Onmyoji who mingles in the world of anime

I really want to try this genre; writing an unconventional romance novel should be really interesting! And this unfamiliar territory would be a great challenge for me too.

Although Kasumigaoka Utaha was always speaking with a smile, Tsuchimikado Fuyu could detect anger in her words.

However, Tsuchimikado Fuyu did not apologize. Instead, he smiled and said, "Then I would like to ask you two questions, senior."

"can."

"For example, a girl is transported to another world. When she discovers that the world she has been transported to is an otome game she has played, she has become the female villain in the game who will have a bad ending no matter which route she takes."

So here's the question: if she traveled back in time and became the female villain from her childhood, what do you think would be the first thing she do?

Upon hearing this concept, Kasumigaoka Utaha's eyes lit up. As expected of the old thief from Revelation Online who created the face-slapping and pretentious style, as well as the anti-routine style and the White Album style, he came up with an eye-catching theme right away.

Although she didn't know what kind of novel this was, just hearing the beginning made her want to keep reading.

Of course, while the subject matter was interesting, she also knew that Tsuchimikado Fuyu was currently setting a test for her.

If I pass the exam, then I might still have a sliver of a chance to find out what happens next; if I fail, then I'll be out of luck with her.

"The first thing to do is to figure out why you're doing badly."

"For example, the female protagonist's fiancé is the fourth prince of the kingdom. He is very powerful and is also a cunning character in the game. Most of the female protagonist's tragic endings are caused by the fourth prince bullying the female protagonist in the game."

"Then, should we annul the engagement?"

"Anything else? From an author's perspective, how could it be made more interesting?"

Upon hearing this, Kasumigaoka Utaha was immediately startled. "That's right, I'm the author. I should make the novel more interesting. If simply breaking off the engagement can avoid this tragic ending, then it's too boring."

Tsuchimikado Fuyumi Kasumigaoka Utaha pondered for a moment, then reminded him: "What is meant by subverting the cliché? Subverting the cliché means that just when the reader thinks the next step should be this way, there is a sudden big turn."

This example might be a bit inappropriate, so let me give you another one. Suppose a male protagonist dies and is transported to another world. How do you think he should die?

When Tsuchimikado Fuyu saw Kasumigaoka Utaha's three themes, he reflexively thought of the anime from his previous life called "My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!", which featured the Monkey King and the Sea Monkey.

However, after thinking about it again, I felt that using this anime as an example was not quite appropriate, since it is not exactly a serious anti-cliché novel.

"..." Kasumigaoka Utaha was pondering how to handle the heroine's first step when she was suddenly jolted off by Tsuchimikado Fuyu's abrupt change of topic.

However, after thinking about it carefully, she still replied, "If it were me, I would probably be electrocuted or hit by a car or something like that."

"Is there anything else?" Tsuchimikado Fuyu didn't answer her question about how it went, but instead continued to ask.

"Choked to death while eating?"

Is there anything else?

"...Plane crash, shipwreck, car accident, fire?"

Is there anything else?

"sudden death?"

Is there anything else?

"..." Kasumigaoka Utaha looked at Tsuchimikado Fuyu speechlessly. Wasn't that enough? How exactly do you want her to die?!

"Senior, I asked you a question, why are you acting cute?" Tsuchimikado Fuyu said speechlessly, "Why can't you just see a car rushing towards a little girl and rush in to save her?"

Then, after he died, the goddess told him that the vehicle was a tractor, going very slowly, and it was turning a corner, so it couldn't possibly have hit the little girl. It turns out he just thought he was going to be hit and died of fright?

"Pfft!" Kasumigaoka Utaha couldn't help but burst out laughing. Could you even play like that?

"For example, after the male protagonist dies, he appears before a goddess, who tells him that he can travel to another world and choose a weapon or ability to take with him. What do you think he could choose?"

"Can I choose anything?" Kasumigaoka Utaha suddenly asked.

"Of course, you can choose anything!"

"Then let's make us invincible!"

"...Senior, this is a subversion of the usual tropes," Tsuchimikado Fuyu reminded her. "And the fact that you're completely invincible makes it an invincible story, okay? In the end, it'll just become a face-slapping and showing off story. Do you like this type of novel?"

“Um… well…” Kasumigaoka Utaha pondered for a moment, then listed a lot of abilities, which basically took her a lot of thought.

After all, she's just a writer of romance novels! Asking her to suddenly think about abilities and such is really asking too much of her.

"So, senior, you're really not suited for subversion of tropes," Tsuchimikado Tou said speechlessly. "Why did you bother thinking of so many abilities? I already told you the answer from the beginning!"

"The answer? At first... you mean, the goddess?" Xia Feifei stared at Tsuchimikado Fuyu in disbelief and asked, "You can even choose that?"

"We are the authors, and we can decide whether or not we can choose."

Ms. Xia Shizi, this is a fantasy novel. Time travel and goddesses have appeared. What else is not allowed?

"Besides, as long as we can justify our statements, what can't we write?" Tsuchimikado Fuyu admonished.

Upon hearing this, Xia Feifei was taken aback. She silently looked at Tsuchimikado Fuyu and after a long while, she sighed and said, "Let me think about it some more!"

Although she knew her new book wouldn't have a smooth journey, she hadn't expected to suffer such a blow.

What Tsuchimikado Tou had just said almost made her doubt whether she was suited to write novels.

“No problem. It’s good to want to try new genres, and I support you in trying new genres. However, I would prefer that you write about the type of things you like, or the kind of things you really want to write about.”

"Ok!"

Immediately afterward, the two looked at each other in silence. Kasumigaoka Utaha stared intently at the documents she had cleaned up, while Tsuchimikado Fuyu was idly playing on her phone, chatting with September and the others.

It wasn't until the food Xia Feifei ordered was served that the two of them gradually started chatting while eating. They weren't talking about light novels, but rather casually asking Tsuchimikado Fuyu about his interesting experiences in China.

After lunch, Tsuchimikado Fuyu left the cafe looking unwell. Although he had guessed that Kasumigaoka Utaha would trick him, he didn't expect her to order so much food and dessert that he felt like he was going to throw up.

Chapter 991 The Origin of the Second Day of September

"I am back."

In the afternoon, Tsuchimikado Fuyu returned home to find the house empty, with no one there, not even a shikigami, let alone anyone responding to him.

Curious, Tsuchimikado Fuyu went to the courtyard and saw that the group of girls, including Kingyo-hime, were playing Monopoly with a white-haired, fox-eared girl.

"Hey! September, you're back in Fox Village so soon?"

"Yes, I'll be home by noon." Hearing Tsuchimikado Fuyu's voice, September quickly put down the game props she was holding, stood up, and said, "But shouldn't you reflect on your actions?"

"Reflect? What do I need to reflect on?" Tsuchimikado Fuyu asked, pointing at himself with a bewildered expression.

I don't think I did anything!

Aside from having lunch with a pretty girl, I didn't do anything else.

"I rushed over as soon as I got home, and you weren't even here? Humph, you scumbag!"

"...No, you didn't tell me you were coming at noon. I had something to do this morning and went out!" Tsuchimikado Fuyu explained helplessly.

"Hmph! What's up?" September glanced at Tsuchimikado Fuyuki with a sidelong look, then, as if she were catching a woman, she leaned close to him and sniffed him carefully.

"What are you doing?" Although Tsuchimikado Fuyu enjoys interacting closely with beautiful girls, isn't September's approach a bit too strange? And everyone else is still here.

“There’s the scent of an unfamiliar woman.” Suddenly, September looked up sharply, staring intently into the eyes of Tsuchimikado Fuyu, who was standing right in front of her, with an expression that said, “I know everything.”

"...Are you born in the Year of the Dog?"

"I am a canine."

"..." Tsuchimikado Fuyu sighed and rubbed his forehead in exasperation. To be honest, if September hadn't brought it up, he would have almost forgotten that foxes belong to the canine family. In the original story, September could even communicate with foreign dogs in dog language.

"Alright, stop fooling around. Where are the black cats and the others?" Tsuchimikado Fuyu rubbed September's head and asked curiously.

"They went to Fox Village."

"Huh? Aren't they learning Chinese? What are they doing in the fox village?"

"Grandma asked November to teach them, saying that this way they would learn faster, since classical Chinese is very difficult to learn."

Speaking of this, September recalled her time learning classical Chinese. If it hadn't been so painful back then, she probably wouldn't have found her lofty goals now!

In short... back in September, I was suffering so much from learning classical Chinese that I tried to find some fun in the midst of it all, and before I knew it, I had developed a case of chuunibyou (middle school syndrome).

In the original work, September actually saw Inuyasha while watching the anime and thought he was so handsome that she regarded him as her idol.

That's why fox ears remain when they transform into human form, and this is also a major reason why many people develop chuunibyou (middle school syndrome).

However, due to the butterfly effect of Tsuchimikado Fuyu, the anime Inuyasha does not exist in this world.

To be precise, none of the anime series that have collaborated with the game Onmyoji exist in this world.

"I'll go check it out, and while I'm at it, I'll ask Raphiel to give me a buff," Tsuchimikado Fuyu said with a smile. "Want to come along?"

"No need. I still have three hundred rounds to fight with my teammates. This is a war without gunpowder. I will definitely become the king of the world economy. My goal is to buy the whole world."

"..." Seeing the suddenly brimming with confidence in September, Tsuchimikado Fuyu glanced at the Monopoly board, hesitated for a moment, and finally just patted September on the shoulder, encouraging her, "Keep it up."

"Don't worry, I will make sure you enjoy my glory as well," September laughed confidently.

Tsuchimikado Fuyu nodded helplessly, then mouthed to Kingyo-hime and the others, "Go easy on them."

Princess Goldfish and the others also understood what Tsuchimikado Fuyu meant, but there was nothing they could do about it!

They wanted to let her win, but September's luck was just too bad. They had been playing for half an hour and she had only bought four territories.

Moreover, we've been very accommodating to newbies, leaving them plenty of vacant land. We've only built houses on our own land, and even when we have vacant land, we haven't bought it.

But what can we do if she herself is so hopeless?

……

Upon arriving at Fox Village, Liuhua and the others were sitting in the courtyard, holding a copy of the Tao Te Ching, as if they were in class. They were listening attentively to November's lecture and would occasionally read along with him.

Seeing the diligent and studious group, Tsuchimikado Fuyu didn't disturb them. Instead, he walked over to Raphiel, who was chatting with the old woman, and said with a smile, "Grandma, good afternoon."

"Oh my, my dear grandson-in-law is here, please have a seat." Daji smiled and patted the stool next to her, gesturing for Tsuchimikado Fuyu to sit down.

However, just as Tsuchimikado Fuyu sat down, Daji looked at him with a puzzled expression, leaving him confused. "Grandma, what's wrong?"

"It smells like a strange woman."

"...Grandma, that's my friend. She just wanted to talk to me about something," Tsuchimikado Fuyu said helplessly.

Regardless of whether Kasumigaoka Utaha's motives were pure or not, his motives today were indeed very pure!

I was just giving her some advice and having lunch with her. I've been serious enough, haven't I?

"Alright, I didn't say anything, look how anxious you are."

"..." Tsuchimikado looked at the smiling Daji and suddenly had a beautiful Sichuan phrase in his mind, but he was unsure whether he should say it. Fortunately, he was still rational and did not make him commit suicide!

After chatting with Daji for a while, Daji left with a smile and went back to her room. Only then did Tsuchimikado have time to chat with Raphiel.