"Ah."
"Sister Sanae, how many schools does your family own?" Shirosaki Hana squeezed over and asked in a low voice.
"There are probably more than 200 elementary schools, junior high schools, colleges, and universities in total." Toumori Sanae did a quick count, but she wasn't sure of the exact number.
"I remember that there were 291 schools as of last year," said Yushan Kazuto.
"Why do you know more about Kazuto than I do?" Toumori Sanae looked at Hayama Kazuto and asked curiously.
"Cough, cough, cough." Yushan Heren coughed a few times and did not answer.
……
"Sister Eriri, have you never kissed before?"
Looking at Eriri's somewhat stiff facial expression, Izumi Sagiri said somewhat dissatisfiedly.
"Who, who would have that kind of experience?" Ying Lili yelled with a red face and some unhappiness.
"Hey, as a female high school student, Eriri-san has never been kissed?" Izumi Sagiri said with some surprise.
"Who, who said that female high school students must have kissing experience?"
Chapter 386: Illustration of Izumi Sagiri
"But the work I'm drawing now happens to be about kissing." Izumi Sagiri turned her head to the side and whispered.
"Don't be so strict, as long as they are similar," said Eriri.
"No! I can't draw without a reference." said Sagiri Izumi.
"And your acting is so poor, Eriri-nee. It's like a nymphomaniac offering a kiss but being ruthlessly rejected."
"Hey, hey, although I am your model now, your evaluation is a bit too much!"
"Who told Eriri-sister's kiss to be so immature?" Izumi Sagiri put away the tablet. "It looks like I can't continue this painting."
"There are so many kissing pictures on the Internet, why not just pick one and draw it?"
"You can't draw a good work without physical reference," said Sagiri Izumi.
Eriri lowered her head. She had witnessed the rapid progress of Izumi Sagiri these days. She was a truly talented painter. As long as she had the right reference, she could get the hang of it in a very short time.
However, this is also where Izumi Sagiri's shortcoming lies. Due to her natural shyness and psychological factors, Izumi Sagiri hardly steps out of the room, so it becomes a problem for her to find a suitable reference object.
"Or, Sister Eriri, why don't you find a doll and try kissing it?" Izumi Sagiri suddenly came up with a very unreliable idea.
Before, when Eriri taught Sagiri Izumi how to draw, she demonstrated it through dolls, and it turned out that Sagiri Izumi learned it on her own after just a demonstration. But now, the suggestions made by Sagiri Izumi are too unreliable.
"How is it possible to kiss a doll?"
Ying Lili stomped her feet hard. Fortunately, the apartment was originally an office building and the floor was very solid, otherwise the "floor language" that had been lost in the world for a long time would have reappeared.
"But... there's nothing I can do. If I can't submit the manuscript on time, I'll have to pay liquidated damages." Izumi Sagiri lay on the bed.
"Breach of contract penalty?" Eriri felt a little strange. "Has anyone asked you to write an article, Sagiri?"
"Yeah? A light novel asked me to do the illustration design." said Izumi Sagiri.
"light……"
Eriri was stunned for a moment. So far, although Eriri is a well-known comic artist in the industry, she has never served as an original illustrator for Light!
[Is Sagiri already so far ahead of me? ]
Eriri felt a little unwilling and even a little jealous, but such thoughts were fleeting. After all, she had watched Izumi Sagiri grow up step by step, not to mention that she was also the "cousin" of Hayama Kazuto.
"Which one is lighter?" Ying Lili asked.
"This is the one." Izumi Sagiri swiped on the tablet, and a book with a light cover appeared.
"'Love Metronome' by Kasumi Shiko-sensei?"
Eriri was a little surprised. She had heard of the name of this light novel. After all, it was a Fantasia Award-winning work and Eriri had read it before.
Although the plots of volumes one and two are a bit disconnected, Eriri does not deny the brilliance of "Love Metronome".
However, although "Love Metronome" won the Fantasia Grand Prix, it did not receive any grand prize treatment at all. Its publicity and illustrations were only slightly better than ordinary light resources. If it were not for chance, it would have probably been cancelled.
Having said that, in the industry, it is a taboo to hire multiple painters for a work, as it can easily cause dissatisfaction among the painters' group. Eriri felt that she needed to remind Izumi Sagiri.
……
"Sister Eriri, I know everything you said." said Izumi Sagiri.
"Then why did you take on the illustration job for "Love Metronome"? " Eriri asked with some confusion.
"The original illustrator is pregnant and is taking care of the baby." Izumi Sagiri blinked and muttered.
"I originally wanted to see what pregnancy looks like and accumulate some material, but the original artist was a bit stingy and didn't even want to let me see it."
"Who will satisfy your perverted demands?" Eriri yelled.
Eriri followed the updates of Sagiri Izumi. Sagiri Izumi's image on the Internet was like that of a dirty old man, so it was reasonable that the request made by Sagiri Izumi was rejected.
"Sister Eriri, you will be satisfied." said Izumi Sagiri.
Ying Lili was speechless for a moment. She didn't expect that she was helping the evil and becoming an accomplice of the criminal.
"Okay, okay, let's not discuss this anymore. Since you were invited to draw for "Love Metronome", they should have given you a prototype drawing, right?" asked Eriri.
“I did give it to you, but I still can’t draw it.”
Izumi Sagiri slid the screen again and showed it.
"This is... Sayuka and Naoto? No, Sayuka and Ye Xunhe?" Eriri said uncertainly.
"Neither. I heard they were a pair of passers-by." Izumi Sagiri shook her head and drew another picture. The background was the same as the previous one. Two people were standing with their backs against the guardrail on the bridge.
"This is the reference picture of Sayuka and Ye Xunhe. The other party asked me to combine these two pictures and let Sayuka and Ye Xunhe kiss passers-by. But no matter how I draw it, the kissing scene is always not drawn well." said Izumi Sagiri.
Eriri blinked: "Are there any other paintings?"
"I have already drawn the rest, except this one.
A picture." Izumi Sagiri said.
"This... is really a bit troublesome." Ying Lili also fell into deep thought.
If Izumi Sagiri had not started painting yet, then it would be fine for her to pay some penalty. However, Izumi Sagiri has already completed most of the creation, but failed on the last original painting. It is a bit unpleasant that she still has to pay the penalty.
But there is no way around it. For a light novel illustration, the most important thing is to have a unified style. Izumi Sagiri was chosen to succeed the original painter because their styles are somewhat similar.
Of course, Izumi Sagiri's brushstrokes are bolder and more delicate. In a sense, it's like switching from an iPhone 6 to an iPhone 8.
At first glance it seems almost unchanged, but underneath there have been earth-shaking changes.
But if you upgrade to iPhone X, something will be wrong, after all, the notch screen is too different from the original home button design.
So they chose Sagiri Izumi instead of other big names in the industry.
If changing illustrators between two volumes is barely acceptable, then using multiple illustrators for the same volume is even more difficult to understand.
After all, if someone else's painting is inserted into the same book, anyone with a little appreciation for painting will notice something a bit weird.
If Izumi Sagiri cannot complete this painting, the library will have to select other original artists to redraw it all.
Not only is it time-consuming and labor-intensive, and a waste of money, it may also delay the release of "Love Metronome".
"Sagiri, how long is left until your submission deadline?" Eriri asked very seriously.
Chapter 387 Swallowed It All...
"The manuscript must be submitted before Monday," said Izumi Sagiri.
This is because "Love Metronome" has been delayed again and again. It was originally due to be submitted two weeks ago.
During these two weeks, Izumi Sagiri has revised the manuscript several times, almost to the point of perfection, which is also an important reason why she is unwilling to give up.
"Is it so urgent?" Ying Lili frowned.
"Sister Eriri, are you ready to sacrifice for art?" Izumi Sagiri asked with a blink.
"What do you mean by sacrificing for art? Sagiri, don't say such weird things!" Eriri said.
"Sister Eriri, what are you going to do?" Izumi Sagiri came over and asked softly.
Ying Lili blinked and her face turned slightly red.
"Wait in the room for a moment. I'll call someone in."
"Call... call someone?" Izumi Sagiri was a little stunned.
"No, it can't be Brother Kazuto, right?"
"How could it be Chokazuto?" Eriri stomped her feet and walked out of the room.
"Isn't he brother Kazuto? That...that's okay." For some reason, Izumi Sagiri felt a little more at ease.
Suddenly, she remembered something, jumped onto the bed, and began to search for her mask.
……
"Sanae, come with me." Eriri walked to Toumori Sanae and said softly.
Toumori Sanae looked at Eriri with some confusion. Every time Eriri's tone was so gentle, there must be something strange!
She had known Eriri for many years, and she knew everything about Eriri, so she decisively chose to sit on the sofa and not move.
Shirosaki Hana looked at Toumori Sanae with some confusion: "Sanae-sister, Eriri-sister is looking for you."
"I heard it." Toumori Sanae said, but her eyes were still fixed on the TV, with no intention of moving.
Shirosakihana felt something was strange, looked at Eriri, and didn't continue talking.
[Did Sanae and Eriri quarrel? ]
[When I came back, I felt that the atmosphere was not right. ]
"Sanae, come with me, I have something to tell you." Eriri tried her best to force a smile, but it was uglier than crying.
"Eri, what do you want to do with Sanae?" asked Yushan Kazuto as he walked out of the kitchen.
Kazuto Hayama knew about the "love-hate relationship" between Sanae Touma and Eriri, and it would be bad if it broke out in the living room.
It will scare Shirosakihana!
"I'm not looking for Sanae, it's Sagiri who has something to do and needs Sanae's help." Eriri still chose to say Izumi Sagiri's name.
"Sanae, Sagiri is looking for you, you should go over with Eriri." Hayama Kazuto walked to Toumori Sanae's side.
"I got it." Toumori Sanae jumped off the sofa with some displeasure and walked towards Izumi Sagiri's room, and Eriri followed quickly.
"Ying Pingping, what does Sagiri want me to do?" Toumori Sanae asked in a low voice in the corridor.
"You'll know when you enter the room!" said Eriri.
"Hmph, Ying Pingping, did you say bad things about me in front of Sagiri, death?" Toumori Sanae looked at Eriri with cold eyes.
"How could I say something bad about you?" Ying Lili felt very innocent.
"This morning, you said bad things about me in front of mom. Humph, did you think I didn't hear it? Ying Pingping!"
"Wu... Wu Lu Sai, that wasn't a bad thing at all! I just said that you're skinny and asked Auntie to give you more protein!"
Eriri felt like her kindness was in vain. She was clearly concerned about Sanae Tomori, but Sanae Tomori took it as saying bad things about her.
"Because of what you said, my mother forced me to drink the pure white holy water! And you're still pretending to be innocent!" Toumori Sanae snorted coldly.
“That smell, that thick feeling, I still feel sick to this day!”
"And, moreover, I am small and thin, so how good are you, Ying Pingping?"
"Pure, pure white holy water?" Eriri blushed immediately. She thought of some strange liquid. She didn't hear what Touma Sanae said next.
"Auntie asked you to drink that stuff, right?" Ying Lili asked with a blushing face.
"Two hundred milliliters, and they forced me to swallow it all...!" Toumori Sanae said angrily.
"Two...two hundred milliliters?" Ying Lili was a little surprised.
"The kind that comes in a bottle, 200 milliliters!"
"And it's bottled. Is there such an industry now?" Ying Lili felt a little horrified.
