Lost Narrative Poetry

"Yeah?"

Xia Ran narrowed his eyes slightly at first, then quickly calmed down his expression, and said this very noncommittally.

"Maybe Hikigaya, you were too focused and didn't hear it..."

After a whole day, from the initial discomfort, to the middle stage when I occasionally get busy with my own affairs, I will forget to maintain the release of the soft voice technique. By this time, he was basically used to it.

Maintaining the soft voice technique requires continuous consumption of mental energy, but the consumption rate is very slow...

It can be said that except for direct speech, all Xia Ran's actions are completely silenced. Unless his actions cause too much noise, people outside the range of magic can still hear it.

However, the definition of such loud noises definitely does not include footsteps.

Therefore, when you are far away, although it is not within the range of the soft sound technique, Hikigaya's hearing is not sharp enough to pick up the sound of slight footsteps from a distance of tens of meters.

And when he got closer, he was already affected by the mysterious magical power. He should not be able to hear the sound, but he still couldn't hear it.

"Is that so?"

Hikigaya got up from the ground and patted the dust on his trouser legs, but he obviously didn't agree with such a perfunctory explanation and was still a little frightened.

"Of course...Okay, the application form is here, fill it out, don't waste time."

Xia Ran had no intention of explaining it to the other party in detail. He just walked straight into the activity room, put one of the copies in his hand on a table, and placed the rest with a book. aside.

Hikigaya subconsciously watched all the opponent's movements, and then subconsciously looked at the opponent's feet.

It shouldn't be a ghost. There is clearly a shadow, although it is a little lighter, but this should be a problem with the lighting, and there are also footsteps now... Could it be that he is really aging before he gets old and his ears are no longer working?

"Hey, what are you thinking about...Come here and fill out the form, or are you planning on delaying it until get out of class is over, Hikigaya?"

Seeing this, Xia Ran raised his eyebrows, reached out and knocked on the table to make a sound.

"Huh? Oh, oh, I'm sorry..." Hikigaya was interrupted from his thoughts and responded hurriedly. He walked over and sat on the chair. He looked at the application form in front of him and picked it up. Pen.

Xia Ran didn't give any guidance from the side. Anyway, anyone with normal IQ can write this kind of form by himself. If that doesn't help, there are notes at the bottom of each column!

He just walked over and opened the window, then dragged another chair out and sat down. Without saying a word, he took the books he had placed in the activity room, opened them, and read quietly.

"..."

"..."

Hikigaya, who had been watching him cautiously, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Since the other person was reading so carelessly under the sunset slanting through the window, it meant that he was really not a ghost, right?

But then, he felt funny because of his inexplicable thoughts. Ghosts and such could not exist in the first place, right? What happened to me just now? Why are I thinking so wildly?

Some things are like this. After reacting, you will feel that you are inexplicable...

Hikigaya was like this. Just now, his thinking inevitably fell into the direction of supernatural thinking because of observing certain phenomena, even if he knew rationally that it was impossible.

And now, he seems to have found strong evidence to prove that certain things are impossible. There seems to be enough evidence to show that there is a more scientific explanation, although he himself is not too willing to admit it.

But rationality once again gained the upper hand, making him realize how ridiculous his brain circuitry was just now.

But, is it really that simple?

At least, he still had doubts in his subconscious... The seeds had been planted, just waiting for the opportunity to take root and sprout.

"Classmate Xia Ran...did something happen to you? You seem to be in a bad mood all of a sudden?"

After relaxing, Hikigaya glanced at the application form, and then at the person who was reading quietly over there. He felt that the other person seemed to have suddenly turned from sunny to cloudy.

I don’t know what happened. After thinking about it, something must have happened when the other party went to get the application form, and it was probably something that made the other party very unhappy.

"No, I'm not in a bad mood... Hikigaya-kun." Xia Ran raised her head and said calmly, "As you can see, I am very happy now."

"Y-really?"

What I saw was not like this at all! But Hikigaya could only laugh a few times, a drop of cold sweat flowed from his forehead, and stopped talking. This person obviously didn't want to talk about this topic.

But it's not like he couldn't figure out the general situation. After all, the information clues were very sufficient. Xia Ran just went to Class J, Year 2 to find Yukinoshita... Forget it, I still can't figure it out.

It's really dangerous for these top castes to fall in love and kill each other. It's better not to know some things. You'd better fill out the form quickly and go back.

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At three-thirty in the afternoon, the school bell rang on time.

Many students who have not participated in club activities, or who have participated in home clubs, usually leave school directly if they have no other arrangements.

Xia Ran was alone in the activity room of the service department, reading quietly. After hearing the bell ring, he put down the book in his hand, raised a finger to rub his eyebrows, and yawned.

Perhaps it was because he had been releasing the soft sound technique today and spent a class specifically going to the Kyudo Department to use the λ-DRIVER system, so his mental energy was depleted relatively quickly and was now about to bottom out.

Probably since he started adding points to his mental attributes, he felt for the first time in this period that his strong mental energy was about to be exhausted. He was tired, sleepy, and wanted to sleep...

But this is what he wants to see. Only through repeated squeezing and tempering can mental power grow faster and become stronger and stronger.

First of all, the first person to arrive at the activity room was Hikigaya, although on the surface he seemed very reluctant——

Xia Ran was a little suspicious, maybe Teacher Hiratsuka knew that this guy had an awkward personality and might run away if he didn't pay attention, so he kept an eye on him as soon as get out of class was over and forced him to come to the club.

This is not an unreasonable association on his part, but it is very possible.

Immediately afterwards, it took a few minutes for Yukinoshita Yukino to appear in the activity room.

The girl with a cold expression frowned and looked at Hikigaya seriously for a while with a gaze similar to scrutiny. Then she turned to look at someone on the other side and asked, "Who is this person?"

"Hikigaya Hachiman...that should be his name, right?" Xia Ran looked at her strangely at first, and then replied as if he didn't notice anything, "That's the new member who joined today, Minister Yukinoshita."

"..."

Hikigaya-san, who was about to put on a smile, suddenly looked stiff. Why should he be called by this name? Can't he use a more certain tone?

Perhaps because he was called a minister, Yukinoshita raised his eyebrows: "Why would he want to join the service club?"

"This is not what I want to join..." Hikigaya turned away and muttered quietly.

"Because Teacher Hiratsuka felt that he had no friends and was always alone, so he recommended a course of treatment to see the effect." Xia Ran calmly answered the girl's question.

"What is a treatment course? Don't make it sound like our club is like a sanatorium..." Yukinoshita sighed, "And if that's the reason, wouldn't it be as pitiful as you, Xia Ran-san?"

"...Um, Yukinoshita, you don't seem to have any friends." Xia Ran twitched the corners of her lips and reminded her kindly.

"Don't talk too much!"

Yukinoshita said calmly, and then looked at Hikigaya aside: "Is there anything special about him? Why does it always look like his eyes are rotten? Is he really a student of our school?"

——Does this woman have such poisonous eyes...

Hikigaya couldn't help but get confused. Could it be that his eyes were so rotten that anyone could see it at a glance?

Hey, is this all you care about?

"A special place? Oh, oh, of course there is, and Hikigaya is very powerful..." Xia Ran thought for a moment, then nodded vigorously and said with admiration.

The tone was very affirmative, full of trust in Biqigu.

Hikigaya was stunned for a moment, and then he was moved by this new classmate.

Obviously he himself has no confidence in himself, but the other party trusts him so much... Ah, that's great! Is there someone who is finally willing to believe in him and discover his merits?

Because he was so moved, Hikigaya felt like he was about to burst into tears, and he subconsciously pricked up his ears to hear Xia Ran's positive comments about him.

"He has a hernia! I heard him say it before, and it seemed like it was very serious..."

The natural voice sounded...

Instantly shattered the dream of a boy with dead fish eyes...

The latter's whole body suddenly turned gray like in the animation.

"..."

"..."

"Wait, is this what makes him special to you?"

At this time, even Yukinoshita seemed to be shocked. She stared at Xia Ran in disbelief. Is there something wrong with this guy's head?

At this moment, a faint knock on the door came from outside, interrupting the farce.

"Please come in." Yukinoshita's cold voice sounded.

"Excuse me." It was a girl's voice, which seemed to be a bit high-pitched due to nervousness.

The next second, a girl opened the door a little, and then got in through the small space, as if she didn't want anyone to see her movements. She has shoulder-length wavy brown hair that sways with every step she takes.

"Teacher Hiratsuka asked me to come here..."

Her eyes kept wandering, as if inquiring, until her eyes met Hikigaya Hachiman's body bent forward in frustration, and she suddenly screamed softly——

"Why, why is the squatter here?!"