How to raise a random guy's wife

“I thought you would look for Sawamura.” Kasumigaoka Utaha took the printed paper and flipped through the illustrations.

"I wonder, do you think she can draw?" Kobayashi Sora spread her hands. "If she didn't know the plot, I could fool her, but she knows you wrote it, so she definitely can't draw. Let's try to improve it later."

“There’s no need to improve it; teasing her is quite fun.” Kasumigaoka Utaha compared the artists’ styles with her envisioned character design. “Can you contact all these artists?”

“You should think about it the other way around,” Kobayashi Sora retorted. “Would I offer you the works of artists I can’t contact to choose from?”

"As expected of you." Kasumigaoka Utaha paused her fingers as she flipped through the printed papers, then pulled out a sheet. "This one is good."

“Eromanga Sensei,” Kobayashi Sora clicked his tongue, “you really know how to choose.”

"This illustration of the rabbit-girl is very good." Kasumigaoka Utaha pointed to the pink-furred rabbit girl.

"It's Red Rabbit from Izumi Masamune's *Reincarnated Silver Wolf*, a school-based supernatural battle story," Kobayashi Sora briefly introduced. "However..."

Kato Megumi noticed a hint of embarrassment on his face. "Can't you get in touch with him?"

"Not necessarily, but I'm not that sure." Kobayashi Sora frowned. "There's very little information about this teacher. I even doubt if anyone has ever seen him in person."

"Maybe she's a beautiful girl who stays at home all the time," Kasumigaoka Utaha chuckled.

"What kind of light novel plot is this..." Kobayashi Sora sighed. "Everything's been happening at once lately. I'll try my best to gather information and see if I can find any clues."

"Is there anyone else you can't find?" Kasumigaoka Utaha became interested. "This is the one, no changes."

What kind of ultimate torture king are you?

Kato Megumi asked, "Doesn't this teacher collaborate with the author?"

"No, that's not it. She's a formidable artist whom even bestselling authors fawn over. She likes to draw risqué illustrations, with a cute style, and she's best at depicting characters with small breasts, youthful faces, and animal ears," Kobayashi Sora explained further. "Although she can draw very high-quality illustrations, she's quite strict with her own work. She doesn't work very fast and can't manage two series at the same time. The illustrations commissioned to her aren't drawn very quickly. Each illustration seems to take a lot of time to complete."

"So you're saying you'll still accept requests, right?" Kato Megumi looked at Kobayashi Sora curiously. "Then why don't you just give requests directly?"

"Huh?" Kobayashi Sora was taken aback, then realized, "But that might not work. We still need to gather some information and be absolutely certain..."

Kato Megumi blinked. "Do you want to hear what you're saying?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha sneered, "While there's still hope, hurry up and see a psychologist to cure your pathological desire for control."

Do you want everything to be nearly 100% successful?

in other words......

Kasumigaoka Utaha's gaze turned cold.

Before this kid even came to me, did he already think he could easily manipulate me?!

When had Kasumigaoka Utaha ever suffered such humiliation...?

and many more!

Kasumigaoka Utaha suddenly remembered something important.

Why would Kobayashi Sora, with her personality, tolerate Aki Tomoya's two consecutive sloppy projects and give him a third chance?

unless......

“Kobayashi Sora.” Kasumigaoka Utaha’s voice was low.

"Huh?" Kobayashi Sora felt a chill. Why was he suddenly being called by his full name?

"You didn't expect Lun to be able to write a good proposal in the first place, right?"

"Ok?"

“You want to take advantage of his rejection to launch your own project.” Kasumigaoka Utaha gradually sorted out her thoughts. “So it doesn’t matter what his project looks like. That’s why someone as controlling as you would tolerate the project going out of control.”

"I still have expectations for Tomoya..."

“You never trusted Tomoya from the beginning, so your purpose in seeking cooperation with him was for me and Eriri, or more precisely, for our work—right?” Kasumigaoka Utaha slapped the printed paper onto Kobayashi Sora’s chest, her red eyes fixed on Kobayashi Sora’s eyes.

Before Kobayashi Sora could answer, Kasumigaoka Utaha already had the answer in her mind. "The reason you gave Tomoya a third chance, just like Eriri and I did, is because you were already prepared for Tomoya to fail. After Tomoya made it clear that he wouldn't use your project, you started looking for new members to form a new club, right?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha's face darkened. "On that very day..."

Her voice paused, and her gaze fell on Kobayashi Sora's forehead.

The scars from that day are still there.

On that day, after the signing event for the final volume of "Love Metronome" ended, they ran into Tomoya Aki at a restaurant. During the meal, Tomoya Aki pointed out the problems with Kobayashi Sora's two projects and made it clear that he would not use them.

On that same day, Kobayashi Sora was hit on the forehead and bled while trying to stop a pervert from doing something inappropriate to Kasumigaoka Utaha.

The words that were about to come out were forcibly swallowed by Kasumigaoka Utaha. She bit her lower lip hard and turned to leave.

Chapter 86 You're Angry

"Hmm..." Kato Megumi looked at the classroom sliding door that Kasumigaoka Utaha had forcefully pulled open and then slammed shut. "It's broken again."

She stepped forward and tried to pull the sliding door back in place.

"I'll help." Kobayashi Sora offered her hand and lifted the sliding door.

Kato Megumi adjusted the angle and put it back in.

"Wow, that's amazing..." Kato Megumi lowered her eyes slightly. "You were able to analyze so much from just one sentence."

“Well…” Kobayashi Sora smiled, “After all, he is a bestselling author who is good at using details to build plots, so it should be considered a basic skill.”

"So," Kato Megumi looked up, "what you said, senpai, is all true?"

“If it were fake, I would have already refuted it.”

"That's true." Kato Megumi tilted her head. "So what do we do now?"

"Ok?"

"Why did you make that questioning sound?" Kato Megumi looked at him strangely. "We can't just leave it like this."

"You're right," Kobayashi Sora nodded. "I'll plan it out properly later..."

"Speaking of which, in a game, wouldn't you say we should chase after them immediately?"

"You said it yourself, it's a game."

"I can understand to some extent. It's only natural to be angry when you suddenly find out about your plan and realize that you've been kept in the dark for so long."

Are you angry?

“I found out a long time ago,” Kato Megumi replied. “You didn’t hide it from me when you texted me.”

So you're not angry?

"I'm not completely angry."

"So there's still a little bit of life left?"

"My senior is even angrier than I am."

“But now I’m standing in front of you.” Kobayashi Sora looked at her.

“I went to that restaurant to help you.” Kato paused. “If you had told me from the beginning that you had no hope for Aki-kun’s project, I wouldn’t have had to do that.”

"If you hadn't done that, this meeting wouldn't have happened."

"So that my efforts won't be in vain?"

"So that your efforts will not be in vain."

Kato Megumi reminded her, "You should tell these things to your senior."

"You're angry too."

"I was a little angry at first, but then I realized how important this is to you. If you put all your hopes on Aki-kun, that would be even more infuriating, wouldn't it?"

"That's how Sawamura and her senior are."

"Don't they like Aki-kun—wait, right?" Kato Megumi suddenly realized something and subconsciously took a half step back. "You like her too—"

No.

"Modern society is very inclusive."

"You said those words, but you honestly took a step back."

"Just a step further," Kato Megumi changed the subject. "My senior is angrier than me because she knows less and cares more."

"What an abrupt change of topic."

"Let's continue talking about your romantic entanglement with An Yi."

“There’s no such thing,” Kobayashi Sora said rationally, following Kato Megumi’s lead to change the subject. “What you care about more, Senpai?”

"You used the person your senior liked to pull her into the club, and then planned to kick that person out. That's a bit much." Kato Megumi turned off the lights, locked the classroom door, and handed the key to Kobayashi Sora. "If you hadn't been discovered, you could say it was a choice you had to make. But since you were discovered, it became premeditated. You played with her feelings and then tried to break them up."

"That's definitely going too far."

"And one more thing..."

Is there anything else?

"Sawamura-kun."

"Eh?"

"Although Senpai and Sawamura often argue, they must admire each other, which is why Eriri draws doujinshi about Senpai, and why Senpai buys her doujinshi." Kato Megumi recalled the works of Eriri that she had seen in Kobayashi Sora's room.

[egoistic-lily·Yang○'s New Publication Includes a Photocopy of Love Metronome (18+)]

The thin booklet consists of only four B5 sheets of paper stapled together. The booklet has eight pages in total, but excluding the cover and copyright page, there are only six pages of comic content.

Of course, there were no color pages; the entire page, including the cover, was in black and white line art.

The plot is almost nonexistent.

The characters in "Love Metronome"—Naoto and Makoto—are a couple from the very first page, and they immediately get busy on the next page. However, since there aren't many pages, they have to finish within three pages, ending with a kiss. The only slightly detailed part is the entire intimate scene.

Sayuka, the main female protagonist who carries the core of this work, didn't even appear.

Even so, the extremely short and sparsely lined ink layout is still filled with an almost overflowing love for the work.

Naoto and Makoto's way of speaking does not deviate from the characterization of the senior in the book.

In their brief interaction, the two characters also revealed their consideration for each other.

Although Kato Megumi felt their behavior was a bit excessive, she could still sense their innocence, naivety, and excitement.