MTLNOVEL Chapter 56: 56
When we arrived at the classroom, there weren't many people, but there were already quite a few.
Kento walked to his seat, sat down, took out the pink envelope from his schoolbag, put it on the table, put the other books on the desk, hung his schoolbag on the table, and then he slowly took out the envelope from the table.
A pink envelope with 'To Miyamizu-kun' written on the cover.
There is nothing else. Except for the fact that there is no red heart on the seal, Kento feels that the other party did not do it carefully enough and has to deduct some points.
"The texture inside doesn't feel like letter paper, so it can't be a confession, right? No, I can't be sure."
After holding it in his hand and looking at it carefully for a while, Kento opened the envelope in his hand. When he looked inside the envelope, he saw a thin stack of photos.
"...."
Looking at the people around him, it seemed that some of them were also looking at him. Kento was silent for a moment, and silently selected the last photo with his finger.
"....."
It was a photo of him, sitting alone on a bench in the school yard.
'When was the photo taken?'
Kento frowned slightly, slowly pushed aside the photos, and looked at the second to last photo.
It's a picture of him on his way home.
"....."
The feeling that something was wrong became stronger and stronger. He realized that these photos seemed a little strange, so he took out the remaining photos.
There are five photos in total, all of which are solo photos of him. They were taken when he was alone without his knowledge.
Silently putting the photo on the table, Kento fell into silence. He stretched out his hand, gently placed it on his forehead, and fell into a long period of contemplation.
If I'm not mistaken, this can be considered a 'tail O' and a 'stealing O', or even a 'visual O'.
Who is it?
Why?
What's the point of doing this?
Kento frowned and calmly put the photo and the pink envelope into his schoolbag. Under the gaze of others, he was very calm, as if nothing had happened...
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I feel sleepy and I will go to sleep immediately.
There is only one more update left for now. I will talk about it when the sun rises.
Thanks to the damn stealing cat and Ultraman Tika for the monthly pass and blade! Thanks to everyone for the recommendation votes!
Cherry Blossom Season: 93. Is this... too fast?
"I heard that a girl gave you a love letter?"
Kento was tidying up his desk, preparing to go to the courtyard to sit under the lush green trees and spend a leisurely lunch break. Before he could even leave the classroom, he was intercepted by Yihua, who approached him and looked at him with a smile.
There was something malicious in his words, which made Kento look towards May for a moment.
Probably guessing that Kento would become suspicious of Ichika after being pestered by her, the girl left the classroom early and her whereabouts were unknown. Looking at the others who had disappeared, she thought that they should have gone to the cafeteria with the other Nakano sisters.
His eyes fell on Ichika who was standing beside him, and Kento shook his head.
"No, it's not a love letter."
Looking at the girl next to her, Ichika couldn't help but feel a little surprised and astonished by the answer given by Kento. She thought Kento would deny it, but now it seems that things are a little different from what May said?
Facing Ichika's curious and confused gaze, Kento shook his head. Without explaining to her what the letter was, he slowly left the classroom.
Even though he put it in his schoolbag and many people saw his actions, Kento was not worried that someone would take it from his schoolbag. No one would be stupid enough to do such a thing in front of other classmates.
Seeing Kento leaving the classroom, Ichika wanted to follow him, but seeing that Kento didn't look very happy when he left, Ichika suppressed her emotions...
Kento came out of the classroom and came to the atrium. He sat down on the bench where he usually sat. He slowly raised his head and glanced at the surrounding teaching buildings. From the angle from which he was photographed, he looked somewhere and found that there seemed to be only an empty classroom.
"Is there no one there?"
He slowly looked in other directions again. Kento didn't see any suspicious figures, so he quietly unwrapped the rice ball in his hand.
Although I can prepare my own lunch box or eat in the cafeteria, it is too troublesome to prepare my own lunch box. I only prepared my own lunch box in the first two days of school. Now I don't have the energy or interest to do so. As for going to the cafeteria…
Until he had more money to live on, he thought he might as well prepare his own lunch boxes.
His lazy character improved a little when he first returned to his youth, but as time went on, his "true nature" gradually revealed itself. He was a lazy and indolent person.
Anyway, on the way to school, there is a shopping street that specializes in selling rice balls. There are all kinds of rice balls, they taste good and are cheap, so there is no need to go to the cafeteria.
I put the fried chicken rice ball into my mouth. After a whole morning, it was a little cold and the taste had deteriorated a bit, which was a bit regrettable.
"It's another person."
"Um?"
The voice sounded beside him. He looked beside him and saw a girl appearing beside him. She was wearing a familiar white coat. Wasn't she the girl from yesterday?
"It's you."
Glancing at the girl who appeared beside him, Kento's gaze lingered on her, stayed on her face for 1 second, and then paused for 2 seconds on the ups and downs in front of her, and then silently withdrew his gaze.
"...."
Futaba Rio also noticed Kento's gaze, and recalled the past memories. Her mood became a little worse, but she didn't know why, she felt a little nervous. She slowly walked to the side of the bench and sat down next to Kento.
Kento who was chewing on a rice ball took the juice in front of him, took a sip, and looked at the girl beside him.
"Didn't you buy lunch again today?"
"No, I brought lunch. Yesterday... it was just an accident."
Somehow a lunch box was taken out from behind the girl. Kento was a little surprised. He turned slightly, glanced at her flat back, and then looked at the lunch box on her legs.
"So you know how to prepare lunch boxes. I thought... um."
He stuffed the remaining rice ball into his mouth. His guess that the girl couldn't make bento was just his own subjective impression. After all, he didn't even know whether the bento in her hand was made by her personally. Kento took a look and picked up another red bean rice ball.
Looking at Kento who had unwrapped the rice ball and started to eat it, the girl opened the lunch box in her arms and couldn't help but secretly glance at the boy next to her.
Hesitantly, he slowly brought the lunch box to Kento.
"Um...if you don't mind, this..."
Looking at the bento in front of him, Kento was a little surprised. He glanced at the girl beside him who had a calm expression but evasive eyes, raised the juice and took a sip.
"Is this your lunch? I've had enough rice balls."
"But... those rice balls were also your lunch yesterday, right?"
"...."
Looking at the girl in front of him, Kento was silent for a moment, then he looked down at the lunch box in front of him which looked pretty good, then he stretched out his hand, picked up a toothpick from the lunch box, stabbed an octopus intestine and put it into his mouth.
"That's all. Well, it tastes good. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."
After smiling at the girl, Kento did not continue to interact with her and slowly left the courtyard.
Futaba Rio, who wanted to stay with Kento for a while longer and chat about some things, looked at Kento's gradually receding back, opened her mouth, was silent for a moment, lowered her head silently, and ate lunch alone.
The lonely figure on the bench left Kento in the atrium and stood at the entrance of the teaching building. He looked back and walked silently towards the vending machine beside him.
When Futaba Rio was eating quietly with her head down, a hand holding a can of drink was handed to her.
"?!"
He slowly raised his head and looked at the person in front of him who had already left, feeling a little surprised.
"Just Bento will be a little thirsty, right?"
"Thank you, thank you…"
"I remember you were the one who gave the speech at the beginning of the school year..."
"Futaba Rio."
"Miyamizu Kenshin, please give me your guidance."
"Hmm....Um....Please advise me."
With a slight blush on her face, Futaba Rio took the drink from Kento and answered shyly.
For a period of time, Kento was obsessed with some campus-themed works. He watched the beautiful girls who were his classmates interacting with each other, hypnotized the beautiful girl ministers in the school, and coerced the beautiful teachers who looked strict in school but were like useless people outside of school... cough.
After lunch, Kento returned to the classroom and looked at the teacher who was teaching at the podium, with his head down, making corrections in his notes.
Occasionally, there are times when he feels that he seems to be missing something compared to other reborn people. Even though he has a basic start in life that can be predetermined for himself before he is born, there are still too many uncertainties in life. It may also be that he is simply too greedy, so he wants to give himself a more specific idea, but he doesn't know what he really needs.
"My soul is rotten to the core."
He would be distracted from time to time, and then quickly write down what was on the blackboard. Kento continued like this until the get out of class was over. He casually closed the notes on his desk, raised his head, and sighed deeply.
"Hey, Umetaro."
"Is there anything in particular you'd like to do?"
"rest."
"...."
Kento looked up, then slowly sat up straight, and slowly looked at the boy sitting behind him with an expressionless face but sincere eyes.
"Besides rest?"
"Sleep. I don't have much time to sleep and rest on weekdays. If possible, I hope to have a good sleep. Even if I sleep on weekdays, I will have to wake up in the middle of the night because of work. I have to lift the quilt on my body, sit at the table in the early morning, and work alone until the early morning."
Looking at the expressionless Umetaro Nozaki, Kento was silent for a moment, then smiled and spoke slowly.
"What job?"
"comics."
"...."
I thought that my relationship with Umetaro Nozaki was not that deep, and I thought it would take at least half a semester before he would tell me about his work. I didn't expect that such a short period of time would pass before Umetaro Nozaki took the initiative to tell me.
"Manga... Umetaro, are you drawing a manga?"
"Well, a while ago, I submitted my work to a comic magazine and it was accepted. Then I was invited to serialize it. It's a good thing to be able to serialize it, but the workload suddenly became heavy, so..."
His eyes slowly fell on Kento in front of him. Umetaro Nozaki stretched out his crossed arms, gently placed his right hand on the notebook, and patted the notebook lightly.
"Miyazu, are you interested in becoming a manga artist's assistant?"
High EQ: Are you interested in becoming a cartoonist's assistant?
Low emotional intelligence: There is too much work and I am lacking a tool person.
"I seem to have had some experience before..."
He wanted to answer that he had no experience, but suddenly remembered that he seemed to have helped Eriri do some things before, and he couldn't help but be speechless. Looking at Umetaro Nozaki in front of him and the notes he was writing, Kento sighed.
"Weren't we just talking about something we particularly wanted to do? How did it become that you invited me to be your assistant?"
"Invite an assistant to help complete the serialization task. This is what I want to do now. How about it? Are you interested?"
Looking at Umetaro Nozaki in front of him, Kento looked at his face and slowly chuckled.
"Of course you can, but I also have a lot of things to deal with, so don't count on me too much."
"Well, I didn't count on you, Miyamizu, but I just can't find a suitable assistant for the time being. Let me give it a try first. If it's suitable, I'll use it first. When I find a more suitable assistant in the future, you won't need my help anymore."
After glancing at the other party's notes, Kento had no choice but to consider it a deal. At the same time, he was quite interested in the work of serious cartoonists like Umetaro Nozaki.
"You are really straightforward. But it's good that you don't put all your hopes on me."
"Come to my house tonight and see if it's appropriate. You shouldn't have anything to do tonight, right?"
Kento thought carefully and realized that even though he returned to the apartment today, it was just like any other day, so there shouldn't be anything special, so he nodded.
"After school, let's go home together."
After agreeing with Kento to go home together, Umetaro Nozaki also smiled rarely, silently loosened his hand, and let Kento take his notes.
"By the way, what's your pen name?"
After taking the notebook away, Kento slowly turned around and looked at Umetaro Nozaki behind him.
"Yumeno Sakiko."