Laid-Back Life in Tokyo: I Really Didn't Want to Work Hard-Chapter 794 - 473: Editor Morisaki and the Light Novel

Chapter 794: Chapter 473: Editor Morisaki and the Light Novel

"Hanabi, do you think I should dress a bit more formally before going?"

Sitting on the bed, swinging her legs, Hanamaru Hanabi smiled and looked at Uesugi Sakura, who was changing clothes in front of the mirror, "Sakura, you said you didn’t care, yet you’ve been changing clothes in front of the mirror for half an hour."

Uesugi Sakura put on a white shirt, watching himself buttoning up in the mirror, "This is a sign of respect, after all, the other party is an editor from Kadokawa Bunko."

"It looks fine."

He looked at himself in the mirror with satisfaction and turned to Hanamaru Hanabi, who was sitting on the bed:

"Hana-chan, do you want to come with me?"

"It’s Sakura’s work, why should Hanabi go?" Hanamaru Hanabi questioned.

"Mainly because you’ll be bored waiting at home, we can go for a walk together, and most importantly..." Uesugi Sakura paused here, deliberately keeping her in suspense, "we can go on a date."

"A date! No... uh—" Hanamaru Hanabi instinctively sat up straight, then realizing something, quickly covered her mouth, turned her face away, and said, "No, we can’t date! Sakura’s favorability isn’t high enough yet."

Logically, if a person’s favorability reaches zero, they would have no desire to get close to that person.

But her current favorability is -5.

Even though it’s -5, she doesn’t act like it, getting happy just hearing about a potential date.

In fact, in her heart, she’s probably looking forward to spending time together too.

Honestly... after all those dates, she still thinks about dating...

Uesugi Sakura silently watched her turn her face away, then walked over and squatted down in front of her.

Hanamaru Hanabi murmured, "No matter how much Sakura says... Hanabi won’t agree."

Uesugi Sakura didn’t speak, instead, he took her left hand, wearing a wedding ring, and placed it in his palm.

Her hand was a bit cold, very small and delicate, almost as if her bones were soft...

"Does Hanabi really like dating?" Uesugi Sakura looked up at her.

Perhaps reading some inexplicable emotion in his eyes, Hanamaru Hanabi stopped turning away and nodded in front of him.

"Then once our favorability goes back up, let’s go on a date, okay? This time we’ll go somewhere different, a place Hanabi hasn’t seen before."

"What place is that?"

Uesugi Sakura lowered his head and stayed silent for a long time, holding her small hand, gently rubbing her slender fingers, "It’s a place deep in my heart, something I’ve never shared with anyone else, not even my mother or father... it’s something I want to share only with you..."

Hanamaru Hanabi understood him well, and she also understood the emotion behind his words.

She was actually really happy inside, happy that Sakura cared so much for her.

"Then... Sakura, remember what you said to Hanabi, okay." Hanamaru Hanabi reached out her other hand, making a pinky promise gesture in front of him.

Seeing her little gesture wanting to make a pinky promise, Uesugi Sakura laughed, stretched out his right pinky to hook hers, thumb sealing the promise, "I remember, I’ll remember every promise I make to Hana-chan, to me, there’s no girl more adorable than her."

...

Uesugi Sakura didn’t start writing light novels to conjure emotions out of nowhere, nor for money, but to genuinely express his thoughts and love for Hanabi.

Her cuteness, her smile, her happiness, her joy...

Scenes etched in his heart, unforgettable images, he wanted to write them down.

So, the title of this light novel is simple, called "Hanabi’s Love", and the heroine Hanabi Chiwa’s name is derived from her. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

In the beginning, Hana-chan wasn’t too supportive of the name, saying it sounded weird.

But if you calm down and look at it closer.

"Hanabi’s Love"

Isn’t it quite good?

Uesugi Sakura didn’t tell Hana-chan, but this novel is, in a sense, a belated love letter to her.

After all, when she confessed to him, she completely entrusted herself to him, never had the chance to try means like writing love letters.

If there’s anyone to blame, it’s that she’s too wonderful... truly too wonderful...

Using a light novel as a love letter, haha, if you think about it, it’s pretty romantic.

...

Before going out, Hanamaru Hanabi grabbed a scarf from the bedroom and ran to the entrance, wrapping it around Uesugi Sakura’s neck with a soft voice, "Sakura, it’s a bit cold outside, put this on before going out."

Watching her carefully wrapping the scarf around him, Uesugi Sakura was momentarily so mesmerized that he forgot to even say thank you to her.

Thank you...

Actually... no matter how many times he said thank you, it wouldn’t match her sincerity towards him...

...

Uesugi Sakura pondered these thoughts as he sat on the train, slowly moving along the tracks, listening to the ding-ding-ding sounds outside the train, gazing out the window, various thoughts swirling in his mind.

He hoped that the light novel "Hanabi’s Love" — a love letter to Hanabi — would successfully secure a contract.

...

"Are you Mr. Uesugi Sakura?"

"Yes."

In a café near Kadokawa Bunko, Uesugi Sakura, who arrived early, met the editor named Morisaki Taiichi sitting across from him.

Wearing a business suit, short hair, glasses, medium build on the slim side, with a mole below his right eye, it was easy to remember his features.

Moreover, he looked very young.

As soon as he met Uesugi Sakura, he sat down opposite him, set down his briefcase, stood up again with a smile, and extended his hand, "Hello, Mr. Uesugi, my name is Morisaki Taiichi, I’m an editor in the light novel department of Kadokawa Publishers."