The social phobia substitute will not dream of the band girl

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“I know nothing about this place.”

"The bustling sounds and people's good wishes must have once filled this place..."

"That doesn't mean anything now..."

“There was a time, yes.”

"Just like the unfinished part of a statue, this is the part that can be "decided" by the person involved."

"The future will surely be bright... If I just let my imagination run wild like this."

"This kind of me makes me——"

"It annoys me."

Because, because...

"But coming back to my senses makes me think—"

"This art museum, it..."

"It was not built to return to dust one day"

"But even so..."

"And to dust you return..."

"Once upon a time, there was"

"Something that no longer exists"

"How many are there?"

Close your eyes.

.......

Try to "see" what this building looked like at the beginning——

"Even though I can only see some seemingly plausible things"

"Just like he said, humans' memories of the past are always vague and arbitrarily beautified."

"But I can know its future..."

If it were him, he would definitely—

"...Leaf, I'll take it down for you."

"..."

"It's definitely going to be very noisy (lively)."

"!"

Enka, who had just been concentrating and looking aloof, now looked like a classic high-attack, paper-defense, tsundere twintailed girl whose defense had been broken.

With a red face and covering her mouth, her expression was filled with disbelief, disgust, surprise, secret joy and confusion.

"You!...Why?"

Ping Xin wouldn't do anything "without reason." This was her opinion, and it was also a fact Ping Xin had said himself, so she would still ask...

Well, of course it was said between punches and kicks. After all, how can talking nonsense be as quick as exchanging blows with fists?

"Well... after all, you just showed a series of emotions, including sadness, loneliness, and relief. If you didn't know better, you might think it was an old mother crying alone because her child left home for college or work. I thought something evil had taken over you and I wanted to exorcise you~"

"...An exorcism like this in your house? What on earth do you want to do?"

Higuchi Enka doesn't believe it. Although Hirashin is as childish as an elementary school boy, a chuunibyou boy, or a high school student who is in heat all year round, but...

Uh, but...

But he can't be that outrageous, right?

"If I can do it, of course I want to do it~"

Now?

Here! ?

Seeing that Pingxin had already started to take off his coat, Enka immediately showed her typical disgusted expression.

You seem a bit too outrageous.jpg

But she is just a powerless...

Well, that might be a little true, but she is just an ordinary high school girl who is not as strong as Ping Xinqiang (I’m sure), so can she still resist?

And then...then Pingxin put his coat on Enka.

Of course, when working, one has to wear a full set of formal clothes instead of just a thin white shirt as usual. In fact, this makes Ping Xin feel a little uncomfortable, but fortunately, there is a nice-looking lady in front of him who looks very stylish.

"Hmph... Was anyone thinking about Sese just now?"

“…Heh~”

What a childish trick! Do you think I, Higuchi Enka, will fall for it?

Well... although she has been fooled countless times, but because of this, the current Maruko is no longer the Maruko of the past, but the Super Higuchi Maruko!

"Hey, why did you step on your toe? Are you a kid? Brushing and maintaining shoes is really troublesome! ...Although I don't do it myself (whispering)..."

"Haha~"

Isn't this a better mood?

After being taken away and played with by someone for a few minutes, Higuchi Enka took a deep breath of fresh air and her whole body became limp.

She had just received a small punishment and was very wet in various places, but it was a pity that she was still working, otherwise Ping Xin would have made her count the stars in the sky...

I just wonder if she'll fly up because of the bugs when she's lying on the ground, in every sense~

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After finishing the filming at the art museum, the two of them immediately rushed to the next location. Time would have been very tight, but fortunately, they both could fly (physics), so they arrived at the scene early.

"Well, Miss Higuchi, please take a seat over here."

Enka sat across from the female interviewer (writer).

"I repeat, thank you for your guidance today."

"...Please give me your guidance."

As she spoke, she leaned forward slightly and nodded. Enka was always very polite and sensible at work, but I don't know why she was always so aggressive with me...

Ping Xin didn't mention anything about what happened just now.

After all, the one who did the bad thing was [Asuka Maheishin], what does it have to do with me [Producer X]?

Chapter 40: Dried Flowers & Things of Truly Beauty

"Ah, please relax, this isn't a particularly serious interview."

"Okay... Well, I'm going to chat with you like I would with my friends at school."

"Haha, thank you so much. Then I have to work hard to make myself younger--"

Hmm, but it seems like this is actually a very good polite social exchange...

Enka seemed relaxed and polite while talking, and even had a somewhat handsome and cute smile on her face that didn't match her private persona...

So, do you really have friends at school?

No, I'm afraid that only Toru, who is in the same class as you, and Koito and Hina, who are in the lower grade, are the three people you can consider as friends (or higher beings), right?

As for the rest of my classmates, I guess most of them were just simple "acquaintances", the kind that would be basically forgotten after a few years after graduation.

In case, they can't be called true "friends" at all, right?

Well, it's obvious that our protagonist, Honshin-kun, has a rather strict definition of friends...

It would be better to say that this is the original meaning, but too many social occasions have made the word friend cheap?

Anyway, regardless of the entanglement of this bystander, the interview continues——

"...Do you usually come to cafes like this? For example... on your way home from school?"

It's well known that people often need to do some preparation before getting down to business so that they can better cooperate with each other and achieve better results later...

This is what is called foreplay.

Sitting here is free, so I can take advantage of this time to handle some work.

By the way, the filming mission just now naturally received rave reviews. The director even said that he would like to invite Enka to film next time... Is this an endorsement from a weirdo?

While tapping lightly on the keyboard, Ping Xin was also paying attention to the interview going on nearby.

"——That's true... I haven't taken care of it very seriously. I just change the water every day and let it bask in the sun..."

Oh, are you talking about pets?

Enka continued without pausing, "Even so, it will still wither... That's how it is. Even if I want it to live longer... But for a living thing, (breaking the laws of nature) is really difficult."

As she spoke, she glanced over here briefly. Now she probably still thinks that her little action has not been discovered, right?

Ping Xin suppressed his laughter, and while his hands moved faster, he also kept his attention on that side -

Although it's unlikely, what if Enka says something good about me?

All of this happened in a split second, so Enka continues: "I always thought that when a flower withered, that was its [end]... Rather, it is precisely because the flower withers that the moment it blooms becomes so precious."

The same is true for humans. Death is just an ending that everyone will face sooner or later.

If there were infinite life, perhaps we could accomplish many remarkable things, even things that could be called miracles or wonders, right?

But when you have accomplished everything, what is the meaning of the remaining life?

Waiting for a "destined death"?

Human life itself has no meaning. All concepts in it are artificial, added later, or even defined by future generations.

Birth, growth and death...the three inevitable destinies of human beings.

Appearance, change, disappearance...are the summaries of all existence in this world.

It is because we will die that life has meaning.

......So ordinary people will not pursue eternal life.

Of course, according to him, [about 200-300 years is enough, just like delicious food, you get tired of it if you eat too much.]

"—So when I saw the dried flowers in this shop, I was surprised...the colors of the flowers were well preserved."

In a sense, it's like a mummy... Maybe it would be scary from a plant's perspective?

"[Oh, it's not brown, unlike the wilted flowers in my house]...I would say that."

Pingxin was killing time while drinking the sweetened caramel macchiato in his hand.

"——Excuse me. But... or should I say, has the impression really changed? Or is it possible to keep it alive in this form?"

The key point of dried flowers is...

Avoid using flower buds

"Water thoroughly"

"And at the moment when the flowers are at their most vibrant—"

Hang it

............pretty?

Seriously?

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