Everyone here, do you like desserts?

Pastries, ice cream, cakes, cookies...

Xing Ke is quite picky about desserts, because this guy is Yun Tian. But Yun Tian likes to taste food with novel flavors, and of course he can't escape desserts. It's quite a contradiction.

Therefore, a family restaurant with ordinary customers like Xingke would not welcome them. After all, they only mass-produce tastes for the general public and cannot satisfy such old monsters who have been eating for trillions of years.

But this is all a misunderstanding. Although Xingke is very picky, he will not cause trouble to the store just because of a meal. The most he can do is... leftovers.

However, today in the evening, one of the national chain restaurants [Wagonaria] welcomed three such annoying customers at once.

Because it was not dinner time, these three people did not order any staple food. The table was filled with desserts. Almost all the indifferences on the menu in the store could be found in finished products or remains on this table for six people.

"This is the first time I've seen a sweet tooth like Ayano-san who sprinkles salt on parfaits."

"Both and each other, this is also the first time I've seen someone like Mr. Gongchang who gave up after just one bite and ordered all kinds of sweets. Isn't that very rude to the store?"

"It doesn't matter if you pay for the meal, right? It's not a professional dessert restaurant that only caters to the ultimate in deliciousness. On the contrary, I can't imagine the taste of salt and honey mixed together."

"...Hey, kid, if you meddle in other people's tastes, my eldest sister will be angry."

"Don't dare."

Maybe he sensed the unfriendly atmosphere between his editor and his life manager. Mashiro on the side temporarily gave up on Mont Blanc, who was concentrating on dealing with him, raised his head and asked:

"Ayano has a bad relationship with someone?"

"No, I never knew this black-hearted editor who persuaded minors to draw exciting comics and also has a very unique taste."

"No, I have never known this kid before who is not only picky in taste but also outspoken and has an arrogant attitude towards adults."

The two people were almost synchronously attacking each other, which made Mashiro mentally unable to react. So after thinking about it carefully, Mashiro decisively gave up thinking about this kind of thing. He said "Then let's all get along well in the future" and once again lowered his head and concentrated on eating.

Brown.

She seemed to like the taste of chestnuts very much, and Xing Ke decisively wrote down this detail.

"Ahem, is Yuminchou-chan the collaborator that Mashiro mentioned on the phone in making up the story?"

As if she was about to get down to business, Editor Ayano also stopped eating salty sweets. Instead, she held a coffee cup with the elegance of an urban beauty.

Looking at the wreckage in front of her seat, Xingke sighed inwardly that this was a scam.

"These three copies are copies of Mashiro's original line drawings. I think you will understand after reading them, Miss Editor."

"Just call me Ayano-san. Even if you change your attitude now, my impression of you will not change."

Ayano didn't say anything more. She took the folder in Hoshikaku's hand and quickly flipped through it. In the eyes of a professional editor, she had gone through the line drafts in just a few minutes.

Afterwards, her reaction was as expected by the criminal department. She lowered her head deeply and sighed:

"Yes, this is right. I originally thought Mashiro had finally awakened, but now that I think about it, this is her style.

However, I am a little amazed by Gongchang-kun's handwriting. It's obviously the same scene and picture, but just changing the order and lines directly turned it into something magical... Do you want to work with us as an editor?"

"I refuse. Being an editor is so exhausting. Don't think I don't know."

Back then, in order to see the new comics as early as possible, Xing Ke studied abroad and went to Neon to work as an editor for the Yingxiong Club. Now that he thinks about it, it was an unbearable past that completely destroyed the status of several masterpieces in his mind.

"What we should be discussing now is not the issue of the publication of the comic tentatively titled "There Are Three Groups of Parallel Lovers?" in your magazine?"

"Publishing, isn't it serialization?"

"Mashiro wants to draw his own comics, so he doesn't have time to draw comics that obviously don't belong to his own story style."

"Then you'll paint?"

"Where is the damn time?"

"Huh? It's not that I can't draw but that I don't have time? Then wouldn't it be..."

"Anyway, I refuse."

"cut--"

"A serious adult should stop being dumbfounded like a delinquent! Hey!"

"Okay, I understand. It will be published in two parts directly in the form of a short comic, right?

Regarding remuneration, we will follow Mashiro's quotation. The highest quotation for newcomers is 5,000 yen per sheet. Is that okay?"

Hoshiki glanced at Mashiro first, and after seeing that she didn't care, Hoshiki lost interest and replied casually:

"No problem, but the pen name should not be in the form of Shiina Mashiro plus me, the wild original author. Mashiro's debut novel is better to be his own original work, so the pen name should just use a new name?"

"Well? Yes, yes, but this is a good opportunity to promote your fame. It doesn't matter much, Yuminchou-san, but Shiina-san will stay in the manga industry for a long time in the future, right? Are you really sure to give up this opportunity?"

Hearing Ayano's serious persuasion, Xingke was a little surprised. Although this editor seemed unreliable and had a very evil heart, she was also working seriously and responsibly. Otherwise, she would not be doing this for the future of creators.

Think about it.

Hoshiki and Ayano looked in Mashiro's direction at the same time, which forced Mashiro to let go of Montblanc. After all, only she could decide this matter——

Are you obsessed with feelings, or are you pursuing maximizing profits?

However, people who know Mashiro actually know it well. Mashiro’s choice was certain from the beginning:

"I want to draw my own interesting comics."

Ayano looked at Mashiro's unwavering eyes and smiled:

"Okay, have you thought of a new name? It's a temporary combination that can only be used once, isn't it? Just think of any one! What do you think of Wangwang Meow Meow?"

"Miss Ayano, please be serious. Mashiro, do you have a good name?"

Mashiro looked at the delicious snacks in his hands and blurted out:

"Mont Blanc."

"...Is this it? It has a slightly mellow and sweet taste."

"...Oh, then it's decided."

Ayano first used a notebook to write down the results and precautions of the discussion with Hoshike and the others. Then she raised her head again and asked curiously:

"Yuminaga-kun, I already know that you and Mashiro live in the same student dormitory, so what kind of relationship is there between you and Mashiro Shiina?"

"Well, this is a bit..."

Hoshiki really didn't know how to explain his relationship with Mashiro to people outside of Sakurasou, but Mashiro decisively helped him resolve the tangle.

"Someone is responsible for my life."

"Huh?"

"Qianxun sold me to someone."
Chapter completed!