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The next day.

Morning.

On the way to the train station.

Natsume Ruri asked curiously, "Big Brother, hasn't Snow Country already been out for a day? Did the editor say anything about how sales are doing?"

Natsume Chikage nodded. "They did."

Kaga Resaki worried that the news might be bad, but she could not help asking anyway.

"How were yesterday's sales? Were they decent?"

Natsume Chikage smiled. "Pretty decent. More than twenty-five thousand copies sold in a single day."

Natsume Ruri and Kaga Resaki were overjoyed.

"That many?"

"I remember your last book, The Devotion of Suspect X, only sold a little over five thousand copies on its first day, right? This time, it's five times that."

"If this keeps up, Chikage's Snow Country might sell even better than The Suspect, right?"

"That really could happen. Big Brother, do you think so?"

Natsume Chikage smiled. "Maybe. But I've only published one book before this, so the first day might have been fans supporting me. It's still too early to tell what the actual sales will be like."

Natsume Ruri thought about it. "That's true—this time, you had fans backing you up."

"But no matter what, it already looks like it'll be a pretty successful bestseller."

Kaga Resaki blinked and said somewhat innocently, "Since this novel is selling well too, will it be easier to get a loan from the bank when the time comes?"

Natsume Chikage agreed. "Yes."

"Banks generally look at your assets first, then decide whether to lend you money and how much."

"The better your own circumstances are, the higher the credit limit."

Natsume Ruri happily hugged his arm.

"If that's the case, Ruri can stay with Big Brother forever and won't have to worry about going back to the main family."

Natsume Chikage reached out and