Chapter 72. It's White Album Season Again
"Eh?
Make that kind of thing?"
Hearing that, Bronya immediately showed a disgusted expression, and her words were full of resistance.
This response made Xander feel "deeply pained," and he said in dissatisfaction, "What did galgames ever do to you?
Why are you so biased against galgames!"
"No!"
Pushing away Xander's face as he leaned in, Bronya replied in a low voice, "I'm not biased against galgames.
I'm purely biased against the galgames you make!"
"Hm?
Are mine not… effective?"
"They're effective… no, that's not the point!!"
Having been tricked into saying it, Bronya's face flushed a little.
She tapped Xander's forehead in embarrassment.
"Take a look at what you make—one perverted character after another is bad enough, and then the plot has to be that anti-social, anti-human dark literature.
Who would want to work on that!"
"When it's tilted toward nukige, how could there possibly be a normal plot..."
Isn't being "effective" enough?
He muttered that, then said, "Besides, I never said this time the plot would be weird."
"Hm?
Then what are you planning to write?"
Bronya's knitted brows relaxed slightly, and she began playing with his fingers.
"Just a normal school romance.
One male protagonist and multiple heroines, with multiple routes.
Totally normal, right?"
Tracing Bronya's palm with his fingertip, Xander's voice sounded quite innocent.
"That simple?"
"Yeah, just that simple.
No one dies, no one gets hurt.
It's merely the emotional entanglements of boys and girls.
Perfectly normal, right?"
"...If it's just like that."
A simple school-romance theme—then keeping him company and playing along wouldn't be a problem.
"What about you, Kaguya?"
"This concubine is very interested~"
In fact, ever since Xander brought it up, Kaguya had been full of interest.
It was only after seeing Bronya's resistance that she stood aside and kept quiet.
"Then there's no problem.
Unanimously approved."
"But..."
Kaguya paused, then said with some distress, "Although this concubine has a shallow understanding of drawing, when it comes to this kind of game's art style, I may not be very used to it..."
"Ah, come to think of it, I can't draw either."
Bronya chimed in as well.
"As for character sprites and CGs, we won't need you two.
Leave those to me and Eromanga Sensei.
You two can handle the system design."
Hearing this, Bronya immediately brightened.
"Your system UI really does need to be changed.
Five games in a row with the same UI except for the color—won't the players file complaints against you?"
"It hasn't reached the point of complaints, but it gets roasted a lot."
Using the same UI five times in a row really was a bit perfunctory.
After leaving another kiss, Bronya returned to her workstation.
While booting up her desktop, she said, "Send me the original system.
I'll see how to optimize it."
"This concubine..."
"As for Kaguya, use my computer."
As he spoke, Xander gave the Kaguya beside him a gentle tug, and she lost her balance and sat right onto his lap.
The sudden intimate contact made Kaguya's body stiffen a little.
Her back went straight as a board; her hands were properly placed on her thighs; her eyes were wide open at the computer screen in front of her.
When his arms came around from her waist, her body trembled again.
On ordinary days Kaguya wouldn't be like this; she might even go with the mood and respond on her own.
But this time Bronya was right next to her.
Husband, aren't you being a bit too bold!!
She turned her gaze to the side and saw Bronya glance at them once and then casually move her eyes back to her own screen.
Her heart instantly relaxed.
It seemed her half-year of effort hadn't been in vain.
Even the hardest to handle—Bronya—had gradually acknowledged her place.
"Hatsune, record Kaguya, and grant her permission to operate my computer."
A calm voice sounded above her head.
Xander then tightened his embrace and pulled the slightly stiff Kaguya directly into his arms.
"Don't be nervous.
Relax~"
The gentle murmur flowed into her ears.
Feeling the warmth so close to her, Kaguya turned her head and met Xander's gentle gaze.
She went a little dazed, and her body subconsciously relaxed, melting into his embrace.
"Why are you looking at me?
Look at the screen.
Hatsune is recording your facial data."
He nudged her cheek with his nose in amusement.
Kaguya snapped back to herself and hurriedly faced forward, staring straight at the screen, a faint blush spreading across her face.
Holding Kaguya wasn't as comfortable as the soft Seele or the more voluptuous Elysia, but the petite, slender feel had a flavor all its own.
Kaguya's data was quickly logged, yet Xander had no intention of letting go.
His arms even tightened a bit more.
"For this stretch, Kaguya, work with Bronya over here to optimize the system.
I'm likely going to need to step out."
"Step out?"
"What are you going out for?"
Facing the puzzled gazes of the two girls, Xander replied, "This time it's not just a galgame.
I want to release the anime alongside it.
Over the next few days I plan to contact an animation studio."
"Hentai?"
"What are you thinking?
The anime will definitely be all-ages."
There wouldn't be that much buzz doing hentai.
He still wanted to watch the Touma faction and the Setsuna faction tear into each other.
"Um..."
At this moment, Kaguya happily raised her hand.
"What is it?"
"When this concubine was married off by her family to Husband back then, to display status, they assigned some businesses as dowry.
As it happens, this concubine currently has an animation studio in hand."
"What a coincidence?"
He tightened his hold on Kaguya and rested his chin on her shoulder.
"In that case, it looks like I can run around less."
"No, no need.
Husband at home…
Just set a place outside.
This concubine will have the company head come to meet Husband."
She had originally wanted to say to do it directly at home, but Kaguya—who had already regarded herself as part of this home—didn't want strangers coming here, so she changed her wording on the spot.
"That's really convenient.
But how's this company?
My requirements aren't low."
"It should be enough to rank top five in the industry.
If Husband isn't satisfied, they should have contact with the very best studio in the industry, and then we can—"
Seeing Kaguya drift into thought, Xander quickly shook her while hugging her.
"That's plenty, that's plenty.
I'm not trying to make some blockbuster.
As long as the animation is smooth without falling apart and the voice acting is fine, that's enough."
"In that case, it should be fine.
This concubine will arrange for them to clear their schedule and do only Husband's anime this quarter."
Hearing that, Xander raised an eyebrow.
"Only one title?
Aren't you afraid of losing money?"
"This concubine believes in Husband."
Besides, even if there's a loss, so be it.
As long as Husband is happy—Kaguya added in her heart.
...
A few nights later, Xander placed the prepared script in front of them.
"Here—see what you think of our game's script."
This time even Seele was here.
The three girls squeezed together, crowding around the same big display to read.
"White Album?
What a peculiar name," Seele whispered.
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