Chapter 19

Kondo Miyuki covered her plump red lips and smiled:

"Speaking of which, the Starlight Coffee Shop is still quite popular in Japan; they have opened many chain stores and have even gone public."

"I quite like the coffee at this shop. I didn't expect that a new one opened near my house recently, so I thought about going over to buy a cup of coffee or something."

"Who knew that I would meet you there, Natsume-kun? It's really a surprise."

Kondo Miki was somewhat surprised:

"Eh, Natsume-kun, you... work at the coffee shop near my house?"

Natsume Chikage nodded and said:

"Yes."

Kondo Masae shook his head calmly, thinking that this boy was indeed destined to be a bottom-tier worker.

You have to know that none of the boys his daughter knew came from families without money, and he had never heard of anyone working at this age.

"Since it's so close, remember to come to Auntie's house often when you have time." Kondo Miyuki smiled.

"If there is an opportunity..." Natsume Chikage said casually.

To be honest, if it weren't for Ruri wanting her father's keepsake, he actually didn't want to come over much.

And he could also see that Kondo Masae's attitude toward him was neither cold nor hot, obviously not welcoming him much.

So in this situation, he basically just dealt with it with polite pleasantries the whole time.

As for coming again next time, let's forget it; he was too lazy to ask for that discomfort.

Before long.

After dinner was finished.

Natsume Chikage went straight to the point, intending to take the keepsake and leave.

"Auntie Kondo, that thing you mentioned before..."

Kondo Miyuki suddenly realized:

"Oh, look at my memory, I almost forgot."

"Follow me."

Hearing this, Natsume Chikage followed Kondo Miyuki to her utility room.

As soon as Kondo Miyuki came in, she rummaged through the things on the shelves in the utility room, wanting to find something.

However, after searching for a long time, she couldn't find it.

"Where on earth did I put it..."

Soon.

She finally saw a corner of the chessboard and the chess manual from the high place on the shelf, so she stood on tiptoe and reached out to pull it out.

Kondo Miyuki held the heavy chess manual and smiled:

"This is it."

But just at this moment.

Because of her action, the balance of the things on the high shelf was broken, and quite a few items fell down directly.

When Kondo Miyuki noticed this scene, she was naturally stunned on the spot, only able to watch helplessly as those sundries fell down.

"Careful!"

In this instant.

Kondo Miyuki saw a large hand blocking her head, resisting the items.

Clang, clang—

A pile of things fell to the ground.

But fortunately, with Natsume Chikage's help, Kondo Miyuki was not hit by the things.

However, the current situation made her very embarrassed.

I saw Natsume Chikage pressed close to her, and her surging waves were slightly deformed because of this.

When she felt Natsume Chikage's tall body, her fair face turned red visibly to the naked eye, and the long-lost palpitation seemed to be rekindled like ashes, beating rapidly.

Natsume Chikage slowly took the things above and placed them down gently. After doing this, he left Kondo Miyuki's side.

"Auntie Kondo, are you okay?"

Kondo Miyuki's eyes flickered, and she tucked her hair behind her ears somewhat shyly, her tone full of worry:

"I'm fine, but you... you weren't hit just now, were you?"

Natsume Chikage patted the dust off his body and shook his head:

"I'm fine."

Kondo Miyuki breathed a sigh of relief, her plump red lips moved slightly, and she said gratefully:

"Thank you. If it weren't for you just now, I would have been hit."

Natsume Chikage shook his head:

"Don't worry about it."

Compared to this, his gaze fell straight onto Kondo Miyuki's surging waves, and he couldn't help but stare at them.

I saw the heavy chess manual she was holding in her hand was emitting a strange light.

【Dust-laden Chess Manual】

【Quality: Blue】

【Effect: After equipping, you can instantly learn all the chess manuals in this book, and your aptitude for chess is superb; you can infer ten things from one, and have an understanding that is unimaginable to ordinary people!】

【Introduction: If you don't play shogi, seeing me is like a frog in a well looking at the moon in the sky; if you play shogi, seeing me is like a mayfly shaking the blue sky!】

【Synthesis condition: Requires at least three items of the same type!】

Seeing this equipment, Natsume Chikage was secretly overjoyed!

You have to know that the few pieces of equipment he had encountered were at most ordinary equipment of white quality.

But now he actually encountered blue-quality equipment?

And the effect of this equipment was too strong!

As long as he equipped it, not only would his aptitude for chess become superb, but he could also instantly learn everything in this chess manual?!

Natsume Chikage instantly recalled the shogi competition that the Shogi Association had newly launched, which his sister mentioned while watching TV earlier.

Even amateur players could participate, and as long as they participated and won consecutively, they could continuously receive monetary rewards.

Although he didn't know how much the prize money would be if he won to the end.

But he knew that as long as he won one game in this competition, the prize money would double.

The first game was 10,000 yen.

The second game was 20,000 yen.

The third game was 40,000 yen, and so on.

It could be said that as long as he kept winning, the more money he would get!

If he won ten games in a row, it would be 5.12 million yen!

You have to know that Natsume Chikage worked at the coffee shop for a month, and his salary was at most 50,000 to 80,000 yen.

And as long as he equipped this chess manual, even if he couldn't win to the end, as long as he won five or six games, it would probably be enough to cover two or three months of salary.

Thinking of this, Natsume Chikage felt that this trip was really worth it!

And Kondo Miyuki, seeing Natsume Chikage's burning gaze fixed straight on her chest, felt increasingly shy and flustered, her eyes flickering constantly, and she felt her body heating up slightly.

At the same time, she couldn't help but blame Natsume Chikage in her heart; she was his father's classmate, how could he look at her like this?

Even if he just covered it up a little... ===== CHAPTER 20 =====