263 Amazing (2/2)

She was so lost in the story that she didn’t even hear one of her coworkers calling out for her, as her eyes were glued to her computer screen.

Saki’s female coworker thought it was rather strange. Just what was the famous ”Wall of Disappointment” so busy reading?

She got curious and went over to Saki’s side to take a look at Saki’s computer screen.

A novel... when she tried reading it, Saki’s coworker also got lost in the story.

Who wrote this story? It was so well written.

Amazing!

Saki’s coworker forgot what she originally wanted to do and stood next to Saki, dazed, and read the story together with her.

This attracted another coworker’s attention.

Several editors came over as well, looked at the screen in curiosity, and were likewise attracted by the story.

When the head editor arrived at the office, he was astonished to see so many editors clumped together in one spot.

What was going on?

He walked over to the gaggle. ”What are you guys doing?”

There was no response.

The head editor frowned at this and repeated his question in a louder voice.

The editors finally regained their senses and were sheepish to notice that their boss was standing beside them.

”Head editor, we’re reading a draft... it’s incredibly well written! The author is...”

The editors looked at Saki, unsure.

”The author is Idle Dimension by the Shore,” Saki said, giving Seigo Harano’s pen name.

”Idle Dimension by the Shore... The person who wrote Become Handsome?”

”That author!? This is a totally different style from Become Handsome!”

”Can he change styles? Or is this his real style!?”

Idle Dimension by the Shore was a brand-new author who managed to rank #6 with his first short story.

This was an excellent result, so all the editors in the department had remembered this author’s pen name.

This might be an incredible newcomer... no, not might—this was definitely an incredible newcomer!

There was no doubting it anymore: his stories would definitely become bestsellers! All the editors who'd just read his draft shared this belief.

How long was it since the last time that all the editors would crowd together in front of the same computer screen to read a draft together?

The newer editors didn’t have such a memory, and only some of the veteran editors could recall... that the last time must have been about five years ago?

”Let me take a look,” the head editor said in a solemn voice.

Saki stood up and let the head editor sit down in her seat.

The head editor’s name was Souzo Hattori. He was about fifty years old. His hair was greying, and his face was lined with deep wrinkles. He wore a pair of black-rimmed glasses and had dark gray eyes.

He went to the beginning of the draft and began reading with a sharp expression.

He read one page, two pages, three pages...

And stopped right there, took off his eyeglasses, and rubbed his eyes.

”Ten years... it’s been ten years since I’ve last had this feeling while reading a light novel.” Souzo sighed as he put on his eyeglasses again.

Ten years... could it be, Souzo was comparing it to that story!? All the editors were astonished.

They all believed that this story was quite good, but they didn’t expect that Head Editor Hattori would actually compare it to that story from ten years ago.