I won't be a loser.

Yoshida Saki was a little surprised. It was the first time someone said this to her.

"Well, there are other things to do, so I'll go back to the classroom."

"Uh...well."

Looking at Xianren who turned and left, Yoshida Saki's eyes were a little hesitant and unconfident. Even though she received recognition from Xianren, she saw that Xianren did not pay attention to her just now, and was even worse than before.

I borrowed some fashion magazines from my mother and put on some light makeup, but now it looks like it has no effect at all.

"Forget it, let's just go back to the way it was before."

With a somewhat lost expression on her face, Yoshida Saki slowly walked to her shoe cabinet, changed into her indoor shoes, and walked towards her classroom.

"Where did you go this weekend?"

Kento had not been in the classroom for long. He was holding his cheek, looking at the blue sky outside the window, thinking about the further development of the story and what kind of ending the heroine would face in the end. When he heard an aggressive question in his ears, he turned around and saw Eriri with a dissatisfied look on her face.

His thoughts were interrupted, and Kento looked at Eriri at his desk, as well as the eyes of the others in the classroom, and he sighed slowly.

"I went out for a walk. What happened? Did you come to see me?"

"I waited for you for half an hour, but you didn't show up. What do you think?"

"It's a pity that I left home in the morning and returned home in the evening."

"Tsk."

Eriri made a dissatisfied "tsk" sound, and after getting the answer from Xianren's mouth, she calmed down a little. She glanced at the eyes around her and adjusted her mood. She stared at Xianren with dissatisfied eyes for a while, and then returned to her seat with her golden ponytails swinging.

As for Kento, he was staring at Eriri's back, not knowing what she wanted to talk to him about yesterday. After watching for a while, he looked at the blue sky outside the window again and continued thinking.

At noon, I simply prepared my lunch and went to the school library.

I want to look in the school library to see if there is anything that can interest me. While killing time, I also want to see if it can inspire my inspiration.

There was no one in the empty library except a girl with long black hair and a white hairband, sleeping on the table. Seeing her sleeping, Xianren couldn't help but lower his footsteps.

He glanced down, and his eyes were suddenly attracted by the pair of slender and well-proportioned long legs under the table, which were tightly wrapped in black stockings but still revealing the flesh.

After staring at the legs for a while, Xianren felt somewhat familiar and had some impression of them.

Looking up at the other person's headband again, Xianren remembered her identity and his expression became a little subtle. He didn't expect to meet her here.

Kasumigaoka Utaha.

She is a talented girl in the school, who always maintains a very good level, at least in terms of academic performance. She is also a writer, and can be considered a best-selling female writer.

Xianren and I can be considered to be in the same line of work, but because of our different types, we don’t really have much interaction with each other. We just know each other as an individual.

His gaze dropped again, and after looking at the other person's legs for a while, Xian silently withdrew his gaze and walked towards the bookshelf with light steps. The beautiful girl was nice, but now he just wanted to find potatoes... no, books.

No longer paying attention to the woman who, for some reason, had slept in the library instead of the infirmary, Xianren quietly looked at the books on the shelf, occasionally taking them down to read the contents. For a moment, he didn't find anything that caught his eye...

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Cherry Blossom Season: 113. I was careless and didn’t dodge

Because of the content of the next volume of the work, Kasumigaoka Utaha, who did not get a good rest last night, originally wanted to take a rest during lunch break. She went to the health room and found that there were already students receiving medical consultations in the health room. She did not disturb the other person and chose to rest in the reading room where there were not many people.

I thought no one would come to disturb me in this place, but after I had been in the reading room for a short time, I heard the sound of the door opening.

Kasumigaoka Utaha closed her eyes, but was having trouble falling asleep. She felt a little annoyed, but she was not going to talk to the person who disturbed her rest. She lay down on the table in silence, pretending that the other person did not exist, hoping that she could fall asleep quickly.

But although she clearly didn't want to pay attention to the person who entered the reading room, the subtle movements made by the other person in the reading room attracted Kasumigaoka Utaha's attention.

After waiting for a while, he found that he was completely awake. He sat up sullenly and looked towards the bookshelf.

Crossing the layers of bookshelves and through the gaps between them, Kasumigaoka Utaha saw the other person's figure, as well as the other person's side profile that was only slightly revealed. Kasumigaoka Utaha clenched her fists slightly, stretched her arms and legs, supported her side face with one hand, and looked at the other person.

Not noticing that she had woken up, the other person stood quietly in front of the bookshelf, as if she didn't exist. He didn't even look at her and was carefully selecting the books on the bookshelf.

This surprised Kasumigaoka Utaha a little. She originally thought that this reading room was just a decoration and there were basically no students coming here on weekdays. Only members of the literature and art club would come here occasionally to look for information because of journals. Now that there was suddenly one more person, Kasumigaoka Utaha became a little curious.

Without making any sound, Kasumigaoka Utaha just quietly supported her side face and looked at the other person quietly. How long would she stay here?

He took the books one by one from the bookshelf, flipped through them briefly, and then put them back in their original places. Xianren did not find the information he needed in the school library. He couldn't help but feel a little bored and put the books in his hands back on the bookshelf in disappointment.

"Are there no suitable works? I guess I should go to a second-hand bookstore to have a look. There might also be suitable works in the bookstore for reference."

There are quite a few books in the library, but unfortunately most of them are... not consistent with the reference materials that the wise man needs. After flipping through them, he gave up searching and quietly walked past the rows of bookshelves, preparing to leave the library and return to his classroom.

"Didn't you find the book you needed?"

But just as he walked out from the bookshelves, a lazy yet gentle intellectual voice came from the left side by the window. He raised his head and looked in the direction of the voice. The girl who had fallen asleep on the desk had woken up.

"I just gave it a quick search, but it seems like there's nothing there. Did I disturb your rest?"

"I just didn't expect anyone to come to the reading room. But, for the time being, it can be considered a short break, which is almost enough."

The girl who was supporting her cheeks slowly lowered her arms and stood up slowly. She walked from the table to the front of the wise man, stared at him carefully for a while, and showed a thoughtful expression.

"I haven't seen your face much. You must be a freshman this year, right?"

"Yes, Kasumigaoka-senpai."

"you know me?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha was a little surprised. She didn't expect that the other party knew her name.

"I've heard about Senior from my classmates. There shouldn't be many boys in Toyo-no-saki who don't know Senior Kasumigaoka."

The affirmative answer made Kasumigaoka Utaha frown. She didn't like those boys discussing this matter, but she also knew that it was a very normal thing. However, she never had any good feelings towards those obscene looks and gazes, let alone being happy about it.

However, the boy in front of her had been behaving quite seriously from the beginning, and his eyes did not look at her up and down like those other boys, which made Kasumigaoka Utaha feel a little calmer.

"your name."

"Miyamizu Kento."

"Nice name, I'll remember it."

As soon as she finished speaking, Kasumigaoka Utaha walked towards the door of the library and disappeared from the sight of Xianren. Xianren, who stayed behind, looked towards the door, not knowing what the other party meant by remembering his name. He glanced at the empty library and also walked towards the door.

When he returned to the classroom, it was almost the end of lunch break. Xianren sat in his seat, feeling that his mind was in a mess. His originally clear thoughts suddenly became chaotic after half a day.

"Nozaki, what do you do when you run out of inspiration and don't know how to continue drawing your story?"

"Huh? Inspiration?"

Umetaro Nozaki, who was sitting at the back table, was also thinking about the story. He suddenly heard the question from the wise man and couldn't help but look at the wise man in front of him, not knowing why he suddenly asked this question.

"Are you planning to become a cartoonist too?"

"I don't have such thoughts, I just asked casually."

"Because the comic book process is very long, I always have a lot of time to think about how to proceed with the next story. In addition, I always pay attention to the source material on a daily basis, so I don't feel troubled by the progress of the story."

Umetaro Nozaki answered Kento frankly that his comic was published monthly, so he had a month to draw and did not need to worry about the plot and progress of the story.

"Plenty of time?"

"Yes, there's nothing wrong with that."

He asked Umetaro Nozaki, but it seemed like he didn't answer anything. He just sat quietly in his seat, while Xianren was lost in deep thought.

But after a moment, Xianren shook his head slightly and looked at Umetaro Nozaki behind him again.

"Did you plan to become a shojo manga artist from the beginning? Have you ever tried writing shojo manga?"

"I tried before, but none of them were suitable. Then an editor recommended shojo manga to me, and that's how I made my debut."

After a conversation with Umetaro Nozaki, Kento learned from him that Nozaki had tried his hand at mainstream comics. He was a little surprised, but after thinking about it, he felt that the fact that Nozaki debuted with girls' comics was more surprising, so he fell silent.

Xianren, who received almost no useful answers from Umetaro Nozaki, quietly sat back in his seat, looked at the blackboard in front of him, and began to think again.

The school bell rang, and Xianren, who was sitting in his seat, watched Kiryu Yuzuki packing up his lecture notes and preparing to leave on the podium. He closed his eyes and thought about what he should do when he got home.

Dole, dole——

The sound of knocking on the table made Xianren slowly open his eyes. Looking at Eriri standing beside his table, Xianren couldn't help but close his eyes and sighed slowly.

"what happened again?"

"You don't have anything to do after school, do you?"

"It's nothing, but could you please not use such a confident tone? It makes me feel like I have nothing to do except go to school."

Opening his eyes again and looking at Eriri who was still standing in front of him, Kento looked at the books on his desk, picked them up casually and put them into his schoolbag.

"But that's the way it is, isn't it?"

"Too."

After putting the books one by one into his schoolbag, Xianren turned his gaze back to Eriri's face.

"However, even if there's nothing going on, I don't have much time to be with you. Even if I haven't made any plans with anyone, I still have my own things to deal with. It's nothing particularly important, so forget it."

"One hundred thousand yen."

"One hour?"

Seeing that she had just opened her mouth and the other party took the initiative to report the time, Eriri was silent for a moment. She felt that the person in front of her was a little different from the person in her memory. She narrowed her eyes and stared at the boy in front of her.

He looked Xianren up and down carefully, which made Xianren feel a little uncomfortable.

"What are you looking at?"

"No, you didn't care so much about money before, did you?"

"Ah."

Kento didn't answer. The reason why Eriri thought he didn't care about money was because he had Sayuri at that time, and Sayuri was responsible for most of the daily expenses.

Sayuri took care of almost everything, including food, clothing, housing, and transportation. She said he was still young and shouldn't have to worry about these material things, so she would often come to his apartment carrying large and small bags...

After glancing at Eriri in front of him, Kento didn't say anything to her and silently picked up his schoolbag.

"Nothing, I'll leave first."

"Three hours."

"..."

Looking at Xianren who had stopped moving, Eriri silently took out her wallet from her pocket, gently picked up the bank card inside, and flicked it in front of Xianren -

The wise man wanted to refuse the other party, as three hours was too long, but he still couldn't say no.

'She gave so much.'

Helplessly, he followed Eriri out of the school. Under the gaze of others, it seemed that the two of them had become a couple. After leaving the campus together, it was under Eriri's arrangement that the two of them went to the bustling port area and came to Ginza, a place that did not quite suit their current physical age.

I went window shopping, dined at a food stall, and enjoyed a top-notch dining experience.

"Hey, unbutton your school uniform a little."

In the private room of the restaurant, after finishing her meal, Eriri suddenly spoke to Kento.

"what?"

"hurry up."

"......"

Not knowing what Eriri was going to do, but after looking down at his school uniform, Kento was silent for a moment, then reached out and unbuttoned two buttons of his shirt.

"so?"

Eriri stood up with a smile, walked slowly to the front of Xianren, squatted down, took out three 'Fukuzawa Yukichi' notes from her wallet, rolled them up, stuffed them into the seam of his shirt, and stood up.

Then he looked at the wise man in front of him and suddenly moved closer to him - chirp.

Caught off guard, the wise man, who was kissed, covered his cheek with his hands and looked at the girl in front of him warily.

"Puchi——Your expression is really funny, just like a little girl."

"Bad taste."

"But it's fun, isn't it?"

Eriri, who was squatting in front of Kento, chuckled as she looked at the boy in front of her and slowly stood up.

"Let's go, it's time to go back."