In the anime, who is not a childhood sweetheart?

Kasumigaoka Utaha gave what she thought was the gentlest smile, trotted over to Eriri, who had already mentally labeled her "someone who has a good relationship with Gen Chiye," and spoke gently.

It was summer vacation and there were not many people at the school gate. When Ying Lili heard the call, she naturally understood that the other party was calling her.

She stopped and turned around, watching the other person walk up to her with a smile.

"Excuse me, classmate. Do you know Yuan Qianye?"

Just this one sentence made Eriri's originally happy mood instantly alert.

This kind of thing has happened too often recently, ever since Qian Ye won the national championship and the video of his interview was widely circulated on TV and the Internet!

Not to mention the girls in our school, there are always girls from other schools who sneak into the school when he is participating in the kendo club activities at school, watch him practice sword and become infatuated with him, and some even take pictures secretly without permission.

Occasionally, when they go home together in the evening, Qianye can still be recognized by sharp-eyed girls.

The shy ones will only look from a distance, or at most pass by and nothing happens after that.

The bolder ones have more tricks. Some of them come up to him and talk to him, while others even ask him directly if he has a girlfriend.

What does it have to do with you whether he has a girlfriend or not? It makes me angry just thinking about it!

I just felt that the girl in front of me looked familiar. Could she be one of the girls who had harassed Qian Ye before?

As soon as it comes to her childhood sweetheart, whom she has relied on and admired since childhood, Eriri's little brain starts working at maximum power without reservation.

As soon as Kasumigaoka Utaha asked the question, her smile began to fade away.

Because she saw the little girl in front of her, who was a head shorter than her, was like a Shiba Inu whose food was being taken away. After a brief moment of confusion, she quickly bared her teeth and showed hostility!

Of course, it's just a metaphor, but this sense of déjà vu inexplicably arises in my mind.

In reality, Eriri didn't bare her teeth, as she wasn't a real dog, but she did look at Kasumigaoka Utaha with a wary gaze mixed with a hint of hostility.

"What do you want from Qianye?"

She didn't realize that her intimate way of calling the other person by his name was already an acknowledgement of the question he had just asked.

So the next moment, Kasumigaoka Utaha's face showed joy again, and she didn't care about the vigilance shown by Eriri.

After all, if you think about it carefully, it is not surprising that girls would have this attitude when strangers take the initiative to chat with them.

Kasumigaoka didn't forget her most urgent matter at the moment: "I have something important to discuss with him. Can you give me his contact information, classmate?"

"You're so weird! I don't even know who you are, why would I give you his contact information?"

so annoying!

At this time, Ying Lili was almost completely certain that the woman in front of her was one of the beautiful girls who were attracted by Qian Ye's excellence!

In a sense, it was wrong thinking, but by chance it led to the correct result.

The hostility was so obvious that even Kasumigaoka Utaha, who was being turned down, felt a little unhappy.

But she thought that the person in front of her might have a good relationship with Yuan Qianye, so she endured it and did not show her inner emotions on the surface. Instead, she continued with a fake smile and said, "Sorry, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Kasumigaoka Utaha..."

"do not know!"

"..."

He actually interrupted me. What's wrong with this short-legged dwarf? Why is he so annoying?

Hold it, hold it...

Kasumigaoka Shiyu raised her forehead and continued patiently, "Classmate, do you remember that some time ago, you and Gen Qianye went to a Japanese restaurant to eat together?"

After her detailed reminder, Eriri finally found the source of the familiar feeling she had before.

Eriri looked at her uncertainly, "Are you... that light novel writer... the love metronome... Kasumi Shiko-sensei?!"

Kasumigaoka Utaha blinked in surprise. She didn't expect that the dwarf in front of her had a poor figure, low IQ, and a somewhat irritable temper, but his taste was unexpectedly good.

"That's right, classmate, you read my book too."

"Ah... um... I... because Qianye recommended it, I was curious and bought it on the way home to take a look at it."

Eriri stammered, explaining completely on instinct.

The actual situation was that after she read Love Metronome, she had a preconceived notion that Yuan Qianye said he liked it, and the story and writing style of the novel were excellent.

After reading it, she was so addicted to it that she even thought about using the plot in it to write a pure love novel. In fact, she can be considered a fan of this book.

If a new volume of the novel were to be released, she would probably rush to the bookstore to buy it without anyone telling her otherwise.

"I see." Kasumigaoka Utaha simply responded. No matter what happened to the girl in front of her, her thoughts had not changed from the beginning to the end.

"I talked with Yuan Qianye in the store the other day, and then a few days ago he won the kendo competition and promoted my novel in an interview program. This greatly increased the sales of the novel and helped me a lot. It also means a lot to me."

"Oh—!" Ying Lili clapped her hands. She, who had been paying close attention to Yuan Qianye, realized that this was indeed the case. She understood: "So you came here specifically to thank Qianye, right?"

Kasumigaoka nodded. "That's right. I want to formally and solemnly express my gratitude to him in person."

Under Kasumigaoka's gaze, Eriri's expression became friendly again.

"No... I'm sorry... I thought you were the same as those people..."

"what?"

"Ah, it's okay, it's okay. Then I'll take you to see Qianye!"

Kasumigaoka didn't expect that the dwarf in front of him would be so hostile to him one second and become so enthusiastic the next. He was a little flattered: "Classmate, there's no need to be so troublesome. Just give me his contact information and I can contact him myself."

Eriri waved her hand, her canine teeth showing in her smile, and her cheeks had a cute dimple. "It's okay, it's okay. I was going to look for him anyway. It's not far. He's practicing with swords in the school's kendo club right now."

She now feels that Qian Ye is more and more powerful, and admires him more and more.

Just a casual mention during an interview can help a light novel writer and make the writer so grateful that he or she comes to express his or her gratitude in person.

This strength... is truly amazing!

I guess I will never be able to reach his level of excellence...

"..." Realizing that she was about to meet Yuan Qianye, Kasumigaoka Shiyu took a deep breath and stopped refusing. She also subconsciously straightened her hair and said, "Then I'll trouble you."

----

In the Kendo Club.

As usual recently, Gen Chiye was practicing sparring with Busujima Saeko.

The two of them fought back and forth with equal strength, and the fight was hard to separate.

Their powerful roars were heard from the Kendo Club!

"Gen-kun's swordsmanship has improved again, hasn't it?"

"Indeed, the moves are more sharp and simple. There are no unnecessary movements at all. You can hit whatever you point at."

"Looking at him like this, who would have thought that just two months ago he was being unilaterally beaten by the minister."

"Creatures like geniuses...eh!"

The members of the Kendo Club who were sitting cross-legged on the sidelines knew that they would never be able to reach his level in this lifetime, and they sighed at the same time.

This time, Yuan Qianye won the championship in the national competition.

Fighting against different opponents also gave me some insights.

This realization was gradually digested after he continued high-intensity sparring with Busujima Saeko recently, and after returning home with her to fight against her even more powerful father Busujima Daitaka, and his strength has indeed improved.

During this period, his kendo level has improved rapidly and reached level 6.

In addition to the original "The Extraordinariness of the Traveler (the probability of you encountering various events, whether good or bad, is greatly increased)", a new additional talent is unlocked.

[Ghost Brain: Under the guidance of a renowned teacher and diligent daily training, your reaction nerves have been greatly improved, and you can perform 'combat calculations' and 'action predictions' to a certain extent in actual combat.]

The new talents are extremely useful.

Now when Gen Chiye is sparring with Busujima Saeko, as long as he concentrates, he can clearly feel that everything around him has slowed down.

Of course, it's not as exaggerated as in movies or games, where the protagonist enters a certain area and the passage of time almost stops, and he strolls leisurely amidst gunfire and bullets.

To put it simply, what Yuan Qianye observed was like a normally played movie that was adjusted to 0.8 times the speed.

But this is amazing enough. After all, the duel between masters often only takes a moment.

Before awakening this talent, Gen Qianye faced off against Busujima Saeko, and the two occasionally won and lost.

After awakening, as long as he was careful and focused on winning, his unilateral winning rate soared to 80%.

The same was true when facing her father. Before awakening, her winning rate was almost only 10%, but after awakening, it soared to 50-50.

Such progress in just one night made Busujima Daitaka regard him as a rare kendo genius in a century. He looked at him as if he were a rare treasure and was reluctant to let him go home every night.

As a result, Yuan Qianye didn't dare to go to Dudao's house to disturb them in the past few days, for fear of being harassed by that man again.

In the kendo field, the training ended with Minamoto Chiya slashing Busujima Saeko in the lower abdomen.

The two men came to the sidelines and sat down, taking off their masks.

Busujima Saeko wiped the sweat from her forehead, looked around, and smiled: "I don't see any fans of Minamoto-kun today."

Yuan Qianye shook his head. "Don't be ridiculous, Senior. Not all of them are my fans. Didn't a girl come over yesterday just to get a photo with you and an autograph? Besides, the hype should have died down by now. After all, most people in this society are still rational."

Because he became famous for winning the national competition, when he returned to Tokyo to continue practicing at school, there were always people who came to the Kawanan Kendo Club because of his reputation.

Students, reporters, all of them.

Most of them came for Minamoto Chiye and Busujima Saeko.

Because of these uninvited outsiders, the Sichuan Blue Kendo Club was once very noisy.

But just like Yuan Qianye said, as time passed, the heat gradually subsided, and the past few days have slowly become quiet.

Come to think of it, although it is a national competition, it is only a middle school group after all. It is a pleasant surprise that it can generate heat for a short time like before. This is the normal situation now.

"Um, Busujima-san...!"

A team member called out from the side, probably asking for guidance, so Busujima Saeko stood up and walked over there.

Yuan Qianye took the mineral water, unscrewed it, and took a big sip.

"Qianye! Saeko-senpai!"

Hearing the familiar shout, Yuan Qianye looked sideways.

Ying Lili walked over quickly, carrying something in her hand, followed by another girl with excellent looks and temperament.

The first time he saw the other person, he understood what was going on.

But he maintained a calm expression, as if he didn't notice the girl behind her, and his eyes only met Eriri's.

"You've worked hard practicing. Here's a freshly made red bean cake for you. The red bean filling is very soft and glutinous, and it's really delicious."

"Thanks, Eriri. I was a little tired, and I was just thinking about replenishing my sugar intake when you came."

Yuan Qianye smiled and thanked him.

At this time, Kasumigaoka Utaha, who was following behind her, stared at Yuan Qianye's face. She took a deep breath to suppress her heartbeat, coughed lightly on purpose, and slowly took a step forward.

"...Hmm? Teacher Kasumi Shiko."

Seeing Minamoto Chiya's apparent surprise, Eriri quickly acted as a megaphone to explain, "Chiya, we just ran into each other at the school gate. Teacher Kasumi Shiko said she saw you promoting her novel on a TV show and wanted to thank you in person, so I brought her here."

Yuan Qianye stood up and said, "Is that so... But there's no need to bother Teacher Kasumi Shiko with such a small matter."

Kasumigaoka shook her head vigorously: "No, this is extremely important to me. I am really grateful to you..."

She bowed her head heavily and bent at a ninety-degree angle.

Ying Lili was smiling at the side. She felt that she had done a good thing. Although it was just a very insignificant thing like leading the way, she was still helping others.

Yuan Qianye stepped forward and helped Kasumi No Oka up. He had other utilitarian purposes in mind, and he felt a little embarrassed by her formal greeting. "Teacher Kasumi Shiko, you really don't have to be like this. I was just mentioning it casually at that time..."

"My name is Kasumigaoka Utaha. Gen... classmate, you don't have to call me teacher anymore. I'm not a great person myself, and I don't deserve the title of teacher."

Kasumigaoka Utaha paused, staring at Yuan Qianye who was standing in front of her. She could not help but take a deep breath as she smelled the slight sweat coming from his body after exercising.

"What you thought was a casual remark actually brought my novel, which was about to be cut short, back to life. It was the first published novel that I poured my heart and soul into... It's so important to me... It's no exaggeration to say that it's my child. So, I'm truly grateful to you.

Even if it's just a reward, if there's anything I can do to help you, please feel free to ask, I won't refuse."

Having said that, Kasumigaoka lowered her head once again.