I have pure love with them

"I'm sorry, the other two haven't contacted me yet. Otherwise, I would also like to give Chihaya-kun a more complete autograph. As for Xiangzi..."

Nagasaki Soyo seemed to be hesitant to speak, which made Izumi temporarily stop thinking about how to get Toyokawa Shoko's autograph. He looked at Nagasaki Soyo in front of him, who had a slightly sad expression and wanted to speak but was too embarrassed to do so.

"For 'CRYCHIC' which has ceased activities, I am very satisfied to get the signatures of the three of you. I will treasure this as a lifetime treasure and keep it well."

“…I see.”

Nagasaki Soyo, who didn't want to talk about this but wanted to know the whereabouts of Xiangzi, didn't know how to respond to Quan's sincere feelings and attitude for a moment, and responded with a forced smile.

"lifetime!"

"Ah... OK..."

Looking at Nagasaki Shoshi who looked reluctant but still agreed with him.

"Yes, that's the expression I want to see."

It's simply bliss.

Izumi, who felt satisfied in her heart, did not meet Nagasaki Shoyo's expectations and tell her anything about Toyokawa Shoko. She left Nagasaki Shoyo in 'RiNG', saying that she had other things to do at home, and turned around and left.

"..."

Watching Izumi's leaving back, Nagasaki Shoyo's smile faded. He held his right hand with his left hand and gently stroked his white index finger with his thumb.

108. I don’t want people to look down on me

"I have received the draft, it is very complete and there is no need for any modification."

Not long after handing over the illustrations he had completed to Kenjiro Toki, he received a call from him, who expressed his high recognition of Izumi's illustrations.

"Don't we need to confirm with Mr. Hashima?"

"It's okay. That person doesn't have particularly high requirements for illustrations. With Kazuki-sensei's level of completion, Hashima won't have any objections. Kazuki-sensei should take a good rest before the second volume is completed. Maybe after this volume is released, Kazuki-sensei will receive more commissions."

"I am looking forward."

Facing Toki Kenjiro's compliments, Izumi, who was sitting in the room, expressed her anticipation for the release of the first volume and her commission in a soft and gentle voice, and ended the conversation with Toki Kenjiro.

After hanging up the phone, he put down the phone to his ear and stared at the undulating K-line on the computer screen in front of him.

After buying and selling, I took a look at the balance in my account. For ordinary people, it was an astronomical figure, but I didn't feel it was real.

Glancing at the signature he had placed next to his computer desk, Quan felt that the value of this signature was more satisfying and exciting than the balance in his FX account.

He reached out and picked up the signature, looking at the three different names on the white signature board - Shiina Tatsuki, Wakaba Mutsu, and Nagasaki Soyo.

"How can I get Toyokawa Shoko's autograph?"

There are five people in the band, but there are only three signatures. In front of Nagasaki Soyo, in order to fool the other party, Quan acted as if he was satisfied with the signatures of three people, but deep down in his heart, he was more interested in the complete signatures of all five people than the signatures of three people.

If you could buy Toyokawa Shoko's autograph with money, that would be perfect. But with Izumi's current identity, if he appeared in front of Toyokawa Shoko and proposed a monetary transaction... it would feel weird.

"It would be much more convenient if someone could come forward on my behalf, but it seems that there is no one who can come forward on my behalf right now."

Considering Toyokawa Shoko's current living conditions, the other party's father seemed to be a good breakthrough. If Toyokawa Shoko could be bought with money and a plot similar to 'The Declined Aristocrat Ryu Okawa' happened, it would be a blessing just thinking about it.

Under the current circumstances, Toyokawa Shoko knew that he was a fan of the band 'CRYCHIC', so it shouldn't be particularly difficult to ask her for an autograph alone. However, it would be a bit difficult to ask her to write her name on a board that already had three signatures.

It is not possible to ask Toyokawa Shoko to sign her name first and then ask Nagasaki Soyo and others to sign again.

Since Toyokawa Shoko's signature was already there, Shiina Tachibana probably didn't want to sign on it.

"I don't know when I can hear Toyokawa Shoko's version of Kasuga Kage... But Aine will be enrolled in Haneda tomorrow, so there shouldn't be any problems with Takamatsu Tomo."

Putting the signature back on the table, Izumi turned his head to look in the direction of Aine's room.

'It's all up to you, Aine.'

Chihaya Aine had fallen asleep in the room. When Izumi looked at her room, the girl slowly frowned in her sleep, as if she had dreamed of something bad. Her hands tightly grasped the warm quilt on her body, and she murmured in her sleep——

"...then...um..."

In the morning, Izumi woke up early without asking Aine to wake her up like she did yesterday. On her way back to her room from the bathroom, she ran into Aine who was already wearing the Haneda school uniform.

The grey suit jacket and green plaid skirt overlapped with the image deep in Izumi's memory. The moment she saw Aine wearing the Yugaoka school uniform, Izumi looked a little surprised.

"How is it, is it appropriate?"

Aine, who was about to enter Yuqiu, seemed to be in a very high spirit. On her way out to the living room, she happened to meet Izumi. She turned lightly in the not-so-spacious corridor, her light green skirt fluttering with her movements.

"I'm in high spirits."

Seeing Aine looking at him expectantly, Izumi did not give a direct answer.

"Out of 10, how many points would you give?"

Full of faintness.

He gave the rating in his heart without hesitation, but in front of Aine, Izumi just walked up to her quietly and reached out to flick her forehead lightly.

She looked at Izumi expectantly, but under her gaze, Izumi just raised his hand and rubbed her forehead, causing Aine to rub her forehead with her left hand and couldn't help but reveal her cute little fangs, and her expression when she looked at Izumi suddenly became dissatisfied.

"what the hell!"

"People ask you why you enrolled at this time. Have you thought of a reason?"

"..."

In an instant, Ai Ne, who was full of energy, suddenly lost her expression and her eyes became erratic.

"Well...family reasons?"

She would never admit that she failed studying abroad. Even if she met her former classmates, she would never admit that she returned to China because of her failure.

Looking at the face-conscious and strong-willed Ai Ne, Quan helplessly stretched out his hand and placed it on her soft cherry-pink long hair, rubbing her head twice, which made her eyes fall on Quan. Looking at her brother in front of her, she pursed her lips.

"I...as expected--"

"Do you need me to pick you up after school?"

Before Aine could finish her self-blaming words, Izumi who was standing in front of her interrupted her speech. Aine was upset about being interrupted, and at the same time, she looked at Izumi in front of her with a surprised look on her face.

"Eh?"

"unnecessary?"

Although she had previously offered to let Izumi pick her up after she enrolled in Yugaoka, she was rejected at that time. She didn't expect that Izumi would take the initiative to bring up this matter now.

"…Then remember to go home and change your clothes before picking me up."

"..."

Now it was Quan's turn to be silent.

Maybe Aiyin dislikes Xiuhua, where Izumi is, and doesn't want Izumi to pick her up wearing Xiuhua's school uniform. If her classmates see this, they will doubt Izumi's grades.

Even Quan was feeling delicate at the moment, staring at Aine in front of him, he couldn't help but take back the hand on her head and flicked her forehead again.

"pain!"

Chihaya Aine covered her forehead with both hands, cried out in pain, and closed her eyes subconsciously.

By the time she opened her eyes and wanted to complain to Izumi, he had already returned to the door of his own room and closed it, leaving Aine standing in the corridor. While rubbing her forehead, she wondered in her heart whether Izumi had agreed or refused.

She also knew that her request was a bit willful, but it always felt more troublesome to explain it to the classmates she was about to meet.

"The combination of a smart sister and a stupid brother seems interesting, but... I don't want people to look down on Izumi..."

109. Successfully enrolled in Hanegaoka Academy

Although he expressed his confidence in the next competition every time he talked with Izumi, he knew deep down that there was a big gap between him and Chihaya Izumi.

She thought Chihayazumi would lose to her because of carelessness, but she never expected that she would be the careless person.

Being asked to recite such embarrassing lines, this humiliation——

In class, Ayatsuji Ci used the corner of her eye to watch Izumi, who looked absent-minded, sitting in the seat behind her, and she couldn't help but feel suspicious.

'Is he distracted, or does he simply look like he is distracted, but is actually reviewing knowledge from other subjects in his mind, using his frivolous and casual appearance to confuse me, causing me to let down my guard and fall into his trap... Am I losing from the start?'

Thinking back carefully, she had never gotten anything good from Quan.

Subconsciously, he forgot that he had taken the initiative to approach Chihayazumi. After a series of failures, Ayatsuji couldn't help but think that Chihayazumi was "innately evil" in his mind.

I was thinking whether I would run into Toyokawa Shoko's Izumi when I went to pick up Aine this afternoon, when I felt a strong gaze staring at me. My eyes focused and looked in the direction of that gaze, and met the obscure gaze of Ayatsuji Kotori.

‘! ’

The moment their eyes met, Izumi felt Ayatsuji's eyes tremble, and then he quickly dodged away.

But after dodging, not long after, Xuanji Ci looked at him again, and this time when Quan looked at her, she did not dodge away, but looked at him firmly.

"..."

According to unreliable rumors, as long as a man and a woman look at each other for more than three seconds, they are very likely to fall in love with each other.

But after staring at each other for a full minute, he did not see the shyness that only people who look at someone they like would have in their eyes. Izumi was too lazy to look at her, and he was the first to retract his gaze, and his eyes dropped to the table, folding the origami he had bought specially.

Instead of looking at Sora and Akatsuji, he might as well fold a Hatsune Miku.

After looking at Izumi, Akatsuji Kotsugu discovered that Chihaya Izumi was the first to look away, and he suddenly felt a sense of victory.

“Finally… But… What, that strange feeling just now…”

Thinking back to the time when they looked at each other, Chihayazumi's clear and bright eyes, Akatsuji moved her lips, trying to clear that image from her mind. But the more she tried not to think about it, the clearer those eyes became in her heart...

"Although it's almost Golden Week, we have a new student in our class today."

After careful preparation, Chihaya Aine, who was fully prepared, wrote her name on the blackboard under the teacher's introduction, and introduced herself with a graceful posture and a clear and bright voice.

"My name is Chihaya Aine. Due to family reasons, I entered school a little late. I hope everyone can take care of me and give me more advice."

Chihaya Aine's cute face and graceful demeanor left a good first impression on everyone in the class. Applause rang out in the class after she finished her self-introduction.

"Chihaya-san, please take the empty seat at the back."

Now that her position in the class had already been determined, Chihaya Aine herself did not have any special needs, so her position was placed last.

"Ok."