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

"..."

"?" The girl tilted her head and looked at Si Ji, with a look on her face that said, "Why don't you complain anymore?"

Shiki stared at the girl seriously.

Just when Yamada the Fairy was feeling a little uneasy because of his stare and couldn't help but want to apologize, Shiki suddenly spoke in an extremely solemn tone.

"It gets harder when you elaborate."

Yamada Fairy also started out by writing welfare-oriented novels about another world, so she was naturally not so innocent as to not understand what Shiki meant. So the girl, who originally just wanted to play the joke of 'Magikarp who can only splash water and Metalpus who can only harden', suddenly blushed and waved her little fists to chase after Shiki who had already started to run away.

The scene made passers-by around look at each other with an expression of "What a youthful person~".

Under the constant harassment of the Yamada fairy, Washimiya Shiki had no choice but to follow her to the nearby Toyosaki Academy.

In fact, his original plan was just to pretend to be a graduate and donate some money to the school, and then take the opportunity to express nostalgia and ask to see the list. Anyway, with his makeup skills, he was not afraid of his identity being exposed.

Now that the Yamada fairy is going together, his plans have been disrupted.

But it’s not a big deal, we can just act accordingly when the time comes.

However, the Yamada fairy walked on the road with a thief-like look, which looked funny but also a little cute.

"Are you okay?" Si Ji couldn't help but ask with a smile.

"Nothing, I just think that Kashiwagi Eri-sensei's test is unlikely to be that simple, so we have to be careful!"

The girl answered seriously.

"You don't look like you need to be cautious right now..." Si Ji glanced at her.

"Don't worry, I'm prepared!"

The golden-haired girl showed a confident smile, and took out a pair of glasses with a fake nose and fake beard from her small leather bag, which were obviously used for pranks and jokes, and put them on her face: "How about it, this will be fine, right?"

She looked up at Si Ji with pride. Although her face was mostly hidden by the funny glasses, the healthy blush on her cheeks and the naive smile made her look much friendlier and cuter than her usual domineering appearance.

"You are now more suspicious than cautious."

Si Ji replied calmly and slowly, "My opinion is that you should just go to the police station and turn yourself in."

"Damn it, even my most precious treasure is useless..." Yamada Fairy said unwillingly after taking off his funny glasses.

"Your box is too shallow."

It was the spring break after graduation, and even the sports clubs hardly had any activities during this break. There were only a few faculty and staff left in the huge Fengzhizaki Academy, who were responsible for the security of the academy and for looking after some places in the academy that were being repaired during this break.

There were some nearby residents playing ball games on the playground, making it feel like a sports center for middle-aged and elderly people.

Even though he hardly went to school during the first two years and his attendance rate was pitifully low, he still had a clear understanding of the basic structure of the school and soon found the faculty office with Fairy Yamada.

"Excuse me." Shiki and the Yamada fairy walked into the office with a swagger.

"Hey, I remember you are... Washimiya-san, right?"

The person who stayed behind happened to be a teacher who had taught Si Ji. When he saw him, he hesitated for a moment and then asked uncertainly.

"Yes, my health was not very good last year, so I applied for a leave of absence from school. I have been resting at home."

"So that's how it is," the teacher showed an expression of sudden enlightenment and asked with concern: "So now you ..."

"I've been feeling much better lately, so I'm here to cancel my leave and prepare to go back to school."

A shy smile immediately appeared on Si Ji's face, which was consistent with the character of an introverted little boy.

"That's great. Everyone is worried about Washimiya-san." The teacher also smiled gently and spoke softly in a tone that was very much like a model teacher.

"But after not going to school for so long, I'm still a little worried about whether I can get along well with my classmates," Si Ji asked the teacher shyly, "Excuse me, can I take a look at this year's student list and confirm in advance if there are any friends I know?"

After spending two days with Shiki, the fairy Yamada knew that this guy was actually a shameless complainer. Looking at Shiki, who looked like a pure and introverted little boy, he couldn't suppress the shock on his face.

"That person... doesn't seem to be a classmate from our school?"

It happened that the teacher turned his gaze to the Yamada fairy behind Shiki and found her to be quite unfamiliar.

It’s not that this teacher remembers everyone in the school, but Yamada’s fairy-like appearance is quite outstanding, coupled with her long golden hair, she has a strong presence, and she is the type that will leave an impression after just one look.

The expression that changed freely throughout the seasons froze for a moment, and then he answered very naturally: "She is my sister."

"Sister?" The teacher showed a suspicious expression - after all, Shiki's real body has black hair and looks like an orthodox Asian, which is quite different from the blonde and blue eyes of the Yamada fairy. It would be too strange to say that they are brother and sister.

But in this short moment, Washimiya Shiki's level 10 writing skill had allowed him to conceive a logically complete and wonderful plot in his mind. The story stretched for nearly a hundred years, involving three generations of a family, a magnificent love-hate relationship, and an epic story of a brother and sister who were finally drowned in the turbulent reality under the iron hoof of an irreversible era.

“There are actually many reasons for this.”

Just as Shiki cleared his throat and prepared to tell the teacher about his masterpiece with the eloquence of a storyteller—

"Excuse me, I contacted your school yesterday as a transfer student. Can I go through the transfer procedures now?"

Another girl with long straight black hair came to the office door.

"Oh, okay." The teacher nodded quickly and said to Siji, "The student list is in the second drawer of my desk. You can take it and have a look." Then he left his seat and walked towards the office door.

The gargantuan work of more than 500,000 words was stuck in his throat, and the depressing feeling made Si Ji feel like he was going to vomit blood.

The Yamada Fairy looked at the stunned Shiki with pity, patted his shoulder gently, gave him a thumbs up, and smiled with gloating: "Don't mind~"

Chapter 16: Bird in a Cage

Snow under the snow is a bird in a cage.

As the second daughter of the Yukinoshita family, while enjoying a favorable living condition, her life seemed to have already been determined.

Her sister, Yukinoshita Haruno, was also a bird in a cage, but she was so outstanding that when Yukino was still struggling with school bullying, she had already flown out of the cage with her own strength, showing others her gorgeous feathers called talent, and became the object of pursuit by countless people.

Even if the other party will still be bound by the obligations of the heir to the Yukinoshita family in the end and cannot have complete autonomy over certain major life events, he at least has a considerable degree of freedom.

Although Yukino never said it, Yangno's phoenix-like back has always been the object of her admiration and pursuit.

——It should have been like that.

But something unexpected happened.

In her heart, Yang Nai, who was as proud as a phoenix, had her wings cruelly clipped, her feathers plucked, and she fell from the sky into a deep quagmire.

There is no shocking beauty in that fall, only unbearable misery. It does not care about the sadness of things at all, but is purely a means to instill despair.

All those who used to admire Yang No began to treat her like a worn-out shoe. The relatives who once relied on the Yukinoshita family now regarded her as a plague and avoided her as much as possible. No one dared to risk angering the new era pioneer of Maple Leaf Technology and lend a helping hand to the Yukinoshita family.

Those who had praised Haruno at the banquet also began to use the 'stupid eldest daughter of the Yukinoshita family' as a topic of conversation, giving the phoenix that had fallen to the human world a final kick.

The once extremely proud figure, the back that seemed to be able to withstand anything, the person who walked in front of her and was regarded as a role model by her, now became listless and stayed indoors.

Yukinoshita Yukino still remembers the last time she saw Haruno.

The other person seemed like a different person, extremely decadent and gloomy, with the former youthful spirit no longer in his eyes, only a lifeless grayness.

And when she saw me, she forced herself an ugly smile and tried to comfort me in a weak voice.

"It's okay, Yukino. I'll definitely find a way..."

Yukino felt that she would probably never forget Haruno's words, which were so weak that they didn't even sound like her.

It was not until that moment that Yukino finally realized that Haruno had been completely crushed and would never be the proud phoenix she once was.

It was precisely because of this that Yukinoshita Yukino, who felt that she could do nothing, made up her mind and believed that she had to do something.

She learned from Mr. Spencer, a diplomat who was one of the few former friends of the Yukinoshita family and did not take advantage of the situation, that the man from Maple Leaf Technology seemed to have expressed some interest in her, the 'second daughter of the Yukinoshita family', so she resolutely chose to become the sacrifice for the Yukinoshita family to apologize to that man.

To be honest, this kind of desperate behavior is very reckless. Not only will it not gain the other party's forgiveness, it may also further anger the other party, causing the Yukinoshita family to decline even faster.

But a miracle happened. Although Yukino didn't know what the adult liked about her, the other party accepted the apology from the Yukinoshita family.

This is already the best outcome. The Yukinoshita family will no longer be suppressed and will have enough time to recover; the parents will not have to continue to worry until their hair turns white overnight; although it will take some time for Haruno to get out of the trough, one day she will be reborn as the phoenix of the past.

The price was just that he became a caged bird again, and a plaything at that.

"…It's okay. I've long been accustomed to being a caged bird."

The area outside Toyonosaki College was planted with cherry blossoms at the request of an anonymous donor. At this moment, accompanied by the gentle spring breeze, the pale pink petals fell like rain.

The girl whispered softly in the cherry blossom rain.

As if in response to her words, the bell on the collar on her slender white neck, which was hidden by her turtleneck sweater, seemed to make a rustling sound.

Yukinoshita Yukino shook her head, thinking that she was probably touched by the blooming cherry blossoms, which made her suddenly feel so sad.

Rather than this, it is better to finish the work as soon as possible.

That adult... Qiu Ling Wenping asked her to transfer from Sobu High School to Fengzhiqi yesterday. Although it was an unreasonable request, the girl knew very well that this was just a means for the other party to control or tame her.

If I don't complete the transfer as soon as possible, something unexpected might happen. The current Yukinoshita family and the current Haruno can no longer withstand any major storms.

That's why she came to Fengzhizaki today to complete the transfer procedures.

In the morning, Yukino had called Toyosaki's school and found out that the assistant director of Maple Leaf Technology's Tokyo branch had conveyed a message to Toyosaki yesterday.

That adult's face is also very useful here. The school said that they have completed the transfer procedures for Miss Yukinoshita, and her academic record has been entered. She just needs to come to the school to sign and there will be no problem. If she really doesn't have time, it doesn't matter if she doesn't sign.

As for communication with the school, transfer exams, school interviews, and tuition fees, none of that was necessary! Even after school started, attendance rates were not required. As long as she was willing to register at Fengzhiqi, she would be guaranteed to graduate smoothly.

Yukino quickly realized that the school probably thought that she had some relationship with Qiu Ling Wenping, so they treated her so well - well, in a sense it was true, she was that guy's toy.

However, the little emotions hidden in the girl's heart made it impossible for her to accept this happily, so she chose to go directly to the school to complete the academic ability test and then sign the transfer procedures.

After arriving at Fengzhiqi, the teacher who stayed behind in the school was also very enthusiastic. She didn't even enter the office, and the other party came out to greet her directly. At that moment, the girl always felt that there seemed to be a sudden surge of great resentment in the office. Maybe it was just her illusion.

After going to the audio-visual classroom to complete the academic test and having the teacher correct it on the spot, which surprised the other party at her deviation value, Yukinoshita Yukino followed the teacher back to the office, intending to sign the document and complete the entire transfer process.

When she arrived outside the office, she suddenly heard a boy and a girl talking inside.

"It must be this person, Sawamura Spencer Eriri! Such a special name shows that it is the protagonist. It must be Mr. Kashiwagi!" the girl said excitedly.

"No, think about it with common sense. If Mr. Kashiwagi's name is really that special and recognizable at a glance, would he really make a bet with you and let you come to find him?" the boy said calmly.

"Indeed... it feels too easy. Which one do you think it is?"

"Anyway, let's rule out all those with the last name Yamada first."

"I feel like you're picking on me!"

"I just think that people with the last name Yamada are not powerful people." The boy said calmly, "Please don't be too self-conscious, Ms. Yamada."

"Is that so... No, you are targeting me, you bastard!"

Chapter 17: The Box Was Opened

Sawamura Spencer Eriri was lying on the soft princess bed without any ladylike manners, swiping the screen of the tablet in front of her.

On the screen is a highly completed comic. The exquisite drawings and sophisticated lines make it hard to believe that this is just an industrial comic.

Eriri, who originally visited this forum just to look for material for her next exhibition, was now completely absorbed by the plot of the comics. Her fair and tight little feet swayed unconsciously as she read on bit by bit.

When the words "Transformation·End" appeared on the last page, the girl heaved a long sigh of relief and threw the tablet aside, her heart unable to calm down for a long time.

"Rather than calling it a work manga, it's more like a youth manga. And even among youth manga, it's top-notch."

Dark yet profound, refined yet not simplistic, brilliant and moving.

It would not be an exaggeration to call it a work of art.

If we must find fault with this comic, it would probably be that it is too short, with only about eighty pages in total (note), which leaves people with a feeling of wanting more and not being able to get enough of it.

It would be nice if the author could draw some epilogues or if lines.

Eriri lay on her back on the bed, staring at the familiar ceiling with unfocused eyes.

"When did such a great manga artist appear in Satokai... I wish I could draw such an excellent manga too."

Thinking of this, Ying Lili couldn't help but sit up, picked up the tablet next to her, clicked on the author column, and found that the other party uploaded it anonymously, so the girl could only stare at the ID of 'Anonymous 114514' in silence.

The girl bit her cherry-colored lips, revealing her cute small fangs.

A subtle feeling of jealousy, of being unable to get what one wants but being treated like a worn-out shoe by others, began to brew in the girl's not-too-broad heart.

She pursed her lips and started reading the comic again.

"Hmph, after watching it again, although the story is indeed very powerful and exciting, without any unnecessary parts, the painting is still a bit poor."

In fact, objectively speaking, the painting of "Metamorphosis" has reached several levels, and there will be no problem even if it is serialized in ordinary comic magazines. However, when this "qualified" painting skill encounters the plot of "Metamorphosis" that has been adapted and sublimated by level 10 writing, the "qualified" has become "mediocre" and is completely unworthy of attention.

At least Eriri doesn't think her painting skills will lose to the other party.

"And the artist's human figure skills are just so-so... Humph, in terms of practicality, it's not even as good as Ling○ben!"