In this crossover anime, Yoshikage Kira longs for a peaceful life.

What Shimazaki Yuna didn't know was that all of this came to Kira Yoshikage when he learned that she was an artist.

As we all know, the quality of a light novel is not the most important thing; the key is the quality of the illustrations.

For the largest audience of light novels, the vast otaku community.

If the illustration quality is high enough, it's not impossible to get toilet paper as a free gift with the illustration purchase.

Conversely, even if a light novel is well-written, it won't become popular if the illustrations are poor.

As an illustrator, Yuna Shimazaki is undoubtedly qualified.

As for whether he can produce a decent roll of toilet paper? That's something anyone with hands can do.

"very good."

Although somewhat surprised by the girl's answer, Yoshikage Kira still smiled with satisfaction and extended his hand to her:

"Let me introduce myself again. My name is Yoshikage Kira, I am 16 years old and unmarried."

"unmarried?"

A blush crept onto Shimazaki Yuna's face. Was he hinting at something? But the girl quickly concealed her feelings and cautiously asked:

"Hmm~, what kind of work does Kira-kun want to write?"

Kira Yoshikage answered quite naturally:

"Ideally, it should be ordinary and not attract any attention."

"Huh?"

Shimazaki Yuna was taken aback. Generally speaking, shouldn't people want the highest quality to be the best?

Although she is an illustrator rather than a writer, aren't most light novel writers aiming for awards?

Besides, isn't the subject matter usually determined first?

Chapter 7 Fishmonger Qiang: Please turn on your microphone to communicate.

"that,"

Yuna Shimazaki hesitated before asking, "Which paperback publisher does Kira-kun want to submit his work to?"

There are three major players in the Japanese light novel genre, and each of them has a representative theme as its area of ​​development.

Therefore, Kira Yoshikage's preference for submitting his work to which paperback publisher he chooses can, to some extent, determine the subject matter he chooses.

"unimportant."

"But……"

Shimazaki Yuna hesitated, but held back and asked instead:

"So, what is Kira-kun's goal? The silver prize? Or the reward?"

Generally speaking, the three major literary libraries all have special novel awards for newcomers.

For example, the Dengeki Novel Awards, held by Dengeki Bunko, have the following prizes in descending order:

Grand Prize, Gold Prize, Silver Prize, Incentive Prize.

Yuna Shimazaki assumed that Yoshikage Kira lacked confidence in winning, which was why he said something like "just average"...

"It's best not to win any awards."

Kira Yoshikage's answer once again surprised Shimazaki Yuna, who couldn't help but whisper a reminder, "But there's a prize money involved in winning awards, and Kira-kun seems to be short of money, doesn't he? Besides, paperback publishers generally only prioritize publishing award-winning works. If you don't win an award..."

Yuna Shimazaki paused for a moment. If she couldn't win an award, she might not even be eligible to publish, let alone make money.

But those words were rather hurtful, and Shimazaki Yuna couldn't bring herself to say them.

Kira Yoshikage remained silent. What he said was true. After thinking for a moment, he spoke:

"Then let's reward them, a silver reward will do."

The grand prize is three million yen, the gold prize is one million yen, and the silver prize is five hundred thousand yen.

As for the reward, the prize money is only 100,000 yen, which is purely a participation prize. The 100,000 yen prize money can only be regarded as an encouragement.

If you want to avoid attracting attention, then a reward is the most suitable option.

By the way, the prize money for each award is fixed.

If there are two closely matched competitors for a certain award, a main prize and a runner-up prize will be awarded, and the prize money will be shared equally between the main prize winner and the runner-up prize winner.

For Yoshikage Kira, who is a time traveler, finding a good subject matter is not difficult.

He knows of many award-winning themes, such as "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya," "Accel World," "Grimoire of Zero," and "86: The Zero-Starting-Life in Magic"...

He also knew of quite a few gold prizes, such as "Are you the only one who likes me?", "My Family Has a Fox Spirit", and "Baccano!"...

Silver awards are even more common, for example, in works like *Spice and Wolf*, *The Devil Is a Part-Timer!*, and *Ro-Kyu-Bu!*...

In theory, you can win the award by simply picking any one of the silver medal entries.

However, given the differences in the world, these works may receive higher awards.

Yoshikage Kira remained perfectly calm; he preferred to do nothing rather than make a mistake.

Winning the gold medal or even the grand prize would undoubtedly be a heavy blow to his peaceful life.

Therefore, a safe approach is to find a work that has never won an award but has been fortunate enough to be adapted into an anime, preferably one of those typical examples where buying the illustrations comes with a free gift of toilet paper—

After some deliberation, Yoshikage Kira finally decided on two works.

The first artist to offer toilet paper with the purchase of illustrations, and whose work "Infinite Stratos" is hailed as a masterpiece.

And the last light novel anime I watched before Yoshikage Kira's transmigration: "I Want to Become a Kage!"

In a world saturated with isekai (another world) themed toilet paper, "I Want to Become a Shadow Powerhouse!" can barely be considered a high-quality toilet paper.

The original work was of rather mediocre quality, and it was only the illustrations and high-quality anime that saved it.

Yuna Shimazaki, unaware of Yoshikage Kira's thoughts, assumed he was hesitating about what subject to write about, and cautiously offered her advice:

"Kira-kun, the most popular genre right now is isekai (another world) light novels. If you're unsure what to write, why not consider the isekai genre?"

Yuna Shimazaki gave her advice very seriously.

For new writers, following trends is often the best choice.

It's not guaranteed to become a hit, but achieving success isn't too difficult either.

Kira Yoshikage suddenly turned his gaze to Shimazaki Yuna, who was sitting on the bed, making the girl a little nervous, thinking that she had said something wrong.

However, Yoshikage Kira's expression remained calm:

"No change."

Since isekai (another world) is popular, I won't write "I Want to Become a Shadow Powerhouse!", I'll just go straight for the masterpiece "IS"!

As for whether IS will also become a masterpiece in this world and thus become famous.

Yoshikage Kira wasn't worried at all.

At worst, he could just cancel the project before IS becomes famous.

Having decided on the subject matter, Yoshikage Kira decided to begin work.

There's still half an hour until 11 o'clock, so he can start by making a move.

Open your computer and create a new document.

Rename to: Infinite Stratos

After thinking for two seconds, Yoshikage Kira wrote down his pen name.

At 17, I was afraid that there wasn't enough violence on campus.

Yuna Shimazaki curiously leaned forward, resting her head next to Yoshikage Kira, her eyes fixed on the computer screen.

"Infinite Stratos?"

Yuna Shimazaki frowned slightly, read the document title aloud in broken English, and murmured:

"Infinite Stratos?"

Yuna Shimazaki was slightly lost in thought, but suddenly felt that her hanging braid seemed to have touched something. She turned around and found that Yoshikage Kira was staring at her intently.

"Ah, I'm sorry..."

Yuna Shimazaki was startled and looked at Yoshikage Kira with some nervousness. Disturbing someone while they're creating is just so rude...

Kira Yoshikage gazed at the girl, at her fair, jade-like hands, his tone softening considerably:

"If you have nothing to do, could you give me a massage?"

His gaze remained fixed on those hands the entire time, his eyes filled with tenderness, as if he were looking at his lover.

"Eh? Okay, okay."

Yuna Shimazaki paused for a moment, then nodded shyly.

The girl walked barefoot behind Yoshikage Kira, gently massaging his shoulders with both hands. Her voice was soft and somewhat hesitant.

"I've never done anything like this before, so my technique might not be very good..."

That's not true.

Kira Yoshikage's tone remained gentle, his gaze fixed on the girl's slender hand resting on his shoulder.

Her hands were as white as jade, long and delicate, with a faint cherry blossom pink tinge at the fingertips, as if every movement brought a surge of intense electric current. Under the lamplight, the girl's hands seemed to gleam with a soft light, shining like pearls.

Kira Yoshikage's gaze softened, though it was lewd, he still slept with it.

Snapped!

"Huh? What's that sound?"

Shimazaki Yuna looked at the desk in confusion. Something seemed to bump into her from under the desk. Had she accidentally hit her knee?

"It's nothing, you can continue."

Kira Yoshikage's expression returned to calm. He said something under his breath and began typing rapidly on the keyboard.

With 25 minutes left until 11 o'clock, I'll just write a simple 50,000 words first.

And so, while enjoying the girl's massage, Yoshikage Kira typed his words.