Ying Lili's home, Kazuya and Ying Li Li looked at each other silently. Just now, the two of them sent Kirino away. Although she suffered a major setback in the issue of the publication of the novel, Kirino was still a strong girl, and when Kazuya ran to Eiriri's house out of breath, although she leaned back in her chair with a pale face, there was no trace of tears on Kirino's face.

In fact,When I saw the message of the pear pear,,And immediately ran out of the scene of the game.,I didn't even participate in the award ceremony where the final Kanako won the championship.,Although I was very dissatisfied with the fact that I couldn't accompany myself to the end.,But after getting a satisfactory result.,Seeing Kazuya's ugly face,Ayase also felt that he was really a little unkind to stop Kazuya at this time.,Ask if it's because there's a problem with the pear of the pear.,Although a little reluctant., Ayase finally let Kazuya go.

However, at this time, it was too late to try to redeem it, and on the taxi on the return journey at any cost, Kazuya finally connected to Ying Lili's phone, on the other end of the phone, Ying Lili's voice was tired, and helpless: "You just come to my house directly!" Kirino and I have returned. ”

So, what's the situation? Is Senior Sister Shiyu really so unkind? "When I first came back, I patronized and comforted Kirino with Yingli Li, so that Kazuya was not very clear about the specific situation, and after Kirino left, he recalled Shiyu's resolute attitude towards him two weeks ago, and Kazuya's heart couldn't help but tremble.

"Kasumigaoka Shiyu didn't appear at all, too, I guess I asked her to come over before because I wanted her to use a real person to convince Kirino, right? If the persuasion failed last time, it is estimated that there is no need to let her appear again.,So,This time,In addition to the editor last time,,This time it's the big boss who appears.,Machida! Ying Lili shook her head and said with a wry smile.

"That's the guy." Kazuya frowned slightly, "I didn't expect her to come by herself?" However, even Machida can't refute my question, right? ”

"You don't have to be in such a hurry, can you?" Looking at Kazuya's anxious look at this time, he remembered his anxious mood of repeatedly contacting Kazuya when he was resting and couldn't succeed, and Yingli Lili, who had just eased up a little, became a little irritable again, "What's the point of being so anxious now?" You're having a lot of fun with Ayase! ”

"I'm sorry, I'm also worried about your situation-" Kazuya subconsciously wanted to explain, but looking at the rare and genuine dissatisfaction that Ying Ri showed to herself, she swallowed the words to defend herself, and could only nod and say, "I'm sorry." ”

"Well, I shouldn't be angry either." Yingli Lili, who was a little annoyed, held her forehead, as if she also wanted to try to suppress her emotions, and finally continued with some reluctance, "It was smooth at first, even Machida didn't realize the point of our rebuttal. The rewriting proposal she proposed is completely based on the model of male-oriented light novels, while the plan we propose here is completely to attract women to fans. Even the Kimura editor was a little moved, and finally spoke for us, pointing out that if Kirino's novel could be published at a relatively small cost, it could be regarded as a risk-averse strategy, which probably meant that if Kasumigaoka Shiyu's novel could not achieve satisfactory results, Kirino's novel could also be a supplement if it was successful. ”

"Is that Kimura editor an idiot?" Listening to Yingli Li's words, Kazuya, who was still a little excited at first, finally covered his forehead helplessly, "The capital that Machida relied on to make a living by jumping to the Mystery Library is to pull over Kasumigaoka Shiyu, and the experience of publishing and distributing the youth to the novel established by Shiyu Senpai, he said this kind of thing at this time, isn't he slapping Machida in the face raw?" ”

"In hindsight, you're right," Eriri smiled bitterly, "Machida's attitude was quite friendly at first, and he looked like he wanted to discuss it with us, but after Kimura said that, his aggression immediately became stronger, but Kirino and I thought it was a good opportunity to pursue it while we were victorious, so we agreed with Kimura's point of view." ”

"So, what is Machida's counterattack strategy?" Kazuya helplessly held his forehead, closed his eyes, and asked.

"Her question is actually very simple, how do we make sure that Kirino's novel is female-oriented, and then how do we confirm that publishing it in a female-oriented direction can be successful." Ying Lili said in a deep voice.

"That's a bummer, isn't it?" Kazuya looked at Eiri in amazement.

"But that's the way it is, Kazuya," Eriri shook her head and said, "You think about it a lot, but, all of your assumptions are assumptions, we don't have a basis for investigation, we don't even have publishing experience, we just think that Kirino's novel is a typical novel that attracts female readers, but we haven't investigated, so it's just a false judgment based on our impressions - the industry already has a clear standard for judging male-oriented light novels, However, the standards of female-oriented light novels are still too vague. ”

Kazuya looked at Eiri in silence, thinking about how he would judge if he faced this situation himself.

"One more thing, which Machida has always emphasized, is her successful experience as an editor of male-oriented light novels, female-oriented novels, and I feel that the kind of pure shoujo manga genre novels have a successful experience, but unfortunately, we all know that Kirino's type of novels are not typical shoujo manga novels, so we can't even cite relevant examples to prove the sales."

"That's not right, right? On the other side of the river, a bunch of 'young writers' are making a living from this type of novel! The kind of style that looks a little melancholy and is actually moaning without illness is still very attractive to girls, right? Kazuya blurted out a retort.

"Uh, what are you talking about?" Eiri Riri looked at Kazuya dumbfounded and asked puzzled.

"Ah, no, well!" And also lowered his head a little helplessly.,He realized why he had deep confidence in Kirino's novels as a female-oriented genre publication.,This confidence doesn't come from the confidence of the otaku field.,It's from the habitual continent's young writer's "little fresh text".,It's good to say that this is a misjudgment.,Or is this evidence that he can use but didn't tell Ying Lili.,At least Ying Li Li doesn't have this kind of confidence in him.,So,After Machida threw out questioning remarks, It's normal that she didn't have a policy to deal with it - because Machida's doubts were directly based on sales, and the two of them, Eiri and Kirino, who were completely inexperienced, would have doubts about the next situation, let alone think of refuting it.

However, Kazuya's subconscious answer made Eiri realize a problem, and stared at Kazuya's eyes stubbornly, and Eiri asked seriously, "You mean, Kazuya, is it possible for you to respond to Machida's question?" ”

"Well, is that so? But I don't know if the example I've given is appropriate, but I don't think I'll be completely out of the power to fight back, right? Kazuya turned his head and said with a little crying and laughing.

"So, why didn't you tell us beforehand?" Ying Lili's voice became deep and said.

"No, I didn't expect Machida to ask you this kind of question directly, and I don't know if this method of dealing with it is feasible, and it was only a temporary thought of me."

"So, you mean, if you're there, then we've got a chance, right?" Ying Lili gritted her teeth and said.

"Uh," Kazuya was stunned for a moment, realizing the deeper meaning behind Ying Lili's words, but finally nodded helplessly, "Probably, maybe I can still say a few words - although I'm not sure if I can cope with the past." ”

"Really? Is that so? The tense atmosphere of Ying Li's whole body just now disappeared, and was replaced by an indescribable false relaxation and abandonment, "Kazuya, in fact, I always wanted to apologize for my words just now!" Because in retrospect, even if you were there, the most you could do was stop us from further stimulating Machida with Kimura, and we wouldn't be able to refute Machida, right? So it's useless to complain that you're not there, it's just a failure, so you want to make excuses for your failures and vent, right? yes, until now, I convinced myself that I wanted to believe that. ”

"Even if I were here, I wouldn't be able to convince Machida." Kazuya looked at the British pear who suddenly became different, and said with some evasion.

"But at least there's hope, right? Machida was forced to be miserable by us at that time! If you succeed in rebutting her one more time, maybe we'll win? Ying Lili asked rhetorically.

"But there's a chance you won't win, right?"

"So, Kazuya, why do you always emphasize the possibility of our failure? Obviously, when I was asked to accompany Kirino to deal with this matter alone, you were confident not to talk about it! Eiri Riri showed a somewhat sad look and looked at Kazuya, "Isn't our purpose to help Kirino be as successful as possible?" At that time, you were so decisive in helping Kirino to reject Kasumigaoka Shiha's proposal, wasn't it also because you wanted to make Kirino's novel publication more successful? So what are you doing now? Are you defending yourself with every possible failure scenario? Kazuya Aragaki will take responsibility for the girl who decided her own thoughts without permission! ”

"Ying Lili, calm down, we will solve the matter of Kirino, and we don't need to quarrel for Kirino anymore, right?" Looking at the rare excitement of Ying Lili, Kazuya tried to calm her emotions, but, obviously, what he was doing now could not achieve the desired effect.

"There's no need to quarrel over Kirino? If I hadn't joined you for this help two weeks ago, I would have thought the same thing, but you didn't expect that, right? Your childhood sweetheart and girlfriend sometimes looks a little hot-blooded stupid! Looking at Kirino who worked so hard, looking at Kirino who imagined the excitement of his success, you want to tell me: 'Ying Lili, you don't have to worry about Kiri's affairs. 'Do you think I'm like that?' Or, Kazuya, are you the kind of person yourself? ”

"It's not that I don't want to help Kirino! But the reason for our quarrel now is too nonsensical, right? Kazuya grabbed his hair a little irritably, stomped his foot, and said, "And even if you complain about me, I can't do anything now, we should think about a solution now, shouldn't we?" ”

"Kazuya, you still don't know about girls," Eriri smiled bitterly and said, "What girls value is always the attitude of your boys, not the so-called 'remedy' and 'solution' of your boys, in other words, if you come to face Machida with us today, then even if we fail in the end, our hearts will be much better." You see that Kirino is not crying now, do you think that when she comes home, she will not silently lock herself in the room and cry? ”

"But, when I asked you to help Kirino alone, didn't you agree?"

"Yes, I agreed, but I was uneasy at the time, if the result is good, it may be fine, but now that this is the result, it shows that my insecurity is bottomed."

"Well, you told me at the time! Aren't you being vexatious? You promised me something and didn't do it, and in the end you blamed me? You agreed to this matter, and Kirino also understood, and I went to Ayase's side to help Kirino get the gift she wanted, didn't I? If I'm not here today, then Kanako probably won't be able to win this game, and Kirino won't be able to get a gift, didn't I help Kirino on another level? ”

"Kazuya, what did you help, is it Kirino or Ayase!" Ying Lili's eyes became sharper.

"Of course it's Kirino, this gift is what Kirino wants, and Ayase just went to such great lengths to help Kirino get this gift, right?"

"So, if you had to choose between the successful publication of the novel and Merlulu's limited edition gift, what do you think Kirino would choose?" Ying Lili continued to question mercilessly.

"Uh-" Kazuya was a little stunned.

"Let you choose between the champion of the national competition and your favorite limited edition anime peripherals, let me choose between my own manga to become the top in the industry and my favorite anime peripherals, what do you think you will choose, what will I choose?"

"I'm trying to have the best of both worlds, too!" And there is also the strength to defend weakly.

"There's nothing wrong with trying to have the best of both worlds, but if you can only influence one of the two, you should definitely choose to influence the more important one, right? But in the end, you chose the relatively unimportant one, Kazuya, do you still think you're making the decision to help Ayase for Kirino? ”

"No—"

"-Or, Kazuya," Eriri shook her lips, and though she was embarrassed, she finally relented and showed a determined expression, and asked, "Or, Kazuya, do you think you're still too doting on Ayase?" ”