Anime Crossover: My Online Romance is Megumi Kato

Cooking is more than just adding seasonings and stir-frying. Yuta Kijima now has a unique understanding of cooking. Or rather, he controls each meal perfectly, controlling the frequency of stir-frying and the heating time of each dish.

Of course, in order to fully demonstrate its capabilities, the dishes also have important selection criteria. The discounted dishes that Yuta Kijima selects every weekend afternoon are clearly not up to par.

However, there's nothing to be picky about; as long as it's edible, that's fine. That's Yuta Kijima's approach to food.

"Drip."

His phone rang, and when Kijima Yuta picked it up, he saw that it was a message from Nishimiya Shoko, asking if he had arrived home safely.

He replied that he had arrived home safely and then put down his phone.

There's still a lot to do.

As for why Megumi doesn't check up on Nishimiya Shoko as often, it's not because she doesn't like him anymore.

If you have friends you've known for a long time, you'll know that a truly good relationship doesn't require frequent contact. As long as they see your message and reply when you want to, that's enough.

A chat program that can be stopped and resumed at any time.

The current relationship between Yuta Kijima and Megumi Kato is that they don't need to contact each other all the time; as long as you're there when I contact you, that's enough.

There's no need to send a message every time you eat, go to the toilet, or sleep. Frequent chatting doesn't necessarily strengthen a relationship; it can actually cause annoyance.

After finishing his meal, washing the dishes, and wiping his hands, Yuta Kijima sat down in front of his computer.

I just need to write about 20,000 to 30,000 words today.

It would be best to finish writing the first volume and send it to Tomoya by Friday, so that I'll have time to do other things over the weekend.

Yuta Kijima shook his head. "Megumi will probably agree to meet in person. I'll get a haircut beforehand."

…………

As it approached eleven o'clock, Yuta Kijima was looking at the novel on the screen, and the soreness in his hands had begun to spread.

Okay, that's all for today.

[Writing level 4: 7/100]

Yuta Kijima watched his experience points increase and felt hopeful for the future.

As long as you keep writing, your future works will only get better and better, until no one can find any flaws in them.

In theory, if Yuta Kijima wanted to, he could reach the pinnacle in any industry. Right now, there's no need to rush. He can use his time at school to develop his skills quietly.

Then Yuta Kijima walked to the bedside, sat down, and picked up his phone.

Hui had finally made up her mind.

As expected, Megumi had already texted him at 10 o'clock, "Kijima-kun, um... I've thought about it, and I agree to meet in person."

"However, I live in Chiba Ward, so I don't know if it would be convenient for you."

"I wonder where Kijima-kun lives, and what time this weekend would be suitable?"

It seems that the request to meet in person caused the other party a lot of hesitation.

So, Dokuro also lives in Chiba? What a coincidence! Could they be from the same school? As far as he knows, there aren't many schools in Chiba Ward, so it's hard to say.

If the meeting goes well, that's great; but if something unexpected happens during the meeting, that would be terrible.

Meeting in person carries risks; proceed with caution when meeting offline.

Yuta Kijima gave a meaningful smile and replied directly.

"Chiba? I also study in Chiba."

"It seems Hui and I are really destined to meet; maybe we even went to the same school."

"Let's set it for the weekend. I'll let you know the time and place on Friday. Don't worry about anything, I'll find a crowded place to meet up."

"Don't have too high expectations, Hui-chan. I'm just an ordinary person."

First, give Hui a heads-up: don't reveal all your true information at the beginning, or you'll be fooling people.

Yuta Kijima needs to prepare for the meeting in person so that he can leave in time if things don't go well. He's been seeing a lot of videos of failed meetups these past few days, which has caused him a lot of psychological distress.

It was a high-stakes gamble.

While it might seem irresponsible, Yuta Kijima himself doesn't see anything wrong with it. It's simply about cutting things off quickly when meeting in person; if you don't like someone, don't hurt them.

On the other side, Kato Megumi, still scrolling through her phone, forced herself to calm down, puffed out her cheeks, and stared angrily at her phone.

"If I were an ordinary person, Kijima-kun, please don't say that."

"Okay, see you this weekend!"

"Kijima-kun, please don't go to any secluded places, or I won't go."

Kato Megumi rolled over, her pajamas revealing her figure. Normally, when she's wearing a school uniform, you wouldn't guess what this ordinary girl possesses.

Although I know very little about Kijima-kun, I can still glean a lot from our conversations. According to Kato Megumi's own imagination, he should be a hardworking, humorous, and ambitious boy.

So, while I was a little nervous about meeting Kato Megumi in person, I was also very curious. If we kept chatting, meeting in person was inevitable, and there was no point in avoiding it.

Kato Megumi has always felt that she doesn't have high requirements for appearance. She herself is an inconspicuous nobody, so how can she have high requirements for others?

It's already good enough to be an ordinary person.

Yuta Kijima quickly received a reply from Megumi.

It seems we'll find out soon this weekend, even though we haven't met yet. He's still full of anticipation.

"Okay, then Hui can look forward to it these next few days."

"We can meet this weekend after I finish submitting my light novel. I'll show you my light novel then."

Yuta Kijima plans to finish writing it on Friday night and send it to Tomoya for proofreading, then spend Saturday revising it, and finally submit it over the weekend.

Solve everything at once.

"Okay, I'll look forward to meeting Kijima-kun."

Chapter 22 Machida Enko

Nothing happened for the next few days.

Yuta Kijima finally finished the first volume of "Your Lie in April" before the weekend. After sending it to Tomoya Aki, he said "Received" and then there was no further response.

Since that day, Aki Tomoya has been very busy every day, and they haven't had a proper chat together. After all, when asked about his dreams, he always stammers.

As for Megumi, ever since he learned that her studies had been affected, Yuta Kijima could only chat with her briefly during her free time each day. Recently, he even complained about being forced to join a strange club...

After taking Nishimiya Shoko home, the quiet girl would greet Kijima Yuta every day, but their basic conversations were limited to "Good morning" and "Good night".

With nothing else to worry about, Yuta Kijima easily completed the creation of his light novel.

The moment he handed the first volume to Aki Tomoya, Kijima Yuta instantly relaxed. All that was left to think about was his in-person meeting with Megumi over the weekend.

At the same time as sending the light novel to Aki Tomoya, it was also submitted to Machida Sonoko, an editor at Shinazugawa Shoten. This was the editor that Kijima Yuta had considered for a long time before choosing. "Love Metronome" was written by an author under this editor.

Of course, Yuta Kijima wasn't worried about these things; he had enough confidence in his work.

Having read so many works, and given the current chaos in the light novel industry, he felt that his light novel was a breath of fresh air. Unless the editor had something wrong with their brain, it was impossible for it not to be approved.

……

Shinazugawa Shoko is part of the Shinazugawa Fantastic Library.

Since its inception, it has continuously absorbed various types of books and eventually made light novels the mainstream of the company's development.

Over the years, while Shinazugawa Bookstore has not become a pillar of the industry, it has been steadily progressing, with a large number of manuscripts being submitted to the library every day.

Today, Shinazugawa Bookstore is headquartered in Chiba Ward, with its own office building that houses not only light novels but also other different industries.

Meanwhile, in an office inside the building, an editor dressed in Lolita business attire sat anxiously in a chair, her legs, encased in black stockings, crossed and swaying back and forth.

Machida Sonoko has been working diligently since she started her career. However, since being promoted from editor to editor-in-chief a few months ago, she has gradually moved beyond her initial joy.

She felt bad after recalling her conversation with the author she was in charge of.

Kasumi Shiko, who was a great help to her promotion, has recently fallen into a slump.

The current predicament is that she no longer has any good resources, which has resulted in her having fewer and fewer notable works.

After its initial popularity, Kasumi Shiko's "Love Metronome" has seen its sales gradually decline.

The remaining works barely met the minimum requirements for publication. Apart from bringing negligible profits to the company, no works with potential were seen.

"Sigh." Machida Sonoko sighed.

After all, considering her age, Kasumi Shiko's current achievements are already quite remarkable, and getting stuck in Kaven's realm wouldn't be of much help to her.

Putting aside her anxiety, Machida Sonoko sat down at her computer and began reading the daily submissions.

It's a misconception that many people envy the work of editors.

If you read a bunch of meaningless articles every day, can you have a good mood?

There's also the ongoing process of reviewing and revising manuscripts for contracted authors; those with a bad attitude can't be good editors.

Instead of thinking about it too much, Machida Sonoko focused on reading the manuscript in her email.

You won't believe it until you see it; it's enough to make your liver hurt from anger.

I won't even mention the various ridiculous book titles. I started reading them with the thought that the content might be good, only to find that the content was also garbage.

I endured the mental breakdown until it was almost time to leave work.

"Your Lie in April? Looks good, I wonder what's inside." Among a pile of emails that were practically electronic junk, Machida Sonoko finally spotted a book title that was different from the others, but a book title alone wasn't enough.

With a mix of trepidation and excitement, Machida Sonoko clicked into the manuscript.

And so, Machida Sonoko didn't leave her office even after the workday ended.

As night fell, Machida Sonoko, engrossed in her computer, didn't notice that the surroundings had darkened and the noisy environment outside the office had gradually quieted down.

"Gululu~"

The person sitting in the chair only moved when the rumbling of their stomach broke the silence of the office.

Machida Sonoko closed her laptop, suddenly becoming excited.

“This light novel is truly, truly far beyond the industry standard,” Machida Sonoko muttered to herself.

As if remembering something, she hurriedly turned on her computer and took out her phone to write down the number attached to the manuscript.

After watching it, she realized that the quality of this work far exceeded the level of the signed contract, and if managed well, it had the potential to become a trend.