I woke up feeling quite anxious, and together with Lili aia, we decided to go to the library. Finally, the sed volume is being released! I'm even more nervous now than when I released the first volume.

  I guess I'm afraid people won't like it.

  Lili e, aia liked what she read as well. I guess everything's fine.

  "So those are the illustrations? They're so beautiful," Hestia said.

  There was a rge image of the book cover at the library entrance along with the title. It was a big and eye-catg picture. Hestia couldn't help but be impressed.

  Lili hadn't seen it before either; she was stunned.

  "It's geous. That's why I didn't want to show you before—I wa to be a surprise."

  "..." Hestia said nothing after hearing me. She pretended I hadn't said anything.

  "It is impressive. Luan, where did you find su incredible artist?" Lili asked.

  "Elma was the one who hired the artist. I'll ask Elma te a meeting for us."

  "I'd like to meet the artist too…" Lili said.

  We stood there, admiring the image from a distance siering the library was hard. As time passed, more people arrived, and the streets became increasingly crowded. It was even a bit difficult to move.

  The first people who mao buy the book were showing it off, which even caused a few arguments.

  It is chaos.

  Hestia seemed tret not agreeing to Elma's suggestion to grab a copy for her yesterday. Now, it would take a long time for her to buy her copy!

  At some point, Lili aia even wao leave.

  I told them I would ha, and they could go home, but they decided to stay with me until we mao get ihe library.

  The inside wasn't much different from the outside.

  The library wasn't big, so even though there were anized lines, it was crowded and plex to move around. Fortunately, when Elma saw us, she made sure to attend us.

  The other ers were irritated, but when they noticed Goddess Hestia was with us, they decided not to pin.

  "Excuse me, this way," Elma said.

  We were led to the library's ste room, where I had been before.

  There were even more boxes this time, and some employees were rushing around. The way they were ag was stressful. They were ag this way because of the chaos outside.

  "Just ighem. Here you go. I prepared this for you," Elma said.

  She grabbed a rge box taining five copies. One copy to Hestia, oo Lili, oo me, and two extra copies to give to whoever I wanted. Wheia saw the book up close, her eyes sparkled.

  She picked up one of the copies and ran her hand over the cover art.

  "It's even more beautiful up close. Luan, we have to meet the artist who created this."

  "Oh, that's right, I haven't introduced you two yet. She's a big fan of yours, Luan."

  "She? I thought it was a man."

  "Did I say this? No, it's a woman. I'll arrange a meeting for you two to get to know each other. You even pn the covers for the volumes together. Haha," Elma said.

  She is saying, "Write more volumes."

  "That would be great," I replied.

  "Well, I o go now. I'd love to chat more, but it's crazy out there. You should leave soon, or you'll get stuside the store."

  "You should have anticipated this and ahings better," I told Elma.

  "I thought it would be fine... I'll be more careful ime."

  After a long while, we finally left the store with the five copies. Wheuro the mansioia and Lili took their copies and sat on the couch to read.

  Lili had already read it twice but was ready for a third time.

  What a dedicated fan.

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  A few days have passed sihe sed volume was released, and the success was more signifit than expected. I didn't imagi would be su explosive unch. I already kneell the first volume had sold, but this reached an overwhelming level.

  Hestia, who had already finished reading, praised it a lot. Lili kept plimenting it, even though it was her third read.

  In the past few days, Elma finally arranged a meeting with the artist of my novel. And today was the day I would meet her. However, we'd only meet in the evening.

  Hestia and Lili wao e with me, but Elma said the artist was shy and didn't want anyone else to join me.

  After a few hours, the time finally came. The sun had disappeared, and I headed toward where we were supposed to meet. I dressed in my best clothes and used up the st bit of cologne I had.

  Even though she wasn't a character from the inal story, I still wao make a good impression. It's always good to stay in tact with such a talented person.

  I walked through the busy streets of Orario, looking for the restaurant where we were supposed to meet. Many people were eating and talking wheered—it retty noisy.

  Then, a proached me; she was one of the waitresses.

  "Are you Luan, by any ce?" she asked.

  "Yes, that's me," I replied. Does she know me?

  But that didn't seem to be the case.

  "Someone is waiting for you. I'll take you to her table," The waitress said with a smile and began guidio the table where the artist was.

  An artist whose name I didn't even know.

  However, as I approached the table, I saw the artist sitting with her bae.

  Her hair is white.

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