The entire night was bright.
"Eh … why is it already bright outside?"
Seiji snapped out of his reverie and abruptly discovered that the morning sun was already shining through the window.
He hurriedly checked the time.
'Dammit, I actually wrote all night!?'
He looked at the notebook in front of him with a dumbfounded expression. There were only three or four pages left in the originally thick notebook.
'I'm too engrossed …'
Although choosing the [Write a Novel] option caused him to have an urge to write, the main reason was that Seiji was so engrossed in the joy of writing that he couldn't stop.
"Let's stop here." He put down his pen and stretched lazily.
Then, he picked up his notebook and began to quickly read through the results of his night's work.
"… This isn't good."
Seiji gradually raised his eyebrows as he read.
"It's … really bad."
He flipped through the pages faster and faster.
"It's … really bad."
His eyes kept moving around as he continued reading.
Finally, he reached the end.
With a loud clap, Seiji closed his notebook.
"All of this … I really wrote all of this?"
He did his best to suppress the excitement in his heart.
If he didn't do his best to suppress it, he was afraid that he would start shouting in excitement.
That was because this novel … was so good!!
Seiji put down his notebook, jumped up, did a backflip, and did a victory pose from Dragonball!
'Yay!!'
In his heart, he shouted forcefully.
This was the first light novel that Seiji had written … a short story titled "I'll Die If I Don't Become Handsome!"
The story was about a boy who was once passionate, but became depraved after suffering a cruel blow and became a useless otaku. One day, he was possessed by a strange spirit and was forced to become a handsome boy, or else he would die.
Just from this sentence alone, one would think that this story was about the supernatural and inspirational, but it was actually about the war between good and evil.
In the beginning, the protagonist was forced to do things against his will due to the threat of the mysterious ghost. He walked out of the house, worked hard to lose weight, studied, and so on, all in order to achieve his goal of becoming a handsome man.
The main attraction of this part was the contrast between the male protagonist's inner thoughts and his actions on the surface. His dispirited and negative heart was filled with endless curses and complaints, but his actual actions were forced by the threat of the ghosts. He was very positive, sunny, and even righteous. Unknowingly, he gained the favor of several beautiful girls.
Then, just as the male protagonist was being reciprocated and cared for by the beautiful girls, he was touched and finally began to look at himself seriously. The plot took a sharp turn.
A strange villain appeared right in front of him and hurt his childhood sweetheart, who had always cared for him. Fortunately, the ghost on his body temporarily gave him a powerful mysterious power, and he was able to defeat the villain.
Then, the ghost told the male protagonist about his identity and the meaning of his existence, why he had to fight against the villains, and so on.
It needed the help of the protagonist. It needed the protagonist to become a handsome man with a positive heart. Only then would he be able to repel the evil forces that were coming and protect the land.
Under the tremendous pressure and the risk of death, the protagonist chose to escape. He hid in his room and refused to leave. The disappointed ghost had no choice but to give up on him and fight the enemy with his weak spiritual body.
At the last moment, the male protagonist was reminded of the hot-blooded and righteous version of himself when he received a present from his childhood sweetheart.
"Even if I really die … so what!?
Rather than living as a piece of trash, I might as well die as a truly handsome man!!! "
With such a resolution in mind, the male protagonist hurried to the battlefield.
He met up with the ghost, and after a hot-blooded battle where he went berserk, he finally defeated the villain and saved his childhood sweetheart's life.
When his childhood sweetheart woke up, he had already returned to his original state. He was covered in wounds and was crying in an ugly manner. Tears and snot flowed down his face, and he kept apologizing.
Although she had lost consciousness, the girl could faintly sense that something had happened. She gently caressed the male protagonist's face.
"The current you is so ugly … you're even uglier than when you were hiding at home.
But, I just feel that the current you, the current you, is … the most handsome boy I've ever seen! "
The story stopped at this last sentence.
Thanks to Seiji's sharp writing skills, this hot-blooded short story that was somewhat cliche, full of sarcasm, and otaku jokes, completely displayed the charisma of a king.
In the beginning, the main character's dejection and unwillingness, the ghost's arrogance and cuteness, the contrast between the main character's heart and actions, and the various beautiful girls were all described in great detail. It was filled with humor and cuteness.
In the later parts, the main character's evil and abnormal behavior, the main character's fear and inferiority complex caused him to become negative and dejected, the beautiful memories he had with his childhood sweetheart, the hot-bloodedness he felt in battle, the scenes where he fought with his life on the line, and the peace of mind, regret, and emotions after victory … all of these were described in great detail!
This was an excellent story.
At the very least, in Seiji's opinion, this was a story that he could finish in one sitting. He would laugh along the way, get nervous, and even feel a little moved by the end. Moreover, he wouldn't feel any negative emotions after he finished reading it!
Except for the fact that there were too few words … which was why it was a short story.
At any rate, this story was excellent to the point where even he couldn't believe that he had personally written it.
And it only took him one whole night to finish it!
Seiji slowly calmed himself down as he felt the excitement in his heart.
He really wanted to submit it right away … but he needed to first enter it into his computer, make it into a document, and then print it out.
Or should he upload it onto his website after entering it?
Alright, just how should he submit it? He needed to think about it.
Seiji looked at the time and decided that it was time to go to work.
Right, work … he thought of his store owner, Rika Amami, and Peach-sensei Mayuzumi Amami.
Although Peach-sensei was a mangaka, light novels and manga were closely related, so they could be considered neighboring industries. He wondered if she would be able to give him some suggestions.
Perhaps Sensei was busy, so he decided to ask the store owner first. She might know something as well.
Seiji thought about it and decided to take his notebook to the confectionery store … Of course, he had to tear out the diary first.
It would be great if Peach-sensei could read it. Although she had androphobia, it should be fine for her to read it, right?
The popular mangaka was probably very busy, so Seiji didn't have high hopes.
…
At the Divine Taste confectionery store.
After Seiji arrived at the confectionery store, he went straight to the manager's office and found the store owner.
"Good morning, Haruta … Harano-kun, what brings you here today?" Rika Amami blinked as she looked at Seiji.
"Good morning, Manager." Seiji greeted her with a smile.
"Actually, it's like this: I wrote a short light novel and was just about to submit it …"
He explained the situation to her and showed her the notebook in his hand.
Light novel?
Rika Amami was curious.
She knew that Seiji was an otaku, but spending money and creating were two completely different things. Spending money didn't necessarily equate to creating something.
Of course, it was only natural to want to create your own story after watching so many anime and manga. In fact, this was the first step that many authors took.
However, interest and impulsiveness didn't completely equate to talent; they were only a small part of a person's talent. It would be naive to think that he could enter the cruel industry with just this.
Rika Amami didn't feel that Haruta Seiji was a naive boy.
If he really wanted to submit something, it probably wouldn't be some crude work that was made on a whim. Otherwise, he probably wouldn't be able to pass the first test.
If it was something that he really wanted to submit … then it would be quite interesting.
"Although I'm not in the industry, I've known Mayuzumi for a long time, so I know a few things.
If you want, I can introduce you to a good editor, but before that, can I take a look at your story? "
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