Start by Becoming a Mangaka

They started to eat warm oden in the office.

"Ha..Ha..Ha... it's hot..." Aoba said while biting the radish.

"It would be perfect to eat it with alcohol," Kou said while shaking her head.

"You can't continue to work after this," Yuuki said.

Kou laughed wrily in response.

Aoba looked at him and asked, "Boss, how old are you?"

"I'm 17 this year, what's wrong?" Yuuki asked.

"N - nothing, but I feel that I'm very childish compared to you," Aoba said depressingly.

"Isn't that fine?" Yuuki said.

"Huh?" Aoba looked at him with a bewildering expression.

"A lot of women want to look younger, you should be grateful that your appearance is a lot younger than your age," Yuuki said.

"That's true," Kou nodded.

"No! I don't want to be told that I'm childish!" Aoba was almost crying.

"Do you want to become an a.d.u.l.t?" Yuuki asked.

"Eh? How?" Aoba suddenly asked him with an interesting expression.

"Boss, don't teach her anything bad," Kou said.

"I'm younger than her, what do you think I will teach her?" Yuuki said while raising his eyebrow.

Kou rubbed her nose and sometimes she forgot that her boss was only a teenager.

"Ahem, then, Aoba, let me ask you a question," Yuuki said.

"Yes!" Aoba was excited.

"Do you have a boyfriend?" Yuuki asked.

Aoba blushed and answered him with a very low voice, "N - no..."

"Boss, don't tease her," Kou also blushed to hear that question.

"Then how about you, Kou? Do you have a boyfriend?" Yuuki asked.

"N - no," Kou also answered with blush and low voice.

Yuuki looked at her with a surprised expression, "Really? Never?"

"NO! I'M ONLY WORKING AND DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO DATE!" Kou suddenly became mad and said, "Ah, it will be nice to drink alcohol, right now."

"Kou, don't run away from reality, you're cute, how can you not have a boyfriend?" Yuuki asked.

Aoba didn't say anything but she was clearly interested in this conversation.

"I - I have only attended an all-girls school in the past," Kou answered.

"Ah, I'm also the same," Aoba said while raising her hand.

Kou looked at him, "How about you, boss? What is your relationship with Rossweisse? You're living together, right? I have heard that you are also living with a lot of girls too."

"Huwaa?! Living together?!" Aoba blushed and her face was really hot.

Yuuki rubbed his nose, "Don't ask me that question." He looked at them and said, "I don't have any problem with my relationship, but the two of you, you should be careful since there are a lot of bad men outside."

"Like you, boss?" Kou asked with a smile.

"I can't deny that I'm a very bad man so be careful," Yuuki smiled.

Kou and Aoba weren't sure but both of them didn't feel that the warning was dangerous but rather making him more interesting.

"Aoba, are you from Ousai?" Yuuki asked.

"Ah, yes, how did you know, boss?" Aoba asked curiously.

"I befriended the student council at that school," Yuuki said.

"Oh...." Aoba blushed and asked, "Is she still saying a lot of perverted things?"

"Of course, I'm sure that is her way of life," Yuuki said.

"How can a student council say a perverted thing?" Kou asked with susprised expression since she thought a student council member should be very polite but it seemed that wasn't the case.

"The world is changing, Kou," Yuuki said and added, "Enough of the reminiscent, didn't we talk about how to make Aoba to not become childish?"

"Oh, that's right, how can you help her?" Kou asked.

"Then first, how about appearance?" Yuuki said and looked at her.

Aoba was quite short and her appearance was similar to a middle school student.

Yuuki and Kou looked at each other and shook their heads together.

"Why are you not saying anything!?" Aoba felt hurt when she saw their expression.

"In my opinion to become an a.d.u.l.t, you should have a temperament," Yuuki said.

"Temperament?" Aoba asked curiously.

"For example, Kou, who is sitting beside us here," Yuuki said.

"Eh? Me?" Kou was surprised while pointing her finger at herself.

"Yes, even though she is quite childish sometimes...."

"Hey!" Kou was annoyed.

"But when she is working, she is showing a different image than her usual that is making it hard for you to ignore her or rather attracted to her figure," Yuuki said.

"Boss...." Kou blushed when he heard his description.

Aoba thought what he said was true, "That's true, even though Yagami-san is usually unreliable..."

"Hey!" Kou was mad.

"But when she was working she was showing a different image," Aoba nodded.

"Then you don't need to worry, an a.d.u.l.t isn't about an appearance but the temperament, as an a.d.u.l.t you should think of the people who call you childish as praise, it's better to be childish rather than a hag," Yuuki said.

"Now that you mention it, it's better to be called a childish rather than a hag," Aoba nodded and felt spirited right now.

Yuuki who looked at her happy couldn't help but thought that this girl was similar to a child. He turned toward Kou and saw her frowned, "What's wrong, Kou?"

Kou was startled but shook her head, "Nothing, my mother is just texting me."

"Hmm, I'm sure that she is worried that you're working too much," Yuuki said.

"That's true...." Kou said and shook her head, "Alright, boss, tell how is your image of the boss in this game?" She was ready to work right now.

"Alright, I won't let you sleep tonight," Yuuki said.

"Why does that sentence seem strange in your mouth?" Kou asked. She felt that it was kind of wrong somehow.

"It's in your imagination, don't think too much, Aoba too, you should start working or else you will sleep quite late," Yuuki said.

"Yes, boss," Aoba nodded.

Yuuki helped her until midnight and decided to go home. He felt it was quite strange for them to work on this holiday but decided not to think too much.