"Then we can only try a different approach..."
"Speaking of which, you must be Yamada Elf-sensei, right?"
"Eh?" Elf was surprised, but then a look of pride appeared on her face. "Could it be that you are also this lady's servant?"
Homura's eye twitched. As expected, if you didn't spend enough time with Elf; her way of speaking was really annoying.
"No, but I really like your work."
She furrowed her brows, about to speak, but he interrupted her naturally.
"Not just me, but also Eromanga-sensei and Kashiwagi Eri-sensei like it a lot." Then, Homura teased her with a playful look.
"..."
"!!!"
"Who did you say? Eromanga-sensei?!" She looked at him in shock and disbelief.
He nodded, clearly telling her, "Yes, Eromanga-sensei, the one and only."
"Ehhhh!!!"
She rushed forward in an instant and grabbed His hand. "Where is Eromanga-sensei?!"
He smiled and said, "I can't tell you that, Eromanga-sensei has been hiding "his" identity all this time!"
"Tch!" She shook his hand away.
Standing on the side, Elf looked at Homura suspiciously and asked, "Wait a minute! Who are you? How do you know Eromanga-sensei?"
"Wait!" Before he could speak, Elf stopped him directly. "Just now, you said... Kashiwagi Eri-sensei?!"
"You heard correctly."
This time, she was very shocked. Who was this guy? He even knew these two famous artists in the industry.
"Wait, wait!" Elf bit her finger and kept thinking about this guy's self-introduction just now. "Minamiya Homura? Minamiya, Minamiya..."
'I recall a crazy rumor circulating in the industry these past two days, involving Kashiwagi Eri and Minamiya...'
"Could it be... you're actually Minamiya-sensei?!" Elf, shocked by her own analysis results, exclaimed.
"Well, if you put Kashiwagi Eri and my name together, you should be able to figure it out, right?" Homura didn't directly confirm it, but his answer essentially confirmed her guess.
"Ah~!!! How annoying~!" Elf gnashed her teeth in frustration. "Isn't having Kashiwagi Eri-sensei enough?! I didn't expect even Eromanga-sensei too..."
"Speaking of which, are you really so obsessed with Eromanga-sensei"
"E~hem~" She boasted proudly, "Well, listen up! I, this young lady, will definitely make Eromanga-sensei draw the illustrations for my next work!"
"I'm obsessed with Eromanga-sensei's illustrations! I must have that Ero-God to draw the best nude illustration in the world for me! Plus, with my writing skills, it will be the ultimate light novel that has never been seen before!"
He looked at the enthusiastic Elf and laughed. "You're really confident, Yamada Elf-sensei."
She was a little unhappy and said, "But why won't Eromanga-sensei reply to me... Why?!"
After that, she started shamelessly speaking, "Clearly, all light novel authors besides this young lady have become the dregs of society!"
"Now, the novel I write will open up a new world, which means that I am the savior of the light novel industry!"
"No... I am the 'Light Novel' itself!"
Homura covered his face. How did she manage to say such a narcissistic statement without shame?
"So, where do you place Kasumi Utako and Senju Muramasa?"
"Uh..." She felt like she was hit by two arrows. For Elf who believes that sales were everything, it was one thing to insult others, but she couldn't insult those two.
Senju Muramasa needed no introduction, the sales were several times higher than hers.
As a novelist of a different genre, Kasumi Utako's sales were just as impressive as hers.
However, her erotic writing style sold better than normal novels.
So, these two individuals were not the "dregs" she claimed them to be. One could only say that reality hit her in the face too quickly.
Elf shifted the topic unnaturally, "By the way, are you free now?"
"I'm good. Do you need my help with something? I'll help as much as I can."
"Introduce me to Eromanga-sensei!" She said with ease.
Homura: "..."
"Let's not talk about that for now. Have you had dinner yet? Do you want to come to my home for dinner?"
Elf raised her eyebrows, "Are you inviting a beautiful girl you just met to your home?"
"So, are you coming or not?" Homura just smiled, then said mentally, 'I have already given you the hints. If you still can't figure it out, don't blame me.'
"No--" She stopped after saying just one word; she felt like she had overlooked something.
Her brain started working.
'He has been confirmed to be Minamiya-sensei, and he mentioned Kashiwagi Eri-sensei and Eromanga-sensei... That proves that they are indeed very familiar with each other.'
'Then, he also mentioned Kasumi Utako and Senju Muramasa. It's hard to say about Senju Muramasa, but isn't Kasumi Utako also a member of Minamiya-sensei's circle that's been rumored about?'
'In other words, Eromanga-sensei is also very likely to be a member?!'
Looking up at his smiling face, Elf thought unhappily, 'Ah~!!! It's quite possible! How many talented people has this guy gathered?!'
'Then let's go and investigate! Who knows, I might run into Eromanga-sensei!'
With that thought in mind, Elf decided to ask one more question. "Does your rumored circle actually exist?"
As expected, she noticed it and he promptly replied, "Of course, it exists."
"Okay! Wait for me a moment! I'll tidy up a bit and then I'll follow you home!" Elf decisively packed up a few things, closed the door, and prepared to follow him home.
Homura: "..."
He didn't expect her to do this decisively, but it didn't really matter since he was planning to go home with her anyway.
"Let's go."
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"I'm back! And I have a guest!"
Elf was a bit excited; it seemed that there were indeed people living in Homura's home. The question was whether or not it was Eromanga-sensei!
Everyone came out to greet them, except for Sagiri who was in her room with Jinno.
Megumi then asked, "Homura-kun, who is this?" Why was there yet another beautiful girl?
Everyone else had the same thought, and Elf was even startled. Why did this guy have so many girls in his home?!
It was time for introductions again, and the girls had a bad feeling when Homura extended his hand to introduce Elf.
"This is our new neighbor, the best-selling light novel author, Yamada Elf-sensei!"
'Ended...' Except for Elf and Mashiro, everyone else was thinking the same thing.
Because Homura was adding yet another beautiful girl to his entourage, all the girls knew that Homura was definitely going to recruit more people for Another Dimension. Yamada Elf was surely not going to be an exception.