I refuse to be a plagiarist

"Okay, okay, ah....there's really nothing I can do about you.

It looks like I will have to ask for leave from the convenience store where I work tomorrow."

"Haha...thank you for your sacrifice, Lord Shirogane."

I responded to my friend in a very funny tone.

As the call ended, the two of them drew up plans for the next day in advance amidst tacit laughter.

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"Actually, I'm not bragging. With my current level, Baiyin, you don't need to work as hard as before.

Wouldn’t it be nice to spend our limited time on more meaningful things?

To be honest, I think you should think about it again. And considering our friendship, you don’t need to feel too much psychological burden…”

On the train to Ishigami Yuu's residence

Hasegawa Hide and Shirogane Miyuki, who successfully met after school, sat in their seats, enjoying the scenery outside the window and chatting casually.

When the matter of taking leave for part-time work was mentioned, Baiyin Yuxing glanced at the other party with a slightly resentful look.

In response to this, Hasegawa Hide patted his chest and said to his friend, "Don't worry, I'm here."

What are friends?

In addition to supporting each other and making progress together, Hasegawa believes that good friends should help each other at critical moments.

So, since I have achieved financial success, it would be my duty to help this good friend if I have the conditions to do so.

He naturally understood the difficulty of balancing a part-time job and studying hard, and he was even more aware of the fact that the guy in front of him worked overtime and only slept three hours every night in order to improve his grades.

It would be fine if Tao Ruo had no choice.

Since there are conditions for improvement, why not give it a try?

In order to make his friend's life easier, he was very "considerate" and took the other party's self-esteem into consideration, and finally proposed something similar to a student loan.

To put it simply, it means "lending" a certain amount of money to the other party in advance to improve the quality of life and to have more time and energy to do meaningful things, without any interest.

The only thing is that after you graduate and get a job and have a certain repayment ability, you will have to pay it back to yourself.

This is actually a strategy of Hasegawa.

After all, when he was running around before, he had once refused the helping hand from Yukinoshita Haruno because of his self-esteem and face.

Therefore, in his opinion, if he, as a close brother, were to settle accounts clearly, it would be easier for Baiyin to dispel his hesitation and calmly accept the help.

“…Hasegawa, I appreciate your kindness, but let’s talk about this later.

Before I reach the end of my rope, I still want to try my best with my own hands."

“Haha….Okay then.

Since you said so, I will respect your thoughts and won't say much.

Remember, between you and me, if you have any difficulties, just tell us. "

"Haha, of course!"

They smiled and gently hit each other's fists in mid-air.

Compared to one's perceived good intentions, the personal wishes of the parties concerned naturally take precedence over these...

Chapter 14: Fate, indescribable

"Yes, Silver.

I heard that Ishigami's family seems to run a toy company, right?"

"Oh, that's right."

"Oh my god... this is really amazing."

I couldn't help but let out a meaningful sigh.

Looking at the house in front of him that was not too conspicuous but faintly revealed a sense of luxury, Hasegawa Hide raised an eyebrow at his friend and recalled his childhood:

"I remember having such a fantasy when I was a kid and was alone at home. I dreamed that the entire toy store was owned by my family and I could play with the toys in it as I pleased.

Now look at this kid, tsk tsk......

I really have to admit that all roads lead to Rome, but some people are already standing in the center of Rome when they are born, haha!"

“Haha…it seems like we all had similar thoughts when we were kids.

But then again, this...can't be helped..."

When it comes to the gap between people, Shirogane Miyuki, who is in Shuchiin and deals with a group of second-generation people all day long, undoubtedly has a deeper understanding.

Take his student union for example. The vice president, the arrogant eldest daughter of the Shinomiya family, has family assets and capabilities that are beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

【Oh, right. 】

Considering that my father went bankrupt, had a huge loan, and my mother got divorced, my family's current situation seems to be worse than that of ordinary people's families...

Walk towards the main entrance of the building.

The three-story building in front of you, which looks like a small villa, is where the Ishigami family is located.

Father, mother, brother, and himself...

However, ever since that incident, the originally harmonious atmosphere at home has become tense.

"By the way, if I suddenly visit without saying hello, wouldn't it seem a bit abrupt?

Baiyin, have you greeted your junior in advance? "

"Don't worry, Hasegawa.

In fact, after talking to you on the phone that night, I and everyone in the student union gathered some information together.

As you guessed, Ogino is indeed a villain with a beastly heart. On the contrary, Ishigami has been silently bearing all the burdens in order to help the girl named Otomo avoid being caught up in public opinion. "

When a group of capable and talented young people fully take action, the power that erupts is undoubtedly quite shocking.

President Shirogane Miyuki, Vice President Shinomiya Kaguya, Secretary Fujiwara Chika... When the intelligence had been investigated almost completely, they formed a three-person team of the student council and perfectly uncovered the truth.

The "victim" named Ogino Hikaru was not only a scumbag who played with girls' feelings, but also secretly engaged in shameful activities related to compensated dating for minors.

Regarding the truth behind the incident that happened back then, Shirogane, Kaguya and other student council members have already informed Ishigami's parents, who were unaware of the situation and thought their child was simply having a teenage temper tantrum.

As for his good friend Hasegawa's visit today, it was just something he did as part of his plan to get Ishigami Yu to join the student union.

"Okay... I didn't expect you to be so thoughtful and quietly make all the preparations."

I was shocked by the dynamism of my friends.

Facing Hasegawa Hide's stolen glances at him, Shirogane Miyuki gently waved his hand with a look of ridicule:

"Haha... After all, I am the president of the student union. According to what you said before, it means 'I have to deal with all kinds of people and things every day. Even if I don't want to change, I will force myself to grow slowly.'

At least it's more than enough to deal with these basic things.

You... don't think I was just helping out in the student union when I was a freshman in high school, do you? "

"I don't think so."

Hasegawa Hide, who lives a life of mediocrity in the hectic pace of society, has always had a deep admiration for his friend's tenacity, self-discipline and clarity of future goals.

"But...how should I put it? It just feels so sudden."

All the problems and troubles were solved secretly by someone behind the scenes... This experience of being helped by God made him, who was used to doing everything by himself and turning into a knight who worked harder, suddenly feel an inexplicable sense of happiness at this moment.

[Is this the joy of winning without realizing it with the help of great teammates? ]

[This kind of game experience where you can win by paddling... is so cool! ]

His mentality gradually underwent a subtle change that he himself was not even aware of.

It is said that it is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but it is difficult to stop extravagance and live simply.

After experiencing the feeling of achieving goals easily, few people would like to go back to the state of crazy waste of time and energy and constant struggle.

Humans are creatures that yearn for comfort.

After all, no matter how good the publicity work is, after seeing the tragic reality that some things cannot be compensated by simple efforts, most people can't help but start to reflect, and then gradually slow down, invest their limited energy and time into other things, so that they can live more comfortably within the scope of their reach?

The same is true for Hasegawa Hideki.

As a mortal, although he lives a life that goes with the flow, it is inevitable that such "bad habits" exist in his heart.

After experiencing the joy of winning without any effort, he felt like he had opened the door to a new world and realized a different way of life.

[Do you want to join this group from now on? ]

[If every time I encounter something in the future can be like this, how great it would be...]

"Hasegawa?"

At this moment, Baiyin Yuxing rang the doorbell and interrupted his useless fantasy in time.

"What happened to you just now? I called you for a long time but you didn't respond."

"Oh, oh, nothing, I just suddenly remembered something."

"Really..."

After spending a long time together, Baiyin Yuxing is no longer surprised by his good friend's occasional distraction.

Needless to say, this guy didn't listen to what I just said.

So what can be done?

As a good friend, I have no choice but to repeat it again.

“ε=(?ο｀ )))Alas…

You know, it seems that Ishigami is actually a loyal reader of yours.

According to the information that Secretary Fujiwara had gathered from the junior high school, he had been following the book since the second half of last year."

"Ah, is this still happening?!"

After hearing his friend's words, Hasegawa Hide scratched his head and his expression looked a little strange.

Sharing the story of X-Breaking the Sky with the people of this world was something he tried to do in the second semester of last school year. If you look at it this way, and speculate based on the timeline...

[The "e-sports teacher" I'm going to ask for advice is actually my loyal reader?! ]

This...seems a bit interesting.

Chapter 15: It's a pity we met too late

In the process of people's growth, there is always a period of youthfulness and rebellion.

During this period of time, perhaps because their own abilities are not enough to solve the current problems, but because the future is full of unknown possibilities, the parties will always subconsciously want to escape and make some wonderful delusions.

For example, the desire to suddenly gain supernatural power to solve all problems, or something similar that sounds a little unrealistic.

In essence, it means that when you are in trouble, you take the initiative to create a kind of "spiritual support" and self-comfort.

Especially when one is hit by both teachers at school and parents at home at the same time, the state of being isolated and not understood by anyone allows those who are still in the growth stage to find a piece of pure land to slow down their breathing.

Although they know it is illusory and fake, this method can allow young people who are in a state of mental and physical depression to temporarily escape from the torment of reality.

Strictly speaking, the "Ah Q spirit" that appears in Mr. Lu Xun's "The True Story of Ah Q" can actually be regarded as a similar manifestation.

However, compared with Ah Q's pure spiritual victory method, this kind of spiritual sustenance that can disappear instantly when the dilemma is resolved is usually unlikely to cause the person involved to fall into an obsession from which he cannot extricate himself...

The righteous boy Ishigami Yu, who was scolded by both the school and his family for silently shouldering everything, naturally needs such a quiet breathing space.

In addition to the original game, what has sustained his will for nearly half a year is the story of a person who wanted to escape the miserable fate of a worker and came to this world with the story of a broken engagement + an old man.

This work, which seemed a bit strange in the Japanese light novel market at the beginning, changed Ishigami Yuuna's preference for pure love romance works.

Like countless young people with a maximum of second-year character values, he faces tremendous mental pressure all the time. He was immediately attracted by the protagonist, the third young master of the Xiao family, who started with full pressure and counterattacked step by step, and naturally brought himself into the story.

During the past six months, this somewhat unrealistic and delusional story has allowed Ishigami Yu to put himself in the shoes of the third son of the Xiao family and grow together with him in the story. At the same time, his originally hesitant heart has gradually become stable.

He firmly believed that although everything he did might not necessarily bring worthwhile results, the right and wrong behind the incident could never be covered up by a few words from a villain.

Fortunately, he waited for two seniors who started with curiosity and investigated to the end driven by a sense of justice.