I was stung by a scorpion yesterday, so I didn't post a chapter. It was the second worst experience of my life, I felt so much pain that I almost fainted.
Now I'm better and can write again :)
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I woke up feeling quite anxious, and together with Lili and Hestia, we decided to go to the library. Finally, the second volume is being released! I'm even more nervous now than when I released the first volume.
I guess I'm afraid people won't like it.
Lili enjoyed it, and Hestia liked what she read as well. I guess everything's fine.
"So those are the illustrations? They're so beautiful," Hestia said.
There was a large image of the book cover at the library entrance along with the title. It was a big and eye-catching picture. Hestia couldn't help but be impressed.
Lili hadn't seen it before either; she was stunned.
"It's gorgeous. That's why I didn't want to show you before—I wanted it to be a surprise."
"..." Hestia said nothing after hearing me. She pretended I hadn't said anything.
"It is impressive. Luan, where did you find such an incredible artist?" Lili asked.
"Elma was the one who hired the artist. I'll ask Elma to arrange a meeting for us."
"I'd like to meet the artist too…" Lili said.
We stood there, admiring the image from a distance since entering the library was hard. As time passed, more people arrived, and the streets became increasingly crowded. It was even a bit difficult to move.
The first people who managed to buy the book were showing it off, which even caused a few arguments.
It is chaos.
Hestia seemed to regret not agreeing to Elma's suggestion to grab a copy for her yesterday. Now, it would take a long time for her to buy her copy!
At some point, Lili and Hestia even wanted to leave.
I told them I would handle it, and they could go home, but they decided to stay with me until we managed to get inside the library.
The inside wasn't much different from the outside.
The library wasn't big, so even though there were organized lines, it was crowded and complex to move around. Fortunately, when Elma saw us, she made sure to attend us.
The other customers were irritated, but when they noticed Goddess Hestia was with us, they decided not to complain.
"Excuse me, this way," Elma said.
We were led to the library's storage room, where I had been before.
There were even more boxes this time, and some employees were rushing around. The way they were acting was stressful. They were acting this way because of the chaos outside.
"Just ignore them. Here you go. I prepared this for you," Elma said.
She grabbed a large box containing five copies. One copy to Hestia, one to Lili, one to me, and two extra copies to give to whoever I wanted. When Hestia saw the book up close, her eyes sparkled.
She picked up one of the copies and ran her hand over the cover art.
"It's even more beautiful up close. Luan, we have to meet the artist who created this."
"Oh, that's right, I haven't introduced you two yet. She's a big fan of yours, Luan."
"She? I thought it was a man."
"Did I say this? No, it's a woman. I'll arrange a meeting for you two to get to know each other. You can even plan the covers for the next volumes together. Haha," Elma said.
She is saying, "Write more volumes."
"That would be great," I replied.
"Well, I need to go now. I'd love to chat more, but it's crazy out there. You should leave soon, or you'll get stuck inside the store."
"You should have anticipated this and organized things better," I told Elma.
"I thought it would be fine... I'll be more careful next time."
After a long while, we finally left the store with the five copies. When we returned to the mansion, Hestia and Lili took their copies and sat on the couch to read.
Lili had already read it twice but was ready for a third time.
What a dedicated fan.
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A few days have passed since the second volume was released, and the success was more significant than expected. I didn't imagine it would be such an explosive launch. I already knew how well the first volume had sold, but this reached an overwhelming level.
Hestia, who had already finished reading, praised it a lot. Lili kept complimenting it, even though it was her third read.
In the past few days, Elma finally arranged a meeting with the artist of my novel. And today was the day I would meet her. However, we'd only meet in the evening.
Hestia and Lili wanted to come with me, but Elma said the artist was shy and didn't want anyone else to join me.
After a few hours, the time finally came. The sun had disappeared, and I headed toward where we were supposed to meet. I dressed in my best clothes and used up the last bit of cologne I had.
Even though she wasn't a character from the original story, I still wanted to make a good impression. It's always good to stay in contact with such a talented person.
I walked through the busy streets of Orario, looking for the restaurant where we were supposed to meet. Many people were eating and talking when I entered—it was pretty noisy.
Then, a woman approached me; she was one of the waitresses.
"Are you Luan, by any chance?" she asked.
"Yes, that's me," I replied. Does she know me?
But that didn't seem to be the case.
"Someone is waiting for you. I'll take you to her table," The waitress said with a smile and began guiding me to the table where the artist was.
An artist whose name I didn't even know.
However, as I approached the table, I saw the artist sitting with her back to me.
Her hair is white.
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Next chapters: Chapter 108 - Bell? / Chapter 109 - I want to invite Luan to the dungeon (Ais's POV) / Chapter 110 - Ishtar is acting strange (Aisha's POV) / Chapter 111 - I want to see you, Luan (Aisha and Ishtar POVs) / Chapter 112 - Ishtar kidnapped Lili? / Chapter 113 - Luan is very angry ( Lili and Luan POVs) / Chapter 114 - Attacking Ishtar. / Chapter 115 - Dragging Ishtar by the hair. +18 / Chapter 116 - Ishtar is a product to satisfy my desires. +18 / Chapter 117 - Ishtar being treated like this turns me on. +18 (Aisha and Luan POV) / Chapter 118 - Mission completed! Ishtar regrets it. +18 / Chapter 119 - Changes in my body. Lili has a strange fetish? +18 / Chapter 120 - My appearance has improved even more. Who are you? / Chapter 121 - Existential crisis?