I play the wind instrument in Hokkaido.

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Kanzaki Eri nuzzled her head against his chest, her posture both relaxed and reserved, as if she were enjoying this moment of peace and comfort.

"You can call me Huili in private."

"Eri Kitahara Hakuba sighed, gently raised his hand and patted her thigh, saying..."

"Get up. Your teacher actually took some time out of her busy schedule to come see you. If there's nothing else, she'll have to go now."

Eri Kanzaki pulled away from his chest and mechanically turned her head to look at him.

The distance between the two was only a dozen centimeters, and they could even feel each other's hot breaths.

"Um, sorry."

Chapter 227, Section 226: The three of us were heartbroken, but it was he and I who were rebuilt (4K) >>

"No, no." She suddenly apologized, catching Kitahara Hakuba off guard. "It's nothing serious, it's just that I can't spend much time with you right now."

As if wanting to frame that face in her eyes, Kanzaki Eri's clear eyes remained fixed on his handsome face.

A few seconds later, she took the initiative to sit up from his lap. The skirt covering the girl's buttocks had faint wrinkles.

Kanzaki Eri gripped her wand, turned to look at him, and pursed her lips:

"Why were you able to break free from the magic's control? Akamatsu said this magic is very difficult to break free from."

Kitahara Hakuba said with a smile:

"Because people with exceptionally strong wills can resist or even break free from the control of the Imperius Curse by concentrating their minds."

A warm light shone in Kanzaki Eri's clear eyes as she held her wand to her chest and smiled faintly, saying:

"I think, your soul-stealing curse will last a lifetime."

After watching Kitahara Hakuba leave, rubbing his temples, Kanzaki Eri put her wand back into the wooden box and her gaze fell on the musical instrument case beside her.

You need to flatter him properly, and then get into the university he wants you to attend. Only in this way can you be together for life.

"You really startled me. I didn't expect Kitahara-sensei to be here playing such childish games with you. Did Eri send him?"

Just then, a soft, sweet voice came from the classroom doorway.

Kanzaki Eri's fingertips rested on the clasp of the instrument case. Turning her head, she saw Saito Harukori playing with the strands of hair on her chest.

Few girls in school have a middle part hairstyle, but it looks exceptionally beautiful on her.

I don't know when she arrived, or how long she's been spying on me.

"It has nothing to do with the weather bird." Kanzaki Eri looked away, her fingertips gently stroking the smooth surface of the buckle.

Saito Haruka raised her beautiful eyebrows, rested one arm on her hand, and placed her index finger on her soft chin. Her originally gentle voice suddenly became much deeper:

"Eri, you really do say whatever comes to mind. This time, and last time too, you always do things I don't want you to get involved in, and you always do unnecessary things. You know perfectly well what I think of Kitahara-sensei, don't you?"

Clap—

With a crisp sound, the latch opened, and the oboe, now in several sections, was placed before Eri Kanzaki.

"Cannot be done::"

"

Her almost moaning words reached Saito Haruka's ears indistinctly.

"what?"

"Sunny Bird, why do you keep saying such annoying things...?"

“Ugh—” Saito Haruka’s brows furrowed into a V-shape.

Eri Kanzaki gently stroked the tube and whispered:

"This is really too much. I can't feel happy when I'm with the two of you. Only when I'm with Kitahara-sensei do I know what it feels like to be cared for."

Saito Harutori clenched her small hands, as if trying to suppress her inner dissatisfaction, and a hint of displeasure flashed in her eyes as she said:

"Do you really think I was happy when I was with the two of you before?"

"Then why did the sunny bird come and say that to me?"

In contrast to Saito Harutori's barely concealed dissatisfaction, Kanzaki Eri's tone was remarkably indifferent, as if she were reciting a passage written in a letter.

"Haru-no-Tori hopes I'll feel guilty and give up Kitahara-sensei to you? The people who ruined our relationship are you and Tsukiyo. Everything you did was not what I expected. You are the people I don't need, and the people who made mistakes are you and Tsukiyo."

Her legs were together, and the girl, wrapped in her uniform, looked like a beautiful sight. Her gaze never fell on Saito Harukori at the door.

"The price was only the breakdown of our relationship, but it rebuilt the bond between me and Mr. Kitahara. He's different from you all; he'll make me happy for the rest of my life."

So don't mistake my sympathy for past concessions.

A look of horror flashed across Saito Haruka's face, and she unconsciously stepped back with her right foot. She had never heard such curse-like words from Eri's mouth before.

At this moment, the noisy cultural festival, whether it was the students' shouts or the static from the loudspeakers on the playground, sounded particularly jarring.

"Hui Li Ni Ni"

Saito Haruka couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of saliva. In her memory, Eri had always been that cute girl who was quiet, unassuming, hardworking, and never complained.

But today, she has somewhat overturned the impression she has given me over the past decade.

Kanzaki Eri glanced at her expressionlessly, then stopped talking and continued to reassemble the oboe on her own.

Saito Harutori's palms were damp with a thin layer of sweat. Not knowing what to say, she clutched her scarf tightly to her chest, turned around, and walked away quickly.

Because of some fear, the outline of the corridor and the figures of people coming and going became distorted and elusive, as if the whole world had lost its sense of reality in an instant, leaving only the roar of heartbeats in my ears.

As for Saito Haruka, she wasn't afraid of Nagase Tsukiyo; she was just a girl who was tough on the outside but soft on the inside.

The person she was afraid of was Eri Kanzaki.

Hui Li appears cute and gentle, and is not good at talking, but once she attaches herself to the person in her heart, she will not give up unless something unexpected happens.

Just like when she was a child, she followed Nagase Tsukiyo all the way to her senior year of high school, meaning that the place that Nagase Tsukiyo originally held in her heart was taken by Kitahara-sensei.

The worst scenarios kept flashing through her mind; Kanzaki Eri's clinginess was something Saito Haruka could never match.

This means that, not only after graduating from high school this year, but even after graduation, Kanzaki Eri will continue to appear by Kitahara-sensei's side, in ways she is completely unaware of.

Saito Harutori lowered her head, clasped her hands in front of her chest, and kept thinking about what to do next.

"Ya-yi"

"Mmm"

As I was passing the stairwell, I bumped into a girl. Fortunately, we were both moving slowly, and we only touched each other briefly, causing a fright but no injury.

Saito Haruka looked up and saw that Nagase Tsukiyo was carrying a bag in her hand, from which she could vaguely see that it was the tea ceremony kimono she had been wearing for almost a day.

Nagase Tsukiyo was about to apologize when she realized that the girl opposite her was Saito Haruka, and she immediately swallowed her words, "I'm sorry, I wasn't paying attention."

She could never be weak in front of this person.

"Saito-kun, please watch where you're going." Nagase Tsukiyo said in a cool tone, tossing her long black hair over her shoulder.

This statement made it seem as if the responsibility lay entirely with her, causing Saito Harutori to raise an eyebrow, but she was too lazy to pay attention to it anymore, her fingernails leaving crescent-shaped marks on her arm:

"Moonlight, have you completely cut off contact with Eri now?"

She asked an unexpected question, and a trace of guilt, unique to Eri, flashed across Nagase Tsukiyo's face, along with a hint of fear in her eyes.

"What does my relationship with Huili have to do with you?"

Saito Haruka gently bit her lip, intending to say, "Eri doesn't care about you anymore, she only cares about Kitahara-sensei."

But after thinking about it, I still swallowed it down.

"It's alright, just be more careful when you walk in the future."

After she finished speaking, she turned and left, leaving Nagase Tsukiyo looking completely bewildered.

Chapter 228, Section 227: More than playing the instrument, my favorite person is Kitahara-sensei! (4K)

The second day of the cultural festival. (The remaining text appears to be unrelated and likely refers to a website or online forum.)

The ferry manager did not assign any tasks to Kitahara Hakuba; his only requirement was that the brass band perform well.

For Shenxu High School, the only club they can be proud of is their most successful brass band.

"Eto-kun, the middle beat has fallen off."

"Feel sorry."

"It's okay, but just a reminder, you and Kanzaki are the only ones blowing the whistle during this part of the game, so you need to be careful."

"kindness!"

Inside the first music classroom this morning, the cultural festival was still in full swing.

But at the entrance of the first music classroom, dozens of pairs of shoes were neatly arranged.

Kitahara Hakuba was leading the members of the brass band in a pre-performance ensemble rehearsal.

This suddenly increased their pressure.

It's not because the performance is coming up soon, but because he had said before that he wouldn't treat it like a competition, but now he's practicing exactly like a competition.

Simply put, it's a sudden increase in intensity that everyone is unable to adapt to.

"Listen carefully to the sounds around you. Pay close attention to the first note and the smooth transitions between notes."

"Yes!"

Kitahara Hakuba's arrangement for the cultural festival took into account some "weaker" members who wanted to participate in the festival's performance, so he did not include sections that required advanced fingering techniques.

Even if there are any, they are only in solo or ensemble segments.

However, there are many tender and quiet passages, which require that all parts be perfectly connected, otherwise the unique twisted feeling of love in the music will be difficult to present.

"These pieces don't require you to have particularly complicated fingerings. If you want to play together on stage without holding everyone back, these pieces are just right. However, they require us to have a very high degree of control over the delicate parts of the tone. But as I may have heard it before, pay attention to your vocalization and listen to the instruments that are in the same rhythm as you."

"Yes!"

"Let's do it again at the same spot. Also, the saxophone is going too slow, so keep the rhythm going. You guys will be playing the jazz improvisation during the interlude, right? There will be no conductor or harmonies, so please be prepared."

"I'm sorry." Kami Takahashi and some other saxophone players all tensed up.

"The voice faltered halfway through, for no apparent reason, just because the breath couldn't keep up, it was almost unbearable."