Anime Crossover: My Online Romance is Megumi Kato

He replied immediately.

Yuta Kijima: Will Sawamura-kun have time to teach me to draw tomorrow?

Eriri Sawamura: Stop calling me Sawamura-kun, just call me Eriri... Anyway... we're friends now.

Eriri Sawamura: If you don't have talent, you just need to accumulate experience slowly to learn how to draw. I need to prepare my doujinshi for the Summer Comic exhibition tomorrow.

Eriri Sawamura: Although there are still several months to go, since I am now a fairly well-known... author, there is a lot to prepare.

Eriri Sawamura: If you don't have time, that's fine! But I don't have any other time to teach you until the Summer Comic.

Eriri Sawamura looked at Yuta Kijima's profile picture with a smug expression.

She's given this guy a chance to learn from industry experts; if he can't seize it, there's nothing more he can do.

"Om~"

Eriri Sawamura was snapped out of her reverie when her phone vibrated, and quickly picked it up.

Yuta Kijima: Eriri, I have time tomorrow. Shall I study at your house?

Yuta Kijima: I will try my best to learn from Eri Kashiwagi-sensei.

Yuta Kijima: I wonder when would be a good time to go tomorrow? Eriri.

"Humph!"

Eriri put one hand on her hip and hummed softly, nodding in satisfaction. "At least this guy understands."

Eriri Sawamura: Then let's do it tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. I have a lot to do these few days, and I haven't finished drawing the original artwork for Kato yet.

Yuta Kijima: Okay, see you tomorrow morning, Eri Kashiwagi-sensei.

Eriri Sawamura: Don't call me Eri Kashiwagi-sensei anymore! That's the first rule of our sect!

"..."

Yuta Kijima twitched the corner of his mouth.

Yuta Kijima: Okay, Ms. Eri Kashiwagi.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

The weather was a bit gloomy this morning, with a few scattered raindrops falling from the sky.

Yuta Kijima left a crack in the window, in case it rained heavily later.

After a quick tidying up, he closed the door and left.

Rainy days are the perfect time to laze around in bed, and his early morning wake-up today gave him a lazy and gloomy aura.

The tram arrived at the station near Eriri's house at 9:28.

You handled it quite well.

After getting off the tram, Yuta Kijima began to consider whether he should buy some gifts to bring to the door, since it was his first visit.

Eriri probably only called him over to do some trivial chores, but she also wanted to train him from the basics. Although he has the support of the system, it's impossible for him to explicitly ask Eriri to teach him advanced drawing techniques.

Lost in thought, I walked into a fruit shop next to the station and put my umbrella in a bucket by the door.

After a while, Yuta Kijima came out carrying a gift box of fruit, took an umbrella out of the bucket, and headed towards Eriri's house.

A luxury mansion situated on a hill.

Although Eriri had told him about her family situation last night.

However, standing in front of this luxurious mansion, Yuta Kijima still couldn't help but wonder, "Why am I not rich?"

Looking back at the houses scattered below the hill.

Yuta Kijima suddenly couldn't understand why Eriri, who was already a top-tier young lady, would be involved in drawing doujinshi.

He already possesses assets that most people wouldn't even dare to dream of in several lifetimes. It's truly enviable. If he had that kind of capital, he would definitely just laze around every day.

There's a saying that goes, "It's not that we're afraid of rich kids who are lazy, it's that we're afraid of rich kids who have dreams."

Upon arriving at the gate of the villa, Yuta Kijima rang the doorbell.

After waiting for a while, no butler like those in domineering CEO novels came to fetch him.

Only a small loudspeaker by the door let out a clear female voice: "The door is open, you can just come in."

Then no sound came out.

Upon hearing this, Yuta Kijima's lips twitched, and he pushed open the door and walked into the mansion.

It seems that Eriri's family doesn't have the kind of extravagance that's portrayed in TV dramas.

Upon entering the mansion, Kijima Yuta curiously looked around. A main road led straight to the mansion from the entrance, and the green lawns on both sides looked like they were regularly maintained. However, Kijima Yuta did not see anyone else.

Wow, Eriri is really rich!

You can avoid a lifetime of struggle!

Yuta Kijima didn't waste any time. These were all mundane things that couldn't cloud his judgment. With his abilities, he would have them all in the future.

Walking straight to the actual mansion, Yuta Kijima gently knocked on the door.

"Coming! Coming!"

A soft, melodious voice rang out from inside the door, accompanied by unhurried footsteps.

Strange, this doesn't sound like Eriri's voice.

Yuta Kijima is quite sensitive to these things. Could it be that Eriri is a maid in the Eriri family?

A real maid, not those fake maids in Akihabara.

As the door opened, a figure appeared before Yuta Kijima.

She was wearing a red striped yukata, her purple hair was tied in pigtails, and her eyes were also dreamy purple. At this moment, she was holding a folding fan in her hand and smilingly looking at Yuta Kijima.

This is?

Eriri didn't mention having an older sister either.

Yuta Kijima couldn't stand her scrutinizing gaze; he felt like she wanted to strip him naked.

"Y-you... hello, are you Eriri's...?" Kijima Yuta asked politely and gently, avoiding the other person's gaze.

The other person didn't reply, their purple eyes fixed on Yuta Kijima, as if encouraging him to finish what he was saying.

Yuta Kijima forced himself to continue, "Are you Eriri's...older sister?"

"Um... My name is Kijima Yuta, and I'm Eriri's friend. Has she mentioned this to you?" Kijima Yuta looked at the woman in front of him who resembled Eriri. She remained silent, and he couldn't quite grasp her intentions.

Did Eriri not tell her family that she would be visiting today?

Ms. Kashiwagi Eri! If you don't come soon, I feel like I'm going to melt from the gaze on the other side.

However, after Yuta Kijima's inquiry, the other party finally made another move.

"Oh, Eriri did tell me about Kijima-kun coming to visit." She blinked, resting her folding fan on her chin.

Her eyes were like dazzling purple gems, and her skin was snow-white and translucent, like a miniature version of Eriri.

"If you call me 'Kijima-kun,' you must be Eriri's older sister," Yuta Kijima thought.

"Hello, older sister. Has Eriri gotten up yet?" Yuta Kijima asked gently. "May I ask your name?"

The other person looked to be in her early twenties, with a pretty face like Eriri, but with a more charming and alluring quality.

Upon hearing what Yuta Kijima said, she burst into laughter, but seemed to maintain her elegance and did not become too unrestrained.

Yuta Kijima was filled with questions.

She gently covered her mouth with her folding fan and said with a smile, "You've come a bit early. Eriri is still sleeping." She paused, then continued, "But I'm not Eriri's older sister, I'm her mother."

"Nice to meet you, Kijima-kun. My name is Sawamura Sayuri. Of course, you can also call me Sawamura-neechan from now on..." Sawamura Sayuri blinked gently.

"Ah, Sawamura... Ah... Auntie." Kijima Yuta was completely dumbfounded. You're telling him this is Eriri's mother?!

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Chapter 59 A Professional at Troubleshooting His Daughter

Yuta Kijima subconsciously took a step back, realizing he had completely guessed wrong and had said some outrageous things to her.

He said politely, "Sawamura...Auntie? I was rude just now, I'm very sorry."

Yuta Kijima said somewhat embarrassedly.

Sawamura Sayuri nodded and said with a sweet smile, "Actually, I really like it when you call me 'older sister'."

"What a pity..." Sayuri Sawamura's face showed a hint of regret, "Eri has been keeping such a handsome boy to herself and has never shared him with me, her mother."

Kijima Yuta: "..."

"Oh, come in quickly..." Sawamura Sayuri stood to the side with a smile. "Eriri should be awake by now. She stayed up all night again last night to finish her manuscript. Kijima-kun, you'll have to discipline Eriri properly from now on. This child is very unwilling to listen to her mother."

As Eriri's mother, she knows her daughter's character best. She was also surprised that Eriri would invite a boy to their home, which was a big step forward.

"Speaking of which, I'm really sorry, I came here to ask Eriri to teach me how to draw. I'm really sorry to bother you, Aunt Sawamura."

Yuta Kijima hesitated slightly. The woman in front of him, Eriri's mother, was always speaking without thinking. If it weren't for the fact that she looked exactly like Eriri, he would have even suspected that she was Kasumigaoka-senpai's mother.

However, he roughly understood why Eriri became a doujinshi artist.

After walking into the reception room and sitting down, Sayuri Sawamura poured Yuta Kijima a cup of tea and then sat down elegantly opposite him.

She gracefully picked up a delicate teacup, took a small sip, and asked Yuta Kijima curiously, "By the way, Kijima-kun, could you tell me how you met Eriri?"

“I’m always worried that no one will be her friend…” Sayuri Sawamura gently rubbed her forehead.

Eriri knew her personality; she made friends purely to socialize, and probably didn't have any truly close friends anymore.

Ever since Aki Tomoya broke off his friendship with Eriri, Sawamura Sayuri has been very worried.

It was only recently, when Eriri occasionally mentioned Aki Tomoya when she came home, that she learned Eriri had joined the club founded by Aki Tomoya, and she also learned some information about the other members from Eriri.

"What black-stockinged fat woman, gloomy dark woman?" Although Eriri always seemed to grit her teeth when she talked about it, she knew that the other person must have a very good relationship with Eriri.

There's also the genius-level light novel author Kijima, and the calm yet charismatic Kato.

And then there's Aki Tomoya, who truly infuriates Eriri whenever she talks about him.

Speaking of Aki Tomoya, Sawamura Sayuri was really disappointed. After all, her daughter was a rich young lady, and although she was a bit arrogant, that was her cuteness!