faced and cold-blooded, he thought silently.

Unknowingly, the two of them walked to the bus stop, where Masamune Izumi was preparing to go to school in separate directions from Li Yan.

"By the way, Masamune, remember that the meeting time is at four o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Wait at the entrance of Sanwa Bunko Company, and then we will go to the airport to Okinawa together. Have you made arrangements for your sister's life?"

Li Yan remembered something and reminded Izumi Masamune who had already signed up.

"No problem, I asked Shan... my neighbor promised to help me take care of my sister starting tomorrow. She said she would order takeout for three days and would always live in my house to help take care of my sister, so don't worry. My sister also encouraged me to follow Seniors, please share your writing experience more and look for inspiration together. I will definitely arrive on time."

Izumi Masamune smiled slightly and said in response.

Writers, as the name suggests, are still a group of people with emotional thoughts. Their inspiration comes from life and stimulation from the outside world. Whether it is the student Masamune Izumi or the old thief Uesugi En who has established his position in the industry, the principle is the same. One of the purposes of going to Okinawa this time is to find new inspiration.

The bus stopped at the station on time, and students and office workers began to get on the bus one after another.

"Well, see you later."