"I'm telling you, brat, can I give them your phone number?"
From the tone of the speaker, it was clear that it was Homura's father who called.
Homura didn't hesitate to say, "Dad, can you just help me out?"
"It's mainly because these people are too annoying!" Kosuke exclaimed irritably. "With just a small gesture of yours, they come to inquire about this and that! What if they find out about your plan? I'll be driven crazy! "
"Hahaha..."
"Why are you laughing, you brat?! It's all because of you!" Kosuke was angry, and this brat was laughing!
"Who asked you to give out your personal number so easily? Buy a new one! Let your subordinates handle them!" Homura suggested.
"... I guess that's the only way, but it's really annoying! It had nothing to do with me in the first place. All the trouble was caused by you! " Kosuke's tone was full of displeasure.
'Isn't it a father's duty to wipe his son's ass?' Homura didn't say this, but he thought it in his mind.
"Actually, Dad, I need your help again. And, you yourself knew that you had already been involved since the beginning, right?" Homura's eyes lit up as he spoke.
"... Speak." Kosuke's voice sounded a bit aggrieved. These two men, father and son were at their wits' end!
"We can handle the game script, original art, music, and screenplay ourselves, but we don't have anyone to do the voice acting except for the male and female lead roles. What do you think?"
Kosuke wasn't as enthusiastic as before, and only said, "You finish all that first, then send it to me to take a look."
Homura had no choice but to say, "Okay, then you'll have to wait a few more days."
"That's settled then. You're okay now, right? Hang up!"
'Huh? Why did he sound like I was the one who called him first?' Homura hadn't even spoken yet, but the other side had hung up.
Homura: "..."
"Every damn time he always takes advantage and then hangs up immediately, is he a child!" Homura said helplessly.
Eriri scoffed, "You're not that great yourself, are you?!"
"Well, trouble's come, but it's all gone to my dad," Homura shrugged innocently.
Utaha also laughed and said, "Your way of getting along with your father is really strange!"
Homura didn't avoid anything and said, "It's getting better now, but we hardly spoke before, which was awkward! I just threw the voice actor problem at him."
He then continued, "Actually, I really want us to do it ourselves since you girls also have very nice voices, but you girls don't want to do the voice acting yourselves, right?"
Except for Nanami, everyone else quickly shook their heads. Even though Homura said their voices were very nice and the girls were very pleased, they still didn't agree to do it themselves.
Perhaps it was nervousness? Perhaps it was the fear of not doing well? So, it was definitely not something to count on. Maybe they would ask Nanami for advice on voice acting in the future!
After all, handing over the game that they had all worked hard to produce and letting others do the voice acting was like giving their own child up for adoption, which was quite uncomfortable.
"OK! Then let's go back for now!" Homura rubbed Sagiri's head. "We're already in the final phase of the game!"
Their hard work was about to come to fruition! Homura's declaration made everyone's morale soar!"
===
Kosuke hung up the phone, and from the smile on his face, it was clear that he was in a good mood. Ever since Homura hung up on him last time, Kosuke had been trying to tease him by hanging up the call first before his son whenever he could.
"By the way, you should have seen that brat's game last time, right? What do you think?" Kosuke asked Shizuka.
Shizuka naturally spared no effort in praising it.
"The work of Homura-chan and the others is really great! Especially the voice acting of Homura-chan and Nanami-chan! It's amazing!"
Kosuke scratched his head, a gesture that Homura often made. He said strangely, "Is this brat really that good? I heard that he completed most of the game by himself!"
Shizuka nodded, "Yes, most of it had Homura-chan's involvement. The programming, scriptwriting, and even the music were all independently completed by Homura-chan!"
"... The more you say, the more twisted and abnormal it sounds!" Kosuke curled his lips, then became a bit lewd, "Speaking of which, what do you think of the girls around that brat?"
Shizuka also became interested, "It seems like they all have a bit of a crush on Homura-chan!"
"Which one do you like the most?" Kosuke asked naturally.
Shizuka said without hesitation, "I like them all! But I hope Sagiri-chan can do her best!"
Kosuke nodded, "Yeah, it'd be best to get them all!"
Then, he heard Shizuka's voice in his ear, "What about you? Do you want to be like that too?"
Suddenly, cold sweat broke out...
===
At the same time, in a doujinshi circle named Rouge en rouge.
The founder of the circle, Kosaka Akane, was looking at some materials while flipping through the latest issue of a manga magazine that lay open next to her.
"So he's the young master of the Minamiya Family?" Akane murmured to herself.
"Iori," she said, looking up at the young man in front of her. "Do you think we can recruit him into our circle?"
Hashima Iori smiled wryly. "Akane-san, you must be joking. How could the young master of the Minamiya Family join another circle?"
Akane had only asked the question out of curiosity; she didn't really think that Homura could join her circle.
"Besides," Iori continued, "hasn't he already formed his own circle?"
"Hmm?" Akane was a little surprised. "How did you find out about that? Is the source reliable?"
Iori explained to her, "Recently, the light novel author Kasumi Utako, who is also under the Manke Bunko, and the famous doujinshi artist Kashiwagi Eri, often act together. And by their side is the renowned Minamiya-sensei, who shocked the industry with his debut."
"Right," Akane said, suddenly realizing. "Come to think of it, Kashiwagi Eri is the artist I wanted to recruit! I can't believe someone else beat me to it!"
Her tone was slightly annoyed. "But it's not that easy! I'll definitely get Kashiwagi Eri to join our circle!"
Iori smiled wryly again. "I'm afraid it won't be that easy... They're all students at the same school, so their relationships are naturally closer."
"And besides, if Minamiya Homura was just some clueless young master, it might be different, but you've seen his abilities! I don't think our circle would have much appeal to Kashiwagi Eri."
Hearing Iori's words, Akane could only reluctantly agree with him.
After thinking for a moment, she gave an order. "Keep a close eye on this potential new circle! It's sure to be a giant in the future!"
"Yes, ma'am!" Iori saluted, then left to relay the order.
"It seems this young master Minamiya is quite ambitious!" Akane said to herself.
"Perhaps... there might be a chance for collaboration in the future." Her gaze became dreamy as she took out a bottle of red wine and poured herself a drink.