In the anime, Kira Yoshikage longs for a peaceful life

Although this behavior is equivalent to leaking secrets, Kagurazaka Ayame doesn't care.

She had already met the author in private, so why would she care about these little things?

Kagurazaka Ayame thought for a moment and explained:

"There are four works that have the best chance of winning the grand prize in this year's Bunko Awards."

"Due to confidentiality, I cannot tell Mr. Shimazaki the name directly."

"but……"

Kagurazaka Ayame paused for a moment and smiled:

"I have arranged to meet with three other teachers here. They might be willing to tell you in person."

"Three people?"

Shimazaki Yuna murmured in a low voice.

Kagurazaka Ayame thought she was a little disappointed and was about to comfort her.

But she saw the girl lowering her head and operating something on her phone. Then she suddenly pointed the screen at her and asked:

"Is it this one?"

"Eh?"

Kagurazaka Ayame glanced at the girl's phone, then looked at the contacts on her own phone.

Looking at the exactly the same avatar and online name, Kagurazaka Ayame was stunned for a moment.

"Are you also the last gentleman of the Qiao family?"

Kagurazaka Ayame's tone was somewhat incredulous.

"Ah."

Shimazaki Yuna silently switched the account to another one and showed the screen to Kagurazaka Ayame again.

"'15 years old, want to be a yangko star' is also you?"

Kagurazaka Ayame's expression froze, and she couldn't help but ask:

"The other one isn't you, is it?"

She invited four people in total, and now three of them are the same person...

Shimazaki Yuna put down her phone and shook her head slightly:

"No, I only have these three accounts."

No?

Kagurazaka Ayame was not disappointed at all. Instead, she was cheered up and extremely excited.

Even if this one isn't hers, there are still three books that are hers!

Each of these three works is worthy of great awards.

Even if there can only be two grand prizes at most, that would still be two grand prizes and one gold prize!

In the past two years, she has signed only three works that made it to the finals.

This means that once Shimazaki Yuna is signed, her performance this year will surpass the total of several previous years!

This way, she will have the opportunity to become the gold medal editor-in-chief of Dengeki Bunko and gain access to more resources.

Only when there are enough resources will more authors come to her for signings.

This is a virtuous circle.

Of course, the prerequisite is that Shimazaki Yuna can be successfully signed.

Thinking of this, Kagurazaka Ayame couldn't help but feel curious:

"Why does Mr. Shimazaki use three different pen names?"

Not just three different pen names, but even three different email addresses and three different LINE accounts.

Is it necessary to make it so troublesome?

"I do not know either."

Shimazaki Yuna muttered to herself, and then she prepared a long-prepared speech:

“I don’t want to be too famous.”

This is also the reason why Kira-kun asked her to submit these three light novels.

"Don't you want to be too famous?"

Kagurazaka Ayame took a sip of the cocktail handed to her by Kira Yoshikage, her eyes flashing slightly.

indeed.

If three works by the same author win both the Grand Prize and the Gold Prize at the same time, they will indeed become very famous. The benefit is that sales will increase dramatically, and the audience of the three books will buy the other two works because of the same author.

For most authors, this is a blessing.

Otherwise, there wouldn’t be so many authors who insist on using the same pen name.

Changing pen names frequently is something only unsuccessful authors would do.

Although Shimazaki Yuna said that she didn't want to be too famous, the fact that she said this means that she is confident enough that her works can win awards, as if she had known that these three works would definitely win the grand prize and the gold prize!

On the surface, she looks like a gentle and well-behaved literary girl with glasses, but is she so proud inside?

But that’s okay.

Given the quality of these three works, they would surely sell well even without the blessing of a pen name.

So she must take down Shimazaki Yuna today no matter what!

For her performance and for her future!

Kagurazaka Ayame stared at Shimazaki Yuna with burning eyes:

"Teacher Shimazaki, do you want to sign a contract with me?"

"Eh?"

Kagurazaka Ayame took a sip of her cocktail and said temptingly:

"Does Shimazaki-sensei know "Fantasy Demon Sword Legend"? Senjumura Masaru is my author!"

"If you sign a contract with me, you will have the opportunity to exchange writing experience with Mr. Senjumura Masaru!"

The girl's violet eyes sparkled, and her tone was somewhat expectant:

"Is it really possible?"

"Of course!"

Kagurazaka Ayame raised her lips slightly and said with a smile:

"Is Mr. Shimazaki also a fan of Mr. Senjumura Masaru's books?"

Shimazaki Yuna nodded excitedly:

"Well, I have previously drawn fan art of Senjumura Masaru's "Fantasy Demon Sword Legend"."

"Fanart?"

Kagurazaka Ayame was stunned for a moment and said in surprise:

"Can Mr. Shimazaki still draw?"

Kagurazaka Ayame said, as if she remembered something, and blurted out:

"Come to think of it, there seems to be an illustrator named Shimazaki Setsuna on YouTube..."

"that's me."

Shimazaki Yuna's eyes were a little dim.

"..."

Seeing the girl's expression, Kagurazaka Ayame also remembered the online abuse and rumors about 'Shimazaki Setsuna plagiarizing', and immediately changed the subject, deliberately complaining:

"The other teacher hasn't come yet. He really has no sense of time at all."

"Eh?"

Shimazaki Yuna was indeed attracted and looked cautiously inside the bar with her peripheral vision.

"What does Shimazaki-sensei want to say?"

Seeing that the girl seemed to be hesitant to talk, Kagurazaka Ayame asked with a smile.

At this moment, the man's calm voice came from the other side of the bar:

"Is it possible that it's not that I have no sense of time, but that you didn't even look at me from beginning to end."

Kagurazaka Ayame subconsciously looked at the waiter who was wiping the cups at the bar, a little hesitant:

"Are you the '17-year-old' teacher?"

"If you mean '17 years old, afraid that school isn't violent enough', then I'm right."

"what……"

Kagurazaka Ayame's expression became a little embarrassed. Didn't she just say bad things about him behind his back in front of others?

"Feel sorry."

Kagurazaka Ayame didn't argue, she clasped her hands together and said sincerely:

"It's my fault. What can the '17-year-old' teacher do to make me forgive him?"

Other editors might find it embarrassing to apologize, but Kagurazaka Ayame doesn't care.

Rather than being embarrassed, she was more afraid of losing the two authors in front of her who were sure to make it to the finals!

"In this case."

Kirara Yoshikage hesitated for two seconds and said:

"How about you promise me one condition?"

"What conditions?"

Kagurazaka Ayame hesitated for a moment and said cautiously:

"As long as it's not too extreme, there shouldn't be any problem."

"It's simple. I want you to ensure that Infinite Stratos gets the silver prize."

"no problem!"

Kagurazaka Ayame breathed a sigh of relief:

"Not only a silver reward, I can help you get at least a gold reward!"

"Do not."

Kirara Yoshikage shook his head and emphasized:

"I just want a silver reward, even an encouragement reward is fine! I don't want to be famous."

"Eh?"

Kagurazaka Ayame blinked, looked at Kira Yoshikage and then at Shimazaki Yuna.

and so.

You two are authors with award-winning writing skills, one of you doesn't like fame but has written three award-winning light novels.

The other one also doesn't want to be famous, so he only wants a silver reward at most?

"actually."

Kagurazaka Ayame thought for a moment:

"Light novel authors are not idols and do not need to show up. Even if the book is very famous, as long as the information is not made public, the author's life will not be disturbed."

"The silver reward is enough."

Kira Yoshikage remained unmoved: