The Only Male Protagonist

Machida Yuanko was a little surprised when he heard Yuuki Rito's words, then smiled warmly and shook his head.

"The writers under me are working so hard, how can I, the person in charge, rest."

Then from 8:30 to 11:00, Yuuki Rito and Machida Yuanzi kept repeating their boring actions. During this period, several staff members went back and forth with a large stack of books. After the last book was signed, they connected. Shiori Tou was a little tired, but Machida Yuanko, who was just an ordinary person, slumped directly on the seat, shaking his arms incessantly.

"Let's have lunch, I'll let someone bring food from the cafeteria. Although the usual rules are that it is not allowed to eat at the workplace, but in order to entertain you, a super popular light novelist, this rule can also be ignored."

Saying that, Machida Yuanzi picked up the phone, edited a message and sent it out. Just ten minutes later, a female staff member came over with two boxes of lunch, glanced at Yuuki Ritu with a little admiration, and put the box on the table. After putting it away, he bowed and left quietly.

Although the public still does not know who the author of Sword Art Online is, most of the people in the Fantasia library seem to know the truth. After all, Yuuki Lidou didn't mean to hide his identity before. .

"I think I should wear a mask when I enter the library. By the way, is that Kayaba Akihiko's mask ready?"

"It's natural, don't worry, the people in the library will not deliberately promote Kayaba Akihiko as a little boy who looks like he is still in high school. Everyone knows the attitude of the daughter of the Tianjoin family to Sword Art Online. If it annoys you, But you will lose your job, and now your prestige is greater than mine."

Chapter 0111 Erromanga and Eri Kashiwagi, who do you prefer?

The signing ceremony officially started at 2:00 pm. It was held on the first floor of the Fantasia Bunko headquarters. This is a building. The first floor is very spacious. It can easily accommodate hundreds of people. If it is a little crowded, it can be more.

She finished her lunch hastily, but it was only close to twelve o'clock. With my own information, I began to arrange the official version of Sword Art Online's server. The Tiantiaoyuan Consortium has already prepared all kinds of corresponding servers at the Fantasia Library headquarters. The server and related technical personnel, Yuuki Lidou's work is not a lot.

As long as the most important part is arranged, Yuuki Rido can call the server remotely without having to go to Tokyo.

Time passed quickly, Machida Yuanko, who was resting in the conference room, found Yuuki Rido with a mask at this time, and said helplessly.

"Aren't you too tired to devote yourself to various things without even taking a break?"

"It's okay, I'm full of energy."

Regarding the server, Randou Yuuki and the technical staff have completed a lot of exchanges. He took the mask in Machida Yuanzi's hand, looked at it carefully, and said with a little surprise.

"At first I thought it was that kind of thin plastic, but I didn't expect it to look very high-end, specially made?"

"Well, it is produced by a special factory. If possible in the future, it may be sold as a peripheral."

"Let's go, the signing ceremony is about to start, right?"

Wearing the mask that looks like Kayaba Akihiko on his face, and specially changed into a white coat sponsored by Bunko, just like Kayaba Akihiko, who is a researcher in the light novel, Yuuki Rito and Machida Yuanko came to a place. Floor.

At this time, it was a real sea of ​​people, more than ten times the number of dozens of people I saw in the morning. Although the inner stage, that is, the area where Yuuki Lito signed on the spot, has not yet opened, but the outer area has begun to sell The venue-limited edition light novels signed by Yuki Rito were sold. The original number of 3,000 copies was huge compared to the hundreds of people who crowded into the venue. However, these guys didn't buy one book per person, many people wanted to buy a few. The above, it seems to help friends to buy.

The so-called venue-limited edition, in addition to the signature, also comes with a corresponding poster and keychain produced by Fantasia Bunko. The price has doubled, but the buyer seems to be enjoying it.

When Yuuki Rito and Machida Yuanko came out wearing masks and white coats, the surrounding crowd burst into exclamations of surprise and interest. Really deliberately dressed up as Kayaba Akihiko.

"The signing ceremony officially started at two o'clock in the afternoon, and there are still twenty minutes left. During these twenty minutes, everyone can ask Kayaba Akihiko a question at random. Of course, for some too acute questions, Kayaba Teacher Jing Yan also has the right to refuse to answer."

The isolation line set up at the periphery of the venue was removed, and the crowd poured in. They gathered around the stage where Yuki Rido stood, looking around curiously. Many people raised their hands high and wanted to ask questions. In Yuuki Ritu's hand, he held two microphones, one for himself and the other for the questioner.

"Hello everyone, I'm Kayaba Akihiko, um, of course, this is just a pseudonym, so don't expect me to make a game like the one described in the novel."

Although there are many people, the order is not too chaotic. Most people who like otaku culture either have a certain quality or don’t like to be in the limelight. At this time, no one was making a lot of noise, but they all held their hands high and wanted to end the city. He chose to ask himself a question, glanced around, and Yuuki Rido saw a guy he knew, a one-sided understanding.

"Okay, in accordance with the principle of ladies first, the first questioner, let's choose this beautiful blonde girl."

"Eh?"

Seeing the guy with the mask in front of him walking to the edge of the stage, squatting down and handing the microphone to herself, Ying Riri was stunned, and then she realized that the beautiful girl the other party was talking about was herself, and she had heard a lot of praise for Ying Riri. , but the person who was admired still had some mood swings when she said so, she took a deep breath and took the microphone.

"Mr. Kayaba Akihiko, I like your light novels and games very much. You are very good. In the past, many big companies wanted to poach you on the blog. Will I still be able to see your books in the future?"

Yingli Li said that many people are worried about the problem. Now the combined sales of Sword Art Online Volume 1 and 2 have reached 600,000 copies. This is the number estimated by other media. If you calculate it like this, as a light novel author, you will get thousands of copies. The royalties of 10,000 yen are a terrifyingly huge number for ordinary people, but for some people, it is no more than the same. The generous remuneration that some companies put forward on their blogs in the past, like a thorn, stabbed into Sword Art Online In the hearts of readers and players, even if the Tiantiaoyuan Consortium and the Undying River Bookstore have expressed their support, the thorn has not disappeared.

When Ying Riri was speaking, Yuki Rido kept a squatting posture, because the stage was relatively high, if Yuki Rido stood, it would make people look up, and only by squatting can they look at the other side. Many people found this small gesture. After all, few people squatted on the stage. For a while, everyone's senses have been improved a lot when it comes to Sword Art Online, just for Kayaba Akihiko.

"I promise, whether it's a light novel or a game, I will give you the best answer I can. In fact, the light novel is less than half written, and even the official version of the game to be released next week, It's not the real end product either, it's a bit ridiculous for me to make such a simple game with a name like Kayaba Akihiko."

Today, the only one who dares to comment on Sword Art Online is the creator of Ride Yuuki. Everyone laughed and shook their heads. When Quan was saying self-effacing words, he couldn't help but have more expectations.

Yuuki Rido exposed too much information in these words, such an exclusive spoiler naturally excited everyone present, and some of the people who spent a lot of energy on the train felt that they ran to Tokyo on a rare weekend It's worth coming to the signing.

"What do you think of Kayaba Akihiko's illustrations in the novel? Two illustrators, Erromanga and Kashiwagi Eri, which Kayaba Akihiko-sensei prefers?"

Chapter 0112 Worked all day, so should take a break

"Is this the second question? And it's a bit too sharp, but since you're the first questioner, I'll take care of you. Whether it's Mr. Erromanga or Mr. Kashiwagi Eri. People's paintings all have their own characteristics. One is better at drawing loli characters, and the other is better at drawing girl characters. I can't tell which is better or worse, but if someone can draw a royal sister-type character first, do it. If a breakthrough occurs, probably I will think that person is stronger."

Although he knew that the Eri in front of him was Eri Kashiwagi, Yuuki Ritu did not deliberately disparage Erromanga because of this. The fact is as he said, the two illustrators are on the same level. At this time, it is too unfair to publicly praise and degrade the other. .

Yuuki Rito's words made the meeting sound "Does Kayaba Akihiko prefer sister characters?" There are also "Kayaba Akihiko is a fraternity talent, and not many types of characters in his light novels have it." ?" Such a retort.

With a determined expression, Ying Riri handed the microphone back to Yuki Rido, and after Yuki Rido found that there was no guy she knew among the remaining people, she began a real random selection.

"Mr. Kayaba Akihiko, Kirito's sister is not related to him by blood, so..."

"Shh, don't say this kind of thing, just know it well."

Obviously, there are not many scenes of my sister in the current two volumes of light novels. The question is definitely a "gentleman", and Yuuki Lidou also gave a very gentleman's answer, which caused a burst of laughter in the venue.

"How long will it take for the animation of Sword Art Online?"

"If there is no accident, there will be news within a month, not the news of animation, but the news of the first episode."

Naturally, it caused a lot of exclamations. Seeing that Yuuki Lidou almost answered all questions, and did not deliberately hide the meaning of keeping the mystery and appease the appetite, the atmosphere of the venue gradually increased, and the questions asked gradually became strange. .

"Kayaba Akihiko-sensei is very young, isn't she? Even though she wears a mask, her voice is very nice."

"Thank you for the compliment, I am indeed still young."

"Is Kayaba Akihiko married? If not, do you have a girlfriend? If you don't have a girlfriend, what do you think of me?"

The speaker was a rather pretty girl, at the age of a high school student or a college student, and her eyes sparkled when she looked at Yuuki Rito.

"I'm not married, I have a girlfriend, I don't need to answer the third question, right? You're also breaking the rules."

He hadn't even seen his own appearance, so the so-called confession was more inclined to be funny, Yuuki Rido didn't mean to take into account the other party's mood, and declined directly.

Then someone asked who Yuki Rido's girlfriend was. Naturally, Yuki Rido didn't say anything by name, but said a lot of gorgeous words. The surrounding questioner was dizzy, and Machida Yuanzi pouted. , she wasn't sure whether the girlfriend Yuuki Rido was referring to was her, which was really annoying.

"Mr. Kayaba Akihiko, what is your dream?"

"The dream is to open a harem like Kirito and defeat all enemies."

"Oh oh oh?!"

Yuuki Rido's declaration of opening the harem detonated the audience, and Machida Yuanko gave Yuuki Rido a blank look and took away the microphone in Yuuki Rido's hand.

"Our teacher Akihiko Kayaba seems to have said something incredible, everyone must keep it a secret, otherwise his unknown girlfriend may get angry, then, it is now two o'clock in the afternoon, and the signing ceremony will officially start, please line up in an orderly manner. , Kayaba Akihiko will sign on the spot, and at the same time you can write a short congratulatory message."