Tuesday's Art Department, Second Preparation Room.
After closing the door.
"Well done. It seems that you have kept your promise yesterday."
Kato Yusuke said like a compliment.
"Isn't it etiquette not to pursue this matter carefully, Kato-san?"
Yinglili, who was sitting in front of the easel, responded.
"After all, you have been absent before because of reading novels. It is difficult for people not to worry about this."
Kato Yusuke's simple and straightforward narrative.
"You are really verbose..."
Yinglili said angrily: "Even I won't be so exaggerated, don't worry."
Even when the other party specially helped her buy the second volume of the novel "Metronome of Love" signed by the author, she was not grateful at all. She was just so bad.
Normally, she is like hiding in a fluffy golden doll, showing her perfect side, and only a few people know her true face.
As for Kato Yusuke, who happens to be one of them, he doesn't know whether he is lucky or unlucky.
Then he started to say: "Who is the person who stayed up all night reading novels and his eyes were red and swollen from crying?"
"...Even so! There's no need to go out of your way to explain this kind of thing! You're such a terrible person."
As her expression showed at this moment, Yinglili was completely in a mood.
"Besides, after seeing articles like that, how can anyone bear it after seeing the evolution of the plot, the ending, and the charm of the heroine... In the final analysis, the author who wrote this work is simply not good."
The girl muttered.
"The fault is that God would arrange the plot like that. It is basically the behavior of the devil."
Kato Yusuke glanced at her, "You were obviously so happy when you received the novel yesterday, so are you going to refute the author the next day?"
"These are two different things... Speaking of which, have you ever been to a book signing, right?" Eiri came over and said, "So, who is that teacher Kasumi Shiko? Is he a male or a female?"
"Teacher Kasumi Shiko is a woman, what kind of person is she..."
He thought briefly and then answered.
"It should be said that they belong to people like you who are very talented in their respective fields. Maybe you will become friends."
Since he did not get the consent of Shiyu-senpai, Yusuke did not reveal the other party's true identity, but simply expressed his thoughts.
After all, you can't be too arrogant. Yusuke Kato would not do it like a certain house did before by directly revealing his background without asking a question.
Although he himself doesn't care about letting others know, he still needs to pay attention to certain propriety when interacting with others.
Because you don't know whether you will arouse the dislike of others because of an inadvertent action.
Fortunately, Yinglili didn't delve into it, she just looked at him suspiciously, said "baffled" and then changed the subject.
"Let me ask you...Which one do you like better, Sayuka or Shinui?"
Before Yusuke could express his opinion, Eirili continued to speak.
"No, it should be said that you are indeed a member of Sayuka's sect, right? After all, you have drawn a book."
Seeing the girl shaking her head and spreading her hands, Kato Yusuke considered his words carefully.
"I don't deny this, because I do prefer girls with long hair. This is an ancient instinct of human beings."
Hearing what he said, Yinglili looked at him with drooped eyes.
"You are really a scumbag for exposing your sexual fetishes in front of girls."
A series of question marks appeared on Kato Yusuke's head.
(Does just discussing hairstyles count as a fetish? Then...)
Thinking like this, his eyes couldn't help but move downwards, briefly staying under the blue and white sailor uniform for a moment.
Going down the light skirt, a pair of slender jade legs were wrapped in black knee-length socks that reached above the knees, revealing the absolute realm as white as porcelain, faintly exuding a mysterious charm.
"...You, you, you, you, where are you looking at——!?"
A sudden sound brought Kato Yusuke back to his consciousness.
I saw Yinglili clamping her legs with a face of shame and anger, pressing her skirt with her hands while asking him: "Is it possible? Control! You pervert——!"
Oh hoo...
After hearing what the girl with explosive hair said, Kato Yusuke didn't answer, he just looked away as if nothing had happened, and then responded calmly.
"No, because you said something strange, so... Well, regarding the previous question, since you said that, it means that you like Zhenwei more than Sayuka, right?"
In this way, the topic was changed somewhat abruptly.
Yinglili, who also didn't want to continue this topic, gave him a hateful look, and then said angrily.
"Well... although I admire Sayuka quite a lot, I still like Shinyu better, and I'm also planning to draw a short story about Shinyu."
"Is that so?" Kato Yusuke nodded calmly, but there was something subtle in his heart.
"I don't know how my senior would react if she knew that the character she had put so much effort into creating was turned into a doujinshi by us."
While thinking about this, Yinglili suddenly asked.
"...It means you've been very busy recently, right? In that case, I have work to give you."
"Work?"
"That's right." The girl with her hands folded across her chest said, "Because of the new Zhenwei plan, the progress of other works has been somewhat delayed, such as line drawing, coloring, etc... You should be able to do it, right?
?”
After thinking about it for a while, I felt that besides studying for the final exam, I really didn't have much else to do recently, so Kato Yusuke nodded and agreed.
So, Yinglili, who seemed to have been prepared for it, took out a tablet-like electronic product from her schoolbag and handed it over.
"Is this a tablet?"
Kato Yusuke said doubtfully after taking the "tablet".
"No, it's a digital screen." Yinglili corrected: "The specific content has been put in it. I will leave it with you during this period, and I will leave it to you after that."
"No, even if you say so, I have never used this thing before." Kato Yusuke, who was looking at the things in his hands, raised his head, "Why can't I use the manuscript?"
In this regard, Yinglili explained this-
"How can I bring so many things to school without being discovered?"
While saying this, the girl stood up, walked to his side, and bent down.
"No way, I will teach you how to use it next."
Against the backdrop of the setting sun, her long golden hair is as smooth and delicate as a handicraft.
Along with the fresh smell of shampoo, a faint scent of lilies also spread from the girl's body.
Under this situation, Eiriri guided Kato Yusuke to become familiar with the functions of the digital screen.
In the process, Kato Yusuke finally understood what the girl meant by "so many things".
"Although I don't want to think so..."
He turned his head and looked at the girl speechlessly, "But couldn't you have completed all your works only to the line drawing stage?"
"There's nothing I can do! Two pictures a day, I'm in such a hurry to do it all by myself! I can't stand it, just because I've been busy coaching you a while ago..."
Eiri-ri, who had been exposed to the truth, argued and turned her head vigorously.
"so……"
What he was about to say suddenly stopped.
A breeze blew into the room, blowing the curtains.
Through the corner of the blown curtains, what came into view were wide and round blue eyes.
On her delicate face, even the sunset outside the window lingered on the girl's face, and she didn't want to leave for a long time.
…
evening.
A mansion located on a certain hill, Spencer's house.
The single room, which should be about 20 square meters in size, has gorgeous lighting and finely crafted soft velvet carpets, and is filled with countless comic books, animation CDs and video games.
Although she was in a trance, the blond girl with twin ponytails returned home successfully and fell on the bed, waving her hands and feet vigorously and making ghostly noises.
"That pervert! Scum! Idiot! The scumbag who plays with girls just because he has a nice face. He definitely did it on purpose!"
Recalling the scene that happened at sunset, Yinglili felt unwillingness, shame and regret in her heart, but also mixed with a trace of unexplainable throbbing.
A pair of slender calves kept hitting the soft bed, making a "pop" sound.
The long and silky hair hangs down on the back of the head and spreads evenly on the back with the pull of gravity.
I do not know how long it has been.
The girl raised her face from the soft pillow, her pure and clear blue eyes were filled with ripples, and her white porcelain skin still had a slight blush.
She raised her hand, stretched out her jade fingers as white as milk, and gently stroked her pink lips.
"What on earth are we going to do about this!"
If there is a seemingly non-existent touch that keeps flashing in your mind, the more you think about it, the clearer it becomes.
"Is it mint flavor...?"
He couldn't help but murmured, his eyes slightly lost in thought.
Suddenly, another figure suddenly appeared in her mind, causing the girl to wake up suddenly.
"No, no! No! I have decided who I want to be with before!"
Yinglili shook her head repeatedly, buried her head into the pillow, and then became quiet.
The only sound in the room was the sound of the hands of the quartz clock.
After about ten seconds, the girl, who felt a little suffocated, turned around and stared at the ceiling.
The dazzling light made her reflexively squint her eyes and raise her arms to shield her eyes.
As if to convince herself, Yinglili murmured softly: "So this is just an accident... Who would like that kind of guy... And he also has a girlfriend..."
A weak sigh that even he himself was not aware of flowed out of his mouth.
"Forget it, let's read the novel..."
With this thought in mind, she took a library book placed on the bedside table in her hand.
The short-haired heroine on the cover came into view.
There are also a few big words next to it - "Metronome of Love".