Qin Xiao simply smiled at Akeno Himejima's words and didn't take the bait.
"Akeno-senpai, I'm a man after all. And I'm not in urgent trouble — I just need money for daily life. As the saying goes, you help people in emergencies, not poverty. Unless… senpai plans to keep me?" 😏
"That's fine too," Akeno replied with a gentle smile.
"If it's you, junior, I wouldn't mind."
"That's tempting," Qin Xiao laughed, shaking his head.
"But I'll pass."
It was clearly a trap.
Akeno continued smiling as she looked at him, making Qin Xiao feel slightly embarrassed.
After all, she was the perfect mature beauty every man dreamed of.
It would be a lie to say he wasn't tempted.
But for now, Qin Xiao knew he wasn't qualified to think about those things yet.
"Then Akeno-senpai, do you know any light-novel publishers?"
"Hm… I'm not sure," she said after thinking for a moment.
"But I can ask around. Rias probably knows someone in that field."
"Then I'll leave it to you."
"When it works out, you should treat me to a meal."
"Of course."
For Qin Xiao, this was a chance to build a connection.
Even if she didn't know anyone, she could easily create such a connection.
In fact, if Qin Xiao truly became close to them, Akeno believed Rias would directly buy an entire publishing house for him.
Even if Qin Xiao couldn't write, they could still turn him into a famous author using money.
In Japan, family power and capital controlled everything.
The upper class was almost entirely monopolized by powerful families.
A doctor's child would become a doctor.
A businessman's child would inherit business.
A politician's child would become a politician.
This was the reality.
For ordinary people, the only realistic way to climb into the upper class was marriage into a wealthy family.
Large corporations without heirs would recruit talented men as sons-in-law, who would take the wife's surname and inherit the family name.
Aside from that path, the chance of climbing the social ladder was almost zero.
No matter how talented someone was, they could at most reach the middle class.
To move further upward, they had to sacrifice something.
As a powerful devil noble family, the Gremory clan held enormous influence in Japan.
Buying a small publishing company was trivial.
If it meant recruiting a Sacred Gear wielder with great potential, it would be absolutely worth it.
For them, money was merely numbers.
Talent was what they valued.
Qin Xiao understood all this very well.
But he didn't reject it.
If others wanted to recruit him, why not use that to his advantage?
Why exhaust himself solving everything alone?
This way, he didn't even need to contact Rias directly.
Just telling Akeno was enough to make things happen.
"Then I'll head back," Akeno said.
"It won't take long before I bring you good news."
"I'll be waiting, Akeno-senpai."
"Don't worry."
She waved at him and left the rooftop.
Lunch break was nearly over anyway.
Although school ended early in the afternoon, there were still classes.
Qin Xiao returned to his classroom.
The afternoon lessons were nothing more than a formality for him.
He had already mastered the textbook material.
So most of the time he just sat by the window and looked outside.
It wasn't that he disliked being a student.
Experiencing school again with a completely different mindset — without pressure — actually felt enjoyable.
And this afternoon, Qin Xiao finally decided which work he would "transport" into this world.
📚 My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected
This was a light novel Qin Xiao considered a masterpiece.
Especially the protagonist:
Hachiman Hikigaya
One of the few anime protagonists Qin Xiao truly respected.
The novel described many painful experiences during Hachiman's youth:
Confessing to a girl and getting rejected — losing even friendship
Thinking a girl was talking to him, only to realize she was talking to someone else
Believing a girl liked him… only to find out he misunderstood
And Hachiman's famous cynical quotes could fill an entire book.
More importantly, many of those experiences resonated deeply with Qin Xiao.
They were real youth experiences.
That sense of resonance was why Qin Xiao loved the story so much.
Now that he had transmigrated into a two-dimensional world, he might as well become a "porter" and bring this masterpiece here.
Meanwhile — Old School Building, Occult Research Club
"You mean he's short on money?" Rias asked.
"And he plans to write light novels to earn it?"
She looked extremely skeptical.
It sounded ridiculous.
Qin Xiao only had 80,000 yen left?
Koneko, who was quietly eating snacks, suddenly remembered something.
The day Qin Xiao saw more than 100,000 yen in his wallet, he had smiled widely.
At the time she didn't understand why.
But now she realized —
For her it was pocket change.
For Qin Xiao it was a huge amount of money.
"If he needs money so badly," Yuuto Kiba suggested,
"could we use money to make him join us?"
"No."
"Absolutely not."
Both Rias and Akeno rejected the idea immediately.
Yuuto shrank back slightly.
Apparently he had said something stupid again.
"Yuuto," Rias explained calmly,
"If we try to buy him with money, it will definitely fail."
"He's very talented — and very proud."
"Otherwise he wouldn't have rejected both me and Sona Sitri."
"I understand, President," Yuuto said quietly.
Rias waved her hand, indicating it wasn't a big deal.
Meanwhile, Akeno kept her eyes on Rias.
Because she understood something.
When Qin Xiao told her about his financial problem…
He was actually telling Rias through her.
She was merely the messenger.
Now it depended on what decision Rias would make next
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