What Eriri didn't know was that every one of her actions had been within Sogo Doma's expectations. He had even put on a little act with Utaha Kasumigaoka because of it, all so that the little blonde could become a target to draw fire, and...
Although Utaha Kasumigaoka repeatedly insisted that she wrote light yuri because that old woman Enako Machida had begged and cried, having Yukino as the female lead still struck Sogo Doma as rather strange. To keep her from going too far down the wrong path, he naturally had to remind Kasumigaoka to arrange a suitable female lead for Yukino—and Eriri was a pretty good choice...
Utaha Kasumigaoka: "..."
Well, compared to Sogo's black-bellied nature, her little bit of darkness was nothing. Sigh, they really were birds of a feather... Pah, a match made in heaven!
It was all Sogo's fault. He had nearly talked her into getting confused herself.
And the little blonde's utterly terrified reaction proved that Sogo Doma's prediction had been spot-on. "Ka, Ka, Kasumi—Teacher Utako Kasumi, I, I don't understand what you're talking about."
"If you don't understand, then forget it. Still, I'm really looking forward to Teacher Kashiwagi Eri's new work. Mm, a masterpiece created after your drawing skills have improved, so I'll properly take on the responsibility of supervising you..." Utaha Kasumigaoka said softly. "If Teacher Kashiwagi Eri can get through her bottleneck, I'm sure Yukinoshita will be happy about it too."
"Heh, hehe..." Eriri's laugh was incredibly stiff.
"By the way, Yukinoshita genuinely believes that you, Sawamura, have hit a bottleneck. So your days of practice, practice, and more practice..." Seeing this, Utaha Kasumigaoka began painting a picture of the little blonde's wonderful, fulfilling, and happy future.
Before she could finish, Sawamura Eriri had already gone blank. She didn't want