At one o'clock in the afternoon of the sun, in a café next to the Immortal River Bookstore.

Kasumigaoka Shiyu stirred the coffee on the table in every possible way, and aimlessly glanced at the crowd of people coming and going on the street, which seemed to be extremely leisurely on the surface.

However, the shaking frequency of her right leg under the table gradually increased, revealing her true inner thoughts.

Asked out to meet by his own editor, but was left idle in this place for an hour. For this kind of behavior that is close to no-show, no one must be able to ignore it and maintain a calm posture.

Just when Kasumigaoka Shiyu had the idea of leaving, the door of the café was pushed open again, and Kasumigaoka Shiyu, who had been disappointed more than a dozen times before, didn't even bother to lift his eyelids now, silently thinking that he should leave in a few minutes.

Then I heard a rush of footsteps, and then a familiar voice said: "Ah~Shi-chan turns out that you are here~"

Kasumigaoka Shiyu heard this voice that should have appeared a long time ago, but she didn't look happy at all, and said in a rather impatient tone: "Machida editor, could you please see what time it is?" ”

"Well...... Don't care about this little thing......" As he spoke, Machida Enko, who rushed over, glanced at Kasumigaoka Shiyu's appearance of being angry, and changed his words: "All in all, you should have heard of the importance of this newcomer award, and suddenly handed me full responsibility, and I was also in a hurry." ”

"Oh? Congratulations, Machida editor. It's the first time I've heard of such a thing, but the unhappiness accumulated in her heart still makes her just say it without saltiness.

Machida Enko looked at Kasumigaoka Shiyu, who had finally returned to normal, and breathed a sigh of relief. It's not that I'm afraid that Kasumigaoka Shiyu will say something strange in anger, after all, Machida Enko has consciously been with Kasumigaoka Shiyu for a year or so, and she still knows the high school student writer under her name better.

Besides, although Machida Enko feels that this incident has been confused, she still knows whose fault it is.

Taking the opportunity to sit down, Machida Enko asked the waiter for a cup of coffee, put his hands on the table to support his head, looked at Kasumigaoka Shiyu on the opposite side and said with a smile: "Then Kasumi-senseiko, let's talk about your new work, shall we?" ”

When Kasumigaoka Shiyu heard this, he temporarily let go of some dissatisfaction in his heart, took out his laptop from the backpack he carried, turned it on and opened the manuscript, and put it between the two.

After doing all this, Kasumigaoka Shiyu said lightly: "So, let's talk about your thoughts on Machida's editor, I'm only thinking about the content of the next three volumes for the time being, and I'm not so sure." ”

Machida Yuanzi showed a stunned look when she heard this, and said in surprise: "Shi-chan has actually considered the next three volumes now?" It's completely different from when I debuted as "Love Metronome"~ Although I didn't need to urge the manuscript at that time, I was always reluctant to hand it in before the deadline......"

Hearing this, Kasumigaoka Shiyu knocked on the table with a little headache and reminded, "Please tell me your opinion?" Editor-in-chief Machida? ”

"Eh~Shi-chan is so ruthless~" Machida Enko responded in a tone that was clearly joking. Then his expression became serious, and he said: "This work is still obviously a work with the characteristics of Xia Shizi, and it is also good enough, if I thought this work was good before, in my opinion now, Shichan's work lacks novelty." ”

"Let's put it this way.,It's still a work at the level of Teacher Kasumi.,But compared to the previous work.,In addition to the development of the plot.,The male and female protagonists who appear have changed.,In essence, it's the same work as the previous work.。

Kasumigaoka Shiyu frowned when she heard this, seriously thinking about every word that Machida Enko had just said. After a while, he asked out loud with some confusion, "What do you mean by "if I thought this work was good before"? ”

Machida Enko had an expression of "you finally asked this", took out a USB flash drive from the small bag he carried, and plugged it straight into Kasumigaoka Shiyu's computer, and after reading it, he clicked on a Word file, picked up the coffee that the waiter had just delivered, blew lightly, and said, "You can take a look at this first, Shi-chan." ”

Kasumigaoka Shiyu looked at the computer screen suspiciously, and what appeared in front of him was a huge title: Is there really something wrong with my youth love story?

Looking down with curiosity, Kasumigaoka Shiyu unconsciously finished reading everything.

At the right time, Machida Enko said loudly: "This is the work found by one of my editors for this newcomer's award, and the quality is beyond imagination. Because of the contract, all I can show you now is the first chapter of the first volume. ”

"Newcomer reward?" Kasumigaoka Shiha muttered to herself.

Even if it's just the content of one chapter, Kasumigaoka Shiyu can see that this is a pretty good work. Even in this newcomer reward, not to mention the big prize, the silver reward is definitely safe.

Even if for various reasons, the silver award was not awarded, but according to Machida Enko's attitude, an editor's recommendation is indispensable.

And because of the fact that he is also a writer who is a newcomer to the Immortal Sichuan Library, Kasumigaoka Shiyu suddenly became interested in this author who had never known his life.

"Is the remnant thought the story of youth?" Although I've only read one chapter, Kasumigaoka Shiyu seems to have seen through the essence of this work called "My Youth Love Story Is Really Problematic".

"If the subsequent character depictions don't collapse...... If it can even go to the next level, it may be able to become the masterpiece of the Immortal Sichuan Library in this regard. ”

Machida Enko took a sip of coffee and said with certainty.

Kasumigaoka Shiyu fell silent when she heard this, and said seemingly calmly, "So what do you think I should do?" Imitate? ”

Machida Enko shook her head and said, "No, no, no, it's not an imitation, it's a novelty." This work...... According to the author's abbreviation of "Spring Things", the most distinctive thing about the same type of work in the industry is that he creates the character of the male protagonist from the perspective of the male protagonist. I hope that what you can do is not to imitate, nor to maintain the previous level, but to surpass and have more new ideas. ”

After a pause to give Kasumigaoka Shiha some time to digest the contents, Machida Enko continued, "The president's meaning is to promote your work together with the work of this newcomer's award, and it may be released in conjunction with it later. ”

"So, as a senior, you definitely don't want to be compared to the juniors who debuted later, right? Kasumi Shiko-sensei? ”

In the end, Machida Enko looked at Kasumigaoka Shiyu and said in a rare and serious manner.