"Gentle, manly, considerate, loyal, kind, smart, athletically gifted."
Dubian Che scribbled down these notes that resembled labels in his notebook.
After finishing, he first went to a gym where he had gotten a swimming card. Due to the rainy weather, there were fewer people here than usual.
Dubian swam ten laps in the fifty-meter pool, used the gym's shower, and then headed to Shinjuku to buy books at Kiiroku Bookstore.
There were other bookstores around, but that one had a more comprehensive and varied collection; they might even have the niche book "How to Charm a Rich Young Lady" that he was looking for.
There were no free seats in the train car, so Dubian leaned near the inner door and read a small Spanish vocabulary book he had organized.
When the train passed Shinjuku Imperial Garden station, a little girl in a Goda High School uniform, holding a bulky musical instrument, got on, and Dubian glanced over.
It was Hanaoka Asako with her cello.
