My System Always Wants to Force Me to Confess
Chapter 55: For a Grand Dream!

Chapter 55: Chapter 55: For a Grand Dream!

With the powerful talent boost from Hayakawa Kashi, even when Shirakawa Sawahei was flipping through a basic music theory introduction, his piano skills were slowly growing.

Reading and attending classes are both ways to gain experience, but there will always be a limit. As the saying goes, all that comes from books remains shallow; for most things, practice is the only path to the highest peak.

After watching for a moment, he began trying to climb the scales note by note.

Ise Yu Yuzhijin felt a little guilty when she saw this.

Clearly, I said in front of Shirakawa that I wanted to be a diva and even joined the Light Music Department... but I can’t even teach... I’m really so useless like this...

She thought with a bit of a distressed face.

But there’s no helping it, I just like music~ It’s not that one has to master everything they love, otherwise, wouldn’t everyone be a genius~

Shirakawa is so kind; he’ll definitely understand my plight!

If Shirakawa wants to get into the painter industry, I might consider helping him get started... If I bring out a child who loves pure things, surely the gods will reward me~

As she was daydreaming on the side, Shirakawa Sawahei, who was sitting at the piano, suddenly said casually, "Ise Yu, what was the piece that Hayakawa was just playing?"

"Eh, eh? What... Hayakawa?" Ise Yu Yuzhijin came back to her senses and thought for a moment before answering, "I think it was called ’Wilderness’, but I can’t remember which Chapter..."

"Is it a difficult piece?"

Ise Yu Yuzhijin exclaimed in shock, "Shirakawa, you actually used ’difficult’ to describe this piece, isn’t that a bit too arrogant?!"

"That’s a universally recognized ultra-difficult classic. Those who haven’t put in the hard work find it very tough to play through even once while reading the sheet music properly."

"Okay." Shirakawa Sawahei was silent for a while. He was indeed a bit too ambitious, having just started learning the piano and already thinking about battling with the Little Arrogant Study Girl, which was really not quite right.

However, aimlessly muddling through wasn’t his style. He always pursued perfection: either not doing something or doing it until he was satisfied.

You really can’t arbitrarily decide that learning something is useless at some point in time. Without enough time span, no one can guarantee whether a skill is useful or not.

Better to honestly learn a few simple piano pieces first, then go to a café and practice properly. If by that time he had the skill, he could ask Chief Painter Hinata Rion to give him a raise.

Using the metronome, he started to slowly practice his finger rhythm and cultivate his musical sense.

"By the way, how come Hayakawa could just play in the auditorium earlier? Is she going to perform?"

Before Ise Yu Yuzhijin could respond, Shirakawa Sawahei suddenly realized that Hayakawa Kashi, who had appeared and then disappeared in the auditorium earlier, was once again right in front of him.

"Minister Aoki~" Ise Yu Yuzhijin was delighted to see this and waved to a girl next to Hayakawa Kashi.

"Ah~ Koorikin!" Aoki Motoka, the Light Music Department Director, waved with a smile, "What was so urgent that you called me over, planning to participate in the musical?"

"Not at all." Ise Yu Yuzhijin stuck out her tongue, "I need your help with something... eh... Hayakawa..."

"It’s the first time Ise Yu is greeting me," Hayakawa Kashi smiled gently, exuding a goddess-like aura.

Little fangirl Ise Yu Yuzhijin blushed uncontrollably, "No, it’s just I hadn’t had the chance to greet Hayakawa before..."

Amazing! Hayakawa actually knows my name!

"So, Koorikin, why did you call me here? It better be something important, dragging Hayakawa over here with me~ If not, I won’t forgive you."

"Ah, it’s not something very important... it’s just... this Shirakawa here wants to learn the piano, and Minister, you’re really good at the piano~ so..."

"Hey, hey, Koorikin, I’m usually good to you, right!"

"Saying I’m good at the piano in front of Hayakawa hurts my pride too much! We can’t be friends anymore!" Aoki Motoka teasingly exclaimed.

Shirakawa Sawahei watched the two girls joking with each other and felt somewhat speechless.

If you wanted to come, just come, but why bring Hayakawa Kashi over? I can almost see the amusement she can’t hide in her eyes!

Showing off and getting embarrassed should have been my specialty, I absolutely don’t want to experience getting my pride smacked by the Study Girl!

Hayakawa Kashi glanced at the frustrated Shirakawa Sawahei and leisurely said, "So Shirakawa has this hobby too."

Shirakawa Sawahei: "..."

Just before, in the auditorium, you were all high and mighty, too lazy to pay attention to me. Now that you realize you can show off, you start talking to me?

Well played, Hayakawa Kashi.

Damn, if young people don’t work hard, they’ll regret it when they’re old.

If I had known this day would come, I should have found an opportunity to practice this damn piano earlier. If I’d leveled up sooner, would there have been a day when she got to show me up and reclaim her pride?

"Just learning a bit more," Shirakawa Sawahei said sulkily and didn’t continue talking, stood up and greeted Minister Aoki, "Nice to meet you, Minister Aoki. Please take care of me."

"Oh, I’ve seen you a lot, Shirakawa, since some time in our first year when the keynote speeches at the conferences were made by you, right? You’re unforgettable."

To be precise, it was after Shirakawa Sawahei’s skill level caught up with Hayakawa Kashi that he began to dominate Akihisa High School’s academic leaderboard.

For Hayakawa Kashi, this incident was probably a dark history. And one she had never managed to erase. Considering her proud nature, it’d be surprising if she didn’t care.

Shirakawa Sawahei sneaked a glance and found that the Little Arrogant Study Girl slightly raised her pretty eyebrows, gently glanced at Aoki Motoka without speaking.

Unexpectedly, Ise Yu Yuzhijin, who was familiar with him, betrayed the group, while Aoki Motoka, whom he met for the first time, nonchalantly helped him show off.

Strangely, his goodwill increased!

"So, Shirakawa, are you planning to start learning the piano now?"

"That’s right."

"Just curious, why does Shirakawa want to learn the piano~" Aoki Motoka asked inquisitively.

Why?

Shirakawa Sawahei glanced at the slacking girl beside him, and thought, I can’t possibly say it’s because I’m afraid of the slacking skills this lazy fish possesses, so I’m switching from being a chef to a pianist, right?

For money? That is true. But it doesn’t sound very nice, nor does it have that kind of tear-jerking impulse to press the button on the chair and turn around.

Since that’s the case...

Shirakawa Sawahei was silent for a moment, then said lightly.

"You might not believe it, but it’s actually for a dream."