[Net King] Pilgrim

The fashion magazine launched a new issue in March. With the publicity, it went online within an hour, and the sales volume exceeded 20 copies, and it continued to rise.

At the same time, the official account of the magazine released the footage of Echizen Ryoma and Machida Kazu's shooting scene on the social platform, with more than 10 reposts.

After the official announcement on Christmas Eve, the two tacitly chose to deal with this relationship in a low-key manner. Apart from adding each other's account to the watch list on ins, there was no other interaction. Spin-off content and discussions popped up.

The comment area of ​​the video was lively and cheerful, and one of the most eye-catching ones said: These two people, this scene, this atmosphere, have a sense of sight of taking wedding photos... except that they are not wearing a wedding dress.

The crowd below echoed: Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes...

It’s just that some people used this to bring up the incident of Machida’s being accidentally injured last year, saying that she was eager to prove it because of a guilty conscience, but she was quickly sprayed back by the fans of the two, explaining that the truth has been revealed, so why deliberately smear it .

Emotional matters, such as people knowing how warm and cold the drinking water is, and the Internet environment is inherently complicated, no matter whether it is high-profile or low-key, it will be discussed by others. Machida has gradually learned not to pay too much attention to those irrelevant remarks.

Besides, she and Echizen Ryoma are both very busy. One travels from Europe to North America to participate in competitions, and the other stays in apartments, rehearsal halls and libraries every day. Afterwards, many media magazines successively issued cooperation invitations, and They all declined.

A few days after Echizen Ryoma competed in Sao Paulo, Machida received an invitation to perform on the national tour of "Frozen" in Japan.

In fact, the show originally planned to change to a new generation of performers, but after many discussions, it decided to keep a few of the leading actors.The tour time is June-August, just after her graduation ceremony.

Amakusa Izumi talked about the performance and expected related activities on the other end of the phone, and chatted with her about her plans after graduation, and added an extra sentence, the office has heard the works on YouTube and wanted her to learn about music Singing and composing have one more development direction.

Machida responded and said that he would consider it.She originally thought that after signing the contract, the workload in the second half of the year should not be small, but Amakusa Izumi's tone changed, and she said happily and relaxedly: "Your schedule is until the end of August. I will give you three months off and resume work at the end of the year."

"...Three months?!" Machida couldn't believe that he would have such a long vacation, and his thinking turned, thinking, she will be unemployed if she doesn't graduate...

Amakusa Izumi smiled inexplicably, and only said: "Enjoy your vacation and plan where to go in advance."

"...the plan ahead is to sleep at home."

"Then your plan may not come true."

Machida smiled, "You're so sure, don't you have other plans? For example... let me experience life in advance in order to prepare for the work?"

Amakusa Izumi smiled and said, "I think you are not used to work, why are you thinking about work..." She cleared her throat, quickly changed the subject, and sent her to rehearse, "Let's seriously prepare for the graduation performance , I will go to the scene to cheer for you."

Machida felt inexplicably that there was something in Amakusa Izumi's words, but he didn't pay much attention to it, and he didn't have the extra energy to think about it. The graduation performance has reached the rehearsal stage, and the rehearsals are getting more and more busy, and there are still papers to be revised.

There was a video with Echizen Ryoma at night, she was lying on the bed talking and was about to fall asleep.He was competing in the United States recently, and he couldn't go to her performance, so he said he would go back and bring her a gift.

The light on the screen was dim, and Machida's head was sticking to the pillow. Echizen Ryoma saw that she was too sleepy to open his eyelids, but he still held on. His voice paused, "...Hajime, go to sleep." Reassuringly told her to cover the quilt.

Machida gave a thick nasal "hmm", his consciousness was muddled, but he still remembered what he said a moment ago, and muttered: "Don't forget my gift..."

Echizen Ryoma smiled helplessly, sitting in front of the sofa quietly looking at her soft face, "I will never forget it."

When the grass grows and the warbler flies, the spring breeze blows.The graduation show was held at the Royal Concert Hall in the city center for three consecutive days, and tickets were sold to the public.

In the past few days, Machida met many familiar faces. Miyamoto who invited her to join the company, Janice who had just returned from Zurich, and Kebin who had just returned from a trip and brought his girlfriend all came to see her performance.

The venue was full of seats, and each performance lasted only two hours, but it was the result of months of hard rehearsal by many people, and it was also the summary of professional learning in the past few years.

Machida thought of her wish to choose this path more than once. Time passed without losing her way. She simply enjoyed the stage and wanted to present a better performance to the audience, which made her performance on the stage more natural and light...

At the end of the three-day performance, Machida knew that some fans flew over from Japan to watch her performance.Surprise, joy, and touch were all overwhelmed by the bouquet she received, and she expressed her words, and said "thank you" to them very sincerely after leaving the stage.

I also recommended to them many local niche and interesting attractions and specialty restaurants based on my memory. I only regret that I don’t have enough time, otherwise I have to draw a map for them.

After finishing a series of matters after the performance, Machida changed into a lotus root pink sweater. It was already [-] o'clock in the evening when he came out of the backstage.

Janice and Amakusa Izumi were waiting in the lobby on the first floor. When they saw her coming down the stairs, they greeted her with unconcealed joy, and suddenly hugged her, "Congratulations!"

Amakusa Izumi let go of her and held the phone in front of her, "Here, you have won a prize."

Machida froze for a moment, and moved his gaze from the smiling eyes of the two to the phone screen—it was the awards ceremony that just ended in the evening, and the list of winners was already available online.

Her heart was beating fast, and she slowly looked down one by one, and saw her own name behind the "Best Newcomer" column.Best new musical was another well-received entry, but both best set and best costumes went to "Sunrise."

The smile on his face couldn't be controlled, but his feet were a little light and unreal.

Subconsciously, I wanted to share this good news with Echizen Ryoma.

Machida hurriedly took out his mobile phone, the two people in front of him glanced at each other, and leaned forward to take a look, Amakusa Izumi said: "The publicity team of the firm will pay attention to the voices on the Internet, you can send thank you later, edit it first one time……"

Machida lowered his head and typed, "I'll send it to Ryoma."

"..."

Janice was not afraid to offend her at all, and reached out to hand over her mobile phone. Amakusa Izumi took her arm and walked out, "Let's go and eat first, and you can talk to him directly in a while."

"He's been playing these few days." Machida reached out his hand to get back the phone.

The two people around didn't hear it, and they took her out while researching what to eat.She couldn't help it, so she had to give up struggling, half of her consciousness remained in the trance of winning the prize, and she was curious that the two people around her had only known each other for a few days, and when did the relationship become so good?

There is a small square outside the concert hall, flanked by a pedestrian street lined with classical buildings. A few restaurants along the street are still open, but most of the shops are closed, and the small spotlights on the top of the windows cast sporadic light yellow lights.

Amakusa Izumi and Janice were very enthusiastic about eating, but Machida couldn't get in the way at all. The two of them each listed a few things they wanted to eat, and decided on a compromise without asking her opinion.

Machida was about to complain when she suddenly saw the lights along the road suddenly turned on, which made her stop talking suddenly.

Wrought-iron gothic street lamps are lit by candles and layers of neon lights. At a glance, the originally dim streetscape is now full of brilliance.

Pedestrians on the street exclaimed one after another, jumping for joy for a while, immersed in the lights that were as bright as day.

A four-member band in the square, guitar, electronic organ and drummer, played and sang melodiously.

Janice looked around and said that the members of the band looked familiar, so she and Amakusa Izumi dragged Machida over to have a look.

Walking to the square, Machida was surprised for a moment and found that the band playing and singing was a classmate of the student union. The four of them saw her and waved to her with a smile during the interval of singing, which attracted passers-by to recognize her quickly.

Machida smiled, and joked with Janice in a low voice, did these people feel that singing in the bar was not enough, so they ran to the square for a live show.

Janice raised her eyebrows and smiled, "Who knows."

After one song was sung, the fast-paced music suddenly changed, the soothing and quiet string music sounded slowly, and the band sang low and shallow——

"I found a love fore

Darling just divert in and follow my lead

Well I found a girl beautiful and sweet

Inever knew you were the someone waiting fore

Causewewerejustkidswhenwefellinlove

Not knowing what it was I will not give you up this time

……

Baby I'm dancing in the dark with you between my arms

Barefoot on the grass listening to our favorite song

WhenyousaidyoulookedamessIwhisperedunderneathmybreath

But you heard it darling you look perfect tonight"

……

The gentle and vital melody flowed in front of the concert hall, in the square decorated with lights, and among the flower beds built of stones, which made Machida a little obsessed and listened to it for a long time.

After the short song ended, I just came back to my senses, and looked aside, only to find that Janice and Amakusa Izumi were gone.

She froze for a moment, and immediately looked around to find it.

Turning around, there was a sudden pause in her footsteps, and then she froze.

Echizen Ryoma, who was supposed to compete in the United States, stood not far behind, looking at her with smiles in his eyes. She was wearing a white shirt, with his hands in his pockets, and his sleeves were half-rolled by the evening wind.

"I'm still wondering when you're going to turn around."

"...Ah?" Machida's head was a little short-circuited, surprised at his sudden appearance, and wondered where Janice and the others went, "Why are you here... aren't you in a competition?"

"Well, I have a gift for you, you accept it and I will leave."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw him pull his hand out of his pocket, and then something flew towards her.

Machida Kazu hurriedly reached out to catch it.

A small suede box, square and square.

She froze on the spot for a moment, staring at it, and unconsciously slowed down her breathing. After a while, she slowly opened the box.

The chaotic world seems to have calmed down. The platinum ring setting, inlaid with a red coral stone, is shining and delicate under the light.

At this time, Amakusa Izumi and Janice, who had disappeared suddenly a moment ago, appeared out of nowhere, and Cheryl, Kaibin, his girlfriend, and four classmates from the band were also presented as gifts.

Many passers-by recognized them from just now, and they didn't go forward. They covered their mouths in ecstasy with excitement, and shouted "Marryhim!"

It took Machida a long time to react, and the deep part of his heart felt swollen.

Echizen Ryoma had already walked over, and when Machida was stunned, and his eyes were blurred with tears, he grabbed her hand, lowered his head and asked her, "Are you willing to accept it?" After a pause, he added, "If you don't Otherwise, I will miss the game."

There was water in her eyes, and she realized that the coincidences that night were not coincidences.

"Where are you... You are clearly threatening me."

Echizen Ryoma smiled, just holding her hand like this, his eyes bright and serious.

"Maybe it's sudden... But I've actually planned it for a long time. I'm worried that you'll feel uncomfortable if it's too high-profile, but if it's too simple, it will look sloppy, and I'm afraid that the weather here is cloudy and unpredictable. What if it rains suddenly..."

He paused, and said word by word in a low voice, "Before, I was used to the world of only tennis. I thought it would be difficult to adapt to the sudden intrusion into my life, but later I found that if it was you, I didn't need to work hard to adapt." ..."

Every time he said a word, the tip of Machida's nose became sour. She knew that he was not good at confessing himself. These words were the first time he said them, and they might also be the last time.

"Hajime, I am ready to spend the rest of my life with you, but I don't know how to tell you... After thinking about it, it seems that there is only one way..." Echizen Ryoma held her hand slightly, Kohaku In her bright eyes, her reflection was completely reflected, "Let's get married."

Machida's emotions surged like a wave, and he wanted to speak, but when he opened his mouth, tears were choked up, so he nodded vigorously while choking up his sobs.

He laughed silently, lowered his head and took out the ring in the box, took her hand, slowly pushed the ring to the root of his finger, and embraced her in his arms amidst the bright lights all around and the excited cheers of the crowd inside.

Machida burst into tears and smiled, feeling the coolness on his fingers, it was a period and a promise.

She hugged him tightly, her hoarse voice was soft yet firm, "I can't imagine my life without you in the future, if you are the same, then get married."