Chapter 105 - 105: The Trip to Tokyo Begins [BONUS]

Haruto finished at the absolute top of the rankings with To the Moon, while Reina secured the ninth position with Fate of the Rainbow. Since both of them had managed to place within the top ten of the Ascent of New Gods serialization, they received formal invitations from the organizing committee to attend the grand awards ceremony.

As the first-place winner, Haruto was the recipient of the Gold Award. He would be presented with a gold-plated trophy during the ceremony. Reina, finishing in ninth place, would receive the Newcomer Excellence Award, which was accompanied by a silver trophy.

While the physical trophies were primarily symbolic, the real prize lay in the prestige and the subsequent publishing deal. Following the awards ceremony, the organizing committee, backed by the seven major publishing houses, would print the top ten stories as standalone light novel volumes for nationwide distribution. Historically, securing a standalone release through this committee guaranteed a minimum sale of 1.6 million copies per volume.

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