I, Hikigaya, am just a light novelist.

"Senior, I have something urgent to ask you!"

"What's the urgency?"

"It's an emergency! Senior, come here quickly. It's right where we first met."

"I see."

Hikigaya Hachiman hung up the phone with a thoughtful look in his eyes.

What's the emergency at this time?

Thinking of this year's festival, inexplicably, he had some idea.

In the small park.

As the sun sets in the west, the beautiful girl with silver hair stands looking up, her long hair blowing in the wind, forming a beautiful picture.

The scene, which looked like a CG in a game, made Hikigaya Hachiman stop and watch, speechless for a moment.

"Senior, you are here."

But Nayuta seemed to notice something, and looked back at him with a joyful expression.

"Well, here I am."

He walked over slowly.

When the two sides were close at hand, Hikigaya Hachiman saw the girl suddenly take a deep breath.

"Senior, please accept my wishes!"

Ke'er Nayuduo handed over the exquisitely packaged small box with both hands.

"Eh."

He swallowed, feeling his breathing become faster.

"This is?"

He tried to stay calm.

"Chocolate, chocolate for the birth year of my senior!"

Keer Nayuta stared into his eyes with a serious expression and an emphatic tone.

Here, there is a saying about chocolate on Valentine's Day. For male friends who are not in love or the one they are attracted to, the chocolate just to express gratitude to the other person for taking care of them in the past is called "Giri Chocolate", and the opposite "Honmei Chocolate" is naturally Give it to the person you like and express your feelings.

The little love of the girl in front of me was now integrated into this chocolate.

This is handmade chocolate that she made by herself. It took her a month of practice to reach the point where she was satisfied.

"This."

Hikigaya Hachiman's expression was stunned.

Although he had some forebodings in his heart, he was still a little unprepared when things actually happened.

His thoughts fell into temporary confusion.

But Nayuta did not give up, but expressed it more clearly.

"Senior, I like you, please date me!"

The girl's eyes seemed to be covered with mist.

When the accumulated feelings reach their limit unknowingly, they will naturally overflow.

The transformed Kani Nayuta is no longer the 'Honda' she used to be, and has a stronger self than before, so she has no intention of covering up or ignoring it, but directly expresses her feelings and strong will, passionately and fiercely. .

'Is this what it feels like to be confessed to? '

Hikigaya Hachiman had imagined how he would behave when someone confessed to him, but when it came time to actually do it, his mind was confused.

"Wait, Nayuta, let me sort it out first."

He raised his hand to signal, then covered his forehead and thought.

One of the wonderful things about life is that your normal state of thinking is actually very different from your state of thinking when encountering an emergency. In fact, you may even have a completely different view of one thing.

Now, he is facing such a situation.

At this moment, a hazy, really bold idea gradually became clear in his mind.

'Could it be that this is my nature? '

Hikigaya Hachiman was a little frightened by an idea he had now.

"senior?"

But Nayuta reminded him in a low voice.

"Ah, um."

He nodded in panic, then took a deep breath and adjusted his mentality.

Regardless of whether such thoughts are the truest thoughts in my heart, the most important thing now is to face the confession of the girl in front of me.

'How to answer? '

Hikigaya Hachiman pondered in his mind, and as his mind became clearer, he suddenly no longer had so many thoughts and answered decisively.

"..."

The girl's eyes changed from hope to disappointment, her happy expression turned bitter, and then she gritted her teeth as if she had decided something, opened her mouth slightly and said a few words, her expression turned serious again, and handed out the chocolate in her hand. , turned around and ran towards the other side of the sunset.

You can vaguely see the crystal light spots shining in the sunset.

Hikigaya Hachiman watched the girl go away, glanced down at the chocolate in his hand, sighed, and fell into a long silence.

78 new work decision!

After the confession incident, the relationship between the two seemed to have changed, but it seemed that nothing had changed.

A few days later, Nayuta took the initiative to talk to him about books as if nothing had happened, as if the confession incident did not exist at all.

Perhaps, for the girl, this was just an emotion that she just wanted to vent out. She just wanted to express her feelings and let him realize this. Even if she was rejected, it would probably be within his psychological expectations.

Therefore, the girl has no intention of giving up at all, because this is what the girl said is the meaning of life in the future. No matter what situation she faces, she will always be determined.

This feeling is so sincere that it can't help but touch people, and it can't help but make him feel a little bit happy.

Human nature is indeed greedy and ugly.

"Sure enough, I'm just a layman."

A self-deprecating smile appeared on Hikigaya Hachiman's lips.

More than two months have passed since the final volume was released, and the rest time Hikigaya Hachiman planned for himself is almost over.

During this period of time, he actually had a lot of thoughts about new works. After a period of selection, he finally settled on a work - "Steins;Gate".

This is an animation adapted from Galgame. The content revolves around a series of butterfly effects produced by the time machine theory. Although it has a parallel world setting with "Summer Returns", the core is very different.

The great thing about "Steins;Gate" is that it has a set of logical and self-consistent time-travel theoretical structures, which many time-travel works do not have. In addition, the character creation, cleverly laid out plot, and tight and tight The daily atmosphere, under such a combination of elements, has created a masterpiece.

In fact, he had considered a novel version of "Steins;Gate" for his debut work, but he quickly rejected it at the time.

Because although its main attraction lies in its plot, which is quite suitable to be described in words, its story content is still a bit slow to develop, unlike "Summer Returns" which started with high energy, which is very important for the debut of the Newcomer Award. First of all, it is very disadvantageous.

Secondly, it is much more difficult to portray the main characters of "Steins;Gate". With my own writing style and expertise at that time, I could only sigh.

But now, the situation is different.

First of all, his character level has improved a lot, and from the exchange with Nayuta, his description of delicate emotions and description of daily atmosphere have been significantly improved. He feels that the hard conditions have been met, at least he will not feel that he is unable to start. .

In addition, he is no longer the unknown light novelist who was eager to debut. As a popular author, fans will give him tolerance and pay more attention to the development of the story. They don't have to worry too much about the plot slowing down. , readers will not buy it.

Of course, slow-burning does not mean that it cannot be interesting to write. Those daily routines that seem to have no advancement in the plot will also form a fascinating miracle once they are combined exquisitely.

In addition, with the combination of Rintaro Okabe and Kurisu Makise, there is no need to worry about the work being considered niche. The daily love affairs that everyone loves to see will be staged at the same time. Even if you don't pay too much attention to scientific theories, you can still get satisfaction from it. feel.

After determining the direction of the new work, he would first communicate with the editor.

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That night, Hikigaya Hachiman called Ms. Enko.

"Miss Yuanzi, my new work has already been unveiled."

"Ah, so fast? Teacher Yuezi, you are really diligent."

"Writing becomes easier the more you write. If you don't write for a long time, it will be difficult to find the feeling of writing again. What's more, it is much easier for me to write now than before, and I have enough time to rest."

"Since you think it's okay, Teacher Yueze, then as an editor, I can only support you... As for the specific plot, we'll discuss it in detail over the weekend. By the way, I want to ask Teacher for a small favor."

After hanging up the phone, Hikigaya Hachiman looked a little confused.

"You want me to help?"

Miss Yuanzi did not say it directly, but left it in suspense, but since it was just a small favor, there was no need for him to care too much.

On weekends, after two o'clock in the afternoon.

Hikigaya Hachiman arrived at the Fusugawa Bunko headquarters. The OL editor in professional attire was already waiting for him at the elevator door, very enthusiastic.

When the two came to the reception room, they first chatted about his views on the new book.

"Well, I think it's good. The new work has the same elements as the previous work, and it's easier to understand for old readers. In addition, in addition to the deepened core points, it also has more attractive daily elements of love. The only thing The disadvantage is that it is very difficult to create such a story, but I believe in the teacher’s ability.”

Machida Enzi nodded repeatedly after hearing this, and finally said with great expectation.

Although "Summer Comes Again" also has love and daily life, it is actually very few and not deep enough. It is purely used as a foil. However, the character structure of "Steins;Gate" not only has love elements, but also The topic of stock trading is much richer.

This is something she identifies with.

"Dong dong."

After the two parties finished chatting, someone suddenly knocked on the door.

"Ms. Machida, I'm here."

The speaker is a woman.

"Please come in."

Machida Enko looked towards the door.

Hikigaya Hachiman's gaze shifted involuntarily.

The other party pushed the door and entered.

At first glance, what he paid attention to was not the appearance of the other party, but the sexy straight legs wrapped in black stockings. The luster on the stockings was so full of heartstrings.

Looking up again, he was able to confirm that the girl in front of him not only had plump curves and a tall figure, but also had a first-rate beauty in appearance.

She has long straight black hair, a white headband, a pair of red eyes, a light cyan dress and a blue long-sleeved jacket. She looks like a quiet girl from the literature department, with an elegant and indifferent expression.

No introduction was needed, Hikigaya Hachiman recognized the person in front of him.

Kasumigaoka Shiu, also known as Kasumi Shiko, the author of "Metronome of Love", although on the surface it gives people such a feeling, in fact...

"So is there anyone else here?"

Xia Zhiqiu Shiyu's eyes moved, and her eyes fell on him with slight doubts.

"Xiao Shi, please allow me to introduce you to this person..."

Machida Enzi extended her right hand and introduced with a smile.

79Xia Shizi’s admiration

"...Teacher Moonlight, the author of "Summer Returns", you have had contact with him before, you should remember it, right?"

"Teacher Moonlight?"

At this moment, Kasumigaoka Shiyu's eyes changed.

Of course she would not forget this name, because that day she was severely criticized, and she almost became angry because she was denied for the first time.

But after that, she read the other person's works and found that the person in front of her was not a wasted person, and she was deeply impressed by the quality of his works.

Then she continued to read more light novels based on the other party's suggestions, which gradually made her realize her shortcomings.

During the rewriting process of "Love Metronome", she came up with new ideas, but also encountered new problems, which led to her delay in confirming the specific debut time with Machida Eonko.