Chapter 21: The Academic Achiever's Youthful Love Story

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  Unfamiliar streets, unfamiliar houses, unfamiliar sea, the only familiar thing is probably this starry sky above.

  Whether it's time-travel or rebirth, or both, the most reassuring thing is this eternal and vast sky and countless stars.

  The moonlight, starlight and the nearby lamplight intertwined like threads from another world, casting a strange color on the ground before my eyes.

  Satoru is a transmigrator, meaning he's an outsider who doesn't belong in this world. Here, there are no companions like him; only Satoru walks alone, and the path that can be walked alone.

  But in fact, this situation can also be changed. Sosuke doesn't want to go back to the original world, so he plans to let this world accept himself. The way to do that is... to change the world.

  Walking on the forest path, Satoru carried a bag containing his homemade tamagoyaki, planning to eat it along the way as a simple midnight snack.

  He lifted his head and the wind blew from directly in front of him, causing Sosuke's not-so-strong body to break out in goosebumps.

  As an otaku, Sosuke seeks to become a normie and wants to try being stared at with the gaze of "normie explosion".

  Just as if to interrupt Sosuke's daydream, a gentle breeze quietly slipped into the collar of his shirt, taking away some body heat and leaving behind a chill.

  This situation is also good for summer, just like the tireless cicada, the summer wind is also a restless existence, it sweeps across the land and flies to higher and farther places.

  If it comes back here next time, what changes will it bring to itself? This question, Sosuke himself cannot get any answer.

  Emerging from the woods near the apartment, the dark forest that was feared by people was immediately left behind by Sosuke, submerged in darkness and a part of silver light.

  He stretched out his hand and stopped a passing rickshaw. After getting off at the designated location, Zuo You opened the window and looked at the scenery that was constantly retreating behind him.

  Everything you've experienced will slowly retreat and disappear, just like now. If you look back, you might see a lingering trace, but not everything. At that time, the scene was telling yourself - move forward.

  Having lost his life once, Sosuke must stir up a storm of his own in this world.

  Get off at a distance from the destination, pay the fare, and head to the agreed place with Sosuke and Hakase-san.

  Oh no! I forgot!

  Looking at the omelette in his hand, Zuo You suddenly remembered that he had forgotten to eat it on the way, and now it was too late to eat it, so he decisively chose to give up.

  When I go back later, should I go see the manager of that convenience store? His body is very robust, probably can't get sick.

  Through a small path, Sosuke walked along the steep slope and reached the flat ground, where a riverbank suddenly appeared in his field of vision.

  The riverbank was enveloped in the white light of the street lamps nearby, and the rippling water surface looked as if there were countless fish swimming and jumping.

  The green grass on both sides was blown down by the wind, looking like a green plush carpet that had been vacuumed with an electric blower.

  A refreshing scent wafts from the riverbank, cool air plus a broad view, making it a great place to take a break.

  Occasionally there are pedestrians passing by, but not many, I guess they all went to that better park upstream.

  Among the stars and phosphorescent river surface, a girl with a small lady's backpack, tied with a red flower bundle ribbon on her ponytail, wearing a light green long dress, like an originally existing doll sculpture, attracted all of Sosuke's attention.

  She turned her back on Sosuke, her slender fingers picking up her phone as if she was dialing someone's number.

  Then, Sosuke's original, unemotional mobile phone ringtone sounded, and upon hearing this sound, the girl, Kayano Kiyoshi, shook her ponytail-like hair, which was like an animal's, and turned her body around.

  Her slightly flushed skin suggested she had just taken a bath, the crystal pendant hanging from her chest complemented her creamy complexion perfectly, and the corners of her mouth curled up slightly under her straight nose.

  "Now that you're here, at least say something. You didn't make a sound and just appeared in front of me, are you trying to sneak up on me? I've got pepper spray and an electric stun gun with me, you know."

  "You think I'm something, besides, it's useless once said."

  Sōsuke shook his head and walked towards Makihara Kiyoshi with a bitter smile.

  "Don't go any further, there's a pressure-activated trap ahead of you."

  "You're also too scary!"

  I don't know if it was there or not, but Sosuke still walked past from the side.

  Arriving at Kusa no Misaki's side, Sosuke lifted up the white bag in his hand and smiled.

  "I brought this, want some? Egg pancake."

  "You're welcome."

  "Next."

  Sazuke took out a crepe wrapped in oil paper and threw one to Mogami Kotori, eating the other one herself.

  I originally planned to solve everything by myself, but unexpectedly it has been left until now and has become a feeling of deliberately bringing it to her.

  Sōsuke sat down on the grass and waited for Makihara Kyouji to continue the conversation.

  "The taste is pretty good, but the downside is that it's too salty."

  "Just drink some water, summer is a season of salt deficiency, so I'll ask the study mistress, do you have something to say to me? If not, then I'll speak first."

  "Wait, I think what..."

  She had only eaten two bites of her omelette when Mao Yuanjiu, who was sitting down beside Suyuan, also smoothed out his skirt.

  "I had a conversation with my father, he saw me being interviewed and the comic I drew."

  "How is it?"

  "He didn't say anything, just reminded me to be careful, but the father who said this sentence wasn't as serious as before, for me, that should be a smile."

  "Do you recognize me?"

  Smiling, or rather, smiling at his daughter's growth, is not only a good thing for Mogami Kujou, but also a decent outcome for Sosuke. This way, his actions can come to an end as well.

  Next is to get rid of her own affairs.

  "Then."

  Sōsuke, who wanted to speak, was robbed of his right to speak first and instead quietly listened to Kujirai's words.

  "All of this is because of you, that night you took me away and gave me a new choice, no, it should be a new hope. On this point, you are not annoying."

  "I didn't do anything, it was just your own choices and actions, no need to thank me for anything."

  "How could I have judged you, Sosuke, just because your grades weren't good? You had other outstanding talents. I was foolish to think that grades were everything. But thanks to your help, I've changed my mind; even if someone is weak in one area, they must be strong somewhere else. Whether it's me or you, we're all the same."

  The bookworm lady said so

  "That day, the hand you stretched out, the challenge to Father, the promise you made, the decision you took, I remember them all very clearly. It's precisely because of this that I changed my mind about Sosuke."

  “STOP！”

  Covered up the mouth of Cao Yuanjin.

  "I've said it before, my actions are simply out of interest and there's no intention to change now. The reason you have a different view of me is just because you got your father's approval, which has gone to your head. Shaking your head won't work, I'm still the same as always - bad grades, love to slack off, hate hard work...and not too fond of you either."

  "Is it like this?"

  Makihara Kyouko was holding a tamagoyaki, her expression looking somewhat pale.

  Sōsuke stood up from the grass and patted his back. He waved at Kusa no ōji.

  "That's all you have to say? Alright, I'll leave then. Take care of things afterwards, and don't change, Moriguchi Kujou."

  Only the original honor student is the honor student, only the original Mogami Kyoko is Mogami Kyoko.

  Isn't it right?

  "Teacher."

  The wind blew again, and Sosuke let out a sigh and turned away.