Why play in a band if you don't form one for life?

Shizi squatted down and faced Liang: "What should we do?"

Confidence is not something that can be built up just by saying it. Not to mention, neither of these two people can say that they have built up their confidence.

When Saya returns to the group, she sees Yukina hooking her vines around a giant monster fish.

"What are you doing?"

"When we finish thinking about the band, we need to keep moving forward," Yukina replied.

"So, Ako summoned a demon from hell and asked Yukina to put shackles on it..." Ako seemed to have recovered her strength, "Put on the shackles, and then..."

"Slavery." Rinko reminded from the side.

"That's right! Enslavement! Roselia will enslave the demons and make them submit to Yukina-san's supreme pressure!"

"Ha." Saya shook her head, "You guys really have it easy."

She looked at the few people at the end of the line who were still frowning: "I hope they can do it."

“They can do it.” Yukina successfully controlled the strange fish, and it began to move forward by dragging the raft. “Just like Roselia also overcame many difficulties. Until then, let’s just do our own thing.”

"Ah," Lisa saw Shizi and Liang walking towards them, "They are here."

Youxina didn't answer, but continued to look ahead, seemingly very focused.

"Yukina~"

Yukina sighed, and as the vines untied, the strange fish that Ako had caught with great difficulty immediately jumped back into the deep water. She walked towards Shiko and Ryo: "I know, I will apologize."

"Since you want to apologize, just give me some advice." After listening to Yukina's apology, there was no trace of her previous anger on Liang's face.

Yukina took out a letter that Miss Marina originally left for Roselia.

"Have you read this letter?"

Shizi and Liang both shook their heads. Out of respect, the letters left for Roselia and Poppin'Party were not opened.

"Then please take a look."

When the two came back, Hong Xia turned to them happily: "Liang, Xiao Shizi, you came at the right time. I think I understand what we are missing."

Shizi also showed the letter.

To Roselia:

I'm Marina. I'm sorry that I can't meet you again in this world. But I have brought you new friends.

In the letter, besides the words to Roselia, there was an introduction to the band Ending. The introduction was full of Marina's appreciation and pride for the band Ending. Reading these words, they seemed to hear Marina praising their efforts and tenacity from the perspective of an outsider, even though they themselves did not think they deserved this evaluation.

"The Ending Band is a band that I am proud of. I believe they can become stars!" This is the last sentence about the Ending Band.

Even without power, the raft is still moving forward. It is the waves from upstream that push the raft downstream. The waves reflect countless memories, and in the memories, the band sees itself.

A light gradually appeared in everyone's eyes.

"Remember?" Hong Xia said, "We said we would become stars and spread the news to the sky!"

"Ms. Marina is proud of us, so we must make her proud!" Kita clenched his fists.

"We can't... stop here. Because we're not the only ones to end the band!" Yili smiled rarely.

"Come on, let's form a circle." Hong Xia stretched out her hand.

Kita, Ichiri, Ryo, and Shiko all folded their hands.

"Think of a slogan for the band to end! Xiao Shizi, do we have another slogan?"

Shizi recalled for a while: "It seems not."

"Then make one up!"

"Three!" Miss Marina's figure appeared behind Hongxia.

"Two!" Miss Araki appeared next to Marina.

"One!" The band ended and stood on the stage of CiRCLE!

"Become a star--!"

Shiko hadn't laughed like this in a long time. Anyway, the band survived a crisis by ending - thanks to Yukina. She thought. She turned around and saw that everyone from Roselia had also gathered here. Yukina had a rare smile on his face.

“So go forth with pride in your heart and finish the band.”

Chapter 6 Shizi's Summer Rest

After the summer vacation, when the band was doing a camp outdoors, I met Roselia!

Roselia came here for training. In order to prepare for Future World Fes, they need a lot of practice time.

Although their goals were different, the two bands hit it off and came together. They went rafting together, camping together, training together, and stargazing together. The relationship between the two teams was getting closer and closer.

However, Shizi always felt that something was not right with Roselia.

How should I put it? When everyone is together, Roselia is still normal, but Shiko finds that sometimes they are not in a good mood when they are alone. Yukina often stares at the direction of a TV tower, Ako will start sighing for no reason, and Sayo often sits outside alone when it rains...

Come to think of it, everyone who ended the band was a little strange before, but they refused to say what happened... Although it's better now, it's really hard to be kept in the dark...

How can we make everyone smile? Today, Shizi is still thinking about this question. Today, they decided to camp on a flat land. On the other side of the river are rolling hills, while this side is a plain formed by sedimentation. There is a small beach with fine sand. It seems that because it is too remote, there are no other tourists.

The breeze from the river in the afternoon was very comfortable. Shizi enjoyed this moment.

But at night, due to the temperature difference between water and land, the humid river breeze will turn into dry land breeze. Before they go to bed, when the temperature difference between water and land is not big, the wind will not be so strong, so the comfort is only for a moment.

It's so annoying. My mood has been ruined by the damn geography knowledge! After all, I'm not the kind of person who says "Happy Lucky Smile Yeah!" every day! How can I make everyone smile? Shizi kicked a handful of sand into the river in annoyance. Some of the fine sand flew up and was blown back by the river breeze. Shizi followed it and saw Liang sitting on a stone, writing and drawing in a notebook.

"What are you doing?" She walked over and tilted her head to look at Liang's notebook. She found a shadow blocking the notebook, and Liang raised his face.

"New song?" Shizi saw that Liang's notebook was full of various marks.

Liang glanced at Shizi before answering, "Yes, I got the inspiration a few days ago."

"Hum?" Shizi read the melody Liang had written and hummed it softly. Another gust of cool wind blew by, Shizi's long hair fluttered, and the notebook was cast with changing light and shadow.

"What a comfortable breeze - ah, you are here." Hongxia walked over here.

"Yes, it's better to enjoy such a comfortable breeze alone." Liang closed the book and looked at the newcomer with dissatisfaction. Three people were a bit too much for such a small place.

Hong Xia's smile froze: "Is that so? Sorry to bother you. Let's go, little Shizi--"

Shizi left obediently, but felt a little unhappy for some reason.

Before leaving, she waved her hand: "Then you can enjoy the breeze here. After all, according to the principle of sea breeze and land breeze, the river breeze will decrease due to the temperature difference in a while, haha!"

Looking at Shizi's back as she left, Liang tilted his head in confusion. Sea breeze? Temperature difference? A brain that always scored 0 on exams was not enough to understand these words.

Shizi walked in front of Hongxia in a happy mood. The sound of waves lapping could be heard in his ears. In tune with the rhythm of the waves, Shizi hummed the melody that Liang had just composed.

"Little Shizi has been very happy recently." Hongxia said casually. Shizi's relaxed mood was easily contagious to others, allowing them to temporarily put aside their confusion.

Hearing Hongxia's words, Shizi stopped and looked up at the wandering clouds: "Well, I find it strange too. After all, I was not like this before."

The changing clouds touched her heart, and Shizi suddenly felt a little uneasy.

"Actually..." Shizi's voice suddenly deepened, "When I first met you, my interactions with you were a bit of a performance."

Hearing this, Hong Xia turned around, her expression not at all surprised: "Well, I can see it to some extent. The little Shizi at that time was completely different from the little Shizi I knew at the beginning. Even if there was a change, it wouldn't be so fast."

Shizi turned his head and looked at Hongxia's mov-ing lips under her eyes.

"But it's different now, right?" Hong Xia's expression was as warm as the sun. "I believe that Xiao Shizi has truly changed now."

Shizi looked into Hongxia's eyes. She responded to Hongxia's trust with a natural smile: "Yeah. It has changed."

"So what changed you?" Hongxia walked up to Shizi and looked at her. "Did you end the band?"

"Ending the band?" Shizi raised his head and rubbed his chin. "Of course, of course, I will be different from usual when the band is over, but it should be more than that."

The summer sun reflected in her eyes: "I think another reason is that it's summer vacation now."

Summer vacation? Hong Xia opened her mouth slightly. So this little girl thought she was on summer vacation?

"Is summer vacation important to you?" she asked curiously.

Shizi then walked forward: "No, it used to be just a normal longer vacation."

"I used to be a stay-at-home. I had no friends or people who shared the same interests with me. I stayed in my room every day during the summer vacation." Shizi recalled his past life and smiled bitterly.

"It's not that I'm unhappy being a nerd in my room - many anime, games, and novels have left important marks in my heart. But when I think of these memories, I think of the corresponding works, not the summer vacation itself."

"A summer vacation that I will remember for the rest of my life has never happened."

Hongxia listened quietly beside her.

"Hongxia, there is a game called "Summer Pockets", which allows me to see a different summer vacation." Shizi changed the subject, "Everyone spends the summer on an island, surrounded by familiar and friendly friends. Every day is ordinary and interesting. There is no need to worry about stress or worries. It seems like the summer will never end."

The campsite came into view. Some were setting up tents, some were picking wild vegetables and fruits, and some were making a fire.

Shizi looked at the scenery and said, "This is my first summer vacation spent with friends."

"I think maybe I can spend a summer like that with you guys!" Shizi suddenly turned to Hongxia, took her hand and ran.

They ran to a tent where several musical instruments were placed, including a keyboard, which was already connected to a power source. There was no one in the tent.

Shizi stood behind the keyboard and raised her hands. The melody flowed under her fingers.

That was the theme song of her favorite game. It was a song that was both peaceful and sad, and full of nostalgia.

Everyone was gradually attracted by the sound of the piano. The depression in their hearts was gradually brought out by the melody. But Shizi just closed her eyes and immersed herself in the performance.

The song ended quickly. Shizi opened his eyes and saw everyone gathered around him. Some of them even had tears in their eyes.

Shizi put one hand on his waist and pointed his right hand at everyone: "You, are hiding something from me. This thing makes it impossible for you to smile."

She smiled.

"But this is my summer vacation! I'm invincible during summer vacation!"

"In order to create a perfect summer vacation, I, Wu Shizi, promise you here——"

Shizi pointed at Roselia, at the end band: "Before the end of summer vacation, I will make you--" She raised her fingertips high, pointing to the zenith.

"Smile again!"

Everyone was slightly stunned by this sudden announcement.

Shizi's eyes suddenly flashed and she fell backwards. Before anyone could react, she had already fallen into a sponge.

"That was a close call..." Shizi stood up and dusted herself off. She saw everyone surrounding her.

"Why are you all looking at me?" She felt uncomfortable all over.

Saya spoke strangely, "You suddenly said something about making us smile before the end of summer vacation... To be honest, I thought I saw another acquaintance."

"Huh? That's what she said?" Shizi looked at the others and they all nodded.

The corners of Shizi's mouth twitched.

"……Ha ha."

"Hahahahahahaha——" Shizi suddenly raised his head and laughed.

"Xiao Shizi?" Hong Xia immediately waved in front of her eyes, "Are you okay?"

“Hahahahaha…” Shizi continued to laugh, even holding his stomach, “Ha…ha…ha…”

She raised her head, still with a twitching smile on her face, but her eyes seemed to be filled with something: "Okay, come on then."

"What's coming?"

"Let me help her. I'll also try to make you smile."

The afterglow of the setting sun shone on Shizi's face.

"Um..." Sayo raised her hand, she chose her words carefully, "I wonder if you know a band called Hello Happy World?"

“Big fan.”

"That's okay."

ps: Please comment~

Chapter 7: Poems for Wishing on the Stars

It was raining heavily. They often encountered heavy rain these days. Everyone huddled in a small cave. The cave was not deep, the exit was about two people high, and the deepest part was just enough to sit, which was only the size of a classroom. However, such a small cave was divided into two rooms, which were separated by soundproof materials when Shizi was still normal. One side was the living area, and the other side served as a temporary recording studio with musical instruments. Today, Roselia was practicing in another place as usual. The band practice had just ended. At this moment, they were gathered at the entrance of the cave with nothing to do.