544 At this moment, he recalled… (1/2)

After school.

Seiji was being surrounded by all the girls that wanted to hear the gossip about him when his cell phone rang.

He took the call and used it as an excuse to speedily escape the school.

He left the school and met with Mai who was carrying a parasol. She was the one who had called him.

”How do you feel after receiving Milady's chocolate?” The maid Senpai was grinning as she looked at him.

”Of course, I'm happy.” Seiji felt somewhat awkward.

”Are you surprised that Milady gave it to you in public like that?”

”Yeah…”

”Actually, I'm the one who recommended her to do this.” Mai smiled. ”This way, there shouldn't be any more girls that will dare to get close to you.”

Seiji was rendered speechless.

”This is my chocolate for you. Thank you for always taking care of Milady, Haruta-san.” Mai handed him a circular box of chocolate. ”Please take good care of us in the future.”

”Thank you…” Seiji accepted the chocolate with a subtle expression.

The maid then left and returned to Natsuya's residence.

Seiji went back to his own apartment as well, together with the gigantic pile of chocolate he received today.

Later that night, Saki visited Seiji's apartment.

The editor gave him a small present as a first-time visiting gift. She then gave him some chocolate from herself and Mayuzumi. Seiji gratefully accepted the gift.

”'Brother Monogatari' has been selling excellently. It's still maintained its status as a bestseller even now, and the readers are giving excellent reviews,” Saki told him. ”In this situation, you can already begin to consider writing a second volume.”

Seiji exchanged glances with Shika upon hearing this.

”Actually, we're already working on the second volume.” Seiji smiled. ”Although it's currently unfinished, I think that it should be finished soon if I devote all my time to it.”

Saki blinked upon hearing this. ”Could I take a look at the already finished portion?”

”Of course.”

Seiji invited her into his study and showed her the document containing the second volume's draft on his computer.

The editor began to seriously read his work at a high speed.

Some time later, Saki let go of her breath that she had been holding and smiled gently towards Seiji.

”Excellently written. Simply judging by what's written so far, it's just as excellent as the first volume.”

”You'll think it's even better than the first volume after I'm done,” Seiji replied with a confident smile.

”I'll be looking forward to it, then. There's no need for you to rush too much. Still, it'll of course be better if you finish it as quickly as possible.”

”Understood.”

Saki then gave her own opinions about the story's contents.

The editor and the authors… these three passionate individuals discussed seriously for quite a while in order to make ”Brother Monogatari” a more interesting story.

After the editor said goodbye and left, Shika returned to her room to organize her thoughts on the story, while Seiji went to take a shower.

While taking his shower, he opened up his system and checked the [Gifts] option.

All the chocolate he received today gave him a massive amount of points as well as numerous item rewards!

There were so many items that it was difficult to go through them all. If he listed all their names and effects, he felt that it would take over two thousand words. If this had been a novel, it definitely would have been nothing more than filler.

Seiji was quite grateful for this abundant harvest, and once again truly thanked everyone's heartfelt intentions.

He glanced over them and decided to leave looking at them in more detail for later. He then took a look at his [Novel rewards].

He then discovered that apart from points as always along with random draw shards, there was something new...

[Brother Monogatari character reward card shard]!

Seiji widened his eyes in surprise and immediately checked his system's explanation.