"Hey ~ Izumi! Why are you here? ”

"Haruhara? How did you get here? ”

I remember not notifying you? Could it be that they told him.

"Apricot told me that there was a cute girl who wanted to confess to me," twisting and hugging his body, Haruhara's sigh happily, "I really can't help it~ The popular man is really busy!" ”

Sure enough, it was Apricot who notified... But ah, Haruhara, you may be disappointed in a moment, although there are cute girls waiting for you here, but they are not confessing to you, but waiting for you to be a concert audience.

"Okay, okay, even if I have a girlfriend, I won't forget you," Haruhara, who was still in a state of excitement, patted me on the shoulder and ran towards the crowd excitedly, "I'll tell you how it turned out when I go back in the evening!" ”

It's pitiful, Haruhara... May the Lord bless you, Amen.

"Yo! Wizard Kid. ”

"Don't call me that!"

Not long after Haruhara ran away, I ran into Mr. and Mrs. Furukawa at the bakery.

"What about "dysgeusia"?"

"It's worse than that!"

"Hello, Izumi-kun."

"Ah, Aunt Sanae, you're here too."

"I told them." Furukawa walked up to his parents, looked at me with a smile on his face, and explained, "When my father and mother heard this, they said they were willing to participate. ”

"Really? That bakery today..."

"How can you not come when you are asked by your daughter?"

"I didn't come during the cultural festival, so at least today..."

I see, it seems that Uncle and Aunt Sanae are here to help us... But how can I say that my uncle came purely because he was motivated to spoil his daughter?

"Hey, Furukawa," I whispered in Furukawa's ear while Mr. and Mrs. Furukawa's attention was attracted by the lively crowd next to them, "Is there no problem?" Kotomi's performance..."

"No problem!" Clenching his fists, Furukawa confidently retorted, "She's already a lot more proficient~ And isn't Quan-kun the best aware of how much Qinmei's performance level has improved?" ”

"Hah, sort of."

… But even with this progress, the lethality of Kotomi's violin performance has not changed much. If I had to judge, I'd be honestly yelling "Helpme" at the top of my voice!

"Then Furukawa, you give Aunt Sanae a seat and sit down first, and the performance will start soon." Looking at the more and more people around me, I nodded politely to them, "I'll take my leave first." ”

"Well, leave it to me!"

"I'll see you later, Izumi-kun."

"Bye, wizard boy."

"Don't call me a magician!"

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"How's it going, what's going on with you?"

"It's average, but I've met a lot of acquaintances."

"So, what are they doing now?"

"It seems that the preparations are finished, and I want to start right away."

"That's right."

When I heard Okazaki tell me that Kotomi's concert was about to start, I had mixed feelings. I want to be happy that Kotomi can be heard, but to be honest, I'm already worried about whether my eardrum will hold up until the end for a while.

"Oh~ Look! They came out. ”

Accompanied by Apricot and Starling, Kotomi walked with her to the center of the stage with the violin in her arms.

"Thank you very much for coming today!" Waving his hands to signal everyone to be quiet, Xing happily greeted the audience below, "In other words, earplugs are the last weapon, and the guy who has no perseverance to use at any time will be punished!" ”

Earplug? What's going on here?

"This one," Okazaki gestured to me as he pulled two stoppers out of the pockets of his pants and gestured to me, "three hundred dollars." ”

"Oh~"

This guy is still in business... And most importantly, why didn't you tell me? At this time of crisis, I would have bought it even for 500 yuan.

"Quan, don't look unwilling, it's a friend to be able to persevere to the end at this time."

"Then Okazaki, will you not use it?"

“… I'm sorry. ”

Why do you want to apologize to me?! Sure enough, you kid was already a traitor from the beginning!

"Sister Kotomi," Starling, who was standing next to Kotomi, smiled gently, "Let's say hello to everyone." ”

"Yes." Nodding, Kotomi stood on the stage and bent down slightly to the audience, "I'm Kotomi Ichinose in Class A in the third year, and my interest is reading, please give me a lot of advice." ”

Eun, that's a good point, Kotomi. Sure enough, Xing's eloquence training in the past few days has still had an effect, and the good beginning is that it feels good.

"Well said, everyone applauds... More intense! ”

It should be said that it was overwhelmed by the momentum of the apricot, and the originally scattered applause suddenly became lively.

"So, prepare!"

"Da Da Da!"

"Ding~"

Furukawa and Starling had a tacit understanding of the musical instrument in their hands, and unexpectedly found that this beginning was actually very good.

As if given a hint, Kotomi lifts the violin to her shoulder in a very graceful posture.

Inadvertently made eye contact with Okazaki beside him, although neither of us said a word, but just by seeing the stiff expression on each other's faces and the anxiety in their eyes, I already knew that it seemed that this time there was no escape.