If it were a few years earlier, he would definitely try to stop his niece.
She clearly had a brighter path to take, but she chose to return to a small path; even with talent, it shouldn't be wasted like that.
But now, his own relationship with his daughter was a mess, and he couldn't find an opportunity to mend it, so he naturally couldn't interfere with his niece's choices anymore.
Anyway, Shiina Mashiro is still young, and she has plenty of time to make mistakes, so trying out the manga industry for a year or two is nothing.
What concerned him more now was how capable Renji Miyauchi was, and why he could help Shiina Mashiro?
The apartment building was only a ten-minute walk from Toyosaki High School.
However, ten minutes was enough time for Shiina Asahi, who came from a prominent family, to see many things clearly.
Although it seemed that Miyauchi Kazuho, the girl, was the link between the Shiina sisters and Renji Miyauchi, she actually had no ulterior motives.
She probably didn't even notice the subtle relationship between him and his daughter, and along the way, she seemed very curious, asking Mahiru why she moved out alone.
Naturally, he was reluctant to admit the truth that he had neglected their daughter since childhood due to the discord between him and his wife; he just gave a dry laugh, feigning an adult's composure, stating that Mahiru was an independent child and had voluntarily moved out to live on her own.
As he said this, he also asked Kazuho to take care of his daughter and niece in the future, and to contact him directly if they encountered any problems.
Watching Kazuho earnestly pat her chest, indicating that she would definitely take good care of them, Shiina Asahi then shifted his gaze to Renji, who had remained silent on the other side.
The younger brother's observation skills are sharper. It seemed that Renji had already noticed the rift between the father and daughter.
However, it is indeed necessary to have a keen person watching over a few girls.
From this point of view, Renji meets the criteria.
Shiina Asahi secretly observed Renji, hoping to use his adult experience to judge what kind of person the other party was, and whether the other party would have any bad influence on his daughter and niece.
However, he couldn't figure out what kind of person the other party was.
He only saw that during these ten minutes, several coins, dropped by who knows who, rolled to Renji's feet and stopped, and several banknotes, blown by the wind, flew directly towards his face.
The most absurd thing was that there was even a stray dog, carrying a lady's wallet, and when it ran past Renji, the wallet just happened to drop from its mouth.
Is this young man that lucky?
Even Kazuho, who was beside him, couldn't help but start complaining.
"Hey, Renji, you've been too lucky lately, haven't you? I remember you picked up a lot of money on the way home from school yesterday, too, right?"
"Perhaps I've been blessed by the goddess of fortune recently," Renji casually glanced at the student ID in the wallet.
Oh, it's an acquaintance.
"Eriri Spencer Sawamura, isn't she that first-year girl who had a scandal with the upperclassman?" he said casually, but Shiina Mashiro, who was beside him, keenly sensed the familiar name and quickly leaned her head over.
"Is it that Eriri Spencer Sawamura?" Mashiro looked at the blonde girl on the student ID and asked Renji.
"It should be her," Renji glanced inside the wallet; indeed, she was a small rich girl, carrying so much money with her.
He handed the wallet to Kazuho: "Since it's a girl's wallet, and she's a popular figure at school, you should return it to her for me."
Kazuho didn't think much about how Mashiro knew Eriri Spencer Sawamura's name; she just took it casually.
This girl named Eriri Spencer Sawamura is indeed very beautiful, but her younger brother already has Shiina Mashiro by his side, and he is also suspected of being favored by another friend, Katō Megumi, so he really shouldn't get too close to other girls.
As his sister, it was no problem for her to help out in this regard.
However, Mashiro tugged at Renji's hand again, seemingly indicating that she also wanted to go with them.
Renji understood Mashiro's meaning; she simply wanted to ask Eriri Spencer Sawamura for a "manga adaptation permission" again.
So he turned to Kazuho and asked her to take Mashiro with her when the time came.
"Mashiro thinks this girl is also very suitable to be drawn into her manga, so I'll trouble you to accompany her to talk to Sawamura-san then."
Renji paused, then said to Mashiro: "If she doesn't agree, tell her that you've already received Kasumigaoka Utaha's permission. If she still doesn't agree, you'll just have to draw a solo manga with Kasumigaoka Utaha as the protagonist."
Mashiro nodded seriously, remembering what Renji had said.
Shiina Asahi, who was beside them, hadn't yet fully grasped the situation, but it seemed that this young man could truly understand his niece's intentions and was genuinely helping her brainstorm?
In any case, it's better to observe a bit more.
Several people walked into Toyosaki High School, and a girl like Shiina Mashiro was still very eye-catching on a high school campus.
Although she had blonde hair like Eriri Spencer Sawamura, with a mixed-race appearance, the two gave completely different impressions.
Mashiro seemed like a quirky genius who didn't care about many things and lived in her own world.
On the surface, Eriri Spencer Sawamura's reputation was somewhat similar to Mahiru's; both were well-mannered young ladies from prominent families, and both had their own disguises beneath this perfect facade.
Mahiru was forced to develop the attributes of an all-around angel under the care of maids.
Eriri Spencer Sawamura was naturally not that versatile, but she focused all her attributes on drawing.
Of course, in terms of drawing, Eriri Spencer Sawamura certainly couldn't compare to Shiina Mashiro, who had already held a solo art exhibition.
However, in terms of manga skills, the current Eriri Spencer Sawamura should still be slightly higher than Shiina Mashiro, who is almost a blank slate.
Analyzing the similarities and differences between Eriri Spencer Sawamura's image and the Shiina sisters in their minds, they arrived at the principal's office, where they had made an appointment in advance.
It was pretty much as they had guessed before.
Toyosaki High School lacked talent, especially a world-class super genius like Shiina Mashiro.
The already easygoing principal offered very generous terms to keep Mashiro at Toyosaki.
Scholarships, no need to follow the normal class schedule, and free use of the art club's privileges.
Even the Miyauchi siblings, in the principal's eyes, became good students who introduced Mashiro to Toyosaki, and they were already included in this year's scholarship applications.
It could be said that Mashiro only needed to have her name listed at Toyosaki; as for anything else she wanted to do, as long as it could provide Toyosaki High School with a name for publicity, it was fine.
And regarding class arrangements, the principal also asked Mashiro for her own thoughts.
Mashiro, without hesitation, looked at Renji first, and then, at Renji's signal, reluctantly chose Kōka's class.
Eriri Spencer Sawamura felt that her high school life had been quite eventful.
A while ago, just a few days after school started, she was cornered by that woman, Kasumigaoka-senpai, which caused her classmates to look at her with strange expressions, as if they thought the two of them were yuri.
But only she knew the actual truth.
A malicious Renji somehow found out about her misunderstanding with Aki Tomoya back then, and then found out that Aki Tomoya was now that Kasumigaoka-senpai's number one fan, so he deliberately created a manga that disgusted both of them.
She had already read the manga titled "Love Metronome" with Kasumigaoka-senpai present throughout.
Watching Aki Tomoya's intimate interactions with that woman in the manga, she almost couldn't resist tearing the manga apart on the spot.
As a result, even now, when she sees the novel also titled "Love Metronome" written by Kasumigaoka-senpai herself, she occasionally has an allergic reaction.
Especially when Renji constantly bragged about how good "Love Metronome" was and strongly recommended that she read it, that allergic reaction became even stronger.
Fortunately, all of this was fictional in the manga, and Kasumigaoka-senpai clearly had no intention of further contact with Aki Tomoya.
More importantly, presumably no one else knew about these things, otherwise she would truly go mad.
Another piece of relatively good news was that Kasumigaoka-senpai contacted her yesterday, saying that she had recently met a world-class drawing genius who was preparing to return to Japan to draw manga and wanted to introduce her to her. Perhaps the three of them could even collaborate on a creation.
For this, Eriri actually went online to search for the name of the girl who was the same age as her, and then was stunned for several minutes by the news of the other party holding a solo art exhibition.
It was precisely because she was also a genius that she could more clearly see how excellent the other party's works truly were.
It could be said that after simply looking at a few of the other party's works, Eriri had already become a fan of the other party and began to look forward to collaborating with her.
Then she saw her newly-appointed idol, this morning, bringing another girl with her, holding the wallet she had accidentally lost this morning after encountering a stray dog, to find her.
After confirming that the other person was indeed Shiina Mashiro, whom she had just looked up online yesterday, Eriri couldn't help but rub her eyes, confirming that she wasn't hallucinating.
"Sawamura-san, this should be your wallet. I found it on the roadside this morning on my way to school. Please confirm that nothing is missing, okay?"Kazuho returned the wallet to Eriri, not mentioning her younger brother's name.
She was still hesitating how to help Mashiro speak, and then she heard Eriri ask Mashiro with some surprise: "How are you here?"
"Oh, you two know each other,"Kazuho was stunned for a moment, seemingly realizing belatedly that Mashiro also seemed to know Eriri.
Then she became Mashiro's mouthpiece, telling Eriri that Mashiro's uncle was currently in the principal's office processing her transfer, and she was now considered a student of Toyosaki High School.
That woman, Kasumigaoka-senpai, really didn't lie to me; she actually planned to introduce Shiina Mashiro to me.
After a slightly reluctant compliment to Kasumigaoka-senpai in her mind, Eriri's gaze towards Mashiro became much more enthusiastic, and she quickly introduced herself.
"I am Eriri Spencer Sawamura. I don't know if Shiina-sensei has heard my name from Kasumigaoka-senpai, but I really like your oil paintings. If you really want to draw manga, I will definitely help!"
After saying this, Eriri realized that her manga drawing wasn't public at school, so she quickly cleared her throat, wanting to take the two girls to another place to chat slowly.
But what surprised her was that after hearing her words, a strange light seemed to flash in Mashiro's eyes as well.
In Mashiro's little head, she understood Eriri's words in this way.
Kasumiutaha-senpai had already told Eriri about her, and Eriri knew that she was going to draw manga.
So Eriri must have already known that she was going to draw her and Kasumiutaha-senpai together in the manga.
Now, her phrase "will help" seemed to mean that she agreed to be drawn into the manga.
However, to be safe, the cautious Mashiro still asked again.
"Do you agree?"
Agree?
What did she just agree to?
Helping Shiina Mashiro draw manga?
Eriri felt her heart rate quicken.
She did have the idea of officially debuting as a manga artist, but because she felt her skills were not yet sufficient, she had only been drawing doujinshi to hone her abilities.
If she could truly create manga with Mashiro, she felt she could give it a try.
So Eriri nodded again, indicating that she would definitely not disappoint Mashiro.
Upon hearing this, Mashiro's face showed an expression of anticipation.
Katō Megumi, Kasumiutaha-senpai, and Eriri have all given their permission.
So now, only Aki Tomoya remains.
However, Renji had told her yesterday that to get Aki Tomoya's approval, she just needed to leave a message under his blog, and it would most likely solve the problem.
She had already taken care of this yesterday with Renji's help; now she just needed to wait for his reply.
Actually, a simpler method would be to have Kōka recommend her favorite manga to him, and then casually mention it, which would likely gain his consent.
But as a male protagonist of the second dimension, Renji was genuinely worried that he might suddenly become his second brother-in-law in a few years, which would be truly awkward.
Therefore, Renji chose a method that didn't require asking the other party in reality.
However, Mashiro didn't care about these things.
She only knew that she was about to get everyone's approval.
After that, she could confidently start drawing manga.
Watching Mashiro leave with that girl, seemingly in a good mood, Eriri couldn't help but pull out her phone and thank Kasumiutaha-senpai.
Although this woman showed her that kind of manga, since she really introduced Shiina Mashiro-sensei to her, she wasn't a resentful woman, and she still had to thank her when it was appropriate.
Then, less than two minutes later, Kasumiutaha-senpai sent a question mark, seemingly completely unaware of the situation here.
Before class, Eriri Spencer Sawamura, the popular figure in the class, was once again pulled out of the classroom by the upperclassman, Kasumigaoka-senpai, under everyone's gaze. No one knew where they went to discuss what.
If the incident of Kasumiutaha-senpai cornering Eriri could have been considered an accident before, then their leaving the classroom together before class now seemed to confirm their special relationship.
In response, the boys in Eriri's class who had previously had a good impression of Eriri could only look at the retreating backs of the two girls with sorrowful expressions.
After all, there were only two beautiful girls like Eriri and Kasumiutaha-senpai in the entire school.
End of the chapter
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