NOVEL NEXT Chapter 18: 18
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Guigu Bahuang really broke my defenses. I failed to hunt down the traitor and got killed instead. I was killed twice. I also failed to break the foundation. I stayed up all night but still couldn't find the NPC who treated me as an ATM... Chao!
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Cherry Blossom Season: 33. How could I be a good ship?
I thought that because of the opening ceremony, the students would go home early after school, but Kento waited at the gate of Sakakino Academy for nearly an hour before he heard the announcement of the end of school, and then the students who were going home after school appeared.
"Sorry, I'm waiting for someone."
This was the sentence he said the most today. Most of the girls who came out of the school would leave quietly after hearing Kento's answer, but the girl in front of him did not choose to leave because of his words.
"Are you waiting for a student from our school? Maybe it's someone I know. Now, do you need me to ask at school for you?"
"No, thanks."
He smiled and politely rejected the other party's kindness. Facing the approaching girl, Kento was thinking about how to keep a distance from her when he noticed a figure walking out of the campus out of the corner of his eye.
"The person I'm waiting for has come out. So, goodbye."
After saying goodbye to the girl with a ponytail in front of him, Kento walked slowly towards the door.
Kato Otome looked at Kento, who had no interest in her at all and was gradually walking away, with a look of loss and slight dissatisfaction on her face. Especially when she saw him interacting with girls from other schools, she became more concerned about him.
"Sister? That can't be your girlfriend, right?"
Looking at Kento and three girls walking together not far away, Kato Otome silently memorized the appearance of the three people and planned to wait until she arrived at school tomorrow to ask about the boy.
Kento, who was unaware that he was being targeted by someone, walked towards where Setsuna was when he saw her leaving the school gate. When he reached her side, he looked at the familiar world of Saionji and the unfamiliar girl, and slowly approached the three of them.
"moment."
Masakazu was standing next to Saionji Sekai, watching Saionji Sekai and Katsura Kotonoha talking and listening to the two talking about their respective interests. A familiar voice rang in his ears, which made Qingura Setsuna startled. When he turned around and saw the familiar person, he was filled with joy.
"Why, Kento?"
"Because it's your opening ceremony, I was a little concerned, so I came to take a look. It seems that you have made friends?"
Seeing Kento coming to the school because he cared about her, Setsuna walked from beside Saionji Sekai and came directly in front of Kento and opened her arms.
"Setsuna? Miyamizu-kun, there are so many people here, you guys don't want to..."
When Saionji Sekai saw Kento who came to look for Setsuna appear in front of her, she was a little surprised, but she was more envious in her heart. She didn't expect that the other party would come to the school to welcome him home just for Setsuna.
Especially when she saw Setsuna opening his arms when he saw Kento, she felt sour in her heart and wanted to remind them that this was the school gate.
Katsura Kotonoha didn't know Kento, but looking at the close relationship between Setsuna and Kento, they didn't seem like ordinary people. Thinking of the question asked by Saionji Sekai when they were in school, she felt a little surprised and astonished.
"Is that Qingpu-san's boyfriend?"
Saionji Sekai didn't want to admit this, but that was the fact and she couldn't deny it.
Without waiting for Saionji Sekai to answer, after Kento gently hugged Setsuna in front of him with both hands and released his arms, Setsuna regained some of his usual calmness, looked at Katsura Kotonoha with a faint smile on his face, and nodded in acknowledgment.
"Um."
After satisfying Setsuna's little willfulness and hugging her, Kento also looked at the strange girl.
"Miyamizu Kenshin, I haven't asked for your advice yet?"
"Kura Kotonoha, I'm a classmate of Saionji-san and Kiyoura-san. We just met today. Please give me your guidance."
When the familiar name first came into his mind, Kento didn't remember anything. But after looking at the angelic, beautiful, gentle face of Katsura Kotonoha for a while, which made Katsura Kotonoha begin to feel a little embarrassed and shy, Kento's gaze fell on Saionji Sekai standing next to him.
Saionji Sekai, who had been paying attention to Kento, suddenly met Kento's gaze. Saionji Sekai felt a little shy and confused. She didn't know what was wrong with Kento and why he looked at Katsura Kotonoha for a while and then looked at her.
"What's wrong?"
But it was Setsuna who was standing next to Kento who raised doubts and questions. She was also curious as to why Kento looked at Saionji Sekai so strangely after knowing Katsura Kotonoha's name.
"No, nothing."
Although they were a little surprised, Katsura Kotonoha and Saionji Sekai still got along and became friends, but this had nothing to do with him anyway.
A group of four walked home together. Because Kotonoha Katsura seemed to be a little afraid of boys, she stood next to Sekai Saionji, while Kento stood next to Setsuna, keeping a distance from Kotonoha Katsura.
Along the way, it was Saionji Sekai who was looking for topics to talk with Katsura Kotonoha. Setsuna would occasionally respond, and Kento would only answer when questions were thrown to him.
"By the way, has Miyamizu-kun heard about what happened today?"
After chatting with Katsura Kotonoha for a while, Saionji Sekai suddenly remembered something and looked at Kento who was walking beside Setsuna.
"What?"
"In our school, two students fell onto the tram tracks today."
Recalling the conversations he heard among the housewives on the way to Sakakino Academy, Kento nodded.
"I heard a little bit that two students unfortunately passed away. Were they students from your school?"
"They are also freshmen, their names are Ito Makoto and Sawada Taisuke, I think they are these two names."
Kento paused for a moment, then quickly started again. Looking at Saionji Sekai beside him who was beginning to speculate about the situation between the two of them, Kento's expression was a little subtle.
Earlier on the road, he only heard that the other person's name was 'Cheng'. In this country, there are quite a few people named 'Cheng'. He didn't pay too much attention to it for a while, but now after hearing what Saionji Sekai said, he realized that the person who passed away seemed to be the 'Cheng brother' he knew?
His eyes couldn't help but look at Katsura Kotonoha who was standing next to Saionji Sekai, but his gaze happened to meet the girl's who was secretly looking at him. The girl was stunned for a moment, her cheeks quickly turned red, and she lowered her head.
As for Kento, he looked at the shy girl, and then glanced at Saionji Sekai, who was only a moment away from him.
For some reason, he vaguely felt a slight chill in his neck and stomach...
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Cherry Blossom Season: 34. Kiyoura Mai, gave up thinking
Heading east from Sakano Academy, Kento and Setsuna arrived at their own apartment first. As classmates they had just met, Kiyoura Setsuna and Saionji Sekai invited Katsura Kotonoha to visit Setsuna's home.
However, because she had a younger sister at home who needed to be taken care of, Gui Yanye reluctantly rejected the two people's kindness, made an appointment to meet again next time they had time, and went home first.
Sekai Saionji originally wanted to stay with Setsuna, but after noticing Kento beside Setsuna, after thinking for a while, she decided not to stay and left with Kotonoha Katsura. They were heading home in the same direction and could walk together for a while.
As for Setsuna, after the two left, his eyes turned to Kento beside him.
Shui Lingling's eyes were fixed on Kento. There was no need to explain the meaning. Kento himself had already understood and understood it, so he led Setsuna to his apartment...
"Kento, you were staring at Kotonoha just now."
After entering the apartment, the girl took off her shoes, put on her black knee-high socks over her slippers, put on her shoes and went into the room, then suddenly said to Kento who was walking in front of her.
Hearing the words of the girl behind him, Kento turned around and looked at Setsuna. There was no joy or anger on that calm expression. He nodded, which meant he acknowledged it.
"Because she is Setsuna's new friend, and she is indeed a young lady who seems to have a gentle and docile personality, so I am a little concerned."
"Then why did you look at the world after looking at Kotonoha?"
Shanna had not asked on the way home, and had suppressed his confusion. Now that he was alone with Kento, he asked about Kento's previous strange reactions and behaviors. Shanna had always seen that look as if he was surprised by something.
The answer to this question is, of course, because he knows the emotional entanglement between the two girls. However, nothing has happened now, and it seems that nothing will happen. Kento didn't know how to explain this problem for a moment, so he used a reasonable excuse to get away with it.
"Because that Katsura-san's personality is completely different from Sekai's, I'm a little surprised that the two of them would become friends."
Seeing that Setsuna seemed to have accepted the answer, Kento casually asked Setsuna about his feelings today.
"How do you feel about entering a new school and meeting new classmates?"
Thinking back on what happened today at school, Shanshan didn't find it very interesting. He looked at Kento in front of him, and walked with his snow-white legs to Kento. He stretched out his hand and pushed Kento to the bedside to sit down, and then he sat in Kento's arms.
"Except for the world, there were only strangers, and it didn't feel very good, but then I got to know a lot of people, and it was just so-so."
To put it simply, the general meaning is that I entered a new school, had no familiar people, and felt a little lonely. But later, I got together with Sekai Saionji and met many classmates, so I felt that it was not that bad and I was satisfied with my new school life.
"amazing."
After praising Setsuna, he reached out and gently stroked the girl in his arms, causing Setsuna to narrow her eyes and enjoy Kento's touch with peace of mind.
"Tomorrow, Kento will also go to school."
"Well, school starts tomorrow. I don't think I'll run into anyone I know. Gifu is pretty far from here."
"come on."
Kento couldn't help but chuckle at Setsuna's encouragement, and thinking that if nothing unexpected happened, he would be meeting Eriri tomorrow, and that they would be in the same class, he became inexplicably nervous. He looked down at Setsuna in his arms, not knowing how the situation would develop.
The two of them sat in the room, not knowing what to talk about for a moment. They just sat in the room quietly holding Setsuna, and an unknown amount of time passed.
"Hey, Kento."
"Um?"
"Let's do it?"
The mind of Kento, who was holding Setsuna, went blank for a moment and he went into a brief shutdown. After a moment, he opened his closed eyes and lowered his head to meet the eyes of Setsuna, who was raising his head.
"Let's do it?"
As if she was worried that Kento didn't hear clearly, she repeated it again, causing Kento's expression to change from suspicion to confusion, then to surprise, and then gradually regained his calm.
"no."
"Hate?"
The unexpected answer made Setsuna a little confused for a moment.
"No, you still have to go to school tomorrow, right?"
I don't know why Setsuna suddenly brought up this, but looking at the girl in his arms, Kento decisively rejected her.
"You can take a leave."
"If today doesn't count, tomorrow is the first day of school. If I ask for leave, I'll become a problem student, right?"
"I don't care."
Looking at the girl with a determined look and expression, it took him about three months to get to know Sayuri that step, and now he has only known Setsuna for less than a week. The girl was so proactive that he didn't quite understand why she was so anxious, but he didn't completely reject her.
"But I care. I don't want people to look at Setsuna with strange eyes at school. Besides, isn't today Thursday? Tomorrow is Friday, and the day after tomorrow is a holiday. Let's talk about this matter after the holiday."
"the day after tomorrow?"
"Um."
Shanna's eyes lit up slightly, and he nodded with satisfaction. He turned around and sat on Kento, stretched out his arms, hugged Kento tightly, and buried his face in his chest.
"It's a deal."
"Yes, it's agreed."
She truly likes Kento, but she also knows that Kento is being remembered by Saionji Sekai. So she feels that she needs to take the initiative, especially since a girl named Katsura Kotonoha has appeared today and attracted Kento's attention. She is already a little nervous, so she decides to go for it directly!
"Can I marry Kento now, Mom?"
In the evening, because of the appointment, Qingura Setsuna returned home with satisfaction. With excitement and anticipation in his heart, he looked at Qingura Mai who had returned home and was preparing dinner.
"Are you asking this now? No, Setsuna is only 15 this year. You have to be 16. Miyamizu-kun can only get married when he is 18. He is only 16. You have to wait at least two years before you two can get married."
Qingura Mai knew that her daughter liked Kento very much, and she also knew that their relationship was heating up, but she didn't expect that her daughter was already considering getting married.
"What's wrong? Why are you asking this all of a sudden?"
Looking back at her daughter sitting in the living room, her face was a little rosy, which seemed different from usual. Since the day they confirmed their relationship, she knew that her daughter was always in a good mood, but today she seemed happier and more... expectant than usual?
Thinking of the promise he had made to his mother, that he would tell her all the progress between him and Kento, Shanna hesitated for a moment, then shyly and happily told his mother everything that Kento and he had agreed on.
"It's a deal."
"Promise?"
"This weekend, I will graduate with Kento."
"Graduation this weekend? What graduation? Didn't we just..."
I subconsciously refuted my daughter, thinking it was about school. She just started school today, so there would be no graduation. Even if there was graduation, it would be three years later.
But when the words were on the tip of her tongue, Qingura Mai remembered the other meaning of "graduation". The salt spoon in her hand shook, her expression stiffened, and she hesitated for a moment, then slowly turned around to confirm with her daughter.
"moment...."