Genshin Impact, but the chat group

Next to Eriri sat Kasumigaoka Utaha and Li Yue.

Machida Sonoko naturally recognized Kasumigaoka Utaha, since she was Kasumigaoka's editor, and of course, she was also Eriri's editor now. But she didn't recognize Li Yue. It was strange that a complete stranger had appeared while she was looking for her editor.

"And who is this?"

"This is the pervert, or you can call him the blond guy."

Kasumigaoka calmly gave her introduction, which made Eriri next to her widen her eyes.

Is this...is this something you can say here? Aren't you afraid that blondie will do something to you when he gets back? No, I should say aren't you afraid that blondie will drag you right into the publishing house's bathroom and do something to you?

Clearly, Eriri's mind was starting to wander again.

Machida Sonoko, of course, did not take Kasumigaoka's words seriously.

"It seems this gentleman is a very good friend of Shiwa-chan."

"My name is Li Yue, you can just call me Li Yue."

Li Yue's current appearance is still a floral shirt and shorts, and his hair has naturally turned yellow. In this world, he is determined to carry on his yellow-haired image to the end; even his current sitting posture is very much like a yellow-haired man.

There was a long sofa. Eriri sat on the left, Kasumigaoka on the right, and Li Yue sat in the middle between them, leaning back casually with his hands resting directly on the back of the sofa, making it look like he was hugging Eriri and Kasumigaoka from behind. Combined with his clothes and sunglasses, he looked like a delinquent, not a good person.

"I see. Hello Mr. Li Yue, thank you for keeping you waiting."

Although she didn't know the exact relationship between Li Yue and Kasumigaoka, based on her understanding of Kasumigaoka, the fact that she could call him a pervert to his face and he didn't seem to care at all suggested that their relationship was extremely close, since "pervert" wasn't exactly a compliment.

"When will they be able to arrive?"

Machida Sonoko sat down opposite the three of them, and Li Yue maintained the "embracing on both sides" posture, and spoke directly to Machida Sonoko.

"Ok?"

Li Yue's sudden outburst surprised Machida Sonoko, because this time it was Eriri who contacted her. During the phone call, Eriri said she wanted to talk to the complainant in person and asked her, as the editor, to help make the contact. After all, the complainant had come to file a complaint, so she could meet in person and explain the situation.

Machida Sonoko originally thought that Eriri would be in charge of the main response, and that Kasumigaoka was there to accompany her. But it turns out that it wasn't Eriri and Kasumigaoka, but this blond man who was in charge of the main response this time?

"After contacting them, they said they would arrive within an hour. Fifty minutes have passed now, so they should be here soon."

"So, in other words, it should be ready in a few more minutes, right?"

"Yes."

Li Yue nodded and then began to wait.

After waiting for a few minutes, Machida Sonoko received a phone call and immediately went out to pick someone up. She returned quickly, followed by someone.

"I apologize for keeping you all waiting. This is Ms. Touma Kazusa."

Machida Sonoko introduced Touma Kazusa to Li Yue and the other two, and as Machida Sonoko introduced them, the three of them immediately began to look at Touma Kazusa.

Eriri looked at Touma Kazusa with a bewildered expression, because this Touma Kazusa really looked like the illustration Li Yue had given her. It was hard not to misunderstand.

Li Yue, a time traveler who had once seen Touma Kazusa, looked at Touma Kazusa in front of him.

Yes, these are the characters from the animation, and there are some slight differences between them and those in the game. This is probably because this is the world set in the animation, not the world set in the game or novel.

I glanced at Touma Kazusa and then at Kasumigaoka. Both of them have long, straight black hair and black stockings. They have quite a few similarities, especially since Kasumigaoka Utaha's character design was inspired by Touma Kazusa.

"Hello, I'm Touma Kazusa."

Touma Kazusa gave a brief self-introduction and then fell silent. Suddenly facing three strangers, she didn't know how to continue the conversation. Although she knew that she was here to meet a novelist, this was the first time she had ever been in such a situation.

Although she is the daughter of world-class pianist Yoko Touma, she was a problem child in school. Due to her family background, she was aloof and had special privileges because of her special status, which led to her being ostracized by other students. This is a typical Japanese phenomenon where geniuses are ostracized.

In addition, she is quite stubborn, so she often falls into a vicious cycle of distancing herself from those around her. She will then stubbornly say that she doesn't care, and then the vicious cycle will start again.

"Thank you very much for coming. I have already briefly mentioned to you on the phone why I am coming."

As an editor, Machida Sonoko was in cahoots with Eriri, who was an author. Seeing that Touma Kazusa was not very willing to communicate, she took the initiative to speak again and reached out her hand to Eriri.

"This is Ms. Kashiwagi Eri, the person who invited you out for this talk."

Eriri quickly stood up and bowed to Touma Kazusa.

"Hello, I'm Eri Kashiwagi."

"Ugh?"

Touma Kazusa paused for a moment.

"It's Kashiwagi Eri?"

She looked at Eriri, her usually indifferent face now filled with surprise. This girl looked like a high school student just like herself, yet she wrote light novels? And she'd heard that this girl named Kashiwagi Eri was also drawing erotic manga. A high school girl drawing erotic manga? Seriously?

"That's right, this is Ms. Kashiwagi Eri."

"Then he is?"

"This is Mr. Li Yue. He accompanied Ms. Kashiwagi Eri here to handle this matter."

Touma Kazusa looked at Li Yue. In her opinion, the person who wrote the novel should be a man. The moment she came in, she locked her gaze on Li Yue in the middle, especially because of Li Yue's clothes and blond hair. That's why she had a cold face ever since she came in.

Now they're telling her that the man wasn't him?

"I'm sorry, I just had a misunderstanding."

Although Touma Kazusa has a proud and aloof personality at Nono School, she still maintains proper manners.

“It’s okay. Although I’m not Kashiwagi Eri, I asked her to write her novel, so it’s not a problem for me to come to you. She’s just ghostwriting for me.”

Li Yue also stood up and directly exposed her situation.

Touma Kazusa immediately frowned.

"So, you're actually the author of the novel?"

"Yes, that's it."

Even Machida Sonoko was surprised; she had never heard of such a thing.

"so."

Li Yue pointed to the sofa next to Machida Sonoko, gesturing for Touma Kazusa to sit down.

"Let's talk about how to handle this."

273. I'm not some repressed, slutty woman who uses black stockings to rub against others.

"So, your novel is actually about your own story? You just changed the names to avoid name overlap and also slightly altered the characters' experiences."

"Yes, that's it."

Faced with Li Yue's explanation, Touma Kazusa looked completely disbelieving. Li Yue understood that she couldn't believe it so easily, and pointed to Eriri next to her.

"Sawamura Spencer Eriri, the daughter of a British diplomat, is a true young lady. She is the prototype of Ogiso Setsuna in the novel. Her father is a British diplomat, so it is inconvenient to use his real name directly. In particular, her profession is an erotic painter, so it is even more inconvenient to say it directly. Therefore, changing her name is the best."

"But no one expected that there would actually be someone named Ogiso Setsuna."

"And what about me? Who is my prototype?"

Touma Kazusa couldn't help but ask.

"This is the lady next to me, Kasumigaoka Utaha, a genius high school student and light novelist. She has also published novels with this publishing house. She has a very strong literary foundation and is also a girl with long, straight black hair. She is the prototype of Touma Kazusa."

Touma Kazusa couldn't help but look at Kasumigaoka Utaha. As Li Yue had said, she was indeed a girl with long, straight black hair. She hadn't expected her to be a light novel author as well.

"Is she also an erotic comic artist?"

?

A question mark popped up above Kasumigaoka's head: Why would she associate me with an erotic manga artist?

"That's not it."

Li Yue shook her head in denial.

"Then why did she change her name?"

"Because Eriri also changed her name. It wouldn't be appropriate for her not to change her name, since she's not like the character in the novel who shakes her leg when she's in a bad mood."

"Yeah, I wouldn't use my legs in black stockings to rub against someone."

Touma Kazusa spoke to Li Yue with a cold expression.

"Well, I didn't expect that there would actually be someone named Touma Kazusa. When I was thinking of a name for this character, I thought about it for a long time before I decided on Touma Kazusa."

Li Yue spread her hands, her expression full of helplessness.

"Don't you even recognize my mother?"

Touma Kazusa was speechless. Although she wasn't very famous, her mother was a celebrity, a world-class pianist! Didn't she recognize her? Touma Kazusa used to dislike using her mother's name, but today she couldn't help but use it.

"Sorry, although your mother is indeed a celebrity, I really don't know her."

Li Yue helplessly spread her hands.

"Let me put it this way, do you know who the top-performing investment advisor is on the Tokyo Stock Exchange?"

"I...I don't know."

Touma Kazusa shook her head.

"But what does this have to do with me?"

"Similarly, although your mother is a celebrity, she's not considered a celebrity by people in other industries. People always focus on those within their own circles. While being a pianist sounds prestigious, it's actually not a particularly large circle; many people don't even know about it."

For example, Li Yue, when it comes to piano, only knew that a certain Lang was a very famous pianist from watching TV commercials. He knew nothing about the others until Yundi was arrested for soliciting prostitution. He then learned that this Li was also a pianist.

"Okay, I agree with that."

Touma Kazusa nodded in agreement with a sigh.

"So, there's no such thing as us stalking you, spying on your life, and then writing it into a novel. After all, you're not a woman who wears black stockings and rubs her legs against other people."

Can we please stop saying that someone is wearing black stockings and rubbing their legs against others?

Kasumigaoka glared at Li Yue speechlessly.

"Indeed, I am not the kind of woman who wears black stockings and rubs her legs against others, but the problem is that now people think I am a woman who appears aloof on the surface, but is actually a slutty woman who talks a lot of dirty jokes."

Again?

Kasumigaoka looked at Touma Kazusa.

"No matter how you explain it, it has definitely affected me now. And even if you really don't know about my mother, everyone around me now believes that the character you're describing in your novel is me."

"What are you going to do next?"