You are Toyokawa Shoko, then who am I?

"Another question."

Kaname stretched out her slender index finger and blinked her beautiful big eyes continuously.

"Alright, let's switch to history, which is something Lena is good at. However, since we're switching to a subject she's good at, the next questions won't be as basic."

Toyokawa Sho turned around and smiled.

"it is good."

Lenai nodded vigorously.

"It's well known that Sakamoto Ryoma is skilled in swordsmanship and is also known for his fondness for pistols. When Teradaya was attacked, he drew his gun and fought back. May I ask which company produced the firearm he used? 30, 29..."

It seemed as if someone had devilish horns growing out of their head.

They actually used such an obscure and unpopular question, which is not even a history question, to challenge an ignorant junior high school student.

"Bullying..."

Seeing herself eating a whole plate of matcha parfait, her fantasy was shattered, and Kaname's eyes misted up.

"How could that be? It's just that the topic is a little unpopular, and eating too much cold food will upset your stomach."

Toyokawa Sho slowly reached for another cup of matcha parfait, "Then, I'll leave this one for Shinji-nee."

"No."

The cat was still pulling hard.

"If You Want It, Then You Have TakeIt,"

Toyokawa Sho perfectly imitated the voice of a certain silver-haired man with slicked-back hair who liked to sit on a chair at a food stall. "If Lena can translate this, I'll give you all these matcha parfaits."

“If.If…”

Kaname Rakuna grabbed the pen, her eyes blinded by the matcha parfait, and she was bewitched by someone into the hell called English.

the other side.

Shiina Riki and Yamada Ryo were standing together at the bar, continuing to learn about coffee by watching a video. Both of them looked at the two people who were tutoring in the corner.

Yamada Ryo looked at Shiina Riki, who was almost glued to the person but didn't say a word, and said, "I can play with my junior again and help you find out."

"what?"

Li Xi turned his head and was stunned for a moment before realizing that Yamada Ryo was talking about Toyokawa Sho and Kaname Rakuna. He then shook his head and said, "It has nothing to do with clothes."

She knew that Toyokawa Sho went shopping for clothes with his boss yesterday, so in her opinion, there was nothing wrong with Toyokawa Sho and Kaname Rana wearing the same clothes, and she didn't take Kaname Rana's current affection for Toyokawa Sho seriously.

First of all, she and Toyokawa Sho are just friends, and she has no right to say anything about which girl Toyokawa Sho is close to. Secondly, putting Lenai and Toyokawa Sho together is just a pure brother and sister relationship. I really can't understand what there is to say about this.

Furthermore, she had seen Kaname Rakuna in the records of the parallel world before. In other words, Kaname Rakuna was very likely to be someone who had a deep relationship with Toyokawa Sho in the future, just like her.

If that's the case, then there's nothing to worry about.

She thought it was a good thing that Rakuna was there to help soothe Toyokawa Sho.

Although I do feel a little uncomfortable.

But compared to what Toyokawa Sho felt, this discomfort was nothing.

Yamada Ryo blinked, quite surprised by Li Xi's answer.

She always thought that Li Xi was jealous because he put on a worried and cold face, and felt uncomfortable that the boy he liked was wearing couple outfits with another beautiful girl.

It turned out not to be the case?

She lowered her eyes, thinking about something, then raised them again, looking back and forth between Riki and Toyokawa Sho, and finally understood the answer.

"I see. My junior may not be in a good mental state, and you are worried about him."

...Why is this person so insightful?

Li Xi widened his eyes slightly, leaned back a little, and looked at Yamada Ryo with surprise.

She opened her mouth and instinctively wanted to refute something, but the words she had said in front of Su Shi before flashed before her eyes, along with the memories of being with Toyokawa Sho over the past few days.

She calmed down, and her lavender eyes showed a look of calmness.

"Correct."

"Then why don't you go and comfort him yourself?"

Yamada Ryo looked at Rakuna who seemed very happy to be with Toyokawa Sho, "Compared to others, can't you do it yourself?"

"..."

Li Xi didn't reply.

Just looking at the two people in the corner.

She tried to put herself in Lenai's place, and felt a strong joy in her heart. She couldn't help but take a step forward, wanting to take a step towards this vision, but finally took it back silently.

"I... am not very good at speaking, nor do I know how to comfort people. Even that wild cat knows how to accompany him better than me."

Li Xi whispered, "Perhaps in the future, my interactions with him won't be as many as I imagined, and I'm sure there won't be only me."

"To him, I wasn't any special person, just a drummer from the same band he used to be in."

Yamada Ryo listened quietly without saying anything against it. He just picked up the milk carton next to him and prepared to make latte art on the brewed coffee.

"But that song 'The Old Man and the Sea' was written especially for you."

Li Xi turned her head and couldn't help but exclaimed. If Yamada Ryo hadn't told her, she had never thought about this question.

The Old Man and the Sea...

Is this a song Xiang gave to himself?

Or, in the eyes of others, is "The Old Man and the Sea" a song that Xiang made specifically for me...?

Lixi recalled what Rinrinko had said to her, and also recalled the scene where Toyokawa Sho argued with the boss in the practice room that day and asked the boss to include her. Her head was buzzing and her expression was confused.

Yamada Ryo looked at Li Xi in a daze and did not continue talking, but started talking about his own story.

"I used to be in a band, but everyone gradually became obsessed with catering to the masses and abandoned their own style. The youthfulness and honesty that touched my heart at the beginning seemed to have become a fantasy that only I remembered, so I quit the band."

As she spoke, she made flower arrangements on her coffee.

"For a long time afterwards, I didn't think about forming a band again, because I felt that even if I joined someone else's band, the ending would be the same as before, and the initial excitement would turn into a cliché of succumbing to the world. However, this idea was eventually broken because I met you."

"……us?"

Li Xi was stunned and said, "Me and Xiang?"

"Ah."

Yamada Ryo nodded.

At this moment, a perfect latte art has been drawn on the coffee cup in her hand. This is her first success of the day.

"I really like your song 'The Old Man and the Sea'. I feel from you that you will not cater to the masses, but let the masses cater to you. You have the ability to do so and have proved it. Before I encountered this song, I never thought that such a beautiful song could be assembled with just guitar and drums."

"This is all Xiang's work. He was responsible for the arrangement and lyrics. I was just playing the drums in the background."

Li Xi lowered his head and cleared himself of all charges.

"But, if it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been able to create The Old Man and the Sea."

Yamada Ryo looked at Shiina Riki and said, "I told you, this song is yours. That day on stage, it wasn't just your junior students who were pushing you to perform beyond your expectations; you were also inspiring their potential."

"Because of you, my junior is so dazzling. And because of you, your drum beats are so clean and sharp. It is because of this that I decided to come to this store and form a band with you guys."

"..."

Lixi opened her mouth slightly. She had been staring at Toyokawa Sho's brilliance, so much so that she never thought that she, who was able to stand next to Toyokawa Sho, was actually also a dazzling person.

She was thinking about what to say, but the realization of a key word suddenly woke her up.

"Wait, the band?"

Li Xi's eyes widened, "You want to form a band with us?"

"Ah."

Yamada Ryo nodded and took a sip of the coffee she had made. "You don't have a bassist, do you?"

"……some,"

Riki thought of Nagasaki Suyo, suppressed the urge to sigh, and emphasized to Yamada Ryo, "We have a bassist."

"What about her?"

Yamada Ryo tilted his head.

"..."

Li Xi remained silent.

Yeah, where's the bassist.

"It seems like the bassist doesn't take you guys seriously,"

Yamada Ryo saw the general connection, "Is her technique good?"

"……Okay."

Li Xi thought about it.

"It's okay, just okay. It seems that he is not as good as me."

Yamada Ryodo, "A bassist who doesn't value you as much as I do and whose skills are not as good as mine—"

"enough."

Li Xi interrupted Yamada Ryo before he finished speaking.

Although she was unhappy with Nagasaki Suyo, she was especially angry at Nagasaki Suyo for saying such excessive words to Toyokawa Sho that day.

But as she said that day, sooner or later she would make Nagasaki Suyo also recognize Toyokawa Sho.

What she really thought in her heart was that she wanted Nagasaki Soyo to be the bassist instead of Yamada Ryo.

But the idea wasn't that strong.

Her obsession with rebuilding Crychic now mainly comes from the fact that it can make Toyokawa Sho feel at ease. If one day Toyokawa Sho no longer wants Nagasaki Suyo, she will no longer consider Nagasaki Suyo.

But she knew that Toyokawa Sho would not give up Nagasaki Suyo.

Just as she still regards Nagasaki Suyo as a friend in her heart.

"Sorry, let's not talk about this topic anymore."

Looking at Riki's complicated expression, Yamada Ryo immediately understood that this unknown bassist must have a complicated story with Riki and Toyokawa Sho.

So she stopped talking about this matter and brought the topic back to "The Old Man and the Sea".

"Putting aside other matters, I personally think that you should think carefully about your position in the eyes of your junior classmates."

"If I were a junior, I would never give the song 'The Old Man and the Sea' to an unimportant person, and I would not even confront my boss about recording the song."

"You think you are not special in the junior's heart, but the junior may not think so. Maybe in his heart, you are actually very important."

Done.

Yamada Ryo said nothing more.

She herself was surprised that she actually spoke so much today, but she soon found the answer to why she did so.

Because she cares about these two people and wants to form a band with them, she will naturally devote her energy to them, hoping to help them solve their problems.

Ok……

Is this considered repaying a favor to my junior?

Yamada Ryo thought silently.

Lixi also fell silent. She lowered her eyes and quietly thought about what Yamada Ryo said to her.

This is also the time.

Toyokawa Sho came over with a tray.

"Lixi, Senior Liang, would you like matcha parfait?"

"eat."

Yamada Ryo replied almost instantly, "Why not want something that's right in front of you? I have to."