In the anime, cultivating a girlfriend starts from childhood

Based on his previous performance, no one would have any objection even if he was appointed as deputy minister in his first year.

"So you agree?" Kyoya Takamachi stood up straight, his eyes lighting up.

When Takamachi Kyouya saw Hiratsuka Ryosuke nod in confirmation, he patted him on the shoulder and continued: "You have such a good foundation. You will be able to adapt quickly after getting familiar with the rules. But don't use so much force next time. The future of the Kendo Club still depends on you, Guardian Knight!"

"Please don't yell at me like that."

"Haha, isn't this title cool? That little girl really knows how to name things."

Under the guidance of the current captain, the other members of the Kendo Club did not have much objection when they knew that the deputy captain was the guardian knight just now.

Kyoya Takamachi looked up at the yellowed certificates and photos on the wall, reminiscing about the past and looking forward to the future.

He saw the hope of winning the national competition in the future.

……

The Fuzugawa Library.

This is a company with decades of history, with a complete industrial chain from manuscript collection and publishing to the operation of offline bookstores.

Half an hour before the end of get off work, in the editorial office, a beautiful woman in a suit is reading the manuscript.

Machida Sonoko looked at the pile of manuscripts on the table, her face showing numbness.

A fake editor, a sophisticated white-collar worker who drinks coffee in his spare time and wine and steak after get off work.

Being a real editor, reading manuscripts is boring and the editor has to work like a hard-working beast and eat fast food lunch after get off work.

Many readers will scold publishers, saying that their books are toilet paper and garbage.

But readers don’t know that these toilet papers and garbage have been carefully selected by editors and are slightly acceptable.

The readers can’t even see the more eye-catching things.

Sometimes when I meet some out-of-touch authors, my blood pressure can be raised to the maximum.

For example, Yamada Fairy, although she is a best-selling author, she has never submitted her manuscripts on time.

It even requires people from the editorial department to conduct offline blockade, capture them and lock them in a small dark room to write code, which wastes time, energy and human resources.

In fact, it’s okay to get used to this kind of thing.

What’s even more confusing is that some time ago, Yamada the Fairy went crazy for some unknown reason.

In order to find an unknown painter, she called several competing publishing houses and even said she could defect to the enemy and run away.

This caused her to be scolded by the editor-in-chief for no reason.

She casually threw the manuscripts of new writers into the shredder.

Light novels are just so cruel, but perhaps in the author's eyes, they are masterpieces that are the result of painstaking efforts.

But from the perspective of commercial value, editors believe that some manuscripts are not even textual garbage. At least garbage can be recycled.

Just as she was about to put the manuscript in her hand into the shredder out of habit.

The familiar contact address made her stop what she was doing.

But the author's name was not the person she was familiar with. The manuscript was titled "Sword Art Online" and the author's name was: Ryou (Liang).

"Isn't this the house of Yamada Fairy? It's strange that this person actually submitted the manuscript ahead of time?"

She opened the manuscript and knew at first glance that it was not the work of Yamada Yokai.

The method of judgment is very simple, because the heroine is not completely naked at the beginning.

With her vision as a gold medal editor, she saw the commercial value of this manuscript at a glance.

It has the potential to become a hit, no, it may even be the flagship work of the year for the Fuzugawa Bunko!

From a cursory glance at the beginning, it turned into a careful reading word by word.

She was immersed in it and couldn't extricate herself.

"Editor Machida?"

The editor-in-chief of the Fuzugawa Bunko was already standing next to her, but she turned a deaf ear to him.

boom!

The dull sound of the fist hitting the table caught the attention of Machida Sonoko.

"Editor-in-chief, when did you come?"

"Don't ask me that, Machida, has the new manuscript for Yamada Fairy arrived? It's already the final volume, so we need to polish it."

The editor-in-chief is a capable middle-aged woman, but the sadness in her eyes can never be dispelled.

Several other competitors this year have several books that can be considered best-selling works of the year.

But they only have one Yamada fairy, and he always likes to delay submitting his manuscripts.

Even if she could get to the top of the ORICON list, there would be a gap in the number of authors behind her, and she would still be unable to support herself alone.

When she heard about Yamada Fairy's declaration of surrender to the enemy some time ago, she immediately panicked.

This is the only cash cow for the library this year. If this author runs away, then the Fuzugawa Library will have to announce that it will enter a cold winter period early this year.

"Editor-in-chief, I think we're going to get rich!"

Machida Sonoko shook off her previous numbness and spoke excitedly.

The editor's frown slowly relaxed. "Is it the final volume of Yamada Fairy that was sent to me?"

Machida Sonoko did not explain much, but just silently handed over the manuscript in her hand.

"Sword Art Online? Ryou? Newcomer?"

The editor-in-chief raised his eyebrows, not because he looked down on the newcomers, but because the level of many of them was indeed not that good.

She was very curious about what was written in the book that made Machida Sonoko so excited.

After a while.

The editor-in-chief sees hope that this book will top the charts this year.

There is a new glow on the face, the spring of the Fuzugawa Library is coming!

A new money tree is coming!

Even though she was used to many storms, she was still excited at this moment.

After being suppressed by several other publishing houses for so long, we can finally hold our heads up high this time.

The editor-in-chief danced around with the manuscript in his hand and spoke incoherently.

"Where is this Ryou teacher? Quick! Whoever he is, contact him and don't let him get away!"

Chapter 40 There Must Be an Illustrator

After the club activities ended.

Hiratsuka Ryosuke returned to the apartment building.

Nibutani Morika from next door went home with her hands covering her forehead, and he entered the house with a gloomy face.

"I'm back……"

Before he finished speaking, Ryosuke saw a dark figure on the balcony as soon as he entered the door.

Turning on the lights in the living room, the room was instantly filled with light.

"Eh? Sister Jing, why did you come home so early today? And you didn't even turn on the lights."

Shizuka Hiratsuka did not answer. She turned her back to Ryosuke and did things quietly on the balcony.

Ryosuke walked closer and looked inside.

I found that Shizuka Hiratsuka moved a small table to the balcony, with five transparent glass cups on it.

In her left hand she held a ruler, which she placed vertically outside the glass.

In his right hand he held a can of beer, pouring it into a glass.

Every time you pour it to a certain depth, pour it into the next cup until the whole can of beer is poured out.

Finally, carefully seal the cup with plastic wrap.

"What are you doing?"

Ryosuke Hiratsuka's eyelids twitched, wondering why Sister Jing was acting so abnormally.

Based on her past experience, she always opened a can of beer with one hand at home and gulped it down in a few big gulps.

Then he shouted like a middle-aged man.

Shizuka Hiratsuka finished what she was doing and gently tucked her hair behind her ears.

He turned around and smiled, with a hint of smugness in his voice, "Ryosuke is back. This way, we can drink a can of beer in five times."

"Then why don't you turn on the light?"

"There's moonlight on the balcony, and the lights from the Nibutani house next door, so it's bright enough."

The smile on Shizuka Hiratsuka's face was innocent, clean and clear.

After listening to Sister Jing's speech, Ryosuke looked strange.

Could it be that our family has become so poor?

Obviously, she had picked up her car and hadn't had any major expenses recently.

Hiratsuka Shizuka seemed to be able to hear Ryosuke's thoughts and quickly gave the answer.

"I don't plan to drag race anymore, so I modified the exhaust system back so it doesn't make that much noise."

Ryosuke remained silent upon hearing this, with mixed feelings in his heart.

I really want to blame her for spending money lavishly. She can do this kind of thing when she has more money.

But he was more touched in his heart because Sister Jing kept her promise to him.

All the thoughts in my mind finally turned into a sigh.

Looking at Sister Jing's innocent face, I felt a sense of inexplicable guilt.

ding dong~

The doorbell rang.

The brother and sister looked at each other, not knowing who would come over at this time.

After all, Morixia wouldn't ring the doorbell when she came to his house.

Ryosuke walked to the entrance and opened the door, and what came into his sight was a beautiful woman in a suit.

She was stunned at first, then bowed deeply to Ryosuke, "I'm very sorry for the sudden visit."

Then, she said in a sincere tone, "I am Machida Sonoko, the editor of the Fuzugawa Bunko. Excuse me, is this Mr. Ryou's home?"

……

In the living room.

Machida Sonoko and Hiratsuka siblings sat opposite each other.

"Excuse me, Editor Machida, why did you come to my house at this time?"

At this moment, Shizuka Hiratsuka appeared mature and steady in front of outsiders, completely different from her performance at home just now.

She knew that Ryosuke was writing a book, but as a newcomer who had not yet debuted.

She was puzzled that the editor had come to visit her after get off work.

Upon hearing this, Machida Sonoko felt very distressed.

Because the work "Sword Art Online" gave the editor a little shock of a hit.

The editor-in-chief asked her to contact the author of the book immediately, prepare the typesetting, draw the illustrations, and start printing directly.

As a result, I encountered a very embarrassing and unfortunate problem.

The publishing house's top-notch painters are all very busy with work.

That group of highly skilled painters all had worse tempers than each other. They didn't have much work to do, but they were very slow in producing their drafts.