Four hundred thousand yen, speaking of it, is not a lot, but it is not a small amount either. Generally speaking, a middle-class office worker's monthly salary is about three hundred thousand yen. The royalties that Hasegawa Kenichi received from publishing the first volume of his novel are almost the same as those of a normal office worker.
Generally, in Japan, a family of three or four people. One or two children go to school, the woman stays at home as a housewife, and the man goes to work to earn money. In other words, a monthly salary of three hundred thousand yen is actually enough to support a family, and life will not be bad. Even if there is no illness or disaster, the annual income, in addition to the normal expenses of the family, the children's tuition and living expenses, etc., can almost go on a trip once or twice a year.
So although four hundred thousand yen is not a lot, it is undoubtedly a huge sum of money for Hasegawa Kenichi, an ordinary high school student.
Although the money will not be transferred to Hasegawa Kenichi until the novel is published and starts selling. But looking at the money in my wallet now, if I save a little, I can still make it to the next month without working part-time. After all, the normal consumption of students is not high, as long as I don't spend money lavishly.
"It seems that I don't have to work part-time." Hasegawa Kenichi walked out of the office building of the Undying River Library in a happy mood.
Not in a hurry, just go to school every day, then practice kendo or other skills, and then thank the novel. Although it is plain, this kind of life is not bad. After all, there is no so-called pressure in life. It will not make the body and mind feel tired, and it is easy. For Hasegawa Kenichi, an old man who traveled through time, it is really a very happy life.
I spent a plain but happy weekend. Although there are homework, I can finish it by writing it casually. After all, things like easy education, even if there are homework on weekends, are definitely relatively easy. After that, I will practice kendo at home, and continue to write outlines and novels. Then I tried to learn to draw some comics.
When signing the contract with the publisher, the editor Machida Sonoko once said that light novels all need illustrations, and the illustrations for each page are more than 5,000 yen, or even higher.
Of course, money is not a problem. But Hasegawa Kenichi himself has a little interest in drawing comics, and if he can draw illustrations for his own novels and draw the images of the characters in his mind, it will undoubtedly be better. Hasegawa Kenichi also has this idea, so the time for practicing drawing comics has been slightly extended. Well, of course, it can't be said to be comics, just illustrations.
In addition, although he doesn't have to get up to go to school on weekends, for the sake of his own health, Hasegawa Kenichi will get up early in the morning, go for a run, and exercise his body. By the way, when he came back from exercise, he happened to meet Mrs. Yuigahama next door to throw away the garbage.
"Hasegawa-kun. Did you go for a morning jog?" Mrs. Yuigahama asked in surprise, looking at Hasegawa Kenichi, who was wearing a sports suit.
"Well, a little exercise. Although you are still young, a healthy body will make you more energetic in study and other aspects. Especially the morning is the most important part of the day. If you get up in the morning and exercise, you will be more energetic all day." Hasegawa Kenichi smiled and nodded to Mrs. Yuigahama.
"Oh? Is that so? Hasegawa-kun is really a self-disciplined person. Unlike Yui, she can't get up in the morning on weekends, and now she is still sleeping in. Compared with Yui, Hasegawa-kun is really excellent." Mrs. Yuigahama praised with admiration.
"Well, not really. Just a little exercise. Besides, I've developed a biological clock by getting up early every day. I can't sleep in at this time every day."
"That's great. No matter how you think about it, Hasegawa-kun is so good and reassuring compared to my Yui."
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After returning home, I took a simple shower and prepared breakfast for myself with a happy mood. Sure enough, a day's plan starts in the morning. With a simple exercise, I can keep a good mood all day. I can hum a tune even when taking a shower or cooking.
After a simple weekend, when I went to school on Monday morning, there was another little tail behind me, Yuigahama Yui.
"Good morning, Yuigahama-san."
"Good morning, Hasegawa-san." Yuigahama Yui can already greet Hasegawa Kenichi relatively naturally.
However, it was just limited to greeting, and Yuigahama Yui would still fall into silence afterwards. It's probably the kind of thing that if you don't take the initiative to talk to me, I won't take the initiative to talk to you.
But this is normal. After all, Yuigahama Yui is a girl. It's still a bit shy to take the initiative to talk to a boy.
After entering the school, Yuigahama Yui will speed up a little and separate directly from Hasegawa Kenichi. It's probably because she is afraid that others will misunderstand her or gossip about her. Hasegawa Kenichi doesn't mind this. On the contrary, he thinks this situation is not bad. At least it can reduce trouble and attention.
Come to school at a normal speed and just sit down in your seat.
"Good morning, Hasegawa."
"Uh, Kato, good morning." Hasegawa Kenichi didn't expect that in addition to Aki Tomoya, there would be someone in the class who would take the initiative to greet him, and it was a girl who looked cute, so he couldn't help but smile. Although there is no other thought, it is also a thing that makes people feel happy to have a beautiful and cute girl take the initiative to greet him, isn't it?
Kato Megumi saw Hasegawa Kenichi calling her name again, and her mood became a little better.
"Last time, Hiratsuka-sensei looked for Hasegawa-san, was there something?"
"Well, nothing, it was mainly because of other classmates."
"Oh, is it because of Tomoya Aki?"
"Uh, yes, after all, Tomoya is a bit, you know."
"Well, I do know about Tomoya Aki, after all, it's the first time I've seen a classmate who can make him shout out that he likes the second dimension so loudly and has no shame at all."
"..."Listening to Kato Megumi's evaluation of Tomoya Aki, Hasegawa Kenichi didn't know what to say.
"Hasegawa-san is probably not someone who particularly likes the second dimension. After all, it's rare to see Hasegawa-san reading comics or novels. But why did he become friends with someone like Aki Tomoya-san?"
"Because I came to Tokyo from the countryside, I don't have anyone I know, and I feel inferior. It was Tomoya who abandoned that prejudice and took the initiative to talk to me. Although the topic was about the second dimension, it was a ray of sunshine in the darkness for me, so we became friends. Kato-san, you won't look down on me just because I'm from the countryside, right?" Hasegawa Kenichi said with a smile. He doesn't care about his background at all.
"No, I won't. Besides, I can't see that Hasegawa-san has any inferiority complex at all. It's amazing, Hasegawa-san."
"Thank you, I will accept your compliment without hesitation."