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

Shiki spoke in a serious tone that reminded people of at least the murder of his father. Goto Ichiri beside him began to squirm uncomfortably, perhaps it was a habit left over from his transformation into a pink slime.

"I have a rough idea of ​​the situation. It's not a big problem. The club is not necessary. Posting a notice to recruit band members on the bulletin board is more useful than this meaningless behavior. Putting aside the boring shame, even playing live at the school gate will be much more efficient."

Yukinoshita Yukino ignored his inflammatory tone and said bluntly: "Compared to such a trivial matter as recruiting members, the real problem is to correct her current shy and introverted personality... I still need to think about the specific method, and I will contact her when I have a specific method. So, what is wrong with this problematic man (emphasis) (emphasis)?"

"What a shame! I'm in very good health and wanted to enjoy my youth, but I feel that my life has been boring lately so I wanted to find an interesting club to join. I didn't expect that all the clubs in Toyosaki are surprisingly boring..."

Si Ji sighed and expressed his troubles very naturally.

He didn't expect Yukinoshita to really give any suggestions, he was just complaining. After all, the school was like this. Could he overthrow the principal's tyranny and build an amusement park?

...Oh, that seems to be possible, but it would go against the main purpose of going to school and enjoying youth, so I won't consider it.

"That's probably a question of personal values," Yukinoshita Yukino suddenly said, "You don't have any dreams, do you?"

"What?" Now it was Si Ji's turn to be stunned: What does this have to do with dreams?

"People's struggles mostly require a goal to pursue. This is a process of realizing self-worth." Yukinoshita Yukino didn't do anything mysterious, but explained directly: "Have you read Natsume Makuryu's "The Adventures of a Little Wizard"? "

"Of course." Shiki nodded, and then made an accordion-like motion: "No one understands Natsume Makuru's works better than me!"

Yukinoshita Yukino looked at Shiki with a very indifferent look, as if she was looking at a baboon showing off its butt in the zoo.

Chapter 89: The Adventures of a Little Wizard

"The Adventures of a Young Wizard" is the series with the highest total sales under the pseudonym Natsume Makuru. It is not serialized in magazines or newspapers, but directly published and put on sale in the form of finished books, handled by a publishing house affiliated with Maple Leaf Technology, and publicity and promotion are fully mobilized all over the world - after all, that publishing house was established just to promote Natsume Makuru, and it is really for this dish of vinegar dumplings, but from now on, it is not losing money but quite profitable, but it cannot be compared with other highly profitable departments of Maple Leaf Technology - it has now published the fifth volume, and it is one of the hottest IPs in the world.

This novel was derived from "Harry Potter" in Shiki's original world, but because Shiki's writing level had reached the threshold of level 10 when he started writing, apart from inheriting the original work's imaginative world view and basic settings, everything else is almost completely different from the original, and it is already a completely different work.

In the process of writing, Si Ji to some extent borrowed some creative techniques similar to The Little Prince, wrapping the thought-provoking core with the shell of fairy tale, looking back at human society from the perspective of wizards, and using humorous sentences to simply and clearly point out many situations in the Muggle world that seem ridiculous because of "adult reasons".

Children will be attracted by the interesting stories full of imagination and the ups and downs of the adventures, and they will dream of being admitted to the magic school and becoming a little wizard holding a magic wand and using magic.

When they are a little older, middle school students will empathize with the protagonists in the story who encounter a series of problems that all students encounter in the magic school. They will feel close to the protagonists who have more or less their own shortcomings but are optimistic and brave.

When adults read this story, they can see the simple yet profound philosophy and novel viewpoints hidden in the fairy tale, which makes people think deeply along the story and generate various different insights based on their own experiences...

In short, "The Adventures of a Young Wizard" is a book suitable for all ages. People of all ages can find their own fun in "Hamlet". Every time you reread it, you will have new feelings. Coupled with the many classic lines and famous memes that can become allusions, many people are fascinated by it.

It is no wonder that in just two years, a series of only five volumes has surpassed many classics in total sales, second only to religious texts such as the Bible.

Even because 'Natsume Makuryu' never discusses the hidden meanings behind the various appearances in "The Adventures of a Young Wizard" in public, and refuses to interpret the images and the real objects they refer to - when this sad person appears in public, he is either scolding others or on the way to scolding others - almost every adult reader will have his or her own interpretation of the story and the charming characters in it.

Eventually, many enthusiasts gathered together, constantly discussing, arguing and exchanging their views with each other, and eventually formed a set of 'wizard sociology' similar to 'Redology'. Some foreign universities have actually opened related elective courses, and they are very popular among students.

Many fans of Natsume Natsume believe that although Natsume Natsume won the Pulitzer Prize for another serious literary work, "The Adventures of a Young Wizard" is his true masterpiece.

It is precisely because of this that Shiki is not at all surprised that Yukinoshita Yukino likes "The Adventures of a Young Wizard".

It would be better to say that only a minority of the Japanese who admire the strong would dislike this astonishing masterpiece that has single-handedly destroyed the combined sales of the second to tenth places on the world's bestseller list.

“Before the protagonist of The Adventures of a Young Wizard received the acceptance letter from the magic academy, his dream was just to move out of the storage room under the stairs, have his own room, and receive blessings from friends on his birthday.”

Yukinoshita Yukino said as she tapped the table unconsciously with her slender index finger on her right hand.

"Is this a simple thing? Then Yukinoshita-san will surely receive many blessings from her friends on her birthday." Shiki sighed sincerely.

Xue·No Friends and No Friends·Nai's face darkened, and she ignored his strange words: "But after becoming a wizard and knowing his own life experience, his dream, or life goal, became to prevent the mysterious man from resurrecting, or even to completely defeat him and save the magic world... No one openly asked him to do this. The fundamental reason why his goal changed so much is that the environment changed, which led to a change in the way he realized his self-worth."

"Well said," Shiki asked, clapping his hands in a very flattering manner, "but what does this have to do with me?"

"Study, hobbies, and future. The ways for students to realize their self-worth basically do not deviate from these three points. People who do not have clear goals will make learning and improving their grades their goals because they comply with their family's expectations or because it is common sense for a student. People with clear hobbies and specialties will choose them and make them clear by joining clubs, participating in competitions, or making achievements. The last one is people who have clear plans for their future, will not go with the flow, nor change because of personal preferences, and will move towards their set goals with one mind..."

Yukinoshita Yukino stared at Shiki and said, "Of course there are some exceptions, such as scumbags who are dominated by hormones and only want to vent their youthful desires. I'm sure you are not such a person, right? In that case, what exactly is your desire?"

When she asked this, Si Ji was really confused.

During the time when he first traveled through time, he lacked a sense of security and had no choice but to cling to the system. He worked very hard for two years to achieve his current level.

Although he had bought physical fitness coupons in the system mall to strengthen his physique, staying up late and working around the clock still caused him to develop many sub-health symptoms. He even developed severe anemia without realizing it. The moment he stood up, his eyes went dark and he almost collapsed to the ground.

After that, he clearly felt the crisis of sudden death. In addition, he had been working too hard for too long and his whole body had been in a state of idling, so he decided to take a good rest for a while.

Let's put aside whether working hard to draw comics can be considered as a break. At least after leaving most of his work behind, Si Ji did have a lot of free time. The result is what it is now. Without a job, he instead felt confused about what to do.

Chapter 90 My goal is world peace

I don't know if you have had similar experiences. When I was busy with work and study, I always had a lot of thoughts like "I must do XXX after the holiday". But when the long holiday really came, I didn't want to do anything except staying at home, sleeping and playing games. But after being so decadent for a day or two, I inexplicably felt a sense of emptiness.

This is the state that Four Seasons is in right now.

That's why he still tried hard to get benefits and draw comics even though he didn't lack influence points that much, just to give himself something to do.

Today I accompanied Goto Ichiri on a tour of the school clubs and it was a similar situation. Apart from helping each other, it was just for entertainment and to relieve boredom.

Now that Yukinoshita had directly pointed out that his life had no direction or goals, Shiki thought about it and it seemed to be true.

After all, both Natsume Makuryu and Qiu Ling Fumpei have earned astronomical figures that are unimaginable to ordinary people. Even if they hold swimsuit parties on yachts every day and live a life of feasting and drinking, they will never be able to spend all the money they earn in their lifetime.

What's more, Natsume Makuryu and Qiu Ling Wenping were just pseudonyms. After living such a luxurious life for a few days, he completely lost interest: his full-level business skills allowed him to see through lies easily. Even though his life was extremely luxurious and everyone treated him with smiles and flattery, he could see at a glance that they were all lies. The expressions on everyone's faces were like masks, which looked extremely creepy.

That's why Four Seasons made me look so ordinary, with nothing but self-confidence and a shabby apartment with a not-so-high market value.

In this way, at least the smiles on Yamada Fairy and the others' faces are not fake, but real smiles.

"My goal..." Si Ji pondered.

He was not sure when he would suddenly fail to accumulate enough influence points and the system would disappear, nor was he sure whether the vest would disappear with the departure of the system.

But he was clear about one thing, even if the system disappeared now, and the two aliases of Natsume Makuryu and Qiu Ling Wenping could no longer be used, he could still live a worry-free life with the assets he had saved in the past two years, he would just lose some privileges.

Or marry a fairy when the time comes?

Thinking of this, Si Ji couldn't help but laugh.

God knows if my skills can still be used if the system runs away. After all, my own system is pretty lame, with only three functions: daily mall, vest ability, and landlord rent collection. Not only are there few things in the mall, but I also have to wait for refresh. It doesn't feel like the system of Dianniao and Feilu. Maybe it's Maoke's broken system.

By that time, even if he likes her, she may not like him anymore. How can a poor otaku with a little money like him have the right to treat her as a backup?

Suddenly, he noticed that Goto Ichiri beside him was looking at him cautiously with worried eyes. It seemed that his long silence and lonely smile made the girl a little worried.

Si Ji rubbed his face vigorously, thinking that he had thought too much, so he said in a shocking voice: "It's decided, my goal is world peace!"

Yukinoshita Yukino, who had been somewhat expecting his answer, now had a dead look in her eyes.

"Really? Then as the Minister of Service, my advice to you is to run for president of the Lighthouse Nation." The girl suggested in a serious tone with her usual emotionless and cold voice.

"That's a little difficult. The military over there doesn't like me very much." Si Ji also answered seriously: "They always think that I have firecrackers that are more powerful than nuclear weapons, and they want me to hand them over... The problem is that I really have them!"

The two of them were talking to each other, one genuinely and the other fakely, but Goto Ichiri had a blank expression on his face, as if to say, "Are you serious?"

"That's outside the scope of the Service Club's work," Yukinoshita Yukino obviously had no interest in listening to Shiki's 'bragging': "If you have nothing else to do, please go back. Goto-san can stay here. When the club is over, we can go to the school gate to find like-minded teammates through speeches for you."

"I, I, forget it. Um, I'll just go with Washimiya-kun..."

Upon hearing this, Goto Ichiri immediately shook her head, and then shrank her neck in fear at the sharp look in Yukinoshita Yukino's eyes, which seemed to indicate that she was a hopeless case.

Seeing this, Shiki laughed heartily, which attracted the dissatisfied look of Yukinoshita Yukino, but he didn't care about such a small matter. He just stood up and left the service club's activity room.

Goto Ichiri also hurriedly stood up, bowed to Yukinoshita Yukino who was still giving her a death stare, and then hurriedly followed Shiki's back.

Yukinoshita Yukino's gaze fell on Shiki's back. She first looked at the subtle but familiar figure with some confusion, then she smiled self-deprecatingly, thinking that she was being too suspicious, and shook her head.

"You didn't even close the door when you left. What a disgusting guy."

The girl mumbled, closed the door, and started reading the novel in her hand again.

I just couldn't get into it after reading for a long time, so I finally put the book aside and took out "The Adventures of a Little Wizard", which I have read countless times but I gain new insights every time I read it, and I started reading it.

On the other hand, after leaving the Service Club, Shiki seemed to lack interest in other clubs.

Goto Ichiri had consumed too many strangers today and didn't want to continue trying to join other clubs, so the two of them simply left school.

Because Goto Ichiri deliberately chose Toyonosaki, which was far away from home, the commute from school to home took a long time. On the way to the tram station, the two happened to pass by a small park, so they took a short rest there.

"I'm sorry. I dragged you to so many places today, but in the end we still couldn't find a club we liked." Si Ji, who was sitting on the swing, swayed his body and apologized to the girl.

"No, no, today, I'm actually quite happy..." Goto Ichiri, who was also sitting on the swing but not swinging, said softly.

This is not a lie. Although she met many unfamiliar students, because of the presence of the boy Shiki around, almost all communication was blocked by him. So Goto Ichiri felt that today's experience of joining the club was unexpectedly easy. Some club activities were indeed very interesting. It's a pity that the sunlight is not suitable for her. With a physique like her, she will definitely turn into gray if staying in such a sunny place.

"That's good...Although Yukinoshita seems aloof, her suggestion is not wrong. Giving a speech is too difficult for you, but we can try making flyers or something."

Four Seasons continued.

"Uh, uh...Arigato?"

The girl looked at Si Ji uncertainly and said.

That kind of swing with a silly expression like a groundhog was so abnormally cute that Si Ji, who was dazzled by her beauty, lost his balance and fell off the swing.

Before there was even a moment to mourn the four seasons, a girl with blonde hair in a side ponytail entered the park.

"Ah! Guitar!" She looked at Goto Ichiri who was carrying a guitar case and made a surprised sound.

Chapter 91: Weirdos are attracted to each other

I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but Shiki always feels that the concentration of blonde hair around him has greatly increased during this period of time - the Yamada fairy has blonde hair, Kashiwagi Eri (Eri) has blonde hair, and now the wild girl jumping out of the bushes also has blonde hair.

If my own experience were a novel, then the author of this story would definitely be a blonde.

Just when Si Ji was doubting his life, the blonde girl had already crossed the low fence of the park and came in front of Si Ji and the others.

"You are carrying a guitar, right? Can you play it?" The blonde girl asked Goto Ichiri with the utmost enthusiasm, her eyes almost shining.

"Ah wow wow..."

Goto Ichiri was intimidated by the opponent's powerful aura and was speechless for a moment. He kept looking at Shiki for help.

From the perspective of Shiki as a bystander, the expression on Goto Ichiri's face right now is probably "What a strong spiritual pressure/chakra/conqueror's Haki!"

Because it felt very funny, he decided to continue lying on the ground and pretending to be dead.

“I’m sorry to call you so suddenly.” Seeing that Goto Ichiri was in a state of confusion and might attack herself at any time, the blonde girl hurriedly explained, “My name is Ichichi Hongxia, and I’m a sophomore at Shimokitazawa High School.”

As she spoke, the girl named Nijika looked at the flustered Goto Ichiri and Shiki who was lying on the ground pretending to be a flounder, and asked uncertainly, "Um... did I disturb you? Are you two dating?"

"No, there is no such thing."

Goto Ichiri quickly explained, but because he spoke too quickly, his voice sounded a little strange.

"Although it's not that kind of relationship, I'm also hurt when you're so eager to deny it." Shiki sat up and sighed.

"Eh?" Goto Ichiri was stunned for a moment, then quickly waved his hands: "Well, well, what I mean is that someone like me is not worthy of Washimiya-kun..."

Goto Ichiri's words were not the kind of green tea-style remarks like "You are a good person, but I am not worthy of you, you deserve someone better" or "It's my sister who is not worthy of giegie~", but her thoughts from the bottom of her heart.

After all, in her opinion, Si Ji does have a kind of wonderful self-confidence that makes him fearless. No matter what club he joins or what kind of people he faces, he can always behave neither arrogantly nor servilely, as if nothing can stump him.

In the girl's impression, even the popular guys in the small groups in the class could not be as calm and relaxed as him at all times.

So in the end, a strange class chain of 'Washimiya Shiki > modern students > ordinary students > Daphnia > myself' was formed in the girl's mind.

"The relationship between you two seems a bit complicated..."

Ijichi Hongxia looked at the expressions of the two people and couldn't help but blinked with some curiosity.

"To put it simply," Si Ji thought for a moment and concluded seriously, "It is a relationship based on the premise that we will not break off the friendship."

Goto Ichiri nodded hurriedly and vigorously. For her, who had been alone since junior high school, having Shiki tacitly be her friend was her greatest hope.

"What a pessimistic relationship..." Ijichi Hongxia was shocked.

"By the way, Ijichi-san, what's the matter?" Shiki asked.

"Oh, yes, Ichiri-chan, you..." Ijichi Hongxia also came back to her senses. Just as she was about to say something to Goto Ichiri, she was amused by the expression on his face: "...Uh, why do you have that expression?"

At this moment, the expression on Goto Ichiri's face looked as if his brain had crashed, as if he was saying, "My brain has rejected me."

"Ichiri's expression is probably due to the mental disturbance caused by the sunny and cheerful 'Calling me by my name right away?!' attack." Shiki explained to Ichichi Kouka, "This stand attack can cause double penetration damage to the dark corners. You have to let her, who seems to have glimpsed into another dimension, slow down a bit."

"It's okay for girls to call each other by their first names," Ijichi Nikka said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. "And you didn't tell me your name. Ichiri-chan, or 'Washimiya-kun' is what you just said."

"Oh, sorry, I seem to have forgotten to introduce myself," Shiki said politely, "My name is Washimiya Shiki, she is Goto Ichiri, we are both students of Toyonosaki."

"Toyonosaki... How good is Ichiri-chan's guitar skills?"

It seems that Hongxia likes the name Ichiri-chan very much, and even if she knows Goto Ichiri's full name, she doesn't plan to change it to "Goto-san" or something like that.

"It's okay, right?"

Goto Ichiri subconsciously shrank behind Shiki and said something insincerely.