manga artist Kirito

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"It was just a chance encounter." Asuna pointed her slender white finger at Kiritani's slightly furrowed brow and smiled gently. "Well... how should I put it, Kosaka-senpai didn't seem to be in very good shape."

"Is she not feeling well..." Kiritani pondered for a moment, then pursed his lips. "This woman is like this. I don't know who she's comparing herself to. Her workload is ridiculously heavy. She won't rest properly unless someone is watching over her. She'll die of exhaustion sooner or later. I really don't want to send her a wreath."

"Eh, is Kazuto being a tsundere?" Asuna poked Kirito's cheek, a hint of a smile flashing in her eyes. Sure enough, it was the same old evaluation, still the same... helpless feeling.

"What a tsundere!" Kiritani rolled his eyes, both annoyed and amused. "I'm just too lazy to deal with this clueless woman—I hate people who won't listen to reason the most."

Women are said to be difficult to offend because they are particularly vengeful.

But sometimes Kiritani-kun really wants to crack open Akane Kosaka's skull to see if it's filled with Shizuka's batter. She bleeds every month, and it's one thing if she doesn't die from this bleeding buff, but now she's messed up her life and routine. What else can you call it but worrying about not dying?

"Oh, speaking of which, Suika mentioned some big project to me before. When Asuna met her, did she mention it?"

“Yes, there is.” Asuna puffed out her cheeks. “Because it’s a big project, with a few smaller projects mixed in, it will take a lot of time. She said she’s tried her best to keep the arrangements simple for you, but even so it will still take a while. So you and Hito will be staying there temporarily.”

"...Huh?" Kiritani looked at the familiar face with a hint of displeasure. "Just staying temporarily... Hey, I have so many things to do..."

"Although I don't want you to go, it's just work, and I can't really stop you, can I?" Asuna reached out and tugged at the braid around her hair, clearly showing her reluctance. "But, Kazuto-kun, if I find out anything, I'll break your legs~!"

"Hey! Don't say such dangerous things!" Kirito's lips twitched involuntarily. "A girlfriend like you, who says to her boyfriend that she'll break his legs if he messes around... I've never seen anything like this before, whether in novels or movies! Besides, Asuna, don't you think it would be better to break his arms? At least that way you can still enjoy a lap pillow."

"Then break your limbs, I can take care of you anyway!" Asuna's warm little hand stroked Kirito's pretty face, her smile becoming sweeter and gentler, but the words that came out of her mouth made Kirito's heart feel cold.

What a terrifying warning!

"Don't do that, I'll get scared, I'll really get scared!"

"Eh, now that you mention it, I'm actually thinking of writing a yandere heroine story." Asuna seemed to have thought of something, and her eyes suddenly lit up. "When I read Kazuto's 'Scarlet Town' before, I felt that yandere heroines were actually pretty good, able to give everything for the male lead—it's a beautiful setting!"

"Please don't write this kind of book!" Kirito gripped his girlfriend's hands tightly, his smile slightly forced. "Look, Kasumigaoka, that masochist, is a far cry from the yandere character in the book, but in reality, when writing malicious scenes targeting the male lead, she acts like a yandere who's been seduced and then abandoned—that's how getting too immersed in the role is, it's terrifying!"

"Asuna, all you need to do is be gentle, virtuous, cute, and charming."

"Being gentle and virtuous is fine, you know!"

"Hmm, I have a feeling that Asuna's words have a hidden meaning. Is it just my imagination?"

"Of course it's just my imagination~!" Asuna said, then rubbed her forehead, "Um... I think I've forgotten something..."

“For example…” Kiritani-kun raised his head slightly and looked to the side, and immediately noticed Shiina Mashiro holding a paintbrush and staring at him without blinking.

It feels like—I'm not going to paint today, I'll just watch you two show off your love! —Yeah, that's very strong.

"Hey, it really does seem so..."

"Oh, yes, yes... Your daughter threw a tantrum today, go and comfort her."

Kiritani bent down and turned to the side, taking a Baumkuchen from a bag placed beside him and handing it to his eldest daughter, who was silently squatting on the sofa. "What's wrong?"

Shiina Mashiro quickly took the Baumkuchen cake, then curled up back on the sofa, silently staring at him and Asuna, not wanting to talk to the two of them.

If you decide not to say it, then you absolutely won't say it. Kiritani-san taught me that keeping your word is basic etiquette!

"...What's wrong?" Kiritani looked at her with a mixture of exasperation and amusement, ultimately still unable to understand his eldest daughter's thoughts.

Shiina Mashiro just stared at him without saying a word.

—I'll keep you waiting, I won't tell you!

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【NO.240 Owner】

It's holiday time! What can we do to make the most of this wonderful vacation...?

How about throwing a nude party?

Okay, it's best to just think about it.

The game continues until school starts?

Isn't that obvious?

...However, for Kirito, he wanted to skip this summer vacation.

Being locked in a dark room is fine with me, being forced to do anything by an old woman is fine with me too, all I want to do is quit.

"So, do you think that if I beat you down to the point where all you can do is 'coo coo coo'?"

"Hmph! Even if I gave you an easy hand, you still might not be able to beat me."

Kiritani looked at the old woman driving the car and suddenly sneered.

His face was younger than his age, with a few bloodshot eyes from lack of sleep. He would occasionally cover his mouth with his hand and yawn, looking quite polite. In reality, Kiritani-kun knew very well that this guy hadn't brushed his teeth yet.

Well, that's not entirely incomprehensible, after all, it's the middle of the night—what the hell would someone come to pick me up in the middle of the night to go to Tokyo? I bet Jing's got punched in the head.

"Don't think like that, I just miss you so much." The human-shaped watermelon... uh no, Akane Kousaka revealed a charming smile, which made Kiritani-kun have a momentary fantasy of hentai unfolding. "In addition, I just finished arranging the release plan for 'Black Album', and I will definitely need to rest afterward. In that case, I won't be able to come pick you up, so it's best to come pick you up now. Anyway, you can just go to sleep when you get home."

"Driving while fatigued is very dangerous, and I don't want to die so young." Kiritani-kun delivered a chop to Akane Kosaka's head, causing her to flinch.

"Hey, what are you doing? That hurts!"

"I'll fuck you, just to wake you up." Kiritani leaned against the car window, his face full of headache. "Do you think I'm still the clueless kid I was four years ago, or did you suffer some kind of brain-degrading shock and turn into a kid? Even if you didn't come to pick me up, after living in your apartment for so long, do you think I wouldn't know the way?"

"...Although I might be a little disoriented when walking, can't I just take a taxi?"

Looking at the scenery rushing past the car window, Kiritani-kun was a little confused for a moment. Why was this happening?

Akane Akasaka when we first met, and now Akane Kousaka, always exudes an unfathomable aloofness, undoubtedly a goddess. But now, the more you get to know her, the more you discover her inner madness—it's hard to understand how a goddess could be completely transformed into a lunatic in just four years.

"There's nothing I can do. To me, you'll always be that little boy who needs my care, and sometimes I even have to carry him." A smile unconsciously appeared on her lips as Akane Kosaka focused on the road ahead, but she still didn't forget the boy beside her.

As you said back then, everyone has problems, and these are problems that can only be improved, never eliminated... It's not just difficult, even improving them is a difficult task in itself.

For a woman, being a little willful is perfectly reasonable, especially for you...

"Hey, have you been to the hospital recently?"

"Huh? What do you mean? Are you trying to say I'm crazy?" Akane Kousaka angrily slapped Kiritani-kun's hand. "Believe it or not, I'll forge a medical certificate at the hospital someday, with a special note stating that I'm pregnant and the child is yours, and then send it to Asuna-sama... ah, to your little girlfriend?"

Kiritani sneered repeatedly, "If you really are pregnant, I will definitely take all your property and make you go back to your own compound with the child to experience the scorn of your family, and eventually die alone!"

"Wow, what a vicious man!"

"By the way, did you just say the words 'Master Asuna'?" Kirito turned his head, his eyes narrowed as he stared at Akane Kousaka's profile, as if trying to discern something from her unadorned face.

"Ah...no, no! I didn't say anything flattering." Akane Kosaka stared straight ahead, her face calm and composed. From Kiritani's perspective, it was impossible to tell whether her eyes had changed.

"Tell me, what exactly did you talk about when you met Asuna?" Kirito's gaze suddenly sharpened as he stared intently at the woman. What unspeakable secret existed between them?

"Hey, Kazuto, a man like you who's always chasing after women's secrets isn't going to be popular with women!"

"It doesn't matter, I already have a girlfriend anyway... Even if I didn't have a girlfriend, someone like you who's good at raising young boys would never let me go. Now that I have a backup plan, there's no need to care about whether I can please women."

"Wait a minute! That's really going too far! I may be a bit older than you, but I'm not some kind of backup option, am I?"

"Since ancient times, it's always been a case of 'the first to strike wins, the last to strike suffers.' You lost out by not taking advantage of me while I was asleep back then. These days, the minimum age of three years doesn't seem to include young boys..." Kiritani raised his eyebrows slightly, his expression gradually turning into disbelief. "Uh, I... I mean, you wouldn't actually fall in love with me, would you?"

As the saying goes, familiarity breeds affection—not a verb—it's inevitable that feelings will develop when people spend a lot of time together.

In addition, this is an era where nothing is off-limits... so it seems... not so strange that someone would fall for a much younger boy?

Akane Kosaka nodded. "Yes, that's exactly what you said."

"Phew!" Kiritani breathed a silent sigh of relief. "I'm relieved to see your serious reaction."

"Kiritani Kazuto, go to hell with you!"

"If you can beat them, then go ahead and give it a try."

…………

After spending quite a bit of time, I finally arrived at the apartment where Akane Kosaka lives in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo.

Well, to be honest, I'm quite familiar with this place. After all, I lived here for quite a while before. It's not exactly luxurious, but it's not ordinary either. It's somewhere in the high-end category. I can imagine that Akane Kosaka probably doesn't stay here very often.

"From now on, you will take care of me, from simple laundry and cooking to daily life."

With an expression of taking it all for granted, Kirito Kazuto, carrying a backpack full of clothes, followed them into the apartment building's elevator.

"It's only right that you take such good care of me... Oh right, have you ever really learned how to cook? -- Never mind, let's make arrangements, I'll go to the hospital with you tomorrow."

"Hospital...? What are you going to the hospital for?"

Caught off guard by this request, Akane Kosaka took two steps back in surprise, even crossing her arms over her chest.

P.S.: Chapters two and three will be quite late... really late, I'm going to cook now, scrambled eggs and everything.

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【NO.241 The mouth is too honest and the body is upright】

It was still the same as it had been years ago, with a thick, sturdy door and no special markings on it. However, Kiritani-kun had a very strong impression of this door because when he first arrived, it had hit him on the head, and almost knocked him unconscious.

Even if it's not exactly a psychological trauma, Kiritani-kun would only go in and out of the door when Akane Kosaka gripped the doorknob tightly.

Contrary to its outward appearance as a high-end apartment, the interior is rather luxurious. The floor is covered with thick and comfortable carpets with muted yet exquisite patterns. These were chosen by Akane Kosaka to celebrate the perfect success of Rouge en rouge's first project and were intended as a gift for Kiritani-kun, who sometimes rolls off the sofa. However, strangely enough, Kiritani-kun placed them here and did not take them with him as a gift.

Behind the expensive wooden coffee table sat a soft leather sofa. Over the past few years, Kiritani-kun had often rolled off it. Before that blanket was available, the contact of his skin with the cold, hard floor when he rolled off would always bring tears to his eyes from the pain.

Do not doubt that Kiritani-kun is indeed a very strong boy, but he will still cry out in pain when he is in pain. Gritting his teeth and enduring it is never his style.

He casually tossed his backpack aside, then sprawled forward onto the soft sofa with its familiar feel. Even after two years, lying on it again felt just like before, except now he wouldn't roll off.

It's clear that everything in the house is the same as before, and it's been maintained very well.

Well, I'll give you a compliment, Watermelon.

"So what are you going to the hospital for? -- Hey, you don't actually think I'm pregnant with your child, do you? Don't dream about it!" Akane Kosaka smirked, looking at the boy sprawled on the sofa with a pained expression. "Although it feels a bit awkward to say it, I'm still a virgin. Getting pregnant is absolutely impossible, let alone having your child. You're still a virgin, don't think I don't know."

"Oh, as expected of Ariel, your information about me is still so accurate." Kirigaya-kun rolled over on the sofa, touched the remote and turned on the huge LCD screen, which was mostly used to connect to the console for gaming. He said casually, "Just going to get a physical check-up. According to a certain Strawberry junior who wishes to remain anonymous, you haven't had the club's routine physical check-up in the past two years. I haven't had any physical check-ups either, so let's do it together... um, you pay."

After grinding her teeth slightly, Akane Kousaka took a deep breath. "Damn strawberry!"

"Well, I did want to play a doctor-nurse game with you, but unfortunately, although I know how to use medical equipment, I don't know what kind of quality is considered qualified... Ah, it's really a pity, I missed the chance to see if your breasts continued to develop."

"Still as perverted as Kirigaya-kun!" With her eyebrows twitching, Akane Kousaka threw what she was holding at Kirigaya-kun's face, then walked towards the bathroom. "I'm way past the age where I can still develop, but if you want to see, you can come in and take a bath with me—it's a rare opportunity."

"No thanks, I've lost interest in your body." Kiritani-kun said without looking up from the meaningless news.

"Oh no!" Just before stepping into the bathroom, Akane Kosaka suddenly slapped her forehead, her voice tinged with regret. "Could it be that I didn't take good enough care of you before, causing some kind of defect in your body? If that's the case, then I'm truly guilty!"

"I'll give you ten seconds to get into the bathroom, take off your clothes, and start showering. If you're too slow, I'll come in and make you practice holding your breath in the bathtub."

"If you come in, you can just wait to be carried out by me." Akane Kosaka laughed heartily, then quickly closed the door and started taking a shower.

Turning his head slightly towards the bathroom, Kiritani rubbed his temples, genuinely feeling a headache coming on.

But for similar situations, well...

It's impossible to explain no matter how you look at it, so should we just ignore it...?

It's really unexpected, the development was so inexplicable, there were absolutely no signs beforehand...

Forget it, let's just continue ignoring it.

Kiritani took the laptop from Akane Kosaka on the coffee table and began to look through the still-on, or rather, half-finished, copywriting.

"Wow, this project is really big; it must be quite troublesome to implement..."

Kiritani took out his glasses and put them on, then began to carefully review the details of the project. Among them was a plan to adapt the anime of the otaku masterpiece "Black Album". However, surprisingly, the names listed as producers were Fujiwara Echizen and Fujiwara Tsukuyuki, while Akane Akasaka was listed as the director.

"This guy, I don't have that much time to spare here... uh, no, given how shrewd Xigua is, he's surely aware of my schedule. Taking up too much time would never hinder me—so, is this guy planning to put my pseudonym on the producer list again, and then personally take over...?"

"She's still in charge of the original artwork... but please keep an eye on my working hours!"

With a headache on his face, Kiritani sighed helplessly. It seemed that Shizuka-sensei and Ayano Iida hadn't been able to do anything at all, not even to change this guy's reckless personality.

Distracted by planning how to make the most of his time and help this woman better, Kiritani-kun continued browsing the project details.

"Starting to create a manga website... It seems that the things I designed for her last time, besides optimizing the engine, are actually used here—to create a manga website that is most suitable for this information age while not giving up on the development of print media... Hmm, Yui and Maid-chan should be able to help."

Kiritani pushed up his glasses, then took out his phone and connected it to his computer. These two super-intelligent AIs were far superior to any so-called technical team or those professional scapegoats. There was no need to worry about any incidents of sacrificing one or two programmers to appease the gods.

He discussed with his youngest daughter, Yui, who was busy on the computer, and his maid, how to set up the website and mobile client. Then he took out a notebook and pencil from his backpack and started sketching and deciding on the focus. As for the rest, Kiritani-kun was too lazy to think about it. He hadn't finished what he was doing yet.

But then again, was that woman asleep inside?

P.S.: Ah, it really is late...

By the way, the two updates were also 6,000 words, and now the three updates are also 6,000 words, so the integrity coins spent are still the same. It's just that writing 3,000 words is a pain, or rather, when writing a certain plot, I don't meet the 3,000 word requirement, but I haven't thought of the next plot yet... so I don't know what to write.

So, it's better to stick with two thousand chapters a year.

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[NO.242 Post... Spring has only just ended!]