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The boy who was called was very excited. He squeezed through the crowd and came forward: "Teacher Enjo, Asuna and Kirito are in a relationship, right?"
"Do I even need to ask this? I'm a pure love author, their ending must be happy."
The people of today's islanders are so fragile!
Let him use his pure works to repair the traces of beauty on their fragile souls.
As for the bad taste in the original work, it is not a necessary product for the development of the plot, so why bring it out to disgust others?
So Natsume's plagiarism did play a small role...
After answering a few more questions, the book signing event came to an end. Natsume shook his arms that were sore from writing. He couldn't help but feel a headache when he thought that he would definitely not live long in this kind of life in the future.
I can't always wear a hood, right? Even with air conditioning, it's still hot on the way there.
"It seems that Natsume-san is more popular than I thought."
Shiina Mahiru put her hands behind her back and her eyes smiled into beautiful crescent shapes.
"And you actually lied to me!"
Chapter 59: Early closure!
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"Is this what you call insignificant?" Pointing at the crowd who were still reluctant to leave after the show, Shiina Mahiru laughed.
Natsume Rin blinked, looking very innocent.
"Because compared to my goal, my current achievements are really insignificant."
"Hmm? What's your goal? Can it be becoming the Prime Minister?"
For a job that would kill her career early, Natsume Rin could only smile and pretend to be stupid. "Actually, my goal is to become the god of light novels. This is just the beginning!"
"Puch."
It can be seen that even the very well-mannered Shiina Mahiru found it very difficult to hold back her laughter after hearing this. Under the boy's dissatisfied gaze, she took off the hat on her head and gently stroked her falling long golden hair.
"I always thought it was silly to add the suffix 'God' to the end."
"Doesn't it sound cool?"
Natsume took off his windbreaker backstage, stretched his body, asked Sonoko for a bag to pack his things, and prepared to go home with Shiina.
"It's arrogant to add a suffix without permission just because of work, and there's no standard to judge such things." In order to avoid the crowd ahead that had not yet dispersed, they set off along the same path they came from, and Shiina Mahiru's words were quite harsh.
"That's just the way it is. Besides, if you put your brand out there, you can attract more people. For example, Shiina, if you want to add a suffix, you can be called the Food Immortal."
Shiina Mahiru, who had been promoted to the level of a sage, glared at him. In the face of the boy's heartless smile, his serious expression quickly turned into helplessness.
"I'm not interested in immortals, I just want to know what to eat for lunch."
You see, he said he is not a food expert, but it turns out he is just being modest.
Under the care of the Gourmet Fairy, Natsume Rin spent his summer vacation smoothly and harmoniously. He was already praying in his heart that the fireworks display would be delayed or rescheduled.
Why must it be held at this time? There will be no benefit in attracting young people from all over Tokyo.
However, no matter how much he prayed, time passed slowly and there was no sign of changing the date. On the contrary, as the publicity intensified, Shiina Mahiru became more fully prepared.
Thinking of how she hinted to him to accompany her to buy yukata a few days ago, Natsume Rin felt cold all over and wished she had a bad cold in this hot summer.
Especially when he was sitting next to the air conditioner, the cold wind made his face look strange.
"You look so bad?"
Yukino came out of the kitchen with hot water and asked in surprise when she saw Natsume's face. After making the tea, she moved in front of him, picked up the remote control from the sofa, and prepared to turn off the air conditioner.
"No, I just thought of something." Natsume Rin forced a smile, "Bullmaster, why did you call me over on a holiday?"
The fireworks display will be in two days, and he is fighting for his life. Time is already very tight, but suddenly Yukinoshita Yukino calls him over for no reason.
The location is the high-end apartment where she lives. The apartment rented by Natsume Rin is already quite good, but it is still quite a bit lower than her single-family apartment.
Especially in the spacious and bright room, there are youthful and energetic items that high school girls should have everywhere.
"It's about the club. Actually, it would be more appropriate to tell you after school starts, but I don't think it's appropriate to let you have such a happy holiday." Yukino went back to the bedroom in her slippers, probably to get something.
Minister, you really care about me.
Natsume Rin complained in her heart, holding a cup of hot tea in both hands and looking carefully at Yukino's room where she lived alone.
Compared to his apartment, this place seemed very clean and simple before Shiina Mahiru didn't enthusiastically come in to do the housework. But now, even though Shiina Mahiru is helping, his occasional littering still leaves the room with a lot of mess.
"Didn't you feel that there were no activities at school last semester? It seems that your request has been met."
The sound arrived before the person appeared, and then Yukino walked out of the bedroom with a piece of paper in her hand and a gentle smile on her face.
"Minister, I think it's fine to just stay quietly in the activity room."
It was unnecessary to regret after things had already happened, so Yukino put the paper in front of him. After seeing the signature from the student union, Natsume felt that trouble was coming, and after reading all the contents, he immediately realized that it was time to run away.
I have already done my best by accompanying her in the club for a whole semester. If I continue, not only will our friendship with classmates be lost, but other relationships will also be severely damaged.
"Minister, can I resign now?"
"Yes." Yukino gently blew away the white steam on the teacup: "Didn't we agree at the beginning that I wouldn't stop you if you wanted to leave."
Her words made Natsume Rin feel conflicted. It was indeed not ethical to abandon her alone when trouble came.
"Isn't our club unrecognized? Why do the cultural festival and sports festival still come to us?" Natsume Rin said.
As the two most important campus activities in the island country's school, Natsume is very clear that the club needs to participate, but the Service Club was threatened to be disbanded some time ago, so why can't they be invisible during the activities?
"Who knows? If you have a problem with their demands, I suggest you come with me to overthrow the student council. We'll have to hold new student council elections next semester," Yukino reminded him.
"No. There will be more troubles after overthrowing the student union. Also, why are you always thinking about the student union? You don't need a letter of introduction from the school for the exam."
Natsume Rin is not stupid. It would only take two days at most for her to cooperate with the activities. But if she was confused and joined the student union, then her entire three years of free time would be thrown away.
Judging from Yukino's enthusiasm, she might try to do everyone's work by herself.
"I just think the student union can better achieve my goals, but if there is a real election, your chances of winning are higher than mine, because I am not a popular troublemaker."
A proud smile graced Yukino's lips as she spoke of troublemakers.
She has never cared about her own eccentricity. As long as it does not go against her conscience, other people's opinions can be completely ignored in her eyes.
When the confident and arrogant Yukino smiled proudly, the room became brighter. After Natsume looked at her a few more times, he really couldn't bear to leave such a proud girl alone in the activity room.
In fact, he knew that his idea was wishful thinking. For Yukino, staying in the club alone was not something difficult to accept. She had already done so when she failed to recruit Natsume.
But he still tried to prove that he played his role.
"So, Minister, do you have a plan? Like what should we do for the cultural festival?"
"Plan? I called you here to make a plan."
Chapter 60 Fireworks Show
The fireworks display usually starts at dusk, and most of the tourists who go there change into yukata or other favorite clothes during that time and then leave home for their destination.
Natsume thought this was the procedure, but at noon, Shiina Mahiru, who couldn't wait, pestered Natsume and took him to her house to choose clothes.
"How about a yukata? I just bought it a few days ago, and the style should be suitable."
"This one is actually not bad, but you have to wear stockings like this."
"Where's the skirt? It's not good to wear a skirt to a fireworks party."
Because at home, Mahiru didn't wear knee-high stockings, and stood barefoot in front of the closet, constantly lifting clothes and putting them on her body for Natsume to comment on.
In addition to yukata, you can also see various other outfits on a daily basis. However, according to her habit, she will wrap herself tightly no matter what the situation is when she is outside.
The only areas of nudity that can be accepted are the palms and the neck, with the rest of the body being covered by exquisite clothing.
"The second one is good." Natsume Rin raised her hand to express her opinion.
He was actually looking forward to Shiina's yukata, but tonight's activities were extremely tight, so he had to keep himself simple no matter what. If he were to wear a yukata with her, it would be very troublesome in terms of time.
Natsume doesn't want to run a 100-meter race in a yukata.
"It's a tradition to wear yukata during summer festivals, right?" Shiina Mahiru held up the bright yellow yukata with a hint of nostalgia in her eyes.
This is the dress I specially prepared for the date tonight, but it feels like it’s losing its purpose.
In Shiina Mahiru's eyes, this is a date.
"Because I plan to wear sportswear, it would be weird if you, Shiina, wore a yukata." Natsume Rin said, "It wouldn't look like a good match."
After hearing about the matching, the hesitant Shiina Mahiru immediately became firm, put the yukata back into the closet, and began to look for suitable stockings for tonight.
No amount of compliments would make her happier than the words "the two of them seem to be a perfect match."
"Is it necessary to be so excited? Isn't it just watching fireworks?" Natsume Rin took a sip of Coke in confusion.
"These are not ordinary fireworks! This is the first fireworks of the year, very precious." Shiina Mahiru said without turning her head. She threw all kinds of socks out of the closet, and many of them fell next to Natsume who was on the bed.
Looking at the socks of all colors and styles around her, including black, white, pink, and gray, Natsume took a deep breath and began to doubt the internal space of her closet.
"Isn't that something we can see every year?" Resisting the urge to judge the style of the stockings, Natsume Rin sat up straight and dealt with her.
"Actually, the fireworks aren't important." Mahiru seemed to have found something she liked. She turned around with a long strip of something in her hand. "What's important is who's going to watch it with me."
How should he respond to this? If he doesn't handle it well, the rest of the story will irreversibly fall in a direction that he can't control.
"I watched the fireworks alone before. My parents were busy with work and they didn't have a good relationship with me. As for my friends, my classmates at school all treated me as..."
When talking about her friends, a conflicted look appeared on Mahiru's cute face.
"They seem to treat me as someone they can't approach. Just getting along with them at school has already exhausted all my energy. I'd better not bother them in private."
Shiina Mahiru thinks that she is very approachable, but those classmates look at her with admiration. If she forces herself to continue playing, not only will they be tired, but Shiina will also feel uncomfortable.
So in her school life, she basically has no close friends.
But all this will change soon.
"So I'm the first one?" Natsume Rin pointed at herself.
"It's an honor, right? But don't be too proud. This is my first time attending a fireworks display. You have to fulfill your responsibilities as a tour guide."
"…I can only say I will do my best."