Chapter 107 – The artist is a woman?

Chapter 107 – The artist is a woman?

I woke up feeling quite anxious, and together with Lili and Hestia, we decided to go to the library. Finally, the second volume is being released! I'm even more nervous now than when I released the first volume.

I guess I'm afraid people won't like it.

Lili enjoyed it, and Hestia liked what she read as well. I guess everything's fine.

"So those are the illustrations? They're so beautiful," Hestia said.

There was a large image of the book cover at the library entrance along with the title. It was a big and eye-catching picture. Hestia couldn't help but be impressed.

Lili hadn't seen it before either; she was stunned.

"It's gorgeous. That's why I didn't want to show you before—I wanted it to be a surprise."

"..." Hestia said nothing after hearing me. She pretended I hadn't said anything.

"It is impressive. Luan, where did you find such an incredible artist?" Lili asked.

"Elma was the one who hired the artist. I'll ask Elma to arrange a meeting for us."

"I'd like to meet the artist too..." Lili said.

We stood there, admiring the image from a distance since entering the library was hard. As time passed, more people arrived, and the streets became increasingly crowded. It was even a bit difficult to move.

The first people who managed to buy the book were showing it off, which even caused a few arguments.

It is chaos.

Hestia seemed to regret not agreeing to Elma's suggestion to grab a copy for her yesterday. Now, it would take a long time for her to buy her copy!

At some point, Lili and Hestia even wanted to leave.

I told them I would handle it, and they could go home, but they decided to stay with me until we managed to get inside the library.

The inside wasn't much different from the outside.

Lili had already read it twice but was ready for a third time.

What a dedicated fan.

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A few days have passed since the second volume was released, and the success was more significant than expected. I didn't imagine it would be such an explosive launch. I already knew how well the first volume had sold, but this reached an overwhelming level.

Hestia, who had already finished reading, praised it a lot. Lili kept complimenting it, even though it was her third read.

In the past few days, Elma finally arranged a meeting with the artist of my novel. And today was the day I would meet her. However, we'd only meet in the evening.

Hestia and Lili wanted to come with me, but Elma said the artist was shy and didn't want anyone else to join me.

After a few hours, the time finally came. The sun had disappeared, and I headed toward where we were supposed to meet. I dressed in my best clothes and used up the last bit of cologne I had.

Even though she wasn't a character from the original story, I still wanted to make a good impression. It's always good to stay in contact with such a talented person.

I walked through the busy streets of Orario, looking for the restaurant where we were supposed to meet. Many people were eating and talking when I entered—it was pretty noisy.

Then, a woman approached me; she was one of the waitresses.

"Are you Luan, by any chance?" she asked.

"Yes, that's me," I replied. Does she know me?

But that didn't seem to be the case.

"Someone is waiting for you. I'll take you to her table," The waitress said with a smile and began guiding me to the table where the artist was.

An artist whose name I didn't even know.

However, as I approached the table, I saw the artist sitting with her back to me.

Her hair is white.