I refuse to be a plagiarist

By then, you can't just wander around the campus like a lonely ghost, right?"

He put his hands on his waist, looking like "I'm doing this for your own good."

Facing Yukinoshita Haruno's prepared look, curious Hasegawa did not directly refuse, but asked with interest:

“That’s true, but…

Yukinoshita, what are you going to do at the school festival?"

Although he had never participated in it personally, after three years of junior high school, he had gained a certain understanding of this kind of campus activities through what he had heard and seen.

Since the purpose is to cultivate students' independence, the school has its own set of specific quantitative evaluation standards.

That is - rating.

Where there are scores there is naturally competition, and in order to motivate students participating in the activities to go all out, rewards for the winners and punishments for the losers are naturally indispensable.

Give a simple example.

Those contestants who are divided into classes and individual groups are fine. Even if they mix together, there won’t be any big trouble.

However, for those clubs that usually enjoy school funding and activity classrooms, if they cannot achieve a satisfactory result in the school festival, then they may very likely face the tragic ending of being "disbanded".

However, according to my understanding, although Yukinoshita Haruno is very popular in school, she does not seem to have joined any club.

In other words, for this school festival, the other party is very likely just looking for a few people to form a temporary team for fun.

but........

[With your inherent competitiveness and pride, you probably wouldn't do something weird to attract attention, right...]

He muttered to himself as if to comfort himself.

Although everyone has enough time and energy to cultivate their own interests and hobbies, there are still very few people who can master a skill and stand out from the crowd.

Coupled with the fact that the school festival is a cyclical event that has been passed down year after year, it is difficult for everyone to come up with some original plans in terms of content.

A simple haunted house, a specialty restaurant... and so on.

Without strength and talent, and without wanting to be at the bottom, some cunning guys would come up with some weird ideas to overtake others.

For example, plans such as maid cafes, which use soft pornographic elements to grab the market...

After all, school festivals are open to everyone, and besides students, there are likely to be parents, teachers, and even people from society coming to visit the school.

All kinds of people mix together...As long as they can get two or three greasy uncles to pay money, they can basically get good scores for their group.

Similarly, every time there is a school festival, there will be many people with ulterior motives running to various universities to look for someone to "keep".

The supply and demand relationship has been reached, one is willing to fight and the other is willing to be beaten.

In this corrupt country, such things are really commonplace.

However, as the eldest daughter of the Yukinoshita family, logically speaking, it is impossible for Yukinoshita Haruno to participate in such a tasteless thing.

Hasegawa Hide was also well aware of this.

What worries him is actually another way of taking advantage of the situation.

——make a fool of oneself.

This can be seen from some of the tricky anchors.

They have no good looks, no talent, and can't chat with people... But in order to attract attention, they can perform acts such as swallowing light bulbs, breaking stones with their chests, or even worse things.

“Let me put the ugly words first.

Yukinoshita, I won’t do some weird work.”

Once bitten, twice shy.

Even now, when he thinks back to how this woman tried to trick him into going to a gigolo club, Hasegawa Hidetoshi still feels a chill down his spine.

Facing his undisguised vigilance, Yukinoshita Haruno obviously recalled the ridiculous things she had done before, and a bit of embarrassment appeared on her face:

"It was indeed my fault before...

But this time, Hasegawa, you can rest assured."

She held the boy's arm and rocked it gently as if to please him.

Looking at the other party's confident look, Hasegawa still had some doubts in his heart, but he did not refuse the girl's invitation.

Letting himself be held by the other person's arm and walking in the corridor.

Perhaps because everyone in school just follows the crowd, Hasegawa Hide now has a very Buddhist attitude towards certain issues.

He selectively ignored the gossipy reactions of the classmates passing by who turned around or gathered together on the spot to start discussing in a low voice.

After walking together for a while, the two stopped together at the door of an empty classroom which was remote but not cluttered.

"Is this right here?"

"That's right!"

He opened the door of the classroom as heroically as a general in ancient times.

Obviously, this vacant classroom had been used by her as an exclusive activity space at some point in time.

The tables and chairs piled up in the back made the large classroom seem a little empty.

The windows that seemed to be connected to one another like a wall provided excellent lighting, giving Hasegawa, who had just walked in behind Yukinoshita, a feeling of sudden enlightenment.

The plain white curtains swayed slightly in the autumn breeze.

In the center of the classroom, two chairs sat there alone.

Around the chairs and in the corners of the walls, a variety of musical instruments are placed randomly.

Violin, guitar, bass...even a small drum set.

Looking at this systematic set of props, Hasegawa Hide turned his head slightly and fixed his inquiring gaze on the girl's face:

"Yukinoshita, you don't want to..."

“Bingo~!

You guessed it right, I am planning to put on a simple show similar to a small concert at the school festival."

The emotions of confidence and anticipation are palpable.

“I already have the right person for the instrument.

How about it, Hasegawa, this time, do you want to join us and sing a song at the school festival?"

He put his arm on the boy's shoulders like a good friend.

At this dangerous distance, Hasegawa Hide could even smell the faint fragrance on the other person.

[Is this guy... a little too excited? ]

He calmly shook off the girl's arm that was around his neck.

Facing the formal invitation from Yukinoshita Haruno, he hesitated for a moment, then nodded slightly at the expression in the girl's message...

Chapter 47: Hasegawa: I know a thing or two about writing songs

“But then again…

Have you decided what songs you will perform at that time?"

"not yet.

But since you're joining us, I plan to pick a pop song that a boy and a girl can sing together.

So, what do you think? "

The playful eyes exude an ambiguous teasing all the time.

In response to Yukinoshita Haruno's proposal, Hasegawa, who was already accustomed to this pattern, began to consider the plans for the school festival in the near future.

During the conversation with the girl, he learned that most of the other members of the team were partners that the other party had met privately outside of school.

These people are said to have extremely strong attainments in musical instruments among their peers... Compared to me, a half-baked person who only plays guitar as a hobby and was forced to practice a little piano when I was a child, they are so much better.

Yukinoshita Haruno is responsible for the lead vocal in the team.

But now, it seems that this team should include a member like me whose meaning is unknown.

“I…can’t sing well.

Very average. ”

As if to emphasize something, he, who already felt his presence was weak in the team, deliberately repeated it at the end.

“I can’t help much with the instrumental accompaniment…

However, since you haven't decided on the music yet, I can use my remaining energy to provide you with a few songs."

"Oh?

Hasegawa, do you mean... can you still write songs?"

I keenly caught a word in the boy's words.

Looking at Hasegawa's genuine appearance and the confidence that radiated from the inside out, she suddenly realized that she still didn't seem to know enough about this young man who she had been living with for almost a year.

She could see the hazy, mysterious veil that shrouded the other person, but she could not touch it.

I forced myself to suppress the urge to continue snooping.

Her intuition told Yukinoshita Haruno that if she allowed this impulse to continue, she would most likely become strange.

Take a deep breath.

After calming down, she returned to normal, and with some doubt, she asked the boy in front of her:

"Can you...really do this?

It’s not that I don’t believe you, but Hasegawa, you know, music is something…”

Although he didn't finish speaking, the meaning he wanted to express was already clear.

In Yukinoshita Haruno's opinion, this boy who filled his free time with things to do theoretically wouldn't have the extra time and energy to develop these kinds of hobbies.

Lyrics, music, singing...

The complexity of creating a song from scratch to completion is definitely not something an ordinary high school student can handle alone.

Moreover, as an original product, although it has certain advantages in terms of novelty and uniqueness, compared with the finished products that are widely circulated in the streets and have already been successful in the market, the risk of failure is still quite large.

There is no doubt that Yukinoshita Haruno's worries at this moment are a normal person's natural way of thinking.

But can the Hasegawa in front of us be analyzed as a normal case?

——Of course not.

After all, she was bound by the limitations of her cognition.

No one would know that the guy in front of them was a time traveler with experience of saving the second round of the game in another world.

And....there is also a reserve of information that is as unreasonable as a plug-in!

"You can rest assured about this, Yukinoshita. Because I've had some exposure to it before, I have a good understanding of the basics of music theory.

After a while, I will come up with a satisfactory 'answer sheet' and give it to you."

"Oh, oh, okay...

Then...it's up to you, Hasegawa."

In fact, in Yukinoshita Haruno's heart, doubts still dominated at this moment.

But looking at that person's confident look, when she came to her senses, she found that she had already agreed to the other party somehow.

[Humph, it’s all Hasegawa’s fault...]

I complained irrationally in my heart.

If my thoughts hadn't been disturbed by the other party, how could I have made such a mistake!

"Yukinoshita... Yukinoshita?"

"Ah, ah?"

"Really... I've been standing there in a daze since just now.