This is not the date I wanted.

"I'm an employee of 'Ratatoskr' over there. I just came here to help out because Mr. Honjo had something urgent to do."

"Oh? It's the dark horse club that's being hotly discussed on the internet. You guys are really brave to steal business from Mr. Honjo."

Kiriren exclaimed with admiration. In response, Shidou scratched his cheek a little embarrassed.

"I just went to your booth and bought a copy. I plan to read it slowly when I get home."

"Really? Thank you so much."

Hearing Kiriren's words, Shidao's face suddenly showed joy.

"It's okay. I decided to buy it because I was interested." Wu Lian waved her hand gently, glanced at the handbag on her shoulder, and smiled, "I'm looking forward to it. Your story can make me feel interesting from the bottom of my heart."

I will definitely not let you down. Shidou originally wanted to answer like this, but when he thought of the strange behavior the other party did yesterday, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he pleaded helplessly.

"Please don't cut the comics into pieces like you did yesterday. As a member of the production team, I would feel very uncomfortable."

"What...what should I do? If this is really funny, it will be very difficult to hold back."

With slender jade fingers pressed between her lips, Wu Lian tilted her head back in some confusion, revealing her beautiful neck and delicate collarbone. It was just a small movement, but it revealed an indescribable sexy charm.

Shidou felt his cheeks getting hot, and turned his head away.

"Please hold back. I'm not asking you to not sleep or eat."

"Well... just let me handle it as I see fit."

Kiriren chuckled, leaned down slightly, held the table with one hand for support, and held Shidou's face with the other hand, then got closer and observed with interest.

"Ms. Wu, Ms. Wu Lian? What are you doing?"

Seeing the other party suddenly close enough to hear his breathing, Shidou shouted in bewilderment.

"Hou... I see, that's how it is."

However, Kiriren ignored Shidou and continued mumbling to himself with a dazed look on his face, as if he was evaluating an artist's painting.

So, Kiriren didn't observe Shidao for too long and let him go.

"Haha, you actually blushed, you're really cute."

"Please, please don't make fun of me!"

Realizing that the other party was teasing him, Shidao coughed in embarrassment.

"Ms. Wu Lian, what did you do just now? Is it a custom in your country or something?"

"No, no!" Wu Lian waved her hands and looked at Shidao who was looking puzzled, with a meaningful smile on her face.

"Handsome boy. You have a lot of experience with women. I never thought you could be such a playboy despite your herbivorous face."

Hearing Kiriren's words, Shidou opened his glasses wide in surprise.

"Why, why..."

"Because I'm your older sister."

With a mysterious smile on her face, Wu Lian said softly.

"Also, the moment I approached you just now, all the girls at your stall gave me hostile looks."

"——!?"

Shidou turned his head suddenly, and as expected, Kotori Tohka and the others were staring at him and Kirikoen.

It's over. Shidao felt his heart sink.

"Yeah, although the handsome boy is quite to my liking in every way. But unfortunately, I don't like boys who are unfaithful. Sorry."

Kiriren put her hands together and apologized. Shidou frowned.

"Ms. Wu Lian, although you are indeed a very beautiful woman...but please don't ignore my wishes and give me a card without permission, okay?"

"Haha~ That's true. I'm so sorry for teasing you. Goodbye, Gokawa Shidou."

With a very happy laugh, Wu Lian said goodbye, then picked up her luggage and left.

"Finally left..."

Shidou sighed with a look of exhaustion. How should I put it? He was surprisingly not good at dealing with this kind of older woman who liked to play tricks on people.

(How am I going to explain this to everyone later?)

Watching Kiriren leaving, Shidao couldn't help but think distressedly.

Coincidentally, just as Kiriren left, Shidou saw Nia walking towards the entrance of the venue.

"Welcome back. How's it going, have you reconciled with Mr. Takashiro, Niya?"

Silently adjusting his mood, Shidou asked Nia.

"Well... it's okay."

Nia rubbed the back of her head and answered vaguely. Shidou could see that Nia looked happy but embarrassed to express it.

"I'd like to thank you first, young man."

"It doesn't matter. As long as you can make peace."

With her cheeks slightly red, Erya looked away embarrassedly, coughed lightly, and changed the subject.

"Was that person my guest just now? I saw that she was holding my comic book in her hand."

"Yes, they have all been sold. The one that person just bought was the last one."

"Is that so... then I lose."

"Eh?"

Shidou was puzzled when he heard what Niya said. Turning his head, he noticed that during the time when he was chatting with Kirireen, Kotori and the others had sold out all the books.

"Um, no, it's not Erya. Actually, it's because--"

"Well, I know without you telling me that you must have been lazy... Never mind, I can only say that I was too naive to leave the stall to you."

Without giving Shidou a chance to explain, Niya sighed helplessly and extended her right hand towards Shidou.

"…You want money?"

Not understanding what Nia meant, Shidou asked tentatively.

"How is that possible!" Erya rolled his eyes in annoyance, shook his palm and said, "If you lose, you lose. Just show me your comics."

——————————————————I am the dividing line for leaving the venue————————————

An hour later, after packing up their stalls, Shidou, Niya and the others left the Tiangong Square where the event was held and came to a corner of the park at the back.

Sitting on a bench in the park, Nia crossed her legs and placed the doujinshi of Shidou and others on her knees.

Just as he was about to open the cover, Erya suddenly stopped, looked up at the people around him, and said with a wry smile.

"Um... it's hard for me to continue watching you staring at me like that..."

"O-oh... sorry."

Everyone looked away in embarrassment. Meng Yue shrugged and said.

"Let's stay away from here and patrol the surrounding area to confirm if there are any enemies hiding nearby."

"Yeah, that's true."

Nodding in agreement with Mengyue's proposal, everyone kept their distance while ensuring that Erya was within their field of vision, while secretly being alert to any unusual movements around them.

……

"Well, let's put this into context. Let me confirm the uniqueness of this comic."

When the surroundings became quiet, Erya began to carefully observe the comic book in his hand.

"Hmm... the cover is okay, I'll give it a passing grade."

Having said that, I am actually quite impressed by Niya. The cover is a beautified bust of Shidou, and although the lines are a bit rough, it has already surpassed the realm of laymen.

"The next part is the plot..."

Then he turned the pages of the book, Erya carefully looking at the contents of each page.

Judging from the standards of doujinshi, it can be given a passing score. Although you can see several different line styles, it is finally to the point where you can read it without feeling stressed.

The story begins with the encounter between a boy named Gokawa Shido and an elf.

Faced with a powerful elf that has always been denied by humans, lonely and helpless, Gokawa Shido extended a helping hand to the elf regardless of the possible danger to his life.

After that, the boy met various elves, and gradually opened the hearts of the elves with his sincere feelings.

“…Well. It’s not bad.”

While flipping through the comics, Erya gave positive comments, but her face showed a puzzled expression.

The comics were of good quality. It was unlike a group of laymen who rushed out a work in less than two days. Erya undoubtedly admired and recognized it.

But on the other hand, that's all.

Commenting from the perspective of a professional cartoonist, Erya can say responsibly that this comic can only be classified as third-rate.

First of all, looking at the subject matter, it can be directly classified as a harem-themed work. The market competitiveness of this type of comics has always been fierce. Based on Erya's experience, there are many harem comics that are better than this comic.

Secondly, the protagonist of the comic, Gokawa Shidao, seriously lacks realism.

"Hmm...it's still a page number issue after all."

Judging from the thickness, this comic is about 60 to 70 pages, although it is already a lot for a doujinshi. However, from the beginning to now, Gokawa Shido has encountered no less than eight elves, and if the distribution is averaged, the story of each elf can only be told in seven or eight pages, so the details of each story are very insufficient, and the various logical problems caused by this make people feel very distracted when reading, and lack a sense of substitution.

This problem also indirectly led to the image of Gokawa Shidao, the protagonist who saves the elves, being too idealistic. Instead, he looked like a puppet who just saved the girls he saw and was put in to fit the plot.

"I feel like they are not as interesting as the teenagers in real life..."

He muttered in frustration. As the comic book in his hand was about to turn to the bottom page, Niya couldn't help but frown.

How on earth could a comic like this receive such overwhelming praise online?

With such doubts, Erya turned to the last page of the comic - page 65.

"——!?"

Erya's eyes suddenly widened.

Just when all the incidents had been resolved and the story was about to have a happy ending, something strange happened.

In front of the boy, after an unimaginably terrifying space earthquake, a new elf appeared with a close-up that occupied two-thirds of the screen.

Brutal black lightning, a creepy white windbreaker, long gray hair, and pupils that have turned as dark green as will-o'-the-wisp.

However, these are not the point.

"……laugh?"

That’s right, unlike the elves that appeared before, this elf is smiling.

Saliva flowed out of his mouth uncontrollably, and he stood on the ruins with his hands and feet like a wild beast, looking at the humans who had managed to survive from the ruins, as if he saw delicious food, and showed a simple and happy smile.

It was clearly just a painting, but Erya felt as if the other party was going to eat him, and he couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine.

That is not a human being. I am not just talking about the other party's identity as an elf, but in her eyes, Erya no longer has the emotions and intellect that a human being should have.

At the end, Gokawa Shido was completely different from when he met other elves. His facial muscles were twisted in pain. He opened his mouth slightly and recited a few words with difficulty.

"Who are you?"

The comic ends here.

"Eh? Eh?! Just gone like that!?"

Erya's eyes widened in disbelief. How could the book end with such an intriguing plot hole at the end? Not to mention the sudden burst of information on the last page, this strange story with no beginning or end, if it were Erya, he would definitely criticize the author to death.

"Hmm? No?"

[I couldn't access the website after scanning it once, and I couldn't even take a screenshot. The author of this club is too unique! ]

[Selling novels at comic conventions, the Ratatoskr club is really creative. 】

"Website...novel?"

Recalling the comments he had seen on the Internet before, Erya seemed to understand something and turned to the back of the comic.

Then she saw a small QR code printed in the lower right corner of the back.

"I see. If the comics can't finish the story, then we can just use novels to fill in the gaps? That's an interesting idea... No wonder that person took out his phone earlier."