Chapter 9

The morning sunlight shone through the curtains and penetrated into the room.

Natsume Chikage opened his eyes in a daze; he didn't know when he had woken up either.

But since he was already awake, he planned to continue typing on his phone.

He got up quietly, not wanting to wake his sister, who was still sleeping soundly on the other bed.

Natsume Ruri rubbed her eyes and muttered in a daze, "Big brother, are you already awake? I'll go make breakfast now."

"No rush, work starts at ten today, it's only seven-something now, it's no big deal if you continue sleeping for a while." Natsume Chikage hadn't expected his sister to wake up so quickly and explained.

Natsume Ruri shook her head and smiled, "It's okay, I slept very well last night, I'm not sleepy anymore."

As she said this.

She stood up and started making breakfast with the cheap ingredients in the fridge.

Seeing this, Natsume Chikage started tidying up the bedding in the room, moved the small table back to the center of the room, and quietly typed on his phone.

It was just that his gaze would occasionally look at the bracelet worn on Natsume Ruri's hand, thinking about how he could reasonably get his hands on it…

Thinking this, he found an excuse.

"Ruri, it's not convenient to make breakfast while wearing this bracelet, let me hold it for you first."

"Mm." Natsume Ruri didn't think much of it and took it off to hand to Natsume Chikage.

【Ownership of this item has not been obtained; this equipment cannot be recorded!】

Witnessing this message, Chikage was stunned.

He actually had to obtain ownership to record this equipment?

And wasn't it bought with his own money, so why hadn't he obtained ownership of this item?

Could it be that after he said he was giving it to his sister as a gift, he had already transferred ownership to his sister?

Chikage thought for a moment and felt it was very likely.

If so, the difficulty of getting this bracelet from his sister would be much harder…

After all, it was hard to take back something that had already been given away.

However, it wasn't a big problem; he could take the time to buy a new one of the same style, find an excuse to pull a switcheroo, and let her give it to him voluntarily.

Soon.

A fragrant smell floated into the room.

After a simple breakfast, the two of them started to wash up.

After a while.

The TV in the room was playing a drama.

Natsume Ruri, lying on Chikage's lap, was watching quietly.

However, not long after, a shogi advertisement popped up.

Seeing this, Natsume Ruri said with some surprise:

"Big brother, a new shogi tournament has just been released in the shogi world, recruiting players from all over Japan to participate; even amateur players can participate!"

"But the number of applicants is limited to 2048; registration is not allowed if it exceeds that."

"It seems that if you win all the way to the end, I heard you can even have a decisive battle with the current Long Wang; if you win against the Long Wang, it's said you can directly replace him!"

"But it actually costs 20,000 yen per person to participate? You can get 10,000 for winning the first round, 20,000 for the second, and 40,000 for the third?"

"This looks good and is very attractive, but how can amateur players win against professionals? Isn't this clearly letting other amateur players send money?"

"And the Shogi Association has income from advertisements, TV broadcasts, sponsors, etc.; isn't this just a gimmick to make a lot of money?"

Ruri had a sharp mind and analyzed a whole bunch of things.

But after not hearing any response from her brother, her cheeks puffed up slightly, she had some small emotions, and couldn't help but turn her head, look up, and mutter, "Big brother, you're ignoring me!"

Natsume Chikage's gaze remained on his phone screen, and he said without turning his head, "I'm listening, I'm just busy."

"Then why are you always pressing your phone, are you chatting with someone else?"

"I'm writing a novel."

Natsume Ruri blinked.

She had heard that people who stayed at home for a long time and were unemployed would always fantasize about being a writer.

Although her brother had gone to work now.

But since he had only been there for a few days, it was basically no different from what was just described.

Ruri knew that his academic performance was really not ideal…

It could even be said that if her brother and she took a Japanese language test at the same time, her score might be higher than his.

After all, she had basically occupied the first place in school for years.

On the other hand, her brother, who was often at the bottom of the class in school, actually said he wanted to write a novel?

Natsume Ruri was deeply worried.

However, she didn't dampen her brother's confidence.

Instead, she was very supportive of her brother's writing.

Compared to always playing games at home in the past, writing was much better.

As for making money from submissions, Ruri hadn't even thought about it; she purely felt that her brother was just writing a diary or something.

But she was still very curious about the content.

"Can I see it, Ruri?"

"It will be a while before it's finished; let me show you after it's done."

"Okay…"

Hearing this, Natsume Ruri continued to lie on Chikage's lap, continued watching TV, and enjoyed this moment of tranquility.