My Cartoonist Girlfriend

Then he looked at Asakura Kaede: "Asakura-san should be similar to me, right? Want to be a cartoonist?"

"It's still difficult to be a cartoonist. I don't have that idea for now." Asakura Feng was not at all surprised by Uchimaki Subaru's answer. He said calmly, "But I'm more interested in storyboards, so I've thought about learning it. And now that we have an art club, I have some free time."

Each of the answers was so abnormal that Eriri couldn't help but complain: "What do you think the art club is?"

“A place to create a second dimension wife.”

"A place where you can do everything except painting?"

Although I had already heard Subaru Uchimaki's answer, I have to say that Asakura Kaede's answer really made Eriri's blood pressure soar.

"Hahaha, just a joke, I will still draw well," waving his hand, Asakura Feng put down Jump, took out his homework, and started writing quickly.

There are not many homework assignments in the first year of high school and they are not difficult, so he can finish them quickly.

Seeing that Asakura Kaede started doing her homework, Eriri stopped paying attention and continued to draw with Usami. On the other side, Subaru Uchimaki was also holding his mobile phone, checking something while drawing.

Half an hour later, Asakura Feng finished the last math homework and breathed a sigh of relief: "Done, now I have nothing to worry about."

"Huh? So soon?"

Eriri had just finished drawing the line draft, and when she heard Asakura Kaede's words, she turned around in surprise.

"Because the subjects in the first year of high school are simple, I read a lot before school started."

Shrugging, Asakura Feng also moved his chair and looked at Eriri's drawing: "Sawamura-kun is amazing, have you been learning to draw since you were a child?"

"Oh, yes."

Asakura Feng suddenly moved his chair over to get closer to the girl, and she blushed shyly. She had rarely had close contact with boys.

Especially the boy in front of me, he still has some leverage over me, although he himself may not be aware of it.

Asakura Feng didn't notice Eriri's expression. He rubbed his chin and pointed to a spot on the drawing paper and said, "I think this and the corner here can be modified. The lines are a bit rough."

After hearing what Asakura Kaede said, Eriri also reacted and said in sudden realization: "Indeed, it needs to be adjusted again."

So she immediately made some changes. Since they were already members of the same club, Eriri spoke more casually: "I thought you were just here to mess around, but I didn't expect you to be quite capable."

"It's OK. After studying for a while, I became more skilled in sketching."

As he said that, he turned around and looked at the drawing paper of Subaru Uchimaki on the other side.

"It's actually quite surprising how good this painting is."

Ying Lili also looked over and saw a vivid elf girl leapt out of the paper.

I almost said "So cute", but luckily I covered my mouth in time.

Blinking her ocean-blue eyes, Eriri thought to herself that this art club was much more interesting than she had imagined.

Chapter 10: Being Called to Work as a Coolie (Please Collect!!!)

The first week of school went relatively smoothly, and Asakura Kaede had a pretty good feeling about high school life. She met some good friends and joined a very interesting club.

"Ah...it would be nice if I didn't have to go out to the library on weekends."

In the morning, under the scorching sun, Kaede Asakura boarded the train and headed for the library.

It was originally a good weekend, and Asakura Kaede planned to sleep in the morning and play games leisurely at home after lunch. But who knew that he would be urged to go out by a call from editor Nakajima.

After getting off the train and eating two croquettes on the roadside, Asakura Kaede also came to the Fuzugawa Bunko.

In the editorial department, Editor Nakajima was also already waiting here. In addition to him, Asakura Kaede also saw about twenty of his light novels stacked up on his desk.

Seeing these Suqing paperbacks, Asakura Feng instantly had a bad feeling: "Editor Nakajima, I just started school a week ago, you are not going to come and ask me to do hard labor at this time, are you?"

Editor Nakajima pushed up his glasses and said with a smile, "You can't say that. Who told you not to hold a book signing event, Mr. Hong Fengye?"

"Sure enough, when you call me by my pen name, nothing good ever happens."

Pulling a chair over and sitting down, he stared at Cang Feng with dead eyes and said, "Tell me, what's the matter?"

Editor Nakajima took a copy of the latest volume of Soharu and placed it in front of Asakura Kaede and said, "Come on, sign it. We are preparing a batch of signed copies of your novels to be distributed to cooperating bookstores across the country as a pre-sale warm-up for the new volume. In addition, we will use some as gifts for readers who write to you."

"You guys are quite good at having fun."

As long as she is not asked to hold a book signing event, Asakura Kaede is unlikely to refuse these marketing plans.

"So, how much do you want me to sign?"

"Not much, just a thousand."

"One thousand? Not much?" Asakura Feng raised his voice and looked at his editor in disbelief. "Do you want to cripple my hand? I want to play games when I get home!"

"Anyway, you can't escape this time. If you don't agree today, then why don't you prepare for a book signing? By then, it won't be just a matter of a thousand copies."

Editor Nakajima looked at Asakura Kaede with a smile on his face, but the words he said were extremely scary.

"..."

Asakura Feng looked at Editor Nakajima expressionlessly. She had no choice but to hold out her hand and say, "Where's the pen? And bring the book over quickly. I'll leave right after I sign it."

Editor Nakajima had known Asakura Kaede for a long time, so he was naturally not scared by her appearance. He smiled and asked someone to move the books.

Then, under the watchful eyes of the editors in the editorial department, Asakura Kaede began to sign her pen name on the inner pages of the books one by one.

While he was signing, editor Nakajima kept saying, "Xiao Feng, please write better. This is very important. You know, if you don't hold a book signing event, many readers will complain."

Putting the signature pen aside with a snap, Asakura Feng looked at Editor Nakajima expressionlessly, "Are you done? Don't waste my time."

"Okay, okay." Editor Nakajima nodded happily, "Xiao Feng, what would you like to eat for lunch? I'll go arrange it for you."

Upon hearing this, Asakura Feng knew that he couldn't get away today, so he could only sign while saying, "Isn't this fast food?"

"Of course not. I won't exploit you like that."

"Then the eel rice. You know which one I'm talking about."

Editor Nakajima naturally agreed to Asakura Kaede's request and went to order food directly with his mobile phone. Although the eel rice in that restaurant was not cheap, it was worth it to let Asakura Kaede sign the 1,000 copies of the library quietly.

One thousand signatures is an unprecedented test for Asakura Kaede.

But if it was only one thousand copies, it was still within the acceptable range. Because if, as editor Nakajima said, we didn’t sign the thousand copies but held a book signing event, then it would not be just one thousand copies, and we would have to endure the fate of being watched.

In the nearly one year since the publication of Suqing, Asakura Kaede has accumulated a large number of readers, and the sales of the novel can be said to have been climbing steadily. Coupled with the mysterious nature of his identity, it is impossible for him not to cause a sensation if he really shows up for a book signing event.

So there was no other way. In order to avoid becoming a giant panda being watched, Asakura Kaede could only sign all the thousand books in the editorial department.

Except for an hour for lunch and rest at noon, Asakura Kaede worked hard until two in the afternoon and finally signed all the one thousand novels.

After rubbing his almost powerless right hand, Asakura Feng exhaled heavily and said, "It's done. There's nothing for me to do now, right?"

"It's okay. Thank you for your hard work today, Xiao Feng." Patting Asakura Feng's shoulder, Editor Nakajima smiled happily.

Rolling his eyes, Asakura Feng swung his hands, picked up his backpack and said, "Okay, now that I'm done with my work, give me a good vacation. Can you give me more time to finish the manuscript for the next volume?"

"how long?"

"It won't take too long, just half a month. I feel like I have a psychological trauma today."

Although Editor Nakajima didn't think Asakura Kaede's psychological endurance was that poor, he still nodded and agreed: "Okay, okay, how about we just give you a month's grace?"

"???"

Asakura Feng looked at his editor in disbelief and said, "Is this true? Did I take it seriously?"

"of course."

"Then it's a deal. I will send the manuscript one month later than originally scheduled. Don't contact me during this period. I want to live my high school life well."

After saying that, he didn't want to stay in the editorial office at all and left immediately.

Machida Yuanzi, who was watching all this, asked after Asakura Feng left: "Nakajima-senpai, did you really agree?"

"Why not agree to it? This is already within the scope of the editor-in-chief and me." Editor Nakajima said with an unfathomable smile, "Machida, there is no need to keep forcing these young and capable authors to submit their manuscripts. Especially for someone as soft-hearted as Xiao Feng, if you give them some appropriate benefits, then when the time comes, can't we do something similar to today again?"

"..."

Machida Sonoko felt that she had really learned a lesson. She didn't expect that it could be done this way.

But she reacted the next second and exclaimed, "Oh, I forgot. I wanted to tell Asakura-kun that the winning author of the Newcomer Award will be here later! They are both from Fengzhizaki, and I wanted to introduce him to him!"

Asakura Feng knew nothing about all this. At the moment, he was heading to the game store he usually went to, ready to shop around and relax.

Chapter 11 I am not you, you got the wrong person! (Please save it!!)

In the bedroom of her home, Kaede Asakura has not only a bookshelf for books, but also a cabinet filled with various physical games, figurines and other peripherals.

Although he would buy digital games when online stores have deep discounts sometimes, Asakura Kaede still prefers physical games. He would feel a sense of accomplishment when his collection grows.

In Tokyo, he is basically familiar with several game stores in Akihabara and the surrounding areas. He will pre-order the physical limited editions of some games if he likes them.

The one I visited today is also a store I visit frequently.

After coming in and greeting the boss at the cashier, Kaede Asakura did not go to the new game side, but took a look at the shelf of second-hand old games.

Occasionally, you can still find some good old games, such as second-hand cartridges of Pokemon games with distributed elves. Although Asakura Feng has a complete collection, but no one would mind adding one or two distributed elves, right?

It’s just that my luck today is not very good, or it can be said that such good things don’t come along very often. After looking around, there was nothing that interested me.

Finally, Asakura Feng did not go to other game shelves to look. There were no new games released in the past half month. He went straight to the cashier and said, "Boss, give me a 512G SD card for NS."

"Have you used up the one you bought before?"

"Yeah, I'm not used to deleting games. Since I'm here today, I might as well buy another one. Anyway, there's a storage box to put it in."

As he spoke, Asakura Kaede took out money from his wallet and handed it over, then put the small SD card box into his backpack.

Just as I was about to say goodbye and leave, a girl came running over with a box of games in her hand and said excitedly, "Boss, check out!"

Hearing the voice, Asakura Feng was stunned for a moment. She turned her head and saw the iconic pair of golden twin ponytails.

"Sawamura?"

Although she was wearing a hat, there was no covering on her eyes. It was impossible for Asakura Kaede to mistake the girl's delicate and lovely face.

"Ugh?"

Eriri didn't expect to meet Asakura Kaede here. Her face instantly turned red. She put the game cartridge in her hand behind her, turned her head and said, "It's not me. You got the wrong person!!!"

"..."

Asakura Feng looked at Eriri silently, then looked at the boss. The boss also smiled and said, "I don't know anything, don't look at me."

Asakura Feng knew what was going on, so he looked at Eriri who was still playing dumb and said, "Okay, now that you've recognized me, stop playing ostrich. You're just here to buy a game, right? No one says girls can't play games."

Hearing what Asakura Feng said, Eriri slowly turned her head and asked in a low voice: "You won't tell anyone, will you?"

"I'm not that bored yet."

After looking Asakura Kaede up and down, and combining it with Eriri's observation of Asakura Kaede over the past few days, she also believed it.

So, she finally put the game in her hand on the counter.

"Boss, check out."

After seeing the game in her hand, Asakura Kaede finally understood why Eriri didn't want him to know.

The NS version of Memories of Autumn, I see.

Asakura Kaede has played several Memories of Autumn games. Although the games are very good, he doesn't particularly like playing this type of game, so he didn't buy this one.

After the NS game console was released, there were many games suitable for girls to play. However, when people who know the game like Memories Off are given a chance to play, they will immediately know that the girl in front of them is definitely not a casual player.

After watching Eriri pay the bill and happily put the game into her bag, Asakura Feng said, "If there's nothing else, I'll take my leave."

"Wait a moment!"

Ying Lili immediately called out to Asakura Feng, walked up to him and said, "Do you have anything else to do this afternoon?"

Although he really wanted to say that he had something to say, seeing Eriri's expression, it seemed that she had something to say to him, Asakura Feng shook his head and pointed to the cafe across the street.

"I just finished my work. If you have anything to say, go sit over there for a while."

After taking a look at the cafe, Ying Lili did not refuse: "Okay, let's go over there."

It just so happened that they were not at school today and there was no one else around. Eriri was just planning to ask Asakura Kaede a question, and the quiet environment of a cafe was just right.

Watching the boy and girl leave, the owner of the game store said with emotion: "It's great to be young."

A few minutes later, Asakura Kaede and Eriri came to the cafe, chose a booth near the inside and sat down, then ordered drinks and snacks.