August 9, half past five in the afternoon

"I'm back" Alyssa dragged her tired body back to the academy as it was early dusk, and Sharon beside her followed with a smile on her face

"Alyssa, welcome back," Emma smiled and waved her hand, "Was the trip to Crossbell a good one?" ”

"What are you going to do with Cross Bella was caught by that woman when I was at the station," Alyssa sighed helplessly, "I have been locked up in the hotel for training all these points, and I am afraid I won't be able to leave her if it weren't for the academy festival this time."

"Miss Alyssa, President Irina, she's doing it for your good," Sharon covered her mouth and chuckled, "Anyway, it's okay, you know that Crossbell isn't safe."

"It's better than staying with her, Emma, the show is about to start" Alyssa pushed the subject aside, "Do you need me to change my clothes now?" ”

"Well, Tova-senpai helped us get dressed, but Rien hasn't come yet," Emma couldn't help but be a little worried when she mentioned Rien, "Can you make it?" ”

"Ryne's words will not be a problem, anyway, let's go and change our clothes first, the show will start at half past six," Alyssa said urgically

"Miss Alyssa really trusts her companions" Sharon's smile obviously had some signs of blackening, although she said that she was not Lily Control, but she would not let Alyssa be abducted by outsiders casually

Fei instinctively sensed the danger," Fei silently took two steps back

"It's still a little embarrassing to sing," Laura sighed

"Everyone, the clothes are ready, you are the first to perform, hurry up to the dressing room" Tova hurriedly beckoned at the door of the classroom, "Hurry up, hurry up"

"Understood" The women in the classroom immediately rushed to the makeshift locker room

Twenty minutes later

"W-Who designed this dress?!" Yarissa couldn't help blushing when she saw herself in the mirror, the upper body was a sleeveless black and white dress, and the lower body was a short skirt with round toe small leather shoes, and there were three kinds of socks, Emma's black suspender stockings, Alyssa and Laura were mid-cut student socks, and Faye's was black socks, and the socks were divided according to the lineup, Faye was responsible for the dance, Alyssa and Laura were responsible for the backing vocals, and Emma was the lead singer of the whole concert, but as a concert costume, this set is too shameful, right?

"I designed it, Miss Alyssa," Sharon smiled happily, "I didn't expect President Tova to really help me do it, thank you very much"

"I really don't have any blueprints on hand," Tova said that everyone else is engaged in some kind of drama performances, and even if they sing, they wear the dresses provided by the family directly on stage

"It's so cool," Fei lifted the corner of her skirt, "Fei is very used to it"

"It's quite easy to move," said Laura, who thought it was too revealing, but it wasn't a big problem to wear it on stage

"You're okay, look over there," Sarah, who was in charge of preventing the boys from peeping, smiled and pointed into the distance

“？！” Alyssa and the others followed Instructor Sarah's finger to the side of the hallway, and then their eyes widened, audience, now led by Levi are the members of the Men's Public Relations Department of the Tolz Military Academy, in order to save the academy from the danger of abandonment, the brave five teenagers have stepped forward, and their goal is to go to the opening concert (cover their faces)

"It's perfect for you," said Sharon, who was smiling like a maid with her logo, and was obviously about to lose her ladylike demeanor

"Why do we have to suffer like this" Gaius tightened the band costume he was wearing, the pure white suit was also matched with gold epaulettes, although the corners of the clothes were outlined with gold wires, but when worn on people, it formed a strange atmosphere, especially on his bronzed-skinned horsemen

"I always feel a little unaccustomed" Even Jussi, who was the most suitable for this outfit, frowned, so he threw the pot to his good friend Macchias, "It must be that this guy is wearing the same costume as me, so I don't feel comfortable"

"Yes, toads always look at normal people like this" Macchias obviously didn't realize that he looked more like a toad from the outside

“！” Chong and Elliot were shocked when they saw the costumes worn by Emma and others, and then began to think carefully about whether there was some kind of unspoken rule in this concert

"Bang! Bang bang bang! Just as they were laughing and laughing at their respective dresses, the sound of fireworks was already ringing outside the classroom

"That's it! Everyone, come with me! The show is about to begin! Tova hurriedly beckoned, "Since Classmate Li En didn't come, let Classmate Chong help replace him first, hurry up."

"Lane," Alyssa muttered quietly, and then quickly took the lead to catch up with Tova, and except for Sharon, who remained in the school building, everyone else rushed to the performance location in separate columns

———————————————————————————————————— the dividing line of the performance

"Then the performance of the Tolz Military Academy will begin, please enjoy the performance brought by the students of the school, the first stage is the song and dance concert brought by the students of Class VII" The second-year seniors and seniors in charge of the speech bowed lightly and then stepped off the stage, and then the curtain was slowly pulled down to allow the performers to stand on the stage in advance and facilitate the backstage personnel to set up the facilities

"Chongjun, where are you going?" Laura grabbed Chong, who was about to go to the corner of the curtain

"Didn't you say that you were in charge of the narration," Chong even took the script

"Lane isn't here, no one plays the electric guitar anymore," Jusis reminded

"I can't play the electric guitar" frowned dissatisfiedly, what are you doing? Since Li En didn't come, he should have thought of a way in advance, and now that the performance is about to start, he will change people temporarily? How good do you think I am?

"What then?" Alyssa asked in a low voice, beads of sweat already forming on her forehead due to nervousness, "Really, Emma, why didn't you arrange it before?" ”

"How did I know that Li En hadn't come back so late, I'll be in charge of the electric guitar, Chongjun, you will be in charge of singing, you will always sing when you sing, right?" Emma came up with this idea because she couldn't let anyone on stage have nothing to do

Before "Shi" Chong could express his denial opinion, the curtain had been slowly pulled up

"Chong, please!" Macchias and the others hurriedly greeted again

"I" didn't have time to give him an opinion, however, because the show had already begun, and losing his temper now would ruin a team's hard work

For the first time, an onomatopoeia symbolizing a complaint was pronounced, and anyway, there were no acquaintances here in the empire, so it was sung

"Law, Laura?!" Victor, who had been looking for an afternoon and had not found Laura, couldn't help but receive a critical blow to his heart when he saw his daughter dressed so revealingly

"Alyssa!" Irina let out a low roar from her mouth, just sing, what's going on with this dress?!

"Huh?" Ellie blinked, it was Chong standing on the stage, right?

"Huh?" And there is another person who is even more surprised than Ellie, she came to Erebonia to receive the certificate of military qualification, and she also came here to watch the performance, but the goods on the stage seem to be familiar, right?

"Sing what?" Chong could only ask stubbornly

"I don't have time to tell you the lyrics," Emma smiled and bowed, "Chong, please listen to the tune and sing a few words casually"

I'm not a god, boss, who can do such a thing as listening to a tune and singing

"Everyone! Here we go~! Emma was sweating profusely and motioned for the group to play

"Oh!" Alyssa and the others glanced at Chong with sympathy and encouragement, and then they each began to play the musical notes

"Huh? Isn't Emma in charge of the lead singer? Sarah looked at Emma who had retreated to Chong's back, but soon realized what she was, "Hey, you won't be so embarrassed, right?" ”

Listening to the accent notes that have already begun, Chong can't help but be a little anxious, he only listens to light music, and he hasn't heard the song of drums and electric guitar and electronic piano at all, otherwise he will simply leave the stage? It has nothing to do with me anyway

"Well, it's been two months of training, and we've all been working hard," but at this point I remembered what Elliot said with a smile on his face as he changed clothes

(No way) Chong took a deep breath, and then adjusted the microphone, since you want to follow the tune, then it is equivalent to freedom on the other hand

"明日に希望を持った者だけに绝望があるんだ

(Only those who have hope for tomorrow will despair)"

"何かを信じた者だけに裏切りはあるんだ

(Only those who have what they believe in will be betrayed)"

"勇者だけに与えられたhonorary の失税とでも言うのか?

(Do you want to say that this is a medal of honor called Scar that only the brave have?) ）”

"それにしてはずいぶんと割に合わないな

(That's really, it's not worth it)"

Although it has been said before that the people on the continent of Semuria have a special language, this point is not applicable in the Republic and the Empire, unlike Crossbell, who is not too strong in communication with the outside world, Erebonia has always had business contacts with Japan, and there are also compulsory Japanese courses in the Tolz Military Academy, so Chong is not worried that the nobles, teachers and students present will not understand Japanese, but only worry about whether he can sing well

——— but luckily, this song was the first Japanese song I could hum

"手にしたいものがない者に眠れぬ夜はないんだ

(There will be no sleepless nights for those who have no desires)"

"守りたいものがない者にこの怖れなどないんだ

(For those who don't have something to protect, there is no fear of losing)"

"gripりしめることもなければ夺われることもないんだ

(You can't take anything from people who don't have something to hold with both hands)"

"失くしたって気付かぬ者からは何も与えやしないんだ

(You can't give anything to someone who has lost something important but never noticed)"

""Desperate なんかまだしてんの? 、何をそんなexpectしてるの?"

(Why are you still desperate?) What else are you expecting? ）”

"ご忠告どうもありがとう

(Thank you for the advice)"

"でも譲る気はないんだ

(But I'm not going to budge)"

"Ha" took a deep breath, then compressed all the air in his throat and released it

"仆はね知、ってるんだこれらすべて!

(I know all of this!) ）”

"喜びの対価だと、万歳のおたまじゃくしだと

(It is the reward of joy, the note of long live)"

"仆の肩に乗った彼らすべて対义の语とセットなの

(On my shoulders they kept saying against it)"

"片割れのもとへ无事届けるまで

(until it is safe to reach their "friend")"

But on the night when he wanted to give up, this song symbolizing the virtual world replaced the hands of others to comfort himself, not to express anything, this is just the best solution that is most in line with the present, just like writing the "own experience" that will be considered a story by others in order to get a high score on paper, he doesn't need anyone to understand it for a long time, maybe so

"裏切りを知った者だけに疑いがbud生えるんだ

(Only those who have been betrayed will be suspicious of others)"

"そいつを手にした自らの汚れを憎むんだ

(Hates that I used to have that dirty thought)"

"でもそもそもの元を辿っていけば正しさに気付くんだ

(But when I went to the bottom of the matter, I found that it was correct)"

"どれほどの価値があったかは手放してから知るんだ

(Only after letting go do you realize how precious this trust is)" Chong paused at this point, but quickly continued to sing to the note

"仆だけ知ってるんだこれらすべて

(Only I know all of this)" deliberately omitted the crucial paragraph

"喜びの対価だと

(This is the reward of joy)"

"この际だもう目指そうかせっかくだから

(Now it's time to work towards the goal, it's a rare opportunity)"

"効率首supremacismのmodernのbillionmillionlaugherでもねぇ

(Even the modern billionaires who laugh at efficiency are paramount)"

Silently put down the microphone, because the music had stopped, and it was clear to everyone that the song was not finished, but the performance was over, and there was no need to continue singing

"———" bowed lightly, and then Chong retreated to the back

"I can only think of this depressing song" Chong said indifferently as he passed by Emma's side, "but I won't say I'm sorry, it's your own problem"

"Thank you," Emma exchanged with a smile on her face, "I'll leave it to your companion next."

"I've never said that" There are still two songs left, but there is no need for me to sing them anymore

"手に入れるんだ

(I'll get it)"

"あなたとはもっと违う笑い方を

(That smile is not quite the same as yours)" Sitting in the stands, she whispered the last lyrics of the song, billions of mockers, this is the title of the song

"It's a shame to sing such a song on a celebratory stage," Vita chuckled as she stood in the hallway on the second floor for a long time, her scattered "ears" telling her the whispers of the nobles, who did not understand the meaning of the song, just as they could not stand the passionate dance of Illya Platier, who always regarded the material that flowed away from the surface as "real"

"Mr. Chong" Lixia let go of the hand that had been clenched not long after the beginning of the song, of course she could understand the emotions and feelings hidden in the song, because she was like this, but she didn't seem to have the same pathetic experience as his

"Victor, Levy, and Gino all just looked at the teenagers who continued to stay on the stage seriously, and the minds of sword practitioners are always a little sharper than ordinary people, so it is not an exaggeration to say that this song goes straight to the depths of their hearts, besides

This is an inner monologue that belongs to teenagers

Note 1: I finally started to make up the word count, but even excluding the lyrics, I was able to write the standard word count of 3,000 words! Besides, I've shrunk some of the lyrics as much as possible, but this song is really in line with the character (by the way, this song does have an electric guitar and a drum kit in the accompaniment, but I didn't hear the electronic keyboard)