The Heroines Want to Fall in Love 38
by TINY FAN FICTIONThe Heroines Want to Fall in Love 38
Edited by: Tiny Fan Fiction
Chapter 38 The Silent Lamb
It was nearing June.
Inside the office.
Shizuka Hiratsuka was holding a stack of homework papers, seated at her desk.
Taking a deep breath, she said the words she’d spoken to Asakura Yu countless times before…
“Asakura! Take your homework back and rewrite it!”
Every time it came to writing essays, Asakura Yu always managed to surprise her.
Last year’s… *I Want to Become a Sun-Like Person*, *The Lonely Man Will Eventually Die*, *How to Maintain a Pleasant Yet Insincere Atmosphere*… she had had her fill.
Today’s *The Fate of the Lamb* was even more heavyweight!
“Your writing always makes me acutely aware of the dark side of a modern high school boy’s heart,” Shizuka Hiratsuka said with a sigh. “Asakura, do you remember what the assignment for this essay was?”
“It’s about future prospects, since we’re approaching internships. At least 600 words,” Asakura Yu replied, then added, “Hiratsuka-sensei, let me explain… no, let me clarify.”
Shizuka Hiratsuka propped her legs up, staring at him.
“I’d like to hear what excuses and rationalizations you have.”
“In the Bible, the lamb also represents the general populace.”
“And then?”
“Hiratsuka-sensei, have you ever heard the saying… ‘sheep to the slaughter’?”
“Continue,” Shizuka Hiratsuka said, her gaze fixed on his, her presence commanding.
“Even though it’s already close to death, why doesn’t the sheep resist? No, the sheep does consider resisting, but the butcher muzzles it, binds its hands and feet. It witnesses its own flesh being cut, its heart stopping, yet it’s powerless. So people say… ‘Sheep are so docile’, ‘Sheep are so selfless’.”
“So you’re saying society is the butcher, and you are the lamb to be slaughtered?”
This kid has got to get over his angst.
“No,” Asakura Yu shook his head.
“Jia Yi said in his essay ‘Overcoming the Qin’, ‘The key to governing the people lies in pacifying them and nothing else.’ The emperor only needs to maintain fresh grass, and the people, like lambs, will wait to be slaughtered at any time. My article is intended to mock those blind followers who follow the crowd… As long as there is a lead sheep, the flock will start to walk carelessly, eating and grazing, until they exhaust the grass and then move to a new location. That’s why in psychology, the phenomenon of following the crowd is called the ‘herd effect’.”
“What then?” Shizuka Hiratsuka’s expression became serious.
Although Asakura Yu is full of nonsense, it is indeed very interesting.
“Hiratsuka-sensei, please read the last sentence of the article.”
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Shizuka Hiratsuka took the last line of the composition and placed it before her…
[I still want to become a wolf.]
“Rubbish! Rewrite it!”
Facing Shizuka Hiratsuka’s cursing, Asakura Yuu sighed:
“Yes!”
…………
“Ugh, this is tricky.”
Asakura Yuu sighed inwardly, grabbing his bag and preparing to head to the Service Club.
It wasn’t the first time his manuscript──ahem, homework──had been rejected by Shizuka Hiratsuka.
Future dreams?
Who understands these things?
Tsk… Hiratsuka-sensei, your literary refinement needs improvement if you can’t even comprehend my article.
It makes me wonder, how did you pass your teaching qualifications?
Ah well, guess I’ll rewrite it when I have the time.
Walking across the sky bridge, Asakura Yuu arrived at the special teaching building’s 4th floor and pushed open the door to the Service Club.
Inside, Asakura Yuu took a glance, then stepped back out, looking up to confirm he hadn’t gone to the wrong place.
“Asakura, I have a favor to ask.”
The popular guy in class, the blonde hottie Hayato Hayama, bowed slightly towards the still-dazed Asakura Yuu and stated his purpose.
“A personal request, or one for the Service Club?”
“What’s the difference?”
Hayato Hayama actually didn’t want to deal with Yukino Yukinoshita; they knew each other since elementary school, but their relationship was rocky, and meetings only led to awkwardness.
“If I have to say, there isn’t any difference.”
If you choose the Service Club’s request, then I might have to waste more breath arguing with Yukino Yukinoshita.
Hm, that sounds a bit dirty.
“…No difference? Member Asakura, I can’t pretend I didn’t hear that!”
Yukino Yukinoshita pushed open the door; she had just gone downstairs to buy a drink and didn’t expect the client to be greeted by Asakura Yuu first.
After saying that, Yukino scanned the situation inside the club room.
‘The client is him?’
Yukino Yukinoshita quickly changed her tune: “Member Asakura, are you planning to take on the request alone?”
She disliked Hayato Hayama, had a physiological aversion to him.
That guy who’s nice to everyone, indecisive and a people-pleaser is hard to like.
Especially since Hayato Hayama likes dealing with issues superficially, which Yukino finds even more detestable.
“It’s best if we solve it together, right? There’s strength in numbers, isn’t there?”
Asakura sat down in his own seat, then said to the chair in front of him, “Hayama, you sit first, don’t stand.”
…………
Within Sobu High, there was something that was very popular, known as 5ch, or the so-called anonymous forum, which provided anonymous functionality for an unspecified number of people to communicate.
It was like an unmanaged bulletin board, and now it had become a breeding ground for bullying and gossip…
Places like Twitter and Line made it easy to spread rumors and then get doxxed.
To avoid such dangers, the excellent students of Sobu High were obsessed with software that didn’t require them to take responsibility for their own words, namely anonymous forums, where they could freely show off their dark sides and enjoy the pleasure of bullying others!
“Yukinoshita-san, have you ever logged into an anonymous forum?” Hayato Hayama asked first.
“I know about it, but I have no reason to use it.”
Are they asking me to post my opinions on an anonymous forum?
Hmph, is there any need to do such a despicable and disgusting thing?
“The atmosphere in the class has been a bit off lately…” Hayato Hayama looked troubled: “Tobe and Ooka, as well as Hachiman, are being slandered on the anonymous forum, and now the school is filled with rumors.”
“Is there no news about me?” Asakura was somewhat curious about this.
The 3 people in the popular group were affected, but I wasn’t?
“…Help me out, Yui!!Asakura!!”
Before Hayato Hayama could respond, he heard a lively greeting from behind, and then he saw Yui Yuigahama, who was leaning on her knees, pushing open the door and panting.
Yui rested for a few seconds, then looked up at the club room…
“Huh? Hayato-kun is here too?”
“Just in time! Listen to me!!There’s a post on the anonymous forum that’s going viral, and now the whole school knows that Tobe is a violent person who likes to pick fights, Hachiman is a scumbag who’s 2-timing, and Ooka broke someone’s leg on purpose during a game!!It’s really serious!”
After Yui Yuigahama finished speaking, she found that the 3 of them had different expressions, but none of them showed any surprise.
Huh, no way?
Am I the last one to know?
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