Hikigaya Hachiman is still in the dark

"Forget it." I shook my head.

Not every wait in the world is meaningful, let alone waiting without a specific goal. But every time I look at Mr. Hiratsuka, I can't help but think -

One day, Hiratsuka Shizuka's prince charming will surely appear.

"By the way, remember to work with me to arrange for you to be an assistant." Mr. Hiratsuka said happily to me as I was leaving. It was just a sincere word. Can you not be happy for so long...

"It's even a question of whether they will come." I said after a moment of silence. After all, Hai Zhixing cried last time. Girls of this age should be easily frustrated.

“I will go.” Teacher Hiratsuka looked at me with moist eyes, as if he could see through the worries in my heart: “You are all children that I watch over, equally gentle and correct, equally treating others at a distance similar to parallel lines, and equally, after taking off your disguises, you only have kindness that makes people feel warm.” Could this person please not always praise others so nonchalantly, it makes people feel embarrassed!

"It's not as you said..."

Chapter 17 My chest feels a little stuffy

Teacher Hiratsuka didn't seem to want to hear me continue. She simply waved her hand and said, "Okay, forget about the Hachiman language. Go back to work."

So, who can tell me what Hachiman language is?

When I got to the vending machine, I ordered a can of my favorite MAX coffee, opened the pull ring of the can skillfully, and then flicked the pull ring. Sure enough, I still didn't win the prize. I shook my head and started to drink the coffee in small sips.

Although not winning once is not a big deal, not winning for so many years is a big concern. From the perspective of probability, this is obviously unscientific. Is this an example of human science being wrong? Otherwise, why did I not get any rewards even though I have changed three CEOs and still stick to MAX coffee? Over the past few years, the MAX coffee cans I have consumed can be connected to go around Chiba! Such efforts have not received equal returns at all...

Sure enough, can equivalent exchange only exist in the world of a certain alchemist? However, if giving is for the sake of return, then giving itself is a fake. Such giving is nothing more than an imposed expectation, expecting others to return, expecting others to respond to one's own feelings, and expecting the world to operate according to the laws that one knows.

Such expectations are really annoying. I took a big sip of coffee like a drunkard, and I choked because I drank too hard.

I really hate it that I nonchalantly crushed the pride of Sea Star in my own way, nonchalantly helped Sea Star recognize his mistakes in my own way, and then expected Sea Star to understand me.

When did I take this for granted? I clearly used to hate people who make definitions on their own, and who help others without considering the other person's thoughts. This is what I hated the most.

"Ye Shan, are all gentle people like this in the eyes of others?" I looked at the clear sky in the distance, and Ye Shan's face became clearer and clearer in my mind.

It was the same when I went out with Orimoto that time. Ye Shan took the initiative to call Yukinoshita and the others over. Maybe he was expecting Orimoto and the others to change their views on me, and he was expecting me to accept other people's kindness and truly understand me.

You are so self-righteous. In the end, we ended up parting on such a bad note. There should be a limit to how much you can repay me without caring about your own image.

By the way, that night my bicycle was blown down by the cold wind and was pressed to the bottom.

I have good intentions, hoping to enlighten my students in my own way, which is different from that of teacher Shizuka Hiratsuka. At the same time, I am also evil, and I use my own way to brutally and ruthlessly pierce the world of a high school girl.

My chest feels a little stuffy.

"It seems that the first teaching has failed." I threw the finished coffee into the trash can not far away, but the can did not respond to my expectations and fell on the lawn next to it. I had to walk over and pick up the can with my hands and throw it back into the trash can: "Sure enough, rushing for success will be counterproductive? Let me take a few more steps and give it a try."

"Bring some comfort items back. Hai Zhixing seems to like drinking black tea, and Yuzaka seems to prefer orange juice." I said this and pressed the button.

Standing in front of the office that the school gave me for publishing the school magazine, I heard the laughter of Tamasaka-san. As expected, this guy is always so energetic! In comparison, the response of Umi no Hoshi was much colder. She seemed to be busy working, and from time to time, there were bursts of tapping sounds on the laptop.

I took a deep breath and pushed open the door. The air in the room seemed to pause because of my entry. Umi no Xing and Tamasaka stopped what they were doing and looked at me. I walked to my usual seat as naturally as possible, and after sitting down, I put the two cans of drinks I bought on the table.

"Is this for us?" Tamasaka asked me in a low voice.

"Well, take it as a comfort gift." I responded pretending not to care, my eyes secretly looking at the Star of the Sea.

"Really? Thank you, Mr. Hikigaya. I prefer orange juice. It seems that Kozo also likes black tea." Tamasaka took the drink in front of me with a smile, and then handed the black tea to Umi no Hoshi.

"I'm indeed a little tired after working for so long. Thank you, teacher." Hai Zhixing took the tea and thanked me politely.

"It's okay." I breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the relationship between us should have eased a little.

"Teacher, this is a rewrite of the last composition." Hai Zhixing said as he gave the notebook to Tamasaka, and then Tamasaka handed it to me. We are in the same office, so you can just hand it to me directly. Isn't that really not troublesome?

"Teacher, Xiaozou has reflected on her work. She tried very hard to ask for my opinion and then made some revisions..."

"Xiaoyou, we agreed not to tell this." Hai Zhixing interrupted Yuzaka hastily. That's right, it would be embarrassing if such a deliberate thing was exposed in front of her.

"It's just a normal modification based on normal people's thinking. You don't have to take it too seriously." Hai Zhixing said and started to concentrate on his work again.

This guy seemed to have reflected seriously, so I opened the homework book with expectation.

There were no major changes to the article, which still contained passages describing how youth is a fake. However, she deleted the meaningless lines about shattering the false youth and replaced them with lines about looking forward to reality.

"I would like to give full marks, but according to the guidelines of the education syllabus, I really can't give a very high score."

Star of the Sea sighed and muttered, "As expected, RB education is to grind thoughtful children into adapting to the rules bit by bit. It's like making canned food. Social workers with no characteristics are just like making canned food."

"Eh? Are we being canned now?" Tamasaka seemed to have thought of something bad, and slammed the table in panic.

"Tamasaka-san, please use your brain to think about it. I was just using a cryptic metaphor. It's not as scary as you think." Hai Zhixing explained, holding his forehead with his hand.

Tamasaka-san, is she unexpectedly even dumber than Yuigahama?

"Tamasaka-san, Hikigaya-sensei seems to be thinking of something rude!"

"Hey." After hearing this, Tamasaka quickly moved closer to the Sea Star.

"Can you read minds? Please don't speculate on the teacher's thoughts." I put on a stern face and tried my best to show the dignity of a teacher.

"If the teacher doesn't curl up the corners of his mouth when he's daydreaming, there will probably be fewer illusions like people reading his mind." Hai Zhixing said with a little disgust.

Did I smile like Hachiman without realizing it again... Damn it, why is this smile becoming less and less under my control recently? Is it because my life has become more interesting? No way!

"If possible, you should regard it as the teacher's true feelings." I defended myself, deliberately emphasizing my identity as a teacher. Quickly realize that I am a teacher, a teacher with a higher social status than you!

"Such a true outpouring of emotion would probably make the person who coined the term crawl out of his grave and commit suicide."

Is he totally unaware of the class differences? What about this person's respect for the teacher? I'm so sorry, the person who coined the term "true feelings".

"Will someone crawl out of the grave?" Tamasaka seemed frightened again and held Sea Star's arm tightly with his hands.

"No, I'm just exaggerating. Dead people don't crawl out of their graves, so let go quickly. It's very hot when you hold me like this."

Does this person believe everything?

"Tamasaka-san, if you don't leave the Sea Planet quickly, the aliens will capture you." I teased tentatively. If she believed this, then she was really a bit...

"Eh, really, an alien?" Tamasaka let go of Hai Zhixing's hand in fear and ran to my seat in fear. She pulled my clothes like a child. It's over, it feels so cute, and I found an unexpected cute point.

"Teacher, are there really aliens?" Tamasaka shook the corner of my clothes. Her flaxen bun and dark green eyes made her look particularly cute.

Totsuka, please come and save me...

"Of course that's impossible, Xiaoyou, please let go. If you continue like this, Mr. Hikigaya will commit a crime."

"Eh? A crime?" Tamasaka looked puzzled, then looked at me with her moist eyes. Her petite body reminded me of Komachi when she was a child. She nervously grabbed the corner of my clothes and said.

"You can't commit a crime, Mr. Hikigaya."

So cute, almost as cute as half Totsuka. Coupled with her Komachi-like figure, she is almost as lethal as one Totsuka.

However, I roughly understand that what Tamasaka-san needs to correct is not the interpersonal relationship problem like Umi no Hoshi, but rather a simpler, but in some sense more troublesome attribute.

This person is very easy to trust others and has no common sense.

"Hello? Police? There's a lolita control here, um, her name is..."

Don't send your teacher to jail like this! Stop it, Hai Zhixing!

"Huh." Hai Zhixing put the phone on the table: "Xiaoyou, come back quickly and sit in your seat."

"Yeah." Tamasaka responded and returned to his seat.

"Um." I scratched my head and asked, "Is Tamasaka a candidate for the art exam?"

Sobu High School has a system that allows students to be admitted as an exception as long as they have special talents, even if their grades do not meet the admission requirements.

"Yes, Xiaoyou entered Sobu High School as a painting art student."

"Hey, why didn't I receive any special reminders?"

"Xiaoyou's skills are perfect and comparable to those of a master, so the school did not arrange any special courses for Xiaoyou. Xiaoyou said that she wanted to experience the life of an ordinary high school student, so she took classes in an ordinary class."

"Oh, so that's how it is... wait, isn't that super amazing?" I was so surprised that I couldn't help but look at Tamasaka carefully.

Chapter 18: Very Focused

"Really? When Xiaoyou was a child, she had to take a leave of absence from school due to poor health. When she felt bored lying on the hospital bed, she would draw with a pen. Later, a painting master noticed her talent for painting. After that, she received a lot of systematic training and reached her current level within a few years."

"Xiaoyou is a true genius. Although she didn't go out often since she was a child, she could only learn about the outside world through television and novels."

"In other words, this child's worldview?" I sighed helplessly.

"Yes, almost an idiot." Sea Star also sighed in agreement with me.

"How rude! I'm also very good at it." Tamasaka puffed up her cheeks angrily, "I'm very good at drawing."

Since you are an art exam candidate, you must be very good. I know this without you having to tell me. I am just emphasizing your weird worldview.

"Teacher Hikigaya, it's true. If you don't believe me, ask me a question." It seemed that because I didn't respond, Tamasaka thought that I didn't believe her so she hurriedly asked me to ask a question.

"Well, let's take the sea as the theme." It just so happens that I was also curious about her painting skills, so I'll just pose a question. Star of the Sea over there, please don't glare at me. I definitely don't mean to reflect you.

"Hai, right? I understand." Tamasaka said as if to confirm. Then, she took out an empty picture book and a special drawing pen from her schoolbag and started drawing seriously.

Tamasaka was very focused when painting. His eyes were fixed on the drawing board and he hardly moved away. His hands were sketching as if they were dancing. The room suddenly became quiet, with only the sound of the brush rubbing against the drawing board. Looking at Tamasaka who was so serious, one always had the illusion that the world suddenly stopped.

"Hmm." Hai Zhixing coughed dryly, signaling me not to stare at Tamasaka-san so closely. Although I was indeed very serious, it was only out of appreciation for art. Please don't easily distort my awe of art.

After about ten minutes, Tamasaka suddenly put down his paintbrush with great momentum, and announced loudly and proudly that it was done.

"So fast?" I took the drawing board with a little surprise.

The drawing paper did indeed look like the sea, but in the sea there were no fish or shrimps or the like, but countless flowers that covered the entire seabed, giving people a shocking feeling different from that of ordinary paintings.

I was deeply impressed. Are there such geniuses in the world?

"Xiaoyou, what kind of flower is this? You haven't colored it yet, so I'm not quite sure." said Sea Star, who had poked his head over at some point.

"Don't you remember, Xiaozou?" Tamasaka asked a little angrily.

"Um, is it forget-me-not?" Sea Star asked tentatively.

"Yeah." Tamasaka agreed happily, "Xiaozou sure still remembers it."

"Of course I remember." Hai Zhixing looked at Tamasaka with nostalgic eyes.

I was completely confused. What the hell? Is this a secret between girls? Never mind. I'm not really interested.

"It's almost time to get busy with today's work." I whispered the purpose of the existence of this department.

"Mr. Hikigaya, you are not very good at reading the air." Hai Zhixing gave me a look of disdain.

Work is justice. Don’t be so proud, you unemployed kids.

"But even if you say it's work, isn't the work of the school magazine just staying in the editorial department and typing?" Hai Zhixing asked doubtfully.

"Don't underestimate the work of the school magazine. In order to produce the school magazine, I not only have to write the text, but also do the layout and even take the pictures myself."

"This isn't what an editor-in-chief should do. Rather than being an editor-in-chief, it's more like a handyman."

"This is the principal's recognition of our work ability. Ordinary teachers would not assign so much work."

The sea star didn't say anything, and Tamasaka just looked at me quietly.

"Not every new teacher can get such an opportunity to practice. If Shizuka Hiratsuka wasn't my high school teacher, I would never have found such a good job."

The two of them continued to look at me in silence. Tamasaka seemed to want to say something, but was stopped by Umi no Xing.

"You see, if I hadn't founded the school magazine, I wouldn't have been able to gain so much popularity in school, and I wouldn't have become the popular character among the girls in school like I am now."

The Star of the Sea was still staring at me blankly, and then she suddenly smiled.

"So? What about the truth?"

"What a nuisance! This is pure labor fraud!"

Umi no Hoshi laughed: "Mr. Hikigaya is even more weird and interesting than I thought."

Could this person be the reincarnated queen?

"So what's today's job?"

"To introduce some clubs, it's just a matter of going out and taking pictures of club activities, and then publishing them in magazines."

"I see, I unexpectedly feel like I can do this." Tamasaka-san, you should just go and draw. This game really isn't suitable for you...

"After all, the school magazine is almost on track. We have hired professionals for typesetting and proofreading, so we are more relaxed now."

Although I finally managed to relax, now two more troubles have come.

"But speaking of clubs, didn't you say at the beginning that you didn't join any clubs? Is that really okay? I remember the school's rule is that students must join clubs."

"Eh? Didn't Mr. Hiratsuka tell you? We are already participating in club activities by helping you here."