My anime/manga fandom can't be that lazy.

Dongfang Bai rolled his eyes. This guy probably only has less than five days left until the deadline, right? Even if he were given five days, he still wouldn't be able to finish 100,000 words.

Writing 10,000 words a day is commonplace for online novelists in China, but for light novel writers in Japan, writing 10,000 words a day is practically divine, the kind of living, talking god that can walk and speak.

Dongfang Bai had some experience writing online novels, so he wrote books very quickly. If he worked hard, he could finish a month's worth of manuscripts in ten days at most.

Unfortunately, the deadline for his second volume was approaching, and he hadn't even started writing a single word...

But he was still able to smile and continue playing games, completely unfazed by the 'red' deadline, because he knew the editorial department couldn't lock him in a dark room.

Although a contract was signed at the time, if I were forcibly locked in a dark room, my hometown in China would definitely know immediately, so I felt perfectly justified in delaying the manuscript.

[PS: The author is in Hubei and is now too afraid to go out and visit relatives for the New Year, as they are not receiving any red envelopes.]

Chapter Twelve: Eri Kashiwagi's Collaboration [Please Subscribe Automatically]

"Hmph, even without a draft, I am very relaxed right now."

I feel like I've heard this phrase somewhere before...

Yamada Elf stood with her hands on her hips, head held high, looking quite proud. Although it was unclear where this girl got her confidence from, judging from her expression, she must have some kind of solution.

"Could it be that you still have a backup plan?"

"no!"

Yamada Elf answered very decisively, and Dongfang Bai slapped himself in the face. He shouldn't have had any expectations of this idiot.

"Actually, there's just one thing that's kept me from starting to write!"

"what's up?"

Yamada Elf stood up somewhat dejectedly. She silently walked to her desk and took out a stack of documents from the bookshelf.

"Actually, I just want to find an illustrator who suits me. I've wanted to collaborate with Ms. Eromanga for a long time, but I haven't been able to get in touch with her..."

Yamada Elf looked at the stack of documents with a hint of helplessness, while Dongfang Bai couldn't help but glance at the windowsill. Come to think of it, one could see Sagiri's room from this position.

04 “Hey, you stinky white, isn’t Romanga-sensei your collaborator? He also drew your illustrations for Fate. No one has ever collaborated with him before.”

Yamada Elf looked at Dongfang Bai with suspicion, feeling that this guy was hiding something from her, but she couldn't figure out what it was.

"Yes, I do have a collaboration with Professor Eromanga, and we were even in contact before."

Dongfang Bai felt there was nothing to hide, but it was impossible for Yamada Elf to collaborate with Sagiri for the time being, since Sagiri was still drawing illustrations for him.

If you were to draw illustrations for two authors at the same time, the workload would be enormous; a good illustration is not something that can be easily created.

Even a simple sketch, if you want to draw it very exquisitely, will take at least three days, including time for eating and sleeping, and for some people it will take even longer.

Dongfang Bai's books are released monthly, and within that month, the illustrator has to draw five or even seven or eight illustrations.

While black and white versions are possible, the cover and a few other images will definitely be in color, which involves a considerable amount of work.

"Then you should have her Twitter or Line account, right?!"

Yamada Elf's eyes lit up slightly, and she looked at him with an expectant expression, but of course Dongfang Bai would never give her Sagiri's Line account.

After all, Sagiri is extremely shy, and she doesn't have many friends on her private Line account. I am one of her few friends.

If someone with Yamada Elf's personality were to go up there, Sagiri would probably be so scared that she would block her immediately.

"Yes, there is, but Eromanga-sensei is already working with me now. She plans to help me finish drawing Fate."

Hearing this, Yamada Elf lowered her head slightly in frustration. Indeed, Eromanga-sensei definitely didn't have the ability to complete this amount of work.

"Then I'm doomed. The guy who used to do my illustrations ran away because we didn't get along. Now I'm having trouble finding a suitable illustrator, which is why I can't write light novels!"

"You don't write light novels just because you want to be lazy, right!?"

Dongfang Bai's words made Yamada Elf blush, and then she glared at him fiercely. It was really embarrassing to be exposed in front of her, especially for a girl with thin skin.

"I don't care anymore! I absolutely cannot continue writing without illustrators!"

Yamada Elf started acting like a child, lying down on the sofa and shouting, throwing a tantrum.

Regardless of whether Dongfang Bai felt it was more like she was being coquettish.

"Alright, alright, I might be able to help you with the illustrator thing."

Dongfang Bai said helplessly to Yamada Fairy, "If this guy doesn't start writing now, he'll definitely be dragged into a dark room to work on his manuscript all night in a few days, right?"

It's really terrible. Fortunately, I'm a diligent writer. Although I haven't written a single word yet, this inexplicable calmness has given me confidence.

"Huh? Really?!"

Yamada Elf stopped her playful, gesticulating antics and sat down next to Dongfang Bai, looking at him with expectant eyes.

"I'll ask around for you."

As he spoke, Dongfang Bai took out his phone, opened his Twitter account, and sent a message to a girl he hadn't messaged in a long time.

What are you asking?

Yamada Fairy looked at Dongfang Bai's phone with a puzzled expression. Although she didn't know who the guy with the nickname "Golden-haired Loser" was, the nickname was inexplicably annoying.

Ask her if she'd be willing to draw illustrations for you.

Dongfang Bai estimated that Eriri would most likely agree, because this girl draws too many doujinshi, and she probably also wants to become a professional illustrator.

However, even if the author of the illustrations is very famous, it is still very difficult for her to come ashore from the sea. If there is no opportunity to help her, she may spend her whole life drawing illustrations at sea.

To be honest, this girl probably wanted to use drawing comics as a way to make a living, but her drawing skills were very strong, and her artwork was exquisite and beautiful, unfortunately...

His plot development skills are incredibly bad. This guy's ability to conceive a plot is ridiculously poor. Dongfang Bai has never seen anyone whose plot is so bad.

Although the setting of Black Cat is strange and complicated, and the writing style is quite chuunibyou, Dongfang Bai feels that the plot is very interesting. If it is nurtured, it will definitely be able to publish a light novel.

However, no matter how excellent Eriri's artwork was, her storytelling ability was terrible, so she was ultimately unable to publish her manga and thus could not make it to the mainstream.

So when Dongfang Bai's light novel was published, it gave her a lot of hope. Unfortunately, Dongfang Bai ruthlessly rejected her, which made her feel extremely depressed.

However, her request to cooperate with Dongfang Bai was entirely correct, because now Dongfang Bai is introducing her to a business partner.

Yamada Elf, a genius light novel author with 220 million copies sold!

Moreover, the compatibility between the two is very high. If the compatibility is too low, even two very famous people can easily fail. That is, the compatibility between the author and the illustrator.

Why are the two of them so compatible?

Because the two of them have one very big thing in common: sexiness. Yamada Elf's writing style often reveals a sense of sexiness, while Sawamura Eriri used to draw R18 doujinshi, so sexiness is just commonplace for her.

The two of them are such a perfect match that if they were to collaborate, it's entirely possible for sales to double.

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Chapter Thirteen: The "golden-haired loser" you mentioned refers to [Please subscribe automatically].

Who are you referring to as the 'golden-haired loser'?

Yamada Fairy frowned slightly. This nickname really annoyed her for some reason, but her curiosity overcame the unpleasant feeling.

"Her name? You should have heard of her, right? Kashiwagi Eri."

"Huh?!"

Yamada Elf's eyes widened. She had already thought of several illustrators, but she never expected it to be Kashiwagi Eri. This person was not easy to find.

Eri Kashiwagi had never worked as an illustrator before, so she had always drawn doujinshi (books/manga), but because she drew so many doujinshi, she became famous.

Anyone with even a slight understanding of the ACG world has definitely heard of Eri Kashiwagi. She's a super famous doujinshi artist, and her R18 drawings are incredibly explicit.

"How did you find her? I remember several writers had approached her before and were rejected, right?"

"Ahem, it's basically like this... she asked me to collaborate before, which I refused, but we still added each other on Line."

Dongfang Bai's lips twitched. Eriri had indeed always wanted to become a professional artist, but it wasn't something she could just do by randomly choosing a light novel. After all, as a top-tier illustrator, she still had her pride.

When choosing a partner, she not only considers their reputation but also their compatibility. However, she doesn't know why she ended up collaborating with Dongfang Bai.

Perhaps after watching Fate, she was so fond of it that she impulsively came to discuss collaboration. Anyone in the industry with a deeper understanding of Fate can see its potential.

Fate has great potential and is very likely to become a classic, as evidenced by its sales figures in the past few days. It will become a hit sooner or later.

Eriri also has a very keen eye; she saw Fate's potential and drew the illustrations and proposed a collaboration long before other illustrators approached her.

She acted very quickly; while other illustrators were just discovering the potential of "Fate" and wanting to collaborate, she had already completed several illustrations and sent them to Dengeki Bunko.

When the others heard that Kashiwagi Eri had even finished drawing and sent the illustrations, most of them gave up, because they knew they couldn't compete with Kashiwagi Eri.

But the most unexpected thing was that Kashiwagi Eri was rejected? Just when everyone else thought that 'Yakumo Shiro' had something wrong with his head, he suddenly announced that he was collaborating with 'Eromanga' teacher.

Everyone was stunned. Although Eriri eventually added Hikaru on Line and they made a promise to collaborate on a suitable new project.

I didn't expect it to come true so quickly; it's been less than a week since Dongfang Bai fulfilled his promise.

"I didn't expect you to reject her, but considering you're working with Eromanga, it's actually quite normal for you to refuse."

Eromanga and Eri Kashiwagi are equally famous illustrators. However, although Eromanga often draws erotic illustrations, she mainly draws exquisite hand-drawn illustrations on Pixiv, so she is more suitable as a collaborator for Fate.

Ding dong.

[Eri Kashiwagi: What's up? Are you releasing a new work? Want to collaborate?]

This girl replies really fast! I just sent her a message and she already replied. It seems she's really anxious about not being able to get ashore yet.

[Yakumo Shiro: Yes, we are indeed looking for a collaboration. Is that alright?]

[Eri Kashiwagi: Really? You've only written one volume of your new book, and you're writing another one?]

The other person clearly didn't believe her, as if Dongfang Bai was teasing her.

Eriri, dressed in a simple green tracksuit, slightly pursed her lips. She still remembered how this guy had refused to let her do the illustrations!

[Yakumo Shiro: No, it's just that an author I know, 'Yamada Elf,' is writing a new book and can't find an illustrator. Are you interested?]

Yamada Fairy! ?

Eriri was taken aback. Of course, she had heard of Yamada Elf's reputation, but she hadn't expected to be cooperating with her. Eriri realized that this was a very good opportunity to get out of trouble! She absolutely couldn't let it slip by.