Anime: My younger sister, Sora, starts as an illustrator!

To be honest, Eriri’s move really hit Kasugano Toru in the lungs.

In different competitions, the judges like different styles of works.

Especially for this kind of competition related to art, it can be said that whether you can win the award depends on the personal preferences of the judges to a large extent. If you can cater to their preferences and draw works that the judges like, you will definitely have an advantage over others.

It’s just that the members of the jury are different every year, so no one can figure out what the preferences of this year’s judges are.

The organizer will not announce the list of members of this year’s jury until all the contestants’ submissions are completed. This is also to prevent cheating.

But think about it carefully, as long as it is a human-organized competition, can it really be absolutely fair?

The word fairness is always relative. Kasugano Toru believes that with the strength of the Sawamura family, it is definitely not difficult to know the identity of one of the judges in advance.

As for things like introductions, even if you can’t meet, as long as you know the other person’s name, what information can’t you find on the Internet?

Even what color underwear this person likes to wear can be found out for you, not to mention the favorite art style.

If they could meet, he would really owe the Sawamura family a big favor.

Or rather, he would owe Eriri a big favor.

Therefore, although Kasugano Toru was really moved by Eriri’s words, he decided to ask one more question just in case:”Sawamura-san, can you tell me why it must be me?”

“Because we are friends!” Eriri’s voice was cheerful and firm.

It was that simple, because they were friends.

Eriri wanted to learn more from Kasugano Toru. Just half a day of teaching was enough for her to rise so much in rank, and she could occasionally compete with Sayuri Sawamura. What if she could learn more?

She was just dumb, not stupid. If she had the opportunity to tease Sayuri Sawamura, she would not miss it.

But Kasugano Toru told her that if they were playing friends, she should not mention monetary rewards. Always mentioning money would deteriorate the friendship.

Eriri, who agreed with this, could only put forward her request for exchange in another way. After knowing that Kasugano Toru wanted to develop in the illustration circle, and thinking of the Grand Prix that was to be held recently, an idea came into being naturally. After hearing what the girl said, Kasugano Toru hesitated for a moment, and without being pretentious, he agreed directly.

“No problem, Sawamura-san, I agree. Please give me your guidance on the trip to Izu!”

Kasugano Toru is not a pedantic person. Even if he knows in advance who the judges are and what style of works they like, he still has to rely on his own real ability if he wants to win the prize.

The organizers are not fools either. The quality of a competition depends on whether it is fair.

Absolute fairness is impossible, but relative fairness can be achieved as long as you think of a way. For example, several members of the judging panel like different art styles. This can avoid the situation where only one style of work is popular, and the scoring will be more fair.

So Eriri’s suggestion was helpful to him, but the help was limited.

What really made him relax was… Eriri’s words.

Because they are friends.

Don’t think that Eriri is the only one who lacks friends, how can Kasugano Toru be any better?

Humans are social animals, and if they are separated from the crowd for a long time, their personalities will become withdrawn. But before, Kasugano Toru had to give 120% effort to make a living, so naturally he had no time to make friends.

Unexpectedly, not long after entering the second year of high school, he already had several friends.

The boy was deeply moved and finally decided to agree.

Anyway, his sister will not be back during the Golden Week, so there should be no problem for him to go out sketching with other girls, right?

At this time, Kasugano Toru was like an old general on the stage, with flags all over his body.

……

“Kasugano-san, what are your plans for the Golden Week?”On the last day before the Golden Week, Kato Megumi asked Kasugano Toru, who was lying on the desk bored.

“Well, I guess so. I’m going to Izu during the Golden Week to do some sketching and hone my painting skills. I’m going to participate in a competition soon, and I’m still a long way from my current level.” The boy stretched and yawned.

“Izu.” The girl’s voice sounded a little vague.

Kato Megumi was actually quite disappointed, because during the Golden Week, she was going to travel to Hokkaido with her family. If it weren’t for this trip, maybe she could have gone to Izu with them?

It would be great to plan a chance encounter then.

But unfortunately, this trip to Hokkaido was invited by her future brother-in-law. She couldn’t afford to embarrass herself in front of her sister’s future life partner.

Kasugano Toru didn’t hear the regret in the girl’s tone, but nodded and said,”Well, there is the sea in Izu after all. Although Japan is an island country and we are in Tokyo, we don’t have many opportunities to see the sea.”

“Indeed.” Kato Megumi agreed. After all, everyone is usually very busy. Who would go to the beach if they have nothing to do?

“How about Kato? Don’t you go traveling with your family during Golden Week?”

“Yes, my future brother-in-law is planning to take us on a trip to Hokkaido.”

“Hokkaido, it’s the perfect season to go there, it’s neither too hot nor too cold.”Kasugano Toru was a little envious. Compared to Hokkaido, Izu was actually quite hot at this time of year.

After all, it’s a southern city, so it’s common sense that summer comes early.

“That’s right, my sister has already prepared a travel guide. Looking at the temperature in Hokkaido in the next few days, it is most suitable to take a hot spring bath.”Thinking of the upcoming trip, the girl felt much better, and the regret of not being able to meet Kasugano Toru was also swept away.

“That’s great. Although Izu also has hot springs, it’s probably easy to faint if you go there in this season.”

In fact, this is just that Kasugano Toru is ignorant. There are people who go to the sauna in the middle of summer, why haven’t they fainted?

Who made him have no money to experience this kind of life.

However, the boy still asked curiously:”Mr. Kato, you said that Hokkaido and Izu are both close to the sea, have hot springs, and have cherry blossoms. Why do some people choose Hokkaido when traveling, and some people choose Izu? What is the difference between them?”

Kato Megumi tilted her little head, touched her lips with her slender white fingers, and after thinking seriously, she said word by word:”Maybe it’s because, compared to Hokkaido, Izu is still wet and far away?”

“……”

Kato-san, has anyone ever said that your level of jokes is really not very high?

“It’s spring already, right?……”Toru Kasugano shuddered.

Miss Kato is a quiet person who just wants to be a small transparent person who does not bother with the world.

There is only one person who can make her change her previous image, and that is Toru Kasugano!

In fact, since she knew that she would go to Izu for a trip during the Golden Week, she has been thinking about it.

Is there anything more joyful than planning an occasion in Izu? Wouldn’t this make people feel a sense of tacit understanding?

Unfortunately, the trip to Hokkaido was a plan that had been decided long ago, and it was also related to her sister’s image and status in her husband’s family after she got married. As a younger sister, she can’t hold them back.

“It’s so annoying. What if someone bumps into Kasugano-san in Izu? What should I do?”For some reason, the girl suddenly thought of that rainy day.

Although she did something very embarrassing, and it also won her a lot of benefits later, Kato Megumi couldn’t help but panic when she thought of a certain scene she saw that day. (To read the exciting novels, go to Faloo Novel Network!)

“That shouldn’t be the case. Sawamura-san is such a perfect person… He is not from the same world as us little transparent people.”The girl shook her head, tossed her bob hair up, and then nodded heavily.

Only she was in the same world as Kasugano Toru.

……

On the last night before the Golden Week, Kasugano Toru sat at his desk in bewilderment.

He thought, maybe he answered the wrong phone.[]

So he repeated to the girl on the other end of the phone seriously:”Senior, this is Kasugano Toru.”

After a brief silence on the other end of the phone, Kasumigaoka Utaha’s cold voice came over:”I know, so I just said it, Kasugano-kun, go on a date with me.”

This time it was Kasugano Toru’s turn to be silent.

When the boy first received the call from Kasumigaoka Utaha, he was so scared that he almost dropped the phone.

This is a gift that his sister worked hard to save money to buy for him. If it breaks like this, it will be a disaster.���If he gets angry with Qiong, Kasugano Toru will regret it to death.

He finally got the phone steady and confirmed it with the other party immediately.

But the result left him speechless.

“Senior, you said something wrong, you actually wanted to discuss the novel with me, right?”Kasugano Toru laughed, thinking that there was no one in the world smarter than himself.

What’s this? He could even handle the talk of money transaction. Do you really think that a mere talk of dating, which could lead to misunderstanding, could scare him?

But Kasumigaoka Utaha’s next words wiped out his last bit of fantasy.

“No, Kasugano-kun, I’m talking about a date.”

“Hey, Senior, the signal here may not be very good. I can’t hear what you are saying clearly.”Kasugano Toru was sweating.

“Kasugano-kun, I know you have a good signal and you can hear what I am saying, so what I am asking is, can you go on a date with me?”

Faced with the fierce and aggressive attack of Kasumigaoka Utaha, Kasugano Toru retreated again and again, but he could not withstand the enemy’s artillery fire and finally had to surrender.

“Senior, is there something wrong with Naoto’s character creation?”

This time it was Kasumigaoka Utaha’s turn to remain silent.

“It seems that there is really something wrong with Naoto.”The boy nodded, turned on the speaker of his phone, and placed it on the desk, so that he could free his hands to look through the outline of the second volume of”Love Metronome”

“Senior, can you tell me where I’m stuck?” Turning to the part about the male protagonist, Kasugano Toru took out a pen and prepared to start taking notes.

But the person on the other end of the line did not answer his question, but instead said in a faint voice:”Kasugano-kun, you really are… observant.”

“Thank you for the compliment, senior. Actually, I am not someone who can see everything clearly. I just have a clear understanding of myself.”

Indeed, Kasugano Toru has a clear understanding of himself.

There is no need to elaborate on what kind of person Kasumigaoka Utaha is.

Such an outstanding girl would actually take the initiative to invite him on a date, especially when the two have only met a few times. This kind of good thing is either a trap or something else.

So is there anything about him that is worthy of attention?

In addition to his fairly good illustration skills and the current illustration work of”Love Metronome”, there is nothing worthy of attention.

In other words, Kasumigaoka Utaha found him today, and the reason must be related to the novel, there is no other possibility.

In addition, the second volume of the novel was greatly adjusted some time ago, many details were cut, and many mission images became fuller. It is almost foreseeable that many difficulties will inevitably arise.

And what is the biggest difficulty among them?

Kasugano Toru felt that it was not difficult to guess.

Because Kasumigaoka Utaha has never been in love.

In addition, this cold girl always puts on an expression as if someone owes her five million in school. It is impossible for her to understand boys.

“so,���Sister actually has a problem with the image of Zhiren, right?”If you talk about this, Kasugano Toru will not be sleepy.

Look at a certain blond loser. After being trained by him, he can occasionally wrestle with his mother. You will know how good Kasugano Toru is at this.

“yes……”Kasumigaoka Utaha’s voice is a little ethereal and hesitant.

She is not a person who likes to trouble others, but”Love Metronome” is really too important to her.

“So Kasugano-kun, can you help me?”The girl finally put aside her dignity and asked the boy

“Senior, leave this to me, I will help you.” Kasugano Toru patted his chest and agreed.

For him,”Love Metronome” has become his community of interests.

As the illustrator of this novel, the greater the reputation of”Love Metronome”, the higher his reputation will rise. And the higher the evaluation of this novel, the higher his evaluation will be.

In this case, what reason is there not to help?

“Tomorrow is the first day of the Golden Week. I have nothing to do, so why not go shopping with my senior?”

“Is it really possible?”Having her heart seen through, Kasumigaoka Utaha no longer had the initial coldness and strength.

Such a soft and tender tone actually gave Kasugano Toru an indescribable sense of accomplishment.

It was like a violent wild cat that was suddenly tamed into a docile and lovely house cat.

“Of course, although I have other things to do starting from the day after tomorrow, I still have no problem if it is tomorrow.”

The day agreed with Eriri to leave for Izu is the second day of the Golden Week.

So tomorrow, he can still take time to help Kasumigaoka Utaha solve this headache.

Because Kasugano Toru also knows that there is really not much time left for the novel”Love Metronome”.

Before mid-May at the latest, Fuzugawa Bookstore will start the promotion work. If the manuscript is not finished by then, it will not be solved by saying that it is a delay..