Just like many trolls who are said to be righteous on the Internet, in reality they are just submissive social animals who bow to their bosses.
However, this kind of disguise is not really seamless. At least Hikigaya Hachiman discovered with his own observation that the huge mask that can cover the facial features and the hooded jacket are not completely connected, and a part of the vague silver-white long hair can be seen. It is possible to infer certain information from it.
“Hohoho, this should be considered the first time we have met. By the way…is it true that the teacher is so young?”
Sagiri used a voice changer to make a strange voice that was inappropriate for her age, but she couldn’t hide the surprise in her mouth.
Hikigaya Hachiman didn’t pretend. First of all, it was very troublesome. Secondly, there was no need to hide. He is not a famous person worth mentioning now, and he is not in front of fans, so there is no psychological burden at all.
“I will soon reach the age of ‘secondary school’.”
He said in a joking tone.
“That’s really amazing. For such a young debut writer, that…teacher, I always feel a little awkward to call him that. Teacher, haven’t you decided on a pen name yet?”
Sagiri suddenly thought of this question.
“Actually, I have thought about it, and my pen name will be ‘Moonlight is So Beautiful’.”
Hikigaya Hachiman replied.
“In this case, let’s call the teacher Moonlight Teacher from now on.”
Sagiri nodded, and then started chatting with him about work.
According to his description of the characters, Sagiri used sketching to quickly draw them at the speed of a draft.
If he is dissatisfied with anything, he can just make changes.
Although it was Sagiri’s first time as an illustrator, she worked very hard.
It took a day to get a rough description of the characters appearing in the first volume. The next step was to draw exquisite illustrations based on the scenes.
This also takes a lot of time, so every night, the two of them have to take time to video chat.
Normally, the relationship between the author and the illustrator is not that deep, but both of them have the idea of wanting to do better, so they work together so hard.
Until the day when all the illustrations are completed.
“Thank you so much, Teacher Eromanga! I have spent a lot of your extra time during this period.”
Hikigaya Hachiman looked at the girl who was still in disguise and expressed his gratitude.
“I don’t know anyone by that name!”
Sagiri still reacted sensitively, and then continued, “It’s Teacher Yueze who is accommodating me. It took so long to cooperate with me. If it weren’t for Teacher Yueze…”
Before he finished speaking, an accident happened suddenly.
“Sagiri, open the door. I have something to ask you.”
There was a knock on the door behind me and my mother’s call.
Oh no!
Sagiri looked back at the door and then at the computer screen, feeling anxious like an ant on a hot pot.
“Um, Teacher Yuezi, I’m sorry! Let’s talk later.”
The video connection in front of me was suddenly cut off.
About ten minutes passed, and Sagiri took the initiative to send a video invitation.
She once again expressed her apology.
“It doesn’t matter.”
He shook his head and said indifferently.
“Um, Teacher Yuezi, did you hear that just now?”
Sagiri asked nervously as her little hands unconsciously pinched her breasts.
“Would you believe it if I said no?”
He hesitated and asked.
‘Really, Mom, it’s too loud…! ’
Sagiri complained in her heart.
This is normal. Her mother didn’t know that she was video chatting with others. She just thought that she was concentrating on drawing or watching animation, so she was a little louder.
In fact, the problem was not very important. It was just that because of poor academic performance, the class teacher called me and my mother came to give me some advice.
‘What should we do now? ’
Sagiri was at a loss as she didn’t expect her real name to be exposed.
The name ‘Sagiri’ doesn’t sound like a boy, does it?
At this time, she noticed the other person’s expression again, but found that the other person still looked ordinary.
“Is it possible, Teacher Yuezi, that you have discovered it a long time ago?”
Sagiri approached the screen and asked in surprise.
“What did you say?”
“The fact that I’m a girl.”
“Well, almost.”
“When exactly was I exposed?”
The girl was a little hard to understand.
“I discovered it the first day we met, because your disguise was flawed and your long silver-white hair was looming in my eyes.”
He pointed out decisively.
“Exposed on the first day?”
Hearing this result, Sagiri was a little discouraged.
Unexpectedly, his elaborate disguise was completely ineffective.
Or is it that Teacher Yuese’s sense of smell is too keen?
Wait, if you put it like this…
“Besides that, what else did you find, Teacher Yuese?”
With doubts in her heart, the girl continued to ask.
“Teacher Eromanga, you must not be too old, right? You are too short in terms of height. You can use a voice changer to hide your speaking voice, but the specific words cannot be… So, Teacher Eromanga should He’s a primary school student, right?”
Simply, Hikigaya Hachiman took this opportunity to be honest.
“Eh……?”
Sagiri made an incredulous sound, and the expression under the mask was completely stupid.
16 makes a grand debut…!
His true identity was completely exposed!
Sagiri felt incredible and also very embarrassed.
At this time, any prevarication methods were useless, and the girl had no choice but to admit it.
“Since Teacher Yuezi already knows, I won’t pretend anymore.”
Sagiri made up her mind in an instant and took off her mask. What appeared in front of her was a beautiful girl with upright features, tender and delicate, and her aqua blue eyes were like a clear spring.
However, the moment the two sides looked at each other, the girl immediately averted her eyes.
“Is this the true face of Eromanga-sensei?”
Hikigaya Hachiman let out an appropriate exclamation.
“But why? Even if I know your details, there is no need to show your true face, right?”
He asked again.
“Yes…”
Sagiri looked dumbfounded, then put the mask back on, coughing twice to cover up her embarrassment.
“Ahem, Teacher Yuezi, please forget that scene just now!”
“uh-huh.”
His expression was actually a bit playful.
“Teacher Eromanga…”
“I told you I don’t know anyone with that name.”
“By the way, do you have to say it every time?”
“Well, since Teacher Yuezi knows it, then… then just call me by my name.”
The girl thought that the two had become a community of destiny and would be together for a long time in the future, so she took the initiative a little bit, but her tone was really shy and her face was already very hot.
“Well, on the other hand, I will also tell you my name, Sagiri. My name is Hikigaya Hachiman.”
He followed what the other party said and responded.
“Yes, Teacher Yuezi, I understand.”
Sagiri quickly recovered and appeared more lively and comfortable because of the mask.
The girl did not call her by her first name, probably because of the age gap between the two. This distance also made Hikigaya Hachiman feel that it was just right, so he did not correct it.
Due to various factors, it took a long time, and after completing the preliminary preparations, the day has arrived in the early spring season.
All things are about to recover, but the cold wind left behind by winter still seems to be lingering in the world, making people dare not take it lightly.
Walking on the street, Hikigaya Hachiman still had a scarf wrapped around his neck to keep his body warm.
After school today, he did not go straight home, but chose to wander on the street.
It’s not accurate to say that he was just wandering around. To be more precise, he probably wanted to see if there were any advertisements about “Summer Returns” in the bookstore that cooperated with the Immortal River.
After visiting several stores in a row, I found that there were indeed advertisements for “Summer Returns”. Although they were very inconspicuous, they were there anyway.
In addition, he also discovered that the debut time of his works should be the latest among this batch, and he would have to wait until the end of next month.
Others have basically been released one by one in the past two months, and some works are even very popular and are still placed in the most conspicuous position in bookstores after being sold for a period of time.
I don’t know if he will be treated like that one day.
“There should be, right?”
He muttered something in his mind.
With such excitement, enthusiasm and worry, Hikigaya Hachiman spent this month.
The third semester of the first grade was coming to an end, and he was about to enter another school and change classes. Although Hikigaya Hachiman remained silent, he could still feel the excitement in the hearts of the class.
Inexplicably, he had the same resonance.
Next week is the time to decide life or death!
The light novel industry in this world is more developed than in the previous life in my memory, and its potential is much greater. That’s why Ms. Yamada’s sales have increased so quickly. Two volumes were released and quickly reached sales of more than 100,000.
Correspondingly, the requirements for sales data are also different. He already knows the first printing data of “Summer Returns”, which is 10,000 copies in total, which is neither too much nor too little in this world.
In fact, this data is not very important. It is just how much the manual library values your work. What is important is another data, which is the digestibility.
The digestibility rate is a more accurate data than the positive rating, because it indicates how many people are really willing to spend money to buy it.
High digestibility will result in increased printing, and low digestibility will result in reduced printing. Generally speaking, only when the digestibility reaches 60% or above will there be no loss.
Of course, in fact, many unpopular works are made up for by the money earned from popular works, which does not mean that they will be cut in half.
The day when first grade ended was also the day when “Summer Returns” was released.
Hikigaya Hachiman said goodbye to everyone and came to a bookstore selling light novels.
