Reading a Novel About a Boring Girlfriend in a World Where She Exists / Hoshino Ai: The Mysterious Person Writing the Diary Must Be My Fan

"At the very least, I'd be an innate master in a wuxia novel, and I even come with a 1000% damage bonus against evil creatures." Having gotten a new toy, Miyauchi Hiyage tirelessly experimented with all sorts of new tricks.

Whenever he spotted a stone, he stuffed some Ripple Energy into it and used it to skip across the water, seeing how much Ripple Energy improved the number of skips and the distance.

It was almost lunchtime before Miyauchi Hiyage reluctantly returned home.

Even Miyauchi Kouka, dense as she was, could tell from his high spirits that her little brother was happy.

As for Miyauchi Renka, who was about to start elementary school, she went straight up to Miyauchi Hiyage, widened her watery eyes, and asked in a child's distinctive voice where her brother had gone that morning.

Combined with Miyauchi Renka's usually flat tone, it made Miyauchi Hiyage grin as he picked up his little sister.

Yesterday, he had slept until noon. In the afternoon, aside from figuring out how to write his diary, he had also needed to think about controlling his Pure Yang Body, so he had barely spent any time playing with Miyauchi Renka. Today, he no longer had to worry about any of that.

"Your brother discovered something super amazing. How about I take you to the river to play this afternoon?"

That afternoon, he intended to let his little sister witness the power of the Ripple Secret Art: Stone Skipping.

Miyauchi Hiyage was already planning to write the Ripple Chi Kung cultivation method in his diary and pass it on to others, so naturally, he had no intention of hiding it from his family. He had never been the type to keep all the good stuff to himself.

After all, to ordinary people, Ripple Chi Kung was just a health-preserving technique. Just guiding Ripple Energy outside the body would already take them several years of practice.

A few years from now, with the Diary's cheat ability, he probably would not need to keep hiding anymore.

"The only problem is..." Miyauchi Hiyage looked at his carefree, competitive twin sister, Miyauchi Kouka.

She would be going to school in Tokyo with him.

If she accidentally used Ripple Chi Kung outside and someone noticed, it might expose his existence.

Knowing Miyauchi Kouka as well as he did, he did not think that possibility was low at all.

So, Guanghua, you'll just have to put up with it for now. You're still young anyway. Starting cultivation a couple years later won't matter. At worst, once I get something else that's less likely to expose us, I'll compensate you properly.

In a World with Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend, Reading Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend

After Miyauchi Hiyage demonstrated the astonishing skill of making a small stone spin across the water's surface with the power of Ripple for several minutes before finally sinking, Renge, even as a child, could tell that this was clearly not something a normal person could do.

Feeling his little sister's shocked gaze, Miyauchi Hiyage did not intend to keep her in suspense. Instead, he demonstrated several simple uses of Ripple Energy right in front of her.

Finally, he stood atop the water and asked his adorable little sister:

"Renge, do you want to learn this move? If you do, your brother will teach you."

Renge's trust in her brother was maxed out. Ever since she was little, she had never seen him lie to her even once.

When she heard that he was willing to teach her, she nodded so quickly that she nearly left afterimages.

Miyauchi Hiyage paused, then softly reminded Renge, "But before you grow up... um, before you turn ten, you can't tell anyone about it, and you can't use it in front of anyone else. Can you promise your brother that, Renge?"

A child's world was very simple, and Renge was an obedient good girl.

She counted on her fingers. She was six now, which meant there were still four years until she turned ten.

The time was a little long, but since it was her brother's request, she would do as he said. Her brother would never hurt her anyway.

Thinking that, she solemnly held out her little finger, asking Miyauchi Hiyage to make a pinky promise with her.

Seeing his little sister's earnest expression, Miyauchi Hiyage crouched down and gently hooked his little finger with hers, completing their promise.

"It might feel a little uncomfortable at first, but if you carefully feel the rhythm of your breathing, you'll get used to it soon."

As he spoke, Miyauchi Hiyage placed his other hand against Renge's lower abdomen. A thread of Ripple Energy first gathered in her lungs and heart, then flowed with her blood throughout every part of her body.

This was the method Baron Zeppeli had used in the first part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure to let Jonathan quickly experience Ripple. First, he expelled all the air from the lungs, then adjusted the diaphragm, allowing someone to maintain the rhythm of Ripple Breathing for a certain period of time.

It was the simplest way to guide a beginner in Ripple cultivation. After Miyauchi Hiyage obtained the Ripple Chi Kung cultivation method, the knowledge had been transmitted directly into his mind as well.

When he made his decision that morning, he had already tested it on himself first and confirmed that it would not have any adverse effects on the body.

The discomfort simply came from the initial step of expelling the air from the body, which people were not used to.

As Renge's little face flushed slightly red from holding her breath, Miyauchi Hiyage could also feel her previously cool little hands becoming much warmer under the effects of Ripple Energy.

Half a minute later, after expelling the air from her body and entering the rhythm of Ripple Breathing, Renge officially began cultivating Ripple Chi Kung.

Miyauchi Hiyage kept his hand on Renge's lower abdomen, sensing how much Life Energy within her body had been activated.

Naturally, she could not compare to a Ripple genius like Jonathan, much less a cheat like him, but among ordinary people, she was still quite good.

Before he left for Tokyo to attend school, she should be able to get used to the rhythm of Ripple Breathing and complete her first guidance of converting Life Energy into Ripple Energy.

As for more complicated Ripple applications, he could only slowly teach those to her during school holidays.

An entire afternoon passed in Ripple Chi Kung instruction.

Through that afternoon's teaching, Miyauchi Hiyage roughly understood how long it took normal people to learn Ripple.

Without guidance from another Ripple user, being able to sense Life Energy within a week and guide Ripple Energy within a month should count as passing.

Miyauchi Hiyage pondered it. "Considering Mom and Dad's ability to accept this, I'll first persuade them to try Ripple Chi Kung. As long as I guide them a little from the side and let them sense Life Energy before school starts, that'll be enough."

"It may be a little slower, but compared to the benefits after successful cultivation, a month isn't much at all. Besides, gradual cultivation is less likely to draw attention."

"But just to be safe, I won't tell them the name Ripple Breathing. I'll only say it's a health-preserving method I found in the old family warehouse."

As the major local landowners of Asahigaoka, the Miyauchi Family had settled here for more than a century. Naturally, the old family warehouse was packed with old objects.

Miyauchi Hiyage had even previously found legends about "demons" in some diaries left behind by his ancestors. From the sound of it, they might even have come from the Demon Slayer setting.

So, disguising Ripple Breathing as a Breathing Technique should not be much of a problem.

Once he had thought it through, Miyauchi Hiyage brought Renge home. He planned to organize the Ripple Chi Kung cultivation method in his diary before coming clean to his parents.

Thus, around seven or eight that evening, when the Diary holders opened their diaries to check for updates, they saw an extremely long entry of several thousand words, complete with some simple diagrams.

Yesterday's diary reward was Ripple Chi Kung. After spending a day with it, I now have a deep understanding of its abilities.

In the spirit of sharing in the internet age, I've decided to share Ripple Chi Kung with all of you so you can cultivate it too.

Of course, if you aren't interested in preserving your youth and extending your lifespan, then just pretend I never said anything.

Let's start with the basics. Ripple Chi Kung is a Breathing Technique derived from the sun. Its principle is...

Under normal circumstances, you should all be able to complete the basics within a month. Afterward, as long as you maintain the breathing rhythm, you can preserve your youth, improve your appearance, and extend your lifespan. If you encounter danger, it can also serve as a trump card.

Of course, Ripple Energy has many other combat-oriented applications, but today's diary is already a little too long, and I don't feel like writing anymore. I'll share them with you another time when I'm in the mood.

After writing several thousand words in one go, even with a physique far beyond that of an ordinary person, Miyauchi Hiyage's hand was a little sore.

"I wrote so much today. The Diary had better give me a little more as a reward."

Miyauchi Hiyage had a nice thought, but unfortunately, the perfect combination of rewards from the previous two days had probably used up all his luck. Today's reward seemed a little too plain and unremarkable.

You drew Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend, Volume 1 (Author: Fumiaki Maruto)

"???"

Miyauchi Hiyage stared blankly at the beautifully packaged light novel in front of him. The character on its cover was Eriri Spencer Sawamura.

"I can draw something like this too?"

Who knew what exactly was in the lottery pool? Miyauchi Hiyage complained before opening the book.

There really was nothing special inside. It was simply an ordinary light novel.

The only issue was that the story's protagonists all truly existed in this world, and in a few days, they might even become his classmates.

"So after school starts, should I find an opportunity to slip this into Kasumigaoka's or Eriri's shoe locker and test them?"

To test whether they had diaries.

The reason was simple: Miyauchi Hiyage did not know who could see his diary.

According to the usual tropes of diary-based webnovels, every heroine should receive a Diary.

But what if this Diary was pulling some kind of reverse trope on him?

After all the effort he had put in, only to find out it had all been him struggling with himself... that possibility was not impossible—

Over the past few days, he had kept searching for news about Hoshino Ai and Kamiki Hikaru, hoping to see whether that scumbag would get into trouble. Unfortunately, there had not been the slightest movement on that front.

There were probably quite a few heroines who could see the Diary and were currently agonizing over who he was. Naturally, he was also agonizing over who was reading his diary.

"But the enemy is in the open while I'm in the dark. The advantage is mine. Once school starts, throwing out this light novel should stir up quite a storm."

Flipping through the light novel in front of him, Miyauchi Hiyage began planning his tests for after school started.

Hoshino Ai: The Mysterious Person Writing the Diary Must Be My Fan

While Miyauchi Hiyage thought about Hoshino Ai's gossip from the countryside, the reason his first diary entry had begun with Hoshino Ai was simply that her identity was easy to investigate and her ending was comparatively easy to change.

If she was pregnant, asking Conan for help would most likely be enough to take down Kamiki Hikaru. The only thing to watch out for was whether Conan's grim reaper aura would spread to Hoshino Ai.

If she was not pregnant yet, it would be even simpler. Avoiding Kamiki Hikaru would allow her to avoid many things, unless Kamiki Hikaru or the mastermind behind the scenes had already set their sights on Hoshino Ai as a promising target and insisted on digging up some dirt on her to provoke the fragile nerves of extremist fans.

But that day was still far away. For now, Miyauchi Hiyage only checked Hoshino Ai's social media account and fan groups every day. If nothing had happened, he continued doing his own things.

And as the girl Miyauchi Hiyage had mentioned the most in his diary, Hoshino Ai, currently only a third-rate underground Idol, finally got her chance to appear.

She was just a little troubled at the moment.

Three days earlier, she had practiced alone in the dance studio until late at night. When she was preparing to go home and rest, a Diary fell from the sky and hit her on the head.

The words inside had made her uneasy. Her first reaction had been to throw away the Diary, hurry home, take a bath, and completely forget about the matter.

Then she discovered that the diary had latched onto her.

When she returned home and lay in the bathtub with her eyes half-closed, the Diary fell from the sky once more and landed on her head.

Looking at the mysterious Diary, which showed no sign of getting wet despite falling into the bathtub, Hoshino Ai discovered that an entire page of text had been added inside it.

And the Diary's contents made her break out in a cold sweat.

She would become pregnant this year or next, give birth to children, and then be killed by one of her extremist fans, who had been incited by a mysterious mastermind...

She had never experienced that kind of feeling, but it obviously would not be pleasant.

Recently, she had signed up for a trial training course at the LALALAI Troupe, which was famous in the industry for cultivating newcomers, and she had learned many things there. She had learned how to dress up, how to act cute, and how to display a certain so-called feminine charm at the right moments.

That was precisely why her fan count had increased so dramatically over the past few months.

And at the troupe, she had indeed met the Kamiki Hikaru mentioned in the diary.

He was one year younger than her and, like her, possessed extraordinary talent in acting.

As long as he personally experienced a certain emotion, he could remember it and perfectly recreate it.

Because they often practiced acting together during training, their relationship had naturally become quite good. It could be said that Kamiki Hikaru was the only male acquaintance she could consider a friend.

Remembering his gentleness and attentiveness around her, Hoshino Ai found it very difficult to associate the word scumbag with him.

If not for Diary's sudden appearance, she might really have developed a deeper relationship with him in order to experience more emotions.

To experience the feeling of being in love, the feeling of giving birth, the feeling of being a mother, and most importantly, the feeling of happiness.

But because of the diary's appearance, she had hit the brakes before taking that step.

She believed what was written in Diary.

Not only because Diary itself was mysterious, but more importantly because the line, "I hope you can continue to thrive as an Idol," had struck deep into her heart.

So, did she now have a mysterious fan from another world who was following her Idol activities?

Even if the popular Idols had ten or a hundred times as many fans as she did, there was probably only one fan this special in the entire world!

When she realized that, an emotion she had never experienced before welled up inside her.

She memorized her current expression and feelings in the mirror, seriously adding them to Hoshino Ai's "lie package." This was the best expression to wear before her fans.

As for the suggestion from her mysterious fan that she seek help from a detective... Hoshino Ai had naturally considered it seriously for a long time, but after glancing at her flat wallet, she gave up on the idea.