Manga artist

  "Psst——"

  "I'm back," opening the door, Xiao Xiao walked in, "Little beast?"

  "Xiao Xiao, you're back?" Upon hearing Muo Xiao Xiao's voice, the little dog beast jumped over hastily.

  "Hmm, didn't the puppy run wild?"

  "Of course, but Xiao Xiao, I'm a bit hungry," the little dog said weakly as it lay in Xiao Xiao's arms.

  "Are you hungry? Then I'll call for takeout..." As soon as he said this, Xiao Xiao suddenly stopped and a cold sweat dripped down his forehead. He only then realized that he had no money!

  "System? Didn't the system give me free benefits?" Mu Xiaoxiao hastily asked the system, "No system reimbursement funds?"

  "Don't worry, host, every time you enter a copy, we will provide the host with a certain amount of initial funds. The host can open the drawer to view."

  "Is that all?!" Mu Xiaoxiao let out a sigh of relief, pulled open the drawer and saw a large envelope lying there. She took it out and opened it to find only 10,000 yen inside. "What the...?! System, why is it only this much?! Do you expect me to survive on this for several months?!"

  "Sorry, the system only provides the initial funding for the host, the rest needs to be resolved by the host themselves."

  "Self-solve?" Mu Xiao's mouth twitched, "Obviously you can even provide a house, would giving more funds kill you?! Stingy system, so can I exchange for yen or not?"

  "No, it cannot be exchanged for yen in the system mall."

  "Huh? Why?"

  "The yen itself is just a general equivalent and not a prop, so it can't be exchanged. However, there is a special prop called the Infinite Bank Card that allows you to withdraw any amount from the bank in all copies, but the host currently has no way of getting this special prop."

  "Then why say those things," Mu Xiaoxiao tapped her forehead, feeling a bit of a headache. "Although with my abilities, whether it's stealing or robbing, I can get a large sum of money, but in the future, I may have to stay here for a long time. Can't always do this kind of thing, if possible, no one likes to rob or steal, with their own strength as a bodyguard or hitman is also okay, just..."

  "I'm here to complete the mission in this parallel world, not to take on a part-time job! Who would waste their time being a bodyguard or an assassin?! Ahhh!" Mu Xiaoxiao buried her face in her hands and fell onto the bed. "I was so excited to come to this world and buy lots of GAL games at Akihabara, but now I realize I don't have enough money... If only I had taken some of those crystal cores from Qi Shi, they would've sold for a pretty penny..."

  "I'm currently a teacher at Otonokizaka High School, and the treatment is pretty good, but I've never heard of getting paid right away, and I couldn't bring myself to ask for it either. The other part-time jobs are all..."

  "Wait, part-time?" Mu Xiaoxiao suddenly froze, feeling a flash of inspiration in front of her eyes, an idea emerged.

  "Xiao Xiao, what's wrong?" Seeing Mu Xiao Xiao's worried look, the little dog jumped up and down beside him, "If there's no money, then forget it..."

  "No," Mu Xiaoxiao shook her head and picked it up, "Don't worry, a little money can't bring me down." Mu Xiaoxiao's mouth curled up, "We'll have money coming in soon!" She walked to the desk, "It's decided then, I'll become a cartoonist! The ability of the Divine Hand I got before is definitely a divine tool for drawing cartoons!"

  "As long as the manga gains enough popularity, and with my divine drawing skills, the speed of creating comics will be top-notch. Then, the single-volume book can come out quickly, and the profit will definitely be huge," thought Mu Xiao, who couldn't help but get excited. "With myself having countless mangas from the original world, I just need to casually plagiarize two books... no, I mustn't be careless."

  This world seems to be the kind of place where school idols are extremely popular, and school idols can absolutely rival those professional stars. So I should draw some idol manga, which would definitely be a hit in this world and be accepted quickly. Plus, my mission is to help the idol team save Otonokizaka High School from shutting down, so at least the idol manga will have some effect, right?

  However... idol manga is not well-known, and most of them are not very famous. If we exclude the masterpieces, there are hardly any good ones to be found. Taking a step back, let's forget about idols, and consider music-related ones instead. After some careful consideration, I came up with two options: Hanayamata (Flower Dance Girls) or K-On!

  The Dancing Girl is still a bit unsuitable, Mu Xiaoxiao feels that the Light Music Girl is more suitable. After all, the original world's Light Music Girl was an extremely popular anime, and it should be even more suitable in this world. Thinking of this, Mu Xiaoxiao turned on the lamp and lay down on the desk. The system's 10,000 yuan doesn't know when it will be used up, so she might as well quickly draw the comic.

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  "Welcome!" - A girl who was arranging boxes in front of the counter, wiped the sweat from her forehead and turned around to see the newcomer, but widened her eyes in surprise, "Ah! Is that Teacher Mu?!"

  "Huh? You are......" Looking at the girl in front of her with a white headband, Mu Xiao also felt a bit surprised, not expecting to have walked here unintentionally. "Kousaka Honoka?"

  "Teacher, you remember me?" Kousaka Shinonome nodded, "This is my family's Japanese-style dessert shop. It's unexpected that the teacher would come here..."

  "Is that so, just unintentionally," Mu Xiaoxiao laughed twice, "and at this time, you don't have to call me teacher either. I'm the same age as you guys this year, and being called teacher outside still feels a bit strange."

  "Really? I think so too," Upon hearing Muxiaoxiao's words, Takasaki Hinata's expression suddenly became excited. "Teacher Mingming... Xiaoxiao is about the same age as us, but being called a teacher really feels strange. However, when we were in school, Xiaoxiao was very popular and we couldn't even get close to talk to her," said Takasaki Hinata with a hint of complaint.

  "Haha, is that so?" Mu Xiaoxiao scratched her head in embarrassment. "You students from this school are too enthusiastic!" "Right, I was planning to buy some food, after all, most shops are closed at this time..."

  "Oh, no problem, our family's pastries are extremely delicious, I guarantee you'll like them."

  "Hmm, but maybe you misunderstood, it's not me who wants to eat, it's him," said Mu Xiao, gesturing to the small dog beast that had been quietly hiding in her arms.

  "Wow! Such a cute little dog!" At first, Hoshizora Rin didn't notice the small creature, but after seeing it, her eyes sparkled and she shouted out loud, "Is this a tiny pet? So cute, especially those long ears, I've never seen a dog like that before. Can I hold it?"

  "Of course, it's no problem," seeing Kousaka Honoka's enthusiastic appearance, Mu Xiaoxiao could only 'heh heh' dryly laugh twice. Fortunately, her pet dog Beast was very obedient and allowed itself to be held in Honoka's arms. Although Beast was a bit shy, it also liked girls like Honoka.

  "Really so cute, doesn't it eat dog food?"

  "Yeah, it never eats dog food and all that, it prefers human food."

  "Hey, so that's it. By the way, would you like to come to my place and sit for a bit? My friends Xiao Niao and Hai Wei are also there..."

  Hey, isn't it a problem to invite a guy you've only met a few times to your home? Is Musubi really that naive?

  "It's not necessary," said Xiao Xiao, shaking her head in refusal. "It's getting late, and I still have some things to do, so... Tonight, no matter what, I have to finish 100 pages of comics. One hundred pages in one night, probably only I can do it..."

  "Alright then, although it's a bit regrettable. But if Xiaoxiao has time, she can come to my place anytime and play, I also have many delicious snacks at home..."

  "Hmm, I see," As if I'm a foodie or something, I broke out in a cold sweat, but it seems like I've indeed been heading in the direction of being a foodie. With such thoughts swirling in my head, I picked up Beast and left Kousaka Hinata's pastry shop.

  "So long then—"

  "Who's Suzunoa?" Hearing the voice of Kousaka Suzunoa from downstairs, Sonoda Umi poked her head out and asked curiously, "Someone you know?"

  "Hmm, you know? Just now..."