The mechanical pencil slides across the notebook, scribbling down English word after word.

Curves are flowing, straight lines are light.

The fluency of solving problems in this way, the clarity in the brain, Aoi particularly likes.

After finishing last year's exam paper of the target university, she picked up the red book in her hand and corrected the answers by herself.

The accuracy rate is good, and it is roughly estimated that the deviation value can be around 72.9.

Stretching a lazy waist, ready to rest for a while, and then correct the error.

She tiredly supported her chin with her right hand, staring out the window at the azure sky in a daze, her gaze sliding to see the playground of Kita-Uji.

At noon, there were only a few boys from the sports club on the playground, and they were playing basketball during their lunch break.

Aoi remembered herself, and until she entered her third year of high school, she was a member of the wind club.

In order to cope with the heavy entrance examination and not repeat the footsteps of failing the high school entrance examination, she chose to withdraw from the department despite the retention of her school sister and friend Kumiko Huangmae.

Kita Uji's wind club is not worth mentioning.

Although it was once glorious, it has long since been reduced to a third-rate club that can't even qualify for the Kyoto Championship – and this was before this spring.

With her free left hand, Aoi picked up the eraser and sandwiched it between her index and middle fingers, rolling unconsciously.

Outside the window, the sky is full of white clouds, and it looks a bit like the tenor saxophone's pipe.

Now, the wind club of Kita Uji has won the Kyoto competition, and the sound of miracles has been blown at the Kansai competition, and although it only won the bronze prize in the national competition, it has long been a topic club at school.

The principal even praised them at the meeting, and next year's enrollment in Kita-Uji will be more popular because of them.

Obviously I have been in the wind club for two years, if I stick to it in the third year......

Aoi stopped turning the eraser and laughed at herself.

Impossible.

She's not the deputy head of the playing department, also Asuka Tanaka, who is considered a special being by everyone.

Excellent appearance, excellent leadership skills, and horn playing does not belong to the level of a strong school, and he squeezed into the top 30 in the country in the mock exam.

How can there be such a perfect person in the world......

Aoi thought about her mock test results, and there was still a certain distance from the private university she had targeted.

While juggling club activities, she also studied hard, which is completely impossible for an ordinary person like her.

Thinking for a while, Aoi stretched her arms upwards as she prepared to continue studying.

At this moment, the afterglow undoubtedly swept over the side of the playground, the path leading to the school building at the school gate, and a familiar figure came into view.

Kumiko?

What are you going to do there at noon?

Even after the competition, the wind club should continue to practice except for the third year preparing for the entrance exam.

Thinking about these inconsequential questions, the two figures beside Kumiko attracted her attention.

Kita Uji, whose uniform is a long-sleeved sailor uniform in winter, and the two who wear Western-style school uniforms are like sunflowers that attract bees.

Aoi, who went to Nagoya to see the national competition, recognized these two people.

The unique genius of the oboe, the first high school conductor in the history of the Wind Music Competition;

the first and second in the country in the national mock test in the first year of high school;

Impeccable looks;

......

Countless advantages.

The special existence of Kita Uji, Asuka Tanaka, also looks ordinary in front of the two.

At this time, Why did they appear in Kita Uji?

******

Kumiko, who was carrying a gift, looked at her classmates with a wry smile.

There are men and women, there are senior and junior students; In the distance, at the windows of each class, students kept leaning out.

That's it! The key is......

"Watanabe, can you stop laughing." Kumiko complained.

"I can't help but smile happily when I see my old friend, but it's you, Kumiko, please tell me why I'm not happy at all when I see me coming to see you more than 400 kilometers away."

"I'm happy...... However, if you continue like this, when you leave, I will definitely be surrounded by the whole school! ”

"That's your business, right? Please solve it yourself. ”

"What did you say?" Kumiko said in disbelief.

"Just kidding, don't care. In Kamikawa, I only dare to smile at my girlfriend and Kiyono-san, but with Kita Uji's words, I only stay for a lunch break, and I can laugh casually regardless of the consequences. If you think about it, everyone was fascinated by me, but they couldn't see me again in the blink of an eye, don't you feel so youthful? ”

“...... I just feel that you have a very, very bad personality. ”

"The person who directly says that others have a bad personality is the one with a bad personality, right?"

"Uh-huh, yes, yes." Kumiko weakly perfunctory Toru Watanabe, giving up her intention to persuade him to stop laughing.

She looked at Rin Kiyono, who was still panting, and comforted, "Kiyono-san, I'll be in the music classroom soon, and I can rest soon!" ”

“...... Thank you. Rin Kiyono thanked him with great difficulty.

"But how did you get this thing?" Toru Watanabe picked up the admission permit on his chest.

Kumiko puffed up her chest a little proudly: "Michie Matsumoto-sensei is the assistant advisor of the Wind Band Club and my homeroom teacher, and I told her, 'Invite you to come to the Wind Band Club to communicate,' and she immediately agreed." ”

"The female teacher whose expression was very stern at first glance, and as a result, she hugged her students and cried after the game?"

"Huh? How do you know? Kumiko looked at Toru Watanabe in surprise.

"Of course I saw it, wasn't I there at the time?"

"Liar! How can humans have such a good memory! ”

"Kiyono-san, cheer up," Toru Watanabe turned his head to look at Rin Kiyono, who was about to close his eyes in pain, "Some people say that we are not human beings. ”

“...... Shut up. Rin Kiyono finally couldn't support it anymore.

She reached out and gently tugged at Toru Watanabe's sleeve, transferring some of the gravity to him.

Toru Watanabe tugged at the school uniform blazer that had slipped to his shoulders and said to Kumiko, "Can you find a place to rest first?" ”

Kumiko looked at Rin Kiyono with concern and surprise, she didn't expect someone to be so weak.

"Uh-" she thought for a moment, "it seems to be possible in the shoe closet!" ”

The three walked into the school building, changed into indoor shoes, and stopped at the vending machine.

From time to time, girls holding hands with each other staggered past them, and when they walked away, they immediately whispered.

There are also boys who chase and fight with each other, deliberately talking loudly in front of Rin Kiyono.

"Do you want to drink anything?" Kumiko asked.

"I'll do it." Toru Watanabe took out the ten yen coins he had accumulated during this time and put them into the coin slot one by one.

Kumiko knew that this guy was very rich, and she only had 3,000 yen a month, so she chose to accept it.

Toru Watanabe first ordered strawberry milk for himself, then asked Rin Kiyono for hot tea, and said to Kumiko, "I don't know what you like to drink, just order it yourself." ”

"What's so embarrassing about that." With that, Kumiko's hand was already on the button of the most expensive drink.

I've wanted to try it for a long time!

Even so, there is still a balance.

"Get me another bottle for Sister Lina." Toru Watanabe unscrewed the cap of the hot tea bottle and handed it to Rin Kiyono, who closed his eyes and rested.

Rin Kiyono opened her eyes and took a sip.

"If you say that, you will definitely be scolded by Rina later." Kumiko bought barley tea for Reina, "But there are boys who like to drink strawberry milk." ”

"In the process of learning, the body will want something sweet." Toru Watanabe bites the straw and looks at Kita Uji's environment.

Dark yellow tiles, fluorescent lights neatly arranged on the ceiling, open doors in the classroom.

In the corner of the hallway, there are tables with graffiti carved on them, and there are chairs on the side.

An ordinary public high school that seems to have no other characteristics except that the school uniform is a sailor uniform.

"How come I don't have that situation?" Kumiko asked.

"It means that you are not really learning."

"Impossible!"

"I'm the number one in the country to tell a lie? I just rely on strawberry milk to supplement my sugar and keep my brain active. ”

"Ugh." Rin Kiyono sighed helplessly.

"What's wrong?" Toru Watanabe immediately turned his head and asked with concern.

"Glucose, which is used to replenish the brain, is made from starchy foods such as rice, bread, and noodles, which are digested and absorbed in the human body. I think it's common sense that you should improve more than grades. ”

"You say I don't have common sense?"

Rin Kiyono smiled kindly, affirming Toru Watanabe's question.

Facing Kumiko's blazing eyes, 'how do you explain', Watanabe Toru shrugged nonchalantly.

He took a sip of milk and said, "I used to be well-versed in the past and the present, and I learned from both China and the West, but since I have Dora Rin, now I can only order anywhere." ”

"But aren't you the number one in the country?" Kumiko kindly reminded.

"What I hate the most is to judge a person by their academic performance, it's too narrow! People should live in a wider world! ”

"But if it's the first in the country, at least you should know that the sugar your brain needs is through ......"

"Kumiko." Toru Watanabe slapped his hand on Kumiko's weak shoulder.

"In!" Kumiko thought to herself, this hand is too big.

With a charming smile, Toru Watanabe said in a gentle tone, "You must be unpopular, right?" ”

"Huh?" Kumiko blinked, "It's not ......"

Before she could finish her sentence, a scolding came from afar.

"Stay away from Kumiko, pervert!"

Toru Watanabe took his hand away, put on a posture of doing nothing, and said to Rina who came over with her eyes staring:

"Long time no see, Sister Reina, I'm a fan of yours in Tokyo, and I've come to see you."

"Die!" Rina glanced at him fiercely and looked at Kumiko with concern, "Kumiko, he didn't do anything to you, did he?" ”

"It's not time yet." Kumiko replied.

"Hey?!" In the sight of Rina wanting to kill, Toru Watanabe defended, "Isn't it okay for you to provoke my relationship with my idol like this?" ”

Kumiko laughed happily.

Guys, do you know who the bad character is?

"Kumiko, let's go." Rina grabbed Kumiko's hand, "The noon ensemble practice is about to begin." ”

"Wait a minute, Reina, I'm ......." Unable to break free, Kumiko had to shout to Toru Watanabe and the two, "You guys follow quickly!" ”

Toru Watanabe drank all the strawberry milk in one gulp and threw it into a nearby trash can.

He picked up Rin Kiyono's shoulder bag and stretched out his hand to her: "Let's go, Miss Kiyono who is weak and has common sense." ”

Rin Kiyono glared at him dissatisfiedly: "I still have the strength to stand up!" ”

"Can you also take that bag yourself......

Before Watanabe finished speaking, Rin Kiyono had already stood up, her silky black hair swaying, and walked in the direction of Kumiko and the others.

"What else are you doing? Hurry up. ”

"Kiyono-san, I'm a boy with a girl's bag, and it's a place like a school, so it's a bit ...... no matter how you say it."

The four of them arrived at the music room.

"You should know them, right?" Kumiko introduced Toru Watanabe to the crowd, "This is a study trip to Kyoto, so I invited them to come to the club for exchange. ”

After speaking, she said to the two of them again, "Is it okay to introduce yourself?" ”

Rin Kiyono nodded: "Hello everyone, I'm Rin Kiyono, I work as an advisor and conductor in the wind band department of Kamigawa High School, and my good instrument is the trumpet. ”

The crowd applauded enthusiastically and talked a lot.

"Look closer, it's so beautiful!"

"The figure is so good! The skirt is so long, you can see that the legs are very thin and long! ”

"Seems to know how she became a consultant!"

The applause stopped, and everyone quieted down and looked at Toru Watanabe.

The CD of the national competition, they listened to it countless times, watched it again and again, and the tone of the oboe was still so incredible.

I asked the advisor and the oboeist Kazuka, and I got the answer, "That's not the level that you can catch up with if you work hard."

"Hello everyone, my instrument is the oboe, and my favorite food is Uji's matcha, especially matcha smoothie and matcha ......"

"Toru Watanabe-san."

"Uh-huh, Toru Watanabe, please advise." Toru Watanabe nodded around.

"Can Watanabe-san play the oboe once?"

"Yes, yes, I'm a huge fan of yours!"

Yuko, the new second-year minister, clapped her hands and said loudly, "Everyone, be quiet! ”

When everyone quieted down, she said to Rin Kiyono and Toru Watanabe, "Can Kiyono-san conduct our midday ensemble practice?" Please! ”

Rin Kiyono put his hand on his chin and thought about it, "Huh?" ”

Minister Yuko nodded excitedly: "That's right! This is our free song! ”

"Kiyono-san's memory is also so great, we are obviously only a bronze award, but we actually remember the music we played." Kumiko was surprised.

"Don't say anything about the bronze award, Kumiko." Rina said with a sigh.

"Huh?" Kumiko came back to her senses, glanced at the embarrassed expressions of her classmates around her, and quickly apologized.

In front of the national gold award, it seems inappropriate to say that his club only won the bronze award.

"Honestly," Rin Kiyono glanced at them, "I'm surprised that you're at this level to make it to the national competition." ”

"Uh-huh!" Toru Watanabe made a loud voice and explained, "Our school was able to win the gold medal because of Kiyono-san's strictness, so please be prepared, everyone." ”

"Yes!" Not only did everyone mind, but they also looked at Rin Kiyono curiously.

Probably, with a kind of mentality of stealing teachers?

Rin Kiyono glanced at Toru Watanabe, stepped up to the conductor's seat, and looked at the score.

"Watanabe, will you come too?" Kumiko said expectantly.

She also seemed to hear the incredible timbre again.

"I never refuse a friend's request, I don't have an instrument with me, do you still have an oboe in your club?"

"Uh......"

Such an expensive musical instrument, how can a public school like Kita-Uji that doesn't even have a school bus buy it.

The only oboe was bought by Senior Sister Kaizuka herself.

When Kumiko was in pity, the flat voice of the armor tsuka came: "If you don't mind, please use mine." ”

"Huh? Sister Xia, is this okay? Kumiko was surprised.

"Hmm." Kazuka nodded, "I want to be more powerful, for Nozomi." ”

"Oh, that's right." Kumiko immediately understood.

Toru Watanabe looked at the situation in front of him and always felt familiar.

He leaned into Kumiko's ear and asked in a low voice, "This senior sister with a cool name,