Tokyo: The Beginning of the Gauze Female Devil

Looking at herself in the mirror, who looked extremely haggard after not sleeping all night, Arina Matsumoto couldn't help but show a hint of bitterness on her pretty face.

"God, are you mistaken?"

"I should be a talented and beautiful pianist who became famous at a young age, won numerous honors, and received numerous awards!"

"Why are you playing Canon here for a Muggle who doesn't know how to play the piano?"

Chapter 260 All Very Ordinary

"call--"

Standing behind the bathroom door, Matsumoto Arina took a deep breath and repeatedly mentally comforted herself several times before she reached out her slender hand to the door handle and gently pushed the door open.

"Click——"

As I walked into the bedroom, I was confronted with a verbal attack from Fujii Itsuki.

"Are you ready, Cha-chan?"

"You...what did you call me?" Matsumoto Arina frowned and glared in the direction of Fujii Itsuki, as if she had heard something wrong.

"Of course it's a side dish..."

"You are my maid now, what should I call you if not Xiaocai?"

The hot water covered his feet. While enjoying it, Fujii Itsuki asked as a matter of course: "Why, do you have any objections?"

"without me……"

It has come to this point. Matsumoto Arina doesn't want to argue about these trivial matters with Fujii Itsuki anymore, otherwise she will be the one who suffers in the end.

"It's just a side dish..."

Sighing in her heart and suppressing the urge to cry, Matsumoto Arina grasped the hem of her skirt with her slender hands and bowed slightly to Fujii Itsuki.

"The side dishes are ready, Master."

"Go ahead." Fujii Itsuki nodded in agreement.

"Yes."

"..."

Walking to the piano covered with a piano cloth in the corner of the bedroom, Matsumoto Arina almost forgot when she last touched it.

Two years?

Or three years?

"Wow—"

When the piano cloth is lifted, a dark black classical Bösendorfer piano comes into view.

The scene brought back memories of her hard work in practicing the piano since she was six years old, her joy and pride in winning the joint school championship and district championship in the elementary school, junior high school and high school groups, and her frustration and loneliness when she lost in the quarterfinals of the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition at the age of sixteen. Memories flooded into Matsumoto Arina's mind like the complex and changeable notes of a piano.

She lifted the piano lid, lifted the lace hem of her black and white maid's dress, and sat down on the piano stool gracefully.

"Dorre Mifa——"

As if it was the muscle memory of her body, she slid her slender hands across a few exquisitely crafted piano keys and played a passage from "Castle in the Sky" as a simple sound test.

This Bösendorfer piano, which costs 1500 million yen, has the same tone even though it hasn’t been played for two or three years.

When I was immersed in my own world of music, a young boy's voice came from behind me at an inopportune time.

"are you done?"

"If you keep dawdling, the water for your feet will get completely cold."

Matsumoto Arina's brows, which had just relaxed, furrowed again.

"An amateur is an amateur!"

"If I don't try it out, how can I know which keys have inaccurate sound?"

Now she finally understood why there is an idiom called "playing the lute to a cow"!

Playing the piano for this idiot behind me who doesn't know how to play the piano is like playing the piano for a cow!

After meeting Fujii Itsuki, the most bitter thing in her life no longer seemed to be iced Americano.

Matsumoto Arina quickly adjusted her mood as her slender and tender fingers stroked the piano keys.

"Ding ding dong dong."

The pair of white and delicate hands were like butterflies flying through flowers, and beautiful notes flowed and danced on the piano keys.

The water flows in the mountains and the clear springs make a sound.

"Canon" (D major), one of the greatest piano pieces in the world, was performed perfectly by Arina Matsumoto!

"call--"

The breeze blew the curtains, and the warm winter morning sun shone through the window. The black and white classical maid skirt, matched with the black and white piano keys, created a unique atmosphere in this scene.

While soaking his feet, Fujii Itsuki listened to "Canon" played for him by a rich lady, which was a delight to both the elite and the masses.

The only flaw is...

After all, Matsumoto Arina hadn't touched the piano for two or three years. Even though she was once a genius girl, she couldn't help but play a few wrong notes.

It was like a few grains of sand mixed into rice porridge, and the whole song suddenly became incoherent.

The song ended, and the lingering sound lingered.

The spacious bedroom gradually returned to silence.

"……not bad."

Fujii Itsuki gave a relatively fair evaluation, his eyes cast towards the girl who was wearing a black and white classical maid skirt, a white headdress, and sitting in a dignified and elegant posture.

"But I think you played a wrong part in the middle, didn't you?"

Although he only exchanged for the skill of "Basic Piano", he still had the basic appreciation ability of the music. Not to mention such a classic piano piece as "Canon".

"What the hell are you talking about?"

Matsumoto Arina was already furious because she was wearing a maid outfit and playing the piano for that bastard Fujii Itsuki. Now she had to be told what to do by an outsider like him. Matsumoto Arina was even more furious!

"You're so picky, do you know piano, you idiot?"

Although she knew that she had played the wrong part, she still refused to admit it and said stubbornly, "Listen if you want to. If you don't want to, forget it!"

"Have you ever played the piano?"

"Heh--" Fujii Itsuki chuckled, without any intention of explaining. He picked up the scarf at the head of Matsumoto Arina's bed and wiped his feet.

“…Damn it!”

"My scarf!"

Seeing this, Matsumoto Arina immediately clenched her fists.

"never mind……"

"It was just some common stuff that Xiao Lai bought on the way. At worst, I can just throw it away later."

She slowly loosened her clenched fists, and soon she saw Fujii Itsuki standing up and walking towards her step by step.

"Hey, Fujii Itsuki..." Matsumoto Arina subconsciously panicked.

She thought that Fujii Itsuki saw that this little maid was disobedient and wanted to come over and give her a good beating.

"I admit that my tone was a bit harsh just now, but there's no need to do anything, right?"

After he finished speaking, Fujii Itsuki still showed no sign of stopping.

"I'm sorry, dog Xiujinsa!"

Having been taught a lesson several times before, this time Matsumoto Arina decisively shrank her neck and admitted defeat.

However, Fujii Itsuki didn't even look at her, but walked over and pushed her off the piano stool.

"boom--!"

"Ouch—"

Matsumoto Arina cried out in pain and stretched out her slender hand to rub it through the maid's skirt.

"asshole!"

"Dorre Mifa——"

The piano keys made a slight sound, and Fujii Itsuki briefly tested the sound before playing.

However, with his "elementary piano" skills, he might not be able to stand out in front of the talented girl Matsumoto Yuina.

and so……

Fujii Itsuki said secretly as he immersed his consciousness into the system panel.

"Use the Small Star Up Card!"

【Ding! 】

[Star Upgrade Card (Small) in use! 】

[Please select the upgrade target...]

【Ding! 】

[“Beginner Piano” has been successfully upgraded to “Intermediate Piano”! ]

Just like when he exchanged for the "elementary piano", in an instant, a lot of complicated and arduous music theory knowledge frantically flooded into Fujii Itsuki's mind. At this moment, he was also familiar with all kinds of famous piano pieces from ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad.

"Hey, can you play the piano?"

Standing up with her hands on the floor, Matsumoto Arina frowned and patted the hem of her maid skirt gracefully.

This is a high-end Bösendorfer piano, not a cheap item like a scarf. She would be really sad if Fujii Itsuki broke it.

"I'm telling you, your hands are only good for using swords to bully the female students in the Kendo Club. They're not suitable for playing..."

Before she could say any sarcastic words, she suddenly heard the melodious sound of piano keys, and Matsumoto Arina's pretty face froze for a moment.

The sound of the piano was extremely familiar; it was the same Canon that she had played wrong just now!

“Are you…are you kidding me?!”

The breeze blew the curtains, and the sunlight shone through the transparent window onto the handsome face. The young man in front of him stepped on the piano pedals, and his ten fingers danced flexibly on the black and white keys.

"Canon", many people can hear a hidden sadness from its cheerful melody, while some people think it is just the opposite, thinking that its tone is sad, but it contains a sense of joy and power like a butterfly emerging from a cocoon.

Just like the day breaking through the clouds, Matsumoto Arina's dark and angry eyes became clearer and brighter as the music continued.

"No, this is not Canon!"

The tune of the music changed, like drawing a sword to cut water, and in the blink of an eye it changed into another song.

Matsumoto Arina thought that Fujii Itsuki wanted to show off his skills in front of her by playing difficult piano pieces such as "The Bells" and "Flight of the Bumblebee".

She never thought that when she listened carefully, she found that it was a song she had never heard before.

Although it is not difficult, the sound of Coke is ups and downs, and each rise and fall of the tone can bring out the sadness deep in the heart.

"How come I don't have any impression at all..."

“Is this a new song?”

……

……

"drop--"

Using the key card to unlock the combination lock of Matsumoto's house, Xiao Lai pushed open the door and respectfully led in Yuriko Matsumoto and a middle-aged woman wearing square-framed glasses, holding a briefcase in her arms and dressed elegantly.

"Ding ding dong dong..."

As soon as they entered the door, the three of them heard melodious music coming from the direction of the second bedroom of Matsumoto's house.

"It sounds nice, but it's a bit noisy." Yuriko Matsumoto frowned slightly.

"Madam, it should be the young lady practicing the piano."

Xiao Lai's eyes lit up and he explained softly, "Miss hasn't played the piano for more than two years."