Iruma-san wants to win the Akutagawa Prize

He began to live as if he were a normal high school student.

He rejected her and Takamatsu Deng's invitation and then went to attend Sumimi's concert.

His attire also became somewhat more somber and formal.

It's like growing up.

It seems like there is no growth.

As if carrying something.

Yet it looks very relaxed and natural.

Shiina Riki didn't understand her own feelings at that moment, but at that moment, she lost the joy that she should have felt when meeting Iruma Hibiki.

So at the very end of the winter vacation, Shiina Riki fell into distress.

The topic of my sister has become a commonplace at the rare family dinners, followed by inquiries about her.

"How was your holiday, Lixi?"

how is it?

Shiina Riki couldn't give an answer.

I could only say in a deep voice that it was fine.

Then, probably to avoid such things, she chose to work at Ring in the last few days of summer vacation.

She had clearly reserved these days when she first planned her vacation, and even made it a high priority.

It's obvious that she is completely busy these days.

Maybe it's just anticipation for something.

Think what will happen.

She used this time as a spare.

The result is——

She had no choice but to choose to work to escape the fear deep in her heart about the approaching school opening day.

Yes, she is going to go to college.

This means that she doesn't have much time left.

Time is running out to prove myself and catch up with my sister.

But what is she doing now?

Wipe the cup?

How to make a tea parfait?

I greet guests when they come, and after finishing my work every day, I just lie down on the bed and fall asleep.

Is this okay?

Shiina Riki didn't know.

She seemed to have lost something in her life, so she didn't smile for a long time when she was with Takamatsu Deng.

The Takamatsu lantern has changed a lot recently.

From the beginning, she was always the one who comforted Takamatsu Deng, but recently the roles have been reversed.

Recently, Tatsuki Shiina has also begun to like looking up at the stars.

Because at moments like that, she always feels a lot more at ease.

-

Just as this anxious and aimless life continued, Shiina Riki also got a brand new school uniform, and the school opening day was approaching.

This day and night.

She faintly heard the sound of chatting coming from outside Ring's door.

That was the sound of Hibiki Iruma and Motoyo Nagasaki chatting.

Is there also Wakaba Mu's?

Then the wind chimes clanged crisply—

Shiina Riki walked to the front desk.

When he saw Hibiki Iruma interacting with Kaname Rakuna, Tatsuki Shiina was stunned for a moment.

-

The day's work lasted a long, long time.

It lasted so long that even Shiina Riki couldn't stand it anymore.

When the notice of leaving get off work came, Shiina Riki couldn't wait to start the final finishing work.

"Senior, leave this to me."

"Ah, thanks."

"Go find Iruma-senpai."

"Next time I'll treat you to dessert."

After saying this, Shiina Riki quickly left, and the junior who received her response smiled and even felt a little surprised.

After all, it was somewhat amusing to see the younger generation, who always had a sullen, serious, and unapproachable look, suddenly show such an expression.

Shiina Riki changed his clothes, combed his hair slightly, took a deep breath, and sent a text message to Iruma Hibiki:

【I am coming. 】

Then she came to the door of the practice room where Hibiki Iruma was and opened it.

The first person she saw was probably Wakaba Mu leaning against the door, and then she saw——

Nagasaki Suyo, Kaname Rakuna and Iruma Hibiki were playing a song she had never heard of before.

Probably at this moment, for Shiina Riki, something was painted with colors again at this moment.

The performance ended, and Wakaba Mutsu, who was leaning against the wall, clapped his hands.

Although his face was expressionless, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised.

"Lixi, you're here."

Hibiki Iruma put down the guitar he had temporarily borrowed.

This guitar is also a good one. It seems that the previous owner was very attentive and tuned it very well. Both the height of the bridge and the feel are excellent.

"Well, what happened?"

Shiina Riki was somewhat surprised by the scene before him.

Then he said something subtly disrespectful.

"Nothing happened, Lixi."

-

The moment Nagasaki Motoyo responded, Shiina Riki's sense of discomfiture reached its peak.

"you……"

"no problem?"

She replied blankly.

This then caused Wakaba Mutsu who was standing beside him to laugh out loud.

"Maybe there are some questions."

Iruma responded with a laugh.

He put down the guitar helplessly and walked towards Shiina Tatsuki.

"I have something I want to tell you."

……

In fact, perhaps, at this moment, Iruma Hibiki had only made a preliminary decision.

He hasn't thought through many things yet.

It was probably more of just encouragement from Nagasaki Suyo.

Many words and many things have yet to be answered.

but--

He couldn't wait to do something.

Just before all this began, Iruma's cell phone suddenly rang, and the ringtone somehow ruined the current atmosphere.

"what……"

The emotions that had been brewing disappeared at this moment.

"You answer it first, I'll wait for you here."

Shiina Riki said this, then walked into the practice room and opened the door.

"Feel sorry."

And Iruma Hibiki also showed an apologetic look, then sighed subtly and took out his cell phone.

【Chihaya Aine】

On his cell phone screen, the name of the person calling was displayed.

It's not a harassing call.

It's not advertising or promotion.

Hibiki Iruma came to the corridor and answered the phone.

“Aine?”

"ring……"

"Well, it's me."

"Can you come to Narita?"

"Narita? The airport? What's wrong? What happened?"

Iruma Hibiki asked worriedly.

"Promise..."

"Yeah, I'll definitely come."

"What happened?"

After Iruma Hibiki's follow-up question, the other end of the phone fell silent.

"I understand. We'll talk about it when we meet."

-

Ending

This is really the most ill-fated volume. It has experienced many things during this period and has been updated intermittently for a period of time. First of all, please allow me to say sorry to everyone who has been following the updates. In short, normal updates will definitely resume in November.

Fortunately, this volume has been successfully completed. There is only the last section left to the planned end of this story. For some reason, I suddenly felt that a long time has passed, but in fact, this book has only been updated for less than a year, haha (

Now we are entering the final paragraph of this story. To be honest, I have never attempted to write such a long book before. My strongest area has always been short and medium-length stories under 70 words, so this can be considered my first attempt. As expected, the feeling of writing a novel is completely different from that of writing a short and medium-length story. I also made quite a few mistakes in the story.

These mistakes even made me question myself at one point, and I even wanted to stop there. But as expected, no matter how bad the story is, it is the author's responsibility to give it an ending.

I will continue to work hard and complete the last part of this story as planned, which is the road to mygo.

All the foreshadowings have been laid, and everyone has more or less grown from past experiences, made some choices and changes.

Finally, thank you all for your company so far, and see you in the next volume.

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