Cherish the time

After discussing with Ryo Toya in detail, the two decided to take the professional chess player examination in August of that year.

Because the decision was a bit sudden, nearly half of the one-month registration period has passed.

Shindo Hikari entered the examination as a college student back then, and he took the direction of contract pre-selection. The chess records of the game have been backed up in the chess college, so as to avoid the matter of submitting the game records.

But this time without the status of a college student, he can only take the route of foreign pre-selection like Ta Yaliang, including the application form, household registration certificate, personal resume, medical certificate, and chess records.

Although it has been a while since he was reborn, there are only a handful of people he can play chess with—and there is one more, a ghost that only he can see...

So Shinto Hikaru found sadly that he seemed to be able to...submit three chess records for the game against Ryo Taya.

The two of them made some more detailed arrangements, settled on a general idea for the next few days, and went back to their respective homes.

Unlike Taya Ryo, who has long decided to devote himself to the professional chess world, the biggest pressure that Shinto Hikari, a half-way monk, now faces is not from the rigorous professional chess player exams, but from the surprise and doubts of his relatives.

When he proposed to take the professional chess player exam at the dinner table, his mother just said "Oh" and asked, "What is that?"

"Hmm..." Shindo Hikaru thought for a while biting his chopsticks, and gave a vague answer, "He is a person who plays chess for a living."

"Eh? Playing chess?" Shinto Mitsuko was stunned for a moment, "What kind of chess?"

"Hmm... Go. It's the kind that Grandpa has been playing all the time."

"... Do you live on that kind of thing?" Shinto Mitsuko frowned, "Little Hikari, haven't you been cheated?"

"That's not true, it's a formal exam organized by Nihon Ki-in." Shinto Mitsu took a few mouthfuls of rice, "The registration fee is [-] yen, can you give it to me?"

"Forty-two thousand...!" Shinto Mitsuko covered her mouth with her hand, "This is not a small number! Hikari, what are you trying to do!"

"You can discuss it with your father, or ask your grandpa to find out." Shinto Hikari found that he couldn't explain this matter—at least, he couldn't tell his mother that he was actually a very good chess player...

So he quickly finished the remaining two mouthfuls of rice, and gently put down the bowl and chopsticks, "I'm full."

"Hey Kohikari...!" Mitsuko Shinto wanted to say something, but Mitsuko Shinto had already left the dining table and went upstairs.

"Ugh…"

Throwing himself hard on the bed, Shinto Hikaru closed his eyes and sighed deeply.

"Little light. 』Zuowei stood beside his bed, looking down at the tired-looking blond boy, with an indescribable expression on his face.

"En?" The boy opened his eyes slightly, and looked at Zuo Wei's exquisite face with a gentle smile, "Zuo Wei, I have something to discuss with you~"

"What? 』With a hint of doubt in his deep purple eyes, the pretty ghost sat sideways by the bed.

"...after I become a chess player..." The young man's voice gradually became hoarse and weak, like a small fluffy brush, touching the eardrums of the audience, which made people feel itchy but couldn't bear to stay away.

Zuo Wei couldn't help but get a little closer, and then he heard his next sentence full of smiles.

"...Let's play chess together."

"Eh? 』Zuo Wei was completely unable to understand the meaning of this sentence for a moment, and was completely stunned on the spot.

Shinto Hikari changed from his previous melancholy appearance at this time, a carp stood upright, and then sat cross-legged on the bed.

He also deliberately cleared his throat, and then slowly began to explain the specific connotation of this proposal.

"To put it simply, the two of us play chess together—you can play chess for one day and we can play chess for two days. Of course, if there are special circumstances, we can discuss it additionally." He snapped his fingers while talking excitedly, "In this case , Firstly, it allows you to play chess with many people, secondly, I can also play chess with many people...Thirdly,..."

"Three times, I don't want to have any more regrets..."

The boy's words were light and vague, and Zuo Wei, who was in great surprise, did not pursue the meaning of this sentence in detail.

——It wasn't until a long, long time later that Zuo Wei finally knew what the boy's so-called regret... was.

"...Ah! By the way," the boy didn't look like he had made an important decision at all, but he continued excitedly, "Although it's a bit domineering, I think... the private match with Xiaoliang can Do you want me to come down?"

"But in exchange for this, as long as there is a chance to play privately with Taya Yukihiro in the future, I can let you play!"

"Zoe, how are you doing?"

After Zuo Wei listened blankly to Xiao Guang's idea, his heart, which should have been nothingness, suddenly filled with indescribable fiery emotion.

The emotion was so intense, rushing through his empty body, washing his flesh and blood over and over again, that he couldn't restrain himself...

shed tears.

Shinto Hikari had been paying close attention to Zuowei's expression, and when he saw his brows frowning slightly, he couldn't help but "thump" in his heart.

And from the pair of crystal-like eyes to the time when the water gleams from the pair of eyes, to the time when the water fills the eye sockets and falls, it only takes a mere second.

By the time Shinto Hikaru reacted, the transparent tear had already flowed across the delicate face, turned to the chin, condensed along the perfect outline and hung at the lowest point without falling, shining a faint and crystal light on its own.

"Hey!" Xiaoguang panicked, "Don't, don't cry...!" He stretched out his hand to wipe Zuo Wei's tears away, but his fingers just passed through the teardrop and swung into the teardrop. out of the air.

"I...I don't know why I'm crying...! Zuo Wei was obviously shocked by his own reaction, and hastily wiped away his tears with his wide sleeves.

But the lacrimal glands seemed to be out of his control, as large teardrops gushed out one after another.

Shinto Hikaru quietly watched him wiping his tears in embarrassment.

"puff…!"

The blurted out laugh seemed like a signal.

As the signal sounded——

"hahahahahahahahaha--!"

"hahahahahahahahaha--! 』

Shinto Hikaru and Fujiwara Sawei both laughed in unison.

The author has something to say: The requirements for the professional shogi player exam I have directly translated from the current regulations of the Japanese Ki-in Academy. It is estimated that Xiaoguang’s rules at that time were slightly different from the current rules.

Let's just watch it like this XD

Volume [-]: Examination