Ding-dong, ding-dong, ding-dong, ding-dong!!!!!!!!!!
A rapid series of doorbells brought Rin Ito back to reality at his computer. She actually came. Rin Ito slowly walked downstairs to the entrance, bringing his eye close to the peephole. Through the peephole, Rin Ito saw a petite, blonde girl in a red and white Gothic Lolita dress standing outside, with a box at her feet. She actually brought a gift and came in person? And... she's quite cute.
Rin Ito opened the door. Elf lifted her chin, looking at Rin Ito with a somewhat triumphant air. Although he wasn't formally dressed at home, his skin was smooth without acne, and his body was well-proportioned without any visible fat. Perhaps because he often drew, his fingers were long and slender. I didn't expect him to be quite handsome. Elf had previously thought that the "Ito-sensei" Orie mentioned would be a fat otaku, given that he was just a doujinshi artist.
"Are you Rin Ito? I've brought a gift and come to visit in person!"
Rin Ito glanced at the box at Elf's feet. The box was tightly sealed, so Rin Ito couldn't see what was inside.
"What gift?"
Elf placed her hands on her hips, proudly. "Of course, it's the complete set of light novels I wrote! They even have fresh autographs inside! Be thankful! This is a precious gift that even my most fanatic fans can't get! You could sell it for a lot of money, but you can also keep it. When my sales reach a hundred million copies, it will definitely be worth even more!"
"Well, thank you very much for that... Come in and sit down."
Rin Ito turned and walked into the room. Elf bent down and laboriously carried the box of novels inside. There were actually two sets in the box, one for Rin Ito and one for Sagiri.
After asking her to sit on the sofa and pouring her a glass of water, Rin Ito sat opposite her, carefully examining the girl in front of him. Her golden, waist-length hair was tied with a red ribbon headband, revealing slightly pointed, elven-like ears. Perhaps because she, like Rin Ito, rarely left the house, Elf's skin was exceptionally fair. Underneath the red and white Lolita dress was a pair of white stockings, although Rin Ito couldn't tell if they were pantyhose or just over-the-knee socks. Her delicate feet were encased in a pair of red, round-toed leather shoes.
Elf placed the light novels from the box one by one in front of Rin Ito, looking defiant.
"My debut novel sold over two million copies! What are your manga sales?" In Elf's view, sales volume was a writer's combat power! Hmph... a mere doujinshi artist probably has less than ten thousand in combat power!
Rin Ito picked up a novel. Blazing Dark Elf? The title sounded very chūnibyō (eighth-grade syndrome), and... it was an ecchi harem novel. Rin Ito had initially thought Elf wrote some kind of female-oriented novel, but he didn't expect it to be an ecchi harem novel.
After flipping through it casually, Rin Ito put the book down and smiled. "I can't compare with your sales. For me, just being able to support my family is enough."
"Ah... I'm sorry." Elf paused. Although she didn't know the specifics, with her acute observation skills, she could sense that something wasn't right, so she apologized immediately.
Rin Ito's eyebrow raised... She was so defiant on the phone earlier, yet she knows how to apologize? Rin Ito had originally intended to tease her a little, but decided against it.
"Introducing you to her is fine, but I need to ask her first." Rin Ito took out his phone and sent a message to Sagiri.
Rin Ito: [A light novel author named Elf Yamada says she wants to meet you and wants you to do her illustrations. What should I tell her?]
Sagiri, who was almost always in front of her computer unless she was sleeping, immediately replied.
Sagiri: [No.]
Rin Ito: [She's a very cute girl. Her ears are slightly pointed, truly like an elf. You don't want to meet her?]
Hearing Rin Ito say that, Sagiri felt a little intrigued. Rin Ito's girlfriend was so pretty, so a girl he called cute definitely wouldn't be bad.
Sagiri: [Is she a beautiful girl?]
Rin Ito: [She's a beautiful girl, wearing a cute Lolita dress with frills, and she's wearing white stockings. Are you sure you don't want to meet her?]
Sagiri: [White stockings!?]
Rin Ito: [That's right, like ice cream.]
Sagiri: [You... you tell her to lift her skirt and show me her panties, and also let me see her ice cream. If they're good, I'll agree to meet her.]
Looking at Sagiri's message, Rin Ito was speechless... True to form! Rin Ito handed his phone to Elf, letting her read the chat record between him and Sagiri.
"There it is. If you want to meet her, you have to let her see if your panties are cute."
"What kind of pervert is this Erotic Anime Teacher!" Elf pressed her skirt, her face red. "I'm a beautiful girl! When I watched her stream, the Erotic Anime Teacher looked like a femboy, so why is her personality so much like an old man!? Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
"Then I can't help you..." Rin Ito shrugged and spread his hands. "The last girl who wanted to be friends with the Erotic Anime Teacher was seen naked by her."
"Seen naked to be friends!?" Elf's mouth twitched, and she instinctively shook her head. "I-I think I'll pass." Letting the Erotic Anime Teacher see her panties only got her a meeting. Being seen naked was the price of becoming the Erotic Anime Teacher's friend. Elf didn't even dare to imagine what she would have to do to get the Erotic Anime Teacher to do her illustrations. Elf was momentarily overwhelmed.
"Speaking of which, is the Erotic Anime Teacher a man or a woman? She used a voice changer during her streams, and her appearance looked like a femboy."
"She's a flat-chested loli."
Hearing Rin Ito say that, Elf breathed a sigh of relief. At least she wasn't actually a pervert. Although the Erotic Anime Teacher being a girl eased Elf's mind, she still found it difficult to accept that she had to be seen naked just to make friends with her.
Elf looked at Rin Ito with interest. "The manga you're drawing? Let me see." She had seen Rin Ito's previous illustrations. Although not as good as the Erotic Anime Teacher, they were still quite decent. Settling for him to do the illustrations for her next novel wouldn't be out of the question.
"It's in my room. Come on up." Rin Ito led Elf to his room on the second floor. Seeing the unfinished draft on the computer screen, Elf rushed over. "Is it okay for me to see the draft?"
"No problem, look all you want." Rin Ito sat on the beanbag chair in the room and took out his phone.
Rin Ito: [You're too direct. If you lust after a beautiful girl's body, you should at least meet her first.]
Sagiri: [I don't care. I have Megumi now. I've invited Megumi to come over this weekend.] Tsk, tsk, tsk... Play? Is that the kind of playing that ends with falling asleep from exhaustion? Rin Ito was sure Megumi Jinno would be modeling for Sagiri again.
"This is... amazing!? Especially the eyes, the heroine's eyes are too alluring!? Haven't you already surpassed the Erotic Anime Teacher!?" Elf excitedly spun the computer chair and looked at Rin Ito. Elf had only seen Rin Ito's previous illustrations, not his doujinshi. She didn't expect such a huge difference.
In fact, it wasn't that Rin Ito's drawing skill had improved dramatically, but rather that he used to draw based on imagination, with only occasional online references. However, thanks to Mashiro, Rin Ito had personally seen many girls' bodies and witnessed their seductive eyes firsthand, so his drawing skills had improved significantly.
"It's decided! You'll be my illustrator! Together, we can create a super light novel! We'll crush the sales of Izumi Masamune's light novel, the one the Erotic Anime Teacher illustrates! We'll make the Erotic Anime Teacher regret it!"
"Lower your voice. Someone is sleeping next door."
"Ah, sorry."
The moment Elf finished speaking, the door opened. Mashiro, wearing Rin Ito's shirt, rubbing her sleepy eyes, appeared in the doorway, groggy. Mashiro squinted, scanned the room, ignored Elf, and stumbled to the desk, picking up Rin Ito's half-drunk glass of water and chugging it down.
Seeing Mashiro, Elf snapped to attention, sitting bolt upright with a look of alarm. It's school hours, and there's a girl who's clearly still a student appearing in the home of a doujinshi artist... Elf instantly thought of many things. Such as captivity and conditioning...
Seeing Elf's horrified expression, Rin Ito could roughly guess what she was thinking. "She's Mashiro Shiina. She draws manga, like me. It's not captivity and conditioning."
Mashiro's hazy gaze fell in Elf's direction. She nodded, her voice flat. "Mmm, not captivity and conditioning. It's pet and owner."
Hearing Mashiro's words, Elf's expression became even more horrified.