How to raise a random guy's wife

"You can take your time with your appearance; the key is your inner qualities," Kobayashi Sora asked. "What are your hobbies?"

"Hmm, I don't have any particular favorites."

Do you have any special skills?

"Well, I can't draw or play any musical instruments, and I've never danced before."

"What about the clubs?"

"Homecoming Department".

“That’s the crux of the problem,” Kobayashi Sora pointed out, “The premise of a sense of existence is the necessity of existence.”

"Eh?"

“If we share the same interests and we know each other, I will definitely contact you, just as you would contact me,” Kobayashi Sora explained. “If we share the same dislikes, I will also complain with you.”

Kato Megumi nodded in understanding, "That's something an otaku would say."

"Gathering together with people who share the same interests, doing things that require everyone's cooperation—that's what otaku and clubs are all about... Huh?" Kobayashi Sora's eyes lit up. She looked at the whiteboard on the wall, then at Kato Megumi. "Are you interested in games?"

"Snake?"

"It's a visual novel."

“I often heard Aki and others preaching to me,” Kato Megumi recalled. “Although I wasn’t the target, I’d heard about it too.”

"So you're not interested?" Kobayashi Sora changed the subject. "Are you working a part-time job?"

“Although I had this idea and even tried it,” Kato Megumi said casually, recalling her despairing past. “The next day when I went to work, my boss greeted me with a welcome message.”

"I'm organizing a game development club to make visual novels," Kobayashi Sora said, pointing to the whiteboard. "We're short-staffed, want to come work for us?"

"But I can't do anything."

"If you don't know how, you can learn; if you don't start, you won't start."

"It seems to make sense... but it also seems to say nothing at all." Kato Megumi stared at Kobayashi Sora. "So, do you want to help me change, or do you need help, or are you just in the same boat?"

"I can't tell," Kobayashi Sora replied honestly. "It should contain all three. Want some?"

“Hmm,” Kato Megumi replied, “the food is getting cold.”

"Let's eat, let's eat." Kobayashi Sora rationally ended the conversation.

This is probably what is meant by a polite refusal.

Kobayashi Sora saw a bit of herself in Kato Megumi, and because she understood this confusion and unease, she didn't want others to suffer what she was going through.

At the same time, there was also the idea of ​​finding ways to alleviate one's own anxiety while helping the other person.

If I had to describe it...

Should it be called the self-satisfaction of those with an excessive sense of self-satisfaction?

"So..." Kato Megumi took a couple of bites, "How do we begin?"

Kobayashi Sora paused for a moment, then realized what she meant, "Anyway, let's find out first."

The specific way to understand this is, of course, through actual practice.

After dinner, the two tidied up a bit, and Kobayashi Sora turned on the game console. "Which one do you want to play?"

“Even if you ask me,” Kato Megumi said, sitting on the sofa and adjusting her skirt, “I wouldn’t know which one is which.”

"Then let's choose a classic masterpiece. Although the art style is old-fashioned, the story is very good." Kobayashi Sora searched for a while. "If you go into a genre with exquisite visuals on your first try, you'll miss out on a lot of good storylines."

"It's the same with both games and TV dramas." Kato Megumi picked up the controller, music started playing on the TV, and several beautiful girls flashed by.

"What would you like to drink?"

Do you have any recommendations?

"Original Ramune Soda".

"it is good."

Kobayashi Sora took a Ramune soda from the refrigerator, pressed down the glass bead on the bottle cap, and placed it on the coffee table in front of Kato Megumi.

Looking up, I saw a line of text below the pretty girl on the screen: 【Nice to meet you, Megumi】

Using your real name as your game name... Kobayashi Sora did something similar a long time ago, and seeing it now really brings back some memories.

"Speaking of which, you're organizing a game development club. How many people do you have now?" Kato Megumi asked while pressing the controller.

"Right now, two."

"It's just you and me, are the two of you enough?"

"Making a visual novel doesn't require many people. It's common for games made by just two or three people to sell very well. But I have other candidates, and the number will gradually increase."

I had a great time today, let's meet up again next time!

"Then, let's go back."

"Does 'other candidates' refer to Aki-kun?"

"He is one of them."

"We encountered difficulties right from the start."

"Nothing is ever easy without some smooth sailing, but if we can get Tomoya on board, then the original animation and script will be fine."

"Is An Yi that amazing?"

“His passion and appreciation are top-notch. With him joining, the people in charge of original drawings and scripts will also join.” Kobayashi Sora said as she opened her laptop and logged onto a webpage.

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Welcome to the egoistic-lily website!

Summary:

Online alias: Kashiwagi Eri

Club Name: egoistic-lily

Gender: ♀

Birthday: June 25th

Scheduled to attend: April 30th, COMIC☆Niche, A-26, egoistic-lily

A book titled "Bicycle H&H" (24 pages) is expected to be published.

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The webpage is filled with illustrations of the latest popular anime and popular bishoujo game characters, perfectly keeping up with the moe trend and appealing to the masses. It's obvious that only a seasoned otaku could create such a webpage.

Chapter 12 Direct Pureblood

【egoistic-lily】 can be interpreted as 【willful Lily】 or 【e-lily Eriri】. This simple naming logic makes it incredibly easy to determine that Kashiwagi Eri is Eriri.

It is common knowledge that minors are not allowed to watch content rated 18 or above.

But it didn't say that you can't draw it.

However, it is also illegal for minors to operate websites that are restricted to adults over 18.

So Eriri's father runs the website.

Her father was also the person in charge of selling notebooks during the event.

Eriri is a pure-blooded otaku born to a foreign otaku father and a fujoshi mother.

Kobayashi Sora confirmed Eriri's identity through this point.

After all, it's not common to see British men selling notebooks.

Considering the other party's identity and job, it is even less common.

At that time, Eri Kashiwagi posted a new picture on the website.

On the screen, a conservative Victorian-style maid with short, playful hair and undisguised disgust is depicted in her blue eyes. She holds the hem of her skirt with both hands, revealing white stockings that cover her rounded legs. The edges of the stockings leave subtle indentations on her fair thighs, and the delicate texture of her skin is so captivating that it's hard to look away. But if you look further up... there's a mosaic.

Tsk.

Despite some flaws, it must be said that Eriri's drawing skills are truly excellent.

The radiance of her skin, the drape of her maid-style dress, the sheer texture of her stockings, the graceful lines of her body, the softness of her hair, and most importantly, the palpable disgust on her face—it's as if the artist experienced it firsthand.

The obvious emotions did not detract from the beauty of the maid's face at all; on the contrary, they added a unique charm.

The comments below are already several pages long, overflowing with praise.

Its popularity even far surpasses that of previous fan art.

For any fan artist, it's a cause for celebration that original works are more popular than fan art.

but......

Eriri is not happy right now.

Even though she wanted to put Kobayashi Sora's matter out of her mind, his suggestion kept popping into her head.

It seems... it might work.

Even though the COMIC☆Niche doujinshi wasn't finished yet, her thoughts were completely out of control, following Kobayashi Sora's suggestions and ideas, which then flowed onto her pen and became a work with an astonishingly high level of completion.

Eriri seemed to have become one with the character she was creating, and her disgust for Kobayashi Sora was completely reflected on the character's face. When she came to her senses, Eriri noticed the mirror next to her.

While drawing, she unconsciously practiced facial expressions in front of the mirror, making the characters' expressions more vivid.

Although she didn't want to listen to Kobayashi Sora, her body betrayed her and she began to act.

To use a theme that Eriri is familiar with as an analogy, it's like a beautiful girl who has fallen from grace saying no, but her body moves involuntarily.

"Damn it..." Eriri gripped her pen. "Scumbag..."

At home, Eriri shed her pampered young lady persona. Instead of wearing contact lenses, she wore more comfortable thick-rimmed black glasses and a matching green gym uniform with the Shimamura Junior High School emblem embroidered on the chest.

Yes, it still suits high school student Eriri very well.

Congratulations! Congratulations!

Eriri tapped her little hands on the keyboard, habitually refreshing the webpage to check the comments.