"The Goddess of Kannon?"

  Suiri was puzzled as she looked at Komi's childish painting since childhood. The woman's face was very blurred but this didn't stop the majestic and divine aura of the person in Komi's art. The prominent point of the Goddess was her outfit, a white kimono mixed with a Western style. Her hands overpped as if she was praying for something.

  "Wait a minute, Higashi-san, why is the Goddess of Kannon different from the image from the statue in your temple?"

  This was the most puzzling thing for Suiri's brain right now. You should know that the religion about this Goddess originated from the Southeast area, especially Chinese Culture. Buddhist belief has affected Japan's history so the outfit in Komi's picture didn't seem right.

  "That's not a problem. Just such a small detail"

  Komi-san smiled and waved her hand, speaking casually as if it didn't matter.

  "???"

  What did you mean by a small detail? Suiri almost thought that the Goddess came from Western Mythology and you said it was just a small detail. Did you think of her as a three-year-old child?

  "..."

  "But a small detail to change a Buddist Goddess to a fantasy Western Goddess..."

  Suiri murmured. Of course, Komi heard it too but she said...

  "Student Hoshiyuki, even God has to follow the trend. Don't you know?"

  Komi realized Suiri's shaken feelings so Komi immediately gave a speech. To be more obvious, Komi didn't lie when she had a dream with the being since childhood. Since the world could change, why would God be left behind?

  "..."

  Suiri silently accepted Komi's reluctant excuse.

  However, that wasn't the point because Suiri saw herself in the painting.

  Even though the painting was no longer maintained in its best previous shape, Suiri couldn't help but notice the small details of a different girl.

  "Is this me?"

  Suiri was bewildered in shock. If she heard it right from Komi, this painting had already been 10 years old, which meant that Suiri hadn't debuted in the musical industry, the piano field to be precise.

  Because Suiri was trying to get used to her body and was taught a lesson by her grandma about girl etiquette, she couldn't appear in public earlier than most of those fellow reincarnators, who could be able to come up with the destructive magic at the age of 3.

  Moreover, her debut initial step was the piano competition. Until her lovely teacher Akane dragged her back to enjoy 'Youth', she was where she was now. Her second youth was full of ups and downs...Even though it wasn't as good as her first Youth, she found it pleasant because she didn't need to be energetic and lively like a clown to please others.

  It was unpleasant but...

  Back to Komi's painting...

  The painting visualized the Goddess cpping her hands, granting a wish for a little girl with blue-white hair. However, due to Komi's amateur painting back then, Suiri couldn't get more information from it. It would be a lie if you said Suiri wouldn't believe Komi. After experiencing time-space traveling and witnessing the Death Guy at the moment of the end of her life, Suiri has already believed in Komi's words. In addition, she paid a visit to Komi's temple due to the legendary story of the Sensou-ji Temple.

  She couldn't help but find herself in that story. Hence, she prayed and prayed...

  Even though she didn't know whether her wish could be fulfilled, Suiri kept frequent visits to the temple year after year.

  "You see, I said that God had arranged me to this school for you wasn't wrong"

  Komi spoke as she felt joyful when Suiri, her target, finally accepted this outrageous and supernatural event. Besides her family, who was serving the Sensou-Ji temple believed in her dream about the Goddess, her circle of friends just smiled and wore a skeptical face. Of course, she didn't have any resentment toward them. The society had been ruled by science so only impotent feeling remained.

  "Please, keep it a secret between us. Ah...I excuse myself now"

  Saying that Komi, who couldn't withstand countless death gres from other students, left Suiri decisively.

  'Kannon-sama, do you want your believer to part away quickly?' Komi talked in her mind. This was the first time she'd realized the horror of a famous person. Fortunately, that girl disguising her appearance when visiting her temple didn't cause much trouble. She just had a short conversation with Hoshiyuki Suiri for 5 minutes but it felt like a day had passed.

  Not every person had a chance to have a long talk like Komi. Especially, the Miko had a humble background...

  "???"

  Suiri hadn't recovered her mind, only witnessing Higashi-san sneaking away like a little thief. She still had several questions, but that person had left her. However, she was keen on observing the surroundings because she'd lived through this pair of eyes. Hence, she understood Komi's adversity.

  Shaking her head slightly, Suiri headed to her Club, Yume ni Sake.

  Because today was the opening ceremony, she had no courses to attend. After the ceremony and receiving the css, it was time for the club's promotional and recruitment activities. With many fresh bloods injected into the school, each club had to recruit to maintain the number so their club could be allowed to continue their various activities.

  From Suiri's side, she was the president of this club but didn't manage it in her palm, controlling everyone in the group because of her busy schedule. Or rather, the club became her substitute for the 'Go-Home' Club, making her enthusiastic Suishi disappointed because they couldn't find her trace. Instead, Nagisha would help her to do that, free bor.

  However, today was an exception. Her club welcomed many new faces so she had to give a face to the club.

  Stardust Academy, "Yume ni Sake" Club.

  Suiri was only one step away in front of the club's door. Just the only morning, many things happened, unable to let Suiri's brain process. If it were the past, Suiri would've had a lot of discussions with Hyouri about their strategy in high school. She couldn't adapt to the change of being alone in her inner world. Without Hyouri, Suiri's scumbag attributes fully bloomed without a press hold as she always let her mind take off toward the dream, like the name of her club.

  Her overthinking and past trauma fought over her brain. Her personality became indecisive because she always had Hyouri as her mentor, the person she trusted the most.

  By relying on Hyouri, Suiri was more and more dependent on her without thinking much. That was also the reason the agent of the Karma system had to seal Hyouri, who quietly stirred up Suiri's cause and effect.

  'I don't know whether Charlotte is interested in Hinata'. Suiri thought. The will of the world was a mystery for her, and also the most suspicious reason for the disappearance of Hyouri. She was nervous this morning, afraid of being pushed back to the role of a Viliness.

  *sigh*

  Suiri took a deep breath and opened the door of her club. Because her club was quite special and reted to music, the room wore many anti-sound yers so as not to disturb the activities of other clubs in the same building.

  Just at the moment of gring who was inside, Suiri's back was covered with cold sweat. The pair of scarlet predator's eyes stared straight at her face without any hesitation, and the innocent eyes of 'the son of destiny' scrutinized her existence, whether you were a thief who stole one of my harem members.

  "Good morning"

  Suiri subconsciously spewed out those words. If it weren't for her natural expressionless face, she would've gone into panic mode and acted like a certain bocchi sitting at the table nearby. Ignoring the stare of this pair, she was more curious about the other pair.

  'Charlotte and Sakura were quite familiar with each other, huh?' Suiri observed. She wondered what had happened when she had gone abroad over the week. Her mother Natasha dragged her to Russia to beautify in a Spa shop, and pay a visit to her mother Natasha's family, by the way. Of course, the process of beautifying was quite painful. She had to remove unnecessary hair in some pces...She trembled as long as she remembered this process. Being a girl was so hard...

  Anyway, back to the reality...

  "Sui-senpai, Good morning"

  An energetic voice erased almost Suiri's negative emotions, like a spring breeze passing through her face. It would be a lie if she didn't have any positive feelings toward this girl. After all, Nagisha was like an incarnation of her past self, a cheerful, positive, and socializing animal.

  "Yosh! Our president has come. Now, it's time for us to introduce our activities in this Club"

  Nagisha clenched her fist excitedly and spoke like a tour guide.

  To be honest, Suiri felt this girl would be the most suitable president for this club. Meanwhile, Otonashi Sakura had to act like we didn't know each other although they didn't know much. Suiri just had a feeling...Familiar to be precise.

  "..."

  Time passed by. With the help of these mature women, Miwako, and a certain Bocchi, the club had come to an end peacefully. The seniors began to hand out registration forms to those who intended to join the club. They were disappointed when finding out that Suiri didn't even attend club meetings much, which made those chasing star teenagers hesitate. This was also the purpose of Miwako and Akari. Did you join the club for chasing Star purposes? Especially, Akari, as a music freak, wouldn't allow any student with a half heart to join for obscure ambition.

  As a result, more than half of the crowd dissipated because they realized joining the club couldn't get them closer to the Star, whether it was Omega, Beta, or Alpha.

  Out of boredom, Suiri picked up a guitar to py a chilling BGM from an anime she had watched to rex her soul. This anime theme was all about camping so the soundtrack was quite rexing. The melody was ups and downs, bringing peace of mind to listeners.

  Miwako's mouth twitched when she saw her future sister pying this song. Of course, she also watched this anime with Suiri for rexation. The anime didn't have much bloody plot but the scenario art and music were the best selling points. Suiri even suggested that she would go camping with Miwako, imitating the anime's character.

  Even though Suiri was still young, sometimes, she acted like an old person.

  Miwako had no compint but felt remorseful about her past self. By contacting deeper, you would have the whole picture and impression of a person. Their first meeting wasn't pleasant because Miwako almost used cursed words for this innocent girl. Perhaps, her future sister's expressions were an obstacle to communicating. At first, she thought this girl was so proud and looked down on others.

  Now, after entering the Hoshiyuki family, she finally knew the reason...Her expressionless face was a nature-born. She had already given an apology to Suiri but the guilty feelings at that time couldn't be washed away easily. It was like taints, a lesson for judging people by their appearance.

  So Miwako decided to be her sister-in-w to atone for her sin...

  "..."

  Just kidding, she was just Maria's simp. How could she use such a righteous excuse for her ulterior motive?

  "So comfy~"

  Yet, she couldn't refute this piece

  Meanwhile...

  Suiri wholeheartedly immersed in the melody, forgetting everything. As a musician with a tragic past like Suiri, the melody was her only salvation.

  Even though she had opened her heart to the Hoshiyuki family in this life, it couldn't change the fact that music was at the top 4 of the purposes of her life below the demands of a human. According to the pyramid scheme of Charles Ponzi, the demand to expel human waste undoubtedly took the first pce. The second pce was oxygen. The third pce would be eating and drinking. Finally, it was her music.

  For those demands below, she wouldn't mention them to the readers for the time being.

  From another perspective, Hinata, former name, Minazuki Haruka...She was he in this life.

  Hinata's elbow hit Himeki's hand.

  "Hime-chan, are you sure the pn has succeeded?"

  Hinata asked.

  To his disappointment, Himeki shook her head. Even though she had pnned a yout to increase favorability, the feelings couldn't be deceived. She also felt disgusted by her approach. Just bming for Suiri's popurity, Himeki found it hard to contact that person. According to Hinata's story, she should be the heroine in the original novel instead of being reduced to a stumbling block for the main character. Otonashi Sakura.

  "If it's easy..."

  Himeki didn't know what to say to her childhood friend. It was a bizarre experience for her to witness her beloved transforming into another person. Unfortunately, the memories of the person named Haruka took the dominant role because that consciousness treated this world as fictional.

  "Hime-chan...Something's wrong"

  Hinata continued to whisper...

  "Huh? What's the problem?"

  Himeki turned her head and asked.

  "This main character didn't seem right"

  Hinata's gaze aimed at a crimson-haired girl. Himeki followed this man's gaze and tried to think...

  "Is there any problem?"

  Himeki tilted her head. Except for being a Futanari, Himeki couldn't think anything because she couldn't grasp the personalities of the characters in Hinata's mouth. Moreover, it had deteriorated since Suiri stepped into Rock & Roll music.

  "That girl doesn't have the atmosphere of the protagonist that I'd pyed in my previous life"

  "She seems to be too stable and mature"

  Hinata excimed, making Himeki's face wrinkle. In the original plot of the game, Otonashi Sakura was described as a talented person but thought she was an ordinary person. Being born into a family with 'excellent' fame, Sakura always wanted to prove herself to overcome her complex. Of course, she couldn't do anything to change because her family members were all monsters.

  In high school, she was informed that a famous musician, a talented female Omega became her future partner. She childishly sneered not because of the blind date partner but her inferior complex you could find in those Rom-com mangas. The author wanted to pair mismatched chopsticks as the self-procimed 'Ordinary high school student' looked up to the person who stood at a higher pce. The common mold was overused by many Novelists all over the world.

  "..."

  "But that was a famous musician, not an idol. Hinata..."

  "We're the real living people..."

  Himeki couldn't stand it but wanted to wake up her childhood friend. However, Himeki's voice stopped there.

  "Anyway..."

  Regret...All of the emotions that Himeki could see in Hinata since the guilty confession. An endless regret. It would be strange if he didn't behave that way.

  'Who're you? What're you? Do you think who you're to say that? You're not me, don't wear that hypocritical face. You will never understand me!' Ah...Himeki suddenly remembered she said those lines in anger to her Hinata.

  At this moment, she finally felt how ridiculous her words were in the past. It was so mean.

  She didn't have any qualifications to speak. She wanted to get angry with Hinata but didn't have that right. Hence, she decided to change her logical thinking. What if she were in Hinata's shoes? Another memory of a person not from this world told her that her world was just a video game...What would she do? It would be fine if the memory and this world didn't have any intersection but...Hinata's previous life memories were destined to link each other.

  A person named Haruka had endless remorse for her deceased brother and Hoshiyuki Suiri was the heroine designed after her brother. She was a figure substituted for her brother. However, she wasn't him...

  Unfortunately, Himeki wasn't Hinata. Like she said in the past, she couldn't understand the pain of insider. She could do her best to lend Hinata her pair of ears. It was the best treatment.

  Hinata must've forgotten how he helped her in the past. Himeki vented all of her anger and only Hinata said nothing at the end. That was their past.

  'Do you feel better?'

  Hinata in the past didn't retort to her or force his will on her. He just listened to her and slowly healed her wound over time. How patient he was...

  Now, their roles had reversed...

  Himeki helplessly shook her head. She took a deep look at the girl pying guitar nearby. She didn't care about the main character, Otonashi Sakura. She had no interest in the person who could have so many partners. In fact, she was jealous. Everyone opposed this idea until they came to hold the power. No matter how righteous or highly moral they were, they would be corrupted. Himeki was no exception. As an Alpha, Himeki also didn't believe she could think straight when receiving the right to have many partners.

  But it wasn't the problem.

  She was more interested in the heroine, who wasn't willing to stay in a Harem.

  "Hime-chan...I'm sorry for causing much trouble..."

  Hinata lowered his head. And then, he remembered something...

  "Ah, Hime-chan. I forgot a person"

  Hinata had been buried in the sea of regret of a person from another world. He suddenly spoke.

  "???Huh?"

  Himeki was puzzled.

  "The viliness...The bad guy in the game"

  Hinata cpped her hand, realizing the situation was not good.

  "Hey, are you two meeting a problem? Do you need my help? Do you have any more questions about our club?"

  The pair of childhood friends were startled and immediately stopped the topic because they couldn't let others pry into this supernatural talk.

  "Ah, thank you, Tenonji-senpai. I wonder if both of us don't have any clue in music but want to join..."

  With a calm mind, Himeki quickly found an excuse.

  "Understood. It'll be no problem as long as you work hard"

  "Besides, you can contact seniors in the club for learning"

  No matter how Miwako persuaded, Himeki and Hinata didn't intend to join the club. After knowing that Suiri was absent almost every time in the club's activities, the pair could only give up reluctantly.

  On the other hand, Suiri was surrounded by many young students. As soon as she stopped the guitar, the crowd didn't give her a chance to breathe.

  "Sui-senpai! Can you give me an autograph?!~"

  "Sui-senpai~!!!"

  "Please, say something about your new album~"

  "..."

  Charlotte and Sakura looked at each other and then turned to Suiri's direction. Sakura had already filled out the application form.

  In a second, her unisex face turned cold, and the eyes filled with anticipation and gentleness turned bloodshot when she caught a figure among the crowd.

  "That c*mdumpster!"