Chapter 163

Natsume Chikage wrote with peace of mind until around twelve o'clock before preparing to sleep.

Before sleeping.

Natsume Chikage checked the word count of his novel.

He found that he was still about 15,000 words short.

If he worked a little harder tomorrow and the day after, he would definitely be able to finish it.

Thinking this, he could indeed book an appointment with an editor in advance.

Natsume Chikage knew that publishers' editors were actually quite busy.

If you don't book an appointment and just show up, they might not necessarily see you.

And booking an appointment also depends on whether they have time.

Because there are actually quite a lot of people submitting manuscripts.

Thinking this, Natsume Chikage planned to book an appointment two days in advance.

He clicked on his phone, looking for a suitable publisher.

Soon.

Natsume Chikage found a place called Midnight Library.

This Midnight Library was said to be the first choice for mystery and suspense novelists, and it had a lot of support from mystery and suspense readers in Japan.

And this publisher happened to be in Shibuya.

Natsume Chikage thought about the proximity and planned to book an editor from this publisher.

He flipped through it a little.

He found that many editors were already fully booked for Saturday afternoon.

But fortunately, Natsume Chikage finally found an editor who wasn't fully booked.

After the appointment was successfully booked.

Natsume Chikage went to sleep with peace of mind.

The next day.

Subway platform.

Natsume Chikage and Natsume Ruri were waiting for the train here as usual.

In the gaps between writing, Natsume Chikage looked around at the pedestrians or other students.

Trying to find if there were any special items.

But very unfortunately, he didn't encounter a single one…

Natsume Chikage pondered that he still had to start with the special items he had encountered before.

Otherwise, he would still have to continue enduring the trouble caused by the 'delay'.

Natsume Chikage's gaze turned to the bracelet on Natsume Ruri's hand that was emitting an unusual light.

It was a pity that to obtain these 'special items', the person involved had to be willing to transfer ownership; he couldn't take shortcuts.

Otherwise, Natsume Chikage would have already obtained this bracelet.

However, he had also thought of a way to obtain it over the past few days.

As for now, the time wasn't right yet.

He would wait until the time came to speak of it.

The train moved along the tracks, making a sound as it traveled from far to near, and stopped in front of the platform after a short while.

Hearing the sound, Natsume Ruri said in surprise:

"Brother's train is early again today."

Natsume Chikage rubbed her little head and urged:

"Then I'll be going first. If anything happens, remember to call me."

Natsume Ruri said happily:

"Mm-hmm, bye-bye, Brother."

Natsume Chikage waved his hand, turned, and entered the train.

After entering.

There were still no empty seats today.

There wasn't much standing room either.

Natsume Chikage scanned the area, and his gaze instantly met Yukimura Suzu's, who happened to look up, and he found that there was an empty seat near her.

Yukimura Suzu paused, wanting to look away, but saw Natsume Chikage walking straight toward her.

"Good morning, Yukimura-san."

"Morning…"

After greeting her, Natsume Chikage didn't intend to say anything else, but took out his phone and started writing.

Seeing this, Yukimura Suzu was slightly silent, then continued to look down at her literary novel.

Soon.

The train arrived at Hibiya Station.

A large number of students left the carriage and headed to school.

Yukimura Suzu glanced at Natsume Chikage beside her from the corner of her eye, her pace slowed slightly, but she still chose to leave alone.

Natsume Chikage was used to going to and from school alone, and followed the flow of students on the way back to school.

On the way.

Natsume Chikage noticed that there were quite a lot of vehicles entering the school today.

And just as he was about to step into the campus.

He heard a few disciplinary committee members whispering at the gate.

"Have you heard? Student Council President Mido seems to be finally coming back today!"

"Really? Hasn't she not been back since the start of the semester? Why is she suddenly coming back now?"

"Today is the opening ceremony. No matter what, she's still the Student Council President, so she has to go on stage to give a speech, right?"

"I don't think so. President Mido hasn't been back for days, and Vice President Hanyu has basically been handling everything for the opening ceremony."

"I think so too."

"Maybe it's a good thing she doesn't come back. After all, President Mido is still very scary…"

"Shh, are you crazy?! Keep your voice down, don't let it reach President Mido's ears!"

"Exactly, exactly!"

Hearing this, Natsume Chikage remembered that today was Friday and the opening ceremony was to be held.

However, hearing the surname Mido, he recalled Aunt Miyuki saying that the last 'chess-related relic' seemed to be at the Mido family's place.

Could it be that the one Aunt Miyuki mentioned was Student Council President Mido's family?

It shouldn't be such a coincidence, right…

But it didn't matter whether it was or not.

Anyway, Natsume Chikage currently planned to give up on that chess-related relic; the difficulty of obtaining it was too high, and there was no need to be stubborn.

He already had a bunch of them that he hadn't obtained yet, so why bother with that effort.