MTL - Demons Beside You (The Demons Beside Me) - Chapter 301 Work as a stand-in?

I’m a high school student who became an author after debuting at Dengeki Bunko. After taking a year of hiatus from school to write my work, I transferred out to another high school to study, and met a girl called Eri Nitadori in school, a rookie voice actress cast as a character in the anime adaptation of my work.

In school, we treat our professions as a secret. However, Nitadori’s very popular in class, and I’m a loner…the only chance we get to talk to each other is when we take the Limited Express train together every Thursday, seated side by side as we head off for an anime, After Recording.

To improve her skills, she asked me questions regarding the profession. While I was answering the questions regarding the process–how did it end up like this.

This is what I last remembered before I lost consciousness, and the story of my near-death experience.

Science and magic exist side by side in this world.

This is the peak of the science side with a curriculum for espers, Academy City. In this city where 80% of the population are students, the season has finally come when all residents are excited and fidgety!

It’s Christmas Eve.

Amidst the city showing a cheerful hustle and bustle, ordinary boy who can’t keep up with school, Kamijou Touma, also doesn’t intend to miss this event! He was hard at work in his supplementary lessons…

A backward glance from the default misfortune-prone bastard, the silver-haired sister freeloading in his dormitory, Index, in the heart pounding scene different from the usual, activates a new gluton skill!? While Kamijou tries to desperately stop that, Misaka Mikoto taken in by the Christmas Eve atmosphere appears before him.

Sylas Gray returns to his hometown in the countryside for a winter vacation to his ancestral home, only to find himself caught in the midst of an apocalyptic outbreak. The world descends into chaos as the undead overrun everything, and the small town he grew up in is no exception.With hope dwindling and death lurking around every corner, Sylas witnesses unspeakable horrors—brutal killings, betrayals, and the darker side of human nature. Yet, amidst the despair, Sylas refuses to give up. Determined to escape the town and reach the capital, he is thrust into a shocking revelation.A mysterious change occurs within him, granting Sylas the ability to sense and control space. He discovers that he possesses a pocket of space within his own body—a power that could be his key to survival.Follow Sylas as he embarks on a perilous journey, fighting to survive, uncovering the truth behind the apocalypse, and discovering the true potential of his newfound abilities.

After marriage, Vivian Sinclair was diagnosed with infertility.Through countless hardships, she finally conceived a child through IVF, only to accidentally learn: the child in her womb is indeed the flesh and blood of her husband Austin Grant and his My Moonlit Beloved!“Bro, this move of yours is truly ruthless.”“Letting sister-in-law carry the child for you and your first love, once the child is born, it will be yours and she is merely a tool.”Her husband Austin Grant smiled coldly, “Zoe is afraid of pain, how can she endure the hardships of pregnancy?”“Vivian Sinclair always wanted my child, didn't she?”“I'm just fulfilling her wish.”Vivian Sinclair was furious.However, at the hospital, she learns another truth: her husband has a low sperm count, the hospital made a mistake with the embryos, and she is actually carrying the child of a mysterious tycoon!No one loves Vivian Sinclair.Vivian Sinclair thinks: then I'll give birth to the child in my belly and let them love me.When she successfully gets a divorce and is about to walk away with ease, her ex-husband suddenly regrets deeply: “Honey, don't go!”The mysterious tycoon appears behind Vivian Sinclair, pulling her into his arms: “I heard you're carrying my child?”