A newbie's anime life diary

Everyone looked up and saw that it was indeed past 11 o'clock.

Then, Xuehui was pointed at by three fingers and miserably sent to the kitchen, leaving Eriri alone to be watched by the three of them.

The girl felt that she shouldn't have accepted the invitation in the first place; what was so great about freeloading a meal?

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The third update is finished; the previous chapter has finally been made up.

Chapter 215 You're Going to Be Famous

In the living room, Eriri sat shakily on the sofa, looking at the three people who were staring at her silently, and said haltingly, "Um... I think I should go back first."

The next second, just as his buttocks left the sofa, Shiyu reached out and pressed him back down.

"It's not good to leave now. I already told you to stay for lunch, so don't be so sentimental~"

As she spoke, Shiyu pulled Eriri into her arms and rubbed against her, laughing as she said, "I didn't expect you to be so good at dressing up. Why have I never seen you dressed like this before? Did you realize you can't be a shut-in all the time? You really do look like an elf."

Eriri was momentarily stunned when she was suddenly hugged like a doll.

While having her head rubbed, Eriri looked at her outfit: a pure white ladylike dress, white stockings over her knees, and her original pink jacket, which she had taken off after coming indoors, leaving her slender arms exposed to the air.

Eriri would look better in something cute.

Eriri's mother's words before leaving that morning echoed in her mind once again, and coupled with Utaha's reaction, she couldn't help but feel a little smug.

"Hmph, so what? You've fallen for my beauty... Ah! Don't mess up my hair, you woman!"

Eriri felt like a golden retriever being stroked, and immediately began to resist. Unfortunately, because she was being held and was weaker than Shiho, her struggles were in vain.

Seeing that she couldn't resist, Eriri could only place her hopes on Yukino and Shizuka on the other side.

However, the two seemed to ignore this. Yukino even came closer to carefully observe Eriri's outfit, then blushed and said, "I don't think I can pull off this kind of clothing."

Indeed, although Yukino has quite a few dresses and the like in her wardrobe, the way Eriri piles up the same elements in her outfits really doesn't suit her.

"Is this what they call the advantage of being mixed-race? With blonde hair and this outfit, she really looks like a doll." While talking to herself, Yukino reached out and touched Eriri's blonde hair, even amidst Eriri's despairing gaze.

"Hey... I'm telling you! You can touch me all you want, but don't treat me like a dog, okay?! This is my hair, not dog fur!" Eriri interrupted Yukino's actions, shaking her head and showing her signature little fangs.

"Um... cough cough, well, Shiyu, you should let go first, it's a bit impolite to the guests like this."

After hearing this, Shiyu finally let go of Eriri in her arms. The girl instantly jumped up from the sofa and ran to sit down on the single sofa next to her, looking at Shiyu warily.

"Tch, is it really necessary? It's rare for your senior to see how cute you are, and she wants to pamper you a bit. You're so ungrateful!"

"This isn't affection, it's torture! No, why should I need your affection? Did you take the wrong medicine today?" Eriri scrutinized Shiho again and again. Not only her, Eriri felt that even Yukino and Shizuka next to her were acting strangely.

"Have you all taken the wrong medicine?"

"You're the one who took the wrong medicine! We didn't take any medicine at all!"

"..."

Shi Yu, who was being stared at, knew that what she had said was very ambiguous. Even with her thick skin, she was a little embarrassed at this point, so she immediately changed the subject: "Whether you took your medicine or not can be discussed later. Girl, do you know that you are very conspicuous dressed like this?"

"Huh? Really? I think it looks great. Before, when my mom knew about my outfit choices, she was the one who put together this one for me. Today is the first time I've worn the whole outfit out. If it gets any colder, I probably won't have anything to wear." Eriri looked at Shiho with a puzzled expression. She thought she looked pretty good in it, and Yukiteru-kun had said it was nice too.

Without saying a word, Shiyu took out her phone and opened a message on Twitter, which contained a picture and text.

At the train station in autumn, I met an elf!

The accompanying picture is taken at a train station platform. The person in the photo is clearly Eriri, although thankfully only half of her face is visible, but you can still tell she's a very cute girl. And the photo is indeed quite good; her golden twin tails are blowing in the breeze, making her very eye-catching.

Eriri's face instantly flushed with embarrassment upon seeing this.

"Aaaaaah! Why was this filmed?! Delete it right now, delete it!"

After taking back her phone, leaving Eriri empty-handed, Utaha smiled at the bewildered girl and said, "It's too late, the photo has already spread. But don't worry, the person who took it is a woman, and a professional photographer at that, and she only took this one picture. She's already issued a statement saying it won't be used for commercial purposes. If you're still worried, you can contact her later; I think she'll readily agree to delete it. However, she might even invite you to take more photos for her, and then you'll really be famous, Eriri-chan~"

"Become...famous?"

After hearing Utaha's words, Eriri inevitably imagined her photos being exhibited, surrounded by crowds of onlookers offering their opinions, and being noticed wherever she went. Ultimately, she couldn't go to Akihabara, couldn't buy adult games, couldn't read doujinshi, and was constantly being invited to take photos—artistic portraits, photoshoots, even...

"Ah! No! What's the point of life if things continue like this?!"

Eriri's sudden scream startled Utaha and the others. Was she really that scared? But when the manga is released as a single volume, won't there definitely be autograph sessions? Or even some kind of live event?

"Well, it seems there's still room for improvement. She's too timid." Looking at Eriri, who was crouching with her head in her hands, trembling, Utaha shook her head helplessly.

This scream also woke up Xuehui, who was cooking alone in the prescription room.

Without even taking off his apron, he walked from the kitchen into the living room, looked at Eriri sitting on the sofa with her knees drawn up, and stared at Shiho in shock: "What did you do to her? How could she scream like that?"

Then, he took Shiyu's phone and looked at the photos on it.

"Hmm~ The photos are pretty good."

"Waaaaah!!!" Eriri cried out instantly upon hearing this, grabbing Yukiteru's arm with teary eyes, "Yukiteru-kun, you have to save me! I don't want to be famous! I want to smear eroge, I want to read doujinshi, I don't want to be famous!!!"

"..."

Girl, your imagination is truly unique.

With three pairs of eyes watching, Yukiteru couldn't let Eriri keep holding on like that, so he pried her apart and said, "Minors are prohibited from playing with adult content. I'll take care of the photos for you."

"Waaah...waaah...whoosh!" Eriri sniffed and looked at Yukiteru pitifully, "Really?"

"Really, really, I'll go make the call right now, okay?" With a sigh, Xuehui took Shiyu's phone and went to the side to dial a contact's number to discuss the matter.

Eriri, seemingly free from all worries, muttered to herself as she casually turned on the game console in the TV cabinet, picked up the controller, and started playing a game.

"Just in case, let's play it for a bit and have some fun, in case we can't play it anymore later."

Are people who draw comics really more imaginative?

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I thought I was going to skip this, but I'm back, hahaha!!!

What else will be covered in Chapter 216? Let me mention it in advance.

After making the call, Xuehui instructed his subordinates to contact the photographer based on the Twitter message and negotiate the removal of the photos in a friendly manner before returning.

He handed the phone back to Shiyu, then looked at Eriri, who was sitting on the stall in a duck-like position, intently playing with the carriage and throwing turtle shells at the guy in first place, and asked with some confusion, "What's going on?"

All three shook their heads, and Yukino slowly said, "I guess she suffered some kind of shock and is afraid that she will never be able to play again, so she's just trying to play for as long as she can. But now she seems to be addicted to it."

"How small is this guy's brain?" Yukiteru thought with a wry smile as he watched Eriri's retreating figure. This couldn't possibly be a good situation.

After thinking for a moment, he took a step forward and squatted down next to Eriri.

However, Eriri was engrossed in watching TV and was completely unaware of Yukiteru's arrival.

The sight of a beautiful girl sitting like a duck, playing games right in front of you, is truly amazing. Especially Eriri's fair face, paired with her slightly widened eyes, is quite adorable. If you were to take a picture of this and post it online, there would definitely be a bunch of people demanding social security benefits.

However, Yukiteru was no ordinary person. After taking a deep breath, he slowly leaned close to Eriri's ear and, despite the strange gazes of the three people behind him, slowly said, "Eriri, your doujinshi has been exposed."

As soon as she finished speaking, Eriri's hands, which were gripping the controller, trembled. She stopped shaking the joystick and pressing the buttons, her teeth chattering as she turned to look at Yukiteru.

Then she saw a face with a wicked grin.

"Are you kidding me?"

“Yes.” Yukiteru nodded, but before Eriri could react, he continued, “But it’s only a matter of time. You haven’t forgotten, have you? There’s supposed to be a signing event for the manga volumes after Christmas and before New Year’s. You’ll need to show up then.”

"Oh right! I'm finally going to have a book signing... a book signing event?!?"

Eriri lost her temper again. She had previously ignored the impact that the signing event would have on her, focusing only on the manga.

Eriri put down the controller, looked at Yukiteru beside her, and asked with a wry smile, "Can the autograph session be canceled?"

"Asking now? Too late." Rolling his eyes, Xuehui stood up, ignoring Eriri who was taking out her phone to contact her editor, and continued cooking.

Half an hour later.

At the dining table, Eriri ate her rice while saying in a self-deprecating tone, "Whatever, it doesn't matter, whatever."

Judging from this, it seems the communication failed and the book signing event was not cancelled.

That's truly something to celebrate!

"Alright, what's there to panic about? Didn't you say the law only prohibited minors from buying doujinshi, not drawing them? You were so confident and well-reasoned back then. So what if you get caught? Wouldn't it be better to just admit it openly?" Xiaojing, sitting across from her, said nonchalantly, holding her rice bowl. In her opinion, with a good family background, talent, and the ability to earn money, Eriri had no need to hide anything.

She just drew some doujinshi before. Shizuka is sure that once Eriri's identity is revealed, all those fans, whether they were fans of the doujinshi before or fans of the manga now, will be ecstatic.

A 17-year-old doujinshi artist transitioned into a manga artist! Who knows, one day when things get exciting, those fans might cause trouble, and a "Kashiwagi Eri Cult" might spring up, with a bunch of otaku holding signs and chanting slogans like "Long live Kashiwagi Eri~" at every autograph session!

Wouldn't it be better if pretty female cartoonists drew all sorts of beautiful little sisters and ladies?

Of course, these are just Shizuka's own guesses. Although they may come true, she won't say it now. Can't you see that Eriri is already a little unbearable?

After a long and difficult meal, the group sat on the sofa to digest their food and finally started talking about the piano that Xuehui had bought.

Shiyu always liked to be the first to speak at times like this. Pointing to the piano in the corner, which had taken over the cat's bed, she said, "You never said you knew this skill. Now you have the chance, so show us your talent. We won't let you off the hook if you don't satisfy us. Are you unhappy that you didn't see cream and vanilla?"

Following Shiyu's gaze, Xuehui also saw the two little guys meowing around the big guy who had previously occupied their territory after finishing their lunch.

"If you want to hear it, just say so. Why drag cats into this?"

Shaking his head, Xuehui stood up and walked towards the stairs: "Wait a moment, I'll write out the piece. It'll only take half an hour. In that time, you can play something else, like the piano."

As Yukiteru walked up to the second floor, the group looked at each other, and finally, their gazes fell on Yukino.

Shizuka patted Yukino's shoulder and said, "I know you've studied before and are almost at a professional level. Go up and play a piece, and let that guy who only got a level 5 show him that he's a complete loser."

Yukino replied somewhat reluctantly, "I haven't practiced in a long time. Let's give it a try first."

Then she went over, sat down at the piano, and began to recall the piano score in her mind.

In the bedroom, Xuehui was writing down the melody in his mind on the sheet music book he had bought earlier. Since it was to be performed, he only wrote down a piano version first.

As she was writing, she heard faint piano music coming from downstairs.

"Sigh... a piece by Mozart?"