Tokyo Soft Rice King.

This kind of illustration is unique and unparalleled!

In this way, Aizen Moe's illustrations will be linked to her light novels, and those who are only attracted by her art style will only be able to buy her light novels, thus boosting sales.

This is actually a very selfish act, which is equivalent to binding Aizen Moe to their own ship and not allowing her to board other people's ships, which greatly restricts her career development.

But Kuroba Akira was a despicable adult, and he had no qualms about deceiving a naive young girl.

Moreover, he didn't mean he would keep Aizono Moe by his side forever, since he himself wasn't sure if he would write a new work after this light novel ended.

However, during the serialization of "Imouto!", which was during his three years of high school, Akira Kuroba decided to monopolize her illustrations and make her the symbol of his work.

The innocent and naive Aizono Moe had no idea what the wicked old man Kuroba Akira was thinking.

She simply felt that the request was not excessive, and she was very willing to 'repay' Kuroba Akira.

Because Aizen Moe never thought of becoming an illustrator, she only hoped to have the opportunity to collaborate with Shirai Shiori once, and now even that small wish has been realized.

So at this moment, she was completely obedient to Kuroba Akira, doing whatever he said... of course, this only applied to the illustration aspect.

"Of course! I can make a promise with Kuroba-kun that I will only draw illustrations for your works. I'm also very happy that someone likes my drawings so much..."

"Great!"

Kuroba Akira was particularly happy and grabbed Aizen Moe's little hand, shaking it up and down.

Their interaction was naturally observed by the other two members of the Literature and Art Department.

Jealousy surged in both of their hearts.

This wasn't about romantic feelings, but rather that Kuroba Akira valued Aizono Moe far more than the other two, which made both of them feel a strong sense of defeat.

Because Kuroba Akira had never praised them so extravagantly before, nor had she ever appeared so happy.

She cooks well and writes well... but that's about it.

Whether it's Hitomi Anri, who doesn't believe she has the talent to be noticed by Akira Kuroba, or Shiori Shirai, who feels she has no talent for writing, they both know that Akira Kuroba only fawns over 'true geniuses'.

They saw right through Kuroba Akira's clumsy acting.

However, the fact that he would go to such lengths to keep Aizen Moe by his side shows that his recognition of Aizen Moe's talent is unparalleled.

At least among the three members of the Literature Club, Aizono Moe is the one that Kuroba Akira values ​​the most.

That is true, impeccable talent.

He was so generous with his praise that he didn't hold back.

Both of them showed expressions of envy, and the flames of jealousy deep within their hearts were ignited.

When a man is overly concerned with one woman and neglects other women, regardless of the reason, the neglected women will want to prove their worth.

And so, the competition between the females began.

Chapter 138 A Rift Appears Between Best Friends

Seeing that Kuroba Akira only paid attention to Aizono Moe, Shirai Shiori felt very jealous, so she sent him the original manuscript that had been polished.

“My wise ruler, please take a look at the original manuscript. I finished polishing the prologue and the first chapter after I went back yesterday. See how I wrote it... If it's not good, I'll take it back for revision.”

In fact, Shiori Shirai is a bit arrogant. She hates it when others make changes to her work, but at this moment she is learning from Moe Aizono and adopting a humble attitude of "I am willing to accept all suggestions for modification".

"Oh? You've even finished the first chapter? That's fast."

Kuroba Akira was quite surprised. Shirai Shiori only started polishing yesterday, and today she has already completed one-fifth of it. This progress is about the same as when he was rushing to finish his manuscript.

It's important to know that polishing can sometimes be more troublesome than writing the original manuscript, because it requires rethinking, or a second creation.

Ultimately, there are very few story patterns left in this world that are not known to others, and the light novel written by Akira Kuroba is not a particularly novel subject.

However, even similar stories need to be written with a different flavor, which is the so-called "new wine in old bottles". The same applies to derivative works.

Kuroba Akira, relying on his experience from another world, acquired an enormous raw stone. Although it was already quite valuable just by selling it, if it could be polished into jade or even carved into a work of art, its price would rise even higher.

This requires a powerful writing ability to create a gripping story, which means it depends on Shirai Shiori's writing skills.

"Squad leader, come and take a look too. After all, you're the supervisor."

Hitomi Anri moved closer to Akira Kuroba, leaning against his shoulder as they looked at the manuscript together, and said to Shiori Shirai with her signature smile.

"Okay, Shiori, don't blame me for nitpicking, okay?"

"I'm not that petty. Feel free to give me any feedback, and I'll make the necessary corrections!"

Shiori Shirai pouted. She wasn't afraid of finding fault, but she felt that Hitomi and Akira were too close... Even though they were good friends, they were still too close.

After reading the chapters polished by Shirai Shiori, Kuroba Akira felt that he had indeed chosen the right person.

After being polished, the light novel's appeal has been elevated to another level.

Furthermore, it included some colloquialisms and inside jokes that Kuroba Akira, the transmigrator, wouldn't understand, but judging from the class monitor's knowing smile, it must be quite interesting.

Just like storytellers who can vividly recreate the content of a novel, listening to it again has a different flavor.

"Isn't this done very well? The plot and dialogue were not changed. Instead, the action descriptions made the plot more interesting and the scene transitions were more coherent. It's almost impossible to find fault with it."

In fact, just looking at Shiori Shirai's serious and humble attitude, Akira Kuroba was willing to give her full marks.

"I do have a few points I'd like to make, for example here..."

Because she wanted to make a good impression on Akira Kuroba, Hitomi Anri completely disregarded their sisterly bond and pointed out many minor issues without any hesitation, which made Akira Kuroba feel immense pressure.

Goodness, is this going to be submitted for an award?

Surely not, it's just a light novel...

It means, why should sisters make things difficult for each other?

Shiori Shirai carefully noted down these suggestions for revision, then turned to Akira Kuroba and asked.

"What about you, wise ruler? Do you have any other opinions?"

She still cared more about Kuroba Akira's opinion; ultimately, she just wanted to show off in front of him.

Kuroba Akira really didn't have any ideas, so he could only scratch his head and say.

"Well... if I had to nitpick, I'd like to ask Shiori to control the word count a bit. If the later chapters are this much better, the editor will complain that the volume is too long."

"Ah... word count... that's something I didn't consider... indeed, the word count for paperback editions can't be too long, otherwise the book will become very thick, and the price will also increase..."

Last night, Shiori Shirai was so focused on how to make her writing more engaging that she completely forgot about the word count.

Feeling that she had made a grave mistake, Shirai Shiori snatched the manuscript back from Kuroba Akira's hands with a look of remorse.

"I'll simplify it right away!"

"Well... there's no need to rush. There's still more than a month before the official publication, so take your time."

On the other side, Aizen Moe also raised her hand and asked.

"Kuroba-kun, shall we try coloring today?"

"No, let's talk about coloring later."

At this moment, Aizono Moe frowned and said with an uneasy expression.

"Um... well... Kuroba-kun! There's something I have to tell you. Although I told you before that I can paint, I'm actually not very confident when it comes to painting..."

"Oh?"

It seems that coloring is Aiyuan Moe's weak point, probably because she prefers reading comics and therefore doesn't practice coloring as much.

If she's really good at coloring, then she'd be a perfect illustrator.

However, if the coloring is not done well, the illustration effect will be greatly reduced, since the cover and color illustration are the main focus of the illustration.

But Kuroba Akira didn't think it was a big problem. Anyway, there was still plenty of time, so they could focus on developing her coloring skills.

"It's okay, try applying the color once tomorrow, and I'll see what you think, alright?"

"it is good……"

Aizen Moe nodded silently, then lowered her head and remained silent, her expression somewhat gloomy.

Because Aizono Moe exposed her weakness, the other two breathed a sigh of relief, finally she wasn't the only one who was favored... and then felt guilty about this dark feeling.

The strong sisterly bond between the three girls in the Literature and Art Department is slowly and silently cracking.

Meanwhile, Kuroba Akira, the one who started it all, was no longer thinking about the Literature Club.

The illustrations are basically done, the polishing is excellent, and the class monitor is helping to supervise. There's nothing I particularly need to worry about with the light novel part.

Everything is ready; all that's left is to publish it.

Next, we can focus on Murasaki no Miyako. Of course, the most important thing is to win over Tashiro Kurenai and make her Murasaki no Miyako's manager.

When we were at the family restaurant, Ms. Hongxiang said she would give me an answer within the month, but September is almost over and I still haven't heard anything from her.

Kuroba Akira originally wanted to ask her directly, but recently Miss Hongxiang has become like before, rarely appearing during the day.

The day I went to Shirai Shiori's house was an example. Kuroba Akira finally got to eat fried rice with the taste of home after a long time. He originally wanted to thank Ms. Kurenai in person, but she wasn't home. Murasaki Nyonomiya said that Ms. Kurenai had received a work notice and had to leave in an emergency.

Has this unscrupulous company started assigning her an excessive amount of work again?

Kuroba Akira didn't understand at all.

Why does Miss Hongxiang force herself to continue doing this job when she clearly hates it so much?

Is it really because of livelihood issues?

To be honest, even if she really quit her job without another one lined up, she wouldn't starve. After all, she was a member of the Kobayashi family and a fellow transmigrator, so at least she wouldn't have to worry about food and lodging... although she would have to eat curry every day.

So there must be some reason that forces her to continue being a corporate slave.

Maybe she, like Hijikata-san, is burdened with a huge debt?

Akira Kuroba decided to find an opportunity to have a proper talk with Miss Hongxiang.

Chapter 139 She really does have two personalities

September 30th.

The last day of September happened to be a Monday. On this day, Kuroba Akira did not go to the Literature Club to push forward the progress of the light novel as usual. Instead, he told the class president that he had something to do that day and went home early.

The purpose was to 'arrest' Tashiro Kurenai.

Yesterday and the day before were both rest days, so Tashiro Kyouka should have been at home, but Kuroba Akira didn't see her at all over the weekend.

Furthermore, Akira Kuroba discovered that when Kouka Tashiro had to go out for work, she would wear her precious red high heels, but on weekends, those high heels would just sit in the shoe cabinet. This indicated that she wasn't working overtime on weekends as Murasaki no Miyako had suggested.