As the lunch break ended, the students of Class 1-B returned to the classroom one after another.
The first period in the afternoon was Japanese Language.
When he saw the tall, shapely, and buxom black-haired beauty in a white lab coat, Lin Mu immediately recognized her.
Hiratsuka Shizuka, the "unmarried older woman" known as "Shizu-cute," who was constantly being pressured by her parents to get married but failed every blind date. Even though she was pushing thirty, she insisted she was a beautiful girl who was forever 29. Can a 29-year-old still be considered a young girl? It seemed she was still a virgin, so maybe that barely counted?
Of course, more than these impressions, Lin Mu's feeling about Hiratsuka Shizuka was that of a caring big sister, and a very good teacher who was skilled at guiding and educating her students. Well, since Kirisu Mafuyu had already appeared, it was perfectly normal for Hiratsuka Shizuka to be a teacher at the school too.
Lin Mu glanced at her a few times, then took out his textbook and pretended to listen attentively. It was Japanese class, after all; those who know, know. As a transmigrator from the great nation of China, half of the Japanese language was made up of Chinese characters. Therefore, he had no pressure learning it and could understand poetry much more easily than others.
After listening for a while, Lin Mu started to slack off. His light novel was now almost finished with its first volume. With his stamina being twice that of a normal person, coupled with his Super-Recovery ability and the rich knowledge of works in his mind to draw from, his typing speed far surpassed that of his unsuccessful self from his previous life.
With the novel nearing completion, he had to consider the matter of submission. He had checked online. Currently, there were two famous publishing houses in Japan. One was Dengeki Bunko, a company that primarily promoted isekai adventure-themed light novels and manga. Since Lin Mu was currently writing a romantic high school comedy with shipping wars, he naturally couldn't submit to Dengeki Bunko.
So, there was only one choice left. Fujimi Fantasia Bunko. This company mainly promoted works in the school romance genre. The currently famous Love Metronome, which had sold 500,000 copies of its first volume, was from Fujimi Fantasia Bunko.
Having confirmed the publishing company, the next step was to choose an editor. The submission email information for the editors happened to be available online. After class, Lin Mu opened his computer and began his selection.
When he saw an editor named "Machida Sonoko," his eyes lit up. Machida Sonoko was the editor in charge of Love Metronome's author, Utaha Kasumigaoka. Choosing Machida Sonoko meant he would have a chance to come into contact with the author under her, that is, Utaha Kasumigaoka. For Lin Mu, who wanted to form a contract with the beautiful girl, this was the most suitable option.
Having settled on an editor, Lin Mu was already getting impatient.
Before he knew it, the class was over. Hiratsuka Shizuka left some homework and then left the classroom in a whirlwind. Lin Mu yawned, feeling a bit bored, and slumped onto his desk. Suddenly remembering he had a "wife" in his online game, he perked up, opened his computer, and logged on.
As soon as he logged on, he saw the priest character "Ako" greet him with a barrage of messages.
"Dear Tianzhen-kun, you're finally back! Sob, sob, sob, I thought you abandoned me!"
"I waited every day, and I finally got to see you!"
"Uh..." Lin Mu was momentarily speechless looking at this bold declaration. He then checked her online time. Good grief, dozens of hours, constantly online. She had never logged off! This was definitely a girl with a severe gaming addiction!
Lin Mu's in-game name was "Lin Tianzhen" (Lin Naive), so she called him Tianzhen-kun. After complaining a bit in his head, Lin Mu sent her a reply. "Sorry, Ako. I had a cold these past two days, so I didn't log on. You shouldn't stay online all the time either, make sure to get some rest."
After she received the message, she replied almost instantly.
Ako: "Mhm, I know, hehe. I just knew my dear wouldn't abandon me."
Lin Mu: "Let's run a dungeon. Class is starting soon, so we can only do one run."
Ako: "Mhm, let's go!"
After running a dungeon with his online wife, Lin Mu coaxed her a bit and then logged off. He could only hope she was really that Tamaki Ako. Otherwise, if this online wife turned out to be a man, that would be truly disgusting.
Putting away his computer, Lin Mu began to wait for the last class of the day.
The second period in the afternoon was outdoor physical education. So, all the students changed into short-sleeved sportswear for ease of movement. The PE teacher was named Tanaka, a very sturdy-looking muscular man. He led the students through some warm-up exercises, then had the class president fetch some volleyballs, and announced that the students could form teams freely for volleyball practice.
It was at times like these that the importance of friends was shown. People without friends would be in a very awkward position during PE class, unable to find a team.
Lin Mu had originally wanted to team up with Hayama, but that guy was already talking and laughing with Tobe Sho. Or rather, the moment the teacher made the announcement, Tobe Sho had stuck to him, making it impossible for Hayama Hayato to refuse.
Helpless, Lin Mu had no choice but to walk over to a boy who exuded an aura of loneliness and had a pair of dead fish eyes. "Hikigaya-kun, seeing as you're also alone, how about we team up?"
Hachiman Hikigaya was just sighing as he watched Saika Totsuka get called away to talk and laugh with other students. Being suddenly spoken to, he was a bit surprised, but he didn't want to be alone either, so he immediately agreed. "I have no objection."
Seeing him agree, the corners of Lin Mu's mouth turned up slightly.
Naturally, he had a purpose for approaching Hachiman Hikigaya. Hachiman Hikigaya had a very cute little sister at home named Komachi Hikigaya. He would not miss out on any high-quality familiar. If there was an opportunity, he would definitely have to make contact. Who knows, maybe someday he'd have a chance to get to base... ah, no, to form a contract with the little sister and gain a new ability.