I refuse to be a plagiarist

But even so, this attitude is undoubtedly a biased generalization.

As for the source of this prejudice, it is a rather rigid concept constructed by countless people.

——Chain of contempt.

This kind of thing is actually distributed in every corner of life, from jokes and quarrels between classmates and friends to class confrontation and social disputes.

Take the gaming community for example, there is a chain of contempt in which consoles look down on PCs, PCs look down on mobile games, and mobile games in turn look down on others.

Obviously, we all like games, but we have to compare ourselves with each other because of some unnecessary things, as if the things we play have some incomparable superiority.

And looking further back and on a broader scale, there are also things like “city people look down on country people”, “local natives look down on migrant workers”... and so on.

In Japan's cultural environment, the route of light novels is quite unconventional, and the quality is also mixed.

Over time, compared to the traditional literature that was only excerpted and passed down after becoming famous, this group will naturally be criticized by passers-by.

But in fact this is nothing more than survivor bias.

Due to issues with communication media and social environment, among practitioners of traditional literature, basically only the top handful can come to the fore and be known by the public.

Those with relatively poorer abilities are likely to remain unknown throughout their lives, and drown in their ideals with their own obsession.

Take Cao Xueqin, the author of Dream of the Red Chamber, one of the four great classics.

Apart from "Dream of the Red Chamber", did this scholar from a poor family have no other works in his life?

Of course there are, but no one cares about it.

If he had not had a final burst of glory and created such a "bomb" as Dream of the Red Chamber, then this character written into the textbooks of primary and secondary school students would probably be just a "failed writer" in the current environment.

In other words, the competitors of traditional literature are all the "leaders" in the team.

As for those with poor quality, they are not even worthy of being seen by others.

In contrast, light novels or Chinese online literature that are known to the public through the Internet do not have many requirements on quality due to their low threshold and fast dissemination, so the ones that enter the public eye are full of unevenness.

Are there no outstanding works?

Yes, and there are many.

After all, the times are constantly progressing and developing, and people today's intake of knowledge and information has far surpassed that of the ancient people who even had difficulty traveling far away.

On this basis, even if there are no scholars who devote their entire lives to literary attainments, it is very likely that one day some work will suddenly appear among the general public that can compete with the "classics".

However, as I said before, compared with the "all-elite" team composition of traditional literature, online literary works with huge differences in quality naturally appear to be somewhat powerless to resist in public opinion.

This was also the topic that Hasegawa and Shirogane discussed when they got together.

However, even though they can understand the prejudiced attitudes of passers-by caused by the influence of the environment, they both have a certain degree of resistance to the contempt chain.

Everyone has something they like.

You like yours, I like mine. If you don't like it, just leave quietly. Why do you have to jump out and point fingers?

What's more...are some things at the bottom of the contempt chain really that bad?

So now facing the somewhat direct attack from Kaguya Shinomiya, Shirogane Miyuki naturally had no reason to back down and directly put forward the conclusion he had reached when discussing with Hasegawa.

Faced with Shirogane Miyuki's controversial remarks, Kaguya Shinomiya, who had originally intended to use this topic to tease the other party, was a little flustered for a moment:

"and many more!

I didn’t really mean that…”

Although she is the eldest daughter of a prominent family, behind the pride brought by her outstanding abilities, the girl is essentially a kind person.

The situation is somewhat similar to that of her good friend Fujiwara Chika.

As the daughter of the Shinomiya Group, even though she has three older brothers as heir candidates, her daily behavior is strictly required, like a canary in a cage.

Naturally, there is no way for me to get access to "low-brow" stuff like light novels.

Because of this, when it comes to her impression of this kind of thing, she can only use the "mainstream" attitudes as a reference.

However, after listening to Baiyin Yuxing's story, she has now obviously realized that she cannot generalize based on other people's ideas without personal research.

"Feel sorry......."

He turned to the side somewhat embarrassedly.

Faced with the eldest lady's excellent attitude of correcting her mistakes, Baiyin Yuxing stopped at that point and did not dwell on this trivial matter.

After all, his family used to run a business, so he could understand it very well. It was understandable that the young lady in front of him came to that conclusion.

"So... the reason why the president and Ishigami were so happy just now was because they were discussing some light novel?"

The one who spoke at this time was Fujiwara Chika, the student council secretary.

Seeing that the tense atmosphere caused by misunderstanding had disappeared, she stood up in time and brought the topic back to the starting point like a pistachio.

In response to the girl's question, Shirogane looked at Ishigami behind him. After exchanging glances, he nodded gently to Fujiwara and Shinomiya in front of him:

"Yes."

I shared with the two people in front of me the news that "X-Shattering Sky" is about to be adapted into an animation.

What surprised them was that after hearing this familiar name, Fujiwara Chika, who was originally a little confused, had her eyes sparkling with excitement and joined the cheering team.

Chapter 62: People’s sorrows and joys are not the same

“Oh, ohhhhhhhhhhh!!!”

She jumped up from the carpet with joy.

When faced with Fujiwara Chika stretching out her arms with a happy look on her face, in addition to Shirogane Miyuki and Ishigami Yu who were surprised, her partner Miss Shinomiya was also filled with astonishment at this time.

“Fujiwara…what are you doing…?”

"Kaguya, don't you know that story?"

Regarding the fact that Hasegawa Hide is the author of "X-Shattering Azure", apart from the editor Ms. Akane Arasaka, the only people he has shared this news with are his good friend Miyuki Shirogane and his junior classmate Yu Ishigami, who looks like an adult Nijirusui.

Even Hayasaka Ai and Yukinoshita Haruno only vaguely knew that a certain guy was achieving financial freedom by writing novels.

Therefore, Fujiwara Chika herself was unaware of the connection between Hasegawa and "X-Breaking Sky".

But this did not stop her from being very interested in the story.

Influenced by the members of the board game club, although her family did not allow her to do so, the girl would still secretly touch some of the "banned" things in private.

For example, this novel is regarded as a treasure by countless middle school students, especially boys.

The stubbornness of "my destiny is in my own hands" and the plot of pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, pretending to be cool and getting slapped in the face in the process of growing up perfectly fit the young people's wonderful fantasy of traveling to another world.

Although Long Aotian and the like seem very unreasonable, but in many cases, as long as it can make everyone feel a sense of refreshment, it is enough.

Compared to the boys' wonderful fantasy of immersing themselves in the life of the third young master of the Xiao family, Fujiwara Chika is more interested in the various scenes and wonderful stories that appear in the Douqi Continent.

It has been said before that in order to make certain parts of the plot more reasonable, someone privately spent a considerable amount of time and energy to add some auxiliary "patches" on the original basis.

But even so, as a benchmark for cool novels, the bugs in the story of Doupo are still as numerous as stars.

Coincidentally, Fujiwara Chika, who came from a political family, happened to be such a girl who liked to constantly look for "loopholes".

Of course, in addition to secretly looking for logical loopholes in the story, Fujiwara Chika is also very interested in the adventure story itself.

After all, unlike the overused Western fantasy magic world in Japanese light novels, the story of Doupo takes place in an ancient continent with an oriental cultural style.

Coupled with Potato's wild imagination and various systematic fighting methods...it really makes people want to see whether the scenes imagined in the mind based on the text can actually appear on the screen.

And Fujiwara Chika would naturally have similar thoughts.

"Secretary Fujiwara, I never thought that you were secretly paying attention to it."

Different from the initial style of Kaguya Shinomiya which was full of aggressiveness.

Although the words were almost the same, at this moment, Shirogane and Ishigami were genuinely happy that the girl in front of them had joined the team.

But compared to their messages, Kaguya Shinomiya on the side was a little confused by her friend's reaction.

——That story called “x Breaks the Sky”…is it really that interesting?

The doubts in her heart appeared in the girl's ruby ​​eyes to a degree that was visible to the naked eye.

Faced with her friend's hesitation and silence for a long time, Fujiwara Chika came to her senses and began to skillfully recommend the way, saying things like "Don't bully the young and poor" right off the bat, which made Shirogane Miyuki and Ishigami Yuu on the side couldn't help but want to complain after watching: Why is this guy so skilled!

After accepting Fujiwara Chika's recommendation, Shinomiya Kaguya, who was originally a little puzzled, couldn't help but become a little interested.

"It sounds... quite interesting."

"It's not 'sounds interesting'.

Anyway, Kaguya-san, if you have the chance, you must take a look at it!"

Like a cute little animal, he continued to recommend it to his friends.

However, Baiyin Yuxing on the side did not have many happy thoughts about the scene in front of him.

There is a reason for this.

After all, compared to the modern background, the cultural characteristics of the Douqi Continent have a bit of feudal elements.

Although the existence of the "superpower" element makes many female characters shine, overall, the main tone still has the flavor of male superiority and female inferiority in the feudal period.

Baiyin had asked his good friend Hasegawa Hide about this question before.

In response to Shirogane Miyuki's question, Hasegawa Hide's answer was full of decisiveness, without any hesitation on his face:

"Nonsense, isn't this normal?

When this story was originally written, it was originally designed for male readers. As long as they feel satisfied after reading it, that's enough. You can't expect me to be all-encompassing, right?

Moreover.

After all, this is a virtual world. If you try too hard to find the truth in it... it would be too boring."

The memory stays on the look in my friend's eyes as if he was looking at me as if I were a fool.

Obviously, the other party was very clear about the target audience of the story from the very beginning and did not care whether girls would like it or not.

As Secretary Fujiwara was already immersed in the Shirogane Miyuki, he and Ishigami could naturally express their warm welcome to the discovery of people with the same interests without any scruples.

But if you want to start from scratch, Kaguya Shinomiya...

The slight rolling of his larynx symbolized Baiyin Yuxing's inner tension at the moment.

As someone who had noticed the other person shortly after she entered school, he knew very well how strong-willed this girl was.

The boy-centered stories that you and others like may not be that interesting in the eyes of others, but may even seem ridiculous.

【If this is the case.....】

My brain was frantically thinking about how to persuade the other party to back off before he or she noticed the details.

While everyone in the Shuchiin Student Union was immersed in a happy daily routine because of a novel, in the corridor of Sobu High School, Hasegawa Hide, who was looking out the window at the hustle and bustle in the distance, welcomed an uninvited guest.

——My junior, Yoshida Saki.

The long black hair that fell to her waist swayed in the wind.

Looking at the senior who had offered to help her, the girl gave her answer with a strange look on her face.

Chapter 63: The Girl Named Yoshida Saki

There are too many "miracles" in this world that are difficult to explain in words.

For example, Hasegawa Hide, who is a traveler from another world, and the girl in front of you with long black hair, who is far more rational and mature than her peers.

Yoshida Saki.

There are unknown reasons behind all maturity, and her maturity, apart from the superficial aspects investigated by Yukinoshita Haruno, actually has a deeper and unknown past.

This girl named Yoshida Saki...is actually someone who miraculously got a second chance after a life like "hell".

In other words, before the life she has now, she had another unknown past.

The past that she buried deep in her heart was a tragedy full of darkness, suffocation and despair...

The name of this tragic story is "Transformation", and the protagonist is a high school girl who falls into depravity and despair step by step.

An inconspicuous "country girl" with pigtails, black-framed glasses, and a very introverted personality, lived an autistic and mechanical life and did not make a single friend until she graduated from junior high school.

As a result, she made up her mind to change her previous image when she entered high school and become a fashionable JK like other girls of her age, make friends and become a part of the current society.