Natural Swordmaster 79

Title: Angry Eriri

Eriri was angry.

Yukino’s words also made her realize that this was just a novel, not reality.

From a creator’s perspective, creating many conflicts could indeed attract more readers.

But what Eriri wanted to see was still pure love, and she couldn’t help but grumble.

“But then, wouldn’t this become a stock speculation work? Not clarifying the heroine, constantly adding new female characters, while giving some hints to distribute fanservice, that’s the creator’s persistence! What’s the difference between such a work and toilet paper!”

Her own novel being called toilet paper by Eriri didn’t anger Utaha at all.

“But aren’t light novels often called toilet paper anyway?”

In Japanese literary circles, light novel writers were indeed looked down upon by traditional literary writers, and their social status was also very different.

But what could she do? Good light novel works could indeed generate a lot of money, and the barrier to entry was also relatively low.

“I want to make money, and I also want more people to read my work. Only after gaining fame can I write whatever I want at will.”

Utaha’s words silenced Eriri.

“If this novel is successfully published, I would also like to ask Eriri to be my illustrator.”

As everyone knew, as long as the illustrations were good enough, even if the plot wasn’t perfect, it would still be popular among otaku.

Then, who understood the drawing style that otaku liked more than Kashiwagi Eri?

Eriri was immediately moved.

“R-really!”

Yukino somewhat wanted to grumble.

‘Sawamura-senpai, you’re too easily conquered, aren’t you?’

No wonder she always revolved around Shinnosuke. Maybe Shinnosuke did something that made Eriri complete her own conquest.

Yukino felt she had discovered the truth.

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The time for club activities soon ended, and everyone said goodbye and went their separate ways.

On the way home, Yukino’s mind was in turmoil. She hadn’t expected the student life at Shuchi’in Academy to be so tiring. Was this an adult problem?

She herself hadn’t expected the service club to be so lively, and she had also made true friends.

Besides Shinnosuke, the other service club members were also considered friends by Yukino. This was something worth celebrating for her.

Just at this moment, her phone suddenly rang.

This made her stunned for a moment. Usually, only her family members would call her.

Her mother and father usually didn’t call her, and her older sister, Haruno, usually came looking for her directly and wouldn’t call her directly.

So, who exactly was it?

It turned out to be her father calling...

Her father was a husband completely controlled by his wife. All family assets were managed by Yukino’s mother.

Although he was a member of the prefectural assembly, this position was obtained with the help of his father-in-law, and his own talent wasn’t outstanding.

“Yukino, do you miss me!”

“Father, what’s the matter?”

He loved both his daughters very much, but his work as a member of the prefectural assembly kept him very busy, and the management of his two daughters was also his wife’s responsibility.

And this caused Yukino’s personality to become somewhat awkward.

“Can you and Haruno go to the shrine to pray?”

“Pray?”

“Yes, I heard there’s a very efficacious shrine there, so I want you and Haruno to try it.”

“Okay, just have Nee-san contact me.”

Although she felt that going to a shrine to pray wasn’t a very reliable thing, it was her father’s request, so Yukino still agreed.

“Are you used to living alone outside? Is studying at Shuchi’in Academy tiring?”

After chatting briefly about household matters and hanging up the phone, Yukino finally felt relieved. She really wasn’t very good at handling relationships with her family.

Opening her phone and searching for the shrine her father mentioned, Yukino was slightly surprised.

Because all the online reviews about this shrine were positive. Almost everyone who had been to this shrine praised it as very efficacious.

Was there really such a shrine? Yukino didn’t quite believe it. If it was really that efficacious, then what was the point of the service club? Wouldn’t it be better for everyone to go to the shrine to make wishes?

Yukino returned to her apartment and saw her family’s driver and luxury car downstairs. Her older sister, Haruno, was standing beside the car waiting for her.

“Why did you come home alone? Where’s that little boyfriend of yours?”

‘Little boyfriend? Is she talking about Nohara-kun?’

“This has nothing to do with Nee-san. Anyway, I’m an adult and have the right to choose my own private life.”

Hearing Yukino say this, Haruno’s expression instantly froze.

Adult? Private life? After growing up, this little sister was really getting less and less amusing!

“Get in first, it’s getting late. After the shrine, I’ll take you back.”

Yukino nodded and followed Haruno to sit in the back seat.

“Is there a problem at home?”

Haruno was silent for a moment, not expecting Yukino to still be able to tell.

“There’s a bit of trouble with the family business.”

“But it shouldn’t be enough to make us come to a shrine to pray.”

When her father had called her earlier, Yukino had sharply caught the fatigue in his tone.

Her older sister’s face was also very unnatural; there were some things she couldn’t hide.

“Praying can’t solve problems, but what else can we do when grandpa insists we come?”

“Then there’s no other choice, let’s go and come back as soon as possible.”

The previous head of the Yukinoshita family had handed over his position to the father of the two Yukinoshita sisters and then lived a retired life. Now that family matters had even disturbed the grandfather, it showed that the difficulties the family was facing this time might be more serious than expected.

“Is there anything I can help with?”

“Just studying well is enough.”

Yukino, who had just begun to taste the bitterness of adult life, realized that in front of her family, she was still a child. Even whatever problems the family faced, she had no right to know.

“Is this the shrine? It looks very crowded.”

Soon after, the car arrived at a shrine that had only recently appeared.

Clearly a not-so-large shrine, but the number of visitors was quite large, with many people going in and out.

“We’ve already made an appointment with the monk here, let’s just go straight in.”

The Yukinoshita family had long arranged the prayer matters; all Yukino and Haruno needed to do was come here.

But what the two of them didn’t realize was that many stray cats had gathered around this shrine. After their arrival, these cats became restless.

A very large black cat with a forked tail at its base looked particularly prominent.