Chapter 81 - The Offline Gathering (1/2)

”Welcome home, master~.”

Kana Takamori was wearing a white maid costume with a white collared plain long dress and an apron with white lotus leaf edges.

She had a delicate face and a sweet voice. By looking at her appearance, she was no doubt the star of Moe-chan's Maid Cafe. She was part of the reason why the cafe was so popular until now.

Girls with good looking appearances were always favored by the majority. Most of the customers at the Moe-chan's Maid Cafe were men and tourists who paid a visit because of the enormous popularity. Although there were a lot of other girls who were prettier than Kana Takamori online, anyone would know that those photos online were edited through photoshop. It would be challenging to meet that level of beauty on the streets.

Today, Kana Takamori had finally met with a girl who was prettier than herself. She felt ashamed of looking at Chiba Shiori's delicate cheeks. Fortunately, she did not forget about her identity. She then smiled and said, ”Please come with me, masters~.”

”There's no need to search for seats. We're here for the offline party of [Light Novel Space].” Moe-chan's Cafe was a popular maid-themed cafe in Akihabara, and therefore, they no longer had to send out their staff to distribute flyers to bring in more customers.

”Masters, allow me to ask, are you, two novelists? If yes, you two are amazing!” Kana Takamori was looking at Kazuki in an adoring manner, but in return, she was hit by a pair of keen eyes. She was shocked. By instinct, she lowered her head, not knowing why this pair of eyes made her feel diffident.

Eight people were sitting on the table, which was assembled by three smaller tables. ”...The shaping of the side characters is important. If the supporting characters could be created vividly, then we would be able to inject soul to the book itself.”

”What you said is right, but you should know that most readers would pay their attention to the main character. If the main character were not well-shaped, no matter how much effort we put to shape the supporting characters, it would be a waste of time and energy. Rather than spending tons of hours on shaping the supporting characters, we should focus on how to shape a vivid main character… The plot is like the face value of a person, which would be the first impression for the readers. The main character represents the connotation of the person.”

The two were already arguing when Kazuki and Chiba Shiori arrived. Well, more like debating. Upon hearing their conversation, Kazuki and Chiba Shiori could clearly identify that they were 'Matcha Can' and 'The Man of Darkness.'

These two were similar to those 'best buddies forever' in the group chat as they would argue every day because of different opinions. Whenever he peek at his phone, he could see them arguing. They didn't seem to stop arguing even during offline gatherings.

Although these two were arguing most of the time, they had a good relationship with each other. Rumour said that they met offline once in the past. Both of them expressed their disappointment in the group chat because they thought this person would be a girl pretending to be a guy online. However, they never thought that he would actually be a guy. Even so, after that, meet up, their relationship had become even better.

But quickly, both of them stopped talking, and everyone who was seated looked at Chiba Shiori. Their expressions were exaggerated, and their eyes were full of shock. There was even a woman over 20 years old who stood up immediately and shouted, ”Oh my god, you are the most gorgeous lady I have ever seen! Let me guess who you are…..”

”I am Gentera-Kun.” Chiba Shiori's personality was totally different on the internet and offline. She ted to use a lot of expressions on the internet, but in reality, she was way quieter. Usually, she would be cooperative as it would further enhance her familiarity with everyone during the first meetup because she believed that communication would be the key if she wanted to blend with everyone. However, she knew that Kazuki was anxious to know about Chiyoko and, therefore, so she directly said after a wink, ”Miss Kucha, you would never have guessed it correctly anyway…..”

”What?”

”Really?”

”It's impossible! Aren't you a guy? You had even exposed your voice before!”

After hearing Chiba Shiori reveal her online name, everyone was shocked.

”It was the voice changer that did the job.” Chiba Shiori pulled Kazuki's hand and sat down. She immediately introduced him to the community to shift the attention when she noticed that everyone was focusing on her. ”This is my boyfriend, Kazuki, the Mage that I've added into the group. He followed along because he was worried about me.”

As they had set their identities previously, therefore Kazuki only nodded and said, ”Hi everyone…”