Chapter 6
After finding a hotel and checking in, Mineo noticed that Erina still hadn't replied to his message.
He wondered what that girl was up to right now.
Instead, a different girl sent him a message.
Utaha Kasumigaoka: "Mineo-sensei, are you there?"
"I'm here. I haven't chatted with you in a few days. What have you been busy with lately, Utaha?"
"I've been busy promoting my new book, which is about to be released! This time, I feel like my work will definitely be a huge hit, and all of this is truly thanks to Mineo-sensei's help!"
Utaha Kasumigaoka was also an old chat partner who had appeared on Mineo's phone a long time ago.
Back then, it seemed Utaha had just started her journey into the world of writing. She didn't have any close friends she could talk to, so she poured out all her thoughts and mental pressures to Mineo as her online confidant.
In the past, Mineo used to complain that the person pretending to be Utaha Kasumigaoka was acting exactly like the real thing.
As it turns out, this really was the actual Utaha Kasumigaoka!!!!
He checked the number of chat messages he had exchanged with Utaha-sensei.
Sent: 6,502. Received: 6,880.
Ahem, if he put in a little more effort, this conversation count would soon break ten thousand!
When that time came, was it possible he would extract an ability like max-level writing experience from her?
Since he had always assumed Utaha was just deep in character, Mineo had babbled a lot of nonsense with her over the last few years.
Whenever Utaha mentioned she lacked writing inspiration, Mineo would look up some popular light novels on the internet, modify them slightly, and then present them to discuss with her!
Utaha instantly felt that Mineo was a genius! From then on, she immediately began addressing Mineo as "Sensei."
According to her own words, Mineo-sensei was the guide of her life, the lighthouse in her creative career!
And now, the work Utaha was about to release was titled Yosuga no Sora!
This was also a creative inspiration Utaha had gained after long discussions with Mineo.
It's worth mentioning that, according to Utaha's own admission, she seemed to have grown into a very popular light novel author throughout Japan.
And the novels she had written over these past few years were almost entirely of the Harem genre!
Knowing now that this Utaha was truly Utaha Kasumigaoka, Mineo felt a bit strange.
It seemed he had led Utaha astray!
Back when Utaha first started writing, she said she wanted to write about "Pure Love," and Mineo had shut her down right then and there.
Pure Love is useless; the Harem route is the true Way of the Ninja, okay?
Then, Mineo had found a mountain of petty reasons and forcibly brainwashed Utaha with a pile of Harem ideology theories!
After spending a full year on it, Utaha finally fell and became a steadfast author of the Harem genre.
For example, the book Yosuga no Sora that she was writing now was a work that had been completely overhauled by Mineo!
After being serialized online, the work immediately gained a massive following among young otaku across the entire network!
Especially those who had younger sisters... almost all of them absolutely loved this book.
At this moment, Utaha sent another message to Mineo!
"Mineo-sensei, I truly feel uneasy in my heart!"
"The help you've given me is really too much!"
"Please give me your bank account number! I will transfer half of the royalties I've earned over these past few years to you. Please do not refuse!"
Dammit, even if I gave you my bank card number, you wouldn't be able to send it... we're separated by several dimensions!
The corners of Mineo's mouth twitched. A second later, he replied:
"Forget about that. Wealth is just a worldly possession; to me, it's like a passing cloud before my eyes..."
"Don't mention it again..."
"But... Mineo-sensei... if it's like this, my heart truly cannot find peace!"
"I told you, don't worry about such small things! If there's a chance for me to go to Japan in the future, just treating me to a meal will be enough!"
Seeing the message Mineo sent, Utaha Kasumigaoka was instantly surprised and overjoyed.
"Mineo-sensei, you're coming to my place?"
"That's wonderful! I really want to meet you!"
"I'll head there when I have some free time! I've been busy these last few days, so I haven't had the chance!"
"Has Mineo-sensei been very busy lately? Are you writing? Oh right, Mineo-sensei, you mentioned before that your pen name was 'Successor of Harem Ideology'... but I've searched many websites and couldn't find your work at all..."
"The works I write are all published on the Faloo site; they are indeed a bit hard to find. But Utaha, don't mind that! Now I'm asking you, do you think Harem novels or Pure Love novels are better right now?"
"Harem novels are better!"
Utaha answered very firmly. A second later, she continued messaging:
"Every time I create a character in my writing, I truly put my soul into them! I hope to give every character a perfect ending! Although for girls, sharing the same man might feel a bit unfair, at least by the side of the person they love, they will be happy!"
Looking at the message from Utaha, Mineo nodded in satisfaction.
"You're right! As the saying goes, life is already hard enough, so why should a novel end in tragedy? Giving every girl the most perfect ending is what we should do as authors!"
"By the way, Utaha, can I ask you a question? Suppose in the real world your boyfriend also wanted to start a harem—what would you do? Would you choose to accept it?"
"I would break his legs..."
"....."
Utaha seems to have a bit of a "Yandere" streak when it comes to reality!
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