On the train.
"Morning, Suzune."
"Morning, Chikage."
Yukimura Suzune took out that copy of Tokyo Love Story and returned it to Natsume Chikage.
"Here."
"You finished it that quickly? Didn't I only give it to you yesterday?"
"It's not that long. Isn't finishing it in a day perfectly normal?"
Yukimura Suzune could not help questioning him instead, feeling that her actions were entirely reasonable and that there was nothing strange about them at all.
Natsume Chikage recalled that Yukimura Suzune really did read every day, often spending most of the day reading.
Thinking about it that way, finishing it in a day was indeed perfectly normal.
She was nothing like him, who usually had quite a lot to do.
He could only finish a novel by squeezing out bits of time here and there.
After reclaiming Tokyo Love Story, the prompt to synthesize the Literary Master Set appeared again.
[Would you like to synthesize it?] [Yes/No]
Natsume Chikage was not in a hurry. He planned to synthesize it when he had some free time and no one was around, so as not to cause any commotion.
As for Yukimura Suzune, since she knew that Natsume Chikage had gone out with Tsukishima Rin yesterday to buy his younger sister a birthday present—
She had been in a bad mood the whole time.
She really wanted to know what the two of them had done and talked about yesterday.
But even with him right in front of her and a chance to ask—
Yukimura Suzune did not know how to bring it up.
As the train continued speeding along the tracks as usual, her heart remained as tangled as ever.
Then, at that moment.
The train suddenly slammed on the brakes.
Most of the people in the carriage were thrown