"Although I could explain it now, if you come and see for yourselves, you might understand faster." Natsume Ruri pointed toward the area behind them.
"Yes." Kaga Resaki nodded somewhat timidly.
Fujiwara Aoi, Saionji Nanase, Kondo Miki, and Tsukishima Rin exchanged puzzled looks, but they all chose to follow.
Before long, they arrived behind Sanqianli's event queue. When they saw the dense crowd lined up ahead, every one of them went numb.
There were far more people in line than at any publisher's booth in the entire convention. Even Yamamoto Hideaki, an author of titan-like standing, did not draw a crowd this large.
"Why does Sanqianli have so many more readers than everyone else? What's going on?" Kondo Miki asked in confusion.
"There are so many people. So Sanqianli is actually this popular? What do they even look like?" Saionji Nanase curiously stood on tiptoe, trying to see the person seated inside.
"Ah, I see Suzune!" Fujiwara Aoi happily waved both arms. "Suzune!"
She had wanted to shout something else, but Akita Sana stopped her.
"Are you an idiot? There are so many people here, and you're shouting? You'll get kicked out in a second!"
"Haha, true."
Tsukishima Rin looked around. "Yukimura is here, but where's Chikage?"
Natsume Ruri pointed toward the front of Sanqianli's signing line and said happily, "Right there."
The people present clearly had not caught on yet.
Once the girl blocking their view as she waited for an autograph left, they were finally able to see Natsume Chikage sitting beside the signing table.
In that instant, Saionji Nanase, Tsukishima Rin, Fujiwara Aoi, Akita Sana, and even Kondo Miki froze completely.
After they came back to their senses, Fujiwara Aoi placed both hands on Ruri's shoulders and cried out, "You mean Chikage is Sanqianli?"
"How is that