I have pure love with them

27. It sounds so beautiful!

In normal social interactions, people rarely use the word "love" to express their feelings. Instead, "like" is more common. The word "lifetime" that appeared from Quan's mouth at this moment made the three people in the store feel a sense of attraction from Quan, and an urge to escape from him arose in their hearts.

"I learned guitar just to satisfy my own interest. I have no intention of forming a band."

Looking at the slightly different but roughly the same expressions on the three people's faces, Quan, who was standing in front of them, smiled and shook his head, expressing his true thoughts.

The heavy atmosphere was lifted, and Ijichi Hoshige looked at the smiling Izumi. It was unclear what his real thoughts were, but if Izumi really didn't plan to form a band, then it would be a waste of his talent.

"Given your conditions, it seems a bit of a waste not to pursue a career in music."

"Just interest."

Seeing that the other party had no interest in this area, Ijichi Xingge did not continue to persuade her to pursue a career in music. Everyone has their own ideas, and she is not the type of person who would force others to do so.

After seeing that her sister's conversation with Izumi had ended, Ijichi Hongxia walked up to Izumi and looked at him with curiosity.

"That's amazing. The last time I saw you, you said you just learned guitar. Are you lying to me?"

"Ijichi-senpai also thinks that I've been studying for a long time?"

Seeing that Ijichi Kouka was not angry and was talking to him with a smile, Izumi raised his eyebrows slightly and asked back with a smile.

"We're not at school, so there's no need to call me senior. Just call me by my name, Hong Xia. Otherwise, you won't be able to tell me apart from your sister. Also, Chihaya-san doesn't look like someone who's just started learning guitar. Maybe she's a genius!"

"Then Senior Hong Xia, you can just call me Quan."

Looking at the two people calling each other by their names, Ijichi Hoshige looked at them and his eyes fell on Quan.

Izumi, who was being stared at, noticed Ijichi Seika's gaze and also looked at Ijichi Seika.

"Is there a performance today too, Manager?"

“…Well, yes.”

"Then I want a ticket."

Ijichi Hoshige asked the sound engineer PA to get a ticket for Quan. The price was the same as last time. Quan had just received the funds from his father, and only two days had passed, but he had already squandered most of it.

"Next time, would you like to go to an empty classroom at school and sing with Goto?"

Going to the recording studio to play every time is too extravagant. Even Quan doesn't think he can go there every day. The price for an hour is 2 yen. If he spends money at 'RiNG' every day, it will cost tens of thousands of yen a week, and at least 4 yen a month.

'Want to activate the backup hidden funds?'

After taking out the ticket fee from her wallet and receiving the ticket from the sound engineer, Izumi did not go home first like last time, but stayed in 'STARRY', waiting for the performance to begin. During this time, she chatted with Ijichi Kouka, who was of the same age, about the band and music, and occasionally talked about academic matters.

"Chihaya-san...you are not...a good student?"

During the conversation, Yijichi Hongxia vaguely felt that Quan often used some words that she could not understand and gave people a very professional feeling. After talking about academic matters, she hesitated and asked.

Quan, standing in front of Ijichi Hongxia, didn't know why the other party asked this question, but he was silent for a moment. He gently placed his left hand on his chin and fell into thought, not knowing how to answer Ijichi Hongxia's question.

“The deviation value for middle schools is stable above 70.”

He used the same lines he had used in his self-introduction at the beginning of the school year to tactfully explain his academic performance.

Ijichi Hoshika, who was sitting next to her, always felt that Quan's answer was a little familiar, just like when she asked Quan how long he had learned guitar not long ago, and Quan's answer was "less than a month".

"... Deviation value... 70?!"

Ijichi Kouka, whose grades were not bad but were considered relatively outstanding among ordinary students, was stunned for a moment after hearing Izumi's answer.

The so-called deviation value refers to the deviation value relative to the average value. It is a calculation formula value for students' intelligence and academic ability in China. It reflects the ranking of each person among all candidates. It is regarded as a correct reflection of the learning level, and the deviation value naturally becomes the standard for evaluating learning ability.

The deviation value of students ranked exactly at the 50th percentile is set at 50. The higher the deviation value, the higher the student's score ranking and the easier it is to enter a good high school or university.

As long as the deviation value exceeds 50, it is considered a relatively good performance level, and most students are in the range of 40 to 60, accounting for about 70% of the students.

A deviation value of 70 has exceeded 97.7% of the students.

"Then why did you go to Xiuhua?"

Ijichi Xingge, who was sitting next to him, did not doubt the truthfulness of Quan's words. From the brief contact she had with him, she did not think that Quan was a person who would deceive out of vanity. She just didn't understand why he would go to an ordinary school like Xiuhua with his outstanding academic performance.

"Compared to other schools that focus on admission rates, this school is more flexible and closer to home. For me, all schools are similar and will not affect my further studies, so I chose a school that suits me."

The contrast between the gentle smile and calm tone, but the confident speech, made Ijichi Hongxia understand the boy in front of her a little better...

This time, Kailin Yawata and her band did not appear in the performance. Izumi, who was standing inside the store, felt it was boring after watching half of the performance and left 'STARRY' first.

Because I didn't watch the entire show, it was still very early when I left 'STARRY'. Walking on the streets of Shimokitazawa under the night sky, seeing those people walking in groups, Izumi also felt a little lonely.

“Sure enough, I should have hugged Aine’s legs and been more sincere at that time, right?”

Izumi sighed softly, missing his sister's lap pillow a little.

His slightly decadent and bleak figure immediately attracted the attention of many girls. Before he could get rid of his loneliness, young girls came up to him and asked for his contact information.

"..."

Although she felt a little lonely, Quan was not indiscriminate. She smiled and rejected the girl who tried to chat her up, and walked towards the station.

Before late at night, Quan returned home, undressed his school uniform and went to the bathroom to shower. After returning to his home, he was still not sleepy, so he clicked on the video website and found Goto Ichiri's account in the follow list.

I took a look and found that the latest updated video was half an hour ago.

“Did you start recording the video once you got home?”

It is also possible that it had already been recorded, but had just been edited and released.

He clicked on the play button and listened to it for a while. He thought it was pretty good, so he scrolled and posted a comment:

"It's so beautiful! It's like the sound of nature!"

28. Next time, the death of the guitar hero

"Well, I'm sorry."

After closing the door of the staff room gently and ending the conversation with the homeroom teacher, Quan walked towards the classroom.

During the lunch break, Quan should have been sitting in a quiet place with Xiaodou and Shun to enjoy the leisurely time of youth, but before leaving the classroom, he was called to the office and received a profound ideological education from the head teacher.

Basically, the story is about the class teacher who learned from an unknown classmate named Ayatsuji that Izumi had no intention of joining the student union, but knowing Izumi's brilliant resume in middle school, he hoped that he would change his mind and join the student union to make good use of his talents, which would improve the school's evaluation of him.

But...the teacher's words had no effect on Quan.

Joining the student union, no matter what achievements you make, is nothing more than obtaining "internal application points", which can play a key role in influencing students who are admitted through recommendation. However, Quan is not planning to be admitted through the school's recommendation, so for him, it is completely useless.

There are three ways to enter university: 'General Selection', which is a normal entrance examination; 'Comprehensive Selection', which refers to the students' internal application points in high school in addition to the examination; and 'Recommended Admission', which relies on the school's recommendation and internal application points.

Besides, Xiuhua High School itself is not a high-quality school. Even if he takes the recommendation admission route, it will not help Quan enter a prestigious university.

“Will it affect my admission to the University of Tokyo?”

This sentence silenced the head teacher. After the other party fell into silence, Quan shrugged his shoulders, politely said goodbye to the other party, turned around and left the office.

Back to the classroom.

The others gathered in twos and threes to have lunch, but there was no sign of Goto Ichiri, which made Quan a little puzzled, wondering where he had hidden.

"Her fear of social interaction is beyond the ordinary. She needs to be dealt with severely... no, she needs to be properly dealt with."

It's understandable if they simply don't like socializing, but just to start a conversation, they have to imagine a little drama in their mind first, and then they stumble when they speak, which gives people the impression that their condition is really serious.

When he returned to his seat, half of the lunch break time had passed. There was no point in looking for Xiaodou and the others, so he opened his lunch box and ate his lunch quietly at his seat.

During this time, many people looked at Quan with curiosity, but so far no one had spoken to Quan.

After all this time, Kurashima, a girl who went to the same junior high school as Izumi, told people around her about Izumi's experiences in junior high school. While everyone got to know Izumi, they also felt a sense of distance from him, as if he was not from the same world as them, and they took the initiative to keep their distance from him.

All of a sudden, in the entire Class A, there were two more absolute areas that few people approached.

At the end of lunch break, Goto Ichiri had returned to her seat without anyone noticing, and after eating her lunch, Izumi lay on the table. I didn't know when she returned to the classroom.

……

"Where did you go at noon, Goto-san?"

In the afternoon, after school.

Izumi and Goto Ichiri left the school together and walked on the way to 'RiNG'. Izumi asked her where she went at noon.

"Eh? Noon... Library."

I don't know why Izumi asked this, but Goto Ichiri didn't hide it. Out of trust in Izumi, he told her the absolutely safe hiding place.

"...Library? Does our school have a library?"

Izumi, who heard the news about the library from Goto Ichiri, was stunned for a moment. He didn't even know that his school actually had a library.

Perhaps because he had no expectations for Xiuhua, he did not know his high school in depth, so when he learned from Goto Ichiri that Xiuhua also had a library, he was surprised.

"Go left from the teachers' offices, and the second one on the left is the library."

"Goto-san...you understand it very well."

It's only been 4 days since school started and I already know where the library is. Izumi thinks Goto Ichiri might really like reading.

"Come to think of it, before choosing Shuka, didn't Goto consider other schools? There are many girls' schools around here. Didn't you consider schools like Hanaoka, Miyamasuzaka, and Hanasakigawa?"

"..."

It might be Quan's illusion, he seemed to see a hint of embarrassment on Goto Ichiri's face as he lowered his head.

Goto Ichiri twitched the corner of his mouth, and his expression suddenly became awkward. He turned his head to avoid Izumi's gaze.

“…Um, um…actually…I…”

"Ok?"

Pursing his lips, Goto Ichiri choked.

"That...result..."

Goto Ichiri cautiously glanced at Izumi beside him and answered softly in an inaudible voice.

"..."

Understood.

Xiuhua High School is a school with a deviation value of 40.

It has been said before that a deviation value of 50 is an average level, and a deviation value of 40 is a relatively poor level. It does not mean that all students are not good at studying, but it is certain that most people are not good at studying, and Goto Ichiri is obviously not good at it.

"It may be a little rude, but may I ask, Goto-san...what were your grades in middle school?"