Following Li Yue's instructions, Eriri opened the package and looked through the character sheets and illustrations one by one. They had been hand-drawn on paper rather than created on a computer and printed out, but the results were excellent. This artist was incredibly skilled!
Wait! He already had me, so why was he looking for another artist separately? What did he mean? Wasn't I good enough?
And why was Ogiso Setsuna's chest so flat?! There was basically nothing there! I'm not like that at all!
Though she was full of complaints, Eriri didn't dare vent them in front of Li Yue. She could only keep roasting herself internally.
"These character sheets and illustrations only need to be scanned before they can be uploaded. You should still have the previous manuscript on your computer, right? Scan these character sheets into digital copies, then take them together with the previous manuscript and submit them to a publisher."
"Huh?"
Eriri pointed at herself.
"I'm submitting it?"
"Mm. You're submitting it."
"Then... whose name will it be under?"
"Of course, under your name!"
"Huh?"
Eriri's eyes widened in surprise.
"My name?"
"That's right. You'll collect the profits from this novel as well. When I need money, I'll come find you. Got it?"
He was already skipping ahead to using me to earn money and support him?!
Eriri was stunned.
No, this had to be part of his plan too. As long as the money was with me, he could keep coming to see me under the excuse that he needed to spend it! That was his real plan!
"What about the novel's title?"
"Let's call it White Album."
Li Yue had originally intended to call it Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend, but that would have been far too easy to expose, especially