Onmyoji who mingles in the world of anime

"Well, although I don't have to worry about Ms. Kasumi Shiko delaying updates this month, I'm worried about Ms. Tenyu's lack of news about the second volume. So I'm going to ask her about it."

"Even though Battle Through the Heavens is selling like hotcakes, there's no need to go door-to-door urging for more updates, right? A simple phone call would have sufficed, wouldn't it?" Kenjiro Toki asked curiously.

The sales figures for "Battle Through the Heavens" last month were quite surprising to the editorial team. It sold nearly 120,000 copies in its first week, making it a bestseller, and then sold 570,000 copies in its first month, becoming the top-selling light novel last month.

Moreover, if things don't go wrong later on, the first volume has a real chance of selling a million copies, reaching phenomenal light novel standards.

Keep in mind that this single volume sold a million copies; to date, Fantastic Library only has one such phenomenal light novel.

This light novel, even after two or three years, remains popular, and subsequent anime, manga, and merchandise have made the light novel publisher very wealthy.

The editor's career also took off. Not only did he only have to take charge of this one writer, but his monthly bonus was also higher than theirs, making everyone envious.

However, although Battle Through the Heavens has the potential to become a phenomenal light novel, there's no need to be so anxious about just asking for more updates. This is only the first time we've asked for more updates; wouldn't it be enough to just make a phone call and ask?

I was anxious because I knew the author's temperament. If I didn't urge him to update soon, he might disappear altogether, let alone be thrown into a dark room.

Although... I can't find anyone right now.

"Besides urging for more updates, there's something else we discussed, which is about the illustrator," Machida Wanko said.

"An illustrator? Isn't the illustrator from the first volume good enough? Changing the art style at the last minute could pose an unnecessary risk to the light novel, Machida, you must know that, right?" Toki Kenjiro said, frowning.

Machida Wanko has been working with me for several years, how could she do something so reckless?

“Jianjian, it’s not what you think. It’s the illustrator’s problem. Teacher Huayu injured her hand and fractured it, so she can’t draw and we have to find a new illustrator temporarily.”

"That is indeed quite important, and it's best to decide as soon as possible." Kenjiro Toki nodded. Such unexpected events are indeed unavoidable, so it's better to make plans early.

Onmyoji who mingles in the world of anime

Chapter 369 Sister? Girlfriend? Older Sister?

"Hey, what are you doing standing at the door?" Machida Wanko was about to knock on the door of Tsuchimikado Fuyumon when a girl's voice suddenly came from the side.

She turned her head and saw a girl with messy hair, wearing an orange tracksuit, staring at her with dead fish eyes. Machida Wanko looked at the girl with a puzzled expression, then at the house number in front of her. "Excuse me, is this Teacher Tianyu's house?"

"Teacher Tianyu? You are..." Gabriel looked at Machida Wanzi with suspicion. This kind of address shouldn't be from an online game. Could it be a casual fan?

How could he be so careless? He actually revealed his address! What if someone's coming to send him razor blades? That's very dangerous.

While Gabriel was guessing Machida Wanko's identity, Machida Wanko was also sizing up Gabriel. Judging from the address left by Teacher Tianyu, this is the place. So who is this girl? Could she be Teacher Tianyu's sister?

But it doesn't look quite right!

"Hello, I'm Machida Wanzi, an editor for Tianyu. Nice to meet you." Machida Wanzi quickly introduced herself.

"Oh, editor, could you move aside?" Gabriel suddenly realized, then said impatiently. Since she wasn't here to send razor blades, it wasn't important. She'd go grab some lunch first; the rest was none of her business.

Seeing Gabriel's sudden change in attitude, Machida Wanko stood there dumbfounded, wondering if she had said something wrong. Could it be that Tianyu's sister had some prejudice against light?

Gabriel walked over and took out a keychain from her pocket. There were three keys on the keychain: one for her own house, one for the Tsuchimikado Fuyu family, and one for the Winette family.

"Come in." Gabrielle acted as if she really considered the Tsuchimikado Fuyuka family home as her own. She took out two pairs of indoor slippers from the cabinet, put them on skillfully, and went inside, saying, "Remember to close the door."

Upon entering the room, Machida Wanko's first impression of the living room was its cleanliness and tidiness. It was completely different from some of the authors' rooms she had visited before, giving her a very comfortable feeling.

On the dining table in the living room were seven dishes: three meat dishes, three vegetable dishes, and a soup. Machida Wanko looked around curiously, not wanting to go anywhere else, so she asked Gabriel, who was sitting on the sofa taking out her laptop to turn it on, "Excuse me, is Professor Tianyu home?"

"It should be there." Gabriel turned on her computer, skillfully entered the password, and said nonchalantly.

"Um, could you please call Teacher Tianyu for me? I need to talk to him about something."

"Huh? What does your looking for him have to do with me?" Gabriel looked at Machida Wanko with a blank expression. I'm nobody to him. Why don't you just go find him? Why are you calling me? Wouldn't it be better to play a game for a few minutes instead?

Seeing Gabriel's reaction, Machida Wanko felt even more strongly that the relationship between Tianyu's sister and Tianyu was not good, and it seemed that the two lived separately.

"Oh, may I ask who you are?" Just then, the three-tailed fox came out of the kitchen carrying a plate of stir-fried dishes and asked Machida Wanko curiously.

Looking at the three-tailed fox, Machida Wanko was immediately puzzled. Was this a spy? But playing this at home seemed a bit strange. Could it be that this was Teacher Tianyu's girlfriend? So they were having some fun at home?

Isn't it a bit inappropriate for me to suddenly and abruptly disturb you?

However, since she had already come this far, she couldn't just leave like that, so she quickly said, "Hello, I'm Tianyu's editor, Machida Wanzi. Nice to meet you."

"Oh, it's the editor. Excuse me, I'll go get Xiaodong." The three-tailed fox realized, put down the plate in her hand, and said with a smile, "By the way, Gabriel, come with me, I need to talk to you."

"Huh? I'm busy." Gabriel said without turning her head.

"Oh, really? Then I guess I won't be cooking lunch for you today." The three-tailed fox didn't seem to care about Gabriel's attitude and said nonchalantly.

"Are you a demon?" Gabriel said through gritted teeth.

"Anyway, I'm not an angel," the three-tailed fox said calmly. "Alright, hurry up, something really has to do, it's related to where you came from."

Where did I come from? Gabriel frowned and looked at the three-tailed fox. The three-tailed fox glanced at Machida Wanko, and Gabriel suddenly realized, "Since you've asked me so much, I'll reluctantly help you out."

"Editor, please wait a moment, I'll go get Xiaodong right away."

"Okay, thank you." Although Machida Wanko didn't know what the three-tailed fox and the others were talking about, it was their private matter and she shouldn't pry. So she sat quietly on the sofa and waited for Tsuchimikado Fuyu to come out.

"Three-tailed fox, where did the person go?" Not long after, a person came out of the kitchen, carrying a plate of stir-fried vegetables, and asked in confusion.

Suddenly, she and Machida Wanko exchanged a glance. Machida Wanko quickly introduced herself, and Xiaoyi nodded, saying, "Please wait a moment while I make a few more dishes, otherwise there won't be enough to eat."

“No…” Machida Wanko was about to say that she had already eaten lunch, but Xiaoyi had already gone into the kitchen. She could only smile helplessly and tell her when she came out again.

But who is this person?

After thinking for a moment, Machida Wanko could only define her as a role like an older sister, but the specifics would have to wait until Tsuchimikado Fuyu came out.

For a moment, the living room was empty. Bored, Machida Wanko looked around, but dared not wander off. Gradually, her gaze fell on Gabriel's computer on the sofa.

At this moment, the computer had not yet entered the game interface, and there was only a login window. However, Machida Wanko was not concerned about the game, but rather a document on the computer desktop called "Battle Through the Heavens".

Is this... Tianyu's second volume? Should I check on his progress? One of my goals today is to catch up on the manuscript, so taking a look beforehand shouldn't hurt!

Thinking about this, Machida Wanko became somewhat eager to try.

After a moment's thought, Machida Wanko decided to open the document. If she was fast enough, Teacher Tianyu wouldn't notice.

Without hesitation, Machida Wanko quickly grabbed the mouse and clicked on the document, however…

"Ms. Machida, it's impolite to go through other people's computers."

Suddenly, Tsuchimikado Fuyu's voice rang in her ears. Machida Wanko froze, about to explain, but then she remembered Tsuchimikado Fuyu's document interface and said confidently...

"While it was wrong of me to rummage through Mr. Tianyu's computer, and I apologize! But as an editor, shouldn't you explain what's going on with this document, Mr. Tianyu?"

Machida Wanko angrily turned the computer around. It turned out that the document only contained the seven words "Battle Through the Heavens Volume 2".

Onmyoji who mingles in the world of anime

Chapter 370 Teacher Eromanga?

"Hehe, this..." Tsuchimikado Fuyu's lips twitched when he saw the blank document. He had just been wondering if he had forgotten something, but it turned out that he had forgotten that he was supposed to write something.

However, I really didn't forget on purpose. I had to study during the first week after that autograph session, so I didn't have time to write. The second week, which was last week, I went to Rikka's house right after finishing my exams and only got back today. I simply didn't have time to write!

“Tianyu-sensei, I told you before, if you can’t submit your manuscript on time, I’ll take you to the dark room. I don’t think you want to experience life in the dark room,” Machida Wanzi said.

"There's at least a week left until the deadline, don't worry, I'll definitely finish it this week. The outline is all ready, there won't be any writer's block." Tsuchimikado Fuyu didn't offer any further explanation and quickly assured them.

He has no desire to go to a dark room or anything like that.

"I hope so." Machida Wanko sighed and said, "Tianyu-sensei, you have one week left. I will check on you every three days. If you can't submit the manuscript on time after one week, you understand what will happen."

Tsuchimikado Fuyu nodded hurriedly. Although with his strength, as long as he resisted, it was impossible for Machida Wanko to take him away, could he use a shikigami in this situation?

Putting aside the fact that he exposed himself to people he didn't know very well, using this to avoid being pressured to finish his work is really too much for a transmigrator like himself.

“But, Ms. Machida, is there anything else you need? If you need help with the manuscript, a simple phone call would have sufficed,” Tsuchimikado Fuyu said.

Upon hearing this, Machida Wanko immediately put her computer aside, took out a few folders from her pocket, and handed them to Tsuchimikado Fuyu, saying, "Actually, I came here because of the illustrator's issue."

"An illustrator?" Tsuchimikado Fuyu looked at Machida Wanko with suspicion. "Didn't you find the illustrator for 'Battle Through the Heavens' for me? I think the results are alright."

"That's right, Teacher Huayu injured her hand and is still in the hospital. She won't be able to write for at least two or three months, so we need to find a new illustrator for Battle Through the Heavens."

"Is that so?" Tsuchimikado Fuyu frowned and opened the first folder, which contained information about an illustrator, her works, and the following pages included some of her previous works.

"Why don't you just decide this? I just need to check if the illustrations are suitable." Tsuchimikado Fuyu looked at the works of the other illustrators, realized that he couldn't see anything wrong with them, and said helplessly.

After all, they're not drawing Battle Through the Heavens. Unless the art style is extremely bizarre, under similar circumstances, if you only look at that artist's other works and you're not a professional artist, you can't tell anything from them.

"Well, I mainly think that if the author and illustrator communicate in person, the effect will definitely be better," Machida Wanko said vaguely.

Actually, her main concern was that if the artist was suddenly changed and the art style changed, she wouldn't be able to explain it to the original artist, and readers would also have a negative reaction.

Therefore, it's better for the author to take the blame in this situation. Moreover, if the author communicates with the illustrator personally, even if the art style of the second volume is different from that of the first volume, at least the author won't have any complaints.

Well, Machida Wanko is quite adept at shifting blame.

Of course, it's not that she's irresponsible. If she weren't, she would have just assigned any illustrator. It's precisely because she's responsible that she found such detailed information for Tsuchimikado Fuyu and let him choose for himself.

It's worth noting that the six illustrators she found were all currently available for work at the paperback station and were quite capable; she didn't recommend any of the weaker ones.

Tsuchimikado Fuyu looked at Machida Wanko with suspicion. He felt that Machida Wanko's purpose was not so simple, but he did not delve into it. Instead, he carefully looked at the information of these illustrators.

And you know what? After taking a closer look, I actually found two familiar illustrators.

One of them is Kasumigaoka Utaha's illustrator. After signing the contract, Kasumigaoka Utaha asked me if I wanted her to help find an illustrator, and this is the one I recommended.

The other one is even more impressive. Both the "Wang Dong" before his time travel and the original "Tsuchimikado Tou" liked an artist, Eromanga-sensei.

However, Tsuchimikado Fuyu liked the artist herself, namely Izumi Kirisa, while the original owner liked Eromanga Sensei's erotic illustrations, since in the original owner's imagination, Eromanga Sensei was a dead fat otaku.

Of course, I like her, but I probably can't get her to draw illustrations for me. After all, in the anime, she only draws illustrations for Izumi Masamune, and no matter how much Yamada Elf begs, she can't get her to help.

"Um, Ms. Machida, Izumi... no, Eromanga-sensei, will you really help with the illustrations?" Tsuchimikado Fuyu asked, taking out Eromanga's folder.

"Of course, Professor Eromanga is in charge of three light novels, but one of them has just finished recently, and the other only has one volume left, so there is plenty of time. It's no problem for him to be in charge of Battle Through the Heavens."

"But are you really planning to ask Eromanga-sensei? You know, her illustrations are of very high quality, but they all have a kind of erotic feel to them. Battle Through the Heavens is clearly not that type, is it?" Machida Wanko asked.

"I want to talk to her, maybe it'll work," Tsuchimikado Fuyu said quickly after receiving a definite answer.

As for whether the illustration is suitable, we'll know when we see her own illustrations of Battle Through the Heavens. He still really wants to get to know Izumi Kirisa.

However, it's possible that Tsuchimikado Fuyu was too excited to see Izumi Kirisa and didn't notice that there was no record of him drawing illustrations for Izumi Masamune in Eromanga's folder.

"Is that so?" Machida Wanko thought for a moment and then agreed to Tsuchimikado Fuyu's request. After all, although most of Eromanga Sensei's illustrations are quite erotic, he has drawn isekai fantasy works before, so giving it a try wouldn't take too long.

“Alright then, I’ll contact Professor Eromanga right now,” Machida Wanko nodded and said.

Soon, Machida Wanko contacted Eromanga-sensei, and after communicating, they agreed to meet at the Attribute Cafe at 3 PM.

Hmm, it's another familiar place, and it seems that Eromanga-sensei shouldn't be too far from my home.