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Genshin Impact: This light novel author doesn’t mess around Author: I love smelling athlete’s foot
Summary:
Zhang Qianshu was a failed author in his previous life. He accidentally traveled to Inazuma and thought he could make a living by writing novels. But no one read his novels. In a fit of anger, he embarked on a path he had never imagined. ...
Chapter 1: The miserable life of a failed author
(This is a brainless novel. There are some changes in the characters, plot and personality. If you don't like it, just criticize the author. After all, it's a waste of everyone's time. Thank you.)
In late spring and early summer, on the streets of Inazuma Castle, cherry blossoms gently fall with the wind, scattering like snow all over the sky.
The usually quiet Yaedo was now a little noisy. A skinny young man with a pale face was arguing with Yaedo's editor Kuroda.
"Kuroda, are you kidding me? Such an excellent novel is going to be rejected?" The young man's tone was full of resentment and resentment for having his manuscript rejected.
"Ueno Chiki, I've told you so many times that the content of a novel must be lighthearted and entertaining, and it must attract readers. Look at the things you wrote, they all start with hatred and bitterness. Things change over time, don't despise a young person who is poor. After thirty years, the flowers will be cold."
Kuroda pointed at the manuscript the man brought with an impatient look on his face.
"And the manuscript you brought last time, about a wife and daughter locked in a pig cage, and the soldier king returning after finding out. Please, although novels are detached from reality, they have to follow basic logic."
"And the manuscript I brought last time, something about the Dragon King's Son-in-law."
"In a word, Ueno Chiki, why don't you give up writing novels? I heard that you are a descendant of the Five Legends of Thunder and Lightning, so you should go and do blacksmithing."
Ueno Chiki, who had been rejected several times, could no longer hold back.
He was a failed author in his previous life, and he didn't expect that after traveling to the world of Genshin Impact, he would still be a failed author.
I thought that my routine writings like "The Dragon King's Son-in-law" and "The Return of the Soldier King" could bring a little shock to the online literature of the continent of Teyvat, but it ended up being a disastrous failure.
Do I really have to pick up the skills of my ancestors from my original body and become a blacksmith?
But his thin arms and legs were not enough to swing the sledgehammer, not to mention that the Thousand Eye Forging Method passed down from generation to generation had long been lost.
"Editor Kuroda, is there a possibility that just because you don't like it doesn't mean that the readers don't like it?"
Hearing this, Kuroda flew into a rage on the spot, "Are you questioning my professionalism? I, Kuroda, have been working as an editor at Yaedo for ten years. Every year I have been awarded the title of Yaedo's Outstanding Employee, and I am deeply trusted and praised by the chief priest and countless readers.
If the novel is rubbish, you say it's the editor's fault. I've seen a lot of rubbish like you."
Ueno Chiki was getting so angry that he was about to say something bad.
A cool breeze blew by, and his mind became clearer. Thinking of his current situation, he calmed down instantly.
The person in front of me is someone I must not offend for the time being.
He said in a gentle tone: "I'm sorry, Editor Kuroda, it's my fault. I shouldn't have questioned your professionalism."
Kuroda wasn't a bad person by nature, and after hearing him say that, her anger dissipated.
He turned around and took three best-selling novels from the bookshelf. "Take a good look at how others write. Novels are written for readers, not for your own entertainment."
When Ueno Chiki took the best-selling novel, he was extremely speechless when he saw the title, "I Got Reincarnated as the Raiden Shogun, and Became Invincible", "My Love with Seven Gods", and "Miss Fox Falls in Love with Me".
What are these?
First of all, are you sure you are not kidding?
We are still in the Eye Hunter Order period, and the Three Bugyo are in charge of everything inside and outside Inazuma. If this is discovered, won't he be chopped into pieces by the soldiers of the Tenryo Bugyo?
He simply ignored the second and third books. He had never been in love in his two lifetimes. Isn't it ridiculous to ask him to write a romance novel?
Isn't this just asking a eunuch what it feels like to have sex?
"Thank you, Editor Kuroda. I'll return it to you as soon as I'm done reading it."
In the end, Chiki Ueno left with the three novels.
Editor Kuroda looked at his thin back and couldn't help but sigh.
In fact, in his opinion, Ueno Chiki is a pretty good author, and his novels are also very good and refreshing. But writing well does not necessarily mean being popular.
……
Ueno Chiki walked towards his home with heavy steps.
In a remote place in the suburbs of Inazuma, there are three simple wooden houses not far apart. The most dilapidated one in the middle is Ueno Chiki's home, the one on the right is occupied by the ghost lady, and the one on the left is occupied by Old Wang, who has been secretly in love with the ghost lady for many years.
Because he had walked a long way today and had consumed a lot of energy, his stomach made a "groaning" sound and a strong feeling of hunger came from his abdomen.
He pushed open the unlocked door of his house and saw a bare house. The whole room was almost empty except for three or five pieces of furniture.
He opened his own rice jar, which was almost cleaner than his face. But even so, he still managed to find more than a dozen rice grains inside.
Then, he prepared to go out for a walk to see if there was a chance to pick one or two violets that "no one wanted".
But he was soon disappointed. Old Wang, who lived next door, kept a rhubarb next to his violet tree as a precaution against thieves.
The violet tree at the ghost woman's house on the right is not guarded by dogs, but I have been going there to pick the fruits five out of ten days. To be honest, it is a bit too much to go there to pick them again today.
After all, he is still a man with a sense of dignity.
Decided to go hungry tonight and think of a solution tomorrow.
Build a wooden frame outside the house and put a pot on it to boil water.
He found a few more wild vegetables that looked tasty in the house, chopped them up and added them to the pot along with a dozen grains of rice.
Soon the pot began to boil, emitting a faint aroma.
He took a bite of the wild vegetable porridge, and to be honest, it was really unpalatable, with a salty and bitter taste, even more unbearable than Chinese medicine.
But he was so hungry that he had no choice but to pinch his nose and imagine that he was drinking delicious crab roe and egg porridge.
After drinking the wild vegetable porridge, my hunger was much relieved.
He lay on a bed made of thatch and a mat, feeling extremely sad.
Others who travel through time are either demons or powerful executives, and the worst of them all come with their own systems at the start.
The beginning of my time travel was extremely miserable. When I opened my eyes, I was hanging on a crooked tree. If the branch had not suddenly broken, I would have had to start over again.
I thought I could support myself by writing novels, but I almost starved to death.
What should we do in the future?
At this moment, he suddenly remembered that he had a fiancée.
How about going to her house tomorrow to ask for money? Her family is so rich, they shouldn't be so stingy.
As far as I can remember, both she and her brother were good people.
Chapter 2: Broke the Engagement
early morning.
The warm sunlight shone through the gaps in the wooden house onto Ueno Chiki's face.
He opened his sleepy eyes, yawned, stretched, and found that his waist was a little sore, as if he had been hit by something hard last night.
He casually reached out his hand to the bed and felt something hard. He took it and saw that it was a purple Thunder God's Eye.
Alas, what use is this broken thing to him now?
Now is the period of the Eye Hunting Order, and all civilians who possess the Eye of God must hand it over.
He had no intention of handing over the Eye of God. The Tianling officials who were confiscating the Eye of God were strict in enforcing the law and often killed innocent people for credit. Instead of handing it over, it would be better to hide it now.
Wait until the traveler rescues Inazuma before taking it out and using it.
Judging from the time, the traveler will arrive soon.
After simply tidying up his clothes, he set off for today's destination.
……
In the lobby of the shrine's office.
The handsome and elegant Kamisato Ayato paced back and forth, frowning, as if he was worried about something.
"Brother, what's wrong with you?"
The dignified and beautiful Kamisato Ayaka walked in holding a tray with a cup of milk tea in her hand.
Kamisato Ayato naturally took the milk tea, took a sip, and the fragrance lingered on his lips and teeth, "It tastes good!"
"You haven't answered my question yet?" Kamisato Ayaka asked relentlessly.
Kamisato Ayato sighed, "Sister, do you know that your wedding date is only a year away? A few days ago, I sent someone to inquire about the situation of your fiancé Ueno Chiki. Alas, the result was really unsatisfactory."
The marriage between Kamisato Ayaka and Ueno Chiki was arranged when Kamisato's parents were still alive.
At that time, Ueno Chiki's father mastered the previously lost Senme-ryu forging method and was highly valued by the previous head of the Kamisato family, so this marriage was arranged.
However, what no one expected was that Ueno Chiki's father unfortunately died in an accident, and the head of the Kamisato family also died prematurely due to overwork shortly afterwards.
After that, the Ueno family fell into complete decline and the two families had no further contact.
No one asked about this marriage anymore.
It was not until recently when Kamisato Ayato was checking her parents' belongings that she discovered the marriage certificate of Ueno Chiki and Kamisato Ayaka.
Kamisato Ayaka also remembered the marriage her parents had arranged for her when she was a child.
I vaguely remember that one time when the camellia flowers were in full bloom, my father pointed to a shy and handsome little boy and asked me if I was willing. At that time, I was ignorant and thought that the little boy was very cute, so I nodded shyly and agreed.
But it has been so long that I can no longer remember the little boy's name or face.
She stood there, biting her thin lips, lost in thought.
After a long while, she looked up at her brother Kamisato Ayato, "Brother, this marriage was arranged by my parents for me, I must not let them down so easily."
After hearing her words, Kamisato Ayato couldn't help but feel a headache. He knew his sister's character very well, and she would never go back on her decision.
But the problem is that the current Ueno Chiki is simply not worthy of the noble "White Egret Princess".
When he thought about his sister marrying an incompetent loser in the future, he felt extremely reluctant.
At this time, a guard from the shrine came in and said, "Master, Lady Kamisato Ayaka, there is a man named Ueno Chiki outside who wants to see you."
Upon hearing the name, Kamisato Ayato became furious. It turned out that the toad Chiki Ueno was still dreaming of eating swan meat.