I won't be a loser.

"Does he live nearby? Your neighbor? What kind of person is he? Is he a handsome guy?"

Seeing that the matter could no longer be concealed, Qingpu Setsuna sighed and reached out to untie the arms of Saionji Sekai that were hanging on his shoulders. He picked up the black tea in front of him, took a sip and answered her doubts.

"He came to Tokyo from Gifu to attend school. Last night, his mother visited him to get to know this new neighbor, and something unexpected happened..."

He briefly recounted what happened last night, and after listening to it, Saionji Sekai felt a little disappointed.

She thought it would be a more interesting development, but she didn't expect such an accident to cause her best friend to fall in love with her...

"Is this love? But, according to what you said, the other party should be a very handsome boy, right?"

"That's right."

"Does he have a girlfriend?"

"do not know."

"Is there anyone you like?"

"do not know."

"All you know about him is his name and that he lives alone. You don't know anything else, right?"

Kiyoura Setsuna nodded helplessly. At this point, after being questioned by Saionji Sekai, she had clearly understood that she had developed feelings for the boy named Miyamizu Kento, but she knew nothing about him.

The ahoge girl looked at the disappointment in her friend's eyes, clapped her hands and stood up. Under the gaze of Qingpu Setsuna, she patted her chest, which had already begun to take shape.

"Leave it to me. As your good friend, how can I just sit back and watch? He just arrived in Tokyo and must be unfamiliar with everything. He needs a guide. I'll go and get some information for you. You just wait here for my victorious return!"

Kiyoura Setsuna looked at his friend who had volunteered and felt that this didn't seem right. Although he had a crush on Miyamizu-kun, asking him some personal questions all of a sudden...

"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone that I know you. I'll just visit you as a neighbor."

Seeing the worry in Kiyoura Setsuna's eyes, Saionji Sekai comforted him and made some assurances.

"Do you still think I will steal the person you like?"

"No...but is this really okay?"

"Don't worry, don't worry. Trust my social skills, Setsuna. Once I'm comfortable and have intel on the other party, I'll report back to you!"

Raising her thumbs, Saionji Sekai walked towards the door of the room.

Kiyoura Setsuna was left sitting in the room, looking at Saionji Sekai's back as he left, clenching his hands with some anxiety and anticipation.

click-

The door of the room was closed. When she closed her eyes and prepared to wait patiently, she suddenly heard hurried footsteps in front of her room door.

click-

The door was opened, and the departing Sekai Saionji peeked in, looked at Kiyoura Setsuna who was sitting in the room, and asked a question awkwardly.

"Oh, um, I forgot to ask, where is his home?"

"Room 201 of the Fuji Highland Apartment across the street."

"OK~ Wait until I come back~"

As soon as he finished speaking, the person disappeared from Qingpu Shan's sight again, which made Shan'er worried.

"Is it really okay..."

Image: "Saionji World", Location: "Images/1635325704-100277911-107874293.jpg"

Cherry Blossom Season: 8.3. March 23, the world is right before my eyes

After washing all the clothes that needed to be washed and hanging them up on his balcony, Xianren basically had no more tasks to do. The furniture and appliances he needed had basically been purchased. He went out early in the morning and brought the coffee table and cushions back home.

Looking at the room that was empty the day before yesterday and yesterday, but now has a bit more life in it, the expression on his face became relieved.

"Next, we just have to wait for school to start. The school starts the day after tomorrow..."

He glanced at his newly bought calendar on the desk. He still remembered the start date of school because he had arrived in Tokyo a week before school started.

He circled the date 'March 3' again and again with a black pen, reminding him that school would start.

Today is the 23rd. In four days, he will have to return to that green campus and relive his high school life. The thought of sitting in the classroom and listening to the teacher's lectures again makes him feel like ants are crawling all over his body and he finds it difficult to adapt.

"The first goal in changing my life is to get into a good university, a liberal arts university. Goals like the University of Tokyo are too far away, but it would be best to set your sights on Gakushuin University or Musashi University."

Kento had considered continuing his studies at the beginning, but because he had always relied on Sayuri Sawamura's financial support, his self-esteem as a man was somewhat affected. After some consideration, he rashly chose to give up continuing his studies and enter society.

Looking back now, maybe if I had continued my studies at that time, I might have been able to convince my parents. Or maybe it was because I gave up on continuing my studies that led to the opposition from my parents and Eriri Sawamura.

How could I entrust my most important person, my mother, to a man who didn't consider the future?

Recalling the memories of that time, Xianren looked a little sad.

"But it's all in the past. Now I have a brand new life. I should continue to think about further studies. Musashi University's admission deviation is about 60. If I were my old self, maybe it would be easier."

However, as a person who has been sinking in society for nearly ten years, he has almost returned all the knowledge he learned in school to his teachers, and now he is barely better than a blank sheet of paper.

If you want to aim to be admitted to a university ranked in the top 20 in the country, you will have to put in twice the effort and hard work.

"If you pass the exam, you don't have to worry about tuition fees, but before you get into school, you still have to consider the cost of private tutoring. Money..."

He looked at the manuscript he had completed yesterday and had to submit it to those magazines.

In the past, I knew quite a few magazine editor friends, and they would accept my submissions directly with just a phone call. Now I have to deliver it to the mailbox myself, wait for their reply, and only after confirming that there are no problems can I get a reply and payment after the article is published.

When buying breakfast at a convenience store in the morning, he casually looked for a suitable person to submit his article to in the magazine section. It wasn't that he didn't have a goal. All he had to do now was to go out and deliver his magazine and wait for the other party's reply.

He stood up, took the manuscript wrapped in an envelope in his hand, and prepared to go out and submit it.

I arrived at the door and reached out to open it. Just as I was about to go out, I saw a girl with short, medium-length hair and long, adobe hair standing at the door of my apartment. From the way she raised her head, it seemed that she was about to press the doorbell?

The girl didn't seem to expect this to happen. Before she pressed the doorbell, the person in the house opened the door first.

The two looked at each other, and Saionji Sekai blinked, feeling a little embarrassed.

"that......."

Facing the boy who appeared in front of her, Saionji Sekai was initially puzzled as to why Kiyoura Setsuna would like a boy, but after seeing Miyamizu Kento in front of her, she suddenly understood why her friend suddenly fell in love with him.

Looking at the boy in front of her, Saionji Sekai, who felt a little embarrassed at first, quickly recovered.

"Hello, I live in the nearby Saionji World. I heard that the vacant apartment here has a new tenant, so I came to visit. Um, are you going out?"

Looking at the girl in front of him, Xianren was a little surprised. He didn't remember that in his original life trajectory, there would be so many girls who would take the initiative to visit him, especially this Saionji Sekai... He had no impression of her at all.

Moreover, the Saionji world...should it be the Saionji world where 'it's all the world's fault'?

His eyes suddenly became subtle, and Xianren subconsciously covered his abdomen with his hands.

"Well?"

But facing the confused look of Saionji Sekai, he remembered that he seemed to have overreacted. He moved his hand that was blocking his abdomen slightly and coughed lightly.

"I'm Kento Miyamizu, the guy who just moved here. I'm about to go out and deliver the mail. If there's anything I need, can we talk next time when we're free?"

"Delivering mail? Then I'll go with you. You're new here, so you probably don't know much about this area. I can give you a brief introduction to the area."

Xianren wanted to refuse, but after thinking about it, he realized that he and the other party were not in a relationship, so there was no need for him to be assassinated by the other party. He had just arrived here and was not familiar with the area. There was no need to think too much, so he nodded in agreement.

"Would that be too much trouble, Miss Saionji?"

"It's okay, it's okay. I'm pretty free during this time before school starts. Just call me Sekai."

"...Then, I'll trouble you, Miss Saionji."

Facing the world of Saionji, Kento always felt his heart beating a little faster, and his back felt a little cold from time to time. Even though he had experienced a lot of things, he had never encountered a girl next to him who could stab repeatedly with a knife. It always felt more exciting than riding a roller coaster.

Even though he knew that he was not the target of the assassination, he still felt a little uneasy.

"Miyamizu-kun is really shy. Didn't I tell you to just call me Sekai~"

"Hi, Miss World."

"...Why, it seems like Miyamizu-kun is afraid of me?"

"No, no, no, that's not the case. I'm just not very good at socializing with girls."

"He's such a handsome boy?"

"Excessive praise."

The two walked out of the apartment and headed towards the nearby mailbox. As for the apartment opposite, the girl knelt on her bed and looked downstairs through the gap in the curtains. Looking at the two people walking side by side, Qingura Setsuna's expression seemed a little complicated.

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Cherry Blossom Season: 9. We are good sisters, how could we run away secretly?

Because it is in a residential area, the location of the mailbox is quite conspicuous.

In the past, the wise man would often send letters to his family in Itomori, so he still had some impression of it. Not long after, he and Saionji Sekai, who was not very familiar with the location of the mailbox, came to the mailbox together.

Although they are mailboxes, for the sake of aesthetics, the mailboxes in Koishikawa are not the common red in appearance. Instead, they are covered with a layer of pink cherry blossom pattern, which makes them look very girlish.

"Is this a letter to your family?"

When Xianren was about to deliver the envelope, Saionji Sekai asked curiously.

"Family? Oh, and I need to send some things to Sanye and the others... I need to prepare a new letter and send it back when I get back to the apartment."

After hearing what Saionji Sekai said, Kento remembered that he had promised his sister to send some Tokyo specialties back to her. He tidied up his apartment and put the matter behind him for a while. He had to send another letter back later.

Saionji Sekai, who was standing by, also realized after hearing the wise man's whisper that the letter was not sent to his family.

"Is it sent to your girlfriend?"

He stuffed his manuscript into the mailbox and looked at the curious Saionji Sekai beside him. As they walked over, he realized that this world was different from the works he knew and had subtle differences.

The girl next to him was just a naive girl. If she was worried about being assassinated, it was simply because he was overthinking it.

What's more, as long as you treat a girl seriously and don't waver and make her feel insecure, how could such a cruel ending as "Bloody End" happen?

"No, not a girlfriend. I haven't had a girlfriend yet. The letter I sent out was for submission."

"Submission?"

"If you submit your work to a magazine and it's accepted for publication, you can get paid. My family supported me to study in Tokyo, but they could only provide some help with my living expenses in the early stages. The rest still depends on my own efforts. So, in order to earn some living expenses, I chose to submit my work to those magazines."

Facing the curious girl, Miyamizu Kento did not hide anything. He explained to her the reasons for his actions from the perspective of a person with experience and an elder.

"Huh? That's amazing!"

Saionji Sekai, who was standing aside, showed a look of surprise and admiration. She had never lacked living expenses, so she was not unfamiliar with the fact that some boys would choose to do part-time jobs for living expenses, but it was the first time she heard of and saw something like submitting articles to magazines.

In this social environment that has a great respect for literati and writers, even just submitting an article to a magazine is a very remarkable thing for Saionji Sekai.

Especially when Kento talked about this matter, his natural and calm expression and reaction were full of a calm temperament rarely seen in boys of this age, which made Saionji Sekai look at Kento with a different look.

"So, Miyamizu-kun is a writer? A young writer!"

"I'm not a writer. If you want to call yourself a writer, in my opinion, you should at least publish your own works to be considered a qualified writer. Miss World can also try submitting works to magazines."

"Can I do it?"

"It's a simple matter. Just write what you want to write and submit it. The worst that can happen is that it will be rejected."

The straightforward answer made Saionji Sekai's originally expectant expression suddenly become discouraged.

"Being returned? I feel like it would be a huge blow. I'd better forget it..."

Seeing that Saionji Sekai suddenly retreated, Xianren did not try to persuade her much. Everyone had their own ideas about such matters, and he had no interest in forcibly changing other people's concepts and ideas.

After submitting his work, Saionji Sekai led Xianren and began to introduce him to the area where he lived.

"This is a residential area, so there are rarely any shops. However, there are some 24-hour convenience stores. For example, if you go east from Horizaka, you'll find the commercial district, with clothing stores, barber shops, and restaurants..."

Listening to others introduce this area, Xianren felt a complex and subtle feeling in his heart. When he first came here, there was no one to serve as a tour guide for him, and he had to rely on himself to explore everything.

Later, I participated in the activities of the town hall, met some people, and gradually became familiar with this area.

"If you're interested in the scenery and culture here, you can head south to the Koishikawa Daijingu Shrine, a branch of the Daijingu Shrine. It's an alternative to visiting the Daijingu Shrine in Chiyoda. Further south is the famous Koishikawa Korakuen Garden, an ancient garden with a rich history!"

Glancing towards the south, Xianren had visited the Koishikawa Lost Paradise before, but he heard that it was free on 'Green Day', so he went to visit it a month after arriving in Tokyo.

But it was at that time that I learned that elementary and middle school students can actually visit for free on weekdays.