Chapter 13: CHAPTER 12
Machida was a bit shocked, it's only been almost 2 weeks and you've finished writing a volume so quickly?
"Your novel has just started to sell well, so don't lower the quality of your work!" Machida said with concern.
-Don't worry, don't worry, there is absolutely no decrease in quality, I will send you the text of the second volume, so you can review it.
"Okay, I'll check it out later. If there's no problem, I'll arrange to post it ASAP. Then I can wait to collect the money."
-Thank you very much, editor Machida.
Machida laughed: "It's too polite, we're also a win-win situation, if you're really good, I think I'll be able to take over as editor-in-chief soon, maybe I'll thank you too." ."
After hanging up the phone, Shouko found the Kadokawa-certified blog and looked at the number of followers, only a few hundred.
[Hmm....].
Meanwhile, on Shouko's legs, a Yamai, completely naked, covered in a thick seed of shouko, with some toys running around her and with heart eyes.
She had finished her job to calm the beast that has the Goddess under it.
Right now they were in a hotel.
• Goddess-sama, do you want anything else?
Yamai's legs were shaking and she was having trouble keeping her balance.
Shouko put the cell phone on the bed and coldly looked at Yamai.
-Yes, I would like to know why you were late when I called you to meet us.
-I-I'm so sorry Goddess-sama, I had a family problem and it was a bit difficult to convince...
Yamai couldn't finish her word because she received a blow to the stomach that left her breathless and drew a little blood.
-And you think I care, I don't give a shit about your family, when I tell you the time to meet, that time is.
Yamai was on the ground in pain and catching his breath.
•Yes Goddess-sama, forgive my ineptitude.
-Don't let it happen again or you'll forget about me.
•I promise you it won't happen again.
Yamai was able to say those words, breathlessly.
This of the blows happened often, since Shouko was very abrupt when it came to acting with Yamai. This herself had bruises like little wound marks, which she would heal, but she would take time.
Shouko is like this with her, because she said it from the beginning, for him, Yamai, is just a simple object for his own pleasure and desire, he will use her in every possible way, in every way he pleases and Shouko will. will do. She is taking advantage of 100%.
He uses her as an outlet, because of the problems she has on her mind.
// Days after //
// Thursday 9 p.m. m //
At that moment, Shouko received a new text message on her phone.
Picking up the phone, it turned out to be a bank account reminder.
Seeing the amount, Shouko's eyes widened.
"One, ten, one hundred, one thousand, ten thousand, one hundred thousand, one million!"
There was a sudden increase of almost a million in her personal account.
Shouko had never thought to have an amount of money with so many zeros in her life.
But that made her smile and she is normal, she is fulfilling the dream of many.
Shouko was in her thoughts, but her phone rang.
This time it was her her editor her Machida her her.
"Hello Shouko, good night!" —As soon as the call was connected, Machida's voice came out.
-Good evening, haven't you left work so late yet?
"Yeah, we're still working overtime" —Machida couldn't help but complain after hearing Shouko's words.
"Oh, I almost forgot about the deal, you got your payment!"
-I just received it.
"Just get it, this is only the first batch of 10,000 copies and the library has already printed 50,000 copies. She's going to be quite a rich woman soon."
"Oh, and also the library has decided to help her hold a book signing, what do you think, do you agree?"
[Mmm... a book signing sounds boring and annoying, but I've never done it, it would be my first experience and I almost always give first experiences a chance]
-Okay, I accept, I have no problem with that.
"Okay, since you don't have any problems, the time is scheduled to start at nine o'clock this Sunday morning and will be held at the Kadokawa Bookstore in Tokyo. You can come earlier and the library will take care of everything."
When Shouko heard that, she agreed and listened to Machida's explanation.
-No problem, I'll get in touch with you then.
"Then I'll wait for you to come, so let's do it first, I have something else to do here" Machida hung up the phone.
The call ended and Shouko went to her blog and wrote a mini announcement that she would be there doing signings.
The answers were immediate, some were of emotion, others talked about the novel and others wondered if the author was a man or a woman and debated the good and the bad if it was each one.
Shouko knew that when she went out she was going to expose herself in front of several people, so she decided to go with clothes that did confuse a gender, so that no one will be able to know if she is a man or a woman and her identity will be better hidden, unless someone comes and knows her to 100%.
// Meanwhile in any apartment //
"Oh? Is the author of the 'Kimetsu no Yaiba' book that I read having an autograph signing this weekend?"
It's a highly decorated room, a woman in a towel fiddling with her phone, muttering a blog post to herself.
Her long hair was still a little wet because she had just taken a shower, her body was wrapped in the bath towel, her hands were on her shoulders, a deep drop of water came out of her chest, and her legs were like those of supermodels.
She is a calm and cute beauty.
"Okay, I'm going, I want to know if this grandmaster is a man or a woman, I love the story of him and I always had that question."
"I wish I could go on time..."
// Time after //
The days passed without problems, shouko with the routine of writing, najimi that came to bother her and things like that for her.
And the day came to leave, Shouko had already boarded the train and after 2 hours, she arrived in Tokyo.
She texted Machida ahead of time and took the bus to Kadokawa Bunko.
When she arrived at the library building, Shouko saw that her editor, Machida, was waiting for him at the door.
Shouko approached her to greet her.
-Uh....hello, editor Machida.
Machida saw the person who greeted her and was surprised, she was an unparalleled beauty, from her point of view he was a very handsome man that not even soap opera actors compare.
But she also had that feminine charm and the details that make a woman stand out, but leaving all that aside and her thoughts in this presence.
She was wondering… who was this person?
-Editor Machida, it's me, the grandmaster.
"....."
"Shouko!" - Machido said in an exalted way, and then he covered his mouth, for having raised her voice too much.
// Minutes later //
"I-I'm sorry, Shouko, really, I didn't recognize you, y-you look very different"
—This she said as she looked all over Shouko's body with fascination.
-Yes, well, I just started this and I don't want people to recognize me easily and stress me out.
"Understandable, it's a good idea to do a makeover for these things..."
"...".
"Machida-san?...Are you alright?"
"I-I'm sorry, it's just that I got lost in your eyes... I mean, I was still surprised by your change, you really look good."
-Thank you, you look good too.
"Thanks, it's fine now, we should go get ready to go to the bookstore." Hearing Shouko's praise, Machida with her years of experience didn't show anything on the surface, but the slightly raised corners of her mouth still showed her status. of the current state of mind together with the almost non-existent blush.
She didn't know what was wrong with her, but her beauty and Shouko's presence made her a bit submissive, if he made too much contact with her.
It can't be, she seemed like she had been single for too long, and even an underage girl like Shouko would make her feel good.
Under Machida's direction, Shouko entered the bookstore.
Because the signing event hasn't started yet, there are no people yet, only some staff members are busy preparing for work.
When he arrived at the book signing area, Shouko saw where the printed volume of "Kimetsu no Yaiba" was stacked. According to rough calculations, there were thousands of copies.
[I seriously regret it].
Seeing the huge amount, he wanted to leave immediately, but he was already here and everything was organized, leaving was just a dream right now.
-They are many.
"Don't worry, Shouko, you should know that our library has done a lot of publicity for this signing, and you should believe in your own strength to carry it out."
"In fact, with the popularity of his novel, we believe that this will not be enough."
There were 10 minutes left before the signing ceremony began.
"You can take a seat now, the signing ceremony is about to begin."
Shouko sat down and started using her cell phone, but then she looked at the situation outside the bookstore and there were a lot of people queuing up. After a simple count, there were tens or hundreds of people.
It seemed that popularity was not bad.
[I always ignore the hundreds of people who look at me daily... today I'll have to pay attention to them...].
Shouko swallowed a bit of saliva and wished for her death right now.
And the minutes passed and the doors opened, all the staff were attentive to the crowd and I saw my end.
Hundreds of people came and each one screaming.
Soon, the first person approached Shouko, she picked up the first volume she had just bought and handed it over.
"G-great teacher, her light novel 'Kimetsu no Yaiba' is really great!"
The person was a bit shy and intimidated by Shouko's appearance.
"Please sign my name here."
"For your sake, no problem." She took the first volume I handed her and signed her pseudonym on it.
-Thank you for your support, I hope you can continue supporting me in the future.
Shouko smiled gently and spoke in a charming tone.
Which... never happens.
This caused a stir among the fans who saw it and expected to be given the same treatment.
Shouko kept signing and thanking.
She raised her head and looked at the long line in front of him, it had been a while since she started signing up, but the number of people didn't decrease in the least, it increased.
[This day will be long....]
The hours passed and the smiles as signatures continued without stopping.
Shouko's state was one of exhaustion despite having superhuman stamina, having to change actions from one moment to another made him unhappy.
It also bothered him , the nice ones , that it was his turn and they asked him for a handshake , others a photo and such , although at first he agreed to leave one of them , he could not refuse the others , because of otherwise they would act like children saying: "Because they do and I don't...".
After a while, the need to rest came, the people in line basically left, everyone went to lunch, and the signing session would continue at 1:30 in the afternoon.
[I want to die.....].
Shouko was finally able to rest, his physique is very good, after signing for hours and it was his first time, his hands did not feel any pain and his body did not stiffen.
The only thing she had was total stress.
Machida reached his side without realizing it.
"Let's go get something to eat at noon! I'll treat you to a feast after the signing ceremony in the afternoon!"
-Thank you, I didn't expect many people to come today!
"Of course, now you are the most popular rookie writer in our library, you should know that you have sold almost 2 thousand copies this morning."
"If this momentum continues, there's no problem with selling 3 thousand copies today."—Machida smiled and gave Shouko the good news.
Shouko wanted to smile back at him, but he didn't feel like it anymore after smiling all the time while he signed.
-It seems that my novel is not so bad.
Shouko now just wanted to eat something light and rest before he signed something again.
// Time after //
The signatures had returned, and the hours passed without stopping, until it finally ended at 5 in the afternoon.
Shouko's mental stress was strong and physical, it was noticeable but only a little numbness in his hands.
"Thank you, grandmaster and everyone, today's signing ceremony ended successfully."—Machida said those words with joy.
Handing over a bottle of water, Machida said excitedly.
"Today more than 3,100 copies were sold, a great harvest."
Shouko couldn't help but widen her eyes a bit at today's large amount of sales.
-So many, is that true?
"Of course it's true, the data has proven it"
"Come, I'll take you out to eat something delicious."
I just nodded, I was really hungry right now and I wanted to get away from this place as fast as possible.
As we were about to leave, she could hear some voices in the distance.
I'm sorry, miss, today's signing session is over, so please go away.
No, but I just want a signature, it must be there, please call him.
'Damn, because just today I had to do a favor for the school, that's why I was late today and the queue was huge.'
You can't miss it, we are already closing the entire signing event and I don't have the authority to do so.
The girl didn't give up and she yelled calling the author, not knowing anything even if she wanted her name and her gender, she just said 'The author of Kimetsu no Yaiba'.
Please miss, don't make me call security.
Shouko and Machida noticed that.
Machida approached the case and I followed her because she was curious.
Arriving at where all the ruckus was, Machida spoke up.
"What's going on here?".
Oh, manager Machida, I'm really sorry that this lady wants to force her way in when the signing event is over.
"...".
"Don't worry Kaede, leave it to me, you can retire."
"Okay, Machida-san, with her permission."
Kaede left, drawing the girl's attention, she turned to see who was speaking.
And she could notice a young woman, very mature and pretty.
"I see you're desperate to meet our most popular newbie in our library."
"I am Machida Yuanzi, editor of the person she is looking for."
The girl, she was surprised, was not planning to meet the editor and have him face to face, she crouched down as a symbol of respect.
•I'm very sorry for my intervention, but due to problems I was late for the signing event and well, I couldn't get there on time.
• I just wanted to meet the author and get his signature, but I think it won't be possible.
"Hmm... there's actually a way to do it."
• Seriously, what is it?
"Speaking to that same person."
In that Shouko is present looking at the girl who made all the scandal.
The girl could notice Shouko's presence and looked up from her because he was tall, she was stunned by her appearance.
On the other hand, shouko was the same... Our protagonist was very surprised, too much could be said, he did not plan to meet the most beautiful woman he had ever met, in all his long years of watching anime, there was only one woman who was 10/ 10, apparently, of all the female characters I've ever met and this person was right in front of him.
Seeing the girl's appearance, Shouko couldn't help but show a tender look on her face and show a pure and sincere smile, whispering a few words.
-Marin Kitagawa
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