What should the first light novel be about?
This was the first question facing Kotomi Izumi. Although all the familiar novels, manga, anime, games, and galgames from her previous life had disappeared, she still felt she needed to carefully consider the first book she would officially create after her reincarnation.
"If the host wants to write a light novel, then I need to remind you that although all the works you were familiar with in your previous life have disappeared in this world, some characters from those works will appear in this world."
"Really?!" Kotomi Izumi asked, surprised and delighted.
"For example, Kato Megumi, Kasumigaoka Utaha, Yukino Yukinoshita, Shiina Mashiro, Sakurajima Mai... Well, anyway, there are many beautiful girls who originally only existed in ACG works now appearing in the real world. Are you happy? Are you excited? Try to control your excitement for now. When school starts in a few days, you will gradually meet them."
To be able to meet the beautiful girls from her previous life's ACG works, it truly was very exciting to think about!
However, despite her happiness, Kotomi Izumi also keenly noticed a problem:
"But what if I create works related to them in the future?"
"Don't worry, I am the god-level heroine system! I am the strongest helper on your path to becoming a god-level heroine! If you create something related to them, I will remind you immediately. For example, if you plan to write "Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend," but the characters in it have already appeared in the real world, I will remind you then. Then the host can choose to write a different book or slightly change the character names in the work."
The god-level heroine system said this with a hint of pride. Just by listening to her tone, it wasn't hard to imagine a proud little loli with her hands on her hips, looking smug.
"I see, I understand. That's really convenient," Kotomi Izumi nodded.
But then again, what should her first light novel actually be about?
After thinking for a long time, Kotomi Izumi still couldn't make up her mind. At this moment, she suddenly noticed that it was getting late. And the clock doll at the entrance of the convenience store, which served both as decoration and to tell time, showed the current time.
Six o'clock?!
"Wow! It's already this late!" Kotomi Izumi quickly ran towards home.
From her memories, although Akina Izumi was a soft-spoken, gentle, and virtuous mother, when she and her sister made mistakes, Akina Izumi would definitely be very strict.
How terrifying was an angry Akina Izumi?
It wasn't that she would scold loudly; Akina Izumi never scolded her children loudly.
She would only have a cold expression and lecture in her usual tone. But it was precisely this—knowing she was very angry, yet seeing no hint of anger on her face—that was the most terrifying!
Akina Izumi had set the latest time for her and her sister to return home at 6:30 PM. If they weren't home by 6:30 PM...
An angry mother was terrifying!
Kotomi Izumi jogged all the way home, taking about ten minutes to reach the Izumi, finally arriving before 6:30 PM.
The Izumi was a detached house, a single-family home.
"I'm home."
After opening the door with her key, Kotomi Izumi softly said, "Is this her home in this life?"
She could faintly hear her mother Akina cooking in the kitchen. The bubbling sounds from the pot exuded a rich aroma, and there was also the appetizing sound of frying.
She didn't know what her mother was frying, but the aroma coming from the pot was the smell of curry!
Kotomi Izumi walked towards the kitchen. Although she had already seen what her father and mother looked like in this life through her memories, this was her first 'official' meeting. If she said she wasn't nervous, that would be absolutely impossible.
Kotomi Izumi felt her heart beating much faster.
Gently pushing open the door, she saw a woman with snow-white long hair styled into a side ponytail, with the ponytail casually draped over her shoulder.
The dark blue ribbon tying her long hair gave her a delicate beauty, and the tear mole under her left eye made her look somewhat mature.
In her memories, her mother Akina Izumi was someone who knew how to dress herself well. This wasn't about being skilled at heavy makeup, but rather her talent for subtly enhancing her appearance with small details, such as a new hair clip, new earrings, or a new hair ornament.
"Mom... Mother, I'm home," Kotomi Izumi hesitated for a moment, but finally smiled and said the word "Mother."
Hearing Kotomi Izumi's voice, Akina Izumi turned her head with a smile and looked at her:
"Welcome home. Dinner will be a while longer. Tonight we're having fried pork cutlet curry rice! Your father is working overtime today and will be home late, so the three of us will eat first."
"Father has been working overtime these past few days."
"There's nothing we can do about it. After all, your father has been a section chief for five years and hasn't been promoted to department head, which makes him a bit unwilling. So he's always thinking of working hard while he's still able to."
Akina Izumi had always been understanding of her husband's overtime and late returns during this period.
Of course, she would occasionally complain, saying things like: no matter how much he wants to work hard, he should still pay attention to rest, and wondering if he had anything to eat at his company, or if he was hungry.
"Where's Aimi?"
Kotomi Izumi glanced at the living room and found that her younger sister, Aimi Izumi, was not there. It was summer vacation, and usually at this time, her younger sister, Aimi Izumi, loved to lazily lounge on the sofa, watching TV.
Akina Izumi covered her mouth and chuckled:
"She's frantically catching up on her summer homework in her room. I reminded her on the first day of summer vacation to hurry and finish her summer homework, and then she could play. But she didn't listen! There are only seven days left until school starts, and she hasn't even touched her summer homework. She brought this upon herself. For these 7 days, she'll have to grit her teeth and stay up late to finish her summer homework."
"Hahaha..." Kotomi Izumi smiled helplessly. Aimi Izumi was in her third year of Junior High School this year and would be preparing for her High School entrance exams next year, transitioning from a Junior High School student to a High School student.
On the other hand, because she had just passed her Junior High School exams this year, she had no summer homework this summer vacation!
Was it awesome?
It was truly awesome!
To avoid disturbing her mother while cooking, Kotomi Izumi left the kitchen first. After closing the kitchen door for her mother, a warm smile curved on Kotomi Izumi's lips.
Just now, the god-level heroine system suddenly told her something when she first saw Akina Izumi's snow-white long hair.
The Izumi couple's original hair color was black. As for why Akina Izumi's hair color was now snow-white, this had to do with something that happened after they adopted Kotomi Izumi.
After bringing home and adopting a baby abandoned in the park, the Izumi couple were very happy as the baby gradually grew up healthy, and they officially gave the little baby a name, Kotomi Izumi.
But suddenly one day, when Kotomi Izumi started growing hair, the Izumi couple realized that Kotomi Izumi's hair was naturally snow-white.
Even though the child is still young and may not consider this matter, the neighbors around her will definitely ask about it in the future. If they directly say that Kotomi Izumi is their adopted child, what if Kotomi Izumi accidentally learns that she is an adopted child? Would she overthink things?
For this reason, Izumi Akina decided to dye her original black long hair the same snow-white color as Kotomi Izumi's.
Later, when Izumi Aimi asked one day why her hair color was different from her older sister's, Izumi Akina smiled and said to her, "Your older sister's hair color is the same as Mom's, and your hair color is the same as Dad's."
The Izumi couple's tenderness always silently cared for Kotomi Izumi and Izumi Aimi in this way.
"Being able to meet such parents after reincarnation is my luck..." Kotomi Izumi chuckled to herself and went upstairs.
Her parents' room was on the first floor, while hers and her younger sister's rooms were on the second floor.
When she passed her younger sister's room, the door was closed. She should be diligently working on her homework inside right now.
Kotomi Izumi pushed open the door to her room, but saw her younger sister, who should have been diligently working on her summer vacation homework in her room, actually appearing in her room.
Izumi Aimi had not yet noticed that the original owner of this room, her older sister Kotomi Izumi, had already entered.
Izumi Aimi, lying on the bed, twirling her slender, fair legs, giggled at the talk show on the laptop, her two tender, jade-like little feet swaying back and forth. It's hard to know how this girl's little feet grew to be so perfect, with tender white ankles meeting delicate little feet, and smooth, beautiful calves.
Moreover, this girl is also very beautiful and cute. Her hair color is completely black, and two purplish-red ribbons are tied on both sides of her waterfall-like black long hair. Her small face is matched with delicate features, making her a beautiful girl with a pure temperament.
— Does this look like she's frantically catching up on her summer vacation homework?
Kotomi Izumi thought silently in her heart.
Kotomi Izumi took off her slippers and walked forward gently in her white short cotton socks.
Izumi Aimi was still focused on watching the talk show, occasionally giggling.
Looking at her swaying pair of little feet, Kotomi Izumi's lips curled into a mischievous smile, and she reached out her finger and gently tickled Izumi Aimi's soft little soles.
Tickle, tickle ~
The touch was very soft, like jelly.
"Ugh ah!"
Without the slightest defense, Izumi Aimi, feeling her soles being 'attacked', instantly jumped up from the bed like a cat whose fur had stood on end, and looked behind her with a flushed face. Only then did she see her older sister appearing behind her with a malicious look on her face.
"Sis, sister..."
Izumi Aimi, whose soles were 'attacked' by her older sister, had an alluring blush on her delicate little face, pursing her rosy lips.
"I heard Mom say that you are studying hard and catching up on your summer vacation homework." Kotomi Izumi glanced meaningfully at the laptop on her bed and a bag of opened tomato-flavored potato chips, and smiled sweetly, "Your way of doing homework is really special ~"
Not only was her sole tickled by her older sister, but she was also seen by her older sister in this state of slacking off and not doing her homework. The blush on Izumi Aimi's pretty face became even redder.
"Sister, can you not tell Mom about this?" Izumi Aimi said with a red face.
She originally just wanted to watch a talk show for a while and slack off for a little while. But she didn't expect that as she watched, she watched for nearly half an hour, and even opened a bag of potato chips and ate them while watching.
If Mom finds out…
Izumi Aimi's palms instantly broke out in cold sweat.
Her heart was even more panicked!
A mom who smiles at you even when she's angry is really terrifying!!!
Looking at the nervous Izumi Aimi, Kotomi Izumi couldn't help but chuckle silently in her heart. Her younger sister was even more adorable than she had imagined.
Kotomi Izumi stretched out her hand towards her and said with a smile:
"If you don't want me to tell Mom, then top up my Azur Lane with a single order."
Although many ACG works from her previous life have disappeared in this world, fortunately, this world still has Azur Lane.
"Top up, top up a single order? But I don't play Azur Lane…"
Izumi Aimi shrank her neck and said softly. Although she doesn't play Azur Lane, she has often seen her older sister being scolded by Mom for staying up all night to grind Azur Lane during this summer vacation, so she gradually remembered the name of this mobile game.
"It's okay, I just want 5000 diamonds, you can just give me 10,000 yen."
"Oh, oh, okay, then sister, you must not tell Mom… Wait! You want 10,000 yen?!" Izumi Aimi, who was about to give the money, suddenly realized something was wrong.
"I remember you've always had savings, you should have 10,000 yen, right? If you don't want me to tell Mom, then hand it over." Kotomi Izumi's pretty face smiled mischievously.
Although she said so, in reality, Kotomi Izumi would never really want her younger sister's money, she just wanted to scare her younger sister who likes to slack off a little.
Izumi Aimi didn't know that her older sister was scaring her. After hesitating for a moment, she had no choice but to obediently take out her phone and said pitifully:
"I only have this much pocket money… Sister, after I give you the money, you must not tell Mom!"
As she said that, Izumi Aimi was about to transfer the money to Kotomi Izumi.
Pfft ~
Kotomi Izumi couldn't help but laugh out loud, touched Izumi Aimi's soft hair with her hand, and said with a chuckle: "Okay, I was just joking with you. How could I really want your money."
"Eh?" Izumi Aimi looked at her older sister a little dumbfounded.
"Don't worry. I won't tell Mom about you secretly coming to my bedroom and secretly playing on the computer. As a price…" Kotomi Izumi said, picking up the half-eaten bag of potato chips that Izumi Aimi was eating, and shook it in her hand: "This bag of potato chips is mine."
10,000 yen instantly turned into a bag of potato chips, and it was still half-eaten.
"Thank you, sister…" Izumi Aimi pursed her rosy lips, her face flushed.
"But speaking of which." Kotomi Izumi sat opposite Izumi Aimi, glanced at the computer that was still playing the talk show, and said: "I remember that my laptop has a power-on password set, how did you unlock it?"
Could it be that her younger sister is a genius at cracking passwords?!
But Izumi Aimi shook her head, as if she knew what Kotomi Izumi was thinking in her heart, and said: "Who told you to set such a simple password? 333333, isn't that your birthday repeated three times? With a little bit of thought, you can guess what password you set."
So she's not a genius at cracking passwords, but the password she set was too simple…
Kotomi Izumi twitched the corner of her mouth. There's no way, who told her that she would inadvertently forget the power-on password sometimes, so she had to set the power-on password to be the simplest and easiest to remember. The computer power-on password is her birthday.
Kotomi Izumi's birthday is March 3rd. This day every year is Japan's Girls' Day.
This special birthday makes everyone who knows Kotomi Izumi's birthday very impressed with her birthday.