Chapter 172 – Award

“Reiko! We finally did it!!”

One day in early October, when I was swamped with countermeasures for the sudden drop in rice prices and the strange phenomenon of a bountiful-harvest famine, Kouryū-sensei kicked the door open with a shout that could have shaken the whole estate and stormed into my office.

But honestly, there was no way to be surprised. Before he even reached the room, he had already been shouting back and forth at the gate, the entrance, and the hall, and then came thundering down the sturdy corridors of the Ootori main residence like a runaway ox. It would have been harder not to know he was coming.

And given the timing, it was an easy guess why Kouryū-sensei was making such a fuss, so I had already set down my documents and pen and simply waited.