As a result, his initial sales were already very high as everyone wanted to see what kind of work this TSC Grand Chairman would write.
With such a high level of buzz from the start, and with Attack on Titan's quality being solid enough, it was only natural that it would become a bestselling blockbuster sooner or later.
However, today, Uchiha Byakuya came to Shoei Publishing to sign the contract for his second work.
"Chairman Uchiha, your writing speed is truly astounding. You've already finished your second work this quickly?"
Saito Shunji, who was in charge of signing the contract with Byakuya, exclaimed in amazement.
"Yeah, what I gave you already contains several volumes' worth of content."
Byakuya nodded.
His second work was Black Bullet. Of course, he could only write up to the point where the original author stopped updating, relying on his memory, after that, he would just have to make up the rest of the story himself.
But that was basically writing fanfiction, which was still easier than creating something entirely original.
Writing a few thousand words every day was a decent way to pass the time.
"Such terrifying efficiency, as expected of the TSC's Grand Chairman."
Saito Shunji praised.
After finishing what needed to be done at Shoei Publishing, Byakuya returned home.
Recently, he and Yoshimura Eto had moved again. More accurately, he had directly purchased a villa in the 1st Ward to serve as their long-term residence for the future.
"How is it? Your sales from the past few days should be pretty good, right?"
Eto sat on the sofa reading a book.
"Yeah, not bad. On the other hand, 'Dear Kafka' is already selling like crazy now. Just like I said before, right?"
Byakuya said.
"You always know what happens, of course it would turn out the way you said."
Eto responded immediately, crossing her legs as Byakuya sat down next to her.
"After lunch, let's go study at the library with Minami-chan and the others."
Saying that, Eto hopped lightly off the sofa and went to put on the apron hanging on the wall next to the kitchen. "This time, I'll be the one cooking."
It had already been quite a while since she first started learning to cook, so naturally Eto's culinary skills had become very good.
After enjoying a delicious lunch, Byakuya and Eto met up with Arima Kishou and Minami as planned to go study at the library.
They had talked before about preparing for university entrance exams, and of course they were now putting that plan into action. A full set of prep materials had been prepared.
For Byakuya, the content involved in the exams wasn't exactly difficult.
It was Eto, who had never gone to school before, who found things a bit tough at first.
Fortunately, with Byakuya teaching her, and with Eto's excellent learning ability, she could pick things up very quickly with just a bit of explanation.
At the library, they could see that Arima and Minami had already found seats and started reviewing.
"Minami-chan, you two came so early today."
Eto immediately greeted them in a soft voice: "By the way, are you and Arima-kun already living together?"
Originally, Eto was just casually guessing. But as soon as she said that, Minami's face instantly turned bright red, so red it almost reached her ears.
Just looking at Minami's reaction made it obvious that she'd definitely been hit right on the mark by Eto.
Eto hadn't expected that her casual comment would turn out to be accurate.
But she wasn't surprised either. Minami and Arima were stuck together every day, their relationship had already reached that level, so living together was perfectly normal.
"Looks like I was right."
Eto said with a meaningful smile.
"Because Minami-san said she felt scared living alone, so I started living with her."
At this moment, Arima explained with a perfectly serious face.
"Stop it, Arima-kun!"
Minami instantly blushed furiously and hurriedly cut in.
"Isn't it just because you like Minami-chan, that's why you care about her so much?"
Eto teased.
But faced with Eto's teasing, Arima remained expressionless as ever and even calmly admitted, "That's right."
Minami had originally been shy enough to cover her face. But when she heard Arima directly acknowledge Eto's teasing, she was stunned.
In the next moment, once she processed what had happened, her face was still red, but she no longer looked shy, instead, she stared at Arima in surprise.
"Arima-kun…"
Right now, Minami was both shocked and delighted inside, hardly able to believe her own ears.
Just now… Arima-kun had actually admitted he liked her?!
"Oooh~"
Eto exclaimed immediately: "Your Arima-kun has already confessed so straightforwardly, what are you still embarrassed about, Minami-chan?"
"As expected of Kishou, you can even acknowledge this kind of thing without changing your expression."
Byakuya also commented with emotion.
"In my view, there's only 'yes' or 'no.' There's nothing to be ashamed of."
Arima said with his usual calm expression.
"Well said. Then, Minami-chan, you two can start thinking about when to get married, right?"
Eto continued to tease Minami.
"Eh?!"
Minami was pulled back to reality by Eto's words.
"Something like marriage… it's still too early…"
That last part, she muttered very softly, her voice filled with shy hesitation.
"How is it too early? Aren't you both already old enough?"
Eto said, "When you do get married, make sure to invite us. Byakuya and I will throw you a big celebration."
But considering that Minami was a ghoul, and Arima a half-human, age wasn't really something they needed to worry about to begin with.
After all, there were no legal restrictions involved.
"O-okay…"
This time, Minami didn't make excuses. She replied softly.
After being teased like that by Eto, Minami couldn't focus on studying at all. She kept spacing out, constantly thinking about things between her and Arima-kun.
And then, she really did, as if driven by a ghost, lean toward Arima's ear and whispered: "Arima-kun… how about we start dating…?"
The reason she had said earlier that it was too early to think about marriage… was because they hadn't even started dating yet.
But just now, thanks to Eto's teasing, she couldn't help but start thinking about marriage, so she…
And just now, Arima-kun had even admitted that he liked her. That was basically a confession, wasn't it? So if she directly proposed dating, that should be totally fine, right?