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Chapter 85 Kyosuke: Why am I always the one who gets hurt?

Kuroneko and Saori looked at Kyosuke with some concern, as the left half of his face was swollen. It seemed a little wrong to say this, at least Saori's excited look when she took out her mobile phone to take pictures made Kyosuke want to slap her.

"Senior, what's wrong with you?"

Compared to the courageous Saori, Kuroneko showed the care that a junior should have for a senior. Of course, it would have been better if she hadn't been trying so hard to hold back her laughter.

"Nothing, I just fell accidentally."

Kyosuke gritted his teeth and resisted telling the two people the truth. Even though he didn't have an image of being wise and heroic in front of these two juniors, he was still a senior whom they admired. If they knew that he was beaten like this because of seeing a naked girl, his mature and steady personality would probably collapse completely.

Thinking of this, Kyosuke secretly glanced at Eriri and Mashu who were sitting behind him. Seeing Eriri leisurely picking her fingernails, Kyosuke couldn't help but feel a little toothache.

I want to tell you two why you didn't lock the door when you did that kind of thing. You made both sides so embarrassed and are just looking for trouble.

Kyosuke recalled everything that had just happened, and he was really grateful that he had survived. You know, at that time, Mashu directly lifted the dining table and pushed open the door that he had closed from the outside, which almost made Kyosuke think that it was Prajna. The last time he saw such a terrifying Mashu was when he just met Fumino, it was simply a demon descending to earth.

Of course, the most hateful one is this guy...

Kyosuke stared at Mordred, who was hiding behind Mash and looking gloating, with a look of almost resentment. It was obvious that this guy knew what was going on from the beginning. Kyosuke even suspected that the door of the room was not locked and it was probably this guy's fault, otherwise why didn't he see this guy when he was tortured outside the door just now.

"Humph~"

Eriri looked at Kyosuke and turned around to snort in dissatisfaction. Although Kyosuke looked miserable now, Eriri was still a little upset. If it wasn't really difficult to embarrass Kyosuke in front of strangers, she swore that she would definitely use her twin ponytails to draw blood from him.

"Ahem, anyway, it doesn't matter what happened to me." Kyosuke muttered to the trio behind him, then put on a friendly smile to introduce Eriri and Saori to Kuroneko and the others, but considering his swollen face, it was a bit out of place: "This is my friend Eriri, she's a cartoonist, so to speak."

After hearing Kyosuke's definition of herself, Eriri couldn't help herself. She stood up and slapped Kyosuke's chest with her twin ponytails, complaining: "Stupid Kyosuke! What do you mean by 'for the time being'? I have a monthly comic book series after all!"

"It's really an amazing stunt. I wonder how long she has been practicing it."

Saori's mouth twitched as she watched the two people fighting each other. This kind of stunt that only appeared in comics was really visually effective when it was displayed in front of her.

"Alright, senpai, Eriri-chan. Stop making a fuss. Or I'm going to get mad."

In the end, it was the reliable Mashu who stopped the two. Her amazing smile made Kyosuke and Eriri immediately sit up straight and not dare to act rashly.

"Tsk." Eriri still looked at Kyosuke with unwilling eyes, then she stood up and patted her chest, which was flatter than white paper, and introduced herself to Kuroneko and Saori, "Hello, I'm Sawamura Spencer Eriri, a cartoonist. My pen name is [Kashiwagi Eri], please give me your guidance."

"Hey, I didn't expect it to be Teacher Kashiwagi Eri!"

Saori and Kuroneko's eyes suddenly lit up. As veteran otakus who have been in the industry for a long time, they certainly know what the pen name "Kashiwagi Eri" means. Although she may not be well-known in the mainstream industry, in the fandom, basically everyone knows about "Kashiwagi Eri's" books. Although most of her drawings are kokuko books, her outstanding style has conquered most of the otakus in the industry, and she has countless fans.

"Hehe, it seems that you two are not newbies. You are quite knowledgeable. That's right, [Kashiwagi Eri] is me."

Eriri was very satisfied with the performance of these two people. Under their admiring gazes, she finally regained a little confidence.

It turns out that my signboard is still very useful. At least the way Kyosuke's two friends look at their idol is really refreshing.

"Kyousuke told us that the Holy War Day was approaching and his friend didn't have time to submit his manuscript for printing, so he asked us to come and help. I originally thought it was just some unknown doujinshi artist, but I never expected it to be [Kashiwagi Eri] teacher." Facing her idol Saori, she sighed, "Although I find it strange that Kashiwagi teacher lacks an assistant, but when Kyousuke asked us for help, he didn't have to say that he would give us two doujinshi as gifts, right? It made me think I was helping a failed artist."

After hearing Saori's words, Eriri once again used her twin tails as a weapon, "Kyosuke! What do you mean?! Is it true that no one wants my notebook?"

"This has nothing to do with me! It's all Saori's own imagination. Originally, I meant that your notebook is very popular. After the holy war is over, I can make a lot of pocket money by selling your notebook to a used store."

Kyousuke dodged Eriri's ponytail whip and tried to defend himself.

"Then I'll sell my notebook. You're such a thinker! You'd better go to hell."

Kyosuke then suffered an even more violent twin-tailed attack.

So what does this have to do with me? Every year, many people take your notebooks to second-hand shops to sell them. Why do you have to hold on to me?

Although he felt unbalanced in his heart, Kyosuke still shouted "It's unfair, Lady Eriri!" to pretend to be pitiful in the hope that Eriri would show some mercy.

"What about you? How did Kyousuke trick you into coming here to work as a laborer?"

While Kyosuke and Eriri were "passionately" communicating their feelings, Mordred sneaked up to Kuroneko and whispered. She was very interested in how Kyosuke tricked these two young girls who were not very experienced in the world. These were all great black materials that could make Kyosuke lose points with his father.

"I'm trying to write a light novel for submission, and my senior said he could help introduce a friend who is a writer to guide me in writing the novel."

Black Cat was too embarrassed to tell Mordred that his submissions had been rejected many times, and he just told Mordred that he was just a business writer who did it out of interest.

Chapter 86 Mashu: If I don’t show my power, do you think I’m Hello Kitty?

Eriri, who was originally playing with Kyosuke, paused for a moment after hearing what Kuroneko said, and then she began to tremble all over as if a volcano was about to erupt. This state lasted for a few seconds before the "magma" erupted.

"Kyosuke——!! You are still in contact with that woman!!"

"I didn't say anything! Also, why did you guess it was a senior so quickly?"

At this moment Kyosuke felt that he was really wronged. You know, he really didn't mention the senior at all this time, but why was Eriri's nose so sensitive?

"Stop talking nonsense. Who else do you know as a writer besides that woman? Don't tell me it's that fat guy who only knows how to flatter otakus!"

To be honest, I do have other writer friends, such as Andersen or Shakespeare, who are all world-class literary giants, but it seems that Eriri doesn't even know them. And to be honest, the fat guy with glasses can barely be considered a cartoonist. After all, even you, Eriri, who draws books, call yourself a cartoonist, so why can't the fat guy who has a light novel serialized be considered a cartoonist? Wait, Eriri seems to have a monthly magazine serialized now. But when it comes to flattering otaku, Eriri, you, a painter, have no right to criticize others, right? Although you are on the road to whitewashing, you haven't completely landed yet. Both sides are the same, so don't criticize each other.

"After all, I'm here to help. I told my senior sister about this and she was very worried when she heard that you were late to finish the manuscript."

"Tsk. I think he's jumping for joy."

When she thought that Kyosuke owed Shiyu a favor because of her, Eriri's good mood immediately dropped by half. According to Eriri's own speculation, Kyosuke would definitely not ask Shiyu to help this black straight-haired junior schoolmate for free. Who knows what shameful things that woman would do to Kyosuke at that time.

In fact, Eriri's intuition is quite accurate. If Shiyu was not going to visit her hometown with her parents during the summer vacation, she would definitely ask Kyousuke to pay her first and then agree to help Kuroneko with her tutoring. It can only be said that these two people are indeed a pair of happy enemies made in heaven. Their ways of thinking are really synchronized.

"Ugh...that damn woman..."

"That woman?"

When Kuroneko heard Eriri addressing the teacher she had never met before, she immediately realized that she and Mr. Kashiwagi did not get along well. She suddenly felt as if she was drawn into a huge vortex of dispute.

"Eri-chan, let's get started quickly. Even if Kuroneko and Saori come to help us, we're still very short on time."

Mashu noticed that the topic was drifting further and further away, so she quickly drew everyone's attention back to painting. Otherwise, if Eriri started complaining to the newcomers about the hateful aspects of Senior Shiyu, who knows where the whole discussion would go.

"makes sense……"

Eriri also realized that it was indeed impolite to say bad things about others in front of someone you met for the first time, so she quickly stopped the topic.

"So, I want to ask, do you have a basic understanding of making comics?"

After entering the working state, Eriri is still very imposing. Although she is now wearing a pair of black-framed glasses and a loose dark green sweatshirt, she is indeed the [Eri Kashiwagi] who has defeated all the heroes in the holy war battlefield and won the title of "Best Book" in the circle many times.

"Yes."

"I saw other people doing it before I did it."

Influenced by Eriri's aura, Kuroneko and Saori, who had been quite casual, also straightened up.

"What about the actual operation? Never mind, no need to answer."

Seeing the somewhat embarrassed expressions on the two people's faces, Eriri knew that they were absolute novices, and even if they had done it before, the number of times was estimated to be no more than five times.

"Then please start with the simpler dot paper. Because someone is slacking off, I have a lot of manuscripts without dot paper piled up here." Eriri took out a thick stack of dot paper and a thinner manuscript and handed them to the two of them, repeatedly instructing them, "I have marked what kind of dot paper you need. If there is anything you don't understand, please tell me. It will be very troublesome if you have to redo it."

“How could there be so many?”

Kyosuke's eyes twitched when he saw this measurement. Having been Eriri's assistant several times, he knew very well that Eriri often made some very small dot areas. So it seemed that the workload she gave to Kuroneko and the others was not ordinary large.

Eriri glared at Kyosuke and Mashu, "Do you think I want to?! Because the two of them went out to play by themselves. As a result, I have only one naughty kid here who can only yell '666' to make things worse. Of course, the progress has slowed down. Can you imagine? This guy punctured the manuscript and concealed it, and even used transparent tape to stick it randomly without permission, resulting in the two manuscripts placed next to each other being unusable!!"

Mordred touched the back of his head with his hand, looking very embarrassed. "Look at what you said, Eriri. I'm not that good."

"You're a guy who doesn't want to work hard all day and only wants to rant about other people's mothers, so shut up!"

“I always feel like they have a pretty complicated relationship.”

Black Cat was a little surprised to see Eriri playing with Mordred again. She didn't expect that the teacher would have such a stubborn personality.

"She is naturally lively, although she was sickly before high school."

"Kyosuke! Who told you to say this in front of outsiders?"

Mashu picked up the stack of manuscript paper, split it in half and gave it to Kuroneko and Saori.

"Then I'll trouble Miss Kuroneko and Miss Saori."

"Ah, Mashu is too cautious."

Seeing Mashu being so cautious, Saori and Kuroneko were both flattered.

"Yes, I am very grateful that you two can take time out of your busy schedule to come and help. But could you two wait outside for a moment? I have something to discuss with Eriri-chan and Mordred-chan."

"Sauce?"

Black Cat wanted to ask something, but when he saw Mashu covered in black energy, he immediately shut his mouth.

"Don't worry, it won't be long."

Mashu bowed to the two of them and closed the door.

"Eri! Mo-chan!"

"Ah! It hurts! It hurts! Mashu-chan, please stop it! It's going to break, it's going to break!"

"Then I'll just break it into pieces so you'll remember this lesson!"

"I was wrong, I was really wrong."

"Time is already so tight! You're still playing with Mo-chan. I'd better keep you hanging until the deadline."

"No--!"

"What does this have to do with me?!"

"Shut up, it's all your fault, senior! Who told you to come in without knocking?"

"Wait a minute, didn't I already get punished for this?! You...Ah——!"

Hearing the sound coming from the door, even Saori couldn't keep a smile on her face.

"I always feel like... they take a long time."

"Maybe……"

The black cat suddenly had the illusion that he was on a pirate ship.

Did the senior just find two coolies? Is it too late to run away now?

PS: The dawn of victory is just around the corner, and Mi-chan will be free in two weeks!