I really don't want to be reborn.

She lowered her head and pondered: "Are hobbies influenced by my parents really that worthless?"

"That's not exactly how it works..."

Teacher Gao began to share his philosophy of life and his experience: "I once met a maid in Akihabara. She was a homebody who loved singing, dancing, drawing, and watching anime."

Upon hearing "Akihabara," Touma frowned, her eyes sharpening once more.

This attitude is almost identical to that of Ayase Aragaki; she is expressing her lack of understanding and acceptance of otaku culture.

"Then, she has several younger sisters who are deeply influenced by her. Now they are either popular voice actresses, popular (ecchi) doujinshi artists, or well-known TV hosts. She said that her sisters are all very passionate about their jobs."

Kyosuke slapped the fence with his palm and concluded, "So whether it's naturally grown or grafted, if you like it, just keep doing it."

He smiled and said, "Besides, Touma-kun, you love music, right? ...A person who doesn't love music can't play the piano like that."

The tall girl crossed her arms and nodded almost imperceptibly.

Her eyes sparkled with starlight.

She really liked it.

"Besides, you're a genius."

"what?"

Kyosuke Kosaka rarely showed his true feelings: "Geniuses thrive best in harsh environments."

"Oh, I see..."

Touma Kazusa finally understood.

She blushed slightly.

It turns out that the boy was trying to comfort himself indirectly.

If she looked up now, she would see a calm face devoid of any tenderness—he was a rational monster who firmly believed that thoughts and content were derived through thought, not from sentimental resonance.

But she didn't look up; she was just hesitating whether or not to say thank you.

She wanted to say thank you, but felt that a thank you without any context would be abrupt and awkward, so she glanced at the blue-haired little girl who was still filming, pursed her lips, and said, "We're even."

Taking photos and offering comfort are mutually agreeable.

Kyosuke understood what she meant, thought the girl was kind of cool, and started to get interested.

"Are you two done flirting? Come on, take a picture of me!"

Shi then shouted at them.

"..."

"Children say the darndest things, please don't mind it."

The three of them took photos for a while, exchanged a few words, and then said goodbye.

They didn't ask for specific names, and they didn't exchange email addresses.

Each is free and unrestrained, like two clouds in the sky, or two fish that meet by chance in the river.

I don't know if we'll ever meet again in this lifetime.

Even if they meet again, they will only nod and smile at each other.

"What a free and easy girl, even your sister can't compare in this respect."

He paused for a moment, then added under Shino's increasingly cold gaze, "Of course, I don't want Kasumigaoka Utaha to become like that either. If she becomes too carefree, then it'll be my turn to have a headache."

I still remember what that woman from Kasumigaoka said.

She wanted to spend her youth traveling—how could that be allowed!

Do you want him to drug you and turn you into a vegetable pet with no limbs to move, woman?

After leaving the observation deck and packing up his things at the hot spring shop, he took Shino down the mountain and returned to the hotel where the main group of students was staying.

Kyosuke suddenly noticed Shino's unusual behavior throughout the journey: "What have you been doing staring at your phone? Are you tattling to your sister?"

"No."

He pointed to the room number: "This is your room. Where are you going with me?"

Shino stopped and looked up, bewildered: "...Oh."

Kyosuke bent down and looked at her with concern: "What's wrong? Why have you been so absent-minded since tonight? Did you forget something?"

The girl suddenly clapped her hands as if she had just remembered something: "I knew it! There was something I forgot! The camera! The camera!"

"..."

"I forgot it at the spot where I took the picture earlier."

He glared at the brat angrily: "Fine, fine, you go back to your room and sleep. I'll go find it myself. Hopefully, no one else has found it."

Shina waited for him to leave.

Kyosuke suddenly stopped again: "But it's not a big deal if it's lost, it's just some scenery photos, and you can just buy another camera if you lose it..."

"Can't!"

She said expressionlessly, "I took a picture of you flirting with that woman. I'm going to send it to my sister. Go find it and get it back!"

"We weren't flirting..."

He couldn't be bothered to explain; explaining interpersonal relationships to this guy was like talking to a black cat about Meruru's artistic value: "Besides, I would never do anything that would be detrimental to myself."

"If you won't go, I will."

"I go!"

Kyosuke Kosaka was helpless against his sister-in-law, and inwardly he was screaming, "Go to hell!"

Watching him wearily walk out of the hotel, Shino's cool little face revealed a warm smile, like a fish breaking through ice.

But the smile quickly faded, and he became serious.

After looking around at the hotel entrance, following the message from her companion, Shino quickly disappeared into the night.

Kyosuke Kosaka was unaware of the turbulent undercurrents swirling in Nagasaki, nor that his sister-in-law had been drawn into them; he only heard the taxi driver complaining.

"The mayoral election is coming up, and the loudspeakers blaring campaign slogans are blaring in my ears every day. It's so noisy."

He smiled and agreed a few times, then suddenly received a message from his sister.

Kirino is extremely unhappy.

That bastard brother of mine hasn't called me for two days, not even an email!

He sent photos of Nagasaki scenery to Ran and the black cat, but not to himself...

That's going too far!

"If you don't talk to me, I'm really going to cry."

My proud and aloof younger sister suddenly sent me such a shameless message.

Kyosuke's response was also very simple.

"Don't cry!"

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I've been reading the original Classroom of the Month manga recently, and I understand why Megumi Karuizawa is so popular, and why manga fans were so dissatisfied with episode 7 of the anime.

—Because the Horikita Suzune in the novel is very different from the one in the anime. In the anime, at least she's a bit timid and a bit arrogant, but in the novel...

Is she really the female lead? The female lead is definitely... Ichinose Honami!

Chapter 46 My Sister's Diary

"If you don't talk to me, I'm really going to cry."

Chiba, Kousaka family.

Ms. Kirino Kousaka tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep.

Even if she could fall asleep, she probably wouldn't feel sleepy at all—her beloved older brother seems to have left her alone.

In fact, ever since that woman from August Hill returned to her hometown, she had vaguely sensed that her brother had become distant from her. This distance was not the kind of cold war where the two ignored each other.

It was a day without thunder, and there was no casualness of snuggling under the covers; it was a deliberately created distance.

(Isn't the rhyme wonderful?)

She had a vague premonition that something was wrong, and this school trip to Ben Zhan High School proved it.

Her brother did not contact her during his trip.

Not even once, neither by phone nor by email.

The unease and grievances in my heart amplified and deepened tonight, fermenting into that tearful sentence.

Three seconds after sending the message, Kirino received a reply. She opened it with a delighted smile, but that smile quickly turned into shame and anger.

"Ah ah ah ah ah!"

From the second floor of the Kosaka residence came a girl's furious and humiliating roar: "Why did I send it to the wrong person?! Why ...

The reply was a rhetorical question: "Are you out of your mind?"

The sender... is unsurprisingly the sharp-tongued Prince Black Cat.

Then came the follow-up attack: "Look at your shameless and uncharacteristically coquettish tone—did you send the email to the wrong person? Was it sent to your brother? How many days has it been since your brother has spoken to you?"

Kirino really felt like vomiting blood.

She quickly resent the message to her brother, and then started her usual banter with Black Cat. However, her weakness was immediately seen through, and Black Cat's words extinguished her anger, leaving her only feeling frustrated.

"I'm wondering if you've been too aggressive lately, and he's noticed, which is why he's giving you the cold shoulder now?"

"Well……"

"I feel like you're a dead pig that's been stuffed into a refrigerator."

"Dead cat..."

Kirino's hair was a mess, and she wanted to argue but found herself speechless.