Chapter 4: Save the World by Dating?

The four of them sat together, and nobody spoke first. For them, they all had their own thoughts, so they didn't plan to say anything.

In the end, it was Shido who spoke first. He just smiled helplessly, and then asked:

"Don't you two have anything else to do? If it's all right, Kotori and I have other places to go!"

"Wait!"

Utaha smiled and raised her hand.

"What's up?"

Shido frowned and asked.

"I have something to ask you about!"

Utaha said a little seriously, then glanced at Fumino next to her. She had heard that this girl was a genius in liberal arts, maybe she could help solve her problem!

"Do I have to help?"

Shido asked back. If he could, he really didn't want to help.

"It's not absolutely necessary, but if Shido is willing to help, you can get something out of me…"

Utaha blinked, then raised her plump chest proudly. The hint was seductive enough.

"Keep dreaming, but Shido definitely prefers a flat-chested girl like Fumino onee-san than a saggy-chested auntie like you!"

Kotori sneered. Trying to seduce Shido in front of me? Not a chance in hell!

"Flat-chested..."

Fumimo looked down at her chest with eyes devoid of hope, then she started crying.

"Okay, so what if I am flat?"

"Don't worry, Onee-san, we are two of a kind!"

Kotori said comfortingly.

Fumino glanced at Kotori's body, which was also very smooth, but she was not happy at all. After all, in her opinion, Kotori was only a junior high school student, and such a figure was normal. As for her, she was already in her second year in high school, meaning that there would not be much room for development.

Utaha watched the play with a smile. Trying to promote the charm of the flat-chested religion? Impossible! All boys love big boobs!

Thinking of this, Utaha looked at the two girls who were comforting each other mockingly.

Shido sighed, not knowing how to intervene in such a topic, so he just didn't say anything and moved on to another topic.

"Kasumigaoka-senpai, what exactly do you need help with?"

Shido asked softly.

"This!"

Utaha took out a document, which seemed to be another manuscript.

"Isn't this..."

Shido picked it up and saw that it was an enhanced version of the previous manuscript, but the editors once again rejected the possibility of publishing it.

"Can't you just write a high school romance novel?"

Shido asked reluctantly. Knowing that Utaha was very good at delicate writing, he knew writing about the Sci-Fi theme seemed a bit out of place for her.

More importantly, Utaha didn't have any good ideas for Sci-Fi, and she didn't understand why she was so obsessed with it.

"This is what the Library requires..."

Utaha said helplessly. Although there were many works with the theme of romance in light novels, there were not many that could be related to hers.

However, if she wanted her work to be popular, she would have to do more than pure romance.

Utaha had no such ability for the time being. Her school romance light novel could only be praised by a small group of people at most.

Therefore, her Library wanted her to try something new. Anyway, her "Metronome in Love" was almost finished, and she really needed to write new works.

So, she wrote the work last time, and it was rejected. She rewrote the work, but it was rejected again.

Utaha really didn't know what to do, so she wandered around with the manuscript, and then came to this udon shop and saw Shido.

"All right!"

Shido nodded understandingly. He knew that the Library wanted her to revise her work for the sake of earning more profits.

For the Library, no matter how well-acclaimed a work was, they wouldn't publish it if it wouldn't earn money.

"Senpai is writing a novel?"

Fumino cheered up and asked curiously.

"Yes."

Utaha nodded, and she stopped messing around. After all, she really wanted to know what went wrong with her novel.

"How amazing..."

Fumino sincerely praised her senpai. Although she didn't know much about this aspect, she believed that publishing novels must be a very good thing to do.

And if Utaha was asking Shido for advice...

Then that meant: Shido is even better than Utaha in this aspect!

"Itsuka, are you also a novelist?"

Fumino asked in surprise.

"A light novelist."

Shido explained softly.

"What work did you write?"

Fumino looked at Shido expectantly. The best way to understand a person was to read their work. If she could read Shido's novels, she would be able to further understand his heart!

"I'll show you the next time I get the chance..."

Shido said in a slightly evasive manner. Actually, he felt it would be embarrassing to show his work to a genius in liberal arts.

He clearly remembered that in the anime "Oregairu", the fat man named Zaimokuza took his novel to the service club, only to be roasted by several people, especially Yukino, who burned him without any mercy.

Although Fumino was not a sharp tongue, she was definitely better than Yukino in the aspect of liberal arts. Therefore, if she read "Smartphone Man", she would probably be at a loss for words during evaluation.

Fumino didn't mind Shido putting it on rain check, after all, she could find his work easily by asking around. Then, she focused her attention on the manuscript of the novel written by Utaha.

The title of the novel was:

That time when I saved the world by dating.

"Well…"

Fumino was at a loss for words. She didn't know that the names of light novels today were stinky and long. For her, the title of a work should be concise and powerful!

"Is it not good?"

Utaha asked curiously. Although the name of her previous work, "Metronome in Love", was relatively shorter, the name of the recent light novel had become longer and longer, just like the full name of "Smartphone Man" by Shido.

"It's better to keep it simple! If it's this kind of theme, it would be good to just call it "Dating". While being able to mention the theme, it can also make people expect what kind of content..."

Fumino analyzed thoroughly.

She didn't know what the culture of light novels was. Anyway, if she saw a book with such a title, it would be impossible for her to be interested in reading it.

"But it's too brief!"

Utaha shook her head. The name was way too short for her.

"Then make it a little longer..."

Fumino thought about it, but she didn't have any good ideas, after all, she didn't know the content of the story.

At this time, Kotori glanced at Shido next to her. Saving the world by dating? It was very similar to their story, so she wanted to know if Shido revealed something about their lives.

In fact, Kotori felt a little strange just now: How did Utaha know that I am Shido's little sister?

Normally, Shido wouldn't tell anyone about these things...

Therefore, from the beginning, Kotori had been very cautious around this enemy with huge boobs.

Kotori asked tentatively:

"Since it's about saving the world by dating, then how about the name 'Date a Live'!?"

Shido nodded. He was not too surprised to hear the name. After all, he used to live with Kotori and save the Spirits together.

"'Date a Live'?"

Utaha nodded thoughtfully. She didn't know why, but she felt that if she used this name, this work would definitely be a hit!

Fumino also nodded, agreeing that this was a good novel title, which was simple and clear.

She gently opened the novel, and saw that the protagonist of the novel was a young man with short blue hair, who looked ordinary, but revealed a mysterious atmosphere...

Fumino glanced at Shido, and she was certain that this was definitely written according to Shido.

The protagonist of the story met a beautiful girl with a good figure in a serious fire, with long black hair and attractive legs wrapped in black silk, and her awe-inspiring aura shocked others.

The girl looked at everything that was destroyed indifferently. Although she was the one who caused it, she stood there without even the slightest sympathy. After destroying all the facilities she saw nearby, she planned to leave the scene.

Kotori gritted her teeth. Why does it seem so familiar?

At this time, the protagonist suddenly jumped out, hoping to date this girl...

It turned out that the girl was not from this world. She came from the Sword and Magic Continent. In that world, human life was as cheap as dirt, so after coming to this world, she did not hesitate to kill.

Actually, she did it because she was afraid of this foreign land, and the protagonist vaguely guessed this, so he proposed a date, hoping to help the girl understand the situation of this world...

Shido frowned, this story was too similar to the plot of "Date a Live"!

It's just that the Spirits were replaced by girls from another world. Although it looked like there were many loopholes in this work, he wasn't exactly in the position to criticize it. After all, "Date a Live" had many loopholes itself as well.

"Senpai, you didn't come from another world, did you?"

Shido couldn't help but ask.

"You think I wrote down my own experience? Haha..."

Utaha patted her chest and laughed loudly. As her body shook, the huge melons on her chest also swayed, making Kotori feel a little dizzy.

Shido did not respond. Utaha obviously misunderstood something, but he did not want to explain.

Indeed, if Utaha was a traveler from another world and knew about DaL, she would have come to talk to him a long time ago, and it was impossible not to know about Kotori.

Shido let out a sigh of relief. Utaha's work was obviously much better than the one from last time. It seemed that she had taken the advice given by Miku last time, and the writing was obviously more interesting.

But the hero and heroine...

Fumino also found the problem. In a story like this, it would definitely say that the hero and heroine fall in love. If this was the case, Utaha, who wrote such novels about herself and Shido, must like Shido!

Even if she didn't know it herself, words could reflect people's emotions, so whether Utaha was intentional or not, this novel was definitely a love letter!

"Any comments?"

Utaha humbly asked. She didn't actually write it like this on purpose, but in her opinion, Shido was very suitable as the protagonist of light novels, and she herself wanted to be the heroine, so she just wrote like this.

"Should we add a sister character?"

Kotori suggested a little abruptly.

Since Shido was the protagonist, of course she would join in!

"A Sister?"

Utaha pondered. It was true that most of the recent light novels would add the role of the younger sister. Even if they didn't participate in the plot at all, they would sell it for cuteness, and a lot of people bought it!

"Also, let's go through a few more characters! The scene where the protagonist is busy dating several girls at the same time must be very interesting!"

Kotori smiled and said. She remembered the time that Shido had a triple date with three Spirits at the same time.

"What's so funny?"

Shido asked with a frown.

"It's nothing, I just thought of happy things."

Kotori stopped smiling and pretended to say with a serious face.

"This proposal is also very good..."

Utaha nodded affirmatively. Knowing that the current light novel market was fiercely competitive, she must add more appealing characters to keep her story popular!