[Net King] Pilgrim

When Machida looked at Echizen Ryoma again and again, he had already picked up a piece of cake and put it in his mouth, his expression was calm and he couldn't tell whether he was happy or unhappy.

It is really rare for him to accept things from others without disgust or rejection like now.

Machida guessed what kind of intelligent person would have such a skill, so he couldn't help but look at the girl named "Sakura", and turned his head to find that the other party was looking at him for a moment, with a bit of gleam in the beautiful wine red pupils. Be careful and curious.

Looking at each other, both of them were obviously taken aback.

Machida was wondering why she looked at him like that, when the person in front of her suddenly bowed ninety degrees, "Yes, I'm sorry!" She straightened up, blushing a little, "I'm too rude to keep staring at you... "

Although shy, he is sincere and polite, with a gentle personality, and he lives up to his name.

Machida said quickly, "It's okay..." Faced with such a gentle person, she smiled unconsciously, "Don't blame yourself, I'm just curious, what kind of person can make such beautiful food."

The words of praise were so blunt that they hardly concealed it, Ryuzaki Sakura was slightly taken aback.

The girl in front of her smiles brightly and sincerely. It is obviously a slightly bleak season, but people can't help but feel the vigor and vitality like spring grass. It's softened a lot.

Sakura came back to her senses, showing a warm smile, "Thank you."

Machida smiled, turned his gaze back to the table, and found that Echizen Ryoma seemed to have eaten only one piece of pastries that were all over the table and was not moving.

"Hajime, you should get ready, it's almost time for rehearsal." Aihara reminded her.

"Ah good,"

There was the last rehearsal in the afternoon, so Machida hurried to pack his backpack, and he gave a hand when he took the bento. Thinking about it, he decided to forget it. It was really troublesome to carry such a big box.

The classmates in the class cheered her on one after another, and she responded with a bright smile.

A few steps out of the booth, a cold voice suddenly sounded behind him.

"Hey."

Machida stopped, turned around suspiciously, and saw Echizen Ryoma standing a few meters away with a bag in his hand.

He came over, handed the bag to her, and motioned for her to follow.

"What is it?" Machida took it over, opened the bag and looked.

It is a packaged sushi bento box.

She was a little puzzled, "Why did you give..."

"Didn't you not eat?"

Machida froze.

I remembered the bento box I just ate a piece of sushi and put it aside, and I didn't touch it again.She had forgotten, but he still remembered.

Echizen Ryoma remained expressionless as before, but she suddenly felt a sense of warmth.

Machida squeezed the handle of the bag unconsciously, and suddenly thought of something, "Is this your lunch?"

Echizen Ryoma was silent for a moment, "You're going to be late."

This guy... When he doesn't want to answer and doesn't want to lie, he answers irrelevant questions, doesn't he?

After thinking for a while, Machida handed the bag to him, "Thank you, I won't eat. Uh... I heard from the music teacher that you should not eat too much before singing, or it will affect your performance."

This is a fact, and she said it with great confidence.

Echizen Ryoma didn't go to pick it up, and moved his eyes elsewhere, "With your appetite, you don't have to worry about getting too full with this box of sushi."

"..."

Machida gritted his teeth, feeling that it was really sick of him to find an excuse to be polite to him just now.

She lowered her arms, turned and walked away angrily.

She didn't take a few steps, she stopped abruptly again, stood there hesitating for a few seconds, and suddenly felt that the bag in her hand was a bit heavy.

After thinking about it, she walked back to him.

Echizen Ryoma hadn't left yet. She walked over and adjusted her tone, "...you can eat my bento if you don't mind. My mother made a lot of it. I haven't opened the bottom layer yet, and I haven't touched it at all..."

Her voice slowly softened, and the original depression in her heart was gone.

After listening to her, Echizen Ryoma was silent, and his expression didn't seem to have changed much.

Thinking that he has always been like this, she didn't expect him to say anything, and was about to turn around when she saw him nod his head subtly and said "En".

His gaze was calm and open, Machida breathed a sigh of relief, lifted the bag in his hand and smiled at him, "Then, thank you."

The venue of the performance is in the Cultural and Sports Hall.

The last rehearsal was the same as every previous rehearsal. It went smoothly and ended in a short time.

In the dressing room backstage, Kuriyama Yusho leaned on the dressing table behind her, folded her arms and looked at the person in front of her, "So you decided to wear this?"

Machida nodded without hesitation, "Among the clothes you helped me refer to, senior sister, I think this one is the most comfortable for singing."

A clean and clear bright yellow T-shirt, paired with a pair of black overalls, the trouser legs are loose, but also lined with thin and straight legs, with a section of ankle exposed between the trousers and black short boots.

Kuriyama shrugged, "It's up to you, I'm just giving some advice." She raised her eyebrows and smiled slightly, "Come on, I'll help you do your makeup."

There are still more than two hours before the performance, and there are not many people in the dressing room.

Machida sat in front of the mirror, closed his eyes, and tapped her fingertips between her eyebrows and cheeks.There is a sweet smell in the air, which is very pleasant.

She doesn't dress herself up very often, and she doesn't know anything about makeup.

Kuriyama Yusho is the director of the Department of Literature and Art, and her makeup skills are ranked among the top three in Seigaku. Although she is still a student, she is like a makeup artist in campus activities.According to Aihara, Kuriyama-senpai's skills are even praised by many female teachers in the school who are very good at makeup.

Of course, Machida didn't understand these things, and she was able to invite players of this level, thanks to her brother.

After a long time, Li Shan suddenly asked, "Have you eaten yet?"

"not yet."

"Then don't wear lipstick for now." After a pause, "Open your eyes."

As soon as Machida slowly opened his eyes, he saw himself in the mirror head-on, and was slightly taken aback.

The natural fair complexion is slightly rosy, the eyebrows are lightly brushed, and the crystal-clear powder cream is lightly applied to the face, making it even more delicate.

She looked at the person in the mirror and raised the corners of her mouth, "It's so beautiful."

Lishan Yusui was drinking water, and almost spit out water when she heard the words, she glanced at her, "I have put on makeup for so many people, and when I opened my eyes, I praised myself first, you are the first one."

Machida laughed happily: "I've never seen myself like this." Touching his cheek, he turned to look at her, "Thank you, senpai."

Kuriyama Yusho smiled, took a magazine and sat next to her, "You can thank me after adding lip makeup, and go to dinner first."

Machida nodded and got up to get the bento.

The sushi bento was simple in style, and she sat on the sofa chair with the box in her arms, unconsciously reminded of Echizen Ryoma when he handed the bag to her.

There was no movement for a long time, Kuriyama Yusui raised his eyes, saw her staring at the box of sushi, smiled, and turned his eyes back to the magazine, "I don't want to eat it, is it a gift from my boyfriend?"

"...Huh?" Machida quickly denied, "No, no."

"Do you answer the first half of the sentence, or the second half?"

"..."

Matsuzaki mentioned before that Kuriyama-senpai is a famous "cold beauty", cold and alienated, Machida felt that Matsuzaki's information might be wrong.

"A whole sentence..." She took a bite of the warship scroll, her face was a little hot.

Kuriyama also seemed to be joking, nodded casually, and flipped a page of the magazine with his fingers.

After a few minutes, someone suddenly knocked on the door of the dressing room.

Kuriyama glanced at the person who was still eating, put the magazine aside, got up and went to open the door.

Machida raised his head and saw that she opened the door to reveal a small gap, said a few words to the people outside, and then glanced around the dressing room before opening the door completely.

Looking at the few people who appeared at the door, Machida's eyes widened for a moment.

Machida walked into the room without stepping forward, just leaning against the wall, "Mom and Dad have already gone to the auditorium, let me come and see you, don't stay any longer."

"Hajime, we're here to cheer you on~" Kikumaru hung on Fuji Shusuke's body, and spoke first.

Bu Er bent the corner of his mouth and looked at her, "Very beautiful."

When the last person came into sight, Machida was stunned for a moment, surprised and pleasantly surprised, "Yuta?" Just wondering why he didn't go to school, he remembered that today is the weekend.

Yuta leaned against the door and greeted her, "Yo!"

Machida put down the food and ran to the door, smiling brightly, "Thank you."

"The support team is really not small." Kuriyama Yusho laughed.

Machida turned his head and looked at the person beside him, "Thank you."

"You're welcome." Yukiho Kuriyama raised her eyebrows.

There were not many people in the dressing room, but the appearance of a few people still caused a small disturbance.Kikumaru stood on the spot and looked at the furnishings in the house curiously, even after being reminded several times by Fuji, his interest remained undiminished.

Machida looked out slightly through the gap by the door.

"What are you looking for?"

She was startled, and when she turned her head, she saw Yuta's magnified side face, which was within half an arm's distance of her, looking around curiously.

"Scare me." She breathed a sigh of relief and stood up straight.

"It's obvious that you are absent-minded."

Machida glanced at him, but didn't answer.

After a few seconds, she seemed to think of something, turned her head and looked at Yuta again, her eyes thoughtful.

Yuta was terrified by her look, "...why?"

Machida frowned, a little dazed, what he said didn't make sense, "Strange..."

Just now she was so close to Yuta, she didn't feel anything other than being scared.

"Yi."

Machida came back to his senses in a flash, "...huh?"

Yuta looked at her suspiciously, "My brother said just now that I'm going to eat at a sushi restaurant after the show, and asked if you want to come together?"

She nodded, "Oh, okay."

After the group left, the number of performers in the dressing room gradually increased.

As the performance approached, the backstage corridor was full of footsteps walking back and forth.Not long after, the host's enthusiastic voice came from the front of the stage, and warm applause was interspersed between the speeches.

When Machida didn't go to the side of the stage to watch the show, Yukiho Kuriyama helped her put on the last layer of lip color, and she sat backstage and waited quietly.

Kuriyama stood behind her and patted her on the shoulder, "Don't be nervous."

"Well, don't be nervous."

To maintain a proper relaxed state.

Machida pressed his heartbeat with a palm, and slightly curled the corners of his mouth.

When she finished going through the lyrics for the third time in her mind, a student called her outside the door, and she could go to the side of the stage to get ready.

Kuriyama went with her and helped her tidy up her hair before going on stage. The ponytail was tied neatly and the top was loose.

After the opening speech, the stage was completely dark, and the applause and shouts gradually weakened.

Standing behind the huge curtain, Machida stood with his right hand on the microphone in front of him, and took a slow, deep breath.

The syllables of the prelude sounded, the slow rhythm was soft and warm, the faint guitar sound was hidden inside, and the piano sound was full of imagination.

The curtain was also opened, and the cold-colored lights filled the stage, and two spotlights hit her.

The audience was extremely quiet.

She lowered her eyes slightly, and spoke slowly amidst the flowing and clear strings, her voice was clean and stubborn.

"生きることが战いなら

(If survival is a war)

win ち loss け も shi fang ga nai ko

(It doesn't matter if you win or lose)

そんな事くらいわかっているよ

(I still know this kind of thing)

weeping

(from the weeping blow)

走り出した明日へと向拍が騒ぐ

(Running to tomorrow, my heart is full of turmoil)

まっすぐに生きてゆきたい

(I want to survive frankly)

tadamatsuguni 生きていたい

(just trying to live frankly)

あの日の少年みたいに

(Just like that boy that day)」

A build-up of rhythm bursts through the shimmering melody, and the stage lights suddenly come on.

Excited shouts and screams erupted instantly in the auditorium, and a warm atmosphere covered the audience.

In the impactful tune, her voice is tough and full of power.

As soon as Machida knew what that power was, she opened her heart to enjoy the happiness at this moment, her body was full of boiling factors.

「叶える为生まれてきたの

(To live is to make dreams come true)

yo ki day 々 ni description ita universe

(It is the universe that was often depicted when I was young)

I'mababy weeping たくもなる

(I want to cry even when I'm young)

手に入れるための伤みならsogood

(But it's not bad to get hurt to get everything I want)"

Machida raised the corner of his mouth unconsciously.

At that moment, she thought of Echizen Ryoma.