I have pure love with them

'He/she will definitely regret it.'

72. Shattered British Dreams

'Table 6, by the window, glasses... white shirt... ah, found it.'

According to the information given by the other party, after school, Quan came to the coffee shop where he had agreed to meet with Toki Kenjiro. He saw Toki Kenjiro, who met the requirements and was sitting in the corner, and also saw the young man next to him, who was wearing a black jacket and had crossed bangs.

'The editor and the author himself?'

His gaze lingered on the two of them, and he was not too surprised by the extra young man. He walked calmly to the table where the two were sitting.

"Editor Toki?"

Toki Kenjiro, who was waiting for the teacher Kagetsu Gunma, also noticed that the boy in school uniform suddenly walked towards his table. He was surprised and gradually sat up straight.

When he heard his name from the boy's mouth, the young man next to Toki Kenjiro, who had a sluggish expression, suddenly became cheered up. While looking at the boy, he put his hands on the table and stood up.

"Teacher Kagetsu? Are you Teacher Kagetsu? I finally meet you in person! The comic I commissioned from you last time was so complete! Especially the scene where the sister swallowed her brother. Under your pen, the strange yet warm scene is simply art! I really like yours, Teacher Kagetsu, 100%, or even 90% -"

"Quiet!"

Seeing Hashima Itsuki suddenly going on a tantrum and saying such shameless things in public, Toki Kenjiro had already sensed that someone was looking at him with dissatisfaction, so he quickly stood up, covered Hashima Itsuki's mouth, and at the same time pressed his shoulder with one hand, pushing him down.

Quan, however, looked at the two people in front of him and did not expect that someone would dare to say such shameful things in public. Feeling the strange looks from the few other customers in the store, he had already started to think about whether he should just leave like this.

"This is a public place. I understand your excitement, but you still need to keep quiet and not disturb others. Understand? This is common sense that even elementary school students understand. Can you also pay a little attention to it?"

Toki Kenjiro pressed down Hashima Itsuki, then looked at the young painter who seemed startled, and gestured to the seat opposite.

"I am Toki Kenjiro, the GF library editor who is in contact with you. The person next to me is Mr. Hashima who wants to cooperate with you. Please take a seat first."

Without any extra words, after Toki Kenjiro held down Hashima Itsuki, he sat down in the seat opposite the two of them under Toki Kenjiro's gaze.

"I am Kagetsu Gunma."

After stating and confirming his identity, Izumi's gaze lingered on Hashima Itsuki for a moment, and then landed steadily on the face of Toki Kenjiro, a common-sense man.

"The general situation, as far as I can understand, is to draw illustrations and covers for light novels, right?"

"Yes, maybe Kazuki-sensei doesn't know, but Hashima-sensei previously commissioned you to draw a custom comic online. I think your style is very consistent with Hashima-sensei's new work, so I would like to invite you to be responsible for the illustrations of the new work."

Hashima Itsuki, who was standing by, took out his new work from his bag and handed it to Izumi.

"This is my new work. I think if it were you, Kagetsu-sensei, you would definitely be able to draw the sister that best matches my imagination! Yes! The most perfect sister!"

Instead of reaching out to take Hashima Itsuki's new work, he glanced at Toki Kenjiro. After the other party agreed, Izumi reached out and took the other party's new work and began to look through it.

"After receiving the news from Toki editor, I learned that it was a collaboration with Mr. Hashima, so I went to look at your previous works and found that another illustrator was in charge of several works. Is it okay to let him take charge now?"

While flipping through the new work of Hashima Itsuki, Izumi asked the doubts in his mind.

"No, although that guy's illustrations are indeed very good, but after seeing your work, I understand the difference between him and you. Yes, it's simply the difference between a step-sister and a biological sister. A step-sister is also a sister, but she is not as lovely as a biological sister!"

Before Toki Kenjiro could respond, Hashima Itsuki had already expressed his thoughts, which gave Toki Kenjiro a headache.

"Besides, I have a good relationship with him, he won't care about such trivial matters."

"..."

I took a rough look at the content of the work and got to know the characters. Compared with the commissions I had received before, the content of this work is much more serious. At least it won't make people feel perverted when reading it.

"The character of your sister is very cute, and the story is very interesting. The main character is... yourself?"

"That's right! The protagonist is based on myself, and the sister is the perfect sister that I imagined after constantly improving her over the years!"

The work was pushed back to Hashima Itsuki. Izumi did not discuss the ideas about the work with him in depth, but looked at Toki Kenjiro.

"Then let's talk about compensation."

Hashima Itsuki has already expressed his attitude, and the rest depends on Izumi's thoughts. He doesn't mind accepting the job, but it mainly depends on the price that Toki Kenjiro can offer.

After some negotiations between the two, under the strong desire of Hashima Itsuki, she repeatedly made trouble, which gave Toki Kenjiro, who wanted to lower the price, a headache. In the end, he gave a price higher than that of ordinary newcomers. The price of each volume can be given at 25 yen, the price of the color cover is 10 yen, and the price of other illustrations is 1.5 yen per copy. When the sales volume exceeds a certain number of copies, Izumi will be given an additional 3% of the royalties.

Judging from the attitude shown by Kenjiro Toki and the expression on his face, it was indeed the best condition he could offer, so Quan agreed.

This is just the price for one volume. As long as Hashima Itsuki's work is not cut short, there will be subsequent commissions and income.

From what Izumi knows, Hashima Itsuki can publish 4 to 5 volumes a year. Under optimistic circumstances, Izumi can earn 100 million yen a year just from illustrations.

The two parties reached an agreement and quickly finalized the contract content and ended the meeting. Before leaving, Hashima Itsuki took the initiative to exchange contact information with Izumi. Judging from his reaction, he should be preparing to commission Izumi to draw some other content.

……

Late at night, Chihaya Aine listened to the unclear talking in the sleep of her roommate in the next bed. She clenched her tender white fists beside the pillow, her heart full of struggle.

Even though she had already explained the situation to her family, she still felt a little unwilling to leave. She didn't want to leave this place in such a miserable state, but...

He lifted the quilt off himself, and under the soft moonlight, he walked lightly and packed his luggage.

"Just leave like this. Even if it's a goodbye... there's no one to say goodbye to."

The student council president who was admired by everyone in middle school, did not have a single friend during his time studying in the UK.

"…Go back quietly."

Click.

After buckling up her suitcase and looking back at her British roommate who was still sleeping, she pursed her lips, opened the door, and left this sad place.

73. My house is quite big.

'Ain is coming back to China in the afternoon, so there is still some time before she arrives in China.'

Sitting in the classroom and looking at the test papers distributed, Izumi did not feel any pressure. After noticing the hidden look given to him by Akatsuki Ci, he even smiled at him.

Facing his smile, Xuanji Ci did not react at all, but calmly withdrew her gaze.

But there was a hint of determination and confidence in her eyes, and it seemed that she had great confidence that she could defeat him in this test.

"Challenging God is foolish. Thinking you can defeat me is ridiculous."

Although the experiment has just begun, in Izumi's heart, he has already seen the result and has already thought of his own secret plan to end Akatsuki Kotsugi's fantasy.

He lowered his head to glance at the test paper. With just this simple glance, the answers to most of the questions appeared in his mind.

It’s not that he is gifted. Even if he is not gifted, he has learned these things in his previous life, so it is not difficult for him to get a good grade, especially when the questions are not difficult.

However, no matter how simple it was, it was still an experiment after all, and there was also an agreement with Akatsuki Soto, so Izumi took out his pen and started working on the questions seriously.

Sign off.

When Quan finished answering his own questions and looked up, he found that everyone else was still concentrating on their work.

I wasn't sure how much time had passed. I just glanced sideways at the person sitting next to me and it seemed like he had only finished one-third of the questions.

He looked at Ayatsuji Ci, who could only see Izumi's back. He could only roughly infer her progress based on her posture when answering the questions, which was probably about three-quarters of the way through.

"In that notebook, there is a record of her attending private school tutoring. I don't think these questions are difficult for her."

At the same time, Izumi also thought of the goal that Akatsuki Koto recorded in the notebook, which was to enter Xiuhua High School.

"Use three years to change Xiuhua High School, improve the deviation value of the entire school, and then enter a prestigious university with excellent grades?"

Regarding Ayatsuji's goal, Izumi's comment was - very inspiring!

It's not impossible, but it's difficult to do.

Unless she can make a lot of achievements that can enhance the school's reputation during her freshman and sophomore years, such as the sports club entering the national conference, the literary and art club winning the regional award, attracting a large number of outstanding students to enroll, and recruiting more outstanding teachers in the school.

'It's good to have dreams, but unfortunately they are not realistic.'

He turned his head and looked at Goto Ichiri. This girl with outstanding musical talent was pale and sweat was already appearing on her forehead when she faced a piece of paper.

"..."

It looked pitiful, but unfortunately, Quan couldn't help her at all in this situation.

"If it doesn't work, just throw the eraser, Goto-san."

Perhaps she heard Izumi's inner voice, Goto Ichiri, with a pale face, took out a pencil from her pencil case with trembling hands, then carved something on it. She held the pencil tightly with both hands, prayed for a while, and then rolled the pencil on the table.

wonderful.

The effect of the show came immediately. Quan, who had felt a little bored after finishing the questions, felt like he was watching a free live skit, and the boredom disappeared.

Even until the end of the test, Goto Ichiri kept his head down and stared at the test paper, completely unaware of Izumi's gaze.

After the experiment was over, after confirming that there was nothing wrong with her answers, Ci Xuanji looked back at Izumi, but noticed that Izumi's eyes were on Goto Ichiri, which made Ci Xuanji feel annoyed.

"You are still looking at Goto and not taking me seriously at all... You will regret it, Chihaya."

When the results of the experiment come out, she will give this naturally evil Chihayazumi...

As if noticing Ayatsuji's gaze, Izumi turned around and looked at her.

The eyes of the two met in mid-air, and in silence, they seemed to have a tit-for-tat exchange of words through their gazes. It was not until the other people around asked Ayatsuji for answers and talked about the results of the experiment that Ayatsuji stopped exchanging glances with Izumi.

noon.

Izumi and Goto Ichiri squeezed into the 'small room' of the library again, their bodies were very close, and Goto Ichiri lowered his head with a distressed look on his face, hugged his knees, and was not in a good mood.

"what happened?"

Although Izumi already knew that he was not good at studying, at this moment, when he heard Izumi's question, Goto Ichiri couldn't help but shrink his body, and looked at Izumi with uneasiness under the shadow of his bangs.

"My results for this test... may not be ideal. Although Dad and Mom know that I'm not very good at studying, but... I have always maintained very... unsatisfactory grades. Will I be held back?"

Repeat a grade, a very distant word, appeared from Goto Ichiri's mouth and floated into Izumi's ears.

Looking at Goto Ichiri who was hugging her knees and looking at him with an uneasy look, Izumi couldn't help but want to bully her.

"Well, if you fail a lot of subjects, you will definitely be held back."

But bullying Goto Ichiri always made him feel guilty, so Quan did not exaggerate the situation, but simply explained the situation truthfully as he knew it.

In an instant, Goto Ichiri's figure turned gray, like a burned-out Yabuki Joe.

"Why did it turn out like this... For the first time, I have someone I can talk to, and I have a lifelong friend. Two happy things happened at the same time..."