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Following the prestige, Natsuyu saw Machida Enko standing at a seat on the right-hand side and beckoned to him, so he walked over to her.

He nodded slightly, "Good afternoon, Machida editor." ”

Catching a glimpse of the sweat on Xia You's forehead, Machida Enko smiled slightly, "Good afternoon, teacher, please sit down and rest first." ”

"Okay. ”

Xia You sat down as he said.

Immediately, Machida Yuanzi called the waiter and ordered a drink for Natsuyu.

On a July day like this, it's really hot to take the train at noon.

After drinking a drink and resting for a while, Xia You finally relaxed.

Then, he took out the illustration he had already drawn from his backpack and handed it to Machida Enko.

"This is my RE0 illustration, Machida editor, please take a look at it first. ”

"Okay. ”

Machida Enko nodded and took it.

There were six illustrations in total, and she flipped through them one by one.

Looking at the lifelike characters on the paper, the look on Machida Yuanzi's face gradually changed from the original seriousness to amazing.

She couldn't help but admire: "The painting is amazing!"

Although Machida Enko had already seen Natsuyu's stick figure last time, she couldn't help but be surprised when she saw the actual illustration this time, she didn't expect Natsuyu's drawing skills to be so good.

"It must have taken a lot of my teacher's time to draw these pictures, right?"

"It's fine. ”

Xia You smiled and paused, "This should be considered qualified, right?"

Machida Enko smiled and waved her hand, "No need, it's good enough now, and we'll take care of the rest." ”

Illustrations drawn by illustrators need to be fine-tuned before they can be published with the novel.

These tasks don't need to be done by illustrators, and are done by the artists under Kadokawa Bunko.

Looking at the illustration in his hand again, Machida Enko smiled with satisfaction.

Based on her more than three years of editing experience, she believes that these extremely delicate and delicate illustrations will definitely attract many fans.

Like today's hottest IS, the reason why it can sell 7 million copies in just a few years is not only because it pioneered the routine of campus mechas, but also because of its extremely beautiful illustrations.

And RE0, which also created a new genre, with these highly completed illustrations, must not be inferior to the original IS, and may even surpass it.

After all, when IS was launched at that time, it did not have the support of many well-known writers such as Shinobu Akiyama like RE0.

In terms of potential, RE0 is still above IS.

When the actual sale starts, it will inevitably set off a sales frenzy again, and Machida Enko is so confident.

In this way, Natsu Aoku's status as a light novelist will also be completely stabilized, and it will become one of the pillars of Kadokawa Bunko.

Thinking of these things in her heart, Machida Enko looked at Xia You and asked:

"By the way, teacher, when did you start your summer vacation?"

"Huh?"

Xia You was stunned for a moment, thought for a moment and said, "Next Wednesday." ”

Japanese schools have a three-day vacation system, which is divided into summer, winter, and spring vacations.

The time of summer vacation is generally around July 20th ~ August 31st.

The summer vacation of the private Toyonosaki Academy is late, and the holiday will start on the 28th, which is next Wednesday.

Hearing this, Machida Yuanzi showed a happy smile on her face, and snapped her palms together, "Next Wednesday? great, then next Thursday, the teacher should have time, right?"

"Well, there should be, is there something wrong?" Xia You asked.

"Actually—"

Machida Yuanzi smiled slightly and told Xia You in detail about the matter.

It turned out that Kadokawa Bunko decided to open a special issue of author interviews for Natsuyu, which coincided with the launch of RE0 for publicity, which could be very effective in expanding the popularity of RE0.

And this also has a lot of benefits for Xia You's life as a writer.

After thinking about it, Xia You nodded, "I see, what about the specific time of the interview?"

"Next Thursday. ”

"I see, I'll call Machida to edit you then. ”

"Okay. Machida Enko smiled and nodded, and then she took out a copy of the agreement from the bag she was carrying and handed it over.

"What is this?" took over, Xia You was a little confused.

"As the teacher can see, this is an illustration agreement. Machida Enko explained.

Originally, according to the expected plan, in a few days, she was going to talk to Xia You about the illustration of Sword Art Online.

However, after reading the illustration that Xia Yu gave her just now, Machida Enko made up her mind and handed over the illustration of Sword Art Online to Xia You.

If you draw illustrations from the author's point of view based on solid drawing skills, you will definitely get the best results.

"I wonder if the teacher is interested in taking on the illustrations of Sword Art Online?" asked Machida Enko.

"Absolutely!"

Xia You nodded hurriedly and couldn't help but smile.

In fact, he had deliberately mentioned this matter to Machida Enko a long time ago.

He took over the illustration work for Sword Art Online.

After all, if you leave the illustration work to other artists, the images of characters such as Kirito and Asuna will become other images.

This was quite uncomfortable for Xia You, who had watched Sword Art Online many times, so when Machida Enko talked about it, he immediately nodded in response.

"Then please sign the agreement. Machida Enko handed over a pen.

"Okay. ”

Taking the pen, Xia You began to sign the agreement.

After signing the relevant information and confirming that it is correct, return the agreement and pen to Machida Enko.

After looking at it, Machida Enko smiled with satisfaction, "OK, it's okay." ”

"Hmm. ”

After taking a sip of the drink, Xia You suddenly remembered something and asked, "By the way, Machida Editor, how is Teacher Xia Shizi's health?"

Hearing this, Machida Yuanzi raised her eyes from the agreement, smiled and nodded, "Well, it's okay, the fever has subsided after a night's rest." ”

"That's good, that's good. Xia You breathed a sigh of relief.

Yesterday afternoon, if he hadn't gone to find Kasumigaoka Shiyu with Lun, she might not have relapsed, so Xia You felt quite remorseful.

Now that he heard that Kasumigaoka Shiyu's fever had subsided, he was finally relieved.

"However, because of the past few weeks, Teacher Xia Shizi has been malnourished and very weak, so I guess I will have to rest for two or three days. Machida Enko said.

"Is it still time to go to school?" asked Xia You.

Now there are less than a few days left until the summer vacation.

Machida Yuanzi shook her head slightly, "I don't know, Ms. Kasumi Shiko is still resting, and I will ask her again when I wake up." However, according to her temperament, if she was in a slightly better health, she would have gone to school. ”

Due to the continuous leave in the past few weeks and the absence of many exams, the first place in the grade that has always been occupied by Kasumigaoka Shiyu has naturally been robbed by other students in the same grade.

With her character who never admits defeat, after knowing this, she will definitely go to school and then apply for a make-up exam.

Of course, if Kasumigaoka Shiyu wasn't in good health, Machida Enko would never let her do it.

"That's ......" Xia You nodded slightly.

Immediately, the two stopped talking about it, and instead talked about the publication of the novel.

Time flickered, and soon it was four or five o'clock in the afternoon.

Machida Enko wanted to have dinner with Xia You, but Xia You refused, he had to go to work at night and needed to go back to change his clothes.

And Machida Yuanzi didn't stay long, and after telling Xia You to remember to participate in the author's interview next Thursday, the two broke up and left.

Taking the train home, Xia You changed his clothes, and after finding something to eat, he went to the Fog Fruit Cafe, but saw Sahi Kawasaki standing at the door of the café with his hands in his arms.

She was dressed in a waitress costume, her eyes were slightly squinted, and her expression was as cold as ever.

She has some blue silver hair, and she looks very beautiful in the orange afterglow.

Who are you waiting for?

Xia You was still puzzled, but unexpectedly, the next moment, Sahi Kawasaki looked sideways slightly, and the two looked at each other.

Immediately, Saki Kawasaki walked towards him.

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