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

"Thanks a lot." Liang smiled, a rare moment. "Although it took me a while to get used to it, I'm still not used to composing music purely with pen and paper."

"I'm glad I could help..." Rinko also smiled shyly.

The next step is to design the costumes.

The first day of the "End of Summer Project", by the river, on the grass.

"...Um...Yamada-san..." On the blanket, Rinko finally couldn't help but talk to Ryo, "Excuse me...is there anything I can help you with?"

Liang was still staring at Linzi's hands, or more precisely, at the garment she was sewing. She seemed to be talking to herself: "If I do this here, will it be better..."

"Hmm? You mean... where?" Rinko looked at her work again.

Liang stretched out his hand and gestured on the clothes: "Look, if it's like this..."

Gradually, the two began to discuss the topic of clothes. Rinko's initial nervousness slowly faded away. As the discussion progressed, the distance between the two unconsciously began to close.

In the distance, Hongxia and Lisa watched this scene with relief.

"That's great~" Hong Xia sighed. Speaking of which, she and Lisa also became close because of their common positioning, and then because of their similar personalities and common interests. They are also quite similar to those two. But of course they are not as troublesome as those two Yinjiao.

The two of them clapped their hands silently.

Putting down their hands, Ayako and Shiko still looked at each other with tacit understanding. In front of them, the small stage of the bar had been temporarily decorated with various decorations. As always, Shiko was in charge of the stage design, and she also compromised with Ayako's proposal for the first time, making the stage full of Western fantasy style.

“…Is this also Roselia?” Youxina was holding a torch, standing in front of the stage, with a sullen face as usual, and it was impossible to tell what she was thinking.

"Of course!" Ayako jumped to Yukina's side excitedly.

"No, what I mean is..." Youxina was not looking at the stage, but the torch in his hand, "When the time comes, it would be better to replace the torch with an oil lamp."

"The costumes are also...finished." In Rinko's room, the two looked at the two design drafts with satisfaction.

There are still 3 days until the live officially starts.

Chapter 12 Mariachi Band

On the stage, the band practice had just come to an end. Although there was a recording studio, because there was only one drum set, which had always been placed on the stage, the studio was now almost useless. Besides, as a recording studio, the performance of the room could only be said to be just barely adequate. "You can't expect an ordinary student to design a modern standard recording studio, even if there is enchantment." This is what Shizi said.

Anyway, for various reasons, the recording studio has not been used yet, and their band practice is usually held in the bar. It is still the same now.

"Xiao Xiduo, can't you lower the temperature of the flame?" Hongxia wiped the sweat from her face. This is the consequence of using a large number of flame special effects. There is no light on the stage. Because Shizi really doesn't have the spare energy to set up a permanent headlight for the stage. Apart from that, their only light sources are torches, Hongxia and Xiduo. If Hongxia glows all over, or if she is surrounded by torches, it can guarantee the lighting supply for the entire live, but the scene is hilarious just thinking about it. So they can only cram a lot of flame special effects into the performance, ensuring the stage effect while taking into account the lighting. If it really doesn't work, then let Shizi squeeze herself and piece together a jade slip. As for Roselia, they have their own way, but they are still keeping the end of the band a secret.

Kita apologized and responded, "No matter what, this is still fire. Unless I can transform the nature of fire like Goto-san one day, it probably won't work."

"Yu Dai, can you direct the flame a little more towards me during the beginning? It's a bit hard to see." Everyone was still trying to find a way to practice under such conditions.

"Next, let's practice the new song." After practicing for a long time, Hong Xia estimated that the time was about right, "Xiao Xiduo, are you okay?" When she saw the lyrics of the new song for the first time, she covered her chest and fainted.

"Ah...ah? Okay, of course no problem!" Kitaro's face turned red, perhaps because of the fire.

The others naturally had no problem. "Then, one, two, three, four!"

Unexpectedly, Kita sang very skillfully. It was obvious that she must have practiced many times in secret. But… “(Kita, you might as well just watch Ichiri the whole time. It’s not a bother to glance around. Anyway, we all understand. This is also rock and roll…)” Shizi held back her laughter and concentrated on her performance.

"Stop for a moment." Liang said suddenly. When everyone else stopped, she frowned and looked at Shizi: "Shizi, you made a mistake there again."

"Sorry, sorry."

This song was practiced many times. Shizi never played it correctly from beginning to end. It was still the same until the end of the practice time.

"Has she not recovered yet?" Yili was a little worried. If we were to ask who among the five people had the most feelings for this song, it would undoubtedly be Shizi herself. But she still made so many mistakes, which could only be explained by physical reasons.

"Why don't you take a good rest these two days and leave the other preparations before the live to us, or discuss with Roselia and postpone it for a day or two." Hong Xia said.

"No, no need. I just haven't played the piano for a few days and my hands are a little rusty. I can practice for a while by myself." Shizi looked genuinely sorry, and didn't seem to be trying to be brave.

"Hmph~" Kita stared into her eyes for a while before speaking suspiciously, "Don't try too hard. After all, we're just doing a live show to relax."

Everyone else left. Shizi lit a torch and stuck it on the shelf next to him. Liang stayed and asked Shizi one last question: "Did you really not mean it?"

"you guess."

Although he couldn't see clearly in the dim firelight, Liang felt that Shizi deserved a beating at this moment.

"Well, forget it." She sighed and changed the subject, "Have you seen the design drawings I gave you before? Are the costumes ready?"

"Alright." Shizi was already prepared and handed Liang two bags, "This one is ours, and this one is Roselia's."

Liang nodded, took the bag and left. She went to find Rinko. Rinko was naturally in her room. Liang stood at the door and heard the sound of keyboards coming from inside. Unlike Shizi's extremely enthusiastic and even a little heavy piano sound, Rinko's piano sound was steady and powerful, as solid as a rock. Liang stood at the door and did not push it. Even as free as she was, she would not disturb others when they were playing. She did not push the door open until the song was over, and then she walked in carelessly.

"Ah, Yamada-san..." Rinko noticed her and stood up.

"These are Roselia's clothes." Liang handed the bag over. "If you don't mind, would you like to take them out and have a look at them?"

Rinko nodded.

So, the two of them took out the finished product from the bag together. At the same moment, they smiled naturally: "Sure enough, it's a good design."

There are still 2 days until the live officially starts.

When Shiko ran into Yukina by chance, she was thinking about the live.

"Do you think we should give this live a name?" she asked Shizi.

Shizi tilted his head: "You are really enthusiastic about this live."

"Yeah. After all, it's been a while since we performed live. After the last live..." The two looked at each other unconsciously, and then looked away tacitly.

I don't know why, but I suddenly want to fight. Mainly, I want to be beaten by Youxi. But it's a pity that we can't fight here. Shizi's face turned red, but fortunately the darkness here covered everything. She quickly changed the subject: "By the way, how about calling it 'Wandering Band'? It fits our current situation."

"Oh? Is it from that movie?" It wasn't Yukina who answered her, but another voice. Kita lit a flame and walked around the corner.

"Huh? When did you come?" Shizi was almost frightened.

"Just arrived." There seemed to be a hint of joy in Kita's voice.

"(Even if I'm a real person,)" Kita thought proudly, "(One day I'll be able to follow up on Wu's joke... No, why should I be proud!)" Thinking of this, Kita immediately imitated Yukina and frowned. However, this change in expression was seen by Yukina and Shiko because of the light of the fire.

There are still 1 days until the live officially starts.

Until the live performance, Shizi still couldn't play the new song perfectly. She was in good condition on other songs, but when she played this song, she had all kinds of problems.

"Is it really not a big deal? How about forgetting about this song?" Hong Xia, who was literally glowing, frowned and looked at Shizi.

Shizi smiled mysteriously: "Just wait and see."

Chapter 13 Live Day

Roselia was the first to go on stage. "Ichichi-san, there's no need for lighting." Yukina gestured to Nijixia. Puzzled, Nijixia turned off the starlight on her body. Without a light source, how would they perform?

However, when Hong Xia completely extinguished the starlight on her body, she still saw a ray of light.

That is daylight.

To be precise, it was sunlight reflected from the mirrors bit by bit. Hongxia looked at the direction of the light and found that the mirrors were constantly reflecting the sunlight from the outside world and transmitting it to the dark space in the center of the airship. "The ancient Egyptians used this method to illuminate the pyramids." Yukina explained proudly.

However, a glimmer of light was not enough. With a snap of Yukina's fingers, a little flame lit up from four directions. They were four oil lamps, held up by Roselia and the other four people. Under the reflection of the oil lamps, the whole stage was filled with a mysterious and charming atmosphere.

Now, there is enough light. So the show begins.

"(Roselia's performance has improved a lot compared to the last time.)" Hong Xia thought, "(Every live performance is a breakthrough of the last one...)"

"(The musical instruments derived from abilities can do many things that ordinary instruments can't do.)" Ryo heard that Sayo was making perfect use of this, "(We have three of these instruments now. Can we make them as good as them?)"

"(Sure enough, apart from guitar, I still have a long way to go in terms of vocals...)" Kita's ears seemed to have been completely occupied by Yukina's singing.

“(When will I be able to fully demonstrate my skills on stage…)” Ichiri was complaining to himself again for some reason.

On the contrary, Shizi didn't think about anything. She just put her hands together and accepted the baptism from Roselia with emotion. If there was anything she must have thought about, it was - "(Great, no need to say more!)"

The last song, "Thorny Path", a song Roselia had recently written, ended. Yukina looked very relaxed, letting go of all the stress she had accumulated over the past few days.

The ensemble of Rinko and Ryo served as a gap between the two teams. Everyone helped to clear the stage and make room for the organ. The two looked at each other, nodded at the same time, and began to play.

It was as if a torrential rain was pouring down. Shizi felt like she was standing alone in the ark. The flood had lasted for 150 days and nights. The rain of judgment, the rain of anger, the rain of the end, seemed to never stop. The flood would drown the world. Shizi was immersed in the atmosphere of despair and depression, and the haze blocked her throat, making it impossible to speak.

At this moment, the rhythm changed. Shizi saw that the rain in the sky began to stop. The clear sunlight penetrated the layers of dark clouds and shone on her body. The wind of the new century blew around her. The flood began to recede. Shizi breathed in the new air in big gulps. Her soul was metabolizing. The old turbidity had gone with the rainstorm. She was crystal, feather, and spirit-like, flying freely between the transparent sky and earth.

A white dove brought her an olive branch.

This is "The Crow, the Dove, and the Olive Branch".

"Hey~" Hong Xia waved in front of Shizi, "Little Shizi, wake up~"

"Ah!" Shiko suddenly woke up from the world of music. In front of her was Hongxia and the other members of the band. Rinko and Ryo's ensemble had already ended, and now it was their turn. Suppressing a little bit of reluctance, Shiko indicated that she was ready.

"Then let's go on stage together." Although Hongxia was still worried about the new song, since Shizi insisted, she stopped nagging and the two of them stood on the stage together.

"I'll leave it to you guys now." Youxi handed the microphone to Kita, "Don't let me down."

Kita looked at Yukina confidently and nodded heavily: "Yes!"

The first song should be "Guitar, Loneliness and Blue Planet". However, before all the instruments started playing, Xi Duo approached the microphone. The tacit understanding formed by long-term training together made others look at Xi Duo in surprise. This song shouldn't be like this! What is she going to do?

When Kita sang the first note, everyone realized that this was not "Guitar, Loneliness and Blue Planet"! This was their new song - "Time Flows, Triangle Day and Night"!

Kita glanced at Shiko provocatively. Shiko received the message without any words. She raised her lips and matched Kita's steps perfectly. The others woke up as if from a dream and immediately matched the two.

"(The first song is a new song? No, that's not right...)" Yukina noticed something.

At first, there was nothing special. But as the keyboard played, the sounds from other instruments seemed to be pulled by the instrument, and the red notes broke away from it and floated in the air. This was an unprecedented phenomenon! As the notes were peeled off, the whole piece of music became more complete, as if it had always been like this!

Kita hummed in her heart. "(I knew you had something big hidden!)" She sang more and more attentively.

The notes gradually gathered in the air. Shiko seemed to be playing, and also seemed to be directing the notes. Now the feeling she gave to Yukina and Roselia was like - "No way..." Lisa opened her mouth wide.

The notes were arranged in rows in the air, and lines appeared out of thin air, specifying their positions. The newly formed score surrounded Shizi, surrounded the gushing flames, and surrounded everyone in the ending band!

"She's composing music?" Yazi was incredulous. "At the last minute?"

“No,” Yukina pointed out, “the song was already written. She just… brought it to life for the first time.”

Shiko was now playing the song that was most important to her at this moment perfectly. The mistakes she had made during practice, the mistakes she had made to interrupt the song, were all gone, replaced by an unprecedentedly perfect performance. She and Kita were like dragging the other three people, forcing everyone to their own rhythm, driving their bodies to play!

Notes dance with flames!

When the music ended, everyone was panting. It was as if they had played not just one song, but for three consecutive days and nights. In the final tempering of the fierce fire, the score was completely formed, the notes faded from scarlet, returned to plain black, and melted into the pieces of paper that Shizi took out, turning into an ordinary score.

"It's done." Shizi stroked the music score, seeming to be crying and laughing.

"【Corrosion Armament: Love Separation】."

ps: sp animation's cast list... please don't be like that, I'm still waiting to eat your traffic next year qwq

ps: I got the BW ticket, I'm going to see Aisu, wish me happiness

Chapter 14 I mistakenly thought the smell of ink was the scent you left behind

The 15th day after departure, the Kyushu

The song you entrusted to me is finally finished. I'm sorry that I didn't follow through with the original agreement and some of the work was assigned to other people. But please let me explain.

In my last letter, I mentioned Kita's new equipment - [Corrosion Armament: Unsatisfied]. That thing seemed to come from a strong emotion in the heart, manifesting as something that was strongly related to it. In fact, I got this equipment before Kita. No, it was actually just a semi-finished product. That's right, it was the half of the score you gave me. I felt this when I got it. If it is completed, it will definitely grow into a complete Corrosion Armament and become my power. But is that all? Unlike the guitar, can the power of the score be shared with others? During that performance, Ichiri and Kita's improvisation further improved the score. At that moment, I felt that the power of the score was shared with them. So I knew that as long as I let others participate more in the production of this song, they would also be able to share this power. I gave the rest of the song to Liang, specifically asked Hongxia to participate in the composition, and then gave the lyrics to Ichiri - now, this song combines the essence of everyone who ended the band, while protecting everyone at the same time. The song you left behind will help us move forward.

PS I can't think of any reason to include Roselia in the composition... Sorry...

"I feel that as long as I play it completely, the score will be completely formed. Such a good opportunity to show off, of course I have to save it for the live." Shizi said as a matter of course. But the way others looked at her was different. After the live ended, everyone sat at the bar and ate together.

Kita sat on Shiko's left and looked at her speechlessly: "So, this is why you kept making mistakes before? Just to look cool in the live show?"

"Yeah, everyone would do that, right?" Shizi turned to the other side, "Ya Zi, don't you agree?"

"Yes, everyone would do this, right?" Yazi's expression was exactly the same as Shizi's.

"It's a ritual, isn't it?" Lisa said casually as she drew patterns on her omelette rice with ketchup. "So, what is the specific effect of that sheet of music?"

Shizi opened the panel: "My own resistance to filth is +2, and my keyboard skill is +Lv1."

"I'm the same, but my guitar skills are different." Ichiri said.

The same goes for the rest of the band, with +2 resistance to filth and +1 level for each instrument. Kita has his singing skill increased.

"I'm so envious~ Not to mention the filth resistance that I don't even understand what it means, just the level increase in musical instrument skill is already very precious." As the one with the worst skills among the Roselia, Lisa is the most jealous of this bonus.

"Sorry, I will definitely bring Roselia with me next time I have the chance." Shizi clasped his hands together in front of Lisa.

"There's really no need to apologize..."

"There's no need to be jealous," Yukina pointed out. "This bonus may not be effective after we return to reality. If we can't bring it back to reality, it's meaningless."

"That's right." Saya agreed, "The only right way is to improve your skills through your own efforts."