Multi-Anime, Kira Yoshikage Yearns for a Peaceful Life

She was also from out of town, living in a nearby apartment.

After passing an intersection, Shimazaki Yuna reluctantly waved her hand, watching Kira Yoshikage walk away.

Only when Kira Yoshikage's figure disappeared from sight did she purse her lips and turn back to her own residence.

The moment she closed the door, Shimazaki Yuna couldn't wait to change into her indoor shoes and sit down at the computer, eager to finish the IS illustrations as quickly as possible.

Before she knew it, the bright sky outside the window had grown dim.

"Finally finished."

Shimazaki Yuna let out a sigh of relief as she looked at Hokaze Kokoro, dressed in a white school uniform, on the computer.

Normally, it took her ten hours to complete a single painting.

But perhaps because Kira Yoshikage's descriptions of the characters in the book were detailed enough, or perhaps because she had poured enough of her heart into it, this time it only took her five hours to finish drawing the first illustration.

Of course, this was also thanks to the fact that this illustration didn't require building a background—it was just a simple character design, making it much easier.

The moment she finished the illustration, the girl couldn't wait to send it to Kira Yoshikage.

"I finished the illustration so quickly—Kira-kun will definitely be surprised, right?"

Shimazaki Yuna looked forward to receiving Kira Yoshikage's praise, but when she took out her phone and opened LINE, she noticed several unread messages from him.

Somewhat nervously, she opened LINE to check, only to find that Kira Yoshikage had sent several documents labeled with names.

Puzzled, Shimazaki Yuna sent a message:

"Kira-kun, what are these?"

"Light novels. For you to submit."

Kira Yoshikage replied almost instantly, but Shimazaki Yuna was a bit taken aback:

"All of them?"

But soon she understood what Kira Yoshikage was doing—

He wanted her to submit them, to take both the Grand Prize and the Gold Prize of the Dengeki Novel Award!

Shimazaki Yuna's mouth hung slightly open, momentarily at a loss for words.

What was this supposed to mean?

As long as I take the top three, I can secure fourth or fifth place?

Was this attitude supposed to be confidence? Or confidence? Or confidence?

In shock, Shimazaki Yuna received the documents. Each one was just over a hundred thousand words, perfectly meeting the submission standards for light novels.

"Three works, three hundred thousand words, five hours..."

One work every hour or so—this was definitely not something a normal person could do.

But having already witnessed Kira Yoshikage's speed last night and been shocked once, she wasn't as stunned this time.

What she cared about more were the light novels themselves. Why did Kira-kun have so much confidence that these three works could surpass IS?

With that thought, the girl opened the documents with anticipation:

Accel World

Pen name: Vehicle Killer

Kino's Journey

Pen name: The Last Gentleman of the Joestar Family

Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World

Pen name: 15 years old, wants to be a yangko star

"Hmm~"

Shimazaki Yuna skimmed the beginnings of the three light novels, her emotions a bit mixed.

The quality of the novels was as high as ever, and they might indeed be even better than IS.

The only problem was that the pen names were far too strange.

After hesitating for a moment, Shimazaki Yuna sent a message to Kira Yoshikage:

"Kira-kun, is there any special meaning behind these pen names?"

"No."

In the 502 apartment at 117 Morioh Street, Ota Ward.

Kira Yoshikage replied briefly.

But there actually was.

When he was 'selecting' which light novels to 'create,' he spent two hours 'choosing.'

And the sole criterion for selection was that they could not interfere with his peaceful life!

So he first set aside Sword Art Online and The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, opting instead for Accel World.

Because the first two works are set in the modern day, their characters might actually exist in this world. And if those people ever saw these works, they'd take them as some kind of 'prophecy.'

And if that really happened, his peaceful life would inevitably be shattered.

So Accel World, a story set in the future that had actually won a major award, was undoubtedly the best choice.

The reasoning for the other two works was the same.

Take Kino's Journey, for example—a story set entirely in a fictional other world, with zero risk of disturbing his peaceful life.

As for Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World, since the story involves a modern person traveling to another world, to avoid the risk of a name overlap, Kira Yoshikage replaced the ignorant, incompetent, reckless original protagonist Subaru with Giorno Giovanna, who dreams of becoming a gang star.

This might change some details of the story, but the overall plot wouldn't be altered.

Of course.

The strange pen name also stemmed from this. Kira Yoshikage originally wanted to use a Joestar family name as his pen name.

But that carried the same risk of the Joestars tracking him down.

Though Kira Yoshikage had already confirmed that the SPW Foundation didn't exist in this world—

For ordinary people, the entity they'd most easily encounter in daily life wasn't the Joestars, vampires, or Stand users, but the SPW Foundation, a behemoth influencing every aspect of people's lives!

And since the SPW Foundation didn't exist, the likelihood of the Joestars existing was also low.

But if the Joestars did exist, they'd probably come knocking after seeing a pen name matching their own.

This scenario was also within Kira Yoshikage's expectations.

So he abandoned his original idea and chose a more 'indirect' approach for his pen name.

The only direct link was Giorno Giovanna, the protagonist replacing Subaru in Re:Zero—

But that was intentional on Kira Yoshikage's part.

First, being tracked down required Giorno Giovanna to actually exist as a person.

Second, if Giorno Giovanna was real and did come looking for him.

Kira Yoshikage could use the opportunity to confirm a few things—

Like whether DIO was alive or dead, and which part of the timeline they were in.

After all, the name Giorno Giovanna came after his mother remarried, and by then DIO had been dead for years.

And the timeline tied to Giorno Giovanna was Part 5: Golden Wind.

That way, Kira Yoshikage wouldn't have to worry about DIO's threat, only needing to find a way to kill The Priest—

He could ignore everyone else, but DIO and The Priest had to die!

Because their goals would almost certainly shatter Kira Yoshikage's peaceful life!

Of course, all of this was based on Giorno Giovanna being a real person.

And even if, worst-case scenario, Giorno really existed, he was far away in Italy and unlikely to read Japanese light novels. Even if he did, he'd just mistake it for a coincidence.

Compared to the potential gains, this risk was worth taking.

Of course, there was no need to tell Shimazaki Yuna about these private considerations.

Ding~!

Kira Yoshikage's phone rang, pulling his thoughts back to reality.

He glanced down at the screen—it was a message from Shimazaki Yuna on LINE:

"Kira-kun, here's the illustration I just finished. Are there any parts that need revision?"

Kira Yoshikage looked at the screen, at the tsundere girl in the white uniform of IS Academy, her black hair tied into a ponytail, and his eyes were filled with admiration. Sure enough, Shimazaki Yuna, with her hands as exquisite as works of art, hadn't let him down.

As an artist, both in speed and quality, Shimazaki Yuna was flawless.

"It's well drawn."

Kira Yoshikage thought for two seconds, then replied:

"But you can add some details. Hokaze Kokoro's ponytail is loose—change it to a split style..."

Shimazaki Yuna carefully savored each of Kira Yoshikage's revision suggestions, one by one, until she reached the last message:

"Of course, none of that matters."

"The most important thing is that you focused too much on the slime and the legs, so Hokaze Kokoro's hands aren't drawn perfectly enough!"

"Huh?"

Shimazaki Yuna blinked.

Why the hands?

Don't guys usually focus on the slime and the legs?

So all her hard work perfecting the slime and legs had been effort in the wrong direction?

"Mmm~"

Shimazaki Yuna hesitated, lowering her head to glance at her own palm.

Her hand... it should be considered pretty, right?

Yeah, probably.

Otherwise, yesterday wouldn't have...

Shimazaki Yuna sniffed her hand, and her pretty face flushed crimson once again.

Shimazaki Yuna actually already had an account on the Dengeki Bunko website.

Because besides the Dengeki Novel Award, Dengeki Bunko also hosts the Dengeki Illustration Awards.

However, the rules for the Illustration Awards differ somewhat from the Novel Awards. Submissions for the Novel Awards must be original works, while illustrations for the Illustration Awards can be either original or based on light novels already published by Dengeki Bunko.

And even before this, Shimazaki Yuna had already submitted a piece to Dengeki Bunko.

Shimazaki Yuna sent Kira Yoshikage a screenshot of her three completed submissions, along with a message:

"Kira-kun, is this okay?"

"It's fine."

Kira Yoshikage replied without looking closely.

He was about to add a reminder for Shimazaki Yuna to hurry up and revise Hokaze Kokoro's hand.

But at the same time, he received a message from someone else on LINE.

"Kitagawa Marin?"

Kira Yoshikage glanced at the note, opened the window with slight confusion, and saw the message she'd sent:

"Kira-kun, you're really not coming to the party? It's still going on, you know."