Last year
"Tomoya, did you watch the anime yesterday?" Hyakki Ryuji, who is only a third grade junior high school student, excitedly said to his friend, Aki Tomoya.
"Of course, my friend!" Tomoya also raised his glasses, with pride, ignoring the strange eyes of his classmates and discussing yesterday's anime with his best friend, Hyakki Ryuji.
"Although the screen conveys an atmosphere of poverty, the plot really makes up for it!" Tomoya also gave a good rating.
"Right, right, I've been waiting to buy a figure!" At that time, Ryuji was still a child who relied on his parents for living expenses, and had to work part-time jobs to earn money for the person he loved.
Other people in the otaku world wouldn't understand, and the two teenagers who weren't understood by the world hugged each other, keeping the small desire in their hearts.
A year later, Ryuji sees his former best friend again, feeling many emotions.
"Ryuji? Why are you here!" Tomoya stood up from his chair and shouted loudly.
Ryuji replied with a polite smile "Long time no see Tomoya, as you can see I'm here to go to school."
Tomoya was at a loss for words, and when his best friend met again after a year, he didn't know what to say for a while.
The surrounding students looked at this scene curiously. A girl with short hair and red eyes muttered, "A must-told secret between the mysterious transfer student and Tomoya-kun! Hehe..."
Ryuji shuddered, feeling an inexplicable evil attack.
The class bell rang, and the homeroom teacher named Hiratsuka Shizuka came into the class, and placed the book in her hand on the podium, breaking the students' spirits.
"This is already class, what are you doing!"
Under the class teacher's rebuke, the students returned to their seats one by one, only Ryuji was still standing alone.
Hiratsuka looked at Ryuji, pinched her brows helplessly, and said, "I remember your name is Hyakki Ryuji, why does the transfer student come alone to class instead of going to the office to look for Sensei?"
"Um..." Ryuji's forehead was covered with cold sweat, should the transfer student report first?
"Forget it, let's introduce yourself first." Hiratsuka was a good teacher, she would not make things difficult for students and expose these matters.
Hiratsuka-sensei is a good woman!
Ryuji sent a good person card to the teacher in his heart, walked to the podium, and introduced himself: "Hello everyone, my name is Hyakki Ryuji, and I transferred to Sobu High School for some personal reasons. I hope to live in the next college. I get along well with everyone."
For a casual and polite self-introduction, Ryuji can give himself full marks!
Applause sounded from the podium welcoming the new students.
"Hyakki just arrived at Sobu High School, so I need someone to show him the school." Hiratsuka took it, tucked her chin in, considering the candidates.
Although it wasn't troublesome to bring a new classmate to visit the school, it was better to say that if it was a beautiful girl, all the boys in the class would take this opportunity.
But unfortunately, Ryuji was not a beauty, nor was he a dazzling handsome man, the students weren't too interested in this matter.
Hayama Hayato who chatted with Ryuji when he first entered the classroom was a person that could be caught a glimpse. As the class president, he naturally had to show his current appearance. He planned to raise his hand and take the initiative to show Ryuji around the school.
But someone was one step ahead of him.
"Sensei, please leave this matter to me!" Tomoya also raised his hand and said loudly.
"Aki?" Hiratsuka was a little surprised, an otaku who only knows how to read light novels and play games is a big help!
"Wow, Aki-kun really has a hidden secret with a transfer student!" The girl with short hair and glasses fell into her own fantasy again.
Ryuji's face darkened, could it be that this girl likes BL?
"Then leave it to you." Hiratsuka left this task to Tomoya.
"Next is Hyakki's seat..." Hiratsuka looked around the classroom and found an empty seat, "Just sit behind Kato."
The Kato that Hiratsuka said was of course Kato Megumi. Even though Megumi had relatively low self-awareness, under those circumstances, it wasn't impossible for the teacher to call out her name.
On the other hand, some students looked at Megumi in surprise and said in a low voice, "There is still this person in our class."
Megumi is so pathetic!
"Yes." Ryuji walked to Megumi's side and said in a low voice, "Long time no see Megumi."
Though, it was only two days.
"I didn't expect Ryuji-kun to be my back table." Megumi had a faint smile on her face.
Seeing this smile, Ryuji felt greatly healed, and his heart, which had been restless because of Mashiro's incident, became peaceful.
Megumi is indeed an angel!
After arranging transfer students, Hiratsuka began teaching, the subject she taught was Japanese, which was considered a subject that Ryuji was relatively good at.
By the way, Ryuji stayed in Chaldea for a year and missed a year of studies, but it didn't make any difference.
Because he's an bastard.
The teacher made all kinds of hype on the podium, but Ryuji was hanging around in his chair. Sure enough, studying or something didn't suit him.
But he doesn't care, he comes to school just to experience everyday life.
He was the man who hugged the Hero King's thigh, so why worry about not being able to get a job and starve to death in the future!
When the bell rang for the end of class at noon, there was a slight cheer among the students.
Hiratsuka was a good teacher, and she wouldn't hold back her students, after saying that dropping out of class was over, she walked out of class with a lesson plan.
After the teacher left, the class suddenly boiled, the girls took out their lunch boxes and sat down with their friends, talking and laughing. Men ran into the cafeteria in groups of three or four.
Ryuji's prepared smile froze, he thought that some classmates would come and ask some strange questions.
Ryuji put the strange things aside, because there was an even more alien being after him.
"I said Tomoya, even if we haven't seen each other for a year, you don't have to look at me like this." Ryuji said helplessly to Tomoya in front of him.
"Why did you leave without a word? Your parents just said that you are going abroad, and I can't reach the phone, and you don't reply to my emails!" Tomoya spoke quickly, asking several questions in succession.
Ryuji waved his hand disdainfully, took out a tissue to wipe the spit, and said casually, "How did I manage to answer so many of your questions?"
Tomoya also placed his hand on his chest, vowing not to give up, and said, "Then tell me where have you been this year?"
Ryuji frowned, looked around, let Tomya stick out his ears, and said mysteriously: "Actually, I will save the world."
"What?!" Tomoya was also surprised, and patted Ryuji heavily on the shoulder, and said with some emotion: "My friend, although we are otaku, we are not chuunibypu, saving the world or something. We have passed that age."
I don't want to be told that by you!
Ryuji spread his arms, helplessly thinking, how come no one believes the truth these days?
"Since you don't want to say it, forget it." Tomoya also pushed his glasses, everyone has secrets, and he is not a person who likes to peek at other people's secrets.
"While you were away, a lot of things happened here." Tomoya also sighed and said.
"A lot of great ACG works have been produced this year, whether it's games or light novels, they're all super cool!" Tomoya also suddenly gets excited, chatting non-stop to share the industry's best work with his former best friend.
"Actually, I've left the otaku life." Ryuji suddenly poured cold water over him.
Tomoya, who was still talking about himself, also stopped, his expression gradually hardened, and with a stiff smile, he asked, "Excuse me, what did you just say, Ryuji? I think I heard wrong earlier."
"I said I've left the otaku life." Ryuji said it again.
Tomoya also suddenly became agitated, and shouted at Ryuji: "What about our original oath, have you forgotten it?"
Tomoya's voice caught the attention of those still in class, and they turned their heads with gossipy eyes.
Ryuji shook his head and said: "I didn't forget, but people will grow up, I just have no interest in anime or anything like that."
This is normal, after all he has experienced so much in the past year, he can directly shoot anime, it is still a hegemonic one!
Tomoya was also hit hard, and he was stunned.
"You are the same as that person, you are all liars!" Tomoya also roared and rushed out of the classroom.
Classmates in the class watched this scene, and doubts rose in their hearts. Did the new classmate and Tomoya have any conflicts?
"Ryuji-kun is really going too far. I think you and Aki-kun are good friends."
The good girl sounded from in front of Ryuji, it was Kato Megumi.
Ryuji was used to Megumi's appearance.
Just as Tomoya regards Ryuji as a close friend, Tomoya is an irreplaceable existence for Ryuji.
But because of this, he would speak his true thoughts instead of lying to maintain the friendship.
If that's the case, it just goes to show how cheap their friendship is.
"Is that so?" Megumi didn't ask any more questions, and she wasn't the type to dig into the basics.
"Megumi isn't eating?" Ryuji asked.
"I have bento." Megumi takes out a bento box, which contains a very beautiful handmade bento. She had the attributes of a passerby, suddenly knowing how to cook.
"What a coincidence, I also brought it." Ryuji also took out his own bento, smiled and said to Megumi: "If you don't mind, let's eat together."
In Japan, when people of the opposite sex eat bento together, it's usually a very good couple or friends, and inviting the opposite sex to eat bento is more or less a pursuit.
Of course Ryuji wouldn't have such an idea, he just wanted to find someone to have dinner with.
Megumi has an easygoing personality and won't turn people down, so she naturally accepts Ryuji's invitation.
......
When it's time to leave school, students gather in pairs and threes to go home, or participate in club activities together.
While packing his school bag, Ryuji wondered if he should also join a club or something.
But at this moment, a hand rose to his shoulder.
"Friends, let's go home together!" Ryuji turned his head and met Tomoya's smiling face.
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