May.

The season of laziness.

It was raining lightly outside the window, and the raindrops hitting the window were flowing down the glass one by one, crystal clear.

Mogami Kazuto was sitting at the computer desk in his bedroom, quietly writing the outline of the novel.

The fifth volume of "Traveler's Death" has been completed and handed over to Queen Mother Yu Natsuki. It will be proofread and typeset by the editorial department and will soon enter the printing stage.

The first printing volume this time is 150,000 copies, and the cumulative printing volume of the entire series has exceeded 950,000 copies.

Assuming that there is no inventory and everything is sold out, the cumulative sales amount has exceeded 600 million yen.

After achieving this achievement, the editorial department made concessions for Mogami Kazuto.

Starting from the sixth volume, which has not yet been written, we proactively increased Mogami Kazuto's 8% royalties to 10% in order to keep Mogami Kazuto in the Denki Bunko in the future.

In less than a year since his debut as a light novel writer, Mogami Kazuto's total after-tax income exceeded 40 million yen, which was enough to buy a decent house in a remote area of ​​Tokyo.

Of course, for a mansion like the one in Chiyoda where Ms. Sakura lives, the down payment is probably hard to come by.

After all, there are differences between people's families. Kazuto Mogami never thought about living a rich life.

He felt that Tsukishima was very quiet and very comfortable to live in.

In addition, he had long heard that Sakura Ayane's annual income was more than 200 million yen, making her a veritable daughter of a wealthy family and a wealthy woman.

All in all, as far as Mogami and Kazuto are concerned, writing novels is more profitable than being an artist.

After all, the real way to make money in an artist's job is to accept various endorsements, attend business events and hold concerts. Kazuto Mogami is not yet at that level.

Even so, he has no intention of giving up his job as an artist.

His life now is very fulfilling, although it is always full of all kinds of troubles, but these are the joys that enrich his life.

After spending a quiet morning, Mogami Kazuto fried himself some egg fried rice for lunch. With the blessing of lv4 cooking skills, just ordinary egg fried rice can bring extraordinary enjoyment to his taste buds.

After twelve o'clock, Mogami Kazuto went out with an umbrella and walked towards the station.

He took the train, left the station in Nishi-Shinjuku, and walked all the way to the recording studio. What awaited him in the afternoon was to participate in GA Bunko's visual broadcast recording.

Mogami Kazuto stopped by a nearby convenience store and bought a bottle of carbonated water.

Mogami Kazuto is not really addicted to carbonic acid, but he discovered by chance that this stuff is very suitable for opening his voice.

Therefore, before recording programs and songs, he would take a sip or two.

After walking out of the convenience store, Mogami Kazuto looked up at the sky where the rain was getting heavier. The man standing next to him was complaining to himself about the rain getting heavier and heavier.

Mogami Kazuto looked sideways and found that this man looked somewhat familiar.

Tall, thin, and with clean facial features, he gives off a refreshing and handsome look.

Mogami Kazuto remembered who he was.

"Shimada-san?"

"Huh?"

The man turned around and spotted Mogami Kazuto appearing beside him. Without any hesitation, he called out Mogami Kazuto's name in an instant.

"Totsuka-san?"

"It's me."

"What a coincidence. I didn't expect to meet Totsuka-san in a place like this."

To be honest, the two of them didn't have much interaction before. It took Kazuto Mogami a long time to remember his name, and he already admired his own memory in his heart.

But he was able to recognize Mogami Kazuto in an instant, maybe this was the gap in social skills.

Mogami and Hito are still far behind in this regard.

"Why is Shimada-san taking shelter here from the rain?"

Shimada Nobunaga pointed to a building in the distance and said with a wry smile: "I was reading a script at a nearby coffee shop not long ago, but I accidentally got the time wrong, and I have to go to record later.

If I get wet and go to the recording studio, I'm worried about giving a bad impression, so I plan to go to the convenience store to buy an umbrella, and I happen to run into Totsuka-san."

"So that's it."

Mogami Kazuto thought for a while: "I brought an umbrella. If Shimada-san doesn't mind, we can go together."

"Huh?"

Shimada Nobunaga stared at Mogami Kazuto in surprise for a while, hesitating in his heart.

Gu Gu

Mogami Kazuto noticed his hesitation and smiled faintly: "I just stopped by to record the broadcast. If Shimada-san has other important matters, I will go ahead.

Sorry, I said something rude."

"Please wait a moment, Totsuka-san."

Mogami Kazuto, who had just taken two steps, looked back at him.

"Since Totsuka-san said that, I won't be polite. Let's go together."

Mogami Kazuto nodded, tilted the umbrella handle slightly, and the two of them walked towards the recording building in the distance.

The young woman who had just walked out of the convenience store saw this scene and frantically tugged on the sleeves of her companion, asking her friends to enjoy this stunning scene in the May rain.

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…

"Hey~ To be honest, it really scared me."

"What do you mean?"

"Totsuka-san is more approachable than I thought."

"That sounds a little rude."

"Ah, I'm sorry! I didn't mean that."

"It's okay, I was joking."

"Ah this..."

Shimada Nobunaga always thought that the stern Mogami Kazuto was an even more taciturn person, but he never expected that he would take the initiative to make jokes.

"Because Shimada-san looked worried about causing trouble for me, I thought it would be better if I just left."

"Shouldn't it be natural to worry about causing trouble to others?"

Well... Mogami Kazuto himself had the same view on this, but it was just a matter of holding an umbrella along the way, and he didn't think this kind of thing was troublesome.

Even though the essence of fear of trouble is the same, Mogami Kazuto's definition of "trouble" is indeed subtly different from that of the islanders like them.

“It’s natural to help others.”

"It feels like lines that would only be spoken by the protagonist of a manga." Nobunaga Shimada praised.

"Really? I think it's very ordinary."

"Totsuka-san, unexpectedly, he is a very interesting person. I learned a good thing."

Shimada Nobunaga showed a hearty smile, and Mogami Kazuto glanced at him: "Do all of your male voice actors only say this one line?

Also, ‘accident’ is redundant.”

"Has anyone else told you?"

"Miyano-senpai."

Shimada Nobunaga suddenly realized: "That person...that can't be wrong. Mr. Miyano has always been very accurate in judging people."

Mogami Kazuto didn't understand where this came from, but since they were both voice actors, they must have had more interactions with each other than he did, so Mogami Kazuto wasn't interested in asking.

After chatting all the way to the building, Mogami and Nien put away their umbrellas, dusted their shoulders that were slightly soaked by the rain, and said goodbye to Shimada Nobunaga very coldly.

"Please wait a moment, Totsuka-san."

"Is there anything else?"

"If possible, can you tell me your line?"

Mogami Kazuto looked at him silently for a while.

"Yes, yes, but why?"

"Huh? Why?"

"If you want to thank me in the future, I don't think it's necessary. It's just a small thing."

"Totsuka-san is really a strange person." Shimada Nobunaga smiled.

"Didn't you just say that I was interesting?"

Shimada Nobunaga smiled, and his smile was a bright smile that was completely different from Mogami Kazuto's, like the warm sunshine emerging after the May rain.

Mogami Kazuto felt that he would never have such an expression in his life.
Chapter completed!