The Heroines Want to Fall in Love 49
by TINY FAN FICTIONThe Heroines Want to Fall in Love 49
Edited by: Tiny Fan Fiction
Chapter 49: The Dreamlike Girl
[Piano (Beginner) → Piano (Proficient)]
After finishing his shift, Asakura Yuu wiped down the glasses, waiting for the next person to take over, and checked his Skill panel in the meantime.
He found that his Skill had leveled up, probably due to the improvisational performance he did earlier.
The piano isn’t an instrument that’s played by the book, no, none of the instruments are – people aren’t machines, and infusing your emotions into the music is a great way to improve, but those who are still lacking in basics should practice those first, and then they can get creative once they’ve mastered the techniques.
‘It seems that upgrading a beginner-level Skill isn’t that difficult?’
The system’s beginner-level abilities are all at a basic 100-point level, and whether or not you can continue to upgrade depends on the individual.
This feeling of relying on his own efforts to get a free upgrade from the system is actually pretty nice.
Asakura Yuu had originally thought that buying a Skill meant it couldn’t be upgraded, or that he’d have to buy a higher-level Skill to upgrade, but now it seems that there are more ways to do things than he thought – Makoto wasn’t lying to him, after all.
“Haa, I’m exhausted.”
Hachiman Hikigaya walked over at that moment, his shift having ended with the arrival of the next person.
“When did you learn to play the piano…never mind, I shouldn’t be surprised by anything you do,” Hachiman Hikigaya said, negating his own statement.
A perfect protagonist shouldn’t have any weaknesses, and the piano is just a minor thing.
“Hachiman, how was your shift?”
Asakura Yuu tidied up, said a few words to the person who had come to take over, and then left the counter.
“I’m dead tired, Asakura – I really don’t want to work in the future.”
“I’m telling you, that dream of yours is never going to come true…unless…”
“Unless what?”
“Unless you go find a rich woman to support you, but your looks are kind of…you’re not bad-looking, but you’re not exactly stunning either…,” Asakura Yuu patted Hachiman’s shoulder and said, “Let’s go, I need to change out of this suit – it’s uncomfortable.”
Asakura Yuu wore casual clothes all year round, rarely dressing up in formal attire.
When they got to the changing room, they found that Koyomi Araragi had already changed.
After exchanging a few words – or rather, complaining about the hardships of their job – the 3 of them got on the elevator, and then went their separate ways.
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[Host, you have received a new Quest – please check it out!]
Asakura Yuu stopped in his tracks outside the train station.
This was his second time receiving a Quest, but the system didn’t seem to have any mandatory completion requirements, so it was whatever.
[You have obtained Quest……Chance Encounter.]
[Introduction: Unforeseen? No, this is a Fateful encounter.]
[Quest Requirement: None.]
[Quest Reward: Common Skill Proficiency Increase Coupon (the next purchase of a common skill will automatically increase to level one)]
Fateful encounter?
Sounds really cryptic.
The last train leaves at 12 o’clock, it’s still within time.
Asakura Yuu swiped his card into the station, preparing to go to the waiting platform, and then he knew what was meant by a Fateful encounter……
In his line of sight, a petite girl with piercing silver hair was sitting on the waiting chair.
She had a slightly childishly cute face, and her sparkling eyes were staring dreamily into space, wondering what she was thinking about.
‘You…’
Asakura Yuu still remembered her name.
Even after a month, he still remembered it vividly.
[Quest Completed! You have obtained: Common Skill Proficiency Increase Coupon x1]
The moment he looked over, Eucliwood also turned to look at him.
Their gazes met, and Asakura Yuu gave her a gentle smile.
After taking his seat.
“Long time no see.”
[Long time no see.] She held up her note.
Then there was a silence.
As the evening breeze blew, and the train was about to arrive at the station.
Eucliwood tugged at the corner of his clothes, handing him a note she had written……[Why do humans want to jump in front of the train?]
She saw it this morning, a girl suddenly jumped from the train platform onto the tracks, and even chose a time that could not be saved by others……the moment the train was about to arrive.
Eucliwood didn’t understand.
She didn’t understand why people would commit suicide, death was obviously painful, why would they want to die?
Wouldn’t living be more painful than dying?
“Maybe because they’re too tired and want to go to sleep?”
Asakura Yuu answered her
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Asakura Yuu answered her in a soft and euphemistic tone.
Trains will be shut down every 2 days nearby.
Most of the people who jump the tracks are middle school students and social people… Close your eyes and jump high, and all the troubles in the world will disappear.
[I don’t want her to sleep.]
After Eucliwood finished writing this sentence, he turned the notes into pages again…[She can obviously live well.]
She wrote the third sentence in a hurry…[I want to save her.]
But in the human world, necromancers cannot use spells at will, let alone Eucliwood’s power is too strong.
Just expressing emotions will affect (Hibiki) to humans.
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Moreover, the girl who committed suicide this morning didn’t even give anyone a chance to save her, and as she jumped, you could even see a smile on her face.
It was a smile of relief.
“This world has never changed, with oppression and injustice everywhere…”
Asakura Yuu didn’t know how to discuss this with the girl, whose heart was as pure as white feathers.
These topics would tarnish her feathers…
Eucliwood put down her pen, then continued writing after a few seconds…
[Why are people so indifferent to the girl who jumped onto the tracks?]
After writing that sentence.
Yu continued to write: [They say ‘omeone’s disrupting society’s functioning’, ‘I’ll be late for work, can you at least create some atmosphere?’, ‘just die and don’t bother anyone, okay’…]
As she wrote to the end, Eucliwood’s hand trembled twice, and she looked at Asakura Yuu with eyes as pure as the moon.
“Isn’t that cruel?”
But this was the norm in this island nation: a country as cold and unfeeling as ice.
“Yes.” Eucliwood nodded.
“When people first encounter this kind of situation, they’ll definitely be surprised. But after repeated exposure, they become desensitized, and habit is a terrifying thing.
…Knowing that sad things happen every moment in this world, yet being powerless to do anything, getting angry at oneself, wanting to change the world and make it better, but unable to do so.”
And so, they vent their frustrations at their own powerlessness on the victims.
This answer, for Yu, should be acceptable, right?
[Yes, thank you.]
Yu’s mood improved significantly.
She had been sitting there for a long time, and many people had talked to her, but most of them left with strange looks when she picked up paper and pen to ask questions…
Asakura Yuu was the first person willing to answer her questions.
Amidst the ‘rumbling’ sound of the train, it pulled into the station, and since it was the last train, Asakura Yuu had to leave.
He slowly stood up.
“I’ll be off.”
Yu looked up at him and held up her note…
[See you again.]
“Goodnight.”
Their fateful encounter, after all, lasted only ten minutes.
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Sitting on the last train, Asakura Yuu gazed out the window at the dark night.
The girl who jumped onto the tracks…
He had seen the news on his phone that morning and spent a minute reading it, with only 10 seconds of sympathy – no, even 3 seconds was too much.
Yet Yu was heartbroken for who-knew-how-long.
What kind of world did Eucliwood see – scorching red, melancholic blue, profound black?
No, it should be pure white.
I want to understand…
Why did she appear there?
Why am I even pondering something everyone else takes for granted?
I don’t know.
I don’t get it.
It’s like I met this girl, a total dream.
She’s shrouded in mystery, a fragile bubble ready to pop.
But it’s okay, I can still… before she disappears…
Say…
[Good night].
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