Chapter 43

"What are you going to do? Can't you just ask? I live in Chiba, and I can only give you this much information at the moment."

He thought for a moment and answered cautiously.

"Tsk."

Yamada Fairy looked a little dissatisfied.

If I had known, I would have asked for the detailed address when I sent the book!

"I really can't help it."

She sighed, scratched her cheek with her fingers, and said shyly, "Actually, I want to conquer you."

"Ah? Conquer me?"

Hikigaya Hachiman was shocked, and his hands seemed at a loss.

Could this be the so-called peach blossom period, where suddenly many girls will like you?

"Don't get me wrong, stupid Hikigaya! What I mean is that if I don't conquer you, I can't conquer Eromanga! You are just a prerequisite."

Yamada Fairy blushed and shouted loudly.

"You used too ambiguous a word!"

The corner of his mouth twitched.

"Uh, I just used the word "conquer" out of habit, there is no other meaning."

Yamada Fairy was stunned.

"The guy who is obsessed with games."

He teased.

"Besides, I'm a little bored staying at home recently. It just so happens that the novel has been confirmed to be animated, and I will soon get a good amount of royalties... In summary, I'm going to move, but there is no good place to go, so I thought of you, Hikigaya, aren't you also planning to move? Then let's be neighbors. It's a great thing to be neighbors with me, right?"

Yamada Fairy showed a confident smile, revealing a row of white teeth.

"Be neighbors?"

Hikigaya Hachiman was stunned when he heard this, and his eyes were thinking.

Compared to meeting neighbors of unknown good or bad, being neighbors with Miss Yamada seems to have more benefits.

"I don't mind, but I still have some time before I move. Can you wait?"

He thought about it and gave an answer.

"Well, try to do it within half a year."

Yamada Fairy thought about it.

"That's fine."

He nodded.

The two sides made an agreement, and Hikigaya Hachiman didn't take it too seriously, focusing on the work at hand.

The seventh volume has also reached the final stage and will be completed in a few days at most.

…

"Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Tsukiro. You have been under academic pressure for the past two years and have maintained a high update speed and quality. It's really amazing."

Machida Sonoko confirmed the manuscript of the final volume from his hand, suddenly stood up, and bowed slightly to him.

"Don't be like this, Miss Sonoko."

Hikigaya Hachiman was surprised by her performance and was at a loss.

"Thank you for your efforts to bring joy and rare memories to everyone. Just think of it as my statement for many readers."

She smiled brightly.

"It's not all my credit."

Hikigaya Hachiman meant something, but obviously no one in this world understood his underlying meaning.

"Tsukiro, take a good rest during this period. You should be busy with high school entrance examinations now, right?"

Machida Sonoko stretched out her right hand and patted him on the shoulder.

"You don't need to worry about your studies, and you don't need to rest."

He wanted to answer like this, but his nerves were indeed a bit tense in the past two years, and it was time for him to give himself a real long vacation.

After returning home, Hikigaya Hachiman contacted Sagiri.

"Tsukiro-sensei, is this the end?"

Sagiri took off her mask, revealing a tender and cute face, but her expression was a little difficult to let go.

The end of a story is like the end of a life.

As a reader and a participant in it, her emotions are brewing more.

"Yes, it's over. No matter how long and beautiful the story is, it will eventually end."

As Hikigaya Hachiman spoke, his expression gradually changed.

"But don't mind, Sagiri, there are more stories waiting for us in the future, and we will continue to experience them."

He imagined the future.

"Well, Tsukiro-sensei, I hope you can create better works in the future, and I will continue to work hard."

Sagiri immediately cheered up and said with sincere blessings.

...

"Ah, it's so comfortable!"

On the first day of winter vacation, Hikigaya Hachiman stretched and lay on the sofa.

After losing the threat of the deadline, this feeling of freedom to play badly is really great.

"It would be great if life could go on like this... No! It's too dangerous. I almost got bewitched by the sofa demon!"

After coming to his senses, he dismissed the idea.

The success he wanted was not just the immediate survival, but a more ambitious goal.

Otherwise, it would be too embarrassing for a time traveler!

"Onii-chan, are you having Chuunibyou again?"

Komachi's cute face suddenly came into view, with helplessness in her eyes.

"This is not Chuunibyou, it's just normal self-talk."

He straightened up and said calmly.

"Oh."

Komachi's tone showed disbelief, and her expression was a little disdainful.

Looking at his sister's attitude, Hikigaya Hachiman suddenly wanted to do something weird.

"By the way, Komachi, how are your grades now?"

"Onii-chan, I don't understand what you are saying."

Komachi's eyes were erratic.

"It's easy to imagine that stupid Komachi won't be able to get smart after entering the first grade of junior high school. She will definitely be the last in the class."

Hikigaya Hachiman sneered.

Komachi felt uncomfortable all over.

"Stupid Onii-chan, I'm going to play with Sister Ruri!"

His sister stamped her feet and fled the living room.

"Hehe."

He chuckled, and suddenly the smile slowly disappeared.

"Should I tell Komachi about the move in advance?"

Hikigaya Hachiman frowned.

Only his sister had different feelings from him, so he naturally had to take care of her feelings.

In this matter, he also needed to consider how to speak at that time.

The day when the final volume of 68 was released

The third day of the winter vacation was the day when the final volume of "Summer Reappearance" was released.

During this period of time, the hype of the Fuzugawa Library in this regard has reached a very high level. In terms of publicity resources, it is completely different from the previous level. This also made the sales of "Summer Reappearance" rise rapidly, and it had already exceeded the one million mark last month.

This is understandable. The quality of the work itself is strong enough, not to mention that it is close to completion, so there is no problem that the new book may be weak in the future. The combination of these two factors has led to the library selectively tilting more resources.

As the day approaches, the enthusiasm of readers and fans is almost completely ignited.

Many people said that they would rush to buy it even if it rained on the release date, not to mention that it is winter now.

However, this day is a rare warm winter sun.

"Gasan, I'm going out."

Eriri put on a camouflage suit early in the morning and prepared to leave the Sawamura family.

"Eri, you stayed up all night yesterday and haven't had breakfast today."

Sayuri Sawamura reminded.

She was a little worried about her daughter's health.

"It's okay, my body is much better now! The nickname of the jade girl of Shimamura Junior High School is outdated! Goodbye."

Eriri changed her slippers into white sneakers, and ran out of the door without looking back.

This time, she changed a way to go to the bookstore.

In preparation for this day, she secretly studied which bookstore had the least number of people recently, so that she wouldn't have to worry about the long waiting time.

"Huh?"

However, when Eriri arrived at the bookstore she had locked on, her smile disappeared immediately.

There were still so many people, wasn't it a waste of effort!

"No, not really, it must be because the final volume is more attractive to everyone, and there are more readers of "Summer Returns."

She quickly figured it out.

More readers is definitely a good thing for the author himself, and as a fan, she certainly hopes that more people will like her favorite work.

But once this happens, she will be in tears.

At this moment, Eriri wished that Tsukiro-sensei had only one fan like her.

She is not the only one who holds similar ideas. In the nearby Chiba countryside, there are people who have held such ideas for a long time.

Senjumura Masayuki, whose real name is Umezono Hana, is the author of the popular work "Fantasy Demon Sword Legend". From the style of her works, some people may think that she is a very heroic young male author, but in fact she is a natural girl, and her age is only the same as the famous young writer Yamada Yaojing.

Another unknown thing about her is that she is actually a super fan of "Moonlight is Beautiful". She even wrote many fan letters to the other party, but unfortunately she never received a response.

However, this matter is not a regret for her.

What makes her regretful is that there are too few novels in the world that can move her.

The reason why Senjumura Masayuki wrote is the same.

Because of her family background, she also wrote novels when she was an elementary school student, but she didn't think it was interesting at the time. Until one day, she met a work called "Summer Returns", which made her remember that reading was very interesting.

Unfortunately, except for "Summer Returns", novels that she can find interesting from the bottom of her heart and read with a smile have almost never appeared on the shelves of bookstores, so she started to write her own when she had no choice.

In his daily life, apart from writing for his own satisfaction, the only thing that Senjumura Masaru looks forward to is the day when the new volume of "Summer Returns" will be released.