A newbie's anime life diary

"However?" Yukino asked immediately, sensing that the other party seemed to have more to say.

However, Yamada Elf, who was in the kitchen, shivered when she heard Sagiri and Yukino's conversation, while Izumi Masamune was also troubled. Was his sister about to reveal her true nature?

Fortunately, just as Sagiri was about to speak, the doorbell rang.

Izumi Masamune immediately ran to open the door and brought in two people: one was Senju Muramasa, who was wearing a kimono, and the other was a young man with short hair who looked somewhat soft.

According to the agreement, this should be Shido Kunimitsu, who won third place in the competition.

After introducing themselves, everyone got to know each other.

Meanwhile, Yamada Elf's feast was finished. Izumi Masamune served Sagiri a portion, along with a drink, and then everyone began their celebration.

Yes, Izumi Sagiri participated through a computer screen. If it weren't for the fact that the people on the screen were moving and in color, people who didn't know better would have thought it was a memorial service for someone.

While eating, everyone talked about their dreams. Shido Kunimitsu hoped to write a food novel that would collaborate with a food company, while Izumi Masamune wanted his novel to be adapted into an anime so he could watch it with his sister. Yamada Elf's dream was more interesting. As a light novelist who had been writing for several years, her current goal was to write a work that would surpass Yukiteru's sales; she was even planning to join Kadokawa for this purpose—truly a spoiled young lady!

Senju Muramasa, who had been somewhat silent, said with a slight shyness, "Um, I hope to continue reading Masamune-kun's works in the future."

Hmmmm~ Wow, they're definitely having an affair.

All eyes were on Izumi Masamune, making him feel extremely embarrassed, especially since he had already rejected the other person's confession. It was really hard for him to bear that the other person was still saying such things.

As for Yukiteru and the others, they were all pretty ordinary. Yukiteru focused on managing the company, Utaha went to university and released a new book on the side, and Yukino was also focused on her studies.

The celebration lasted for nearly three hours. As evening approached, Senju Muramasa and Shido Kunimitsu, who lived quite far away, went home first.

Yukiteru and the others weren't in a hurry because they wanted to know more about Sagiri. However, Yukiteru, looking at Yamada Elf who was sitting calmly, asked with some confusion, "Aren't you going home? A young lady like you, don't your family care about you?"

"Hmph! I bought the house next to Masamune-kun with the money I recently earned. I live there by myself, so there's no rush at all!" Yamada Elf puffed out her little body, looking smug, as if she was looking forward to everyone praising her for being so amazing.

Unfortunately, no one had such thoughts. Izumi Masamune knew this girl's nature all too well; praising her all the time wouldn't work. As for Yukiteru and the others, they were more curious about why Yamada Elf would buy a house next to Izumi Masamune's than about Yamada Elf living alone. Their gazes towards the Izumi boy were also strange.

He didn't say anything, but just kept making "tsk tsk tsk" sounds of admiration.

Yamada Elf wasn't a stupid girl; she immediately realized what was going on and said, blushing, "Hey! Don't misunderstand! I didn't know he lived next door! I bought the house because I liked it!"

Well, that's what they say, so let's just take it as that. Anyway, the girl's attitude is already very clear.

However, Izumi Sagiri in the video stomped her foot in annoyance at the scene, and then everyone heard a sound coming from upstairs.

Looking at the silent girl in the video, Yukiteru asked Izumi Masamune, "Master of Floor Language Level 8, what did your sister say?"

"Well, I didn't say anything, I was just angry."

Ah~~ So you were jealous.

Xuehui nodded, indicating his understanding.

As he was thinking about how to get closer to Izumi Sagiri, Utaha suddenly exclaimed "Huh?" and then shifted her gaze from her phone, stood up, and went to the laptop, staring intently at Sagiri wearing a mask on the screen.

When Sagiri saw Utaha, the older sister, suddenly appear on the screen, she became a little nervous and shrank back involuntarily.

Xuehui didn't quite understand Shiyu's reaction and asked, "What's wrong?"

"I sent Eriri a photo of our dinner party earlier, and just now Eriri replied, saying that the person on the screen looks a lot like someone." Utaha looked at Sagiri on the screen with a mysterious smile.

Upon hearing this, Izumi Masamune immediately swallowed nervously.

Utaha noticed this reaction, which further confirmed Eriri's earlier judgment. So she said, "This mask and this coat look exactly like a light novel illustrator. This illustrator is the one who illustrated Izumi Masamune's novel series, 'Silver Wolf,' Eromanga-sensei."

Hmm? Eromanga Sensei?

Xuehui was completely bewildered. Wasn't this a mysterious illustrator who specialized in drawing those kinds of erotic illustrations?

Wait a minute, isn't Sagiri only 12 years old?!

After Shiyu uttered the name, she immediately disappeared from the screen, leaving only her voice saying, "I don't know anyone with that name!"

"..."

Emmmmm~~~~~

I never knew you were like this, little sister!

Chapter 343 Can you...?

In the doujinshi community, those who are more famous for drawing doujinshi are generally male, referring to the kind of erotic works that are sold at commercial conventions.

There are also doujinshi artists who work in a mainstream style. For example, Yukiteru and others know that Izumi Hashima is one of them. Although she has sold doujinshi at CM conventions, she draws pure love stories.

Eriri is a complete oddball. Her personal factors, combined with her parents' upbringing from a young age, have created Eriri Kashiwagi, who has become a famous figure in the fanfiction community in just a few years.

Of course, Eriri has already settled down, and her manga has been serialized for quite some time, but there are still many people online eagerly anticipating her new work. After all, now that her identity as a beautiful girl illustrator has been revealed, wouldn't it be even better if she released another doujinshi?

Unfortunately, Eriri won't be able to grant these fans' wishes. Well, at most, she might incorporate some of her previous style into future manga.

Having discussed the fanfiction community, we must mention illustrators. In recent years, the importance of illustrations in light novels has been increasing, which, frankly, isn't necessarily a good thing, given the persistent saying that "buying illustrations comes with free toilet paper."

Among light novel illustrators, the male-to-female ratio is relatively better, since there is a corresponding income after taking on the illustration work for a novel, which is quite good.

There is a very mysterious figure here. She never directly contacts the library, editors, or authors, but only communicates through the internet. Moreover, her pen name is also... quite impressive.

Although Eromanga Sensei hasn't drawn many novel illustrations since her debut, and the novels themselves aren't particularly famous, her illustrations still attract a large number of fans. Her art style is exquisite and somewhat erotic, so even when she doesn't show her face and wears a mask during her live-streamed drawing sessions, she still attracts a lot of viewers.

Xuehui never expected that Eromanga, the teacher he had only heard of and whose name was very strange and bold, would actually appear in front of him on this day.

Seeing that Izumi Sagiri was no longer visible on the screen, Yukiteru and the others exchanged glances and then turned their attention to Izumi Masamune.

"You know about this, right?"

"Uh...ah...that..." His eyes couldn't help but dart upwards, but Yukiteru and the others' gazes were too direct, leaving Izumi Masamune with no way to avoid them. In the end, he could only resign himself to his fate and nodded, saying, "That's right, I knew, but I only found out recently."

"Recently? Your sister is the illustrator for your novel, and you only just found out?" Xuehui thought, "Young man, you're really something. Didn't you even notice?"

In response, Izumi Masamune shrugged: "There's nothing I can do. After all, Eromanga-sensei never contacts me. I communicate with her through Kagurazaka editor. If it weren't for Sagiri's live stream, which showed me the food I sent her, I might still be in the dark."

As he spoke, Izumi Masamune revealed some things he had previously kept hidden, including how Sagiri's identity was exposed and his reunion with his sister a year later.

As Izumi Masamune spoke, Sagiri slowly crawled back to the camera's view on the screen. Watching her brother recount his story with a face full of memories and smiles, Sagiri's little face under the mask couldn't help but smile as well.

After listening to Izumi Masamune finish speaking, Yukiteru nodded knowingly, looking at him and Sagiri in the picture, and said, "No wonder, no wonder I felt that something was missing when you were chatting with me before. It turns out it was because of Sagiri's identity. Now everything makes sense. The fairy moved next door to you by accident, and at the same time, she wanted to find Eromanga-sensei to draw illustrations for her new book through you. Through various coincidences, she also discovered Sagiri's identity. No wonder you two are so familiar with each other now."

Wow, I have to say, Izumi really does have the protagonist template. He just spends his days looking after his sister and writing novels, and girls still come knocking on his door. Amazing!

"However... even though Sagiri can now communicate with people through live streams and Izumi-kun, she'll still have to leave the house sooner or later, right?" In the end, Yukino steered the conversation back to Sagiri. Although she had never met her in person, judging from her body language, she was definitely a cute little girl. It wasn't good for her to stay isolated from the outside world like this.

"Ugh..." Upon hearing this topic, Sagiri immediately shrank back, looking at her brother with a wry smile on his face across the camera. Although she wanted to try, she just couldn't muster the courage. The time when Senju Muramasa came to their house, she only went downstairs again because of his strong words, but doing it again was definitely not going to work.

Looking at his younger sister, Izumi Masamune shrugged and said, "I also hope that Sagiri can get through this, but it seems that we still need to take it one step at a time."

Nodding, Yukino rested her chin on her hand and said, "I originally just wanted to come and see, but this child's condition is really worrying."

Listening to Yukino's words, Yamada Elf couldn't help but nod. Although she still wanted Sagiri to draw illustrations for her, she now hoped that Sagiri could leave the house and regain her vitality.

Finally, Yukino looked at the living room and then at Sagiri's room in the camera's view, and made a decision: "In that case, should we take it one step at a time?"

"Take it one step at a time?"

"Izumi-kun, have you ever been inside Sagiri's room?" Yukino asked Izumi Masamune.

"Yes, I've been inside."

“But you’re probably the only one who’s been there, so the first step is to get Sagiri to talk to someone face-to-face in her own room. It’s okay if she wears a mask, as long as it’s face-to-face, not through a camera.” Yukino clapped her hands and said to Sagiri, “Sagiri, what do you think? We should always look forward. You want to help your brother, right? How about you try your best?”

Yukino's words truly resonated with Sagiri, and the girl herself had some ulterior motives. She rarely went out, but her brother was out there. Now that Yamada Elf and Senju Muramasa had already appeared, who knew what kind of fox spirit might appear in the future! Even for that reason, she should seriously consider it!

"Emmmm~~~" After a fierce internal struggle, Sagiri glanced at her sketchbook lying to the side, her eyes lighting up instantly beneath her mask. She then said to Yukino, "Yukino-neechan, um, I can try, but... could you...?"

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Bad news, I have to go to work tomorrow. I'm totally not in the mood. My miserable life is about to begin...

Of course, updates will still continue, the price being reduced my gaming time _(:з」∠)_

Chapter 344 Yukino says she can't take it anymore

That evening, when they got home, Yukiteru was trying to suppress a laugh, Yukino had a straight face, and Utaha looked smug.

Eriri and Shizuka, who were watching TV, noticed the three of them with different expressions and asked in surprise, "What's wrong with you? Did you just go out to a party? By the way, have you had dinner yet?"

Looking at Yukino and Utaha, who remained silent, Yukiteru calmed himself down and nodded: "Yeah, we ate out earlier. What about you guys, how did you manage to have dinner?"

"Yono-nee made this after she got back, and she's going to take a shower now." After pointing in the direction of the bathroom, Eriri looked at Yukiteru sitting next to her, smiled and leaned against him, then looked at Yukino who went upstairs alone, and Utaha who sat down on the single sofa next to her, "I haven't told you yet, what's going on?"

"Emmm~ Well, the situation has changed a bit. Let me explain slowly."

Amidst Eriri's curious gaze and Utaha's inability to hold back her laughter, Yukiteru recounted the events that had occurred at the Izumi family's house.

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Wearing a mask, Izumi Sagiri watched Yukino and Utaha in the video and said excitedly, "Um, I can try, but Yukino-neechan, ah, and Utaha-neechan, could you...?"

"What can I do? Tell me." Yukino was quite happy to see that the other girl seemed to be relenting, since it was most important that the girl herself had this idea.

Utaha nodded in agreement. Izumi Sagiri was a brother-obsessed younger sister, and she and Yukino had come with Yukiteru, who knew this. So there was no need to be wary of them. If their requests were reasonable, it would be quite easy to get closer to them. Besides, Utaha was very curious about Sagiri's appearance.

Yukiteru was also looking at Sagiri with great curiosity. Only Izumi Masamune and Yamada Elf exchanged a glance, a sense of unease creeping into their hearts.

Yamada Elf exchanged a glance with Izumi Masamune: 'Hey, your sister isn't going to make that request, is she?'

"I also think it's a bit risky. It's hard to say for sure about Kasumi Shiko-sensei. I think Yukinoshita-senpai is a very serious person. What if something happens?" Izumi Masamune was sweating profusely at this moment. He remembered what his younger sister had asked Yamada Elf for, and how he had caught her in the act.

This is bad!

As expected, amidst everyone's curiosity and trepidation, Izumi Sagiri spoke up, "Um, could I see your panties, ladies?"

"..."

Silence, very silence, a silence that was almost eerie...

The scene was very embarrassing.

Utaha's reaction was alright, after all, she knew in advance that the other party was a girl who was very good at drawing H-type light novel illustrations, so she probably had some H thoughts herself. However, she was very surprised that Sagiri could say it so directly.

Looking at the other person's mask, hmm... could it be that there's an advantage because of the mask?

Yukino, on the other hand, was a bit different; she seemed to have gone completely mad.