The Two of Them ch56

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>>Nikudamari Ranchou, aged 32. Currently experience the greatest moment of his life...!? Volume 2 on sale to raving reviews(note)

>Light novel author Nikudamari Ranchou (32). My debut work, "Isekai Truck (star) Killer Convoy" has published eight volumes and sold x million copies.
>It is truly a godsend that someone who is still a rookie in this industry is receiving a TV anime on this scale... but never mind that right now!!

>I am currently
>at the peak of happiness!!!

>Back in my neet days, when I was still low in the ranks of short novel sharing sites,
>the one late night anime that saved my life countless times was "Wild West Tales of Chivalry (star) Mohawk Road".

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>I was obsessed with Rio Grande, the female bounty hunter who clashed with the protagonist!!
>I bought all the merch and doujins and amassed a collection of art from the internet!!
>That of course includes the R-18 stuff!!

>In fact, pretty much all the Rio SSs[tn: Short Stories] in the MohaRo threads were written by me!!
>I couldn't help it! It wasn't that popular so there weren't any SS threads!

>But the original threads would have quietly fallen into oblivion if it weren't for me!
>Just the other day, I asked my staff to upload some sneaky threads about my own stuff (lol)
>But it was in the name of love! I polished drama studies and writing style and raised the level of the works I submitted!!

>And now!!
>I am right here!!
>Aah... Mohawk.
>You... really do look terrible, even up close...
>Rio's death scene that I've watched countless times and still don't understand

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>Right next to my goddess!
>So that's how it all started, huh~?
>Thank you~ I'm honored~

>N-N-N-No. I-It's nothing.
>I-I'm the one who's just talking big. I finally get an anime and all I can offer you is a sub role.
>It's fine. Playing a role that's written just for me is like a dream for a voice actress~
>Hang in there, Sensei.

>Aaah.
>Nice! It's going great!! It's starting to feel like destiny!!
>I read the original work~
>Should I go ahead and ask her for her contact details!?
>I see~ I guess I am kinda like that, huh~

>No!! I can't get too greedy!!
>Hahaha. Yeah, I guess.
>No, I mean...
>I was just assuming stuff on my own.
>I won't get another chance like this again!! I just need to slowly build up a good standing with her and eventually I can get married just like H-Sensei...

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>No, no, no!
>Whaddaya mean marriage? Quit dreaming and face reality. She's just doing business stuff.
>Entertaining!! That's it!! She's in the entertaining position! Her smile and the occassional warmth of her hand is all part of her job!! She's a lady at work!!

>H-Sensei is still a dream within a dream...
>That goes for sales figures too
>I've told you about Nemori-san, right?
>She's playing Wanko's big sister in the anime she's in.
>At any rate, as little more than a fan, so long as she just keeps me in her thoughts, I'm... I'm...

>Ah.

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>...So we were in the same industry...

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>Given all that happened because of how drunk she got,
>I never did ask her for her name.

>...But...
>Okay, that's good.

>I don't hate this sense of distance between us.

>>The two adults have a pleasant reunion.