I play wind instruments in Kansai.

"What were those two secretly doing in the storeroom?" Hasebe Souta asked, raising an eyebrow.

Another boy said with a mocking laugh:

"Hey you guys, there are so many people in the brass band, don't try to do something like this in a secret place—"

"Fuck you, it's none of your business."

Liu Mujie cursed at the two of them, rolled his eyes, and turned to leave.

Miyamine Nozomi was startled by what she said. You see, in the club, especially the brass band, the relationship between seniors and juniors is very important.

The senior who told the two not to secretly do it pretended to be scared, shrugging his shoulders and muttering, "Ouch, so fierce~~".

"What kind of tone are you using to talk to me?" Hasebe Souta raised his hand unhappily, trying to grab Yanagi Yuuto's arm.

But just as they were about to touch, Gong Lingwang precisely grabbed her wrist, his thumb and forefinger wedged into the most prominent part of her wrist bone.

Time seemed to stand still at that moment of contact.

Gongling Wang said softly:

"Senior, there should only be Toda-senpai in the practice room right now. We should go there as soon as possible and discuss with her how to divide the practice space."

Hasebe Souta's right cheek twitched, but he didn't say anything. He was subtly trying to shake off Miyamine Nozomi's hand that was holding his wrist.

But he found that no matter how hard he tried, Gong Lingwang's hand seemed to be fixed in place, and he could not pull it back no matter how hard he tried. It could only hang in the air and tremble repeatedly.

The two were subtly exerting their strength, their arm muscles tense, creating a silent struggle.

Liu Mujie could clearly see that Hasebe-senpai was completely suppressed by Miyamine, which was somewhat beyond her expectations.

"Let me go," Hasebe Souta said through gritted teeth.

Miyamine released his grip immediately, and a clear mark was visible on Hasebe's wrist.

"Willow, you should go back," he said.

However, Willow Knot Lantern remained standing in place, seemingly unwilling to leave directly.

It wasn't until Miyamine Nozomi said "It's okay" that she loosened her clenched fist, quietly tucked it to the outside of her skirt, and turned to go to the trumpet practice room.

"Your girlfriend?" Hasebe Souta put his hands behind his back, actually rubbing his wrists.

“My childhood sweetheart,” Gongling Wang said bluntly.

Souta Hasebe, with one hand on his hip, looked at her back and said:

"This person has such a fiery temper, can you handle him?"

"Let's go back to the practice room. Toda-senpai has been waiting for a long time," Miyamine Nozomi said.

"Humph."

He didn't say much, and the three of them returned to the flute classroom together.

The Osamu Wind Ensemble does not have piccolo; it only has four flutes.

The piccolo is not dispensable in the wind section; in fact, no instrument is truly dispensable, it's just a matter of whether it's necessary or not.

The piccolo is often regarded by the wind section as an instrument that expands the color repertoire, providing brightness and projection in the very high register.

In the absence of a piccolo, some pieces can be played by the flute, but the actual effect will certainly not be as good as that of the piccolo.

Erika Toda was sitting alone in the empty classroom. When she saw the three of them enter, she quickly stood up and bowed slightly, saying:

"Hasebe-senpai, Okamoto-senpai."

"Thank you for your hard work, junior." The slender senior Okamoto raised his hand and smiled.

Gong Lingwang glanced at him. No wonder he had the same name as Taozi, and he looked rather unattractive.

Is there any hope for this flute section?

"It's alright." Senior Toda stepped forward and said, "This is the newly issued sheet music, 'The Swordsman's Entrance'."

"I know." Hasebe waved his hand, not even looking at the screen, and plopped down on the table, pulling out his phone and saying, "I bragged about that back in first year."

Toda-senpai pursed her lips and cautiously glanced at Miyamine Nozomi:

"Then how should it be allocated?"

"Same as before, I'm first, Okamoto is second, and Toda-senpai, you're third..."

Hasebe-senpai, halfway through his sentence, turned to look at Miyamine Nozomi and said...

"Gongling, you're also the third flute player, right? How's it going?"

"I have no objection."

"Really? I thought people from Shenxu would be a bit arrogant," Okamoto said with a smile.

Gongling Wang tilted his head and said:

"It's okay if you want me to be a little arrogant."

"Oh dear, that scared me."

Senior Okamoto chuckled dismissively.

"You're a B editor at Shenxu, right? You still need to work harder."

"If Shenxu B-section editor can get the full Dao Gold, can Zhimu B-section editor do it?"

"Miyarei, you are now a student of Zhimu, not Hokkaido Shin's student. Figure out your role and which team you are serving," said senior student Hasebe.

No? Who brought it up first? Are you trying to apply double standards to me here?

Erika Toda quietly came to the rescue:

"Um... how about we start practicing? Junior Miyamine probably hasn't played this before, right?"

"No need, you guys can keep talking, I have other things to do."

Souta Hasebe picked up the sheet music and tucked it under his arm.

"If you don't understand anything, just send me a message."

“…Um, oh, oh.” Erika Toda could only nod.

Hasebe Soten glanced at Miyamine and said:

"Gong Ling, keep playing. I'm going to check on you tomorrow. If you don't play well, go play with the colored balls in the back."

"Senior, I'm pretty good at playing with colored balls too."

"Junior Miyamune, shh—" Erika Toda raised her finger to her lips, her eyes narrowing with nervousness.

"Heh, let's see how you do, Okamoto, let's go."

"Bye-Bye."

The two stayed in the classroom for a while, then picked up the sheet music and left, seemingly heading towards the first music classroom to find the department head and the others.

"Junior Gongling, are you alright?"

Erika Toda stepped forward, still holding a flute in her hands. The flute was not silver, but plated with rose gold, which rippled luxuriously in the light.

"It's alright, I'll go get the flute."

Miyamine Nozomi has a crush on this second-year senior.

Back in the instrument management room, the instrument cases for each instrument were mostly black, and many members would hang decorations on the instrument cases.

Of the three flutes in the department, only Miyamori Nozomi had one. He easily found his and put it back in the spot where he had left it that morning.

Back in the flute practice room, as soon as I placed the flute case on the table, Erika Toda's small body came closer, her bright eyes shining:

"Is this a three-note flute?"

"Yes, the 301 with three rings, opening, curved, B tail, and NEL."

Gongling Wang said,

"This flute costs over 800,000 yen, it's very expensive."

At this point, they wouldn't say it was rented.

Erika Toda gripped her rose gold flute tightly in both hands and said enviously:

"Wow, junior Gong Ling, you're so rich! This instrument must be at least professional grade, right?"

"It's alright, it's a decent entry-level skill," said Gong Lingwang.

"Wow~~"

She also longed to have an expensive advanced flute, but unfortunately her family wasn't well-off, and she loved playing the flute.

Even so, Erika Toda still thinks her parents are the best parents in the world.

Flutes are expensive, but I still bought her a Yamaha YFL beginner flute.

Even though it's at least 600,000 yen less than the flute in front of me.

“It’s just that my family is rich,” Miyamune Nozomi said.

"Is there any difference?" Erika Toda asked unconsciously, her indoor shoe lightly tapping against the wooden floor.

Gongling Wang pieced the flutes together, paused for a moment, and then said:

"It seems there really is no difference; it will all be mine in the future."

"What are you saying?"

Erika Toda thought this junior was quite cute, smiled, and then moved a steel pipe chair and a music stand to his side, saying...

What's your relationship with Liu Mu, your junior?

"Childhood sweethearts".

Everyone in the brass band seemed very curious about his relationship with Liu Mu, Miyamune thought.

"Isn't she your girlfriend?"

Erika Toda tilted her head and asked, her hair sliding down her slightly chubby cheeks.

She didn't seem to have any ulterior motives; she was just genuinely curious.

Gongling Wang said:

"No."

Compared to Yuuki Yuuki, Toda-senpai's thighs under her skirt were not firm or plump, but rather appeared thin.

Rather, it's more accurate to say that there's nothing about her that would attract male desire.

"Would you like to play this?" Miyamune Nozomi handed over the assembled flute.

"No, no, this flute is yours." Erika Toda quickly shook her head, but held her own flute tightly.

Gong Lingwang then understood why.

She loved her cheap flute so much that if she were to replace it, she would inevitably end up playing it herself.

She's a senior student with a strange "germaphobia".

"Shall we give it a try first?" Gong Lingwang placed the sheet music on the music stand.

"it is good."

Erika Toda shook her little head from side to side as she took her phone out of her school uniform pocket.

"Will it be okay to use an electronic tuner?"

"I also can."

OK~~~

As she adjusted the pitch, Gong Lingwang turned to look at her phone screen and whispered:

"Toda-senpai, I suggest you adjust your standard pitch a little higher, to A442."

"Well?"

Erika Toda didn't even ask, just nodded as if it were a habit.

"Oh oh oh!"

"I don't know if there's any difference between our flute and the one from Zhimu. We play A4 on the flute and then check the middle notes G and B," said Miyamine Nozomi.