In Yae Sakura's view, present-day Inazuma resembled ancient times more closely—or rather... it was exactly what the Edo Shogunate era looked like. It merely had a few things that did not fit the period.
Just imagine it: how impressive could light novels from the Edo Shogunate period possibly be? Even if the writing was excellent, the ideas had to be fairly ordinary. Becoming this year's Rookie King of light novels should not be difficult, right?
The novels rewarded by the system in her hands had already been revised by Yae Sakura to a level Inazumans would definitely accept. On top of that, she was submitting three different styles at once. At least one of them had to become popular, right?
With that thought in mind, Yae Sakura headed over to the shelves selling light novels. Although there were not as many light novels here as in a modern library, there was still quite a selection.
There were not many people buying books here, but several teenagers from seemingly decent families stood before the shelves reading. Every now and then, lecherous grins appeared on their faces as they read.
Still, they kept their voices low, deliberately avoiding disturbing others.
Somewhat like modern bookstores, aside from the wrapped books, there were also sample copies available to read in the store for free. If you liked them, you could buy them...
And if you really had no money, you could just stay in the store and quietly finish reading them—as long as you had enough nerve and enough time.
Yae Sakura did not look through the other books. Instead, she went straight to the most conspicuous shelf with the greatest exposure. Beside it was a sign reading: Annual Bestsellers.
Clearly, the books here were all relatively strong sellers...
Yae Sakura picked up the