Crossover Anime: A Dimensional Journey Starting with Frilian

The store was as quiet as it was outside, with not a single customer. However, in the new book section not far from the entrance, there was a very conspicuous pile of novels, stacked high.

It's as if hardly anyone has ever bought it.

Kasumigaoka Utaha's hands and feet instantly turned ice cold.

Shi Chen felt a chill on her wrist as he held it, and he quickly comforted her, "Don't worry, it's probably because school just ended and everyone hasn't arrived yet."

"Too......"

Chapter 29 Help

Shiki and Kasumigaoka Utaha stayed at the bookstore until 7 p.m. before leaving, and she did not go to Shiki's place for dinner.

Kasumigaoka Utaha's novels are released starting at 10 a.m., so even if there are no students, there will be other people who will buy them.

But when Shi Chen asked the shop assistant about the situation, it turned out that only two books had been sold from morning to afternoon.

It's obviously a bit tragic.

However, this is normal for a new writer who has just started out. Many people are not very interested in newly published novels, especially since Kasumigaoka Utaha's novel has such a unique title.

Novels with simple, direct titles and long names are currently quite popular.

But this so-called normality only applies to outsiders. Kasumigaoka Utaha, the person involved, cannot accept it. She is still full of expectations and did not sleep well last night.

No matter how nervous she was beforehand, she was genuinely confident, but this is what happened on the first day.

The two spent three hours in the bookstore, but only saw two other people make purchases, and even then, they made them hesitantly.

In other words, only four copies were sold that day.

It was a very bleak situation, which was a big blow to Kasumigaoka Utaha.

Anything can happen on the first day, and it's normal if no one buys anything. Maybe people will start buying things gradually over the next few days... Even though Shichen tried to comfort Kasumigaoka Utaha with these words, it didn't offer her any solace.

This is to be expected, unless Kasumigaoka Utaha simply doesn't care whether her novel becomes a hit.

But how could a novel that has been poured with passion and effort not want to become a huge hit?

For the next few days, Kasumigaoka Utaha was so dejected that she didn't come to the coffee shop until Sunday, when the coffee shop was about to close, she finally came looking lost.

Tohru and Chizuka Nishiki went upstairs first, having already learned a little about the situation.

Kasumigaoka Utaha entered the store without saying a word, walked to her designated seat, sat down, and then slumped weakly onto the table.

Shi Chen took a glass of juice and walked over to her. After sitting down opposite her, he handed her the juice and asked softly, "Have you had dinner yet?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha stared blankly at the juice, offering no reply.

This makes it quite obvious that something is going on.

Shi Chen sighed inwardly. In fact, he had gone to the bookstore to check the situation over the past two days, and all he could say was that the situation was not good.

In the past few days, the total sales of Kasumigaoka Utaha's novel have only reached a little over a hundred copies. This is beyond dismal; it's practically on the verge of collapse.

Because of these sales figures, the novel could face immediate cancellation.

Indeed, this is exactly the case. Today, Kasumigaoka Utaha received a notification from Machida Sonoko that the novel is expected to end ahead of schedule.

She sat at home in a daze for a long time, but still couldn't resist coming to find the time.

Seeing Kasumigaoka Utaha's devastated state, Tokimitsu felt a pang of sympathy and boldly reached out to take her hand.

Her fingers were long, slender, and smooth, but they felt icy cold in this nearly May season.

Shichen held her hands in his, wrapping them around his own, trying to offer her warmth.

Kasumigaoka Utaha slowly raised her eyes, glanced at her hands that were being held, and showed no reaction.

"Tell me what happened," Shi Chen said softly.

"Um......"

Kasumigaoka Utaha raised her head, met Toki's gaze, and said softly, "Editor Machida told me that if the sales continue like this, 'Love Metronome' will end with three volumes."

"Was it cut in half?" Shi Chen pursed his lips.

"Yes."

"What are you thinking?" Shichen asked, looking at Kasumigaoka Utaha's dim eyes.

"I don't want it to end." Kasumigaoka Utaha shook her head.

"Why? Didn't you only plan to cover the content of one volume before? Wouldn't it be better to finish it in three volumes?"

"Chen, please stop joking... I've thought about a lot of things before, and three volumes are simply not enough to finish. I don't want my novel to end abruptly. I want to be responsible for the characters I've created." Kasumigaoka Utaha gripped Toki's hand tightly, her tone serious.

At this moment, Kasumigaoka Utaha's eyes lost their listlessness and were filled with fighting spirit.

She had genuinely fallen in love with writing novels, so how could Shi Chen not support her?

"So, you still want to continue writing?" Shi Chen asked seriously.

"Ok!"

"I understand." Shi Chen smiled and nodded, "I will help you."

"Help me?" Kasumigaoka Utaha looked at him in confusion.

"What else?" Shi Chen squeezed her hand tighter: "Your novel is so good, I don't want it to be canceled so early. I also want to see the complete story."

"Just because of this?" Kasumigaoka Utaha frowned.

"Then what do you think is the reason?" Shi Chen asked with a smile.

"How should I know!" Kasumigaoka Utaha rolled her eyes at him, annoyed.

"Hehe~ Anyway, you can come and write the second volume without worry these next few days. We'll see how things go. If people really don't appreciate it, I'll take care of it."

Kasumigaoka Utaha's notebook has been left here, so she hasn't been able to come these past few days and hasn't actually been able to write her novel.

"What on earth are you going to do?"

"It's nothing, just to let more people know about your novel."

"Ok?"

A few days later, the sales of Kasumigaoka Utaha's novel remained lackluster, and the decision to cancel it was officially made.

The novel was printed in large quantities, but it didn't sell at all, resulting in a loss for the publisher.

Given this situation, even if Kasumigaoka Utaha is willing to cooperate with the cancellation, the publisher won't have high expectations if she writes a new book in the future.

The so-called commercial value is not high.

Publishing houses are profit-driven; they're not interested in a writer's dream of writing novels. To get them to help a novelist realize their dream, you have to look at the novelist's actual talent.

It's popular in the market and sells very well!

Opportunities are limited.

So if Kasumigaoka Utaha fails at the beginning, it will be difficult for her later, and she may lose interest in writing novels.

Not writing novels won't affect her much; with such good grades, she'll have plenty of opportunities to succeed.

But Shichen didn't want her to give up her interests or dreams.

Now that he had met her, he was determined to help her. He felt that this was the main reason he was able to travel to the second dimension.

Become a god?

It's just a side thing, and a bit of a pipe dream, so it's better to enjoy the time spent meeting them.

The novel was confirmed to be canceled, but Kasumigaoka Utaha wasn't too disappointed. She inexplicably had a lot of trust in Tokicho, but she just couldn't get into writing the novel these past few days.

However, she has been coming to the coffee shop a lot these past few days. During the school term, except when she goes to sleep or goes home, she spends all her time at the coffee shop, eating breakfast and dinner there.

All that's left is to move here; perhaps all it takes is a trigger.

But what she was more curious about was that Shi Chen hadn't done anything these past few days, at least not in front of her.

In the morning, we would have breakfast together, and after school, I would watch him leisurely minding the shop. Even though Tohru and Chizuka were there, it didn't matter whether he was there or not.

So the only time he can help her is on the nights after she leaves.

It was indeed after closing the shop that Shichin started helping Kasumigaoka Utaha.

These past few days, he's been busy until very late, and Tohru and Chizuka have been complaining a bit about how late he's been staying up with them.

Shichen wasn't doing anything extraordinary, nor did he use any special abilities. He simply found the anime and manga community online and recommended Kasumigaoka Utaha's novels to various influential figures.

This community is very loving; everyone helps each other and doesn't let good works go unnoticed.

In the past few days, thanks to his persistent recommendations, an influential figure finally read Kasumigaoka Utaha's novel and then spontaneously recommended it.

Many people follow these influential figures, and with their strong recommendations, everyone couldn't resist checking it out, so sales have actually increased in the last few days.

That means it needs a few more days to ferment.

While Shichen himself lacks influence and cannot act as a blogger to promote and influence everyone, he can seek help from more people.

It has a stronger influence.

He had previously inquired about Kasumigaoka Utaha's situation, but surprisingly, she seemed to know nothing about him.

This shouldn't happen.

That person is so famous, even if Kasumigaoka Utaha doesn't communicate with outsiders, she should have heard of him.

Unless he doesn't exist in this world.

So, is the blonde haughty girl still around?

Shichen didn't dare to ask Kasumigaoka Utaha directly. If that person were there, they would definitely ask him why he knew that there was such a person at her school.

Neither of them are easy to explain.

The situation is still uncertain. Perhaps it is because of his appearance that Kasumigaoka Utaha is less concerned about others. He still decides to find out for himself.

Now that his relationship with Kasumigaoka Utaha is pretty good, it's reasonable for him to find an excuse to pick her up, right?

The best time will be after the problem with her novel is resolved.

After all, almost a month has passed.