Ero Manga Sensei Volume 4 Chapter 2

And so ---

Together with Elf, we took a train to Tokyo.

Since today was Sunday, there wasn't a whole of people on the train. However, the sight of a blond haired girl in lolita clothing still attracted a lot of attention, mostly from girls who whispered to each other "So cute~" or "Just like a French doll".

Elf looked like she was used to receiving praise. She excitedly stood next to me, and had been talking since the moment we entered the train

"Neh, neh, Masamune-kun! Is it fun to go out with me on a Sunday? Does it feel refres.h.i.+ng to forget all of your troubles?"

We just got on the train, what the h.e.l.l are you talking about…

"I don’t have any troubles. I trust Eromanga-sensei."

"Really? I thought that you were the because my little sister is troubled, I don’t know what to do type and became troubled too."

She’s sharp.

"Maybe. Although I couldn’t do anything for her…aside from give her my trust…actually I did feel troubled."

"Right right! So let's go out to relax."

"…You…are right."

Goingoutside, bathing under the sun light -- it was much different from sitting in my house.

I truly thought that was the case.

"…Thank you, Elf. It's a good way to reduce stress."

"!" Elf was stunned for a moment, and said then "It's nothing. We’re friends, aren't we?"

…What a bright smile.

Truly, I felt better just from talking with her.

"But I told both of you to come with me. Where’s Eromanga-sensei?"

I carefully showed her the tablet on my chest.

Since Eromanga-sensei couldn’t go out of her room, we used this method instead.

Using skype on a moving train wasn't exactly possible, not to mention that the energy drain would be very high, so we used Line chat for now. 

After the mess yesterday, luckily I got her Line ID

「Elf-chan, who are you going to introduce us to? 」

Eromanga-sensei's message came.

Elf and I looked at the smartphone in my hand.

"Fufufu, you will know when you arrive."

「Why are you trying to act mysterious now? Do you want me to reveal that today you are wearing panties with pink stripes? 」

" ---- Ha? How, how, how could you know?"

Elf yelled loudly and quickly typed her reply. With a *ding*, a message from Eromanga-sensei arrived with an attached image.

It was an image of a panties’ crease.

"c.r.a.p! You, how could…how…"

Elf curled up, blushed and trembled ~:

"Could, could couldcould …..you…you…my…."

「I just stole it. 」

“ ~~~~~~~~~~~ Nya, nyan! What the h.e.l.l are you trying to do!?”

With a *squa.s.s*, Elf immediately grabbed the helm of her dress and pushed it down, her voice deeply shaken:

"Eeeee…..there will be stairs when we getoff the train! Any elementary school kid will see everything!"

「 ---------That was a joke 」

"Without a doubt, they will think that I'm a super beautiful perverted girl --- eh? A joke?"

「Yup. These panties are my drawing. 」

"………………..Re, really?"

Both Elf and I blankly looked at the image.

No matter how I looked at it, it looked like real panties.

"A drawing…huh…" "A drawing…right?"

「Aren’t I great? 」

Eromanga-sensei proudly added.

Hehe -- I could almost see the image of her raising her chest in pride.

Looks like going out with Elf brought benefits not only for me, but also for Sagiri too.

“I would say it’s amazing…but is this truly an image? Or….did you peek at me….”

….Elf’s panties …

“Otherwise…how could this….look exactly the same as mine…”

「I knew without seeing. 」

Eromanga-sensei replied, her voice (words) full of confidence.

「To be able to correctly draw a cute girl’s panties without seeing them is one of the special skills that master taught me. 」

“I told you to stop s.e.xual hara.s.sing me on the train!”

“Don’t say that while sitting right next to me! I didn’t do anything to you!”

Really – the first Eromanga-sensei didn’t teach her student any shame.

I feared that those special skills would turn out to be like a Sherlock Holmes’s style trick.

「By the way, the closer I am to my target, the better my drawings become. 」

“This was beyond human capacity! It’s on a same level with any A-cla.s.s skill of a professional light novel writer!”

Please, don’t tell me I have to put the one with such ridiculous naming sense (Elf) on the same level with the first Eromanga-sensei.

Not to mention that all of those “ill.u.s.tration’s hidden meanings” were becoming more and more perverted.

Part of me want to know if are there any other hidden meanings, but another part doesn’t want to know.

「Among professional ill.u.s.trators, I hear that some became a blue creature that could control tentacles to pull a girl’s skirt up. 」

“They couldn’t even maintain their human’s form anymore?”

Suddenly, the conversation between Elf and Eromanga-sensei became more heated.

After a while, we arrived at a hotel in the s.h.i.+njuku area, and then we took an elevator to the highest floor.

Eromanga-sensei’s mechanical voice came through the tablet:

「The one Elf-chan wanted us to meet…lives in this luxury hotel? 」

“Luxury? I think it’s pretty normal though.”

No no, it’s normal in your opinion, but from a normal human’s viewpoint it was definitely super luxurious.

….The one Elf wanted me to meet was probably a woman in magnificent clothing. I should mentally prepared myself.

“Say Elf, why did you bring that basket with you?”

“Hm? This? Consider it a bribe.”

“..What?”

I left the elevator and timidly followed Elf, who was gently walking forward. She stopped in front of a room, and said:

“Over here.”

She rang the doorbell, the *ding dong* sound chimed -------

“Emilyyyyyyyyyy ~~~~~~~~ ❤You’re here!”

The door burst open and someone rushed out.

It was a pink-haired girl, who had a firm body like an athlete. She was wearing a T-s.h.i.+rt, short jeans. She was slightly taller than Elf. Her age…was probably around the same as me. She grinned and showed a canine tooth.

Elf smiled:

“h.e.l.lo h.e.l.lo ~ Amelia. Sorry for bothering you when you’re so busy.”

“Nonsense, you’re always welcomed here! Today you look so cute!”

“Of course. Ah, today I want to introduce you to someone.”

“Huh? Introduce?”

The girl who was called Amelia’s eyes widened – then she finally noticed that I was standing next to Elf. She gave me a half glare and said in a very displeased tone:

“Ha? Who the h.e.l.l are you? What is your relations.h.i.+p with Emily? And why do you look familiar…?”

Wah, it doesn’t look like I was welcome here.

Hey Elf, quickly say something – I gave her a silent signal. She nodded, her expression said “leave it to me.”

“He is my boyfriend, Izumi Masamune!”

“You did that on purpose, didn’t you?!”

I don’t know what kind of relations.h.i.+p you two have, but I do know that this kind of introduction was definitely no-no.

“No no, actually ---“

I tried to explain, but the pink hair girl’s eyes widened before she slapped me.

“Ah ah ~ Izumi Masamune! You are Izumi Masamune?”

“Er…yes…?”

“I see! No wonder you look so familiar!”

“….Have we meet before?”

Although I was totally taken back by her presence, I managed to ask. But she ignored that question and gave me a look over from head to toe.

“Hm ~ you’re the guy who was trying to approach Emily as her boyfriend, aren't you --- Izumi Masamune….”

She thrust her finger in my face:

“Bad!”

“Yes?”

“You look too poor! You totally ~ don’t have what is take to be Emily’s boyfriend.”

“I told you I’m not! And…who are you, anyway?”

If she knew Elf’s real name, their relations.h.i.+p must be quite close.

“Ah sure, I forgot to introduce myself.”

She pointed her thumb at herself:

“I’m the great Amelia Armeria! My penname when drawing is Army!”

“Eh? Army-sensei?”

“The one and only beautiful ill.u.s.trator, Army-chan!”

She stood upright and proudly introduced herself.

At least her ego was on par with Elf’s.

Let me explain a bit.

Army-sensei is the one who drew Yamada Elf-sensei’s masterpiece The Expurgatory Flame of Dark Elf.

She could draw in many styles, actively partic.i.p.ate in both ill.u.s.trators and manga events, andshe was good at both. So people called her themulti-talent ill.u.s.trator

Army-sensei’s drawing had sensual, and sultry girls, which fit Elf’s writing, thus they became a good combo. The Expurgatory Flame of Dark Elf became famous, it wasn’t just the author’s work, it succeeded because of the ill.u.s.trator as well.

But I have to admit, the story itself was already good, adding ill.u.s.trations only ensured its success.

In short, she is an amazing, famous ill.u.s.trator.

“…But I never thought you were such a young girl…”

First Sagiri, then Elf, Muramasa-senpai (well, I’m young too, so it’s not like I could say anything) – it was unbelievable.

「So cute. What type of s.h.i.+rt are you wearing? 」

Be quiet, Eromanga-sensei.

Elf patted Army-sensei’s shoulder and introduced us:

“Armeria – Army-chan is my childhood friend. Do you remember what I said about how much I was forced to study? Armeria’s parents brought her to me. Since we were about the same age, we began to study together.”

“Then after a while, we found out that we loved each other! Emily is my wife.”

Army-chan gently raised her head and folded her arms in front of her chest.

“Army-chan’s j.a.panese is not very good, so please forgive her.”

No, not only the j.a.panese word…all of her sentences sounded strange…like I’m watching a television program that had a foreigner as the MC.

“Elf, the one you wanted to show us…?”

“Yep, it’s Army-chan.”

「I want to see your panties! 」

Be quiet, Eromanga-sensei.

“……..”

“……………”

Both I and Army-sensei stared at each other, none of us knew what to say.

Still…she was almost as cute as Elf. The way her eyes was shaped and her canine tooth gave her a special charm.

--- But…why didn’t I feel anything? True, I had lived with my little sister for a long time, so I had a decent resistance against cute girls --- but it shouldn’t be enough to make me feel nothing like I was now. Strange.

Of course that didn’t mean I hated her. In fact, seeing her appearance made me quite like her.

…A girl huh?

My eyes unconsciously turned to her b.r.e.a.s.t.s ---

“You!”

“!?”

She suddenly shouted which startled me.

“Y, yes?”

“You really aren’t in a relations.h.i.+p with Emily?”

“No, I’m not! I just told you!”

“Hm, is that so?”

I couldn’t tell anything from her reaction.

Did she understand or not? Did she notice I looked at her b.r.e.a.s.t.s? I couldn’t tell.

“Then I will make it clear, call me Ore-sama.”

Army-sensei thrust her finger at my face and said:

“I have no interest in love with a man. Don’t even think about it just because I’m super cute. I will definitely not have any interest in you.”

“I know I know! You don’t have to repeat that…!”

“No no, I have to make it clear to pervert like you.”

c.r.a.p, so she knew that I looked at her b.r.e.a.s.t.s.

Now I see…she hates men even more than a usual girl…what is that called anyway?

“…I get it.”

I raised both of my hand above. Then Army turned to Elf:

“So what Emily? Why did you lead this pervert to me?”

“Ah, that is the main topic. Um, Army-chan, do you know about Eromanga-sensei?”

“!”

Army-sensei was stunned for a second, her eyes widened.

“I do.”

“Then you know about Eromanga-sensei’s recent trouble?”

“The death match with the loser having to unmask? Yes.”

It seemed like everyone in the industry already have heard about it.

“Oh? Then it’s easy. Eromanga-sensei want to win, so he is training really hard. But it seems like there’s trouble.”

“…………….Oh! Is that so?”

Suddenly Army-sensei changed into an emotionless expression. What was she thinking about?

“Actually, Eromanga-sensei is here too.”

“Eh? Where?”

Army-sensei looked around. Elf pointed at my tablet.

“In here. The one with the mask is Eromanga-sensei.”

「h.e.l.lo ~ by the way I don’t know anyone with that embarra.s.sing name. 」

Eromanga-sensei raised a hand as a greeting.

“Eh…please to meet you.”

Army-sensei’s eyes widened.

Eromanga-sensei continued in a very friendly tone:

「Please to meet you, Army-chan. You’re so cute ~ what kind of panties are you wearing at the moment? 」

“This is the first time I’ve heard such an introduction!”

I face palmed and bowed to Army-sensei as an apology:

“I’m sorry! This guy’s got a few loose screws in his head.”

「Izumi-sensei, why are you treating your partner that way! 」

“Shut up, pervert! Hurry up and apologize!”

“Ah ~ it’s fine. No need to apologize.”

I’m so moved -- Army-sensei was smiling and forgave us! She slightly shook her hand signaled me to stop bowing, she turned to the tablet and smiled, her canine tooth revealed.

“h.e.l.lo, Eromanga-sensei. I’m wearing sportswear from head to toe.”

She calmly answered the question about her undergarment before turned it back:

“What about you Eromanga-sensei, what kind of panties are you wearing?”

「Eh…. 」

“Eh? Although you use a voice changer, you are a girl, aren’t you. Heheheh ~ so what kind of panties are you wearing?”

「Ah…that….that is… 」

Wow…Eromanga-sensei was taken aback by the counter attack. The previous scene had become reversed.

But to think that Army-sensei knew Eromanga-sensei’s gender after a few words of conversation…

Noticing Eromanga-sensei’s panic, Army-sensei kept pus.h.i.+ng:

“What’s wrong? I answered your question, now it’s your turn.”

「….Eh…eh… 」

Her mask became useless, Sagiri spoke in a weak tone:

「…..Nii….I, Izumi-sensei….help…. 」

“……………………….”

「I, Izumi-sensei!? Are you trying to listen to the answer? 」

“No, no I’m not.”

「You liar! That’s definitely a lie! You are secretly trying to listen! You want to hear what kind of panties I’m wearing! 」

“I didn’t! I’m innocent!”

Actually, I was kind of listening. Yes, Sagiri asked for help, but I couldn’t stop myself! How could I! I wanted to know too!

「Ecchi! Pervert! I don’t care about Izumi-sensei anymore…! Hmmm! 」

*Click* She hang up.

“How…could this happen?.”

I went pale, and muttered in despair. Army-sensei muttered to herself:

“….So she run away.”

Yup. She run away.

“Masamune, we can’t continue without Eromanga-sensei, think of something.”

“Let me try to skype….but I don’t know whether she will listen or not.”

I listened to Elf and tried Skype, but….

“…She didn’t pick up.”

“Send her a message and say that we won’t ask about panties again.”

“It would be more s.e.xual hara.s.sment at this rate! Why don’t you use Line and send her a message?”

“It’s troublesome ---“

After a while, we managed to reconnect to Eromanga-sensei via Skype.

「Reconnected ~ 」

She said in an unpleasant tone. Elf nodded in satisfaction.

“Then let’s get to the main topic.”

Army-sensei asked Elf:

“Main topic…what exactly do you want me to do?”

Nice question. I wanted to ask that too. What was Elf trying to do by making Eromanga-sensei and I meet Army-sensei?

“Kufufu – nice question. Masamune, Eromanga-sensei. Listen well!”

Elf showed a mysterious smile and made a cool pose:

“Army-chan, let Eromanga-sensei know about your ill.u.s.tration’s hidden meaning!”

“Myill.u.s.tration’s hidden meaning?”

“Yes – the special skill of the multi-talent ill.u.s.trator Army-sensei - ill.u.s.tration’s hidden meaning!

Hey Elf…you also told that to Eromanga-sensei on the train, didn’t you?

Although based on what Eromanga-sensei said, all professional ill.u.s.trators had their own special skill and ill.u.s.tration’s hidden meaning, but I feared that whatever the first Eromanga-sensei taught Sagiri (or maybe Great too) was just a bunch of nonsense. Suddenly talking about ill.u.s.tration’s hidden meaning might have caught Army-sensei off guard.

But I never thought expected that Army-sensei’s eyes would widen, then she said:

“ -------- What a surprise. Nice talking.”

Eh? She understood just from the word ill.u.s.tration’s hidden meaning?

“Ahaha, who do you think I am? So you understand what I meant? How about it? Can you help?”

“Hmm ~~~~~~~ What should I do ~~~~~~~ ”

Army-sensei folded her arms across her chest.

“I helped you before. You still owe me once!” Elf said and raised the basket on her hand “Also, this is my hand-made cake for you.”

Hearing the explanation and Elf’s embarra.s.sment, Army-sensei turned soft, she pointed her thumb inside:

“Don’t just stand here. Come in.”

We entered a ridiculous big room. Sofa. Tea tray. LCD television…almost the same as my home, the only different was that all of them were much more expensive

There was another LCD screen PC on the table, its headphones lied nearby.

“…….”

--- I couldn’t help but compare this room to Sagiri’s.

“Sit over here – huh? What? You like them?”

“Ah, somewhat. This is tool to make live video streams…right?”

“Yes yes. Recently I’ve been learning to make live videos.”

「Ah, just like me 」Sagiri quietly whispered.

“Whatever! These are just trivial matters!”

Elf stopped the conversation from continuing.

Army-sensei sat down in front of the television and I chose a seat next to the sofa.

“I will go prepare tea and desert, we’ll talk while eating!”

Elf took the basket and ran off, looked like she knew this place pretty well.

Army-sensei’s gaze followed her back – or rather, her a.s.s until she was out of sight.

“Ehehehe.”

A brightly smile.

How come all ill.u.s.trators I knew turned out to be perverts? Are they all like that?

When Eromanga-sensei said “As an ill.u.s.trator, when I see a cute girl, I can only think about her panties”, I thought that was nonsense, but….

“……….”

Just when I began to afraid of her, Army-sensei turned to me:

“It’s wonderful! You jealous?”

“Y, yes?”

“My cute childhood friend came to check up on me, she even personally mademe a cake! It’s clear that I’m the winner, isn’t it?”

Hearing Army-sensei praise her “lover”, Eromanga-sensei approved:

「You win. Maybe. 」

“Right, right?”

I added:

“By the way, recently Elf also visited my home too.”

“Eh?”

“She also brings cake every time she comes.”

“Whaaaaaaaaaaaaat? What is the meaning of this? Ouch ouch ouch….”

Looked like she bit her tongue. Her face twisted in pain.

c.r.a.p, if I made a wrong move I might trigger Army-sensei’s desire to win. It would be troublesome later onI made a pervert think I was an enemy. Thus, I calmly explained:

“We are not dating, it’s just a normal relations.h.i.+p between neighbors.”

“But….cake…”

Seeing her like that made me felt a bit of guilt.

「Ah, Izumi-sensei made her cry. 」

“No, no I didn’t.”

Why does Sagiri enjoy teasing me that much as soon as she put on her Eromanga-sensei’s mask?

Also…

Recently, Elf’s decision to make cakes was probably because she wanted to win against s.h.i.+do-kun. During our party, everyone said his cake was delicious…she might have decided to return the favor since then…

She really wanted to win at anything, after all.

I wondered for a while before answering:

“Oh right. I think those cakes were only a practice to make this delicious result.”

“Huh?”

“So that today she could give the best cake to Army-sensei!”

“!”

Army-sensei immediately went from depressed to a bright smile.

“Yes! It must be that! Really, to get jealous of my friend, I’m so embarra.s.sed.”

She pulled both of her legs up on her seat and smiled.

“Ehehehe….so cute!...Super cute.”

Actually, the way she was acting now was cute too.

But why didn’t I felt anything?

Saying that to a girl might count as impolite, but …when I talked with her, I felt like I was talking with my younger brother or a male friend.

Army-sensei patted my shoulder in embarra.s.sment:

“Hey! Masamune! Turns out you’re pretty kind too! But why are you so small?”

“Wh- what? I’m not small! I only a bit shorter than my cla.s.smates! I can still get taller!”

“Ahaha, you sounded like a flat-chested heroine in light novel!”

“Don’t add insult to injury!”

「…..Your novels are full of that kind of girl….this is divine retribution. 」

Eromanga-sensei also muttered.

--- c.r.a.p, there’s nothing I could say in my defense.

I closed my eyes, and clenched my fist, and said:

“Kuh…I’m very sorry…to all of girls that I created! Even if this was unavoidable, I shouldn’t have call you ‘flat-chested’ or ‘cutting board’…Of course it pains me! I don’t like it either! It’s not like I like small breasted girls or anything! All of it is because since Eromanga-sensei has never seen a big breasted girl before and she couldn’t draw any!”

「Don’t pa.s.s the ball to me…. 」

“It’s because all of your drawings only have flat-chested girls!”

「You, I’ll remember this! 」

Grrr! Eromanga-sensei growled.

Seeing that, Army-sensei broke into laughter:

“Ahahahaha! Nice, nice Masamune! Eromanga-sensei! From now on call me Army-chan!”

「I have been calling you that from the beginning. 」

“I’m not going to call anyone who called me small ‘chan’.”

“Pay it no mind! I’m sorry, okay!”

Army-sensei kept patting my shoulder – okay, from now on, let’s call her Army.

At this time, Elf returned with tea and cake.

“Arara, your relations.h.i.+p has become that good?”

“Nope, not exactly” I replied.

“Don’t be so modest!”

Army put her hand around my shoulder.

Yup, I didn’t feel anything at all, despite the fact that my shoulder was touching her b.r.e.a.s.t.s.

I glanced:

“Get off, it’s hot”

“Good! You pa.s.s!”

“What?”

“Haha, I’m checking if you like me or not. I won’t become friends with you if the answer is yes.”

“What the heck?”

“Masamune – you already like someone, didn’t you?”

“Erh….ah…”

“Haha, so I was right?”

Army excitedly kicked her feet, her long and firm legs bared for all to see. If Sagiri did the same to me, I’d probably die of a heart attack.

“…You’re just teasing me.”

Although she said that, I didn’t get mad at her. No one could get mad at Army with her innocent laughter.

“Sorry, I’m so cute – if you don’t have someone you like, then you would fall for me very quickly.”

….Your ego is a bit too big thought.

Elf looked at our conversation with a satisfied expression.

“Since everyone has become so close – please teach usaboutill.u.s.tration’s hidden meaning”

We started by drinking tea and discussing the situation.

From the left, on the sofa was Elf, Army and me. Eromanga-sensei was on the tablet on my chest.

「So you planned to let us see Army-chan’s ill.u.s.tration’s hidden meaning, right ---“

Eromanga-sensei immediately began with the main topic.

“Slow down. Try a bite first” Army took a big bite “So good! So good! So gooooooooooooood!”

Her reaction was a bit too extreme. Are you a judge in food-based manga?

“Thank you. Really, Army-chan, you haven’t changed at all.”

Elf gracefully took a slip of tea, smiled:

“Alright, Masamune, Eromanga-sensei, don’t be so modest. Try my cake.”

“Er…but…”

I glanced at Eromanga-sensei.

「Kuh…I couldn’t eat through the screen. And I don’t know anyone with that name. 」

“…I will bring something back, let’s eat together.”

「….I want to eat alone. 」

“….I see.”

For a while, we enjoyed the tea and cake that Elf had made. Eromanga-sensei could only watch with an unpleasant expression.

“How is that? Better than Kunimitsu’s, right?”

“I knew it, you were trying to compete with s.h.i.+do-kun.”

“Hm? What if I did? So, what do you think Masamune? Who will you pick, me or Kunimitsu?”

“What is with that gal-game-like choice?”

By the way, s.h.i.+douKunimitsu – s.h.i.+do-kun is my junior, a novelist who is good at making cakes.

To tell the truth, both of their cakes were good, it’s hard to decide a winner. But if I carefully considered it…..

“Alright, this time Elf wins.”

“Nice ♪”

Elf happily made a victory pose, and smiled brightly:

“Kukukuku! It should be this way! I made this cake with all of my heart! Of course it would be good.”

「Mwu ~ 」

Somehow, Eromanga-sensei made an unpleasant sound.

“You said – with all of your heart?”

“Um? What’s up Army-chan?”

“No, I just think that it’s the best method in making anything.”

Army slightly smiled:

“I don’t exactly like ‘that’, you know. They used to call me the ‘emotionless ill.u.s.trator’ or ‘drawing machine Armeria’….they said my drawings were empty ---.”

“Ah, it’s so nostalgic! I was the one who told you that.”

“Tch, I’m not going to forget that. You have been after me about that since our first meeting!”

“Right right. Army-chan, you really are too much. With the artist teacher nearby, I was a friend whose age was close to yours and the daughter of the house owner, yet you kicked me. Thinking back, it was probably the worst first meeting possible.”

I don’t know when that story happened, but it looked like Elf and Army’s first meeting wasn’t exactly happy.

--- It was the same for me too.

Elf closed an eyes and raised a finger:

“You could draw any drawing no matter what kind of request people made. You could use any style after one look – truly, a talented girl. But your drawings were empty, it had no soul, unable to move anyone. It couldn’t surpa.s.s the original.”

“That was the ill.u.s.trator Amelia Armeria during our first meeting.”

“You made it sound like an antagonist.”

“Hmhm, that’s right Masamune. The ability to copy other’s skill is one of the big three cheating skills in writing/drawing. There were SharinganCite error: Closing  missing for  tag, Perfect Copy, Skill Hunter -- lots and lots more. But from my a creator’s point of view, that was all Armeria could do. That’s why a cute girl she just met laughed at her face.”

“Ahahahaha.”

Hearing Elf’s provocation, Army held her stomach in laughter.

“That’s why I like you – only you could tease others without holding back like that.”

“….I know this feeling too.”

Good. Good you d.a.m.n elf. I will definitely crush you under my foot.

Even I once said that.

“I know, right? Well, this was a long time ago. I have fixed it already.”

Army smiled mischievously. She must mean that she no longer drew soulless ill.u.s.trations.

“You fixed your weakness? Really? Sometime Army-chan unconsciously drew an ecchi drawing of a naked girl?”

“Ha? You mean the drawing in Dark Elf? Your story is perverted by itself, why are you blaming me? The ill.u.s.tration turned out that way because of your idea.”

” --- At first, drawing… Mom taught me…”

“---Eromanga-sensei …..I…I…I…”

“ --- The one who taught me.”

「Eromanga-sensei the Great! 」

Everything became clear. The ident.i.ty of the first Eromanga-sensei, of Eromanga-sensei the Great, of the person who told the Dark Ill.u.s.trator about us. Everything was crystal clear now.

“Fufu, so everything is clear now – what do you guy think about this penname, Eromanga-sensei the Great?”

Elf blinked at me, teasing.

“That means she is Eromanga-sensei’s senior. I made the nickname!”

“Elf! That meant ---“

“When you published your newest novel, The Cutest Little Sister in the World, Army-chan had suggested joining forces with me. She said now is the time to crush the fake Eromanga-sensei!”

Based on what Elf explained, she had a lot more discussions with Army-chan.

“………c.r.a.p….I felt that this was getting big