The Princess sure is difficult to deal with

It was a good thing that he won an award, but the circumstances around his victory made Seiji feel like he had fallen into a pit trap.

Seiji called Editor Yoshizawa to ask her about this situation.

"Specially chosen awards that can enter the nomination process later on have always existed within our system. It was just that the standards were incredibly strict, so there's basically no precedents," Saki explained to him. "'Brother Monogatari' being chosen was something that all the judges unanimously agreed on. The judges also unanimously agreed on giving your story the award, so there's no internal problems at all."

"However, it caused so much controversy on the internet." Seiji could only smile wryly.

"We shall make an announcement detailing the specifics of how your story got chosen."