Kato Megumi

Generally speaking, the monthly salary of a middle-class social worker is about 300,000 yen.

The royalties that Kenichi would receive from publishing the first volume of his novel are almost the same as those of a normal social worker.

In Japan, a family generally consists of three or four people. One or two children go to school, the woman works as a housewife at home, and the man goes to work to earn money.

In other words, a monthly salary of 300,000 yen is enough to support a family, and the quality of life will still not be bad.

So although four hundred thousand yen is not much, for an ordinary high school student like him, it is undoubtedly a huge sum of money.

The money will not be transferred to him at least until the novel is published and goes on sale.

Looking at the remaining money he had, if he saved a little, it could last until the next month without having to work part-time. After all, the consumption of normal students is not high.

"It looks like I don't have to work part-time anymore."

Kenichi said it as he walked out of the office building of the publishing house in a happy mood.

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His life fell back into routine, going to school every day, then practicing kendo or other skills, and then coming back to write the novel.

Although it was unremarkable, this kind of life was not bad. After all, there is no pressure in his life.

For Kenichi, a middle-aged man who has traveled through time, it is really a very happy life.

Even if there is homework on the weekend, it is definitely a relatively light burden. Afterwards, he would practice kendo at home and continue writing the novel. Then try to learn to draw some comics.

When signing the contract with the publisher, Machida once said that all light novels require illustrations, and each page of illustrations costs more than 5,000 yen and may even be higher.

Of course, money is not an issue.

Though Kenichi himself has a slight interest in drawing comics, it would definitely be better for his own books if he could sketch the pictures of the characters in his head as well as the illustrations.

After coming up with this concept, he continued to practice his comic book illustrations. Naturally, this is merely an illustration and not a comic.

Furthermore, even though he is not required to wake up early for school on weekends, he will get up early to exercise and go for a run in order to take care of his own health.

He just so happened to run into Mrs. Yuigahama next door when he got back from the exercise and went to get the garbage out.

"Hasegawa-kun. Are you going for a morning jog?" Mrs. Yuigahama looked at him, who was clad in sportswear, and asked in surprise.

"I do work out a little. Even though I am still very young, having a healthy body will give me more energy for studying and other activities. I will have more energy all day if I work out first thing in the morning."

He said this to Mrs. Yuigahama with a smile.

"Is that so? It turns out that Hasegawa-kun is a very disciplined person. Yui, on the other hand, is still sleeping in and cannot wake up at all during the weekends. Hasegawa-kun, in contrast to Yui, is actually amazing."

Mrs. Yuigahama gave a glowing compliment.

"Well, not at all. I wake up early every day and have established a biological clock, so it is just a little exercise. Even though I would like to sleep in, I am unable to fall asleep at this time of day."

"That's really good. Hasegawa-kun is so good that it's reassuring."

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When he got home, he took a quick shower and prepared breakfast for himself in a happy mood.

A simple exercise can keep you in a good mood throughout the day. He was in such a good mood that he hummed, even while taking a bath or cooking.

After a boring weekend, when he went to school on Monday morning, as usual, there was another little tail behind him: Yui.

"Morning, Yuigahama-san."

"Good morning, Hasegawa-san."

Yui greeted him naturally.

However, it was just limited to saying hello, and Yui would still fall into silence after that.

But this is normal. After all, Yui is a girl, so she is still a little shy to take the initiative to talk to a boy.

After entering school, Yui would speed up a little and separate from Kenichi, probably because she was afraid that others would misunderstand or that others would gossip about her.

He didn't mind this, either. In fact, he welcomed this situation; at least it would save him less trouble and attention.

"Good morning, Hasegawa-san."

He heard a greeting after sitting down.

"Um, good morning, Kato-san."

He didn't expect that besides Aki, there would be someone in the class who would take the initiative to greet him, and she was also a cute-looking girl, so he couldn't help but smile.

Although he doesn't have any other thoughts, having a cute and lovely girl take the initiative to greet you is a joyful thing, isn't it?

Megumi's mood improved slightly when she heard him calling out her name again.

"Last time, Hiratsuka-sensei asked Hasegawa-san for something?"

"Well, it's nothing, mainly because of another classmate."

"Oh, because of Tomoya-san?"

"That's right. After all, you know his situation, right?."

"I do know about him; after all, this is the first time I have seen a classmate who can shout so loudly that he likes the 2D world most and has no shame at all."

"…"

Listening to Megumi's evaluation of Aki, he did not know what to say.

"Hasegawa-san probably isn't the kind of person who particularly likes the 2D world. After all, it's rare to see Hasegawa-san reading comics or novels. But why would you be friends with someone like Tomoya?"

"Because I came to Tokyo from the countryside, I was orchestrated, had no acquaintances, and felt inferior. It was Aki who took the initiative to talk to me. Although the topic of discussion was the 2D world, for me, it was regarded as a ray of sunshine in the darkness, so we became friends. Kato-san, you don't look down on me because I come from the countryside, do you?"

Kenichi said it with a smile. He did not care about his origins at all.

"No, it won't happen. Besides, I don't see why Hasegawa-san would have any inferiority complex at all. You are very good."

"Thank you. I will accept your compliment."

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