I play wind instruments in Kansai.

If you don't know something, you can ask a question, then try to make your voice overlap with the other person's, and gradually shorten the gap between you.

Erika Toda sat in the chair, feeling that she would be happy if she could produce a sound like Nozomi Miyamine's.

She was as captivating as he was, with a gentle and full-bodied personality. Perhaps she had limited experience, but Gongling Wang's flute playing was already at its pinnacle in her ears.

Raise the flute, inhale, feeling your lower abdomen rise inch by inch, and then exhale all the breath you've accumulated in your lungs.

Keep a rhythm in your mind, gradually rising from the low notes, lengthening each note, and then slowly descending.

I practice these simple scale exercises several times a day, and strangely enough, I never get tired of them.

"Is there hardly anyone in this vocal part?"

Just then, a sound came from the window.

Erika Toda glanced over and saw a girl she had never seen before looking into the practice room.

She had short black hair, with her bangs neatly styled to her eyebrows, and a red bow tied around her left side.

She looks like a very cute girl, giving a very good first impression.

"Hmm? And you are?" Erika Toda asked softly.

She walked to the classroom door, took a step inside, but never went any further.

"Oh, I'm sorry, did I disturb you?"

"Won't......"

She was a girl who looked very flexible, about 1.53 meters tall, and her skirt was pulled down much lower than the other girls', covering her knees.

"I'm really sorry for listening here without permission, and I didn't mean to look down on you by interrupting you. I just wanted to see what each part sounded like, but it seems like only the trumpet part and this..."

She raised her slender white fingers to her lower lip, revealing a troubled expression.

“Flute, piccolo,” Erika Toda said with a smile. “This instrument is a flute? It sounds beautiful.”

"Mmm, it sounds really good."

She laughed as she spoke, a childlike smile that made people want to get close to her.

Erika Toda just thought she was so cute, why had she never seen a girl like her at school?

"I'm just curious, there are usually many flutes, why are you the only one?"

"Oh no, there's one more person. Well, actually, there were four people playing the flute yesterday," Erika Toda said somewhat awkwardly.

"Hmm~"

The girl's neat black hair was tied with a red ribbon into a bow, and she clasped her hands behind her back as she spoke.

"You're very hardworking, senior. I looked around and found that there weren't many people practicing."

"Ah, yes, that's right."

"As expected, only someone like you can shine in the brass band. Ah, I really wish I could practice with someone like you, but it's so great that I got to know you first."

"Well, well... don't say that..."

Erika Toda felt a little shy after hearing this, but a sense of joy also welled up inside her.

She rarely receives such praise, such compliments, or any praise that showcases her talent...

However, there were very few flute players afterward, so it was a foregone conclusion that they would showcase their talents.

"Speaking of which, Gongling isn't here," she suddenly said.

"Ah, he comes over occasionally."

"That's such a shame. I really wanted to talk to him."

The girl's ten fingers were intertwined in front of her, and her shoulders drooped down, looking very dejected.

Her every move would seem rather affected if it were done by someone else, but when she did it, it seemed perfectly natural.

Erika Toda believes that this is yet another junior student who is attracted to Miyamori Nozomi's looks.

"Um, are you here to join the department?" she asked.

"Join the club?"

She paused, glanced to the side, and suddenly, a bewitching smile appeared on her lips.

"If Daidouji-senpai comes to me for help, I might consider it."

An unusual joy shone in her pupils, and her whole face showed a smug expression, which aroused Erika Toda's suspicion that she was actually quite cunning.

Even so, Erika Toda still found her quite likable, after all, she was very cute and had the air of a junior schoolmate.

"Amamiya!"

An Hechun's voice suddenly pierced the air. She appeared out of nowhere, grabbing the junior's arm and saying...

"I've been waiting for you at the school gate! And you just ran all the way here! You've made a fool of me!"

The girl she called "Amamiya" looked embarrassed and waved her hand, saying:

"Sorry, I took a bus into the school, I really didn't see it."

An Hechun sighed in frustration and said:

"Hurry up, the Holy Son and the others are waiting."

"Then I'll be going now, goodbye senior."

"Okay, goodbye."

Erika Toda thought she was a very cute and polite child who didn't show any signs of panic when facing her seniors.

so good.

60. Just a memorable experiment in adolescence? (6K)

"The more people, the better..."

Erika Toda looked at the flute in her hand and muttered to herself.

"Who?"

Suddenly, Gongling Wang's voice came from behind.

She was so startled that her shoulders trembled. She quickly turned her head and found that Gong Lingwang was standing behind her at some point, with his hands on the back of her chair.

"Gongling! When did you arrive?"

"Just a few seconds ago, it seemed like Senior An was holding hands with a girl I'd never seen before."

Miyamine Nozomi said with a smile, while pulling over a steel pipe chair and sitting down next to Toda Erika.

Looking at this junior who was still so respectful to her, Erika Toda nodded quickly, as if afraid of being too slow to respond:

"Hmm, I haven't seen him in the brass band either. He seems to be a new kid."

"Speaking of which, does Toda-senpai know everyone in the brass band?" Miyamine asked curiously.

"Hmm...not really, I just go to the club occasionally."

Erika Toda doesn't deliberately memorize everyone's names; she just recognizes them by the way they hold their instruments during ensemble performances.

"Ah, that's the person who plays such-and-such instrument, and they play it very well."

She focuses more on the instrument itself than on the person; the person is merely an accessory to the instrument.

Just like Miyamine, she thought of him as "Miyamine Nozomi who plays the flute very well!"

"Where is junior Gong Ling?"

Erika Toda thought of the child's smile just now, and couldn't help but want to squeeze out that childlike smile as well.

Looking at Miyamine, who seemed to be immune, she said:

"I remember every pretty girl very clearly."

"Uh?"

His words were so blunt that Erika Toda didn't know how to respond for a moment.

"I remember Toda-senpai very clearly too."

"No, please don't do this..."

Within a few short minutes, Erika Toda was praised by two juniors for her appearance and musical skills, respectively. She shifted uncomfortably, her spirits beginning to lift.

"So now that you're the group leader, should I call you senior or group leader?" Gong Lingwang asked.

"No need, you can call me whatever you want."

Erika Toda scratched her cheek shyly, then lowered her eyes and said...

"Moreover, I don't think I'm qualified or capable of being the leader of the harp and flute group. I know what people will say behind my back."

A look of surprise flashed across Gong Lingwang's face.

Toda-senpai wasn't stupid; she knew how much controversy would arise from taking on the role of section leader.

It was Miyamine Nozomi, who had been in office for a year, who ousted the current section leader, but it was she, who had been in office for two years, who reaped the benefits.

Receiving rewards without doing anything is never easy for someone who is extremely concerned about what others think.

"What did someone say?" Miyamune asked.

"Hmm, not yet."

Erika Toda said awkwardly,

"But it should happen, so I'm also working on building my mental resilience!"

What a great example of planning ahead!

"Good luck, goodbye."

"Wait, aren't you going to practice?"

Seeing that Gong Lingwang was about to leave, she subconsciously tilted her head and asked,

"How strange, Shiraishi-senpai isn't practicing in the practice room, and you're always running around..."

Erika Toda thinks her two juniors have very peculiar thought processes.

Since they are in the same voice part, ensemble practice should become the norm.

One of them practiced alone outside, while the other was constantly running around looking for girls.

Could this be proof that he doesn't care about her, his senior?

"I'm going to find Liu Mu. If I have time later, I'll come back."

His tone was like that of someone going out to find a kept lover, calmly explaining an extremely cruel reality to his wife who was staying at home.

"Busy, being busy is good..."

She slumped her shoulders and sighed,

"Anyway, I'm used to this situation."

"Toda-senpai?"

Suddenly, she exuded an aura that caught Gong Lingwang's attention, and he couldn't help but speak up to comfort her.

"It's not that I'm not going to practice, it's just that I really have some things to take care of right now, but I'll definitely come back."

"It's okay, I understand. You can come to practice whenever you want, I'll always be here."

Erika Toda forced a stiff smile.

Gong Lingwang felt extremely uncomfortable after hearing her words and could only turn around and leave the classroom.

There were no club members in the corridor, but a few pairs of girls' indoor shoes could be seen at the entrance of the first music classroom.

Instead of going inside, Miyamune Nozomi headed straight for the trumpet practice room.

The classroom door was ajar, but he didn't look closely and pushed it open directly.

In an instant, an extremely oppressive atmosphere raged over Gong Lingwang without warning.

The two girls, one in front of the other, occupied the wall near the window.