The girl in a kimono holding a file folder was not surprising to Homura. If there are no surprises, then this must be Senju Muramasa, right?
But... Senju Muramasa is also from this publisher?
Although she is also a top-tier light novel writer, he was skeptical about whether she could be invited to collaborate and join the circle.
Because... Senju Muramasa only writes novels for herself!
She has no interest in society at all. She writes novels just to read her own works. For topics that she is not interested in, she becomes just like a senile granny.
Can such a person really collaborate with others? This is what he is suspicious of.
However, it is not entirely impossible... for things that can make her serious, she will have a strong passion and persistence, and she will recklessly charge ahead.
As long as he can stimulate her passion, even if it is to collaborate with others, it is possible she will do it.
And this is what he needs to consider.
"What an exaggerated outfit!" Elf exclaimed, completely ignoring the fact that her own gothic-lolita outfit was even more exaggerated.
Homura looked at her speechlessly. "You're the last person I want to hear that from!"
Elf ignored him and ran over by herself. "Hey! Do you have business here?"
"Ahh..." The startled girl dropped the items in her hand.
"Sorry!" After apologizing, the trio helped pick up the paper that seemed to be a novel manuscript.
Homura glanced at it and nodded. "This... is the manuscript of 'Fantasy Demon Blade Legend', right?"
"W-What?!" The shocked Elf dropped the manuscript again.
"Could it be..." Utaha also looked incredulous. "This girl is... Senju Muramasa-sensei?!"
"Fantasy... Demon Blade Legend...?" Muramasa said with some confusion, appearing as if she did not know... in fact, she really didn't!
"Probably..." Homura shrugged. "It's the novel you wrote."
Muramasa suddenly realized: "Ahh~ it's the thing the editor asked me to write."
Utaha's heart stirred. The voice of this sensei, Senju Muramasa, sounded similar to Sawamura-san! {TN: Same Japanese VA}
"This girl..." Elf's mouth twitched. "Don't you even know the name of the novel you wrote?"
"I only wrote the novel for myself to read," Muramasa said without hesitation. "As long as the content is interesting, the name doesn't matter at all. I'm just writing a novel, and I don't care about anything else."
"Then why did you become a novelist?" Utaha couldn't help but ask.
"Just go with the flow. Someone told me, (Even if you write novels all day, no one will bother you.) So that's why," Muramasa said, rubbing her chin.
Elf furrowed her brow and asked, "But why write novels? If you want interesting content, can't you just buy other novels to read?"
"Because there are no novels that I find interesting," Muramasa replied, sounding disgruntled. "So I had no choice but to write my own."
Homura rubbed his chin, pondering the reason why Muramasa started writing novels.
However, Elf had already asked, "If you don't have any interesting memories from reading novels, you wouldn't have the idea to write novels, would you? Then... how did you write your first novel? Wasn't it because you read someone else's novel and found it interesting, inspiring you to start writing your own?"
Homura was speechless... It made sense!
Izumi Masamune originally asked this question because Muramasa found his novel interesting and was inspired to write one herself.
But Izumi Masamune no longer existed in this world, so what was the reason for Muramasa to write a novel in this world? At first, Homura was also puzzled, but after hearing Elf's question, he could only smile wryly.
As Elf just said, how did Muramasa's first novel come into existence?
Could it be Muramasa was a transmigrator or reincarnator? That would be too absurd!
"I haven't found any interesting novels, but I was moved by the genuine smiles of a few kids when they read manga. That's why I looked for various novels, manga, stories, and so on... but I was disappointed that none of them were interesting," Muramasa explained.
"Because it wasn't interesting, I had to write it myself, huh..." Homura muttered to himself, suddenly smiling. "Well, how about this then?"
He handed over three documents with a smile: a project proposal of 'Your Name.', a dialogue script of Mitsuha, and a novel that Utaha and Homura had personally revised from the game's script.
Elf: "..."
Utaha: "..."
Where did you pull that out from?! Do you always carry it with you?!
Of course, he deliberately brought it with him precisely because there was a good chance something like this would happen. When he suddenly encountered a novel author who was worth inviting on the street, he naturally had to bring it out, just like now!
This time, he brought it out to see if Muramasa would find it interesting.
He believed that Muramasa had no knowledge of 'Your Name.' or any other information because she was a technological idiot who had no access to phones or the internet.
Therefore, this was her first time seeing 'Your Name.', and her reaction would be the most genuine.
Muramasa was taken aback and subconsciously took the papers from him. She looked at Homura, who raised his hand to signal her to take a look.
"Take a look at this. Will it interest you?" Homura said confidently.
Listening to his words, Muramasa shifted her gaze to her hands, remained silent for a moment, and silently started to flip through the pages.
Utaha felt a headache coming on and thought frustratedly to herself. 'Could it be that Homura-kun is interested in her? Now that I think of it, why did I decide to bring him to this interview? If I hadn't done it, Homura-kun wouldn't have met Senju Muramasa, right? So, does this mean I brought Senju Muramasa to Homura-kun's side with my own hand...?'
Regardless of Utaha's existential doubts, Elf poked Homura's arm.
"Homura, Senju Muramasa only thinks her own novels are interesting, and the genre she's good at seems to be school life and supernatural, right? Can 'Your Name.' really move her?"
Homura made a sarcastic comment, "Both Mitsuha and Taki have already traveled through time and space and swapped bodies. It's no problem to call it supernatural, right? What's more, both of them are also high schoolers! So, school life and supernatural are completely okay, don't you think?"
Elf had a black line on her forehead. Wasn't this explanation too far-fetched?!
"But no worries, I've made another preparation," Homura added.
"What preparation?" Elf asked curiously, and Utaha also came back to her senses and perked up her ears.
"Based on the initial members, we had decided that the next circle project would be related to sakura flower. But after you joined, I thought we should add some fantasy elements, so let's put sakura on hold for now. If 'Your Name.' still can't attract Senju Muramasa's..."
"...then let's create a work that can attract her to come to life!"
Homura made such a declaration.
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