Chapter 12

When Eiri was about to finish blowing herself up, Xia Qiu gave Eiri an assessment, and after reporting the heroine Miyazono Kaoru's painting requirements to Eiri one by one, Xia Qiu also left Akihabara.

It's just that besides Shizuka Hiratsuka-sensei and the editor-in-chief, I have my first friend in my line.

It's so rare that I can have my first good friend in this empty line account. Of course Jing Keai and Acorus are not included. One is a teacher-student relationship, and the other is a relationship between the editor and the author.

When Xia Qiu returned home, the bank account information of her mobile phone number also popped up. Xia Qiu lowered her head and opened her phone and found that the prize money for the grand prize had arrived. It was only one million yen, and 30% of it had been paid out. If it's a lot, it can be considered as an advance bonus.

And correspondingly, it can be seen that Dengeki Bunko cares about him very much. Otherwise, how could the prize money from the grand prize be paid to him in advance? It's not like I have to wait until Four Lies is released before calling me.

"Wuhu! I'm rich! I can be extravagant!"

Xia Qiu immediately retracted her steps as soon as she entered the house. She planned to go to the surrounding shopping malls to buy food and cook instead of eating the fast food lunch box.

As long as you know about some developed countries, you will find that the prices of vegetables in these countries are often ridiculously expensive. Compared with meat, it is generally related to the country's animal husbandry. On the other hand, high-end people are pursuing Eat healthily.

The price of vegetables in Neon is high. It must be because the place is small and relies on imports. Also, in Tokyo, where land is at a premium, prices are also high.

Anyway...a handful of leeks and a few eggplants cost nearly 500 yen. It's outrageous!

When I got home, I prepared a big meal for myself for the first time in a long time. As expected, the food I cooked was delicious. It was a skill that I had trained hard for many years.

"I'm full, I'm full."

I patted my belly. I have never been as happy as I am today. While it is still early, let’s go and play games for a while. Code words? That’s something to consider later. Anyway, Neon’s light novel industry doesn’t require me to type every day.

At this time, in a castle-like villa that looked very expensive, Yinglili quickly returned to her room with her trophies, ready to pick up her digital tablet and paintbrush and start fighting!

This time is related to whether she can go ashore in the future!

This made Mrs. Sawamura a little confused when she saw her daughter coming back after washing the fruits downstairs.

Why is Yinglili so impatient?

I cut some fruit and knocked on Ying Lili’s door.

"Yinglili, mom is coming in."

When Mrs. Sawamura walked in, she saw that Erili was very diligent, picking up the brush and rushing forward with the manuscript.

Hmm~ This doesn’t look like Yinglili?

Her family knew their own affairs, and Yinglili's character of being very late in drafting would not make Yinglili rush to finish the manuscript as soon as she got home. There was still some time before the latest submission date, so Yinglili almost postponed the submission until the nearest date.

and……

Mrs. Sawamura took a closer look, Huh? Doesn’t this style of painting look like a book? Is it still a bit pure anyway?

No, isn't this a drawing? This seems like an illustration?

Obviously Mrs. Sawamura is also very aware of ACG matters. After all, she was the one who brought Erili in. After all, compared to Erili who likes notebooks and books, Mrs. Sawamura's personal preference is bl.

It can only be said that we are not a family, and we do not enter the same family.

Putting the fruit plate on the table, Yinglili also noticed that her mother was coming.

"Mom! Why didn't you knock on the door?"

"Did I knock on the door? But our Yinglili didn't hear it because she seemed to be focused on her work. And when you walked in, you ignored me as a mother. This makes me so sad~"

Mrs. Sawamura pretended to be sad and sobbed twice. This woman looked 80% similar to Eri-ri, and she had a very cute style when she made such a cute move.

"Bah, Obasan is so old and still pretending to be young."

Ying Lili despises her mother's behavior. This woman likes to pretend to be her sister when she is away from home. She lies about the relationship of sisters. She is obviously about to run away for four years, but she still likes to pretend to be young.

"Um?"

Mrs. Sawamura's face immediately changed into a smile, and then she pinched Eiri's head with her palms.

"My dear daughter, I remember that I have never taught you such an uncultured thing, right?"

"Stay there for a while!"

How terrible! It's really scary! This old woman!

"By the way, when did you take the illustration job? Didn't I remember that you applied for a job at Dengeki Bunko? But they rejected a book illustrator like you, Eri Hiraki-sensei?"

"I don't know the guy with that name. Why was I rejected? That's because the library didn't have any light novels suitable for me. Also, I'm not a full-time book artist. This time I was specifically for " Illustrations for the light novel "Your Lie in April"!

Is "Your Lie in April"? Sayuri Sawamura has heard a little about this light novel.

However, this light novel won a grand prize from Dengeki Bunko, and when it was decided to publish it, Bunko began to promote it overwhelmingly. This also made people like Sayuri Sawamura who only like BL also know that Dengeki Bunko recently published A very powerful light novel.

But... can my daughter do it? Drawing illustrations for a light novel labeled as a cure?

Always feel like this style of painting is weird?

"Wenku and the author have really decided to let you be the illustrator of this light novel?"

Obviously, Mrs. Sawamura didn't quite believe it.

"What? I'm also a great artist, okay? Mom, can you please not look down on me?"

At this point, Eriri's eyes were a little evasive...

"That... that's even though I'm still in the trial stage."

"That's what I said~"

"Mom!!!"

"Okay, okay, then I won't say anything, come on, Eriri."

After teasing her daughter, Sayuri Sawamura left Eriri's room with a chuckle.

As expected, her daughter is still very cute, but she's too arrogant. What should she do when she finds a boyfriend in the future? With her personality, the man must be more tolerant to accept her arrogance.

Inevitably~

Sayuri began to worry about Eriri's future love life.

In Eriri's room.

In order to fight for herself and pass the Xiaqiu assessment! Eriri took out 100% of her energy and began to complete the illustration.

Finally, after staying up all night and revising the illustration, Eriri was finally satisfied.

Then Eriri uploaded the illustration to her phone and sent it to Xia Qiu.

Then began a long wait. Although she was a master in the comic book world, Eriri was still a little uneasy, not knowing whether she could pass Xia Qiu's test.