The girl looked at the face of Homura who had turned around and pouted.
"What! So it's you, Minamiya."
"Yes, it's me! What a coincidence, Kashiwagi Eri... I mean, Eriri." Homura shrugged and smiled.
"What? Kashiwagi Eri! Who are you calling Kashiwagi Eri!" Like an angry cat, Eriri swung her twin tails and repeatedly slapped Homura's cheek.
Homura raised his arms to block and watched the scene unfold before him, feeling amused.
Eriri's name is Sawamura Spencer Eriri. Her father is a British diplomat and her family is well-off, making her a wealthy young lady.
Yes, Homura and Eriri know each other.
Because their parents are quite powerful and they attend the same school, it's inevitable that they would have some interaction. Over time, they became familiar with each other and he suddenly remembered his past life memories about her other identity that made "Kashiwagi Eri" inadvertently slipped out which angered her.
After all, in front of people, Eriri has disguised herself very well, and few people know that she is the famous artist and illustrator for a famous doujinshi circle under the alias "Kashiwagi Eri".
After a while, Eriri became dizzy and finally stopped then snorted.
"Hmph! You're lucky, I'll let you go for now!"
Looking at this tsundere girl, Homura asked.
"By the way, Eriri, how did you end up here?"
"That should be my line!" Eriri hugged her arms and said unkindly, "How could the young master of the Minamiya Family buy manga tools here? Could it be that you want to draw manga?"
Eriri looked surprised as if she had seen something incredible.
Homura also looked helpless.
He couldn't just tell his bizarre experiences, so he said,
"There's nothing strange, is there? I have some stories in my mind, and I want to draw them out. Oh, maybe write them out too."
"How come I didn't know you could draw?" Eriri still looked incredulous and asked.
"Is drawing something to show off?" Homura replied, and then a playful smile appeared on his face, "Don't you also know how to draw? Your classmates don't know you have this ability!"
"Baka! Don't say it out loud!" Eriri blushed and prepared to use her twin tails to punish Homura.
Seeing the situation was not good, Homura quickly surrendered and said to the furious girl in front of him, "Okay, okay, I'm sorry. I won't do it again next time!"
"Next time!?" Eriri exclaimed.
"Slip of the tongue, slip of the tongue!" Homura said. Eriri was angry again.
How could she have let this guy know her secret?!
"If my mom could have told me when you came to my house as a guest in the past, how could you have found out?" Eriri said a bit indignantly.
"Don't worry, I'm not the type to gossip. It won't get out." Homura comforted, then added, "Although I say that, there are quite a few people in the industry who know about you, right? It'll be exposed sooner or later. Have you ever thought about transitioning?"
After a moment of silence, Eriri was a little angry and a little helpless as she said, "Do you think I don't want to? My fans are used to my style, and I can't come up with any stories that could become masterpieces. What can I do?"
Looking at the slightly downcast Eriri, Homura gently patted her head and said softly, "Then, will you help me?"
"What? Are you joking with me?!" Eriri has led astray in her thinking and instinctively refuted, forgetting to push away the hand of Homura on her head.
"No, I'm not joking with you!" Homura withdrew his hand without showing any emotion and explained, "You don't have any stories, but I do! And not just a few, even though I can do them myself, I want to get involved in the game industry in the future, especially game like visual novels, which requires a lot of original artwork!"
"... Are you serious?" Eriri looked deeply at him and said seriously, "This is not something that can be done just by saying it. Moreover, even if you add yourself, there will only be two people, are you sure you can make it happen?"
"Huh? Didn't I tell you? My sister can also draw, and she draws quite well!" Homura decided to make an effort to win over Eriri.
"What? Sagiri can also draw? And when did you say she could draw?" Eriri exclaimed. She was taken aback and did not expect that the shut-in little girl at home could also draw, and according to Homura, she was quite good at it.
Seeing her reaction, Homura laughed and continued, "And she's quite famous too, in some aspects, I feel she's no worse than you, Eriri."
Curious, Eriri asked involuntarily, "No worse than me? Who is it?"
"Eromanga-sensei!" The mischievous smile on his face was obvious to anyone, but Eriri didn't notice it, as she was already stunned.
"...Eromanga-sensei, Eromanga-sensei!" Finally reacting, Eri's sapphire-like eyes flashed with a strange light. She then stared at Homura, questioning him, "Sagiri is Eromanga-sensei? You're not joking with me, are you? Is she really the famous illustrator and artist in the industry, Eromanga-sensei?"
Shrugging, Homura affirmed to Eriri, "Is there any need to lie to you? Sagiri is indeed Eromanga-sensei, but she doesn't know that I already know her identity, so don't tell anyone."
Feeling that Homura was not lying, Eriri calmed down her fluctuating thoughts and replied, "Don't worry! I'm not that kind of person who talks too much."
"But... Eromanga-sensei." Eriri murmured, then exclaimed in surprise, "We really talked to each other online, but I didn't expect it was Sagiri!"
"In that case, your idea might really be possible!" Thinking of this, Eriri also felt a little tempted.
Should she work together with Homura to achieve something?
"Do you think three people are enough?" Eriri asked again.
"Don't worry, there will be more people joining!" As Homura spoke, he remembered how interesting this world was, now that it had merged with another world. There might even be undiscovered worlds that he hadn't yet found.
"Not just illustrator, but I'll continue to invite people for other positions too."
Listening to his words, after thinking for a moment, Eriri finally made up her mind. She raised her hand and pointed at Homura, saying, "Then I'll give you a chance! You said you already have stories in your head, right? Tomorrow at school, bring your project plan to me. If your plan can move me..."
"I'll join you!" The girl declared.
"No problem! I won't let you run away!" Homura firmly said and showed a confident smile.
"Hmph! Wait until you come up with a plan that can move me!" Blushing a bit, Eriri said somewhat proudly.
Finding her amusing, Homura thought of his own goal and asked Eriri for advice, "By the way, Eriri, can you recommend some good manga tools for me?"
"No problem! Leave it to Eriri!" Patting her own chest, Eriri said confidently.