Daily life in Zongman

Fujiwara Haru opened the door and walked out: "Thank you very much for taking care of Miss Yukino. Goodbye."

Reason told him not to indulge in it. He felt that he was very calm, but in fact, his heart had long been in chaos. He unconsciously protected his fragile shell by attacking others in his words.

Fujiwara Haru only appears to be very confident and behaves very properly and politely on the surface, but in fact he does not believe in himself at all. He has never received encouragement or recognition in reality. His parents' abandonment has made him disgusted with himself and has also caused him to have a deep inferiority complex.

The memories of He Miao Orphanage were beautiful, but he was also an orphan, which further made him feel that he might have been born bad, otherwise how could he be abandoned in two lives.

He couldn't believe the word that Yukino Shindong said: "always". In his opinion, it was a very heavy, impossible and false word.

Fujiwara Haru left Yukino's rented house in the middle of winter and ran quickly into the snowy night.

As the door closed with a "click", Yukino Shendong lay weakly on the sofa and sighed deeply.

"Ah... I screwed up... I'm really not suited to communicating with people..."

She felt a little sad. She thought it was all her fault that made Fujiwara Haru feel so bad and ended up like this.

Yukino Shindong's invitation just now was sincere. She had been thinking about this matter all afternoon: How should she deal with children who run away from home?

She analyzed her own thoughts. Before they met the previous night, she had been kind to Fujiwara Haru, unable to bear the thought of a life being lost. After they met, because of the whisper of "mother," she had developed a slight affection for him and wanted to take care of him a little. She had helped with bathing and washing clothes, hoping that Fujiwara Haru would recover quickly.

Until the two began to communicate.

Yukino Shinfu was a little nervous at first, but after Fujiwara Haru spoke her mind, she began to smile at the childish and playful behavior, and felt truly relaxed. She liked this way of communicating. They had lunch together, chatted together, and the withdrawn Yuki-onna began to accept this child who had suddenly appeared in her life. She wondered if they could live together.

In the past, Yukino Shindong was not good at communicating with others and chose to escape. Her secluded life made her accumulate loneliness continuously. Over the years, she had longed for someone to communicate with.

Fujiwara Haru, who is thin, looks safe, and is comfortable to get along with, perfectly meets her needs.

After asking and confirming that he was not a runaway but abandoned, she made her mind clear: she wanted to raise him.

I also suggested from the bottom of my heart: Let’s live here forever.

Yukino Shendong stretched out her legs on the sofa. Really, after being questioned, she was confused for a moment. Could she really take care of it? Could she really do it forever? And was she sincere just now?

She was also a little confused.

After a long time, she got up from the sofa, picked up a 100-yen coin and put it in her hand.

"If it's positive..."

She grunted and threw the coin into the air.

Then she caught the coin and put it back in her pocket without looking at it again.

Yukino Shindong realized her own thoughts. When the coin was in the air, she really hoped that when it fell, it would be heads!

20. Bullying under the guise of teasing

Fujiwara Haru climbed out of the slide. He slept in the middle of the slide bridge last night, a small space that was airtight but not too uncomfortable, but at least he was not covered by snow.

He was in a good mood at the moment. He was bullied in his dream last night, but the dean stood up for him. The dean was so handsome and he liked him.

There were still a few snowflakes floating in the sky. Maybe they would stop after a while? He didn't know, but he hoped it would clear up. That way, at least there would be more sparkles, which would solve the problem of eating.

I opened the light blue screen and switched to the map interface. Luckily, there were two shining spots on the way to school, and one of them was a bigger and more golden one!

“Wow!~”

After exploring the small sparkling spot on the way, he earned 150 yen. Delighted by the prospect of a large steamed bun for breakfast, Fujiwara Haru quickly ran towards the golden sparkling spot. He later discovered it was the unfinished building where he lived, and the golden sparkling spot's clue was a straight popsicle stuck in a wall, leaving a slight dent in the snow below.

Fujiwara Haru repeatedly compared the location of the shining spot on the map. After confirming that the straight popsicle was the most conspicuous among the surroundings, he tried to pull it off. Perhaps because it was partially melted, the popsicle detached smoothly from the wall and was easily picked up in his hand. Then the golden shining spot on the map disappeared.

Although she was a little disappointed that the golden glitter was not a coin, Fujiwara Haru instantly became happy again after waving the popsicle.

"Ha! Ice Soul Sword!"

He felt that this popsicle was exactly the same as the Ice Soul Sword used by Blue Rabbit in "The Legend of the Seven Heroes of Rainbow Cat and Blue Rabbit"! And it didn't feel cold at all, but warm. It was magical.

歘~

Fujiwara Haru thrust hard, and looking at the ice sword that was completely aligned with his arm, his emotions became even more excited! So cool! This is his Ice Soul Sword!

What's wrong with Rainbow Cat using the Ice Soul Sword? It makes sense!

He played for a while at the entrance of the unfinished building. With a clang, the Ice Soul Sword collided with the fence. Fujiwara Haru, in cardiac arrest, quickly checked his sword and breathed a sigh of relief when he found it was intact. However, after this collision, he didn't dare to play around anymore. He found some newspapers in the unfinished building that hadn't been blown away and wrapped the snowflakes and the Ice Soul Sword together.

In his opinion, this was just taking care of the sword. After it was well maintained, he could play with it after school in the afternoon and then go to school.

Fujiwara Haru, ready to leave, walked a few steps out the door before running back and taking the Ice Soul Sword, which was wrapped in newspaper and hidden in the corner. This was his treasure, so he decided to carry it with him, secretly wanting to show it off to others.

It’s a super cool and straight ice sword, which is rare. I won’t let them touch it, but I can let them see it.

In a great mood, Fujiwara Haru trotted all the way to school. Carrying a sword wrapped in newspaper on his back, he felt like a hidden hero in the world of martial arts. He wanted to draw his sword and strike at everything he saw.

He stared at the branches in the school woods for a long time, eager to try. Finally, after the bell rang, he gave up the idea of killing the tree monster with a sword. He stuffed the paper-wrapped Ice Soul Sword diagonally into the desk and blocked it with various things.

During the morning assembly, Mr. Takeuchi stood up at the podium with a calm expression: "The results of last week's choir competition have been confirmed. Our class did not win any awards."

That was all he said, and then nothing more was said. There was a whisper in the class.

Fujiwara Haru felt quite ashamed. He thought it was because he did not attend the event, so he lowered his head and did his homework on the table. He was too embarrassed to look at the people around him.

At the same time, I imagined in my head that I could split myself into two, one to read, one to look for bright spots, and one to save people, so that all problems could be solved perfectly.

In the few words he overheard, it seemed as if everyone was scolding someone else, pronounced "she" (ka no jyo) instead of "he" (ka re). Fujiwara Haru felt a little strange, but he relaxed a little until class officially started, and he began to listen attentively, without letting his thoughts wander.

Because he skipped class last Wednesday afternoon and did not participate in the choir competition, Mr. Takeuchi arranged for him to sit alone in the last row last Friday.

Fujiwara Haru moved his desk to the side. He was a little short, and if he sat in the last row his view would be blocked by the people in front of him. However, with the desk and chair misplaced, he could see the blackboard clearly. Therefore, he now sat at the back right of the classroom, and could see the small movements of most people in the classroom clearly.

He ignored his classmates' little movements, his eyes fixed on the teacher and the blackboard. He didn't notice that Ishida Shoya had just started his first class by whispering something to Nishimiya Shoko in the front row, and that he was gradually raising his voice to Nishimiya during breaks.

The four classes in the morning passed quickly as they studied. Until the last class, Fujiwara Haru heard a loud shout: "Wow!"

He noticed that Ishida Shoya was holding a notebook that was rolled up into a trumpet shape, with the small end of the trumpet next to his mouth and the large end of the trumpet next to the ear of Nishimiya Shoko who was sitting in front of him.

Ishida Shoya was just shouting at Nishimiya Shoko through this loudspeaker.

Nishimiya Glass's body froze instantly due to the sonic boom. Ishida quickly put the notebook down. Teacher Takeuchi on the podium looked down and said, "Ishida, what are you doing? It's class time now!"

Ishida buried his head on the table, his voice dull but full of joy: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry~"

Teacher Takeuchi held his glasses and said nothing more. Instead, he shouted, "Nishimiya, answer this question."

Kawai, the class monitor sitting next to Nishimiya Shoko, told her that the teacher asked her to answer a question. Nishimiya Shoko wrote down the answer in her notebook and showed it to the teacher, Takeuchi, who said, "The answer is correct."

The class continued, the snowflakes outside the window were still floating sporadically, and everything went back to a few minutes ago.

Fujiwara Haru looked at Mr. Takeuchi who was sitting on the podium as usual, looked at Ishida Masaya who was excitedly writing something in his notebook, and looked at the class monitor Kawai who had moved his seat to the side, and found that everyone in the class seemed to have gotten over the "prank" that had just happened.

After all, it was just a little "prank".

He decided to play a prank on Ishida Shoya after class. During the class, Mr. Takeuchi was called out by an old man. As the bell rang, Mr. Takeuchi called out, "Fujiwara, come to my office with me."

Fujiwara Haru came to the office with Mr. Takeuchi unhappily. On the way there, he was still thinking about what Mr. Takeuchi was going to preach this time. He shouldn't have done anything wrong today.

Then, in the office, I saw the old man who had just called out to Mr. Takeuchi, and the drowning girl I had seen the week before. My name was Meijian, I think? Next to her was a larger-than-life Meijian.

When Sister Meima saw him come in, she came up to him solemnly and bowed deeply. "Fujiwara-san, thank you so much for saving my daughter! Thank you so much!"

Fujiwara Haru learned that the person who looked like Meima's sister was Meima's mother, and the old man was the principal of Minato Elementary School. Teacher Takeuchi did not call him to the office to lecture him.

Half an hour later, he waved goodbye to Meima at the school gate, and Meima left the school holding Aunt Honma's hand.

Aunt Honma was full of gratitude to him, and he was also full of gratitude to her. Touching the ten Fukuzawa Yukichi cards in his pocket, Fujiwara Haru felt a surge of enthusiasm for doing good deeds. At this moment, no one could stop him from being a hero and doing good deeds!

Okay! After a good meal, let's go play a trick on Ishida Shoya!

Fujiwara Haru still remembered this, but unfortunately, class was about to start just after he finished lunch, so everyone went to the locker room in the gymnasium to change clothes. The first class in the afternoon was physical education.

While doing exercises with the teacher, he kept his eyes on Ishida Masaya, thinking about how to "tease" him, but he couldn't think of a good way. To be honest, Fujiwara Haru would not bully others.

The most direct method he could think of was to beat him up, but then he would be lectured by Mr. Takeuchi, who would say he was violent, overreacted, and had no sense of proportion.

Thinking about ways to "play a prank", after finishing gymnastics, the teacher announced free time. Fujiwara Haru found that Ishida Shoya and his friends were gathered together, and then he moved away from the crowd.

Judging from the direction, was he heading back to the teaching building, back to class? Fujiwara Haru quietly followed him.

Behind him, Nishimiya Glass mustered up the courage and followed with a notebook in hand.

——End of Chapter————

Note ①- The art of clones: Imagine that you can handle all things at once. There will be no clones in the text.

21. A three-foot-long sword cuts off all injustices

"Shimada, you're in charge of the left side. Hirose, you're in charge of the right side."

Shimada's full name is Shimada Ichiki, and Hirose's full name is Hirose Keisuke. They usually play together with Ishida Shoya and form a team of three.

Ishida Shoya and the other two picked up chalk and began writing in the middle of the blackboard. Vicious words gradually appeared on the blackboard.

Behind them, Ueno Naoka, who had come to join in the fun, smiled and said, "Hey~ Ishida, you're really going too far~"

Class monitor Kawai tried to dissuade them, but her tone was full of laughter: "You can't do that!~"

The smiles of the two of them made the boys more motivated. The support of their peers was the basis of their self-awareness of "justice". The laughter of their peers made them realize that this was just a harmless "prank". At most they would be called "naughty". What was the big deal?

Class monitor Kawai knew that what they did was wrong and that they shouldn't do this, so she tried to persuade them. Unfortunately, Ishida didn't listen to her, and she had no choice.

Miki Kawai felt a vague sense of joy in her heart.

She didn't like Nishimiya Shoko; more accurately, she hated her. She was a real nuisance, especially after last Wednesday's choir competition, when she became the collective outcast of Class 6-2, oblivious to her misfit status and continued to seek her out. The disruption to her studies and social life had now added a subtle element of ostracism.

This was something she couldn't stand.

Kawai Miki's thoughts are not complicated. She just wants to be a model student and be popular. However, she feels uncomfortable in the process of helping Nishimiya. If she is excluded by the group because of this, she will be even more upset. However, as a model student, she cannot refuse the request of the hearing-impaired person and must try her best to help her. She feels that she is gradually breaking down.

At this moment, she looked at Ishida Shoya's behavior, with a smile on her face. Ishida did what she wanted, and she had tried to stop him, but failed. It was Ishida who was wrong, not her.

The vicious words gradually became complete on the blackboard.

"Congratulations Nishimiya! Thanks to you! The trophy flew away!"

"Ugh! Ugh! Don't throw up while singing!"

"Don't sing if you're tone-deaf! Go to hell!"

There were far more than just those three sentences on the blackboard. Ishida Shoya and his group had written many more, and this was more than just a prank. Writing vicious words on the classroom blackboard and making them public was bullying.

Children's world is small, consisting of only family and school. If they are excluded and scolded by the group at school, it will cause extremely serious psychological damage. At this moment, Ishida Shoya and his friends are ready to relieve boredom and gain happiness at the cost of hurting others.

After they had almost finished writing, Fujiwara Haru pushed open the back door of the classroom and walked in. After rescuing Katsura Kotonoha for the first time and then the second bullying incident, he knew that he had to make the bad guys pay the price in order to stop them from doing evil again, and now was the best time to strike back at the evildoers.

The five people in the classroom looked over at the same time when they heard the sound of the back door opening. They all breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Fujiwara Haru for the first time. Then Fujiwara Haru walked in, and they saw Nishimiya Shoko outside the back door.

She held a notebook with the words "for written communication" written on it and looked at them with a forced smile on her face.

Nishimiya Glass had just followed Fujiwara Haru back to the outside of the classroom. She saw Fujiwara Haru leaning against the window looking into the classroom, so she also looked into the classroom.

She saw it all.

She didn't know what to do, how to deal with it. She could only try hard to put on a smile, hoping to maintain the relationship that she thought was okay.

Her not-so-good family environment made her lack of self-confidence, and her inner inferiority led to her current behavior: trying hard to put on a smile and please everyone.

Nishimiya Shoko's mother is Yaeko Nishimiya, a single mother who deeply loves her daughter. When Shoko was three years old, she was discovered to have a congenital hearing impairment. Her husband, blaming her for everything, divorced her and refused to raise her. On the very night of their divorce, Yaeko discovered she was pregnant again. Nearing a breakdown, Yaeko, with the encouragement of her mother, Ito Nishimiya, pulled herself together and became a strong supporter of her family.

She is great.

However, she stubbornly refused to let her daughter Glass go to a school for the disabled with the attitude of "I'm doing this for your own good". She hoped that her daughter could live like an ordinary person and be as strong and brave as her.

Yaeko has forgotten that it was her mother, Nishimiya Ito, who gently encouraged her during her divorce that helped her move on. She's also able to face life with strength thanks to her mother's support. Yaeko hoped her daughter would be as strong as she was, but instead of offering her mother's gentle encouragement, she adopted a forceful and stubborn attitude.

As a mother, she loved Nishimiya Shoko. However, she didn't know how to educate her daughter. She treated her daughter with an "I'm doing this for your own good" attitude, stubbornly lacking communication with her. Over the years, Nishimiya Shoko gradually lost confidence, developed low self-esteem, and her personality became conflicted and distorted.

Yaeko is a great mother with many shortcomings. The not-so-good family environment and the bad school life together made Nishimiya Shoko feel inferior.

At this moment, looking at the vicious words on the blackboard.

Nishimiya Shoko, who is inferior and seriously lacks self-confidence, thinks that what happened is her own fault. She did something wrong and that's why they behaved like this. She wants to make up for her mistake, but she doesn't know how. She can only stand outside the back door and try to put on a smile.

The five people in the classroom looked at Nishimiya Shoko's forced smile, and each person had a different reaction.

Ueno Naoka and Hirose Keisuke both looked embarrassed, as they felt the shame of being caught doing something bad. Shimada Kazuki looked nonchalant, believing that Ishida had asked him to write these and that it was not his fault.

Class monitor Kawai was different from the other three. She had a relaxed expression on her face. She felt that this matter had nothing to do with her at all. She just watched from the side and even dissuaded Ishida. She was the same model good student as always.

Where's Ishida Shoya? He dropped his chalk and dusted off his hands: "Wow~ I got caught. If you want to wipe it off, just wipe it off yourself."

After saying that, he sat down on the podium. I was very curious about what Nishimiya Glass, who had been "teased" by him, would do. What happened next was bound to be very interesting. The boring school life was about to become more joyful! ~

What would Nishimiya Glass do? She stood at the door for a while and decided to apologize. She didn't know why they did this, but with her low self-esteem, she felt that she was the one who was wrong, right?