My System Always Wants to Force Me to Confess
Chapter 53: Believe in Science!

Chapter 53: Chapter 53: Believe in Science!

"Shirakawa, thank you so much. If it weren’t for your great idea, our classmates wouldn’t have been this enthusiastic."

After class, Kikuchi Takamiya found Shirakawa Sawahei and sincerely expressed his gratitude.

"Kikuchi, you’re giving me too much credit. It can’t be considered my idea—I just got the ball rolling. The rest came from you and the classmates..."

Shirakawa Sawahei didn’t feel he deserved any credit. In fact, he felt a bit frustrated. How did a simple study session turn into a "Quiz Show"?

I just wanted to learn something, nothing else.

"If it weren’t for Shirakawa’s idea, we wouldn’t have been able to think in that direction." Kikuchi Takamiya started a mutual admiration fest.

"Oh, by the way, Shirakawa, I need to submit the application for the cultural festival now. Do you want to come along and check it out?" Kikuchi Takamiya offered an invitation.

"There’s no need," Shirakawa Sawahei politely declined. "I have some things to do."

"I see, then I won’t hold you up. I’ll get going."

Kikuchi Takamiya bade farewell to Shirakawa Sawahei and headed towards the student council office. Shirakawa watched for a while, then shifted his attention.

It wasn’t that he didn’t want to go; he really had a new idea he needed to verify with Ise Yu Yuzhijin.

If there’s no way to use that precious study session slot, would there still be a chance to get through this café incident?

The first thing that came to Shirakawa Sawahei’s mind was his skills.

The piano skills taught by Hayakawa Kashi seemed to perfectly solve this problem.

A café needs a pianist—it sounds quite normal, right?

It’s logical and classy. The schedule can be very reasonable, too. Just a few hours of playing every evening would meet the needs of Hinata Rion’s little café.

Perfect!

The only regret is that Shirakawa Sawahei hadn’t had the chance to practice his piano skills until now. His piano level on the panel remained a perennial lv1.

Since Ise Yu Yuzhijin is a member of the Light Music Department, she should know how to use the school’s piano, right?

After listening to Shirakawa Sawahei’s request, Ise Yu Yuzhijin looked at him suspiciously and said, "Shirakawa... why do you want to borrow the music room’s piano all of a sudden?"

"Do you want to start learning piano?"

"Well, I want to understand it a little bit."

"Tsk~ Shirakawa, your lie isn’t very convincing, is it?" Ise Yu Yuzhijin doubted, "...Are you interested in one of our Light Music girls?"

"With someone like you leading by example, how could ordinary people fancy anyone else?"

"...Oh, I’m not as good as you say~"

Just listen carefully, that’s sarcasm! Shirakawa Sawahei secretly complained.

"Since Shirakawa wants to learn piano, I’ll take you to the music room." The cute little Ise Yu quickly changed her tune. "But don’t pretend you love music just to date the girls in our Light Music Department."

"If you do that, the president will scold me for bringing in trouble."

"..."

"When do we go? After school?"

"Hmm... recently, with the cultural festival practice, the music room might not always be free. We’ll ask the president first when the time comes."

Shirakawa Sawahei nodded and sincerely said, "Thank you, Ise Yu."

I’m doing this so I don’t steal your chef’s job; if you help me, we’re even.

He returned to his seat in peace, waiting for the chance to check out any skill-building opportunities after school.

...

Mita Takuma has been quite busy lately. So busy that even planning his confession schedule to Hayakawa Kashi kept being postponed.

It’s unavoidable. Once the cultural festival kicks off, the student council is arguably the busiest organization. Coordinating the activity proposals of all departments and classes and setting up the academy’s performances—it’s so stressful that he’s losing hair in clumps every day.

Originally aiming for exams, he should have passed the president’s position to someone else. But the election is a month away, and with no successor, he can only tough it out.

Each student council president has gone through it like this. What else can be done? Just do it.

There was a knock at the door, and without raising his head, Mita Takuma said, "Come in."

Kikuchi Takamiya entered, seeing the student council members busy with paperwork. Unconsciously, his voice softened a bit.

"President Mita, here’s A1’s cultural festival proposal."

"Thanks for the hard work, just put it over there." Mita Takuma pointed to the place next to a boy in glasses.

"Okay. I won’t disturb you further."

Kikuchi Takamiya quietly closed the door, leaving the rustling sound of pen on paper continuously echoing in the room. Suddenly, a soft "huh" broke this rhythmic sound. The boy in glasses adjusted his frames and said, "Takuma...President Mita...this proposal..."

"What’s wrong with that proposal? If there’s a problem, have them redo it."

"No, President Mita, I mean this proposal is quite interesting." The boy with glasses winked at Mita Takuma.

Understanding the hint from his brother, Mita Takuma walked over quietly and asked, "What’s up?"

"Takuma, look, the format of this event proposal, maybe there’s something to it." The boy in glasses also spoke in a low voice.

As a member of Mita Takuma’s confession wingman support group, the boy in glasses was determined after their last failure to find a perfect opportunity to prove their capabilities.

And this perfect opportunity seemed to be provided by the cultural festival proposal in his hand.

"Takuma, look, this competition is very workable. If we tweak the competition content a bit, and at the final stage, in front of everyone... when you step in... Hayakawa will be moved to tears!"

Listening to his brother secretly laying out the plan, Mita Takuma’s eyes grew increasingly bright. He finally patted his shoulder in excitement, "Tanemura! You might just be a genius!"

"I told you before, last time was an accident, it doesn’t prove anything," the glasses boy, Tanemura, said proudly.

"What’s next is to persuade that Shirakawa junior not to participate," Tanemura suddenly said worriedly.

"While I don’t believe in chance, this seems too far-fetched... I have to be cautious, Takuma..."

"Hey! No need," Mita Takuma said firmly. "I’ve talked with Shirakawa, and with the way things stand between him and Hayakawa, he definitely won’t pop up this time!"

"Have faith in science, Tanemura! If he messes things up again, I’ll eat the competition microphone on the spot!"