Tokyo: Who would still fall in love after being spoiled?

Chapter 12 In summary, teachers must have prestige
"The rhythm is still as bad as it was this weekend. I need to keep practicing. Also, this section, this section... there are quite a few wrong notes. Don't let me hear them next time."

After school on Monday, he passed by the piano classroom and saw Amano teaching a girl who was practicing at the piano, just like yesterday.

"When you make a mistake during practice, play it again immediately! Don't try to comfort yourself with self-deception like, 'I made fewer mistakes than last time,' or 'I'll get it right next time, and overall it's not that bad.'"

"The most important thing about piano music is emotion, right? Emphasizing wrong notes and stuff like that, don't some people even modify notes to build up emotion?"

"Not making any mistakes is the most basic requirement. If you can't even do that, you have no right to talk about emotions. And, does Kimura really think that you are expressing emotions by changing the rhythm for no reason?"

"..."

What I said was more serious than last time...

He glanced into the piano classroom and saw Amano standing beside the piano with his back to him.

The girl sitting in front of the piano clenched her fists and looked unhappy.

It was obvious that he didn't take Amano's words to heart.

Regardless of whether Amano's theory is correct, the fundamental reason is that this teaching method is too strong.

Even his colleagues who had the same policy in the art examination class in his previous life encountered dissatisfaction from a large number of students because of this.

Unless you have enough honors, in their eyes, no matter which university you graduated from or how much better you were than them at their age, you are just an ordinary teacher teaching in an art exam training class.

For ignorant and unaware guys, false reputation is far more intimidating than real strength.

Perhaps this is why so many of my colleagues in my past life listed a bunch of unidentified awards on their resumes—some people, when faced with such situations, didn't even bother to verify them and just believed them...

"What's wrong, Inoue-san? You don't look well." The art teacher asked, staring at his face while checking in.

"fine."

Don't think about the bad things in your past life...

"Come to think of it, I saw the portrait you drew yesterday. Although I've already confirmed it with Ichinose-san...was it really drawn by Inoue-san?" The art teacher grabbed his arm, kept him at the podium, and asked him.

"Yes."

"So skilled! The composition, the line work, the color palette—every aspect of it... it doesn't seem like something a high school student could pull off. The first time I saw that street scene, I thought it was a coincidence..." she exclaimed. "No, even when I was in college, I never saw any students achieve this level of skill."

"Is that so?" Inoue scratched his head pretentiously.

He knew very well whether there was one or not.

"When did Inoue-san start learning to paint? Do any of your parents or relatives have painters?"

"It probably started in elementary school... There was a teacher who was once full of ambition but gave up on his dream when he was nearly 30."

The teacher naturally refers to himself. He was only allowed to use digital products after elementary school. After showing a little "painting talent", he got his first digital tablet.

Drawing on a digital tablet still counts as painting, right?
"That must be a very capable teacher." The art teacher couldn't help but praise.

"..." He remained silent and did not respond, unable to utter even the polite words he used as a disguise.

"Then work hard, Inoue-san! I can see from the painting that your teacher hasn't given up, but has placed his hopes on you. Work hard with him!"

The art teacher smiled, patted him on the back and pushed him off the podium.

Hope...

He sat down behind the easel next to Ichinose, raised his head, and stared at the art teacher who was once again fiddling with her phone with her chin in her hand. He saw something different about her from other seniors.

I didn't say any empty words like talent, potential, or future success... but instead, it made him feel a little encouraged.

"Hey, foot fetish Inoue! What did the teacher say to you?"

"She asked me to tell you that girls with thick thighs look better in knee socks."

"Aaaah! Pervert! I don't believe the art teacher would say that..." Even though she was just whispering, Saotome still made quite a bit of noise.

The disturbed student looked up at her, and she smiled obediently and apologized.

Before he could calm down for a moment, she poked his arm with the paintbrush through Ichinose.

"Hey, pervert Inoue...are those words true?"

"What's true?"

"'Girls with thick thighs look better in knee-high socks'! Is that true?"

"How should I know?" "How can I not know? You are a foot fetishist and you have so many lovers."

"Isn't this all my imagination?"

"Tsk—if you don't want to tell me, then don't tell me... I'll know if I try it myself..."

Try it? Thick thighs?
He subconsciously looked down at Saotome's lower body. Her thighs were completely covered by her skirt, and he couldn't see anything.

"Where are you looking? Pervert!"

"Ah—Saotome!"

"Sorry, sorry! I didn't mean to bump into you..."

He looked at Ichinose's painting and saw a conspicuous scar on the plush bear's face.

Looking at Saotome again, the culprit made a face at him without any remorse.

The relaxing moments passed.

He took down the bamboo field on the easel, which still had the tape still on it, threw it onto the pile of drawing papers next to him, and pulled out a new piece of paper.

After thinking about it, I drew the family ramen we ate last night.

That bowl of ramen was quite generous, the char siu was the same size as the bowl lid, the noodles were just the right softness, and the bone broth was flavorful.

After finishing a single drawing of ramen noodles, I began to draw three C-shaped boarding buildings and flower beds, not forgetting to draw the flagpole.

Paint until the sunlight outside the window dims and the lights in the room come on, then put down the paintbrush and stretch your neck and shoulders.

All students who can stay until this time want to enter art university through painting.

In other words, just like the batches of art exam candidates he taught in his previous life, they are working towards the same direction.

The art teacher bent over and stood next to a boy, pointing out the problems in his painting and explaining them one-on-one.

Ichinose changed the scar on the plush bear's face into a willow leaf, which makes it look more conspicuous - there is a coniferous forest behind the bear.

Fortunately, this painting was not the one she drafted over the weekend, and was probably just a practice piece.

Saotome was unexpectedly practicing her lines, muttering to herself, but no one knew what she was saying.

He got up quietly, left his painting supplies unpacked, and left the studio alone.

As I passed the piano club, it was surprisingly quiet.

Looking inside from the window, the classroom was empty.

The door is unlocked.

He thought of the 100,000 points and walked in.

The classroom was cleaner than he had imagined, with only a grand piano and a few chairs. On the back wall were photos of past piano club members winning awards.

He walked to the black and white piano keys, stretched out his hand and gently stroked the keys, then glanced at the open music score on the music stand.

Chopin's Etude in A-flat major.

I couldn’t understand it… He could only understand the simplified musical notation, and at one point he didn’t even understand the meaning of the five-line musical notation.

Thinking of this, the system store page suddenly flashed before his eyes, attracting his attention.

【Related products】

Chopin's Etude in A-flat Major, Op. 10-No. 10, Piano Performance – 2000 points (Proficient) / 5000 points (Fully Mastered)

【技能：钢琴——5000积分（Lv.1）/10000积分（Lv.2）/20000积分（Lv.3）/50000积分（Lv.4）/100000积分（Lv.5）/暂无售价（Lv.6）】

【Note 1: Proficiency is Lv.3, and complete mastery is Lv.5.】

[Note 2: For items with no current price, the host must meet the purchase requirements before the price can be evaluated.]

This is what is called a time-related commodity?

　Thanks to Yeyu Xinglan, Knowing there is no answer but still wanting to ask, and Elberis for their monthly tickets.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)