463 I accept killing people

"Chiaki, you…" The double-pigtailed girl had a complex expression in her eyes.

"This time, I didn't lie to her, although I didn't tell her the complete truth, either." The tomboy stopped displaying her grim expression and began giggling. "I did want to shake up the princess a little, but I wasn't too serious about it. I was just doing as I pleased."

Mika didn't know what to say anymore.

Currently, in her eyes, Chiaki's grinning expression seemed the same as always, but with something incomprehensible added to it as well.

"If you really want me to explain, I can do that as well. But it's probably better that you think through things on your own, Mika."

Later that night.

Seiji went online to check out the discussions about his novel's award. He saw that due to Thunderbolt Literature's announcement about how his novel went through the process of winning an award, the controversy was somewhat reduced.