Great Mangaka

As Shiori said, Takumi's hand showed no abnormality after a day.

His palm was a little sore, but it didn't affect his painting much. Takumi got up and drew a few strokes. He was so happy that he quickly sent a thank-you message to Shiori.

"No need to thank me, but I've helped you a lot. Remember to buy Mirai-sensei's manga for me in the future,"

Shiori replied. Takumi was confused by the supposed great favor, but it made sense upon reflection. 'If it weren't for Shiori, he wouldn't be able to draw and he didn't know how many royalties he would lose.'

"No problem."

So he wiggled his fingers and gave Shiori a satisfying answer.

After washing his face and brushing his teeth in the bathroom, Aika came home from shopping with two pamphlets in her hand.

"Takumi, are you busy today? Can you go out with your mother?"

Aika placed a basket of steamed dumplings on the table and handed Takumi a pamphlet: "The Charity Hospital is offering free physical examinations today; I want to go check it out."

Takumi glanced at the pamphlet and sat down to eat the steamed dumplings.

"I'm not going, Mom. A physical examination only costs a few hundred yen. Don't join the fun."

The hospital organized a free physical examination, 'and there must have been a lot of people!' The family wasn't short on money, and Takumi felt there was no need to join the fun.

"That's wrong. Why don't you want free things? If you don't go, I'll ask Alice to come with me." Aika complained slightly. 'Her concept of money was slowly changing, so she said it habitually. The real reason she wanted to go out was that she had nothing to do.'

Aika rarely had entertainment activities at home all day: buying food, cooking, and watching TV. She was bored.

"Alice is very busy these days, Mom, don't bother her," Takumi advised. Alice was busy with manga publication, so she didn't have time to go to the hospital. But he suddenly thought of Miyuki. In fact, it was a good opportunity to treat her illness, but Miyuki had to go to work. 'Would she go?'

Takumi thought about it and sent her a message.

"What? Free? I'm going, of course I want to go!" Unexpectedly, Miyuki nodded enthusiastically: "I haven't had a physical examination in years. Hospitals are usually very expensive. So... I'll take leave right now and go with my aunt to see it!"

Her reaction surprised Takumi. Free physical examinations are very attractive. 'Perhaps he wouldn't have to waste time persuading Miyuki to go to the hospital in the future.'

"Mom, I'll let a reader I know accompany you."

Takumi immediately told Aika. He didn't know how many diseases a free physical examination could detect, so he reminded Aika to get a complete check-up: "Ask Miyuki to check everything too. It seems she doesn't have much money. Mom, help her."

Aika nodded. She was satisfied that someone would accompany her.

"Okay, I'll take my phone. Give me her number."

Aika finished breakfast at home and left early.

Takumi saw her off, thinking that he would soon treat Miyuki, so he returned to the studio and turned on the computer to withdraw money from Five Centimeters Per Second.

However, the situation that occurred during the withdrawal made him frown slightly. The space provider charged a 20% commission.

Takumi hadn't noticed it before, but at that moment he realized that not only his own space, but also other paid content websites charged a commission ranging from 20% to 70%, which was still relatively low.

"No wonder Kurosawa didn't let me publish online..."

Takumi felt a little distressed. 'The online price was low, the sales volume wasn't high, and such a high fee was charged. It seemed that it would be more profitable to publish in the future.'

Half an hour later, he transferred the money to his bank card. Online sales of Five Centimeters Per Second were saturated, exceeding 500,000, but he could only take 4,000,000 yen. The income was very different from that of the individual volume of Detective Conan.

In addition, works published online would affect publication sales. Although Takumi would slightly modify the plot of Five Centimeters Per Second to increase readers' expectations for the new ending, it was still unknown whether it could compensate for the disadvantage.

Shortly after, Tomato arrived at work. Takumi was also in good physical condition. After several months of stimulation with air flow, his painting speed was now very fast.

The two were focused on their work. It was almost noon, and Aika called again and said: "Takumi, there are too many people at the hospital. I have to queue. You and Tomoko should go out for lunch."

The situation at the hospital matched Takumi's assumption. There were so many people that Aika couldn't come back by noon. Takumi chatted for a while, and shortly after hanging up, Alice also called.

"I'll come at noon. Tell Aika-san to prepare my food."

Takumi was about to explain, but Alice hung up hastily.

He was stunned for a moment, then looked up and asked, "Tomoko-san, do you know how to cook?"

"No... Since I became a mangaka, I usually go out to order takeout." Tomoko stopped painting and smiled: "Mirai-sensei, isn't Aika-san coming back? Let's order two fast food dishes."

"No."

Takumi thought about it and smiled: "My mother bought a lot of vegetables this morning. I'll cook. Don't waste them."

So, at noon, when Alice, who was hungry, entered, she saw a table full of dark food.

"This is..."

her face darkened.

"I made it myself." Takumi touched his head: "Although it looks a little bad, try it, maybe it tastes good."

He didn't know how to cook. He was adopted in his previous life and never learned to cook seriously. This time, Takumi wanted to cheat, relying on the air mass in his head. As a result... the three of them enjoyed an unforgettable lunch.

Tomato fainted halfway through the meal, and although Alice barely finished it, she was desperate.

"God gave you talent, but he will undoubtedly take other things from you."

She finally discovered what Takumi was not good at.

Cooking is not a delicate job like painting. Japanese cuisine focuses on experience and feeling. No matter how good Takumi is, he doesn't know how much salt to put or how long to fry vegetables.

Cooking is not a place where he can cheat.

In the afternoon, Alice and Tomato left one after another, but Aika came home late.

Takumi started to worry, thinking about whether to call and ask, when the door suddenly opened.

"Come in..."

Aika entered first, holding Miyuki's pale hand: "Takumi, why are you running away? Is your aunt the type who would watch someone die without helping?"

Both of their expressions were not very good, as if they had suffered a disaster. A flash gleamed in Takumi's eyes, and he had a premonition that they had discovered Miyuki's condition.

With anticipation and nervousness, Takumi approached him.

"What happened?"

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