Coming out of the editorial office, I went downstairs and said hello to a Qianjia who was still lazy at the front desk, and Narumi Yu breathed a sigh of relief and walked out of the building of the Spring Leaf Society.

The matter of "The Demon King and the Angel" has come to an end for the time being.

Next time, the illustrator will dock, and then the new book will be released and promoted.

But after all, he is a rookie author, and there won't be much power in promoting it. After that, we will look at the sales of the first volume to decide whether to increase resource investment.

At noon, there are more pedestrians on the streets of Shinjuku.

Crowding each other, and trying to avoid bumping into each other.

Also in Tokyo, Shinjuku is a little more depressing and hurried than the slightly deserted Arakawa.

Narumi casually picked up an eel shop on the side of the road and stopped to rest for a while when he couldn't walk, and ordered an eel rice that was about 2.8 minutes.

The taste is better than most people's cooking, and it is completely qualified as a mediocre set meal in the restaurant.

After eating, he suddenly reacted that he had to go to the hospital for a physical examination in the afternoon......

However, it is only a symbolic cooperation with the research, and a serving of eel rice should not make a difference.

Even without this eel rice, they would not have been able to produce any results.

……

……

"Alright, there's nothing else to trouble Narumi San."

The doctor in charge of the previous hospitalization sat at his desk, looking at the computer screen while jotting down something on the notepad in his hand.

"The results of the medical examination will be available when we come back next week."

"If everything is fine, do I still need to come in for a check-up every week?" The physical examination was much more troublesome than Narumi Yu imagined, and it took almost a whole afternoon to complete all the physical examination items.

"If nothing unusual for a month or two...... I will consider reducing the frequency of Narumi-san's medical check-ups, which will last for about a year. The doctor's hand holding the pen paused slightly, and then replied in a calm tone, "After all, the way Narumi San's healing is too unbelievable, and it's hard not to worry." ”

"Understood."

It is more appropriate to say "worry" than "worry".

Narumi Yu's medical examination is carried out in full accordance with the normal medical examination process.

The doctor in [Advance appointment with doctor] only refers to the doctor in charge and has nothing to do with the hospital.

Perhaps the doctor in front of him did not report his abnormal recovery to the hospital at all. Until now, there are not many people in the hospital who know about it.

apparently

He was used as a ladder...... The attending physician climbs a ladder to a higher height.

"Well, I'll be back next week."

"Well, see you next week."

The hospital and the red bean bakery are not far away, a short tram ride away.

In order to compensate herself, Narumi Yu bought three this time, one cream and two red beans.

Then take the brioche bread and the red bean bread apart and eat them on top of each other.

The combination of two flavors will not make it any better, but eating bread in this way will give you a feeling of magnanimity.

The extra one is usually reserved for Imadegawa Chisaka.

If nothing else, the angel girl should appear on that cherry blossom ramp today.

Or sit in the treetops, or sit on the rooftops, or crouch on the side of the road with your eyes lost and wait for a passing good Samaritan to feed her.

At that time, he can hand out the red bean bread, so as to increase the angel girl's favorability towards him, so that the favorability that should have been negative is closer to zero.

At this time, the adolescent male high school student was walking on the way home, and he was thinking wildly.

Suddenly, someone tapped him on the right shoulder.

He looked to his right, but of course it was empty—the culprit who patted him on the shoulder had deftly jumped to his left, taking the red bean bread he was holding in his left hand.

"Meow~!"

The swaggering meow of the cat disappeared around the corner with the red bean bread.

“……”

Isn't this black cat a little too grudgeful?

Narumi Yu couldn't understand.

It doesn't matter if he grabbed the bread once before, after all, he took advantage of the cat's danger to touch and hug it before.

It's only been two days, and here we go again.

I'm afraid I treat him as a long-term meal ticket.

And the operation of patting the right shoulder first to attract attention, and then snatching the bread in the left hand is too smooth.

A mere black cat actually has this kind of IQ?

He stood there and ate a third of the 2-in-1 bread left in his hand as he pulled out his phone.

If he had known that the black cat would come back to grab the bread, he would not have eaten another red bean bread.

Now we have to think about whether to go back and buy it.

Yutsuyo Fumimura of the Haruba Society taught him a lesson that he couldn't give up hope for a small opportunity, maybe Imadegawa Chisaka happened to appear today when his bread was robbed by a cat.

- What about bread?

- Robbed by a cat.

There must not be a second time in such a conversation!

The Google map on the phone slowly loaded, and Narumi Yu put the map to the maximum and estimated the distance from his location to the rental house and the bakery.

Although he has to go back to buy it no matter how far away, the distance between him and the bakery determines how cruel he will be to retaliate the next time he sees the black cat.

Now his location is closer to the rental house, but it's not much the same.

Remember the location, and then use the mobile phone stopwatch to time, how much time wasted back and forth, and how long to hang the back of the black cat's neck next time.

"A red bean loaf."

"Here it is again~ Did you check the wrong number of people and buy less of your own?" The proprietress of the bakery asked him with a smile.

"No, one was robbed by a cat."

"Huh~~ The reason for this repurchase ...... It's the first time I've heard it. The red bean bread was packed and delivered to Narumi Yu's hand, "Take it, don't be robbed by the cat this time." ”

"If you are robbed again, you will catch the cat and hand it back."

"Haha......" The proprietress took the money, counted the amount, and put it in the drawer under the table, "Welcome to come again tomorrow~"

"Hmm."

The bakery is not very spacey, and in addition to bread, there seem to be desserts such as cookies, cookies, and small cakes in the bakery cabinet of the store.

Both the appearance and decoration of the store are a little old.

The proprietress looks like she is in her forties, and when she smiles, her face will show wrinkles, and she treats people gently and has a cheerful personality.

The few times Narumi came here, I didn't see anyone else except the proprietress of the house. The red bean bakery should have been run by her alone all along.

Such a small shop can always make customers feel a warm atmosphere when they enter the store, and it is easy to be remembered.

Of course

The most memorable thing is the weirdly sour chow mein bread.

Originally, he thought it was made by a trainee baker.

Now it seems that chow mein bread and red bean bread are obviously the same person kneaded the dough and sent it into the oven.

"Maybe I just don't know how to mix the fried noodle sauce......"

But why do you insist on doing it every day when you can't sell it? In the bread cabinet, you can see two chow mein bread bread in the most prominent position every day.

……

【12min43s】

The stopwatch clock stops, deciding the fate of the black cat when they meet the next time.

If he can catch it.

The black cat didn't come back, and the second generation of red bean bread managed to survive to the cherry blossom ramp next to the rental house.

I was a little disappointed that I didn't see Imadegawa Chisaka on the ramp.

The sunset and the slope stretched the shadow behind him, and he inexplicably looked a little lonely.

"Then ...... Save it for tomorrow. ”

He looked down at the bread he had bought all the way back, and the bear on the bread bag was smiling at him.

"Red bean?"

“……”

Well?

A familiar voice came from behind him, like a breeze blowing through his ears like a wind chime.

The maiden took the bread, which she knew was for her.

Imadegawa Chisaka looked at his surprised face, his eyebrows stopped, and the corners of his eyes hooked up with a smile,

"Didn't you get snatched by the black cat this time?"