What does it have to do with me if they hate vests?

Shiki explained in a positive tone: "Teacher Natsume just criticized the fairy not long ago. Now the fairy has published a new book. If he directly sends the sample book to him, he will definitely feel that he has been provoked. With his easily provoked personality, he will naturally criticize the fairy's book."

"And the moment he took out the book, it was no longer Natsume Mura's style that determined the final outcome, but public opinion and traffic."

As he spoke, Shiki's expression became serious. "Even if... just like you said, if the fairy's book is really banned because of my fault, then I will definitely take responsibility and make that Natsume Makura apologize to the fairy. If even that is not possible, then the most I can do is to give her my life as compensation."

Seeing that Shiki was not joking and was seriously intending to take responsibility, Yamada Chris's expression looked much better.

"Sorry, I was a little impulsive." He took the initiative to apologize to Si Ji.

The main reason was that he had never considered the bet between the fairy and Kasumi Shiko to be an important matter from the beginning, so Shiki took the risk of sending a letter to Natsume Makuryu for such a reason, which caused him to have such a big reaction.

If you think about it carefully, there is really no need for teacher Natsume to specifically target the fairy and make a big fuss to ban the sale of her book.

Well, actually, Si Ji didn’t take this matter that seriously. Even when he mentioned the fairy novel during the show, he just said it casually.

This is already considered quite restrained, after all, there is no direct interference - with his ability, he can intervene in the sales of the two books, and even fill in the sales volume at will. Now at least he is still abiding by the rules. He is just doing an advertisement in disguise.

"It doesn't matter. Everyone has the same goal, and the final result is as expected. It will satisfy everyone, so there is no problem with this matter."

Si Ji accepted the other party's apology and consoled him in return. Then he looked towards the corner and asked, "How long are you going to eavesdrop on that person over there?"

"I just sat in the house for too long, so I came out for a walk and some fresh air."

Yamada Fairy came out from the corner with a bit of embarrassment, and then said confidently: "I am a resident here, I have the right to stroll in the yard!"

"'The Exploding Dark Fairy' will probably be popular for a while, and the library will probably be too busy for a long time, so I'll leave first."

Chris Yamada looked like he had accomplished his mission and quickly left Washimiya-ryo without giving Shiki and the fairy a chance to keep him.

“Running so fast…” The Yamada Fairy looked at the direction where his brother disappeared and muttered in dissatisfaction. Then he looked at Shiki. His expression looked a little complicated, as if he had a lot to say at the moment, but didn’t know what to say.

"Should we prepare a celebration banquet?" Seeing that she seemed unable to say anything in a short period of time, Si Ji took the initiative to speak.

"You're right!" Yamada Fairy immediately became excited: "Teacher Kashiwagi also contributed to this success. I want to invite her to the celebration party!"

Si Ji feels a little toothache.

The person Kashiwagi Eri, or Eriri, knew was Fuyuo Kishihisa, who had little connection with her real self. Plus, the other party didn't seem to be very comfortable in front of strangers, so it seemed that if Eriri was just asked to attend the celebration party, the chances of her coming would be very low.

"And Kasumi Shiko! This time we won, even though we had some help from outside forces, but victory is victory!"

Yamada Fairy continued, "So we should invite her over to celebrate together!"

"This is not a celebration party at all, you are simply humiliating the other party..." Si Ji complained.

He suspected that Yamada Fairy had few friends, and that he invited so many people just to make the celebration party look lively.

"And Ichiri-chan, the music for the celebration party will all depend on her!"

"You should just let him go."

The child was so nervous that she almost melted when she saw two strangers in her own home. If they dragged her to the celebration party directly, she would probably be just a ball of pink slime when she returned.

"That's right!" Yamada Fairy seemed to remember something and disappeared in a flash.

Just as Si Ji was hesitating whether he should go back to the room to wait for her, the girl ran back quickly.

She stuffed the latest volume of "The Exploding Dark Fairy" with a strange cover color into Shiki's hands and solemnly warned him, "Hold it for me! Forget it this time, but in the future, you can't give the sample books I give you to others casually, understand!"

Looking at the girl's serious look, Si Ji could only smile bitterly and nodded.

Chapter 70: Ichiri-chan's Great Adventure

"Hey! Hi everyone, I'm Guitar Hero. How was your spring break? I went to Okinawa with my friends and had a very fun time!"

Goto Ichiri fabricated a non-existent experience, emphasizing that he was a real person, while making videos without showing his face as usual: "Today I'm going to play the recently popular song "Idol..."

"Yili, the classmate called and said--"

“Quack-woo-wah!”

Goto Ichiri let out a strange cry and kicked over the recording device, then leaned back, with half of his body leaving a hole in the already thin closet door.

Fortunately, she is timid and introverted, so she needs to think carefully before sending out text messages even when communicating with netizens. Therefore, let alone live broadcasts, all recorded videos are edited and confirmed to be problem-free before being released, so there is no need to worry about her face being exposed due to such accidents.

"What are you doing, bang bang..." When Goto's mother walked into the room, the first thing she saw was her eldest daughter, half of her body passing through the closet door, lying on the ground in a very standard butt-kicking position.

"Mom, you are the one, why are you yelling so loudly all of a sudden!"

Goto Ichiri struggled for a while, but failed to climb out of the door, so she complained in humiliation.

"Are you stupid? How can you hear me if I don't speak louder?"

Goto's mother sighed, grabbed her eldest daughter's hand for help, and pulled her out of the closet door. She looked at the big hole in the door and held her cheek helplessly: "It's time to ask someone to fix it."

"By the way, what did you ask me to do just now?"

Goto Ichiri picked up the device with a worried look on his face. After confirming that there was no problem with the laptop, he came to his senses and asked his mother.

"Didn't two kids from the Toyosaki Student Council come to our house before? They contacted our house again this time and said there was a party going on and they hoped you could bring your guitar to show off your talent."

Goto's mother said, "Don't you keep talking about being a student every day? Then this time, I can go and experience the fulfilling life of a normal student, right?"

"Oh~ I don't want to, please refuse it for me, mom."

Although Goto Ichiri is eager to show her skills as a guitar hero, when something really happens, she will subconsciously back off. In a sense, this kind of personality may be the main reason why she has not been able to make friends successfully for three whole years.

"That Washimiya-kun also said that if you refused, Ichiri..." Goto's mother said with a smile.

"What?" Goto Ichiri swallowed.

"Then he would have hired a guard of honor to play a triumphal march at our doorstep with a banner reading 'Yili-chan, we need you'."

"This is already intimidation! Mom, please think of a solution quickly!" Goto Ichiri immediately hugged his mother's thighs and cried.

"Oh, but I really want to listen to the triumphal march at home~" Goto's mother said hesitantly.

"Don't sell your daughter for such a ridiculous reason!"

"It's okay, Ichiri, stay strong!" Goto's mother patted the girl's shoulder with a loving expression on her face.

"Mom..." Goto Ichiri was enveloped by the other party's maternal glow and showed a moved expression.

"Even if you are really sold, I still have Erli."

“Mom, ahhhhhh——!”

Although she was extremely reluctant, it was better to be socially dead at a strange party than to be socially dead in her own home. After all, she had to live in this home at least until she graduated from high school...

So in the end she had no choice but to decide to attend that mysterious party.

As time passed, the calendar on the wall finally showed the day of the party. The tormented girl could only carry her little guitar and leave home with heavy steps.

After getting on the tram and getting off at the stop closest to her address, her steps were not only heavy but also a little nervous. After all, she had never been so far away from home alone.

"Wow, where on earth is that street..."

Because she didn't dare to ask passers-by for directions, the girl felt more and more unsure as she walked, and the aura around her became more and more depressed, which in turn made passers-by subconsciously avoid her.

"Over there, are you lost?"

Suddenly, someone spoke.

Goto Ichiri continued walking.

"The pink-haired guy over there, are you lost?"

The other party spoke again, but Goto Ichiri didn't think that a creature like a water flea like himself would be noticed by anyone, so he still didn't respond and walked slowly.

"That guy over there with pink hair and pink tracksuit, who walks as slowly as a tardigrade, looks ridiculous! Didn't you hear me?"

The man spoke again.

Goto Ichiri couldn't help but stop and said: Haha, is there another strange person like that on this road? Let me see who it is.

Oh, so you were talking about me, that's ok...

After looking around and making sure there were no other people with pink hair and pink sportswear, the girl almost burst into tears.

She looked cautiously at the person who spoke. She was a girl with long straight black hair and a curvy figure. She looked extremely mature. Her voluptuous figure and the black sexy stockings that Goto Ichiri thought only adults wore made her sure that she was a college student. No, it was not impossible that she was an office lady with a relatively tender face and therefore looked a little younger.

The other person's bright red eyes shot out a sharp gaze, sweeping over Goto Ichiri, making the introverted guitar girl feel as if she was being sliced ​​into a roast duck. She shrank her head and became even more timid.

"Are you lost?" The other person walked quickly to her side and asked loudly.

"No, no..." Goto Ichiri shook his head subconsciously, just wanting to escape from the other person as quickly as possible.

"Hmm?" The mature college woman (?) looked stern.

"Yes, yes..." Goto Ichiri immediately changed his words and nodded loudly, wishing he could surrender immediately.

"where are you going?"

the other party asked.

Goto Ichiri hurriedly took out her mobile phone and showed the other party the address recorded in the email. She was so flustered that she almost dropped the guitar that had been with her for three years.

"... Washimiya-ryo," the other person glanced at the address on Goto Ichiri's phone screen, then glanced at her meaningfully: "I happen to be going there too, let's go together."

"Ah this..." Goto Ichiri looked sad.

"Are you unhappy?" The other party's eyes became more fierce.

"Ouch!"

Goto Ichiri, who was frightened, immediately lay down on the ground, exposing his belly like a dog, and made a "submissive gesture".

Mature woman (?): “…”

It doesn't have to be this way.

Chapter 71: The Melancholy of Kasumigaoka Utaha

Kasumigaoka Utaha has been in a bad mood since this morning.

The main reason, apart from the low blood sugar and grumpiness when waking up, is naturally today's 'celebration banquet'.

As the party who made the bet with the host of the party, that guy's celebration party naturally marked her failure.

Even though in Kasumigaoka Utaha's opinion, that guy's success was completely due to unexpected factors, she was not so tasteless as to use this excuse to deny her failure. After all, for her, losing is losing, which is an objective fact and will not disappear because of her denial.

The reason why she attended the celebration party was this: she had made a bet with the Yamada Fairy that if she lost, she would have to find a way to help contact Kashiwagi Eri herself. As a result, before the bet between the two of them was decided, the idiot Eriri had already been caught by the other party, and even became the other party's illustrator, becoming a part of the other party's victory in the bet...

Of course, Kasumigaoka Utaha can also use this as a basis to avoid the punishment after losing the bet by saying things like "the bet itself is no longer valid because the stakes are gone, so the result is also invalid."

However, Kasumigaoka Utaha has her own pride after all, and she disdains to use such sophistry to excuse herself. So after discussing with Yamada Fairy, at the other party's strong suggestion, she changed the punishment to attending the other party's celebration party.

To be honest, it was quite uncomfortable, especially when I thought that even Eriri could show off in front of me as part of the winner this time. Kasumigaoka Utaha had the urge to turn around and leave.

But she was willing to accept the defeat, and although she always felt that the timing of the broadcast of the program that Natsume Makuru participated in was too coincidental, as if it was specially written to support Yamada Fairy, if she were in other people's shoes, Kasumigaoka Utaha felt that if she were in his shoes and was pointed at and scolded by a great writer of Natsume Makuru's level, she would definitely not be able to bear it.

Thinking about it this way, Yamada the Fairy, who not only did not break down after such sharp comments, but instead turned the situation around, is at least more calm than herself, so her loss is not unfair.

On the way to the gathering place, Washimiya-ryo, Kasumigaoka Utaha met a strange girl.

Although they were on a sunny road, her actions always gave people a sneaky feeling. She was so cautious, as if she was not walking on a safe sidewalk, but a Silver City maze full of traps that could kill people if they were not careful.

Out of kindness - or perhaps curiosity - she called the other person and found that she was also going to Washimiya Dormitory. Combined with the guitar bag on her back, she was probably asked by that guy to play as BGM.

As a result, without saying a word, the other party fell to the ground and assumed a dog-like obedience posture, just like an ordinary person being blackmailed by a bad boy, which attracted the attention of passers-by and almost attracted the police.

Fortunately, if I explain it clearly to the other party, there should be no problem...right?

I don't know why, but looking at the pink-haired girl who walked unsteadily, carefully peeked at her expression, and showed an artificial and flattering smile, Kasumigaoka Utaha felt a rare sense of uncertainty.

"Are you good at playing the guitar?" She had no choice but to find a topic on the way to Washimiya Ryokan.

"generally."

"You must have practiced for a long time to be invited by that guy to perform, right?"

"No."

"How long have you known the Yamada Fairy?"

"……who?"

Looking at the pink-haired girl's expression which did not seem fake, Kasumigaoka Utaha felt a little headache.

In school, she was the dream lover of many boys because of her talent and beauty. In the first year of school, boys came to her almost every week to confess their love to her. Naturally, she rejected them all in the end.

Unlike those girls who show off the number of boys who have confessed to them, Kasumigaoka Utaha doesn't have this hobby. In order to prevent this kind of situation as much as possible, she, who actually likes to talk a lot, simply becomes "aloof" in school. When boys come to chat with her, she just ends the conversation to make them embarrassed to the point of disappearing. Occasionally, she even uses a sharp tongue to make the other party give up.

Unexpectedly, she met someone who could make her talk to death outside of school. Should she say it was her own fault or retribution...