MTL - Reborn In Tokyo After Picking Up Sayu Who Ran Away From Home-Chapter 595 little rhapsody

  Chapter 595 Little Rhapsody

   Time goes back a few hours.

  An Yilun also looked at the scene in front of him with a slightly confused expression.

  A long table that could barely seat three people was covered with purple and yellow polka-dot tablecloths, and two stacks of simply bound pure white books were placed side by side on the table.

  Except for the club name "FancyWave".

  There are no other characters or patterns on the cover of the book. It is so plain that it feels cheap, making one wonder whether the owner is being lazy.

  Compared with the ostentatious booths around, this place pales in comparison to the point of eclipse, and there is no attraction at all.

  —This is what he's fighting for today.

  An Yilun also looked left and right for a long time, and finally blinked and cast his gaze on a certain figure.

  In front of the cardboard boxes under the booth, squatting there is the young female character whom he reunited with this month—Hashima Izumi.

  It is said that he is young, but the growth of the other party in a certain aspect is really astonishing, so that his eyes often focus on it involuntarily.

   Like now.

  He was originally staring at the two pigtails on the opponent's head, but somehow he slipped all the way to the edge of crime, and only after he realized his reaction did he move away with great effort.

  The girl didn't know what he was thinking, so she stood up after packing up her things, put a price tag of "500 yen per book" on the book, and then announced energetically:

   "Okay! Ready~!"

   "Huh... Is this okay?" An Yilun also asked belatedly.

   "Well, Senpai Lunya has worked hard too~~!" Izumi HASHIMA smiled brightly at him.

  It only took 30 seconds from the two of them getting ready to finishing the arrangement.

  An Yilun also complained silently in his head, and said, "Uh, then...then I'll help sell the book too..."

   "Ah~~ You don't have to worry about it, I'm enough alone."

   "Is that so...?"

   "Yes, after all, I only printed a hundred copies, so I shouldn't be too busy."

   "One hundred copies? But didn't you say before..."

   "Ah, about this..."

  Bo Dao Chuhai unconsciously looked away, and his expression became a little embarrassed.

   "I was going to print 50 copies, but because the printing cost of 50 and 100 copies is not much different, I printed 100 copies as soon as I was proud...Although there is a high probability that it will not be sold! Ahaha..."

   As she spoke, her voice became smaller and smaller.

   "...Is that so."

  An Yilun also looked at the little apprentice in front of him, speechless for a while.

  Although he wanted to say something to comfort him, he also understood that what the other party said was basically the truth. Just look at the difference between them and other stalls.

  Compared to those super clubs that often sell tens of thousands of dollars, they are small households that are destined to be in the red if they can sell half of the sales.

  Actually, even An Yilun himself is also a person.

  If he came to visit the exhibition without knowing Bo Dao Chuhai, he would definitely not be interested in such bare booths and books, but would chase after those more popular booths.

  —This is human nature.

  Of course, situations such as the island of Podo going to sea are actually very common on Comiket.

  Although the threshold of doujinshi seems to be very low.

  However, only 10% of the associations that can really make money from this, and the remaining 90% are almost this kind of tone that cannot make ends meet.

  Having said that, he can’t tell people clearly, “Anyway, we’re rookies, so we can just lie flat on our backs.”

  That will only dampen the enthusiasm and enthusiasm of the other party.

  An Yilun also thought about it, and decided to focus on encouragement, so he declared so energetically:

   "Okay, then let's do our best! If there is anything you can tell me, go to sea."

   "No need! Senior Lun Ye, you are too troublesome, how can you ask customers to help with work!"

   "There are no guests here today, we are all participants!"

   "I didn't mean that, senior."

  Hashima waved his hands to the sea and said, "I mean, there are more important things than sales on Comiket~!"

"what?"

   Ignoring An Yilun who was secretly harboring negative thoughts, the girl talked with bright eyes.

   "Because ~~ those who come to my booth will talk to me a lot! That makes me very happy."

   "Is... so great?"

   "Well! "Little Rhapsody" really has a lot of enthusiastic fans! They are the kind of people who have ideas and can't stop talking, and they can't even stop talking for thirty minutes."

   "That's really...um, so enthusiastic."

  “Moreover, when we are chatting, others often join in suddenly, and the adjacent clubs will also chime in.

  In the end, the area around the booth became like a tea party... There is no time to sell books, ahaha~"

   "Those things... make you so happy."

   "Yeah! Like I said, those guys come to my booth at every event and I know almost everyone's face!"

   "..."

  Seeing Bo Dao Chuhai who was so excited to talk about in front of him, An Yilun couldn't help but feel ashamed.

  The other party at this time was too dazzling, which made him feel that his previous delicate mood was nothing but mediocrity.

   On the other hand, he felt extremely relieved.

  The disciple he trained finally grew into an upright otaku, and he was not influenced by his bad brother. This is really a lucky thing.

   "Well, you are right about going to sea."

  He nodded heavily, expressing his affirmation.

   "We don't need to worry about the sales that we have no intention of pursuing!

  It is the spirit of doujin to be able to gather with people with similar interests like this, tell each other how much you love each other's works, and have a good chat! "

   "Senior Lunya... Well, that is to say!" Izumi HASHIMA frankly agreed, with joy from the heart blooming on his face.

  The two of them sat down on folding chairs and guarded the stall.

  An Yilun also picked up a notebook from the table casually, and said with a little emotion: "But you are so good at going to sea, you can gain so many deep fans without making a sound!"

   "It's annoying, those people are not my fans, but fans of "Little Rhapsody"."

   "Haha... That's correct, after all, it's No.1 in the female-oriented game, huh!"

  He paused here, his tone became a little sad.

   "But then again...

  I originally thought that I would be busy selling books all day today, or help sell them hoarsely... Now it seems that I am useless. "

   As soon as the voice fell, it was immediately rejected.

   "—How can there be such a thing! Seniors are not useless!"

  Hashima Chuhai couldn't accept this statement, and stared at him with tears in his eyes.

   "Because I'm just the younger sister of a friend my senior met two years ago, I'm very happy just because my senior is willing to come to my booth!"

   "Well... no, that... After all, you gave me the admission ticket so solemnly, and this is what I should do."

   "But...but, senior...Runya-senpai is special to me..."

   "Going... to sea??"

  An Yilun also suddenly opened his eyes wide, and his heart was pounding.

   "Woooooooooooo..."

   A teardrop fell on the face of Pashima Chuhai.

   "Because, if there were no seniors, I wouldn't be standing in this place now, and I wouldn't be affected by "Little Rhapsody" and get off track on the road of life...!"

  The venue right now is full of people.

  When Bo Island went out to sea and cried like this, it immediately attracted countless attentions.

  People first looked at the crying girl, and then at the "culprit" who made the girl cry next to her, their eyes became slightly unfriendly.

  An Yilun was also on pins and needles.

   "I understand, I understand... Anyway, calm down and go to sea!"

   As he spoke, he took out a scarf from a certain beautiful girl character that he acquired yesterday from his pocket, and handed it to the other party.

   "So, senior... as long as you stay here, senior."

  Boshima went out to sea and took the square scarf with a sob, and said while wiping away tears:

   "Today all day long, as long as the senior is willing to read my notebook, stay by my side to talk with me, and then wait for me with a smile all the time...!"

   "Well, um... ok ok, I'll do it."

  An Yilun also looked at that innocent face, and felt a little guilty in his heart.

  Before the event was about to start, Bo Dao, who had cried enough, finally calmed down.

  In order to avoid further trouble, An Yilun didn't dare to provoke the other party anymore, so he simply took the new issue in his hand and looked through it.

  Seeing his behavior, BO Island Chuhai shrugged his shoulders a little nervously, with an apologetic tone.

   "I'm sorry...senior, because I don't have a cover in the dark, so my notebooks are all for nothing."

   "Huh? Ah, oh oh."

   "Also, because I had a new idea after the drawing, it became a pencil draft from the middle."

   "For that kind of thing, just write an apology statement in the postscript, don't worry about it." An Yilun waved his hand disapprovingly, staring at the notebook in his hand.

  Unexpectedly, the degree of completion of the book in the sea is higher than he imagined.

  Whether it's the background or the storyboard, you can see the traces of the creator's meticulous craftsmanship, and the thoughtfulness is really admirable.

  Even if you look at it with a sophisticated eye, the quality of the other party's works is at the upper-middle level, and the degree of completion is so high that it can't even be seen that it is a club with a circulation of only 100 copies.

   On the side, HASHIMA went to sea and continued talking.

  “Although I haven’t started doing doujinshi for a long time, I really had a lot of happy things and met a lot of people with similar interests.”

  “For example, Yusuke-san, Sawamura-senpai, and Sagara-san, everyone taught me a lot of things and skills.

   Let me understand that painting can be done like this or that way, and I still have a lot to learn~~~! "

   "As long as I think about it, my body is full of motivation!"

   "And those fans who have always supported me, can always share what they love like this, isn't it a very wonderful thing?"

  Some heartfelt words are really admirable.

  If it was normal, An Yilun would definitely be moved to tears.

   available now—

  He couldn't take his eyes off the notebook in front of him!

  He has already seen the part of the pencil draft that the other party said.

  The characters and backgrounds that were so amazing before have turned into densely drawn pencil lines from here, which is completely different from the printing blackness of the previous pages.

  Contrary to Ying Lili's concise painting style, Boshima Chuhai uses a lot of complicated pencil lines for decoration, which almost makes readers confused which lines should be used.

  However, this does not mean that the completion of the work has declined since then!

   Furthermore, this is simply the beginning of a new world—!

  Obviously just some scribbled pencil sketches, but the tension of the picture shines through the paper!

   "Go to sea—!"

  An Yilun also yelled almost rudely, even though his shoulders trembled in fright and the surrounding voices fell silent, he completely ignored such things.

   "Senior Lunya...?"

  Bo Island went out to sea and called out tremblingly, looking at him with puzzlement and worry in his eyes.

  An Yilun also turned a blind eye to this.

  He pressed his excited heart and trembling hands, and asked: "Hey, go to sea... How long did you say you started drawing doujinshi?"

   "Eh? About a few months... What's wrong?"

   "It only took you a few months to draw this? And you did it by yourself...?"

   "Well, that's not it. It doesn't take that long to draw a book. It took me about a month and a half, right?"

  Hajima Chuhai tilted his head slightly, recalled and said:

   "Also, I participated in several events with my friends when I was in Nagoya, but it was the first time I signed up by myself..."

  Hearing this answer, An Yilun also got goosebumps all over his body.

   "Hey, go to sea..."

  Desperately restraining his beating heart and surging emotions, he pretended to be calm and asked, "If I want to sell all of this book, will you reject it?"

"…what?"

   "Do you think that chatting with fans is more important than selling books? Isn't it better not to be popular?"

   "Senior Lunya...?"

  As if he was puzzled by his excited eyes and nonsense, Bo Dao was stunned for a while, not knowing how to react.

   After a few seconds.

  The girl suddenly burst out laughing with a "puchi~".

   "Ahahaha, ahahahaha! Lunya-senpai is so strange~"

  She said: "How can an author think that it is better if his work cannot be sold~~ If I have to say it, I certainly hope that my work can be seen by more people."

   "Really...really?"

   "Of course~~!"

  Hashima went out to sea and nodded his head lightly, his expression became a little embarrassed.

   "As for what I said earlier, it's not without a trace... I'm making excuses for the book not selling, hehehe."

"I see…"

  An Yilun also murmured, took a deep breath, and said word by word: "I understand, then I will definitely help Chu Hai sell all the books."

   "Study...senior...?"

   "Sorry! I'm leaving for a while! I'll definitely be back before closing!"

   "Huh? Wait, Lunya-senpai??"

   Ignoring the girl who stretched out her hand to him at a loss, An Yilun just strode towards the outside of the hall.

   As a result, Bodao went to sea and was left alone in the same place.

  …

   Time passed slowly.

   It wasn't until one o'clock in the afternoon that An Yilun, who had disappeared all morning, returned to the booth.

   "Sorry! I'm late!"

  See him back—

   "Learn... senior...!"

  Boshima went out to sea for a moment and showed an expression that was about to cry, but he restrained it sensibly.

  That face full of doubts and grievances made An Yilun feel a little heartbroken, but now there are more important things to do.

   "Go to sea! How much is left in the book?"

   "Ah, uh... there are about... about sixty books left?"

   "Is it only 40% sold in the morning?"

  An Yilun also nodded, and announced confidently: "Okay! Then the next goal is to sell out within an hour!"

  As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately put down the stuff in his arms and began to fiddle on the ground.

   "I'm sorry, go to sea, anyway, let me use the booth, I'm really sorry~~"

   "Senior...?"

  Boshima went to sea at first with a puzzled face, but after seeing the pile of things he spread out...

   "Uh...uh...wait a minute, senior!"

  She panicked and said: "Why... why did you make this part into a poster! And it's so big, it's just a joke."

  Faced with this question, An Yilun didn't answer, but just concentrated on doing the work at hand.

   even—

  Even though he knew it would cause trouble, he still proudly held up the A2 size billboard with the oversized poster.

  The proud appearance is like a guard guarding the princess.

   "Trust me, go to sea."

  He declared with certainty: "I absolutely want to make you a sought-after author, just watch it carefully—!"

   "Lun Ye...Senior..."

   Shocked by the momentum in his tone, Bo Dao was speechless for a while, so he had to let him go.

The result is…

   "I'm very sorry~~~The book is sold out!"

  It was only thirty-five minutes before and after.

  The remaining sixty volumes were sold out.

  There were dozens of people who had lined up but failed to buy.

   "Really... really thank you very much!"

  Hashima Izumi said loudly with a voice mixed with tears, and bowed deeply to the crowd.

  An Yilun also looked at this scene with pride, and comforted at the side: "Okay, okay~~ go to sea, you can almost calm down."

   "But, but, my book is selling so... so... woo~~~~"

  Hashima Izumi sobbed uncontrollably: "Since I started drawing doujinshi, there has never been a day like today... I feel so happy...!"

   As he spoke, his sobs turned into howls.

   "Learn... senior, senior... Lun Ye-senpai~~~~!"

  The two of them received attention again, but most of the eyes gathered this time were warmer and less dazzling than in the morning.

  An Yilun also coaxed Bo Dao to go out to sea in a good voice, while secretly observing the reactions of the people around him.

  Suddenly, a familiar yet unfamiliar figure from the back attracted him.

   "Huh? That's... Yinglili...?" He unconsciously pronounced the name.

   "Sawamura-senpai...?"

  Hearing what he said, Izumi HASHIMA raised a pair of red eyes from crying, and followed his gaze.

  As if hearing their voices, the girl hiding behind the crowd looked back.

  Hair covered by a brown beret reveals a touch of bright gold. Under the big black-rimmed glasses, there is a pair of pure blue eyes like jewels.

   "What, it really is Yinglili."

  An Yilun also stepped up, "Why are you here? And why are you dressed like this?"

   "I...I'm here...that's all, to see the status of the booth layout." Ying Lili stammered, and unconsciously looked away.

   "Oh, so...?"

  An Yilun also scratched the back of his head, faintly feeling that something was wrong, but before he could think about it...

   "—Is that Sawamura-senpai?"

  Bo Island ran up a step later when he went out to sea.

   "Wow, thank you for coming to see me!"

  Even though her eyes were still red, when she realized that it was Ying Lili, she still tried her best to put a smile on her face.

  Her arrival not only interrupted An Yilun's thoughts, but also made the girl focus on her.

   "Poshima...going to sea...student."

  Ying Lili murmured: "Yes... Lun is helping you today."

   "What are you doing, so you know all about it."

  An Yilun also said, put a hand on the head of the wave island next to him and gently stroked it, and praised: "The sea is very powerful, all the books she brought are sold out."

   "I'm not very good... I'm not good at all!"

  Hashima shook his head desperately, and responded with a teary smile: "After all, all my notebooks can be sold, thanks to the relationship between Lunya-senpai...!"

   "No, I haven't done anything remarkable either."

   "Senior has! Senior is really amazing!"

   Ignoring An Yilunye's politeness and refusal.

  Bo Dao went to sea and described his heroic deeds in detail in an excited tone.

   It looks like An Yilun is the protagonist today, not the actual creator of her book.

   "..."

  Ying Lili watched their interaction and remained silent.

  Boshima went out to sea and talked for a while, as if he suddenly remembered something, he took out a book with a white cover from his bag.

   "Ah, yes... Sawamura-senpai, please accept this if you can!"

   "Huh...?" Ying Lili couldn't help being taken aback, not understanding what she meant.

   "Sister... This is my new issue today." Izumi HASHIMA solemnly handed over the notebook with both hands.

   "You don't have to worry so much... Besides, aren't you sold out?"

   "That's why I want to ask my senior to accept it!"

"what…?"

   "Because this is the first time in my life that the book is sold out...a book full of memories."

   "For the first time in my life..."

  Ying Lili muttered unconsciously, a look of complexity flashed in her eyes, but she didn't move.

   Seeing her hesitation, An Yilun just said something.

   "You just accept it, Ying Lili, this is the notebook that I originally planned to keep as a souvenir when I went to sea? You have experienced this kind of period before, so you should understand the meaning of it?"

   There was a long silence.

  As if unable to withstand the current atmosphere, Ying Lili reached out to take the notebook, "Then... thank you."

   "No, please accept it." Boshima Chuhai said generously.

   "Sure enough... it's the book of Little Rhapsody." Ying Lili muttered softly while turning the pages of the book.

   "Ah, doesn't Sawamura-senpai like Little Rhapsody?" Izumi HASHIMA asked anxiously.

   "Not really... just unfamiliar."

   This is an out-and-out lie—An Yilun also knew it well, but she wisely didn't expose it, and instead followed her words.

   "You don't have to worry about this, even if you don't know the original work, you will definitely find it interesting after reading the book, I promise."

   "..."

  Ying Lili listened to his words absent-mindedly, turning the pages in her hands non-stop, and focused on the book in her hand.

  The scene was quiet for a while, only the sound of "shua shua" pages turning was soft.

"…Well."

  When the progress of reading entered the second half of the pencil draft, Ying Lili couldn't help but groaned, and the speed of turning pages began to increase.

  Seeing this reaction from her.

  An Yilun also immediately understood one thing, that is, the other party has been completely immersed in the works of Bo Dao Chuhai.

   "Thank you for your hard work, the second day of ComicMarket ends here."

  Pleasant announcements came from the loudspeakers installed in the venue.

  Accompanied by the warm applause from the visitors, Ying Lili closed the book she had read to the end, and said with a sigh: "Thank you, go to sea... But, I will return this to you."

   "Hey, why... Sawamura-senpai?" Izumi HASHIMA showed a bewildered expression, deeply shocked.

   "Sorry...really, sorry."

  As if unable to bear the gaze of the other party at this moment, Ying Lili stepped back step by step, her face became very pale.

   "I still have to...prepare for tomorrow's event...so I'm leaving first." She said, and left the booth as if fleeing.

  The sudden development made An Yilun startled.

  He looked at the back of the other party going away, and his heart twitched suddenly.

   "Lun, Lun also senior...?"

   Beside him, Izumi HASHIMA called his name anxiously, not knowing what to do next.

  That expression is really endearing, but it's a pity that An Yilun doesn't care about it at this time.

   "Sorry! Go to sea! You pack up first, I'll be right back!"

   Regardless of being left behind again, Poshima goes to sea.

  He ran away abruptly, chasing after Ying Lili who was about to disappear at the door.

  …

   (later proofreading)

  (end of this chapter)