'Lucky draw card' … Something like that finally appeared, and it's a f * cking shard! '
Seiji immediately understood what it meant, and when he read the system's description again, he realized that it was just as he thought.
"You can combine five 'Lucky Draw Shards' into a 'Lucky Draw Card'. If you don't have five Lucky Draw Card shards, you can use points to make up for it.
"After using the 'Lucky Draw Card', you'll receive a random item."
'Lucky draw and shards? My dear system, you've finally fallen.' Seiji commented in his mind.
Anyone who had played online or mobile games would know that the words "Lucky Draw" and "Shards", or rather, the two elements, would make players feel complicated.
The excitement of the "Lucky Draw" was addictive, the surprise of "getting an SSR on the first try" and the frustration of "not getting an SSR item after forty-two tries", the contrast between heaven and hell, the battle between the lucky and the unlucky … Players would continue to spend money on the Lucky Draw, and the number of hands that they had chopped off would probably be enough to circle the earth several times.
Although "Shards" could give players certain rewards, the experience of completing quests and grinding levels overnight in order to get enough of them wasn't pleasant at all.
Sometimes, players would even wonder what they were doing, whether they were playing the game or the game was playing them, whether their time was worth it, and what was the meaning of life … Such philosophical thoughts.
In conclusion, if Seiji was serious about it, he could complain about these two common game elements for three days and three nights, but he decided to forget about it for now.
No matter what, having rewards was a good thing.
His magazine would continue to sell, and more and more readers would read his novel, and the more people who liked his novel, the more rewards he would receive.
With such rewards, he had to write his novel even more seriously. Seiji thought to himself.
'Popularity is power!'
As long as he could write a better story that attracted more readers, he would be able to earn more points and items.
He picked up the brush and continued to write.
Time flew by, and it was lunch break.
Chiaki and Mika gave it a good review after they finished reading the novel.
"I think that your novel has the potential to become a full-length novel … or should I say, it should be a full-length novel." Chiaki said, "After I finished reading it, I felt like I wanted to continue reading, but I felt that the number of words was not enough."
"I also think that Seigo's writing is really good!" Mika said sincerely, "I … don't know how to say it. I just think it's very interesting. The ending is quite touching, and I want to continue watching it."
"As long as you like it." Seiji smiled.
"As for the following story … I might write it in the future, but I don't have any plans for now."
"Currently, what I want to do is to finish writing Brother Monogatari. I'm confident that this story will be even better than this short story! That's because Shika-chan and I worked together to create this. "
He looked determined.
Mika and Chiaki were both a little moved by this scene. They felt that he was very handsome when he was serious.
"I'm really looking forward to it … can I see the original manuscript after you finish writing it?" Chiaki requested.
"I want to watch it as well," Mika agreed.
"Sure. Or rather, I hope that you can watch it and give me your evaluation. "Seiji smiled.
At this moment, someone walked over.
"So … Harano -san …"
It was Kaori Miyamoto.
Her face was flushed red as she held her lunchbox, and she seemed rather nervous.
"I … would like to eat lunch together with you guys, but … is that alright?"
Seiji exchanged glances with Chiaki and Mika.
"Sure."
"Welcome, Miyamoto-san."
"Please have a seat …"
The three of them naturally accepted this classmate of theirs.
Kaori inwardly heaved a sigh of relief and relaxed slightly, but she was still nervous and carefully sat down.
She had only taken this step with her good friend Momoko Matsuoka's encouragement.
According to her own thoughts, it was already good enough that she could chat with Harano and Seigo during class. Eating lunch together would be a "heroic act" for another time …
But Momoko refuted her thoughts, saying that it was necessary to do this as soon as possible in order to solidify their friendship.
Eating lunch together during lunch break was a typical friend's behavior. If it was done, then their friendship would basically be solidified.
On the other hand, if it was delayed, then the friendship that was established on words would fade, and it would unknowingly become "just talk."
Kaori felt that Momoko's words made sense, and was encouraged by her. She decided to take this step.
She took the initiative to get close to him and join his circle … She had done the shooting game once before, but this time was different. It wasn't a special event, but just a normal lunch.
Playing together at a special event was quite different from playing together at a normal event.
This was a step that had truly crossed the line. She had taken this step, but she hadn't completely crossed it yet.
She had to make it through this lunch properly.
What should she do? What should she say? Should she start a conversation by herself? Would she be able to follow their conversation? Worries like these filled the girl's heart.
Everyone could tell that she was nervous.
Seiji smiled.
"Miyamoto-san, do you like reading light novels?"
"Er … I do."
"We're currently talking about light novels … the light novel that I wrote."
Kaori widened her eyes in surprise.
"Harano -san … wrote it!?"
Then, a magazine was handed to her.
Seiji told her about his light novel, and asked her to take a look and comment on it.
Kaori was astonished that Seigo Harano had actually written a light novel, and that it was even published!
She was truly impressed as she speedily read through the article in the magazine. She found the beginning of the article rather fascinating.
Seiji naturally brought her into the topic of conversation, and they began chatting about light novels with the three girls.
Since the topic of conversation was something that she liked, Kaori subconsciously forgot about her nervousness.
By the time she regained her senses, they had already finished a delightful lunch.
'I succeeded!
No … it's Harano -san … '
Kaori felt a warm feeling in her chest when she realized that it was Harano Seigo who had helped her successfully integrate into their circle.
He wasn't just saying it; he truly treated her as a friend.
The handsome boy's gentle smile remained in her mind for a long time.
…
…
Atsushi Suzuki was just an ordinary middle school student.
He wasn't at the top of his class, nor was he on the fringe. He was just an ordinary student with friends, average grades, and average sports.
Since his older brother really liked light novels, manga, and anime, Atsushi was influenced by his older brother, but not to the extent that his older brother did. Most of the light novels he read were borrowed from his older brother.
Today, as usual, his older brother bought the latest issue of Thunder Bunko magazine. After reading the works that he was interested in, he placed the magazine on the table and began watching anime. Atsushi didn't want to watch anime, so he took the magazine away and entered his room.
He opened the magazine and browsed through the table of contents. A title attracted his attention.
'I'll die if I don't become handsome …' It seemed rather interesting, so he decided to read this first.
Atsushi flipped to the last page of the story, plugged his earphones into his cell phone, and began reading while listening to music.
He was soon engrossed in the story.
He laughed out loud at the hilarious plot, then became nervous at the sudden change in the plot, frowned at the main character's dispirited state, got excited because the main character finally pulled himself together and rushed to the battlefield to fight to the death, and was also moved by the final scene.
Atsushi was in a daze for a while after he finished reading.
Then, he flipped back to the beginning and read the story again in greater detail.
'It's so good.
Why didn't the author make it longer? It's not enough! '
He felt that this story was just too much for him to handle.
Especially the battle scenes, Atsushi felt like he was watching an anime … no, it was even more exciting than an anime! The scenes that appeared in his mind were at the level of a movie!
'This author is amazing.'
His name was … "Idle Dimension by the Shore."
'What a strange pen name.' Atsushi thought to himself.
He committed this name to memory.
This was the first time in his life that he had ever paid attention to a light novel author's pen name, and it was also the first time that he wanted to write a reader letter to express his love for a short story.
Atsushi walked out of his room.
"Brother, can I write the letter for this magazine this time?"
"Hmm? Of course … but why do you suddenly want to write a magazine letter? "His brother found it strange and asked casually.
"I think there's a story that's really good, so I want to write it to support the author."
"Oh, which story is it?"
Atsushi told his brother the name and then returned to his room to write the letter.
He ranked the story "I'll die if I don't become handsome" as the number one favorite story in this issue's magazine!
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
