67 Unexpected Luck (2/2)

As he sincerely told her ”thank you for the treat” just before leaving, the beautiful owner gave him a death glare.

It didn’t matter!

Seiji was in an excellent mood.

That legendary event gave him a deep and lasting impression. It didn’t even matter if that icy beauty of an editor misunderstood him; after all, that was such a small matter in comparison! All he had to do was explain later.

He went back to work in high spirits.

…

After the end of his work shift.

Seiji took his notebook home with him and typed it all up on his computer. After saving the document, he emailed it to Saki Yoshizawa.

‘This will be fine. I wonder when I’ll receive a reply... I hope it’s quick.’ He stretched himself.

Finally, Seiji checked his system in order to confirm how many points he received from an all-nighter’s worth of the [write a story] option.

The result was a surprising 10 points!

It seemed quite high, but upon consideration, the efficiency rate was actually quite low.

‘Not only that, the option’s now darkened. I can’t select it again for the entire day… So yesterday’s [write a story] option lasted for two days and counted for today as well. It’s actually points for two days’ worth.” Seiji rubbed his chin as he pondered on the situation.

He earned 10 points in two days, which meant he received 5 points per day… It seemed pretty good at first glance, but if the action required such a long time, then it wouldn’t be good.

‘Let’s try it again tomorrow. If I just [write a story] normally without pulling an all-nighter, how many points will I receive?’

Seiji looked at his other available [actions].

Like usual, he could grind [write a diary] and [draw]. He could also [write an essay], which had a prerequisite of 40 academics, and [write a poem] which had a prerequisite of 40 academics and 25 charisma.

Of course, it was time to grind.

Writing an essay was fairly simple. All Seiji had to do was think of a topic, and he was able to inject his feelings into his essay thanks to his newfound writing ability.

As for writing a poem... Seiji scratched his head.

It was mostly similar to writing an essay. He just had to imagine the scene and inject his emotions into it, but compared to an essay, it was deeper. His word choice also needed to be more precise and simple.

To use an analogy, Seiji believed that writing an essay was like casually pouring loose sand. In that case, a poem needed to be like an hourglass. He couldn’t just pour the sand everywhere; he had to use a specific format instead to allow the sand to trickle and form into a beautiful hill.

It seemed difficult.

After finishing his poem, Seiji read it over but couldn’t tell if it was high quality or not.

He received 2 points for his essay and 3 for the poem.

Not bad.

Seiji inferred from this that [write a story] would normally give him 3 or 4 points, more likely 4.

‘Let’s calculate it as a minimum of 3. This means that all the new [writing] actions available to me now will give me 8 points every day. It’ll take only a mere four days for me to earn back what I spent on it!’

Seiji believed he had made the correct decision to focus on more ways to earn points.

So, should he activate some more cards instead of exchanging for skills? He felt that would be a good choice.

It didn’t matter much if he had to type his stories into the computer after writing it, as it would only take some extra time. He didn’t need to hurry and exchange for [writing—typing].

That skill seemed like a waste of 55 points, sheesh!

Seiji finally realized that unless he had enough actions to earn points with, skill cards were all a huge trap for his points!

Even including [Bullet Time]...

But [Bullet Time] was a limited time only discount; even if it slowed down his development, it saved him 75 points.

So did he profit or not? Seiji wasn’t sure.

‘Forget it. Let’s stop thinking about this topic.’

Seiji yawned as he had pulled another all-nighter followed by a day at work. It was time to rest.