Want to be human, but cube-like

"Didn't you go with them?"

She had never heard of this before, and only knew that Lena was currently living with her grandmother.

However, Lena rarely talks about herself. In fact, she is extremely quiet. Before you get to know her completely, communicating with Lena is an extremely difficult task.

"Because I want to form a band, I want to convey the sound of the guitar to my grandmother."

Shaking her head, Lena explained.

"Like This……"

Giving up the opportunity to travel abroad with her parents for the sake of her guitar and grandmother is, undeniably, quite in line with Lena's style.

"Now, I also want to convey this to Ellie, to Aine, and to Shoko."

Then she added another sentence.

"It has been successfully delivered!"

With a slight smile, Aine patted Ryuna's head and said softly.

"But the band is about to end."

But the latter was not pleased by her words; instead, she lowered her head.

Even the cats around her seemed to sense Lena's change in mood, and came over, meowing as if trying to comfort her.

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P.S. Well, although I haven't watched all twelve episodes yet, just reading everyone's comments is already making me laugh.

This isn't a classic. After Kakimoto wrote a bunch of nonsensical stuff for his own amusement, he realized he couldn't make sense of the ending and didn't know how to wrap things up, so he just presented everyone with the script for "Unicorn" verbatim, trying to gloss over the situation, making everyone feel like they'd jumped out of a timeline.

Volume 1: Chapter 181 The Genius Cat Guitarist

what……

Aine began to feel a sense of helplessness.

In fact, they never said it was a band.

Aine has always emphasized to passersby during the MC segment of her public ensemble performances that the three of them are only a temporary group.

However, Lena seems to share the same belief as everyone else that this is a band.

However, after spending more than a month together, the three of them had already become quite familiar with each other and worked out to a considerable degree.

They usually behave much like a band, and they're only one official announcement away from becoming a real all-girl band.

Alex never cared about such things, while Aine, the only one of the three who could manage the band's affairs, had never admitted to it because she was worried that she would leave sooner or later and didn't want to be so irresponsible as to keep everyone by her side only to leave suddenly.

But now it seems that this approach is really unfair to Lena.

"But didn't I say from the beginning that I might not be able to stay here indefinitely?"

Aine was still trying to make Rakuna understand that this was a decision that had already been made and could not be changed.

She still prefers to go abroad to London.

After all, this way, Aine can avoid a lot of questions that she needs to explain to everyone.

Moreover, when Alex invited Aine to join their ensemble, Aine told them that she would be going abroad to study in two months.

At that time, Lena said nonchalantly that as long as it was interesting, that was fine.

But now, she seems reluctant to let Aine leave.

"Back then, all we needed was Ellie."

Upon hearing Aine's words, Lena pursed her lips, her expression somewhat unhappy.

"I want to know why Ellie was able to find her place so quickly."

As she spoke, she looked up at Aiyin.

"But Ellie's destiny is with Aine."

These words immediately stunned Ai Yin.

"If Aine leaves, Ellie will be bored."

Lena continued talking.

"I'll start having trouble breathing again."

Her tone became somewhat dejected, and although her face still showed little expression, a hint of confusion appeared in her beautiful heterochromatic eyes.

Before she knew it, Lena had grown to like everyone at the burger joint.

Ellie, Aine, Xiangzi—not one of them can be missing.

If I can't convey the feelings of the guitar to them, then things will go back to the way they were before.

It was clearly a place I had finally found after a long and difficult journey.

"what……"

With a sigh, Aine never imagined that Rakuna would view them in this way.

"Really..."

Muttering something under her breath, Aine stood up, supporting herself on her knees with both hands.

"I'll think about it some more... Little Lenai, don't think about this for now. Come on, I'll treat you to a matcha parfait!"

Out of a desire to make up for what she felt she owed, Aine said with a smile.

She calculated her secret stash of money.

It's only the beginning of the month, and I just received my allowance, which should be enough.

However, this would take her one step further away from her new computer.

It's a pity about the games on my hard drive; it looks like I'll have to wait a while before I can play them again.

Her beautifully dressed-up game character, her daughter, will have to wait a while longer to meet her.

However, recently, since meeting Alex and the others, most of Aine's free time has been taken up by her various social activities. Even with the new computer, it's hard to say whether she still has time to play games.

……

With Lena by their side, the two of them strolled back to the vicinity of the hamburger shop.

But Aine didn't take Lena to their usual coffee shop, nor did she go back to the burger joint. Instead, she took Lena's little hand and led her into the ring across the street.

After all, Aine hadn't made a decision yet. After hearing what Rana said, she wanted to give herself a little more time to think carefully about what to do.

Therefore, she decided to postpone her meeting with Alex for the time being.

"Xiao Lenai, I heard that there's a cafe inside this newly opened livehouse, and there are also many shops. It feels like a small shopping mall. It's been open for so many days, and it's right across from the burger shop, but I haven't been here yet. I wonder if the desserts here will be as good as everyone says."

Ai Yin took out her phone, waved it in front of Le Nai, and showed her some reviews of the Ring brand. She smiled and said.

"Ellie's matcha is delicious."

Lena shook her head and retorted.

However, she did not refuse Aine, after all, whoever pays the money gets to decide.

"You have to try other stores sometimes, right?"

As Aine spoke, she looked around.

They quickly found the coffee shop on the second floor, and she enthusiastically led Lena up there.

“Welcome~”

As soon as I entered, I heard a gentle greeting coming from behind the counter.

"Hmm~ I wonder if they have any special drinks here?"

Aiyin was still secretly thinking about whether she could order a more unique drink, take a picture, and post it on her social media to show her friends and classmates.

"Ah...! Is that Xiao Le Nai?"

Then she heard the receptionist suddenly shout.

"Eh?"

Ai Yin was taken aback, and then turned her attention to the woman in front of her who was wearing work clothes and had short, flaxen hair that reached her shoulders.

"Rinrinko".

Lena remained completely unfazed and simply called out softly.

"Do you know each other?"

Somewhat surprised, Ai-yin lowered her head and whispered in Le-nai's ear.

"Nice to meet you. My name is Maji Rinko. I used to work at the livehouse run by this child's grandmother. However, I haven't seen Rina for a while since the manager closed the space."

Although she didn't hear what Aine said, Rinrinko still smiled and introduced herself to her.

"Ah...! Nice to meet you. My name is Chihaya Aine. I'm Rana's friend. Please take care of me."

Hearing Rinrinko say that, Aine quickly responded as well.

"Isn't Xiao Le Nai a difficult child to understand? You all work so hard all the time."

She knew Lenai very well and smiled faintly.

"Hehe, actually, Xiao Le Nai is quite cute like this..."

Recalling how Rakuna would let her touch her head, pinch her cheeks, and scratch her chin whenever she fed her matcha desserts, Aine glanced sideways and chuckled somewhat shyly.

"Is Xiao Aiyin a member of the band she formed with Xiao Le Nai? Hmm, I think there was also a silver-haired girl?"

Rinrinko raised her hand and tapped her chin with her index finger, recalling for a moment.

"That's wonderful, little Lenal."

Her smile was gentle; she was genuinely happy for Lena.

“I was worried because the store manager told me that you hadn’t touched a guitar since you closed Space two years ago. But I was relieved to hear that Xiao Le Nai finally agreed to play the guitar again a little over a month ago.”

"Because I found an interesting girl."

The single-minded Lena seemed to have stopped paying attention to the topic that Aine had talked about with her in the parking lot. She nodded and replied.

Meanwhile, Ai-yin, listening to their conversation, felt a sense of helplessness.

It feels like she's the only one left stubbornly denying the fact that they, as a trio, are a band.

But did Xiao Le Nai actually have a two-year hiatus from playing guitar?

I only started playing guitar again a little over a month ago...

Recalling her first meeting with Lena more than a month ago, and the scene of hearing her play the guitar for the first time, Aine couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

That's terrifying...

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PS It was only in this chapter that I finally explained why Lena had been so insistent on forming a band with Alex. Even though only a day had passed, Alex, who in Lena's memory had been struggling to breathe, suddenly seemed to have found a home after spending the day with Aine, and his whole being felt at ease. She was both curious and envious.

I'm actually quite curious how Lena usually pulls that little cart with effects pedals and a guitar strapped to it up to the second-floor cafe of Ring. I didn't see any escalators or elevators in the show, and I didn't see them in the game either.

Also, Ring didn't officially open for business until April 1st. It was also on that day that Maomao, after being comforted by Rinrinko, started playing guitar again at Ring. I moved Ring's opening date forward to early March, just to say it was a butterfly effect caused by Alex coming to this world, like how the workers across the street ate food from the burger shop and instantly became energetic and efficient at work, etc.

Volume 1: Chapter 182 Who's there?

"This is your set meal. Please take care and welcome to visit again."

Xiangzi handed over the paper bag containing the hamburger meal and watched the customer leave with a smile.

This was the last customer of the day.

"call……"