"Kasumigaoka-senpai... no, Utako Kasumi-sensei, have you already surrendered? Surrendered to the underhanded tactics of the publishing house? Letting your painstaking work, Love Metronome, end just like that?"
To Tomoya Aki, Utaha Kasumigaoka's behavior symbolized surrendering to the publishing house. For a work as popular as Love Metronome, what author would easily bring it to an end? As long as sales were good, who wouldn't keep writing for more than a dozen volumes, then put out side stories and the like? As long as readers were willing to pay for it...
Naturally, there could only be one reason such a smash-hit work as Love Metronome was ending: suppression by the publishing house...
That made Tomoya Aki see an opportunity. In his eyes, Utako Kasumi-sensei was still a newcomer, after all, and did not understand the industry. She was clearly already a bestselling author, yet she was helpless against the publishing house's suppression. Wasn't this his chance?
As long as he could save Love Metronome from being "axed," wouldn't he become Kasumigaoka-senpai's savior? He would instantly replace God's Tongue in her heart! Wouldn't Kasumigaoka-senpai then be deeply grateful to him?
Watching Tomoya Aki grow increasingly agitated, Utaha Kasumigaoka felt somewhat helpless. It would have been fine if this fan was worked up over the novel's content, but he was excited because the publishing house had supposedly axed it. Sorry, but Utaha Kasumigaoka's wariness rose by another point.
It could not be helped. After all, she herself had decided to conclude Love Metronome. She could only blame her past lack of experience—the male lead in it was not worthy of Mai, nor was he worthy of Sayuka...
"Ah~! The matter of Love Metronome ending has basically already been decided, so thank you for your kind intentions. As for the illustrations..." Having become wary,