I, Den-O, the Contract Urban Legend

The girl looked at the boy's sleeping face, heard his talking in his sleep, tilted her head, then reached out and poked the boy's face.

After staying by Inoue Ueya's side for a while, and waiting for him to finish talking in his sleep, she seemed to have thought of something and disappeared, and the light of the Book of Shadows dimmed.

……

The next day.

Miss Sadako put on a black sleeveless dress and high heels, tied her hair into a single ponytail for the first time in a long time, and knocked on the door of Inoue Ueya's bedroom with an expectant look on her face.

Boom boom boom!

"Time to get up, Ueya!"

Inoue Ueya, who was lying in bed, frowned, struggled to get up from the bed, and subconsciously checked the time...

"Five o'clock in the morning?"

Is this true? Is it necessary to get up so early for an autograph session?

Then, Inoue Ueya looked at Miss Sadako who was standing outside the door and had just opened it.

"Didn't you say you were going to a signing event? Why are you wearing this?"

Something is wrong, there is something wrong with Sadako. It's just a signing event, is there any need to dress so gorgeously?

However, Miss Sadako's expression remained unchanged. She said calmly, "Really? Of course I have to dress nicely. After all, we are authors of the same library. If the editor recognizes us, it won't be too embarrassing! And Ueya, take off those toy glasses for me today. As for clothes..."

Seeing Miss Sadako suddenly become long-winded, Inoue Ue couldn't help but complain: "Hey, are you my mother?"

After thinking for a while, Miss Sadako still didn't quite believe Inoue Ueya's aesthetic sense, so she walked to his closet and helped him choose clothes to go out.

"Stop talking nonsense. It's a rare trip for you. Miss Sadako doesn't want you to go out in such shabby clothes and embarrass yourself! Anyway, go wash up first. Breakfast is already in the living room. Go eat it first..."

Inoue Ueya shook his head and walked out of the bedroom.

Since this was something Miss Sadako proposed, it would be better for him not to refute it, so that he won't suffer any physical pain!

After washing up carefully in the bathroom, Inoue Ueya walked into the living room. Except for Hanako who was already sitting on a chair, no one else seemed to have gotten up yet.

Looking at Hanako Natsukawa who was eating with relish, he couldn't help but smile.

"Good morning, Hanako!"

Hearing the familiar voice, Hanako Natsukawa turned around, but when she saw that it was Inoue Ueya, she remembered yesterday's confession. Her face turned red with embarrassment and she turned her head back subconsciously.

"Good morning..."

Inoue Ueya sat down in the chair opposite Natsukawa Hanako and started eating breakfast.

"Isn't Sadako's cooking delicious?"

Hanako Natsukawa nodded as she ate, and said incoherently: "Well, this is the most delicious thing I have ever eaten!"

Inoue Ueya nodded, smiled brightly, gave Hanako a thumbs-up, and said softly, "Seeing you so happy is enough."

"S-Stop talking nonsense! After breakfast, I still have to watch TV!"

At this time, Yashayuki walked out of the room with sleepy eyes, but when he saw the breakfast on the dining table, his eyes lit up.

"Wow—today's breakfast is egg pancakes!"

"Good morning, Sachiko."

"Good morning, my lord husband!"

At this moment, Natsukawa Hanako's face suddenly turned cold.

"My dear husband"?

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. It was as if her chest was blocked by anger, and Hanako Natsukawa felt inexplicably uncomfortable in her heart.

By the way, I heard that he seemed to be very popular before I signed a contract with him?

I was so happy yesterday because of his confession...

"Humph!"

Miss Hanako glanced at Inoue Ueya with a cold face, then left the table.

???

Inoue Ueya looked at the change in Natsukawa Hanako's expression with a confused look on his face, and began to wonder if he had inadvertently done something strange again.

I think should not be?

Chapter 43 Don’t Question Me

Inoue Ueya stood in front of a full-length mirror and looked at himself carefully. He took off his usual glasses and put on a black suit. He looked much more serious than his usual self.

However, the more Mr. Inoue thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. He always felt that things were not as simple as he had imagined.

"Sadako, it's just a signing event, is it really necessary to dress so formally?"

Miss Sadako looked Inoue Ueya up and down for a while, then stood on tiptoe, stretched out her hands to help Inoue Ueya adjust his tie, then nodded with satisfaction and naturally took his hand.

"Don't question me. Just go when you're ready. Make sure you arrive earlier than everyone else!"

"Ah...I really can't do anything about you."

Without thinking too much, Inoue Ueya, at Miss Sadako's request, opened the passage to the Desert of Time from his bedroom and boarded the time train to the signing event venue.

……

Kasumigaoka Utaha, a best-selling light novel writer who writes under the pen name "Kasumigaoka Utaha", is a high school student attending the private Toyosaki Academy.

Today is a day of great significance to her, because it is the first autograph session for her work "Love Metronome" and it is also the day she has an appointment to meet with a senior writer.

To be honest, Love Metronome was not a popular work from the beginning. Even the editor asserted that this light novel would be cut off within three volumes.

Her success today is actually inseparable from the encouragement of a senior. Thanks to his advice and hard work in promoting, Love Metronome has become the popular work it is today.

One of the writers of the Fuzugawa Bunko, he emerged out of nowhere a few years ago. His works include "The Genius Player's Domain", "Loyalty to the White Snake-skinned Monster", "Blade of the Big Orange Maru", etc. As long as the work comes from his hands, it will definitely become a phenomenal work.

That’s right, that senior is the famous “Inoue Sadao”, a legend in the light novel world.

According to his editor, this senior is also a mysterious figure in the Uzui Bunko. Few people have ever seen his true face. He never attends or holds any autograph sessions, author meetings or other activities. In short, he is a very mysterious existence.

but!

Just last night, Kasumigaoka Utaha received a text message from this senior, saying that he would come to her autograph session to meet her.

It was unbelievable. Was she dreaming? That senior was actually willing to meet her?

……

A flash of rainbow light appeared, and Inoue Ueya and Miss Sadako walked out of a sparsely populated alley.

"'Tie Wen Tang Bookstore'... This should be it, right?"

Inoue Ueya looked around, trying to find the Tebundo Bookstore that Miss Sadako had mentioned. In front of him was an ordinary street with various shops on both sides.

"Did I really come too early? It feels a little quiet..."

"Really? Stop looking around. The bookstore is right next to you!"

"what?"

Miss Sadako, with an "impatient" look on her face, naturally held Inoue Ueya's hand and pulled him to the bookstore next door.

Nice!

[Hehe, while Stupid Zhi didn't notice, I successfully held his hand again.]

Sadako deliberately prepared breakfast and lunch for everyone in the family, deliberately chose a relatively early time to go out, and then asked Inoue Ueya to use the time train to leave. She walked out with him without anyone noticing, without alerting anyone in the family...

Up to now, everything is under Miss Sadako's control!

Inoue Ueya looked at the bookstore in front of him, which hadn't even opened its shutters yet, and couldn't help but sigh: "I told you, they're not selling any limited edition products, why are you here so early..."

"Stupid Shiye, since we are the seniors, of course we should be the first to show up, so that the juniors can feel at ease!"

"Even if you say so, I haven't communicated with this author..." Mr. Inoue asked doubtfully.

I totally cannot understand what Miss Sadako said. What kind of peace of mind do two strangers need?

Ok?

Wait, could it be that...

"Ah, didn't I tell you? Although Miss Sadako is a fan of this work, I have always communicated with the author of Love Metronome under the identity of 'Inoue Sadao'. This time we will also use this identity to meet the author."

"what?"

Inoue Ueya looked at Miss Sadako with horror.

"Are you serious? Mr. Inoue hasn't even read his novel? You want me to meet him as a senior?"

Although in his memory, Kasumigaoka Utaha is still the senior with long black straight hair in anime and comics, but for him now, this girl is no longer the girl in the two-dimensional world, but a real person.

Inoue Ueya was not unfamiliar with this girl, because he had heard about her in his previous life, and even had some feelings for her. However, after actually traveling through time, let alone meeting her in person, he had no interest in her works.

After all, Kasumigaoka Utaha hasn't changed. She is still the sharp-tongued senior in the story. It's only Inoue Ueya's mind that has changed.

After thinking for a while, Inoue Ueya sighed and looked up at the sky with a somewhat vicissitudes of life in his eyes. "Sure enough, Mr. Inoue's purity is still too low."

Miss Sadako frowned when she heard this. Stupid Zhiya is having an attack again.

"Let me make this clear first. Don't say anything embarrassing in front of the other person later, okay?"

"Ahh, I understand."

Anyway, I was just accompanying Miss Sadako to the autograph session, and I could just stand by her side and be a quiet handsome man.

After a long time, more and more people came, and they all seemed to be fans attending the autograph session.

Seeing what other people were wearing, Inoue Ue finally confirmed that he was right. Wearing a suit to an autograph session was really too conspicuous, wasn't it?

A man with glasses walked up to the two of them, a smile on his face, and asked softly, "Excuse me, are you also fans of Love Metronome?"

Listening to the boy in front of him talking, Inoue Ue fell into deep thought. For some reason, after hearing his voice, a familiar feeling emerged in his head.

This sound...

He must have heard of it somewhere.

"Yes, is there any problem?" Sadako replied.

"Haha, as expected, I didn't expect there would be fans who arrived earlier than me. I'm An--"

“I see, I remember now!!”

Inoue Ueya suddenly interrupted the bespectacled man, then with a look of surprise, he put his hand on his shoulder and said, "How could Mr. Inoue have forgotten this voice! Although you've got glasses and your face looks a little different, your voice hasn't changed... You must be Kiritani Kazuto, am I right?"

"???"

Chapter 44: Great!

Without waiting for the glasses man to answer, Miss Sadako smiled awkwardly, reached out and tugged at the corner of Inoue Ueya's clothes, then leaned close to Mr. Inoue's ear and whispered, "Stupid Ueya, you are so rude! What if Kasumi Shiko was nearby? The dignity of "Inoue Sadao" senior would be completely ruined, okay?"

Inoue Ueya finally realized what was happening, scratched his head subconsciously, and smiled delicately, replying, "Haha, I couldn't help myself for a moment."

"You must have recognized the wrong person. I don't know who Kiritani Kazuto is, but my name is Aki--"

Click.

At this time, the rolling shutter of the bookstore was slowly opened, and everyone subconsciously turned their eyes to the bookstore.

"Oh, someone's here so early, are you guys attending the autograph session?"

Hearing the clerk's words, Inoue Ueya's eyes lit up, "Is it finally starting? The legendary autograph session!"

"Stop making a fuss, it's still early, just stay quiet." Miss Sadako shook her head.

"Eh……"

"Here, let's take a look at this first."

Miss Sadako handed a Love Metronome to Inoue Ueya.

……

After a while, the autograph session of Utaha Kasumigaoka finally began. Standing in front of Utaha Kasumigaoka were Ms. Sadako and Inoue Ueya, who were the first to arrive at the bookstore.