Tokyo Soft Rice King.

"As I just said, we are the comic book team, and you are the novel team. Don't forget that you'll be responsible for completing the second volume of the novel."

"what……"

"Although the plot of the second volume has been finalized, the content still needs to be filled in and polished. Shiori, you write out the content first, and then I will help supplement and revise it. As for supervision and feedback, I will leave it to Makoto."

Makoto raised an eyebrow and asked.

"Me, to supervise the repairs?"

"Yes, didn't you give me a lot of feedback after you finished reading the first volume? That feedback was very helpful in completing the later parts of the book."

At that moment, Shiori also looked at Makoto with a surprised expression.

Akira Kuroba knew Shiori's personality; she was actually a bit arrogant. If he didn't endorse Makoto, Shiori would probably feel some resentment and rejection.

Although Shiori has begun to accept readers' opinions, she is still in the stage of balancing the two ends of the scale between 'the masses' and 'the individual', and cannot treat everyone's opinions equally and dialectically.

“Makoto works at a bookstore and loves reading novels, so her opinion is worth considering. Shiori, you should listen to her feedback.”

"Okay, I know."

"Moreover, Makoto is the only one who has a younger sister and has even been a younger sister herself, so her understanding of siblings is much deeper than yours and mine. If you have any questions about portraying the emotions of a younger sister, just consult her."

"You have a younger sister, and you were once her younger sister?"

Kuroba Akira scratched his head. Although the class president and Mirai knew about it, Moe and Shiori didn't know about the Makoto and Makoto sisters yet.

"Oh, well, it's a long story. Let's see if Makoto is willing to tell you..."

Makoto rolled her eyes and retorted.

"Ming, you've already said it all, and now you're asking for my opinion?"

"Sorry, I misspoke."

"Forget it, we all know about it at home anyway, so it's not a secret anymore... Besides, Makoto might come over too, so we'll have to tell you eventually."

"Yes, but as I just said, you can discuss it privately after the club activities are over."

The two looked at each other and nodded, deciding to make another appointment later.

"Very good, then... let's get started!"

With Kuroba Akira's command, the Literature and Art Club's activity room sprang into action.

First, Kuroba Akira, Moe, and Mirai discussed the character designs together, while Anri Hitomi, who was temporarily free, joined the novel group to discuss the novel's plot.

The Literature and Art Department has returned to its previous creative atmosphere.

However, since Kuroba Akira had already finalized the plot outline for the second volume of the novel, there wasn't much to discuss, and they quickly decided to have Shiori write the first draft first.

With nothing to do, Makoto aimlessly walked over to the literature department's bookshelf and asked a question.

May I read the books here?

Minister Hitomi Anri replied with a smile.

"Of course, Makoto, you're already a member of the Literature Club, so you can read whatever you want. Before, Akira used to borrow a bunch of books every day to take home and read..."

Of course, it was also to take it back for a certain woman to see, so the two of them could lovingly embrace each other while reading the same book...

Hitomi Anri hid her dark emotions, because with more and more people at school, the time she was allotted to Akira Kuroba was being squeezed out, so stress and resentment were building up.

Hikawa Makoto didn't notice anything amiss with Anri Hitomi, and continued to look up at the bookshelf, asking a question.

"Wow... these light novels are so new, did you just buy them?"

Upon hearing this, Shiori Shirai turned around and said...

"Those are some light novels I recently bought that I think are pretty good. Although I bought them for reference, I still highly recommend reading them... Don't bother reading those youth literature novels below. They're just for filling up your bookshelf. The content is terrible, and it's a waste of time to read them. I also recommend reading the literature books below, but the content might be a bit obscure and difficult to understand."

Since she started writing light novels, Shirai Shiori has bought a lot of them. After reading them, she would bring them to school and recommend them to Kuroba Akira, and then they would analyze and discuss the plot together.

Because I've come to love this kind of time, I've unknowingly added many new light novels to the literature department's bookshelf.

"Are all these books yours?"

"Yes, I brought most of the novels, and Mengmeng brought the comics. They are all good works that Mengmeng likes, and I recommend them to read as well."

"So many of them?"

"Yes, it's alright, we have more at home."

"...That's really impressive."

Makoto Hikawa's first thought was that they all seemed to come from well-off families.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to afford so many books and bring them to school.

It's probably the kind of thing where people buy three copies of a work they like, and then put them in the literature department for evangelism.

This reminded her of the Takanashi family's house she had visited before, and she blurted out her name.

"It feels similar to Mirai's house... I remember when I visited Mirai's house before, she also had two large bookshelves full of comics and novels."

While creating character designs for the cute illustrations, Mirai, who was eavesdropping on the conversation on the other side, couldn't help but chime in.

"Makoto, do you still remember her?!"

"Yes, it left a deep impression on me."

Makoto was particularly impressed by her future squinty-eyed mother, Aunt Akiko.

That's the kind of mom that everyone else is talking about: young, beautiful, and doting on her child. What's most enviable is that she supports her child's dreams and can play with her child.

That was a family environment that even Makoto Hikawa envied; apart from not having a father, everything else was perfect.

"I'm making this suggestion now," she said, a mix of excitement and shyness.

"Then, would you like to come to my house again? Ming comes to my house often too! He comes every weekend! Sometimes he even stays overnight!"

Both Moe and Shiori stopped writing instantly, the same question popping into their minds.

Kuroba-kun (Mingjun), goes to Takanashi-kun's house every week? And sometimes he stays overnight?

Are they really that close? Doesn't Xiaotong mind?

"Okay... By the way, you play musical instruments now, right? I heard from Ming that you also write original songs? I'm quite interested in that."

"Hmm, yes! Yes... Oh, right! I forgot to thank you, Makoto, thank you for performing in my place at the school festival."

Makoto shook her head and chuckled.

"Heh, you're welcome. I enjoyed it anyway."

At that moment, Akira Kuroba remembered something and said it to Makoto.

"Oh, right, now that you've joined the Literature Club, Makoto, I'll buy you the instrument you want, as we agreed before."

Last time, Akira Kuroba only bought Makoto one album, which he felt wasn't enough to pay her.

The main reason is that... he has already taken Makoto, so it's only right that he buys his woman what she wants.

Moreover, musical instruments are much more meaningful than bags or the like.

"Are you really going to buy it for me?"

"Of course, it's a promise, right? I'll buy it for you no matter how expensive it is. I'm a man who keeps his promises."

Makoto didn't want Kuroba Akira to spend money, but she thought that if they went to buy musical instruments together, they could go out together again.

Makoto was also feeling a bit hungry and wanted to sneak a bite of Xiaoming's little brother, so she replied with a charming smile.

"...Alright, hehe~ Let's pick a day and go on another date~"

Again?

Did they date before?

Shiori and Moe felt like they had become complete outsiders, completely unaware of what was happening around Akira Kuroba.

Hitomi Anri knew everything, and even ignored Makoto's provocative smile towards her.

The future is a bit rushed, and then remembering the strategy from earlier, she thought about sticking close to Kuroba Akira as if she were at home.

As soon as he leaned closer, Kuroba Akira pushed him away by tapping her forehead.

"Future, you're too close. It's hard for me to move my hand like this."

"Oh! But!"

"No buts. Don't come here to be a decoration while I'm working. It's hard for you to move around, so be more focused."

"Well……"

I got scolded...

In the future, she pouted, feeling a little wronged but also a little happy, because being scolded by her father was one of her favorite forms of interaction.

That's why she sometimes shows a cunning or mischievous attitude towards Kuroba Akira. Half of it is to tease Kuroba Akira, and the other half is to deliberately wait for Kuroba Akira to teach her a lesson.

Ideally, it would also include a spanking as punishment, that would make it even more...wait, do I actually have the potential to be a masochist?

Suddenly, she could understand Moe... but in addition to understanding, she was also a little curious.

She has an unfairly good figure and a personality that's good at pleasing men. She's completely obedient to men, willingly becoming their slave, following their orders, and accepting punishment...

What kind of family could raise a daughter with such a personality that's so easy for a man to 'train'?

In the future, I feel this will be even more impressive than the already open Birkin House.

Akira Kuroba also noticed that everyone seemed a little distracted.

And he knew where the problem lay... it was actually Kuroba Akira himself!

Because everyone has a special relationship with him, if we were to draw a relationship diagram, everyone would be connected to him by arrows.

It's like a man accidentally boarding a women-only tram, and in a world with a gender imbalance where women desperately crave men...

All women will naturally enter a competitive mode!

But Kuroba Akira has absolutely no desire to enjoy the harem atmosphere right now...

Please! This is only the first sketch; at this rate, it definitely won't be finished this year!

Even if it's finally finished, it won't make it to the call for submissions or the fan convention... Even though Moe said she doesn't care about the final results... it's still better to finish what you start!

How can it really be just a hobby for creation!