[4.2]

[I fell down when I left the venue after the entrance ceremony, and I thank my classmate, Narumi-san, for helping me up.] ]

……

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"Climb the highest mountain."

"Pick the brightest stars."

"Choose the hardest path."

"Hone the strongest heart."

“……”

In the gymnasium of Mikagehama High School, a banner welcoming new students hangs directly above the podium.

The freshmen stood neatly under the podium and sang the school song of Mikagehama High School with accompaniment.

Narumi stood inconspicuously in the crowd, looking at the suddenly changing scene in front of him, and was in a trance.

The school song is sung at the entrance ceremony, and I don't know if it's the unique tradition of Mikagehama High School or the neon high school.

I didn't have a group rehearsal, not even a group chorus practice, and on the first day of entering the new high school, the whole grade had to sing the school song together.

Naturally, the chorus effect is not much better, and there are not a few students who sing the wrong lyrics and lip-sync.

But because of the large number of people, the overall is quite neat.

Narumi also lip-synced along while observing the situation around her.

He was still sitting at his desk in the last second, just opening the album that Shiina had given him.

Through?

Or are you dreaming?

He pinched himself, and he could feel the pain clearly.

It's debatable whether the idea that you don't feel pain in your dreams is credible, but now the scene of the school song is no different from reality, even in a dream.

"Facing the sea breeze, fluttering across the sea."

"Cassiopeia looks closer."

“……”

If it was really the entrance ceremony a year ago, the only relevant event he knew about without memory was the sentence written in the album of Shiina Weiyang.

Shiina Miyo would fall after the entrance ceremony and be taken to the health room by him.

……

Is it a problem with the album?

Narumi Yu found Shiina Miyo standing diagonally in front of him in the crowd, and the little short-haired girl was singing the school song like the other students.

He quietly continued to lip-sync, using the peripheral eye of his gaze to see if the other party would behave abnormally.

"To chase your dreams."

"I'm finally here."

“……”

Because of Chisaka Imadegawa, who has become an "invisible angel", he is quite experienced in facing surreal events, at least he will not panic.

Regardless of whether he crossed over or dreamed, all he knew was the information that [Shiina Weiyang will fall], whether this information was a breakthrough or not, he could only find clues in Shiina Weiyang first.

The last image of his memory before coming to the entrance ceremony was the sketch of him sitting next to the bed in the health room.

"Compared to Daystar."

"I prefer the stars on a summer night."

"Because of you, I can fly across the night sky."

"Incarnate as a galaxy in the sky."

“……”

The school song chorus ends.

The accompaniment melody slows down and gradually stops.

Just as he was about to withdraw his gaze from staring at Shiina, the little girl suddenly looked back at him.

Intersecting lines of sight are separated at the touch of a button.

The girl's gaze was directed at him, not in the direction of his position.

Surprised, panicked, uneasy...... A simple girl, her emotions are all on her face.

His conjecture was correct.

Shiina Miyo, like him, [crossed] or [dreamed] to this entrance ceremony a year ago.

That's probably related to the album.

can look at the other party's expression, it is obviously the first time to encounter this situation.

Taking him [through] wasn't the reason why Shiina gave him the album. The girl really just hopes that he can get back his memories with the help of the album.

It's just that the way this is implemented is a bit exaggerated......

On the podium, the principal concluded his entrance speech to boost the morale of the new students. The teachers took action and organized the departure of the students and the parents who accompanied the students to the entrance ceremony.

Narumi Yu and the students in front of him switched places and squeezed next to Shiina Miao.

"Shiina-san,"

"Huh? Yes, what's the matter? The girl looked away and replied with some nervousness, "That's ...... Why do you know my last name? ”

“…… It's all right,"

The girl's covert acting skills are a little clumsy, the roots of her ears are red, and her little hands are tightly clasped together in front of her. looks like he's done something wrong and is afraid of being discovered.

It made him feel a little funny.

"It's just to remind Shiina-san, when you go upstairs, be careful of the steps and don't fall."

"Ahh Thank you...... Wrong...... What are you talking about? Falling or something, inexplicable......"

Shiina Weiyang walked a few steps faster as if he was angry, and ran to the front of Narumi Yu.

He followed unhurriedly and watched as the flush spread from the base of his ear to the tip of his ear.

When going up the stairs, Shiina looked down at the steps cautiously, and at the same time, he was also ready to catch the other party at any time in the back to avoid the tragedy of falling into the health room again.

Finally, I returned safely to the classroom of Class C in the first year of high school.

At this time, Shiina was still in the first row, but he walked into the classroom through the back door and sat in the corner seat in the last row as a matter of course.

"That...... If you want to sit here, can you let me take my school bag? ”

"Huh? …… I'm sorry! I'm sorry! ”

The girl stood up with a red face and ran back to her seat.

Narumi Yu watched all this, and it was a pity that he couldn't take it with his mobile phone, otherwise it must be a rather interesting set of pictures.

The next moment, the same girl stood next to him hesitantly.

"The ......"

"......," he stood up consciously.

"Thank you."

Who said that Narumi-san's seat was his own?

Finally, after everyone had returned, he finally found his seat—the penultimate seat in the row in the hallway.

The scenery is not very good, but there is a great geographical advantage when grabbing a meal at noon and changing classrooms to grab a seat.

The clock is still ticking.

[The dream] continues.

The spring breeze is warm, and the cherry blossoms outside the window fill the entire tree, and the petals drift into the house from time to time in the wind and fall on the table of the lucky high school student by the window.

Jingle bell~~

The class bell rang, and Mr. Natsume stepped on the bell and walked into the classroom.

A few seconds later, the bell stopped abruptly.

There is no chance for Narumi to react at all, and the scene switches in an instant.

Gymnasium, podium, entrance banners......

"Climb the highest mountain."

"Pick the brightest stars."

"Choose the hardest path."

“……”

Everything in [the dream] is back to the beginning.

This time he memorized the lyrics, didn't lip-sync anymore, and sang along.

Shiina looked back at him in a panic.

The two looked at each other, and the girl quickly turned back, singing the school song of Mikagehama as if nothing had happened.

On the morning of April 2nd, time stood still, and the gentle and strong school song echoed in the campus for the third time.

"I've been through all sorts of things."

"There's no need to be in such a hurry."

“……”

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Note: The school song of Mikagehama High School in the novel is the school song "The Man Who Chases Dreams" of the Zhixue Museum.