No, it is more of a yearning from the heart than a pursuit. Fortunately, this thought only stayed at the level of thoughts and slogans, and did not cause any trouble to any female classmates, so everyone just complained about it behind his back, and no one would really attack him personally.

But even so, every time Nohara made a declaration, he would show 200% enthusiasm. That kind of unbridled willfulness, like an eagle flapping its wings, without any scruples, really made Hasegawa feel a little overwhelmed.

“You know, your behavior will sometimes cause people around you to suffer strange looks from classmates, like me.”

“Oh, is that so? I’m so sorry.”

Faced with Hasegawa’s statement, which did not show any emotion and seemed to be just explaining a cruel fact, Nohara, who positioned himself as the other party’s best friend, instantly changed his attitude.

“But having said that, friendship is friendship, and I will never give up my beliefs!”

“No problem. After all, everyone knows that your belief is that you can’t walk when you see beautiful girls.”

“Who said that? I’m not such a casual person!”

Nohara, who was originally full of confidence, was instantly furious at his friend’s words. This energetic young man tried hard to open his small eyes and argued with Hasegawa in front of him, as if he wanted to prove that he was definitely not a casual person.

“But based on everyone’s observations, the final conclusion is correct, including mine.”

Hasegawa rolled his eyes helplessly. Facing this friend in front of him, he felt that there was nothing wrong with him liking pretty girls, but every time he made a declaration in public with great momentum, he did not take any action afterwards, which really felt a bit anticlimactic. Instead of doing this, it would be better to hide this inexplicable idea in the heart from the beginning, so that the person concerned would not have wild thoughts.

“… Think about it, you may just shout it out, but it is very likely that your nonsense will make others feel uneasy, and they will not be able to get into college, or their future career plans will be delayed.

In this case, wouldn’t you become a sinner?”

“Don’t worry, buddy. I’ve done some research. Xiaodao just looks cute and quiet. In fact, she doesn’t like studying at all. She also likes to team up with a group of hot girls to race cars without a license.”

“…”

[Who are these people you like? Also, are there such wild and unruly girls in our school? ]

Faced with Nohara’s rebuttal that “without investigation, you have no right to speak”, Hasegawa opened his mouth, and finally simply said “as you please”, and then continued with his task of cleaning the classroom.

The work that was originally in charge of by two people has now all fallen on him because of his friend’s passionate speech. Fortunately, now he does not need to work as hard as before to fill his schedule, so there is no need to worry about these trivial things.

“By the way, Hasegawa, I heard that you and Yukinoshita were shopping together again last week, holding hands?”

“Where did you hear this news?”

The boy was slightly startled by the sudden question. Facing his friend’s curious look, he leaned on the broom in his hand with a strange look on his face: “Could it be that everyone in school has nothing to do during the holidays, so they formed a group to play some detective game?”

“Bingo! You are worthy of being my best friend. How did you know that the detective agency’s team-building activity last week was to explore your and Yukinoshita’s holiday routine?”

“…”

[So this is really true?! ]

In his heart, he couldn’t help but complain about the alumni’s high energy, but on the surface, he still raised his chin slightly and looked at his friends in front of him with a look of pity, as if he had looked beyond Nohara’s existence and saw the group of detective agency members who were doing things behind his back:

“Do they know that this behavior, called stalking, can be reported to the police?”

“Ha, haha… You’re such a nice person, you wouldn’t do that, right?”

He laughed dryly twice. Facing his friend’s seemingly strange look, Nohara, who couldn’t guess whether it was true or not, suddenly felt a headache, and at the same time, he began to curse the guys in the detective agency who had nothing better to do and liked to pry into other people’s little secrets.

——What kind of detective agency is this? They are clearly just a bunch of paparazzi who love gossip!

“The road of life is full of thorns. It seems that some people are destined to encounter difficulties…”

Thinking of the story of the 81 difficulties he had seen in his friend’s house before, Nohara couldn’t help shaking his head and muttering to himself. It was not until he realized that the other party didn’t want to argue with the group of people from the detective agency that he quietly breathed a sigh of relief and changed the topic to another direction.

“You said… you wanted to introduce me to a friend?”

“Yes!

His name is Sakurai, I believe you and him will become good friends after you meet him! “

There are infinite stars twinkling in his eyes.

Facing Hasegawa’s seemingly doubtful expression, the young boy Nohara had a determined look on his face, his heart full of admiration for his like-minded companion!

Chapter 36: Sakurai and the Small Town Legend

Sakurai, as Nohara mentioned, is a junior high school student, not very tall, and currently lives in a relatively remote village in the countryside. Although the two met by chance, the deepening of their relationship is indeed due to the resonance of their souls.

Well… it’s the result of two teenagers who are full of fantasies about the opposite sex reaching a consensus in some strange areas. In simple terms, it’s two guys with unique ideas of lust, no, full of appreciation for the opposite sex, who met under the influence of the world’s will.

“And then…you decided to drag me in?”

Looking at the middle school boy in front of him who seemed to be malnourished but had a gleam in his eyes, Hasegawa subconsciously took two steps back and distanced himself from him. At the same time, he couldn’t help but think of the middle school girl named Nagato whom he had brought out from the Xiaohei Internet Cafe.

Both are middle school students, but one is confused about the future and bad experiences, while the other is leisurely and his head is full of pornographic garbage. They lead completely opposite lives.

[By the way, I have mentioned Teacher Bai Jie’s story before. From this perspective, I don’t seem to have any right to criticize her.]

He added quietly in his heart. Thinking of his previous bold attempt, his face turned red, and then he turned away without saying anything, pretending to look at the scenery in the distance, without the previous active desire to preach:

“Very interesting idea, young and promising… young and promising!”

“Haha, so Senior thinks so too?”

“Of course, any man with normal sexual orientation is lustful, let alone people of our age.”

……

Looking at his friend’s fantastic transformation in amazement, compared to Sakurai’s joy at being recognized, the expression on Nohara’s face became extremely terrified.

[That’s not right! You were never so tolerant of me when we were in school for the same thing.]

His heart was filled with resentment for being treated differently by his good brothers. However, as a justice messenger who was walking further and further on the road of being a gentleman with a righteous heart, Nohara had sufficient self-healing ability, and hypnotized himself that all this came from the spiritual encouragement of his friends.

The group strolled casually on the street. Compared with the bustling and noisy city, Hasegawa felt an unprecedented peace in this small town.

“It’s really good.”

“Haha, Hasegawa, you think so too, right?”

After hearing his friend’s sigh, Nohara’s eyes lit up slightly and he instantly gave him a thumbs up.

But compared to Hasegawa’s lament about the pace of life, at this moment he was looking at the girls passing by on the street with a sly look on his face, with a suspicious expression like a pervert, which made people unable to help but quietly move away from him to avoid being seen and misunderstood by passers-by.

“Since this is our first meeting, and as the host, I will treat you two to some snacks.”

They walked happily towards a very famous local shop. The owner, whose name was Shikata, had extremely high attainments in making sweets, which made Hasegawa and Nohara, who were visiting for the first time, couldn’t help but be dazzled.

But judging from what this middle-aged uncle said, his son has no interest in this family business, but wants to become a cartoonist…

“If there is a chance, I can get in touch with the young man from the boss’s family in the future.”

“Oh, Hasegawa, are you interested in Dagashi?”

“No, because of something, I need to find a reliable partner who is good at painting.”

Illustrations are necessary. For the light novel industry, a good illustrator can significantly improve the work. Hasegawa had never paid attention to this matter before, but with a deeper understanding, he has gradually realized the importance of illustrators to him.

After all, countless facts have proved that in the internal competition of the library, at certain times a work can really turn the tide with the help of illustrations.

“What about Sakurai?”

“what?”

“I specially introduced Sakurai to you today, but Hasegawa, you completely focused your attention on a stranger you haven’t met yet. Is that right?” Nohara waved his hands and teased Hasegawa unscrupulously, looking at his friend in front of him with a strange look on his face.

“Oh~ If Sakurai knew about this, she would probably be really sad.”

“That’s not the case. From what I’ve seen, Sakurai is probably the same as you. He’s a kind-hearted person who doesn’t cause any trouble to the women around him, even though he looks very lustful.”

“Uh, haha… I didn’t expect Hasegawa to think so highly of me.”

He scratched his head a little embarrassedly: “But you guessed one thing wrong. Sakurai is different from me. That guy will put his inner delusions into action.”

“?!”

[Wouldn’t that be completely perverted? ]

He lowered his head and took a sip of his drink to hide his embarrassment. However, with Nohara’s explanation, Hasegawa soon understood that the boy was basically just dating a childhood friend named Chu Yuan. Rather than saying it was perverted harassment, it was more like a consensual flirting between the two of them…

“By the way, there is one more very important thing, which is about the town where Sakurai is located.”

“Actually, I don’t know whether it’s true or not, but there is a rumor that someone once saw an angel under that huge cherry tree!”

“Oh, really…”

……

Hasegawa didn’t take the angel legend about the town where Sakurai lived seriously, but he didn’t ignore it. Normally, he shouldn’t believe in ghosts and gods, but he had already been involved in time travel, and it was a bit disrespectful to say such things.

Days passed one by one. For Hasegawa, except for the rapid development of his relationship with Haruno, there were no other major changes in his life. In the eyes of the students of General Affairs High School, the two of them were more inseparable than the bickering lovers before, and even the air around them seemed to be tinged with a sweet breath.

In addition to blessing this obvious change, everyone is full of longing for campus love. However, some people who learned about this through other channels did not feel happy at all…

Chapter 37: Kaguya’s Troubles

“There are often such plots in light novels, where childhood sweethearts who grew up together are often no match for the opposite sex who suddenly appears out of nowhere at some point in their relationship, which is the so-called ‘childhood sweethearts who fall from the sky’.”

In the office of the Shuchiin Student Union, Ishigami rarely left early today. He also changed his previous gloomy attitude and excitedly explained strange knowledge to other members of the student union.

According to the possibility, he could usually only discuss such topics with Shirogane, with whom he had a closer relationship, but in fact, in addition to Shirogane, Kaguya Shinomiya and Chika Fujiwara were also present in the office.

Especially the former!

Judging from the girl’s extremely serious expression, Kaguya Shinomiya seemed to attach great importance to Ishigami’s popular science content at this time, and even quietly took out a small notebook to write down the key points.

On the other hand, Ishigami, who had just been talking incessantly like an orator who had found a stage suitable for him, gradually became aware of the strange situation in the office after experiencing a lot of physical and mental exhaustion.

Vice President Kaguya, who symbolizes confidence and strength and is strict with herself and the people around her, actually took the initiative to ask her questions today, and they were about some plots in love! No matter how you look at it, this doesn’t seem like a normal development.

And love…

[President! Did you do something to offend the Vice President? ! ]

He quietly looked at Shirogane who had stopped working since some time while sitting on the chairman’s chair. At this time, Fujiwara Chika who was secretly observing from the side also had the same action as Ishigami.

It is said that those involved are confused, while those who are watching can see clearly. The extreme tug-of-war between Shirogane and Shinomiya in the school, which is full of romantic comedy style, has long been no secret for them who are active in the student union office. In addition, Shinomiya is a thin-skinned person who is not good at sharing his thoughts with others. Now that he can confide his troubles to his friends in the student union under the guise of “I have a friend”, it is self-evident who the object of his troubles is.

“The boy I’ve always had a crush on suddenly established a relationship with another girl… President, no matter what, I think you’ve really gone too far this time.”

“????”

Faced with the words that Ishigami whispered to him when he came up to him, Shirogane Miyuki was completely bewildered.

[Isn’t it that Shinomiya’s friend is having problems with love? Why is it suddenly linked to me? ]

[Could it be…?! ]

The brain, which already had limited remaining running memory, was working overloaded at this moment. Whenever something related to the Fourth Palace was involved, Baiyin would burst out with 100% enthusiasm at the first moment, and it was very easy for him to have unrealistic thoughts due to inferiority complex and excessive concern.

Just like now, facing Shinomiya Kaguya’s abnormal behavior, he, like Ishigami Fujiwara, did not think that this was just the girl’s “I have a friend”, but that she herself was currently troubled by something related to love.

Did I do something wrong during this period? Or did Shinomiya actually have someone else she liked from the beginning? Or…

A strange atmosphere gradually spread among the students’ union. As the president, Shirogane Miyuki is reflecting on his recent actions in a state of anxiety, while Ishigami and Fujihara are looking at Shirogane with the eyes of a scumbag, thinking “So you are this kind of president.”

Only Shinomiya Kaguya, who was the initiator of the question, looked at her companions who were either in distress or hesitant to speak, and she couldn’t help but think of her personal attendant Hayasaka Ai.

She is smart and capable, and is used to hiding her emotions behind a mask. But she seems a little abnormal recently. Not only does she frequently lose focus while working, but sometimes she even stares at the wall alone, not even noticing others passing behind her.

For Kaguya, who grew up with Hayasaka Ai, the recent signs of Hayasaka Ai are undoubtedly very unscientific!

Kaguya, who depended on the maid like sisters, naturally could not sit idly by. So after she asked the maid countless times, the maid who was fed up with the pressure finally gave in and revealed a hint of her inner distress in a roundabout way.

——The guy who had always been able to share his inner world with each other, actually quietly established a romantic relationship with another girl!

“I seem to be like a normal high school student, doing what I like and enjoying a passionate and unforgettable relationship…” Hayasaka Ai’s words, which seemed to be free of any emotion but revealed a hint of powerlessness, are still lingering in Shinomiya Kaguya’s mind. In addition to concern and basic comfort, she naturally also wants to find a good way for the other party.

Unfortunately, when it comes to love, the eldest daughter of the Shinomiya family is either completely clueless or basically at the same level as a poor student. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have been so desperate for Shirogane Miyuki and yet she had to push the limit for an entire school year despite being together day and night.

The confident Miss Kaguya would never take the initiative to admit that she has a hard time in the field of love, but fortunately she is good at brainstorming, so even though she has no self-knowledge, she still finds her partners in the student union to help her come up with ideas, trying to make her reliable maid return to her former self.

It’s okay to be sharp-tongued… Even if I have to endure a little bit of pressure, it’s better than being like a lost soul like I am now!

The starting point was good, and the method was not wrong. Unfortunately, Kaguya Shinomiya underestimated the overactive divergent thinking of her student council partners, as well as their introverted nature that was not much different from her at times, and turned the meeting that was originally intended to help her good friends into a werewolf battle of wits and courage.

And when Kaguya realized the possibility of this, the people who were originally full of energy had now completely turned into salted fish with more air in than out. Only Shirogane, who was full of imagination, was still trying to make amends and seemed to be able to jump a few times on the shore.

“Everyone…you don’t think I’m having emotional problems, do you?”

“Ah! Isn’t it?!”

Looking at Kaguya’s calm expression, Shirogane suddenly raised his head, and in his eyes wrapped in dark circles, there was more relief than surprise.

He had just been thinking hard for a long time, and had almost completely reviewed his activities over the past few months. He was just short of committing seppuku to apologize.

Although Miss Kaguya’s words may sound light and frivolous, to me, they are no less than the supreme brilliance that the gods shed on the world…