My System Always Wants to Force Me to Confess
Chapter 181: Go Find Another Woman

Chapter 181: Chapter 181: Go Find Another Woman

Miss Kaori casually said, "Just use the sheet music on the stand."

"Shouldn’t we try something simple first?"

"How simple?"

Shirakawa Sawahei pondered for a moment, sat down, and gently started playing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star."

Before Hayakawa Kashi could express any sarcasm, Shirakawa’s second round of the tune had already begun.

"..."

Although Shirakawa Sawahei’s piano talent now had virtually no rivals, in some sense, even a six- or seven-year-old kid who just started learning the piano could know more pieces than him.

Miss Kaori found it a bit childish, but the only simple piece Shirakawa could think of was this one. Not only did he not feel embarrassed, but he also seemed to enjoy it.

When Shirakawa Sawahei started the third round, Hayakawa Kashi finally couldn’t help but say, "Shirakawa, partner."

"We’re not in grade school competitions."

"Oh..."

He felt a bit regretful upon hearing that, as he was initially planning to try the piece from Mr. Zhou’s movie Secret, but then realized that if Hayakawa Kashi had seen the film, she might think he was taking advantage of her.

To avoid such unnecessary misunderstandings, Shirakawa Sawahei reluctantly gave up his cross-border fanboy activity.

"Let’s begin."

The sheet music on the stand was "Canon in D," and to an outsider like Shirakawa Sawahei, the origin was unknown. However, upon seeing the sheet music, Hayakawa Kashi couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow.

"What are you looking at?"

"Nothing."

Miss Kaori was certainly not the shy type of girl. After a brief change in her expression, she returned to her usual calm demeanor and said, "Let’s start."

Shirakawa Sawahei gently pressed the first piano key.

A canon is a musical composition technique rather than a specific piece of music, and it can be performed in various formats, such as piano, violin, harp, etc. He played a section and noticed the piece seemed to have a regular pattern, where the melody chased each other until the final chord merged in harmony.

Gentle yet melancholic.

This familiar melody seemed to evoke some memories in Shirakawa Sawahei, reminding him of the times when he heard beautiful scores in movies or dramas but didn’t know their titles. Now playing it himself, he finally recalled many things.

Apparently, "My Sassy Girl" had this piece, also as a piano solo. This scene appeared in both Korean and Japanese dramas.

"Daily Lives of High School Boys" even featured a whistled version as background music!

Remembering this silly anime, the whisper engraved in his DNA couldn’t help but softly echo...

The wind today is noisy indeed...

Miss Kaori’s elbow lightly nudged him, seemingly reminding him not to get distracted.

Shirakawa Sawahei awkwardly returned his focus and continued collaborating to play "Canon in D" together.

Since it was a piano duet for four hands, unavoidable touches with Little Arrogant’s soft and fair fingers occurred during their collaboration. Fortunately, since it was Hayakawa Kashi, she didn’t behave coyly. If it were Black Hearted Little Girl Asano Nazuki, any touch might have her jumping up to accuse Shirakawa Sawahei of harassing her.

After the piece, both coincidentally turned their heads and looked at each other.

"Continue?"

"Continue."

"Oh..."

"Wait... Let’s change the piece."

Although unsure why, Shirakawa Sawahei complied with Miss Kaori’s request and switched the sheet music.

Their plan was to take advantage of the students being in class to come over and test the waters, and the execution was seemingly flawless. However, who would have expected that in the corner, a teacher secretly watched the entire duet while coming to the music room for equipment and was moved to tears.

(Eleventh-grade Teachers’ Gossip Group)

[Sakai (Music): Everyone, I have a major announcement! The candidates chosen by our school to participate in the piano duet competition have been decided!]

[Takagi (Math): What’s so special about that? Don’t they always choose from the Vocal Department? It’s a shame that Hayakawa from our class stopped participating in these competitions since the second semester of her freshman year, or else...]

[Uehara (Liberal Arts): Actually, Shirakawa from our class also has decent talent in this area...]

[Nakada (PE): Who is it? Tell us quickly.]

[Sakai (Music): It’s Shirakawa and Hayakawa! They were just practicing a duet on the piano in the auditorium...]

[Sakai (Music): And they were playing that famous Canon, which is limited to couples! I’ve always thought they were a good match!]

[Akasaka (English): So the rumors are true!]

[Takagi (Math): Absurd! Hayakawa from our class doesn’t date. It must be false!]

[Uehara (Liberal Arts): Hey, Takagi, your words make it sound like Shirakawa just dates anyone...]

[Akasaka (English): Is there live footage! I heard they’re both very skilled!]

[Sakai (Music): Yes! I risked it to record it! Precious video, everyone remember to like it!]

Thus, the video of Shirakawa Sawahei and Hayakawa Kashi’s piano duet began to spread wildly in the teachers’ group.

From the eleventh-grade teachers’ group to the tenth, then to the twelfth.

Then, a music teacher from the tenth grade, used it as an example to motivate their students, encouraging them to also practice well so they can duet with their girlfriends in the future.

The sweet love of the eleventh-grade seniors made the underclassmen quite envious, and so the video began its journey of spreading once more, from the freshman students to the seniors, and finally returned to the juniors.

...

The director of the Light Music Department, Aoki Motoka, watched the video on her phone, paused in silence for two seconds, then sighed as she patted the bewildered lazy girl.

"Orikin... you might turn into a lost cause..."

"???"

The long-legged cutie also got hold of this school-famous video from a friend. She dragged the progress bar, watched it to the end, then despite the sturdiness of the table, sprawled on it with a long sigh.

"Piano, huh..."

"Ugh... never learned it... So why did mother insist on teaching me bridal training before...?"

"Totally useless... So frustrating..."

Compared to others, Black Hearted Lolita and Little Transparent seemed much calmer. Asano Nazuki certainly wouldn’t believe that Little Bai could so easily charm her sister, and Little Transparent...

Oh, Little Transparent still didn’t know about this.

Despite the chaos outside, Shirakawa Sawahei over here remained calm. The two of them continued to play four or five pieces together. From the perspective of the eavesdropping music teacher, their collaboration was simply flawless. However, to people at Hayakawa Kashi and Shirakawa Sawahei’s level, there were still many subtle flaws in their four-hand duet.

Inconsistent emotional expression could indirectly affect the keys they played, and the level difference between lv4 and lv5 led to this subtle disparity in understanding.

The final note ended in the girl’s hands; she lightly frowned, seeming displeased with her performance, then sighed softly and spoke to Shirakawa Sawahei beside her.

"Let’s switch to Nazuki."

This wasn’t a life-or-death situation anymore, but for someone as proud as Hayakawa Kashi to say such words, it was clear she was extremely dissatisfied with herself.

Shirakawa Sawahei turned his head to look at her expression, truly finding her face icy and as though she was owed money.

Unable to help himself, he asked, "Hmm? Does Hayakawa also admit to failing?"