In all fairness, "Friends and Youth" is a good light novel, and although the genre of residual comedy is still prone to aesthetic fatigue after a while, it still has a lot to offer when it is first published. If it's published by a well-known author, or when there aren't many competitors, it could become a topical work if you take the chance.

But,It's a pity that the two conditions of the current and also don't meet.,The debut work of a high school writer is a topic worth hype.,But it's much worse than the gimmick of a high school student beautiful girl writer on the other side.,If it's two writers in the same library.,Hype up the relationship between Kazuya and Shiyu.,Draw out a "Kasumi Shizi teacher solemnly recommended" name.,It may also attract fans on Shiyu's side.,But now it's too late for Myster Library's side to suppress and., How could there be such a generous idea.

The rest can only be through a hard-fought confrontation of strength, so, at the last moment before publication, Kazuya burst out with unimaginable seriousness and drive, and discussed every detail of the novel with Qingwu's editors - fortunately, Qingwu is now in charge of only one author, Kazuya, so the two have the opportunity to negotiate to this extent, which also makes Kazuya's complaint that his editor has a little bit of a virgin's heart has become a lot lighter.

Of course, Kazuya's approach is in exchange for a weakening of the connection with everyone around him. Not only Eiri who is in the midst of the Cold War, but also others such as Ayase and Kato.

"Is it really okay if my brother doesn't contact Yingli Pear's seniors? If the seniors don't want to talk to their brother, then leave it to Ayase to take charge, and it might be better to have a microphone, isn't it? This is what Kazuya said to Kazuya after he returned from staying at the publishing house until late at night.

My sister's concern for her is also very useful, but he still rejected the other party's proposal: "No need, what I'm doing now is to make peace with Ying Lili, which is the same thing as you have been hiding and not telling Kirino about the Merlulu cosplay contest.,The patience now is for the final success.。 ”

"Is that so?" Ayase lowered her eyes, revealing a hint of disappointment, "I thought I could help my brother!" ”

"Well, there's no need to worry too much, but now I know what I'm thinking, so I don't hesitate to do things." Kazuya patted his chest and played with Ayase.

However, it is impossible not to hesitate, although even Kazuya himself is not sure if his novel can pose enough threat to Shiyu, but if he succeeds, Shiba and Machida will lose their first battle in the Myster Library, which will definitely increase the pressure on Shiyu, not to mention, the next killer weapon of Fantastic Bunko is still eyeing and preparing to harvest! If Shiyu's path as a novelist doesn't seem so smooth because of his own reasons, then when he faces Shiyu, he doesn't know what kind of expression he should show.

Perhaps, as Kato said, at that time, because of his own choice, he could only give up some things in the end. Remembering that a few days ago, when Ryanya was still excitedly asking what kind of project he should prepare for the next summer comi, Kazuya's heart couldn't help but sink.

Although I tried very hard to keep this club going, I vaguely felt that it was difficult to realize my naïve idea.

However, in front of Ayase, he still didn't want to show too much embarrassment, after all, showing this emotion now would only make Ayase worry in vain, so Kazuya still showed a smile and changed the topic: "By the way, Ayase, did you give Kirino the reward for the cosplay competition?" How was her reaction? ”

Until now,And also haven't been able to take the initiative to contact Kirino.,Although I learned that Kirino's performance was very strong when communicating with Ying Li Pear.,But,And also believe that it's smooth sailing on this road.,She's barely suffered a setback.,Now I'm still in a very uncomfortable mood.,But,As the culprit of this situation.,And I don't know what kind of attitude to use to face Kirino.,So,In a sense,He combined solving Kiri's problem with solving Ying Li's problem. As long as his novel can be successful, then everything is not a problem - and he is also betting with himself, and the bet is to rely on the last success to make a one-time comeback.

Therefore, he was embarrassed to ask too much about Kirino on Ayase's side, after all, if he asked Kirino too many questions on Ayase's side, it would only make Ayase suspect that something similar had happened, and if Ayase knew that it was because she dragged Kazuya to participate in a cosplay competition that Kirino's failure in the publication of the novel was caused, then according to Ayase's character, she would definitely blame herself to the extreme - and this self-blame, it would be better to let Kazuya bear it herself.

Of course, it's okay to occasionally inquire about Kirino's condition like now.

"Kirino is it? It seems that her mood has not been very good in recent times," Ayase frowned and replied, "But she was still very happy when she received the gift, really happy, but I don't think it can hide the fact that she was sad at other times, and I always feel that the sense of accomplishment in giving her the gift has also decreased, does my brother know something?" ”

"Well, it's probably because of the pressure to study, right? Or other community factors, I don't know. Kazuya rolled his eyes and confused the past with a few reasons.

It seems that Kirino's condition is even worse than I thought, and it has already worried Ayase, according to that guy's character, he won't show too low emotions in front of others, right?

Kazuya thought so, while holding tightly the manuscript of the novel that he brought back from the editorial department in his hand: So, I can't lose, after losing, it's not just my problem, but also the problem of Eiri Pear and Kirino, and even the possibility of making Ayase blame herself, I'm now on my body, it's not just my thoughts that I'm burdening, so, Sister Shiyu, I hope you can forgive me, right?

"Is that so?" Ayase glanced at Kazuya suspiciously, and her female intuition made her feel that Kazuya seemed to have something to hide in this matter, but, out of trust in Kazuya, she still brushed away the somewhat inexplicable suspicion in her heart, and finally nodded, "Then I'll ask the others again, right?" ”

"Well, don't ask her eldest brother." Kazuya replied subconsciously, and then smiled a little dumbly, it seems that his wariness of Kyosuke has penetrated into his bones, obviously there should be nothing to worry about now, right?

"Huh? What does this sentence mean? ”

"Ah, it's nothing, I'm just saying, it's best to discuss and inquire from some of Kirino's other friends, Kirino's personality is actually very special, and he will always be overly reckless in front of his family, so if you go to her family to inquire about the problem, it may lead to the opposite effect." Kazuya shook his head and explained.

"Brother still knows Kirino very well!"

"Uh," I didn't understand what Ayase meant by this, and Kazuya replied cautiously, "I don't know very well, but I still have my own set of standards for judging the character's character, so basically there won't be too many problems, such as the previous Kanako incident, and I tried to negotiate with her because I believed that the child was a good person, didn't I?" ”

"I didn't want my brother to explain so much, did I? I just think it's great if my brother can understand Kirino better, so it will be convenient for me to grasp Kirino's thoughts, isn't it? Why did my brother explain it? Ayase narrowed her eyes with a curious look.

So I'm too sensitive? Kazuya frowned, today's Ayase made him somewhat unpredictable.

"Well, actually, I'm just explaining in passing, maybe you have a clearer idea when looking at other people? And when looking at the people closest to me, such as Ying Lili, I sometimes can't grasp her thoughts, maybe because I know too well to filter out effective information, right? At that time, Ayase can help me too! ”

"So, does my brother want me to help analyze the thoughts of the current Ying Li Li's seniors?"

"It's not necessary, I discussed it with Kato before, and now I'm redeeming it, I mean if there is a next time, it's better to trouble Ayase to remind me more, so as not to have the current situation."

"Eh, is that so?" Ayase showed a bright smile and said, "Then next time, when my brother and Eiri seniors have a problem, you must let Ayase help you analyze it first!" ”

I don't know why, Kazuya still thinks that Ayase's bright smile has an interesting haze in it, but in the current environment, he still nodded involuntarily: "That's right, if there is a problem next time, Ayase will definitely not be excluded." ”――

Dividing line-

This conversation with Ayase was just a trivial episode in a busy time for Kazuya, and the even better news for him was that Fantastic Bunko finally had a tendency to recall him from oblivion.

The reason for all this is not because Kazuya's efforts moved the library side, but because of an accident. And by this chance, Jean He also felt that the publication of his novel this time was indeed a bit favored by God.

At the time of the launch of the final-disk of the game "Blank Drawing Paper 2", which was adapted from Kazuya's unpublished novel "Winter Snow" two years ago, the author of the script, Maruto Shien, was interviewed: "Although after playing "Blank Drawing Paper 1", I had a rather superficial idea of 'how I should write a script for "Blank Drawing Paper 2", but what really moved me was a work that Fantastic Bunko did not publish back then—I thought, if that work was published, "Blank Paper 2" that everyone sees now should be a completely different work, because after that, I found the original author and bought the right to change the work from him! I'm very grateful to Mr. Aragaki who was just a high school student and happily gave me the right to adapt my work, as if I was the original author and he was plagiarizing me. ”

"Well, Marudo-sensei, you mean that the author who inspired you is actually a high school student, and the high school student writer who debuted in the past two years can't be Kasumi-sensei, right?"

"Ah, of course not, the teacher I talked to was a boy. Actually, I paid attention to him later, but he didn't seem to have made his debut - I wonder if he regretted buying his novel as a script and making a game that was a success! If that's the case, I'd like to apologize to that Aragaki sensei, and then formally express my gratitude to him here, after all, without your excellent original work, my script wouldn't be so good. ”

"Eh, if that Aragaki sensei buys the final-disk, it means that he has forgiven Marudo-sensei, right?"

"I hope so!"

Although Marudo Shimei did not say the name of the original author in the end, who this high school student really was, it still caused a lot of discussion on the Internet for a while, and in such a situation, the sensitive Fantastic Bunko editorial department seized the opportunity and suddenly began a large-scale publicity at the moment when Kazuya's novel was about to be published.

"High school student writer debut! The source of inspiration for Marudo Shien! ”

"An attempt at a new style, a high school student writer reappears after two years of hibernation!"

Such propaganda filled the media in a short period of time, and Kazuya's teacher, Comrade Gen Shibuchi, also vaguely expressed in an interview that "the original work of "Madoka Magi" was actually made by a high school student, and I don't know if it was the Aragaki teacher", which made this topic hype up to a high point in a short period of time.

As a publishing house with strong capital, the mobilization of Fantastic Bunko's publicity resources is still quite terrible, and in the pre-sale rankings of major bookstores, the first volume of Kazuya's "My Friends Few" with the somewhat neutral name of "Aragaki Wazu" as a pen name quickly rose from the previous list to the second place on the list, and the second volume of "The Streets of That City" by Kasumi Shiko, who was close to the first place.

This sudden situation,Mysterious Library's side was completely unprepared.,If it weren't for the fact that everyone in the full-text library didn't pay attention to themselves before that interview.,And you would simply feel that this propaganda war,It should be the embodiment of a beautiful tactic of Fantastic Library.。

However, even if this is just a chance that Fantastic Library, this matter is only good for itself, and there is no harm in it, and Kazuya is not so entangled in the change of attitude before and after Fantastic Library - the industry itself is such a cruel place.

It was in this situation that Kazuya and Shiyu's novels ushered in the release of the day on the same day.

PS――

Let's explain it here.,Although Dianniang deleted a bunch of chapters and a bunch of sensitive content for me back then.,But now it's all restored.,Although I don't know when it's going to be deleted again.,That's why I put the book in the book guest master to update.