Whenever Utaha Kasumigaoka was mentioned, Eriri felt utterly miserable. It was the first time she had realized just how terrible her judgment was...
After all, she could at least say that Sogo Doma only thought Utaha was decent because his mother had brainwashed him. But Utaha Kasumigaoka—
The moment she thought about how her innocent self had once regarded that woman as an idol, Sawamura Eriri felt like dying. She must have been out of her mind back then to have been fooled by her! Damn Utako Kasumi!
Her writing was so moving, yet in real life, how could she be...
Come to think of it, Sawamura Eriri could be considered one of Utaha Kasumigaoka's longtime fans. She had fallen in love with Love Metronome before it had even gained any traction. It was a work that had moved her to tears on her very first read!
Eriri had even once felt indignant that Love Metronome had gone unnoticed. It was clearly a work that lingered in people's minds long after they finished it, so why didn't it receive the promotion it deserved?
If not for the fact that her identity as Kashiwagi Eri could not be revealed, she might have personally stepped in. Unfortunately, the Kashiwagi Eri identity was too damaging. What could she do? Her fans were all the sort who went at it, went at it, went at it...
Getting those horny fans to support a pure romance work? Heh, that would absolutely backfire. After all, she was the great master who had pioneered Fatherly Love Is Like a Mountain. Those readers who went at it, went at it, went at it—if they could even stomach a pure romance story, they would probably bombard her with questions before leaving comments under Love Metronome saying, "That's it?"
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