Volume 7.5Chapter 2

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Towano Chikai and the Presentation of a Lucky Pervert

Part 1:

“I-I really think that there shouldbe a little sister character who makes an appearance!”

“No no no, every novel has their ownfeel to it, right? How about adding a rival character? That’s whatI would do, at least!”

“…But Onii-chan, you haven’t evenwon the grand prize yet, right?”

“Ugh…!”

Suzuka let out this harsh critique andsighed. This has been going on for quite some time now, and if youwere wondering why that is, then the situation might make more senseif I told you that we were currently looking at a certain manuscript.

It was during the holiday. Suzuka and Iwere wracking our brains as we sat in front of the new manuscriptthat Madenokouji-san had given us. She had taken the advice I’dgiven her a few days ago into account, so that wasn’t a problem atall, but—

“…To think that giving someone elseadvice on their novel could be this difficult…”

Exactly. Neither of us had any idea howwe could even help her anymore…!

“…When you think about itrationally, it does make sense. After all, my novel is, umm,something I wrote while being possessed, so I shouldn’t really beable to teach anyone else… And I don’t have knowledge at the samelevel as Onii-chan.”

The fact still remains that you wrote asmash hit of a novel without any of that, you know…

“And even though I don’t have thesame knowledge as Onii-chan—”

“Someone who hasn’t evenwon the grand prize once doesn’t have the right or skill to teachothers, huh?”

“That’s right.”

When I put it into words like that, Ifelt a sharp pain inside my chest. Reality really can be cruel.

…B-But this isn’t the time to feeldown about that.

“T-This isn’t good. Madenokouji-sanwill be coming soon and we’re still like this…!”

Yes, we had planned to haveMadenokouji-san come over to our house and give her advice for hernew manuscript while she was here. And it was about time for her toarrive, so of course we started to panic a bit.

“Earlier, it somehow worked out, butwhat should we do this time? We have to give her some good advice…”

“We can’t just make up somethingthat sounds good… Should we just tell her that we couldn’t thinkof anything?”

“No, that’s no good.”

When she heard my quick reply, Suzukawas taken aback.

“She’s seriously aiming to become alight novel writer. I’ve told you this before, but as someone whoshares the same ambition, I want to help her… And then there’salso you.”

“Me?”

“How pathetic would it be if thegreat Towano Chikai couldn’t give his Kouhai at least some advice?Could your pride really cope with that?”

“Onii-chan…”

Of course I want to help her, andthere’s also Towano Chikai’s pride to consider.

“But I still don’t know what to do.There’s no other choice but to take the Towano Chikai approach withthe little sister character…”

“Again, that just works so wellbecause you’re the one putting your feelings into it…”

“Wha?! I-It’s not like I wrote itall while imagining being flirty with Onii-chan or anything! I waspossessed!”

“I-I know already! What I want to sayis that this wouldn’t help Madenokouji-san at all!”

Suzuka’s face went red, probably outof anger, and I hurriedly tried to clear up her misunderstanding.

…Her novel is a pure love storybetween a male Senpai and a female Kouhai, so adding a little sisterrival wouldn’t do it any good.

“What should we do about this…?”

Both of us crossed our arms in thoughtas we looked down at the manuscript in front of us. We had alreadydone this at least a few times now. Suzuka is a professional lightnovel writer, but her novel had become something like a lucky hit,and I’m not even a pro writer to begin with—

“….Wait? A professional light novelwriter…?”

I had a sudden flash of inspiration.

If we can’t come up with good advice,shouldn’t we just ask another professional author…?

Her face came to mind.

…S-Should I really depend on her? Ican’t think of anyone else, though…

“H-Hey Suzuka, I have an idea. Howabout we have Mai take a look at Madenokouji-san’s manuscript aswell?”

“Eh? Himuro-san?”

Suzuka looked wary—probably becauseshe had the same worries as I did.

“No, I know what you want to tell me.But since she’s the professional author Enryuu Homura, she shouldbe able to help us out somehow.”

“H-However, can we really ask her ifwe were the ones who Madenokouji-san asked for help?”

“At this rate, we can’t even giveher any advice at all, and I don’t think that she’d dislike it ifwe asked for other opinions,” I said, and Suzuka kept quiet,thinking about something.

“That… is indeed correct. But, isthat really fine? Just remembering the time when I asked for adviceabout my own novel…”

…Now that she mentions it, back then,both Mai and Double Peace-sensei went wild. In the end, it turnedinto a cosplay session…

“…What exactly are you thinkingabout?”

“N-No?! You know! Maybe she went abit overboard because it was Towano Chikai’s novel back then, soI’m thinking that she’ll only give some serious advice this timearound!”

“Muu… You seem to have a highopinion of Himuro-san.”

“Well yeah, she’s a real pro, so ofcourse she has the skill to back it up.”

…And I’m a fan of her novel aswell. If only she wasn’t a stalker, I could actually respect her…

“…Muu…”

Suzuka continued to stay quiet. Forsome reason, she looked immensely displeased as she pouted, probablybecause she wasn’t satisfied with my reasoning.

“Please, Suzuka! I know that you’renot completely satisfied with this, but we don’t have any otherchoice right now!”

“This is a problem for the two of us,so please don’t ask other people… Wait, doesn’t this mean thatOnii-chan has taken an interest in Madenokouji-san, and that’s whyhe’s going this far…?!”

“Eh? Again, she has the same dream asme, so of course I want to help her—”

“T-That’s right.Of course! What kind of terrifying things have I been imagining…?!”

Her face went from red to blue to purewhite in a matter of seconds. What is she on about now?

“Umm…? Anyway, about Mai.”

“T-That’s right. We don’t haveany more time, so let us ask for her assistance this time around.It’s for Madenokouji-san’s sake, after all.”

I don’t really know what justhappened, but now that Suzuka’s approved of it, I’ll have Maihelp us out here. Thanks to today’s technology, it was no big dealat all to contact her.

“…Hmm, but still, is it really fineto have Himuro-san meet Madenokouji-san…? The situation is prettybad already…”

From behind my back, I could hearSuzuka’s muffled voice. I really don’t think that she has much toworry about, even if it’s Mai we’re talking about…

Part 2:

Shortly afterwards, we greetedMadenokouji-san at our entrance.

“…T-Thank you very much forallowing me to visit Onii-sama’s and Suzuka-sama’s home today…”

Madenokouji-san’s movements looked asstiff as a robot’s, but considering that she was visiting the homeof the author that she looked up to, she couldn’t really be blamed.

“Anyhow, come on in.”

“I-I apologize for intruding…”

Madenokouji-san hesitated as shefollowed Suzuka, heading towards the living room with me tailingbehind them. While Suzuka prepared tea, her back straightened up andshe nervously sat down on the sofa.

“Umm… make yourself at home.Thought it might be a bit small in here compared to Madenokouji-san’shome.”

“T-That’s not true… Onii-sama’sand Suzuka’s home almost feels like a sacred temple… It really isan honor to be here…”

…I really don’t feel comfortablebeing revered like a god.

“Madenokouji-san isover-exaggerating.”

While we conversed, Suzuka came backfrom the kitchen. While acting reserved, Madenokouji-san accepted thecup, but after taking a sip, she seemed to calm down a bit. After ashort while had passed, Suzuka looked towards me with an expressionof anticipation. Yes, I know.

“Umm… So about the advice…”

“Y-Yes…!”

When I brought up the main topic of theday, Madenokouji-san’s body twitched in response. In addition, shebrought out a small notebook, ready to write down whatever we’dtell her. Seeing that, I hurriedly shook my head.

“N-No, today you won’t be receivingadvice from us…”

“…Eh? Is my novel really not worthyof even that?”

Her expression quickly turned into oneof despair, and her eyes started to get watery.

“T-That’s not it at all. He didn’tmean it that way, right, Onii-chan?!”

“O-Of course not!”

We hurriedly followed up.

Please try to say it in a moreappropriate way!—was what Suzuka’s glare at me probably meant.

“M-Madenokouji-san’s manuscript iseven better than before! Anyway, what we’re saying is that we’llhave another author give you advice today, so you can hear theiropinion!”

“A-Another author aside fromOnii-sama…?”

I carefully chose my words asMadenokouji-san was about to start crying in front of us.

“…You see, when you think aboutlight novels, there are countless works out there, and every readerhas their own tastes and preferences. Us authors aim to hit as manyof those as we can. Because of that, we thought it would be helpfulfor you to get some feedback from an author of a completely differenttype of genre.”

…Of course, that was just an excusethat Suzuka had come up with before.

“…Is that… so?”

“E-Exactly. It certainly isn’t justan excuse… Ow…”

With a jab to my sides, Suzukacommented on my words with “Don’t say any unnecessary things.”

“U-Umm… Then, what other author arewe talking about…? Is the person as wonderful as Onii-sama himself?

“That’s—”

I swallowed my words for a second, andunintentionally glanced over at Suzuka.

“…O-Of course they’re just aswonderful! Though there are minor things with her personality—No,nevermind! Anyway, I can guarantee their skill as an author! R-Right,Suzuka?!”

“T-That’s right.”

Y-You’re not going to say anythingelse?!

Actually, the person is nothing morethan a stalker with a tremendous good-for-nothing personality, buther skill as an author is the real deal!

“Awawa… You’re going to introducesuch an amazing person to me… Thank you very much…”

“N-No, there’s no need for you tothank us!”

Suzuka seemed to also feel bad aboutthis, and her facial expression looked a bit apologetic.

“U-Umm, so what is that person’sname?”

“S-She’s working under the pen nameEnryuu Homura, and she’s also my classmate at the same time. Wejust called her up, so she should be here soon—”

In that moment,

Ding dong ding dong ding dong dingdong ding dong ding dong

“Wha—!?”

We could hear the doorbell beingfuriously rung at the entrance.

“…It seems like she’s here.”

“…Yeah, you can guess herpersonality just by this alone…”

Leaving Suzuka and Madenokouji-sanbehind in the living room, I headed towards the entrance. When Iopened the door, I was, of course, greeted by—

“…Ufff… Haaah… I’m… here…Haaaah…”

Mai. But her breathing was rough, andsweat was gathering on her forehead.

“S-Sorry to have you come here likethis. But what happened…?”

“Y-You… Haaah… Asked me for a…Ufff… Light novel lecture…! If you ask me like that… of courseI’d come immediately…!”

“I-I really feel bad about that…Thanks for rushing all the way here.”

“I-It’s fine! …Phew, it’s arequest from you, after all. From Towano Chikai himself! Of courseI’d come running!”

Uuuu… Now I feel even worse… I’msorry for just thinking of you as a stalker…

“Really, thanks a lot for this.”

“I-I said it’s fine. I’m yournumber one fan, after all. I feel like I’ve come a long way to berequested by Towano Chikai himself like this! That’s typical of me,though!” Mai said, puffing out her chest. “Hey, hey, Yuu! Youasked me because of my skill, right? Right?”

…All of a sudden, her roughbreathing’s gone…

But, just this once, I won’t sayanything back. Or rather, I can’t.

“E-Exactly. But, just as I told youover the phone, the one who needs the lecture isn’t me, but anothergirl, who’s rather calm and composed, so please don’t scare hertoo much.”

“Ahh, yeah, you said something likethat. A kouhai of Suzuka’s, right? Giving you a lecture is what I’maiming for!” Mai said, acting all proud for some reason.

But, it looks like she understands whatI’m expecting today.

“Still, is that girl really writingsuch a peculiar type of novel that even you can’t give her anyadvice?”

“T-That’s not it… I just thinkthat getting opinions from more people than just me will help her inthe long run.”

“Hmm, is that so? Well, since you’rethe genius-type, nobody would understand if you were to teach them.Only someone who intensely studies you like me would understand that,though!”

Of course, there were countlessopportunities for me to retort in that sentence, but since she’stechnically not wrong, I held back for now.

Anyways, Mai seemed to be in a supergood mood now, so I was at least relieved about that. Taking her withme, we returned to the living room.

“Hawa… N-Nice to meet you, my nameis Madenokouji Nene…”

“I’m the professional light novelauthor, Enryuu Homura. My real name is Himuro Mai. I don’t mindwhat you call me. Nice to meet you, Nene-san.”

Madenokouji-san gave a timid greeting,and Mai followed suit, standing firm.

“Good day to you, Himuro-san. Sorryto make you come here for my Kouhai’s sake.”

“It’sfine, Suzuka-san. It’s Yuu’s request, after all!”

“I-Is that so… Uuu…”

Suzuka and Mai also exchanged a shortgreeting.

“U-Umm, I heard that Enryuu-sensei isOnii-sama’s classmate…”

“That’s right. I’m Yuu’sclassmate, his number one fan, and the person who understands him themost.”

“I-Is that so?”

“And that’s not all. We bothbenefit from each other. Basically, our relationship is written instone!”

“Hey, don’t say such misleadingthings!”

“…Eh? S-So, Enryuu-sensei andOnii-sama are going out…?!”

“That’s not the case.”

When it seemed like Madenokouji-san wasabout to have a grave misunderstanding, Suzuka quickly denied it.

“Basically, Himuro-san isenthusiastically researching Onii-chan’s novel, and Onii-chan is afan of her novel as well.”

…Well, I guess there’s no need totell her that Mai is a stalker.

And when she heard Suzuka’s words,Madenokouji-san looked relieved and put one hand on her chest.

“…B-But I never thought that theperson giving me advice would be so beautiful…”

“Hehe, you seem to have a good eye atleast. I like you.”

…The conversation is actually movingalong more smoothly than I had expected. It seems like it really wasthe right idea to ask Mai.

“To introduce you one more time, thisis Enryuu-sensei, and she will be giving you advice on yourmanuscript today.”

“He he he he! Leave it to me!”

“…This is the first time I’veseen Himuro-san this pleased…”

Suzuka muttered under her breath.

“Alright, so can I take a look at themanuscript?”

“Y-Yes… I-I’m looking forward toworking with you…”

Madenokouji-san gave a slight nod andhanded Mai the manuscript.

Saying “Give me a bit,” Mai satdown on the sofa and started reading.

Her carefree smile from earlierdisappeared, and her expression was filled with seriousness.

…So this is the professional lightnovel author Enryuu Homura, huh?

Silence filled the living room, andonly the sounds of pages being flipped could be heard. Of course,Madenokouji-san was watching Mai reading it with anticipation andanxiousness, but that feeling was also transmitted over to me andSuzuka. After around five minutes…

“Yeah, I got the gist of it,” Mailifted up her head.

“Eh? That was pretty fast… are youalready done reading it?”

“I was just checking through themanuscript to get the general idea. This should be enough to figureout the problematic parts.”

No, that’s pretty amazing in itself…

Though I was surprised by Mai’sunexpected talent, I glanced over at Suzuka to see her nod.

…Eh? Is this not special at all orsomething?

“Let’s see… As for my generalimpression, as a romcom, it feels a bit… heavy. Rather than a lightnovel, it feels like some sort of prose…”

“Madenokouji-san has never read anylight novels before. Mine was the first, and she decided to writelight novels because of that.”

“Ah, I see. Now that you mention it,it really feels that way. That makes sense.”

“Heavy again…”

“Ah. But the scenes where theprotagonist and the heroine got flirty were really well written.”

“T-That’s because Onii-sama andSuzuka-sama worked really hard to teach me about it…”

Probably remembering said event,Madenokouji-san’s face went red from embarrassment.

…Let’s just forget about that.

“I see. No wonder the quality is sohigh.”

“W-Well, thanks for that…”

“But, you still need to make thismore rom-com-like.”

“R-Rom-com-like?”

“Listen, light novels are light, easynovels. They’re meant for amusement, so your number one goal is tomake the readers enjoy themselves. A beautiful story is one thing,but you have to keep the rom-com aspect in mind no matter what.”

“I know what you’re talking about,but isn’t that a bit abstract?” I commented next to her.

Though I had planned to letMadenokouji-san do the talking, I also wanted to learn about it. Ofcourse I was also interested in Mai’s lecture.

“I see. Then, I’ll give you someconcrete advice. Nene-san, go and write some fanservice scenes.”

“F-Fanservice…?”

“I-Is that really advice?”

“What do you mean? Fanservice scenesare one of the most fundamental basics of light novels. Since themain audience of light novel readers are men around our age, ofcourse fanservice scenes would make them happy.”

Mai responded with a seriousexpression.

…That’s why. What am I even saying?Light novels with fanservice scenes. Being told it like this, ittotally makes sense. It’s the perfect advice.

“…Yeah, fanservice scenes reallyare important.”

“Right? Adding fanservice scenes inNene-san’s novel will make the tone a bit lighter, and bring inmore comedic relief.”

Yeah, that makes sense. It seems like Iunderestimated Enryuu Homura.

“U-Umm… if I may… Whatexactly are fanservice scenes…?”

“I said that they’re scenes thatcan make an adolescent boy happy. You know what I mean, right?”

“Mai, Madenokouji-san’s knowledgeisn’t very proficient in that regard…”

“Ah, I see. Oh yeah, she’sSuzuka-san’s kouhai, so she goes to that prestigious elite girls’school. But this won’t turn into a good novel at this rate.”

“……”

Ah, Suzuka’s averting her eyes. Well,whether she was possessed or not, Suzuka wrote countless fanservicescenes like these between those fictional siblings, so it might’vebeen a bit hard for her to hear that brought up now.

“I-I’m sorry…”

“I’m not blaming you. But let’ssee… fanservice scenes that would fit your novel…”

Mai started to think deeply aboutsomething.

“I know, how about some lucky pervertmoments?”

“Gufu!?”

When those words came out of Mai’smouth, I couldn’t hold back my surprise.

“Lucky… Pervert…?”

“Exactly. What do you think, Yuu?”

“N-No, that is…”

Of course what she said made perfectsense, but her direct proposal threw me off guard.

“…Onii-chan, what are these ‘luckypervert’ moments?”

“Suzuka?!”

For some reason, Suzuka also asked meabout it, seeming intrigued. She really didn’t seem to know, andshe pulled on my sleeve as she asked.

“Perfect timing. Nene-san doesn’tunderstand it either, so go ahead and explain it, Yuu.”

“Hey!?”

Don’t just foist that job onto melike that! Explaining to my little sister and her Kouhai what a’lucky pervert’ moment is would be totally embarrassing, youknow!

“What’s wrong, Onii-chan? Hurry upand explain it to us.”

“…U-Umm, would you be so kind as toteach me, Onii-sama…?”

But of course, neither of them noticedmy conflicted feelings at all, and continued to close in on me.

“What’re you waiting for, Yuu? Thisis the same as giving her advice.”

When Mai also commented that, I gave inand steeled my resolve.

“Ugh… Basically, a lucky pervertmoment is something like an accident that turns into a fanservicescene.”

“I understand the fanservice scene,but what do you mean by accident? I don’t get what that means. Doyou have a specific example?”

…I’m talking about the scenes youalways write in your own novel! …Shit, I really want to respondwith that. I really do, but if I did, they would find out aboutTowano Chikai’s real identity, so I can’t! Ahh, I get it already!

“Like stretching out your hand andaccidentally grabbing a girl’s chest! Opening a door withoutthinking too deeply into it, only to be greeted by a girl who’s inthe middle of changing her clothes! Pushing down a girl to save herfrom something, only to bury your face in her chest! Those eroticcircumstances count as lucky pervert moments!”

“Wha—?! O-Onii-chan?!”

“…Eh? E-E-E-Erotic…?!”

As a result of my rather blunt andsimple explanation, Suzuka turned bright red and got mad at me, whileMadenokouji-san turned bright red and was close to crying.

…Aren’t you two the ones forced meto do this?!

“S-So a lucky pervert moment has thiskind of meaning?! All this time, I’ve been writing… No, whenOnii-chan walked in on me changing, or during the shower, thosetoo…!”

“….Hawa… Hawawawawa…!”

Suzuka was glaring at me, andMadenokouji-san’s eyes were spinning. Why does it always end uplike this?!

“Okay okay, calm down. It’s just asYuu says. Nene-san has to write these sorts of things in her novel,is what I’m saying.”

Unexpectedly, Mai actually stepped into help me. Although she was the reason all of this had happened…

“B-But… I… I’ve never writtenanything like that…”

“Fanservice scenes are stillimportant. Since your novel is too serious, we can’t go fullerotic-route, so this is all we have.”

Though the contents of what she saidwere a bit debatable, her advice was perfect.

“Auuu… B-But, how should I writethese scenes…?”

She really was a sheltered Ojou-sama.Her reaction was understandable.

“First, try to imagine a scene withthe characters from your novel.”

“I-Imagine…”

In response to Mai’s words,Madenokouji-san closed her eyes. But, shortly afterwards, it feltlike the atmosphere around her changed… Wait, is this…?!

“Erotic… Having my breast groped…”

Madenokouji-san muttered to herself,and walked towards me with small steps.

“Eh? What’s wrong, Nene-san?”

Not responding to Mai’s words,Madenokouji-san suddenly grabbed my wrist, and—Wait, what? When Irealized what she was doing, it was already too late. Grabbing myhand, Madenokouji-san brought it towards her own chest, and—

“…Wait a minute?!”

“W-What are you doing?!”

Realizing the nonsensical thing thatwas happening, Mai stepped in between me and Madenokouji-san. Thanksto that, my hand was stopped right in front of her chest, but whenMai tried to push Madenokouji-san’s body away, a button on herblouse sprung open.

“…Uwa.”

Her breasts, which really didn’t looklike a middle schooler’s, wrapped in her bra, entered my view, andI could only stare at them in amazement.

…W-Wow.

“W-What are you just spacing out likethat, Onii-chan?!!!”

“Eh?! S-Sorry!”

But the next second, Suzuka forcefullypulled my gaze towards her.

“Nene-san, hurry up and coveryourself!”

“…Fue? …Kyaaa?!”

Thanks to Mai’s voice,Madenokouji-san came to her senses, and hurriedly covered her chest.

“I-I’m…sorry…! I did…something shameful like that… again…!” Madenokouji-sancontinuously bowed her head.

That was probably her ‘special skill’shining through.

“W-What was that about? Why would shesuddenly do something like that…?”

“C-Calm down, Mai. WhenMadenokouji-san starts acting in character, she forgets about hersurroundings.”

“Eh? So that happened just nowbecause she was imagining a lucky pervert moment?”

Hearing those words, Madenokouji-sannodded in an apologetic manner.

“I-Is that so. To think that shewould have such a skill… But wait a second. Then, when you gave heradvice about being flirty, it was also directly from you…?”

“N-No, that was just…”

Although it was actually Suzuka and mebeing flirty while Madenokouji-san was watching, this is just asdifficult to openly admit.

“U-Unfair! Getting direct researchexperience like that! Why only with Nene-san? I want it too…!”

Mai started blurting out unreasonabledemands, and suddenly started unbuttoning her own chest region—

“You?! Don’t just join in!”

“It’s research! Research for luckypervert moments! It should be fine if you also do it with me, right?!So hurry up and stare at my chest!”

“What are you on about?! And will youstop stripping already?!”

T-This isn’t good! Mai’s totallylosing it! Ahhhh, I can barely see them through the gap in herclothes!

“Suzuka! Help me out here—”

Hoping for help from Suzuka, I turnedaround, but…

“Nnn… Alright…! E-Even I can…!Hmpf…!”

What greeted me was the sight of mylittle sister, also fiddling with the buttons on her clothes, pushingout her chest as best as she could.

“…What are you doing?”

“Hya?! N-Nothing at all! It’s notlike I was thinking that I would be able to do it too or anything…!I-I won’t do it, okay?!”

“What exactly are you talkingabout?!”

“Uuuuu…!”

Even Suzuka went crazy it seems. Is itthis weird atmosphere?!

Madenokouji-san was furiously blushinglike always, Mai was eagerly trying to strip, and Suzuka was glaringat me.

…What should I do in this situation,oh gods above!?

As if they had heard my prayers, mysmartphone started ringing.

“I-I’m getting a phone call, soplease keep it down!”

I didn’t know who it was, but Ithanked my saviour inside my heart.

Nice timing…!

>Sensei? Sorry for the sudden call,but is Enryuu-sensei with you by any chance?<

“Ah, Shinozaki-san? Yes, she’scurrently at my house.”

My saviour turned out to beShinozaki-san, who was the editor for Suzuka’s novel, but for somereason, she was calling me to try to reach Mai.

>To be honest, Enryuu-sensei’seditor has been trying to call her because her deadline was rightaround the corner, but he couldn’t get through to her. I took awild guess and called Sensei because you two are always so close.<

“Eh? Deadline…?”

When I turned around to look at Mai,her shoulders twitched and she averted her gaze.

“…You ignored your deadline to dashover here…?”

“T-That’s…! I-I mean, how could Iignore your request…?”

Her cheeks were faintly reddish, andshe said that like she was sulking. She looks really cute, but onlyin times like these—

“…Yes, that’s right. Of course,I’ll do everything I can… Yes, yes.”

Hanging up the call, I turned around toface Mai. And—

“…Thank you very much for comingall the way here even though you’re so busy. I’m really thankfulfor that. But… go home right now!!!”

“Ehhh, why?!”

I grabbed Mai’s arm and pulled her tothe entrance.

“You got some kind of nerve to comeover here even though your deadline is right around the corner!”

“B-But! You requested me to givea light novel lecture as a professional light novel author, right?!That takes top priority, you know?!”

“As a professional light novelauthor, prioritize your own deadline before everything else! I’llgive you my thanks some other time, so go home and work on yourmanuscript!” I said, and pushed Mai out of the door, watching herleave to make sure that she was walking home.

“Haah… What is even going on…?”

“What’s wrong, desu?”

In that moment, I heard a voice frombehind my back, and I turned around.

“D-Double Peace-sensei? W-Why are youhere?”

Standing there was a blonde-hairedbeauty with a bright smile on her face—It was Ahegao DoublePeace-sensei, the artist responsible for the illustrations inSuzuka’s novel.

“I came over to play of course, desu!But why are you just standing in front of your house like that?”

“W-Well, a lot of things happened…For now, come on inside.”

Having exchanged places with Mai,Double Peace-sensei now became our guest, and I brought her with meto the living room. I explained the circumstances to Suzuka, andMadenokouji-san was more than surprised by the sudden appearance ofthis blonde-haired beauty, so I hurriedly introduced them to eachother.

“N-Nice to meet you… Umm, if itisn’t a bother, would you be so kind as to explain the origin ofyour pen name…?”

“You see, desu, ahegao means that—”

“Y-You don’t have to think toodeeply about it! What’s important is that she’s drawing theillustrations for my novel!”

Since the conversation was about toturn in a really dangerous direction, I hurriedly stopped themmid-way.

“And what is Sensei doing withKouhai-san here?”

“Well, we’re trying to give hersome advice on her novel—Oh, I know.”

I finally remembered. Was the adviceMai gave really up to par, I wonder?

“U-Umm… I’m sorry, but it was abit difficult to understand…!”

Uuuu… so it was no use, huh? Whatshould we do about this—

In that moment, I realized apossibility. And Suzuka seemed to understand my intentions.

“…Y-You’re going to ask DoublePeace-san for advice?”

“…I know that you’re worried, butDouble Peace-sensei draws light novel illustrations for a living, andshe also works in the game industry, so we might as well hear heropinion on it. Things couldn’t possibly go too wrong, right?”

“Hmm? What’s wrong, Sensei, desu?”

“Ah, umm, actually…”

I explained Madenokouji-san’ssituation to Double Peace-sensei.

“We had hoped that DoublePeace-sensei could skim through it. You might not be an author, butyou are more involved with light novels than many other people outthere…”

“Ahh, so that’s what this is about,desu! Of course I’d be willing to help!”

“T-Thank you very much. Are you alsookay with that, Madenokouji-san?”

Hawa… I couldn’t be any morethankful for this…”

Since Madenokouji-san gave her consent,I handed the manuscript over to Double Peace-sensei. After puffingout her well-endowed chest with a “Leave it to me, desu!”, shestarted reading seriously. Normally, she would always have a brightgrin on her face, but this seems to be the true face of the creatorAhegao Double Peace-sensei. Giving off the impression that she wasused to this sort of thing, she rushed through the pages at a speedthat rivaled Mai’s.

After about ten minutes, she lifted upher head, saying, “I see, I see.”

“First, and this is just a generaltidbit, but since light novels will be supported by only a fewillustrations, you should make it a habit to try describe thesituation in as much detail as possible.”

“Y-Yes…”

What she brought up was a reasonablepoint. But, just when I was hoping that we could get some good,reasonable advice this time around…

“On top of that, the amount of eroticscenes is greatly lacking, desu! This won’t do at all!”

“Wha?!”

…So it really did turn out likethis?!

“But it seems like Kouhai-san doesn’thave any experience with these… So that means…!”

Double Peace-sensei started to delvethrough her thoughts. S-She’ll surely come up with somethingserious, right?

“Yeah, I think that lucky pervertmoments are the best way to get you started, desu!”

“I’m an idiot for expectinganythiiiiiing!!!”

“…I-In the end, she arrived at thesame conclusion as Himuro-san…”

Suzuka also seemed quite shocked.

…Really, what is wrong with thosetwo?

“Hmm? What was that about Mai, desu?”

“W-Well, actually…”

When I explained what had just happenedbefore her arrival, Double Peace-sensei happily commented “Justwhat I would expect from Mai, desu! To arrive at the solution thatquickly!”

“However, if I may give my opinion asan illustrator here, I think that a more visually-influenced writingstyle would be beneficial.”

V-Visually influenced?

“The breasts are one thing, but Ialso recommend putting more panties in!”

“Hawawa…? Why pan—underwear…?”

“That’s because…!”

“Kya?!” “Hawa?” “Wha—?!”

Double Peace-sensei suddenly lifted upSuzuka’s and Madenokouji-san’s skirts.

Stripes and white laces…!

“How is this, desu? Even though thepanchira lasted only for a second, Sensei’s attention was basicallyglued to your panties! Like this, showing panties will also have agreat impact on the readers! Right, Sensei?”

“O-Onii-chan saw me…?! M-M-Mypanties…?!”

Unlike how calm Double Peace-senseiseemed, Suzuka turned more red than ever before, and turned around toglare at me full force.

“I-I-I-I wasn’t really…?! AndDouble Peace-sensei, what are you even doing?!”

“You know, in lucky pervert scenes,there is often a character who plays erotic pranks like this, right?”

S-So that’s why you thought it was agood idea to act like one?! Your way of thinking is as crazy asever!!!

“Auuu…! O-Onii-sama… saw mypanties…! T-This indecent appearance of mine…!”

“That’s no good, Kouhai-san. Youcan’t be embarrassed by something like this. If you can’t clear ahurdle of this level, you will never be able to become a light novelauthor.”

Madenokouji-san sank onto the ground,clearly devastated. Even so, Double Peace-sensei didn’t stop herattack there.

…W-Why is this happening…? Nomatter how much I think about it, it was a complete mistake to evenask her in the first place!

“…Uuu, I-I understand…”

Madenokouji-san for her part suddenlygot up, her face red, and close to tears, as she grabbed the edge ofher skirt, slowly lifting it up—

“Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa?! S-Stop!Su-to-pu!”

I hurriedly jumped towards her, barelyaverting the worst-case scenario.

“Y-You can’t just do that!”

“Exactly, desu. Lucky pervert momentshappen when nobody expects them to happen, so doing it yourself wouldmake it a direct pervert moment!”

“That’s not what I was getting at!I was saying that you shouldn’t that in front of a boy…! Ahhh,for crying out loud…! Anyway, Double Peace-sensei, you can go aheadand leave for the day!”

Since I had my fair share for the day,in a lot of ways, I grabbed Double Peace-sensei’s hands and pulledher with me to the entrance.

“Ahnn~ The fiendishly aggressiveSensei really is the best, desu. Haaah… Haaah…!”

“Thank you very much for today! I’llcontact you sometime in the next few days, so feel free to leave usalone now!”

Forcefully pushing her out and shuttingthe door after her, I let out an exasperated sigh.

Well, I guess I’m the one to blamefor expecting anything from Double Peace-sensei in the first place…

With heavy feet, I returned to theliving room. Suzuka was sighing defeatedly, and Madenokouji-sanlooked equally as tired. Her face was still burning red, though.

“O-Onii-chan really is a helpless erodevil…”

What false accusations! But since I didsee them, I can’t exactly defend myself.

“U-Uhm, Madenokouji-san…? I’msorry… that it turned out like this…”

No matter the reason for what happened,I figured it’d be best to apologize to her. She’s the mostinnocent person in the whole situation.

“Hawah… I’m okay… There is noneed to apologize…”

In response, Madenokouji-san bowed downher head. “I should be the one to apologize here…”

…To let such a good girl experiencesomething so horrible. Breasts, and panties—Wait, don’t rememberit, me!

“A-Anyway, there’s something Iwould like to hear from Onii-sama…”

While I was feeling deep regret in myheart, Madenokouji-san hesitatingly asked me.

“U-Uhm… since both of them saidthat lucky pervert moments are necessary, I believe them…”

…S-So honest. Just how innocent canyou be?

“B-But… what about Onii-sama? Noexcuse me, Towano-sensei, do you also think that they are necessary?”

Now, how should I answer that…?

Though their way of telling her theadvice was questionable, the advice itself was rooted in truth. Sothere should be no reason to deny that—

“Y-Yes. Onii-chan also thinks thatlucky pervert moments are essential.”

“Eh? S-Suzuka?”

Before I realized it, Suzuka hadalready answered the question for me.

…I mean, Suzuka is the real TowanoChikai, so of course it makes sense that she would answer, but whyall of a sudden…?

“Onii-chan thinks that lucky pervertmoments are very important. After all, he is always researching themwith me every day!”

“Wha—?!”

Hold your horses! Why are you sayingthat like it’s nothing?!

Since I couldn’t understand herintentions, I whispered to her. “…What’s your plan with this?!”

“I-It’s not like I’m trying toshow her how we’re always flirting 24/7 or anything, okay…? Isn’tthis just the logical answer for the little-sister-loving TowanoChikai?”

Even if you’re completely right aboutthat, couldn’t you have taken a softer approach instead of droppinga bombshell like that?

“I-Is that so…? Suzuka-sama reallyis amazing… Then, would you be so kind as to show me a livedemonstration…?”

“Eh?”

Suzuka completely froze up when sheheard Madenokouji-san’s words.

“Though I’ve learned a bit aboutlucky pervert moments, umm, I’m a bit lost as to what is what… SoI was hoping that both of you could teach me just like last time…”

Oi, this conversation is going in a baddirection…! Suzuka, what should we do about this…?

“T-That’s…! I-I understand…!”

Suzuka actually agreed. Maybe it was abit too difficult to decline that request.

“N-Now then, Onii-chan…”

Suzuka’s face went as red as an appleas she turned towards me. What are you planning on doing?

“Suzuka-sama… Onii-sama…”

Madenokouji-san was looking at us withan enthusiastic, almost heated gaze. But, Suzuka was frozen in place.

“A-A lucky pervert scene withOnii-chan…”

It seems like Suzuka doesn’t knowwhat to do, either.

…This is bad. I know that she’sforcing herself. I have to calm her down for now—

“H-Here I go!”

“E-Eh!?”

But, the moment I stretched out my handtowards her, Suzuka closed in on me. Our timing didn’t add up, andI fell backwards.

“Ugu?!”

Though it didn’t hurt, I realizedthat my hand was firmly grasping something. When I slowly opened myeyes…

“O-Onii-chan, are youokay—Ahhhuuuuuuu!?”

Suzuka was sitting on top of my chest.My head was held between Suzuka’s legs, so my eyes were lookingdirectly at what should be hidden beneath her skirt—

“Nya———–?!”

“S-S-S-S-S-Sorry?!”

Suzuka let out a shriek, and Ihurriedly turned my head away.

“…W-Wonderful… And so naturally…”

In the end, I didn’t have the leisureto listen to Madenokouji-san’s praise.

“S-Suzuka…! J-Just get up for now!”

“Hanya… Funya…”

S-She’s done for. Her head’soverheated.

While I was thinking that, Suzukacollapsed on top of me.

“U-Uhm… thank you very much…!Thanks to this show, I feel like I can create good lucky pervertmoments…!”

Madenokouji-san bowed down, whileSuzuka was still “funya funya”ing on top of me.

…It seems like we somehow managed tohelp her out, but…

“O-Onii-chan really is a fiendish erodevil… Ehehehehe…”

Can somebody please tell me exactlywhat’s happening here…?

Part 3:

“T-Thank you very much for today,Suzuka-sama.”

“N-No, I’m happy I was able tohelp.”

After that, our advice sessionconcluded, and Madenokouji-san was about to head on her way home. Shewas currently standing in the entrance.

E-Even so, to think that such a luckypervert moment would occur with Onii-chan… My body is growing hotjust remembering it…!

By the way, Onii-chan said “I’mgoing to wash my face in the bathroom”, and hasn’t come backsince.

“T-Thanks to everyone today, I feellike I’ve learned a lot…”

“I-I’m glad to hear that. Now youcan write an even better novel.”

Though it went down a bit differentlythan I had expected, we still were able to help Madenokouji-san.

“Ah, no, umm… not just about thenovel…”

“Eh? What do you mean by that?”

“…Seeing Enryuu-sensei and DoublePeace-sama, they seemed on very close terms with Onii-sama, so Ithought that I had to work even harder from now on… It’s justlike with the lucky pervert moments. I cannot run away, for the sakeof my feelings for him…!”

…W-What is this? This gives me areally bad feeling…

“Sorry, I wanted to wash my face abit… Ah, Madenokouji-san, be careful on your way home.”

Just then, Onii-chan came back as well.What bad timing.

“U-Umm, Onii-sama… There’s onething I would like to ask of you…!”

In that moment, Madenokouji-san lookedat Onii-chan, determination flickering in her eyes.

“What is it?”

“W-Would you… call me… Nene?”

“Eh? Well, I don’t really mind.”

Of course, Onii-chan didn’t think toodeeply about it and accepted, but her actions made me swallow mybreath.

…A-Are you having him call you byyour given name? To think that Madenokouji-san would be this bold…!

“Umm, so, Nene-san?”

“Ah… Hawah… Onii-sama called meby my name…! P-Please keep it like that…!”

…Uuuuuu, she looks so happy…

“Thank you very much… Onii-sama…!”

“I don’t really see the need foryou to thank me, though… Well, I’ll see you later, Nene-san.”

After Onii-chan said this,Madenokouji-san once more bowed down, and then made her way home.

“…Nn? Suzuka, you seem to be a bitstiff? A-Are you still hung up on what happened just now? It’sfine, let’s just forget about that—”

I couldn’t comprehend anythingOnii-chan was saying anymore.

Madenokouji-san’s feelings forOnii-chan seem to be growing stronger and stronger. At this rate,will she actually confess to him…?! W-What should I do about this?!