Reborn in Tokyo after picking up Sayu who ran away from home

Chapter 595 Little Rhapsody

Time goes back to a few hours ago.

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 "Fancy Wave".

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

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

——This is the place he will fight for today.

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

In front of the cardboard boxes at the bottom of the booth, squatting there was the young female character whom he had reunited with this month—Hashima Kamikai.

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.

Just 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 she finished packing her things, put a price tag of "[-] yen per book" on the book, and then announced energetically:
"Okay! Preparations are complete~!"

"Huh... Is this all right?" An Yilun also asked belatedly.

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

It only took 30 seconds from the two people to prepare to finish 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 originally planned to print [-] copies, but because the printing cost of [-] and [-] copies is not much different, I printed [-] 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 moment.

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

In fact, even An Yilun himself.

If he came to the exhibition without knowing the sea of ​​Bo Island, he would definitely not be interested in seeing such bare booths and books, but would chase after those more popular booths.

——This is human nature.

Of course, situations like the island of Bo to the sea are actually very common on Comiket.

Although the threshold of doujinshi seems to be very low.

However, at least [-]% of the clubs that can really make money from this, and the remaining [-]% are almost this kind of tune that cannot make ends meet.

Having said that, he can't say to others clearly, "Anyway, we are rookies, so we can just lie flat."

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

An Yilun also pondered for a while, 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 much trouble, how can you ask a guest to help you with your work!"

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

"That's not what I meant, senior."

Hajima waved his hands 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...is it so good?"

"Hmm! "Little Rhapsody" really has a lot of enthusiastic fans! They are the kind of people who can't express their ideas, and they can even talk for three to ten minutes without stopping."

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

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

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

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

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

"..."

Seeing Bo Dao going to sea who was so excited to talk about it 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.

But on the other hand, he felt extremely relieved.

It is really a blessing that the disciple he trained has finally grown into an upright otaku without being influenced by his bad brother.

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

He nodded emphatically in the affirmative.

"We don't need to worry about the sales that we have no intention of pursuing!
To be able to gather together like this with people with similar interests, tell each other about each other's love for the works, and have a good chat, this is the spirit of fandom! "

"Senior Lunya... Well, that's it!" Izumi Boshima frankly agreed, with joy from the heart blooming on his face.

The two sat down on the folding chairs and guarded the booth together.

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

"Damn it, those people are not my fans, but fans of "Little Rhapsody"."

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

He paused when he said this, and his tone became a little disappointed.

"But then again...

I thought 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!"

Boshima 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 that's what I should do."

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

"Go...go to sea??"

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

"Woooo..."

A teardrop fell on the face of Poshima 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 the right track on the road of life...!"

The current venue is full of people.

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

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

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...you just need to stay here, senior."

Boshima went out to sea and took the handkerchief, sobbing, and said while wiping away tears:

"The whole day today, as long as the senior is willing to read my book, 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 couldn't help feeling a little guilty in his heart.

Just 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 any more, so he simply flipped through the new issue in his hand.

Seeing his behavior, Bo Dao Chuhai shrugged his shoulders a little apprehensively, with an apologetic tone.

"I'm sorry...Senior, because I didn't make the cover in the dark, so my notebooks are all for nothing."

"Huh? Ah, oh oh."

"What's more, because I had a new idea at the end of the drawing, it became a pencil draft on the way."

"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 his dedication is really admirable.

Even if you look at it with a sophisticated eye, the quality of the other party's works is above the 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 one hundred copies.

On the side, Bo Dao Chuhai continued to talk.

"Although it hasn't been long since I started doing doujinshi, I have really had a lot of fun 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 still be painted in this way or in that way, and there is still a lot to learn~~~! "

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

"And the fans who have always supported me, wouldn't it be a wonderful thing to be able to share the things they love like this?"

Some heartfelt words are really admirable.

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

But now-

But he couldn't take his eyes away from the notebook in front of him!

At this moment, he has seen the part of the pencil draft that the other party said.

From here on, the characters and backgrounds, which were so surprising and jaw-dropping, have turned into densely drawn pencil lines, which are 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 as the standard.

However, this does not mean that the completion of the work has declined since then!
Furthermore, this is simply the starting point of a new world—!
It's clearly just some rough pencil drafts, but the tension of the picture shines through the paper!

"Go to sea—!"

An Yilun also yelled almost rudely, even if Bo Dao went out to sea and his shoulders trembled in fright, the surrounding voices also fell silent.

"Senior Lunya...?"

Bo Dao 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.

Holding his excited heart and trembling hands, he 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?"

Poshima went out to sea and tilted his head slightly, thinking about it and said:

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

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

"Hey, going to sea..."

He tried his best to restrain his beating heart and surging emotions, and asked calmly, "If I want to sell all 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 moment and didn't know how to react.

After a few seconds.

The girl suddenly let out a "puchi~" laugh.

"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~~!"

Poshima 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 being sold, 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 will definitely be back before closing!"

"Huh? Wait, Senior Lunya??"

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

Ever since, Bo Island 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 again.

"Sorry! I'm late!"

see him back--

"Learn...Senior...!"

Poshima went out to sea for a moment with an expression on the verge of crying, but he restrained it sensibly.

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

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

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

"Does it mean that only [-]% of them were 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.

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

"Senior...?"

Bo Dao 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."

Facing this question, An Yilun didn't answer, but just focused on the task at hand.

even--

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

That 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 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!"

Before and after but 35 minutes.

The remaining sixty volumes were sold out.

Dozens of people who had lined up but failed to buy were left at the scene.

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

Izumi HASHIMA spoke loudly with a voice mixed with tears, and bowed deeply to the crowd.

An Yilun also looked at this scene proudly, and comforted him in a good voice beside him: "Okay, okay~~ Going to sea, I can almost calm down."

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

Izumi HASHIMA 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 wailing.

"Learn... Senior, Senior... Senior Lun Ye~~~~!"

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 with 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 read the name.

"Sawamura-senpai...?"

Hearing his words, 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.

The hair covered by the brown beret revealed a bright golden color.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?"

When Bo Dao went out to sea, he ran up one step later.

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

Although her eyes were still red, when she found out 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...go to sea...student."

Ying Lili murmured: "Yes... Lun Ye 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: "Going to the sea is very good, all the books she brought are sold out."

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

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

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

"The senior has it! The 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.

Bo Island 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 publication 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 senior sister 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 take 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?"

Silent for a long time.

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

"No, please accept it." Bo Dao 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.

"It's not... 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" turning pages was soft.

"……Well."

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

See her reaction.

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 end of the second day of Comic Market."

Loudspeakers installed in the venue broadcast pleasant announcements.

Accompanied by the enthusiastic applause of 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."

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

"I'm sorry...really, I'm sorry."

As if unable to bear the other party's gaze at the moment, Ying Lili stepped back step by step, her face becoming 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, Bo Dao went to the sea and called his name anxiously, not knowing what to do next.

That expression was really endearing, but it's a pity that An Yilun didn'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, Po Island went to sea.

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

……

(later proofreading)
(End of this chapter)