Bibliophile

"Sakayanagi, if you have any requirements, just ask me while I can do it."

Hikigaya was a bit depressed, feeling that all his efforts in the past two weeks had been in vain, and also drawing unwanted attention from those around him.

However, he is not someone who cannot afford to lose, he just hopes that Sakayanagi will show mercy.

"Well? What should I do?" Sakayanagi pointed her finger at her chin with an evil smile on her face, "I think there are too many things to ask Hikigaya-kun and it's hard to refuse any of them. ...Ah, or I'll just ask you to turn one request in three requests?

...did you put a bug here?

However, Hikigaya only nodded at that, "If you're really going to do it, then you can."

"BUT?! This is fine!" Hashimoto exclaimed.

If it were really possible, would it really be impossible to continue indefinitely, and in general no one would agree to such a random request.

Maybe he's Hikigaya...

"Oh Hashimoto-kun, don't be fooled, you have to remember that Hikigu-kun is a born liar."

Sakayanagi looked at Hikigaya with a smile and directly exposed his ploy.

"You just agreed to turn one request into three, but you didn't promise to fulfill those three requests, did you?"

"...tsk."

Hikigaya clicked his tongue. This simple word game didn't really work for Sakayanagi.

"Hehe, let's stop joking... However, I really can't make a decision right now, can I put it off for a while?"

"...If you forget, I won't remind you."

Don't worry, you will never forget it.

Looking at Sakayanagi with a facial expression as if she had caught her prey. Hikigaya's heart filled with anxiety about the future.

Alas, things have gone wrong since I came here.

Is this school really cursed?

Soon after, dinner with Sakayanagi and the others finally ended, everyone said their goodbyes and dispersed.

Although the yakiniku was delicious, Hikigaya felt exhausted only physically and mentally.

This is definitely the most tiresome meal he has ever eaten!

"By the way, I haven't been to the library very often lately… I'll go and return the books I borrowed."

In order to defeat Sakayanagi, Hikigaya has been visiting various clubs for the past two weeks, only to study a little after returning to the dorm.

However, the atmosphere of the hostel is still not comparable to the library.

Seeing that everyone around is studying hard, I feel ashamed to desert, but on the other hand, if the environment is as noisy as Class D, even serious students will suffer.

Hikigaya believes that he cannot change class D and has no right to change it, he can only change himself.

Looking at the time, Hikigaya didn't expect it to be quite early, only half past six.

Libraries don't usually close until 8pm, in the past it was more than enough to borrow a book after returning it.

Somewhat surprisingly, even at this point, there are still a few people in the library.

But that has nothing to do with Hikigaya. After he successfully paid off the books, he started looking for the books he wanted to read on the bookshelf.

Literature or history is all good. Although speculative novels are not bad, but they have been a bit of a brain strain lately, okay, best of all... Hey, Don Quixote?

This is not a large chain of convenience stores, but a masterpiece written by the Spanish writer Cervantes.

Hikigaya has already read many books, of which Don Quixote is not his favorite, but this is the one he read the most.

The content of the story probably belongs to a wealthy little country man in his fifties. Because he is addicted to chivalric romances, he often fantasizes that he is a medieval knight. Name goes on an adventure doing many absurd things, and it's only when he's about to die that he wakes up.

The reason why Hikigaya read it many times is because each time he rewatched it, the result could always make Hikigaya feel a slight change in his mind.

I remember when I first read it in elementary school, Hikigaya thought it was a funny novel. The main character was a funny clown. Maybe the author wanted to use it to make fun of Night Road, but it was pretty boring to read and he couldn't understand the jokes of the time at all.

But in junior high school, when Hikigaya was bored and bored, he re-read it again and slowly read a different feeling in it.

Although I didn't quite understand it at the time, looking back, I may have read the idealist's self-mockery.

"That's great, I didn't expect to find it here."

Hikigaya carefully took out the book and wiped the cover.

But when it comes to borrowing or not, he's a little undecided.

Since the last time I read it was when I graduated from high school, I feel there is no time now to review it.

And considering the life of the campus in the future, it may be more useful to read some professional books, for example, on sociology and psychology.

Just as Hikigaya was lost in his thoughts, someone suddenly patted his shoulder, startling him.

"AA?!"

- Oh, yes, sorry! I didn't mean to scare you...

Hikigaya looked up and saw a girl with long silver hair and a fairytale aura in front of her, which made her feel a little unreal.

- Uh, what's the matter? Hikigaya blushed slightly.

I think I just made a strange sound... I really want to die.

Thinking about it, he wanted to run away, but that would make him even weirder.

"I was really embarrassed just now because I was too blunt." The girl bowed slightly, "I'm late to introduce myself, I'm Hiyori Shiina from Year 1 Class C, nice to meet you."

"...1st, Hikigaya Hachiman."

Before we introduce ourselves, let's talk about why you're chatting inexplicably!

Although I really wanted to ask this question, but Hikigaya did not have the courage, so he identified himself for now.

In short, take the book, hurry up and leave!

However, the mysterious girl, Hiyori Shiina, looked at Hikigaya and the book in his hand with interest and brought her face closer.

- Don Quixote? Hikigaya-kun loves books as usual.

"It's just boring and casual... see?"

In the middle of a sentence, Hikigu suddenly realized that something was wrong.

What is "as usual"?

"Well, it actually is."

Shiina noticed Hikigu's doubts and explained apologetically, "I've been in the library since I entered school, and I often see Hikigaya-kun here, but I haven't seen you lately, so this time I couldn't bear it." , came up to you and wanted to ask if something happened.

No, what does that have to do with you?

Hikigaya wanted to say in a dashing manner, "This has nothing to do with you," but unfortunately, he was overwhelmed by the aura of a white-haired girl, so he could only unconsciously reply, "It's just a trifle, it's resolved, so don't worry about it ".

"That's great," Shiina breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "it's not easy to meet a friend, and I'm still thinking about when to share my reading experience."

"Communication? Me?" Hikigaya pointed at himself in surprise.

"Yes, people our age rarely read books, at least not in my class, so I'm very happy to meet someone like Hikigaya-kun who loves books," Shiina said from the bottom of her heart.

"…Well, there really aren't many of them.

From Hikigu's observation, although the situation in class C is better than in class D, it is not the best class that loves to learn and often causes problems.

Most of the guys in these two classes buy games, clothes, comics or just play, and only a few of them stop and read books.

However, one code is one code.

Although Hikigu and Shiina both love books, that doesn't mean they have to communicate.

Compared to sharing experiences with others, Hikigaya prefers to silently think on his own, and Shiina is also a very sweet girl, and interacting with her is sure to attract attention, and eventually lead to all sorts of strange rumors.

Such annoying things are enough to experience in junior high school, but Hikigaya doesn't want to repeat the same mistakes in high school.

"Is that…please?"

As if sensing Hikigaya's rejection, Shiina lifted her head and looked at him with wet eyes.

- This girl is still a strategist.

Hikigaya screamed contemptuously in his heart, "Look up" plus "please" equals "can't refuse".

By the way, the difference between the sexes is really great. If a man uses this trick, it will only make people sick and sick, but once he is replaced by a woman, especially a pretty girl, he is almost invincible.

Even if a man dares to refuse, he may be considered a bad person.

The world is truly unintelligent.

"I see…but it's too late tonight. Let's talk together next time if you have time."

"Well, we made an appointment!"

Seeing the bright smile on Shiina's face, Hikigaya secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

What he said the next time he was free was the same as "two old classmates who had not seen each other for a long time met by chance on the street and agreed to go out to dinner next time."

If this is true, it will only confuse everyone!

However, if it was a smart person like Shiina, he would definitely understand that, right?