The Only Male Protagonist

Hearing Yuki Rito's words, Machida Sonoko was a little surprised, then smiled warmly and shook her head.

"The authors under me work so hard, how can I, the person in charge, rest."

Then from 8:30 to 11:00, Yuuki Rito and Machida Sonoko kept repeating boring actions. During this period, several staff members carried a large stack of books back and forth, and when the last book was signed, they connected Shirohito was a little tired, but Machida Sonoko, who was just an ordinary person, slumped on the seat, shaking her arms constantly.

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

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

Although the public does not yet know who the author of Sword Art Online is, most people in the Fantasia library seem to know the truth. After all, Yuki Rito didn’t mean to hide his identity before. There are so many people talking, Yuki Rito is a little annoyed .

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

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

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

The signing event officially started at 2:00 p.m., and it was held on the first floor of the Fantasia library headquarters. This is a building. The first floor is very spacious, and it can easily accommodate hundreds of people. If it is a bit crowded, it can be more.

Hastily finished lunch, but it was only close to twelve o'clock, and there was still some time before the two o'clock in the afternoon when the autograph session started. Machida Sonoko was very tired. According to his own information, he started to arrange the server of the official version of Sword Art Online. The Tenjoin Consortium has prepared all kinds of corresponding servers and related technical personnel at the headquarters of the Fantasia library. Yuki Rito does not have a lot of work.

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

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

"Will you be too tired if you devote yourself to all kinds of things without even taking a break?"

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

On the server side, Yuki Rito had done a lot of communication with the technicians, took the mask from Machida Sonoko'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. It was 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 party is about to start, right?"

Putting the mask of Kayaba Akihiko on his face, and specially changing into a white coat sponsored by Bunko, just like Kayaba Akihiko who was a researcher in the light novel, Yuki Rito and Machida Sonoko came to a layer.

At this time, there was a real crowd, more than ten times the number of dozens of people I saw in the morning. Although the internal stage, that is, the area where Yuki Rito signed on the spot, was not open yet, the peripheral area had already started selling. Selling the limited edition light novels signed by Yuki Rito, the original volume of 3,000 copies is huge compared to the hundreds of people who are currently crowded into the venue, but these guys didn’t buy one book alone, many people wanted to buy a few. More than this, it seems that I have to buy for my friends.

The so-called venue-limited edition, in addition to the signature, also comes with corresponding posters produced by Fantasia Bunko and gadgets such as key chains. The price has increased by five times, but buyers seem to enjoy it.

When Rito Yuki and Sonoko Machida came out wearing masks and white coats, the surrounding crowd burst into exclamations of surprise and interest. No one expected that the author whose pen name was Kayaba Akihiko Really deliberately dressed up like Akihiko Kayaba.

"The signing will officially start at two o'clock in the afternoon, and there are still 20 minutes until now. In this 20 minutes, everyone can randomly ask Mr. Kayaba Akihiko a question. Of course, for some too sharp questions, Kayaba Teacher Jingyan also has the right to refuse to answer."

The isolation line around the venue was removed, and the crowd poured in. They gathered around the stage where Yuki Rito was standing, looking around curiously. Many people raised their hands high, wanting to ask questions, and the right to choose, in In Yuuki Rito's hands, he held two microphones, one for his own use and the other for the questioner.

"Hi everyone, I'm Akihiko Kayaba. Well, 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 certain qualities or don’t like to be in the limelight. He just chose to ask himself a question, and glanced around, Yuki Rito saw a guy he knew, a one-sided understanding.

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

"Eh?"

Seeing the masked guy walking to the edge of the stage, squatting down and handing the microphone to herself, Ying Lili was stunned, and then realized that the beautiful girl the other party said was herself, and Ying Lili had heard a lot of similar praises , but the admired person still had some emotional fluctuations 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. Many big companies wanted to poach you for your blog before. Will I still be able to read your books in the future?"

Ying Lili said what many people are worried about. Now the combined sales volume of the first and second volumes of Sword Art Online has reached 600,000 copies. This is a figure estimated by other media. If this is the case, the author of the light novel will earn thousands of copies. The manuscript fee of 10,000 yen is a frighteningly huge number for ordinary people, but for some people, it is no more than that. The generous remuneration proposed by some companies on blogs before, like a thorn, pierced into Sword Art Online In the hearts of many readers and players, even if the Tiantiaoyuan Consortium and the Undead River Bookstore expressed their support one after another, the thorns did not disappear.

When Ying Lili was speaking, Yuki Rito kept squatting, because the stage was relatively high, if Yuki Rito was standing, people would look up, and squatting could make people look up to each other. Many people discovered this little trick, After all, few people would squat on the stage. For a while, not about Sword Art Online, but just for Akihiko Kayaba, everyone's senses have improved a lot.

"I guarantee that whether it is a light novel or a game, I will give everyone the best answer I can. In fact, less than half of the light novel is currently written, and even the official version of the game that will be released next week, It's not really the final product either, it's a bit ridiculous that I made such a crude game with a name like Akihiko Kayaba."

Now the only one who dares to comment on the Sword Art Online game like this is Yuuki Rito, the producer. Everyone smiled and shook their heads, thinking that he was talking about self-effacing, but they couldn't help but have more expectations.

Yuki Rito exposed too much information in this passage, such an exclusive spoiler naturally made everyone present excited, some people who took a lot of effort to rush here by train felt that they ran to Tokyo on a rare weekend It will be worth it to come to the signing.

"What does Akihiko Kayaba think of the illustrations in the novel? Two illustrators, Eromanga and Eri Kashiwagi, whose work does Akihiko Kayaba like better?"

Chapter 0112 I have worked all day, so I should take a break

"This is the second question, isn't it? And it's too sharp, but since you are the first questioner, I'll take care of you a little bit, whether it's Teacher Eromanga or Teacher Kashiwagi Eri, the two Each person’s paintings have their own characteristics. One is better at drawing loli-type characters, and the other is better at drawing girls-like characters. It is difficult for me to distinguish which is better. If there is a breakthrough, I probably think that person is stronger."

Although he knew that the Einari in front of him was Eri Kashiwagi, Yuuki Rito did not deliberately belittle Eromanga because of this. The fact is as he said, the two illustrators are evenly matched. It is too unfair to publicly praise one and criticize the other at this time .

Yuuki Rito's words made the venue resound, "Does Akihiko Kayaba-sensei prefer older sister characters?" There are also words like "Ms. Akihiko Kayaba is a philanthropic person. Not many types of characters in his light novels have right?" Such a counterargument.

Eiriri handed the microphone back to Yuuki Rito with a determined expression, and after Yuuki Rito found that there was no one he knew among the remaining people, he started the real random selection.

"Mr. Kayaba Akihiko, Kirito's younger sister has no blood relationship with him, so..."

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

Obviously, there are not many younger sisters in the current two volumes of light novels, the questioner is definitely a "gentleman", Yuuki Rito also gave a very gentlemanly answer, which caused a lot 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 about the animation, but about the first episode."

Naturally, it caused a lot of exclamation. Seeing that Yuki Rito almost answered all questions, and did not deliberately conceal the meaning of keeping the mystery to tantalize people's appetite, the atmosphere of the venue gradually increased, and the questions raised gradually became strange. .

"Ms. Kayaba Akihiko is very young, right? Even though he is wearing a mask, his voice is very nice."

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

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

The one who spoke was a somewhat pretty girl, in the age group of high school or college students, looking at Yuki Rito with sparkling eyes.

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

I haven't even seen my own appearance, the so-called confession is more of a joke, Yuki Rito didn't mean to take into account the other party's mood, and directly declined.

Then someone asked who Yuuki Rito's girlfriend was, Yuuki Rito naturally didn't name her name, and said a series of gorgeous rhetoric, which made the questioner dizzy, and made Machida Sonoko curl her lips , she is not sure if the girlfriend Yuki Rito is referring to is her, which is 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?!"

Yuki Rito's declaration of opening the harem ignited the audience, and Machida Sonoko gave Yuki Rito a blank look, and directly took the microphone from Yuki Rito's hand.

"Our teacher Akihiko Kayaba seems to have said something very important. Everyone must keep it secret, otherwise his unknown girlfriend may get angry. Well, it is now two o'clock in the afternoon, and the signing will officially start. Please line up in an orderly manner. , Teacher Akihiko Kayaba will sign on the spot, and at the same time can write a short greeting."