I, who advocate giving up, feel like a disqualified person

"Master, are you ready to pick up girls?" Liu Yan said and winked at me.

"Not really." I sighed. "Besides, can you pick up girls at a cultural exhibition? If you could, why don't you go?"

"Isn't this because I want you to teach me? Besides, the cultural exhibition is a good time to pick up girls, right? And I heard that Class 6's uniform shop..."

"This is indeed..." What about Yehui's class...

"Tell me, if I go to Class 6 and try to pick up girls, will I be successful?"

"It would be fine on normal days, but during the cultural exhibition, it's very busy and it's difficult to even talk to them."

And you guys are not allowed to have any ideas about Ye Hui.

"Ah... That's true... You are indeed a master."

"I think it's better not to call me Master..."

.............

Everyone is looking forward to the cultural exhibition to some extent.

But I'm not looking forward to it...or rather, not looking forward to it at all.

On the one hand, it's because I have always been a maverick, and on the other hand, I am worried that something bad will happen at the cultural exhibition... For example, Ye Hui will be harassed by malicious customers... Damn it, if anyone dares to do that, I will make sure to let him taste the power of me (Shimada Jialong).

However, if I think about it carefully, what I am most worried about is facing separation from Jiayin.

Come to think of it, it seems like we haven't said goodbye properly yet... Maybe it's precisely because we haven't said it that we met this time... So, I still don't want to say goodbye.

Jiayin, can you please not leave?

This is something that is obviously impossible to do, and this is something only a child would say. It is no longer appropriate for me to talk about it...

Besides, there's no reason to tell, is there?

..............

After finishing the final instruction, as usual, I met Ye Hui who was waiting for me at the school gate.

"It's coming, the cultural exhibition."

Yehui still gave me that healing smile.

"Yeah...it's coming..." I smiled and breathed a sigh of relief. "Do your best. I think you'll be very busy. Many people have already expressed their desire to visit you, well, myself included, of course."

"Hey, you're welcome then."

"Yeah." I sighed, "I have something I want to ask you, Yehui."

"Ah, what's that?"

"Do you have... that kind of friend? Like, you used to be close, but for some reason you parted ways, and you didn't have time to say goodbye?"

"Ah... this..." Ye Hui frowned and thought for a while, "Yes, come to think of it, when he left, I really wanted to meet him, but now he appears again, I feel very happy."

"Is that so..." So Ye Hui also had such an experience...

"So, what would you do if you were to part ways with the person you were meeting again?"

"I haven't encountered such a situation before... But if it does happen in the future... I can only say goodbye."

Is that really the case...

"However," Ye Hui stopped and looked at me, "even if we are separated, the two of us who miss each other are still connected, and there will always be a day when we meet again."

This is the most determined expression I have ever seen.

That confident look, like someone who's experienced it firsthand... So, do I really have to accept the separation calmly?

"...If that's the case, that would be great..." I smiled and clapped my hands on my face. "Well, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's just enjoy tomorrow's cultural exhibition!"

"Yes, enjoy it."

Yehui smiled at me, took my sleeve and led me towards home.

【True Title】

It's not too late to be sad after tomorrow

[Easter eggs?]

"Ah, see you again! Hero!"

It turned out that it was the right decision to sneak out of the house. He is still here looking for the Kingdom of Light, right?

"Ah...it's you...you scared me..." He looked at me, still wearing the mask, then looked at the starry night sky. Suddenly, as if remembering something, he asked me, "Are you lost again?"

"No, I just guessed you would come here tonight, so I came here specially. I didn't expect my guess to be right... That's great."

"Children shouldn't run around alone at night, especially since you're a girl." He said to me in an adult tone.

"Aren't you a child too?" I asked him back.

"I'm a hero...even if no one recognizes me..."

"I admit that you are a hero. You helped me, so to me, you are already a hero."

I mustered up the courage to speak to him.

"Really... Thank you." He continued to look at the sky. "But... I'm still a child after all. After all, everyone says that to me... Now that I think about it... Isn't the idea of ​​wanting to be a hero childish... They all say that..."

"Not at all!"

What are you depressed about?

He seemed frightened by me, looked at me and said nothing.

"Why do you care so much about what others say? If others don't acknowledge you, you should acknowledge yourself even more, right? If others look down on your ideas, you should cherish them even more, right? Giving up..."

"Giving up...isn't it good?" He said to me, then got down from the bench and took off his mask.

"Ah, wait... Didn't you say that heroes can't reveal their true faces..."

Because of the dim light, I couldn't see his face clearly.

"Yeah, heroes really can't reveal their true faces..."

"So, put it on quickly..."

"But," he interrupted me, throwing the mask away, "I've given up..."

"What? Why are you..." I looked at the mask that was thrown aside.

"No reason... Anyway, I won't come again, so you should go home quickly."

"Wait..." I wanted to ask his name, but he had already run away quickly.

It was clearly him who gave up, but for some reason, I felt very sad.

I walked over and picked up the discarded mask...When you want to be a hero again, I'll return this to you.

I am bored and always feel relaxed

The first time I gave up was when I was a child. Because of some people’s ridicule and my own inexplicable sense of shame, I gave up my life goals.

Be a hero.

This was a giving up based on other people's ideas, without much of my own subjective consciousness. However, when I gave up, I suddenly found that I felt a lot more relaxed, but also a lot more confused.

Later I realized that the goal of becoming a hero was too general and naive, and difficult to achieve, so I began to be glad that I gave up.

However, I have been working hard to become a hero, but after losing my goal, I don’t know how to work hard anymore.

So, I, without any goals, have been confused until now. To alleviate my confusion, I always indulge in random thoughts and write something to try to keep myself busy, but I don't want to waste energy or accomplish anything.

Living in such a contradictory way.

Giving up becomes the norm.

Now that I think about it, is it a sign of inferiority to decisively give up on things that you cannot control?

Well, probably.

It seems that I am just an ordinary person who always feels inferior to others.

Isn't that great?

Chapter 32 I am always bored and relaxed

"yawn..."

Listening to the speeches of the principal and the student union representatives, I felt bored and couldn't help yawning.

He rubbed his eyes and looked at Rin Hanekawa who was speaking in the distance.

He certainly has the aura of a leader, generous and dignified, and a bit handsome. It's not without reason that he's called "Chairman"... However, in private, the impression he gave me was not so good...

"It's not over yet..." I muttered quietly, looking at the excited guys around me... Energetic boys and girls, hurry up and create a miracle...

"Then I declare that this cultural exhibition begins now!"

Following Rin Hanekawa's loud announcement, cheers erupted from the audience...and around me.

I couldn't help but rub my ears which were shaken by the noise, and followed the crowd out of the auditorium.

Ah...it begins...

I looked at the stalls that had been set up in the distance... They looked pretty decent...

....................

"Then I'll leave it to you, Sheji."

Class monitor Lin Yi said as she walked out the door. There were several other girls with her, each holding a stack of class publications in their arms.

"Ah... It's okay, I'm enough..."

I said and looked back at the empty classroom.

"Okay, I'll leave it to you." He said as he walked away from them.

There are two stalls distributing publications, one at the entrance of the school and the other in our classroom.

Considering that there are very few people in the class, it is enough to leave only one person. However, those people almost all have club activities and also want to go for a stroll. So compared to them, I am very free and I am responsible for watching the stalls in the classroom. But it is only for one morning, and someone will come to take over with me in the afternoon... It's acceptable.

I was eating the grilled cold noodles I bought on the way back from the auditorium...they didn't taste very good, but I'm a student after all...I didn't mind.

So, I was the only one sitting there in the classroom.

Boring...

It's so noisy around here, but here I am, like in a paradise, giving people a very quiet feeling... Do you want to sleep?

I supported my face with my left hand and turned sideways to read the novel I brought from home to kill time.

..............

"Wake up... Aren't you being too irresponsible?"

A playful voice sounded, and it was strangely familiar.

"Ah... accidentally..."

I raised my head hurriedly.

I fell asleep somehow and looked up to see Rin Hanekawa... and two student council members outside the door.

"Is this the project for your class?" she said, picking up a magazine.

"Yeah... take one if you like it."

I stretched while replying.

"Hey...do I have to pay?" Rin Hanekawa asked as he randomly turned a page.

"Give it to me as you see fit..."

The moment I said it, I was reminded of the street vendors selling cheap things...

Because the monitor didn't tell me to collect money...

"Huh? What do you mean?" She gave me a strange look. "Well... I just created this publication for the class. It's great if someone reads it. It would be perfect if I could just recoup the printing costs, so it doesn't matter whether I charge for it or not."