Translator: Tsukii
Editor: Lilia
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Chapter 61 – Clashing Friendships – Doujinshi Production Arc
It had been a few days since we started creating doujinshi.
I already applied for the Omike lot, so all that was left was waiting for the result.
“I told you, I think the way to deal with this monster is to get into close range.”
“And I told you to be more cautious. This is supposed to be a book that even new adventurers might pick up, so there’s no way we could put such a gamble-like method as a solution.”
Meanwhile, we, who had been working on a doujinshi in the classroom, stopped for a moment.
Erin and Sharon were glaring at each other across the desk, sparks flying.
It happened when Erin was revising the text and Sharon was creating the illustration.
What they were working on was the page for the medium class monster, “Rough Life Eater.”
Apparently, the two of them held different opinions regarding how to deal with it.
By the way, the illustration of monsters that everyone knew about or that had extremely low encounter rates were obviously omitted.
If I had them all drawn, Sharon’s arm might fall off.
“If people got into close range and suddenly charged, the monster might get surprised and be unable to respond, right? In that case, it might be better to close the distance from our side…”
“Then this book will really become nothing but an encyclopedia. That’s not easy to do considering the monster’s appearance… I’m against including that as a legitimate tactic.” 1
Certainly, as Sharon said, the appearance of the “Rough Life Eater” was extremely ferocious looking. It could only be described as a large sphere with a large, gory mouth attached to it.
But in reality, it was just a small fry. For adventurers used to dealing with monsters, this monster could do nothing but tackle and bite repeatedly, making it easy prey.
The two of them were assuming the books would only be read by adventurers inferior to them.
I think there should be a better way to say it… but I honestly didn’t know the correct expression.
Rather than being incapable of understanding, it was more that they failed to make educated guesses, and I concluded that they just lumped together low-level adventurers as one group when they actually consisted of several layers.
“What do you think, Kuyumi?”
I looked at the manager, who had completely taken the role of mediator from the third-person perspective.
She had been watching the argument from the beginning.
“U~hn… I think it’s a really delicate matter～♡”
“Is it difficult to judge?”
“It is ♡ I understand Sharon-chan’s opinion that people might get intimidated by the monster’s appearance, but Kuyumi-chan personally thinks, ‘If you stumble from just that, you might as well stop being an adventurer’, I guess~?”
I felt like it had been a while since I heard a harsh evaluation toward someone other than me from Kuyumi.
“But this book was created for the purpose of raising the overall survival rate…”
“In that case, Sharon-chan’s opinion has the upper hand～♡ but if that’s the case, I think the method that should be written would be how to flee from the monster instead ♡”
That kind of thing was surprisingly important… the Monk had told me before.
Since I had no intention of running away to begin with, I used the difference in physical specs to forcibly inflict damage and crush enemies, but as expected, I shouldn’t tell others to do the same. I wanted Erin to be able to do that, though.
“I see… both of you, let’s calm down for a bit and sort things out.”
I clapped my hands to get their attention.
After listening to Kuyumi’s words, I decided that I could somehow create a compromise.
“First, let’s confirm the premise. The manual we are creating is a combat manual. However, the purpose is not to fight well. Erin, what is the purpose of this book?”
“……It’s to raise the survival rate of adventurers, right?”
Erin seemed to realize it was a bad decision to insist on her opinion, and had an awkward expression on her face.
Sharon crossed her arms and looked smug, as if her opinion was correct.
“Next Sharon, can you think of alternative tactics regarding how to deal with ‘Rough Life Eater?’”
“That’s… attack it from a distance, or go around it, I guess.”
Okay, it seemed she thought about it properly.
As expected, it was worthy of praise.
“In that case, why do you think Erin suggested charging head-on?”
“Eh?”
“If attacking by sneaking around is effective, she could just write that, right? Don’t you think there’s a reason why that isn’t possible?”
Sharon, who hurriedly reread the text, clearly missed one thing.
The reason was that the “Rough Life Eater” used its entire body to crush its enemies, so its muscular strength was extremely developed and its body covered with thick muscle fiber, making it extremely difficult for blades to damage it.
“Attacks from the side or back are easily repelled. So, its weak point is inside its mouth.”
“……What’s with that, what a tasteless enemy.”
Sharon’s face twitched as she muttered that. I thought so as well.
That said, when I played the game, although it appeared a little gross, I was able to subdue it by simply firing counter-like attacks at them. In fact, all seasoned adventurers subdued it this way.
I see, so a rookie might be intimidated by its appearance and not charge into battle. It was a perspective I also missed when explaining to Erin.
“Sorry, Erin. Certainly if that’s the case, it’s a good choice to charge head-on.”
“N-no, I also got excited and made a sloppy explanation.”
Good, it seemed both were satisfied.
Kuyumi clapped a little next to me. It seemed to be praise for me. It made me blush.
……That was a rather interesting exchange.
In fact, among the three (excluding me), there were differences in how much consideration was given to the feelings of beginners.
Erin understood less than Sharon, and Kuyumi was even less considerate to the feelings of a beginner.
But Kuyumi, who normally lacked the ability to empathize the most among the three, ran the place by pandering to others.
As I reconfirmed the composition of the three gals, I sighed.
This dynamic didn’t change from their game version.
If Kuyumi continued to act as the balancer of the group, this party would be in danger of collapse one day.
They were still at the stage where they still didn’t need to think about that, though.
“Then what should we do about this?”
“For the time being, let’s write that going around isn’t effective and its weak point is its mouth…”
“Even if people kept their distance and attacked, the attacks would be repelled, right?”
The two of them stopped glaring at each other and this time started to worry while butting their heads together.
Yes yes, thinking about things on their own like this would help them in the future.
“Sensei, don’t you have any ideas~?”
Kuyumi directed their attention at me.
I spent a few seconds thinking about how to give them hints.
“The weakness is inside its mouth, right? In that case, won’t it be quicker to somehow get its mouth open?”
“……Sensei, you already know the answer, yet you still try to make us think ♡”
Seeing the manager shrugging, I smiled helplessly.
This was still a lesson after all.
“Make it open its mouth, huh… it means make it want to bite into something, right?”
“Ah, I see.”
Hearing Sharon’s murmur, Erin clapped her hands in realization.
“We can just make it aim at us.”
“Eh? But if we close the distance…”
“I mean, position ourselves at a distance where its tackle could barely reach, and when it attacks with its mouth open, then just fire an arrow and magic bombardment at it as we back away!”
With shining eyes, the sequel’s protagonist spoke out the correct answer.
When Sharon heard that, she seemed convinced.
I guess she wasn’t educated by the SwordX family for nothing.
Even though she never played an electronic game, Erin was able to come up with the concept of “fire and pull back” using only her thinking ability.
It was just nasty. I thought the first idea they came up with would be throwing stones, but since that monster would only open its mouth for what it perceived as food, that idea was less effective.
“That’s the same thing as my idea. Then all you have to do is to put it into writing.”
“Oka~y. Well then, let’s write down what shouldn’t be done first…”
The two began working again.
Seeing that, Kuyumi and I sighed.
Seriously, I think they learned a lot from this.
Was making doujinshi more effective than my lecture? Did that mean I had too little talent as a teacher…?
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“Chairman, that’s unreasonable! Ever since the rumor spread that Haruto, the Descendant of the Hero, would be joining the circle, there have been many cases of people using bribes and threats to try to get into the circle lottery! Even for general admission, if we don’t turn it into a lottery, what might happen at the venue…!”
“No! Omike doesn’t exist for Haruto-dono’s sake alone… if we suddenly make it into the lottery, then the books wouldn’t reach the readers they were originally intended for…!”
“But! It seems secret units from other nations will be coming, you know?! If we handle it badly, people might die!”
“Muu…”
“It seems you’re in trouble.”
“Who?! No, you are-!”
“Oh, it seems my face is so well known. Then things will be quick. Actually, I came to propose to the management committee an idea to quickly solve the congestion problem. This savior who descended here is a man who composes beautiful poems and conveys the truth of the world. I am Aias Vanguard, the greatest Bard in the kingdom…”
“Isn’t it Aias-dono who owed too much money and once attracted a group of debt collectors to the Omike venue?!”
“Eeh?! Is it that Aias-dono who once had a social gathering held just to discuss how to kill him because he wrote bad things about a certain aristocrat in his book?!”
“…It seems my reputation is so terrible!”
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