Chapter 14

"Onii-chan, will you blush after seeing this?"

She turned her head and asked.

"Indeed... a little."

Hikigaya Hachiman admitted it embarrassedly.

"Ah, what should I do? If Onii-chan becomes so outstanding, won't Komachi seem useless as a younger sister? In the future, when people mention Komachi, they will probably feel like 'Oh, that useless younger sister of Tsukiro-sensei'."

Holding her chin with both hands, Komachi's expression suddenly became pitiful.

"Don't worry, it won't happen. In my heart, Komachi is the best younger sister in the world!"

He patted Komachi's shoulder and said earnestly.

"Onii-chan..."

"Komachi..."

"Puff."

The two looked at each other and suddenly laughed at the same time, turning the originally touching scene into another picture in an instant.

"Onii-chan, that's enough. We haven't even started yet! It's too early to be happy now... But that sentence just now was very beautiful!"

"Isn't this just to cooperate with you? I am very confident in my 'self-awareness' and will never overestimate my ability."

"Eh...!"

23 Self-image

At night, Hikigaya Hachiman and Sagiri were on a video call, and the two were discussing a problem with an illustration.

"Ah, Tsukiro-sensei, such a separation is too painful."

Sagiri looked reluctant.

"There is no way. The story has to progress like this. Otherwise, it would seem too frivolous. What's more, this is just a reincarnation story, so there is no need to be so cautious. If Sagiri can't draw it because of this, then I will have a headache."

Hikigaya Hachiman's tone changed helplessly.

"Of course not, I will draw it. Since I have already agreed with Tsukiro-sensei before, I will not back down."

Sagiri tightened the brush in her hand and drew a picture firmly.

The injured online loan Shinpei and Mio lay on the ground, reaching out their hands to each other, but they could not be rescued, and could only say goodbye with tears.

Such a scene is really painful, too painful!

The reason why Sagiri was very resistant to drawing battle scenes before was that she didn't like stories where people died or were injured.

Although she tried to correct this weakness some time ago, her inner emotions are still difficult to change.

However, in order not to delay the delivery of the illustration work, she can only choose to become stronger and get used to this pain.

After training, the next illustration will not be soft.

"Sagiri, it's really great."

Hikigaya Hachiman couldn't help but give a compliment.

The seemingly weak girl also has her own persistence, which is a good thing.

"Well... Thank you for the compliment from Mr. Tsukiro."

Sagiri heard this and her head unconsciously lowered a little, and the expression under the mask was a little strange.

Being recognized by the creator, her value as an illustrator has been achieved!

"By the way, Sagiri, what grade are you in now?"

Hikigaya Hachiman thought of a question that had bothered him before, so he found an opportunity to ask indirectly.

"Fifth grade."

Sagiri answered subconsciously.

"I see, one year younger than my sister."

He seemed to be thinking about something.

"Why did Mr. Tsukiro suddenly ask this question?"

Sagiri asked after she reacted.

"Nothing, just chatting casually."

He prevaricated.

"Is that so? No wonder I always felt that Mr. Tsukiro had the demeanor of a brother. It turns out that he has a sister. Now I understand."

Sagiri continued.

"Well, it's okay."

He smiled.

After discussing work, the two hung up the video.

Before going to bed, Sagiri suddenly thought of something and clicked to log in to her blog - a blog of erotic comics.

At first glance, you might think it is a blog introducing erotic comics, but the content on it is all serious.

Sagiri occasionally posts articles on her blog to share her paintings, but since she became an illustrator for "Summer Reappearance", the frequency has decreased a lot, and the content has also changed.

For example, some time ago she published an article called "Tsukiro Sensei is terrible", and then some of her thoughts on "Summer Reappearance".

Originally, this blog was basically unpopular, and at most it attracted fans because of some shared paintings, but since she became an illustrator, the popularity of the blog has gradually increased.

Just talking about the illustrations of "Summer Reappearance" itself, it is indeed of some quality.

After a while, she published another article with the title "I still think Tsukiro Sensei is terrible", and the content inside can be imagined, which is to complain about his "cruelty" to the characters.

Hikigaya Hachiman never thought that he would be seen like this in the eyes of others.

For the time being, he still thinks he is quite friendly and gentle.

"Huh..."

"Ha..."

After the physical education class, the panting Hikigaya Hachiman found a bench to sit down and rest.

"I didn't expect my physical strength to drop so much without me noticing. This is probably the only disadvantage of staying at home."

He muttered to himself.

Less than two minutes later.

"Um, classmate, can you make way for me?"

A familiar female voice sounded beside his ear.

He raised his head slightly.

Brown hair, brown eyes, and a generally cute look.

Oh, it turned out to be that Orimoto Kaori.

As a passerby male classmate in the class, it's impossible to embarrass the female class monitor at this time, right?

"I know."

He moved to the side and left a spacious space.

After resting for a while, Orimoto Kaori felt that the atmosphere at the moment was a little wrong, and couldn't help but said: "It seems to be called Hikigaya-san, right?"

"Orimoto-san actually knows my name?"

He was very surprised.

"You introduced yourself at the beginning of the school year, although I have a vague impression of you."

Kaori Orimoto explained.

"Oh, that's right."

He said in a light tone.

"Hikigaya-san, haven't you made any friends in class yet? I feel like you haven't talked to other people much. Are you disliked?"

This girl, you are too outspoken, aren't you? Don't say such things to my face!

Hikigaya Hachiman secretly complained.

"It's your illusion. I get along well with my classmates."

"Is that so?"

Kaori Orimoto scratched her cheek with her fingers, and her expression was half-believing and half-doubting.

She didn't pay attention to the other person often, maybe she was just overthinking.

The conversation between the two ended quickly.

Although the girl has the characteristic of being able to talk to anyone, it is impossible to talk to a person like him.

Hikigaya Hachiman has mastered the skill of "topic terminator".

When he returned home at night, he opened his document and estimated the plot development of the second part of "Summer Returns".

He was so ambitious before that he boasted to Ms. Machida that he could achieve the progress of one volume in three months while maintaining the quality.

But it seems that according to the current progress, it seems a bit behind.

He sent the previous manuscript to Ms. Machida and received a satisfactory evaluation, but the plot in the second half of this period was rejected by Ms. Machida.

Why is this so?

It is probably because the time in the first half is relatively abundant and it is still within the scope of vacation. After school, the time is not so abundant.

"This is a bit of a headache."

Hikigaya Hachiman felt his face getting hot, and there was a kind of hot phantom pain of being slapped in the face.

Although he kept reminding himself, he still couldn't help but become proud and overestimated his ability.

Ms. Machida couldn't help him solve this problem.

As an editor, apart from a certain degree of appreciation, there is actually very little help that can be provided. Otherwise, they would have written light novels by themselves long ago. Wouldn't it make more money than the hard editing job?

So, he tried to communicate with Miss Yamada, the only colleague he could communicate with at present.

24 Enthusiasm is not infinite, life needs adjustment

Yamada Fairy: How simple is this!

Me: What do you mean, does Miss Yamada have any good suggestions?

Yamada Fairy: Isn't it just a lack of time? Like me, I don't go to study, so I have plenty of time, and even plenty of time to play games.

Me: Oh, that's fine.

Hikigaya Hachiman originally hoped that Miss Yamada could have some constructive suggestions, but this idea is indeed too naive.

Miss Yamada is a lawless person, but he is restrained in all aspects.

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This kind of thing should at least wait until he is old enough to have independent ability.

Elementary School Fairy: Well, actually, you just need to have the same skill as me to "complete the manuscript summoning".

Me: Ms. Yamada, do you take me for a fool?