With a ‘bang’.
The wind from the closing door swirled the stray hairs on Xue Jian Yuan's forehead.
Xue Jian Yuan couldn't help but twitch his lips.
“Ex-girlfriend as a tenant, this is too coincidental. It's enough to write a light novel.”
Muttering to himself, Xue Jian Yuan turned and walked downstairs.
As mentioned previously, the two were addressing each other with those titles.
Xue Jian Yuan and霞之丘詩羽(Kashiwagi Shiyu) had once been a couple.
Roughly three years ago.
Back then,霞之丘詩羽(Kashiwagi Shiyu) hadn't debuted as a light novel author.
Or rather, back then, even the light novel 《恋爱节拍器(Love Tempo)》 was only in its infancy.
The first volume was completed during their relationship.
Sadly, their love story didn't turn out as resilient as in light novels.
After conflicts arose, no coincidences led to reconciliation, and there was no overcoming challenges together to restore their relationship.
One day, after a heated argument, they went their separate ways.
By the way.
Xue Jian Yuan is a time traveler and reincarnator.
He was born into this world as a child.
As he grew older, the memories of his past life gradually returned.
So, before they started dating, Xue Jian Yuan actually ‘knew’霞之丘詩羽(Kashiwagi Shiyu).
In fact, it was because he ‘knew’霞之丘詩羽(Kashiwagi Shiyu), the future beautiful genius light novel author, that he could pursue her.
But!
Xue Jian Yuan wanted to say!
Dating a 2D anime girl isn't as beautiful as one might imagine.
It's undeniable that霞之丘詩羽(Kashiwagi Shiyu) is incredibly beautiful, and those beautiful legs are something one undeniably wants to lick.
But霞之丘詩羽(Kashiwagi Shiyu)’s pride and sharp tongue are also real.
In light novels, it's written as a character's charm.
But when you actually fall in love in real life, it might not be so charming anymore.
Plus, back then, Xue Jian Yuan had almost no dating experience.
Their differing personalities and minor conflicts ultimately led to their separation.
After the break up.
Due to family reasons, Xue Jian Yuan temporarily left Tokyo and transferred to Chiba.
He practically went missing.
Therefore, this is their first time meeting since their break up.
Xue Jian Yuan was genuinely happy to see霞之丘詩羽(Kashiwagi Shiyu) again.
Over the past three years, he has learned how to deal with conflicts in a relationship.
As for how he grew...
Dating experience doesn't grow just from empty words.
So... Xue Jian Yuan's ex-girlfriends were not limited to just霞之丘詩羽(Kashiwagi Shiyu)...
Let's not talk about that for now.
Back to Xue Jian Yuan himself.
The surname ‘Xue Jian’ isn’t well-known.
But when it comes to the surname ‘Xue Zhi Xia’, most people would recognize it.
The relationship between the two is like ‘Si Gong’ to ‘Si Tiao’.
To say they are ‘main branch’ and ‘branch’ is probably inaccurate, but there are some similarities.
In short, they belong to the same big family.
However, the surname ‘Xue Zhi Xia’ suddenly rose in prominence ten years ago.
They not only achieved class transcendence but also became a well-known prominent family.
As a result, the other surnames in the same big family as the ‘Xue Zhi Xia’ family all became branch families.
The society in Sakura Nation is like this.
The strongest fist prevails.
Things like seniority are just the thrill of an underdog story.
Three years ago, the reason Xue Jian Yuan returned to Chiba was because of a major event in the ‘Xue Jian’ family.
The event was so significant that it left Xue Jian Yuan as the sole survivor of the entire ‘Xue Jian’ family.
When Xue Jian Yuan returned to Chiba, he was surrounded by wolves.
In the end, he sold most of his real estate to his ‘relatives’.
He left Chiba with a huge sum of cash, displaying decision-making abilities and initiative beyond his age.
Most of the money was used to buy this detached house in Tokyo.
The rest was used to cover his living expenses.
Since he didn’t have much money, Xue Jian Yuan rented out the apartment.
However... this year, Xue Jian Yuan started receiving money from various sources.
He was planning to go to the real estate agency in the next two days and withdraw the notice of renting out the house.
Unexpectedly, within those two days,霞之丘詩羽(Kashiwagi Shiyu) was brought over by the real estate agent.
Hence, it is ‘coincidental enough to write a light novel’.
Another important background setting about Xue Jian Yuan is...
A year ago, Xue Jian Yuan finally received his time traveler benefit.
Although it came a little late, it’s better than nothing.
Xue Jian Yuan, who was downstairs putting on his running shoes and preparing for his morning run, brought up his system panel.
【Host: Xue Jian Yuan】
Body: 6
Intelligence: 8
Charm: 8
Skills: Language Proficiency (lv6), Literature (lv5), Cooking (lv5), Programming (lv4), Shogi (lv7)
Note: For the body attribute, 5 is the average value for adults, 10 is the human limit.
For skills, level zero is untrained, level one to three is beginner, level four to six is intermediate, level seven to nine is advanced, level ten is mastery, which is the highest level.
This panel is Xue Jian Yuan’s entire cheat code.
There is a progress bar under each skill.
As long as you practice seriously, the skill proficiency will increase.
Once the progress bar is full, the skill level will increase.
It doesn’t seem like a powerful cheat code.
But in real life, the ability to reach the peak through practice is definitely cheating.
By the way, ever since Xue Jian Yuan discovered that exercising can slowly increase his physique, he hasn’t missed a single day of morning exercise.
The high charm value on the panel is obviously due to the Xue family’s genes.
The high intelligence value seems to be due to the merging of souls after reincarnation.
The method for increasing intelligence and charm.
Xue Jian Yuan hasn’t figured it out yet.
It is also possible that these two attributes are too high, and Xue Jian Yuan's attempts are currently insufficient to cause a change in the values.
As for ‘Shogi’ with the highest level in the skill list.
That’s from...
‘Ding-ling-ling...’
The phone rang.
Xue Jian Yuan, who had just stepped outside, took out his phone.
The caller ID shows ‘Gin-ko’.