Chapter 13: Kasannoin Ayase's Retaliation
Kasannoin Ayase was a good, obedient child.
No matter if it was about learning or moral character, she was very excellent, in the eyes of many students, she was "perfect".
Kasannoin Ayase didn't mind this. She just wanted to be a good child who listened to her parents' words and then got praise from others. Her world was simple.
But accidentally, she overheard her parents' conversation, which broke her simple life.
The conversation between her parents was very simple, they were just talking about their daughter, Kasannoin Ayase's future.
Among her father's voice, there was an overwhelming joy, "The teacher had told me that our daughter will have a chance to study at the University of Tokyo!"
Her mother also smiled, "It's really reassuring to have such a daughter."
"Yes, thanks to her good education, our daughter can go straight up to high school and then to the university as long as there are no accidents," said her father, "I didn't expect that my child would have the chance to go to the University of Tokyo! It's just like a dream!"
"It's too early to say that. It sounds like our daughter has already gone to the University of Tokyo."
"Even if she can't go to the University of Tokyo, other universities are also good," said her father with a smile, "After graduating from university, we should look for a good husband for her. I think Councilor Ikeda's son is good…"
"It should be decided by our daughter herself."
"At least, her husband's family should have equal social rank as our family! As her parents, we must take care of it!"
"It's true," her mother sighed contentedly, "When our daughter gets married and has a baby, there will be nothing I need to worry about in my life."
It was just a normal chat between her parents, however, it set off a huge wave in Ayase's heart.
That will be my life?
Kasannoin Ayase tried to imagine her future, but could not think of any better futures.
Her future seemed to have been written. Study hard and go to a good university, and then find the right person, marry him, and have a baby.
Kasannoin Ayase fell into a panic. Perhaps in the eyes of mature people, this panic was ridiculous. Isn't the future her parents planned for her good?
Of course, such a life isn't bad at all.
However, Kasannoin Ayase was still young, she didn't want her future to be determined at this time, which was too simple and boring in her eyes. She hoped that she had infinite futures, and every future had a magnificent and magical color. This was the most precious thing that teenagers had in their youth, infinite possibilities!
So, because of her psychological inversion, Ayase decided to escape from her predetermined life track. She decided to be a bad child.
But, how do I become a bad child?
As a good child who always listened to her parents', Kasannoin Ayase started thinking. After careful consideration, she decided to start collecting adult books.
It was the dark side of the world, at the same time, it was also a mysterious area. Why can adults read these books but not allow their children to read them?
Kasannoin Ayase understood the reason after reading her first adult book.
Because it was too huge a temptation to children!
It started with rebellion, freshness, and the excitement from the story itself, but soon the feeling of freshness passed and became a common hobby.
Kasannoin Ayase soon understood a lot of things. She realized that she had become an adult in this respect. But in life, in the future of her life, she still could find no way to escape.
So she kept this situation. On the one hand, she continued to be a good child on the surface, and on the other hand, she began to collect adult books secretly.
After reading too many adult books, she realized that they weren't anything too special. Adult books just described the things between men and women, and later on, the things between men and men were also added into her reading list. There were few books that could be called a masterpiece, most of them were just trash that wasted her money.
As time went on, Kasannoin Ayase was about to accept the boring reality, but magically, she met Shimizu Hakuseki.
Shimizu Hakuseki was well-known in the school and was said to be a hooligan, however, because he was handsome, he was still admired by some female students.
The Tokoharu Apartment was the ancestral house of Ayase's family, and now it was used as a rental house. Because it was close to school, Kasannoin Ayase usually lived here and performed the work of the apartment manager.
In their first meeting, Shimizu Hakuseki appeared as a tenant.
"Why do you want to rent a house here? Don't you live at home?"
"I've run away from my home and I'm going to live alone from now on."
"Run away from home? Why?"
"I have my own plans for my life," said Shimizu Hakuseki, "My family wants me to inherit the family business, but I have my own pursuit, although I feel sorry for my family, this is the only solution I can think of."
Kasannoin Ayase felt that her heart was about to jump out from her chest.
Shimizu Hakuseki is the same as me!
However, he is more courageous than me. Anyway, I will support him and help him.
"So what is your idea?"
"Become a literary giant or a mangaka?" said Shimizu Hakuseki, "Actually, I don't really know very well. In short, I hope to be a great man and go down in history."
"It's arrogant!"
"Because I'm still young."
Later, Shimizu Hakuseki ran up against a stone wall everywhere, no magazines accepted his creation, and he began to be in arrears with the rent. At that time, Kasannoin Ayase worried about him. She didn't want him to fail. However, the world was bound by layers of rules and everyone had their position. If they wanted to break the rules, they would be taught a cruel lesson by reality.
For a time, Kasannoin Ayase felt that Shimizu Hakuseki had failed.
Then, an astonishing change appeared.
Shimizu Hakuseki began to draw adult manga!
After finding it, Kasannoin Ayase was very excited. She felt that since Shimizu Hakuseki could fight for his own life, she seemed to be able to do the same thing for herself.
Moreover, they had the same hobbies. Shimizu Hakuseki's manga was quite impressive.
Most importantly, her life was no longer like a pool of stagnant water. Some changes happened, life had become uncertain and seemed to have infinite possibilities.
Now, she had determined her pen name, Teenager Abin, and decided to "dirty" the entirety of Japan, but, where was her novel?
Kasannoin Ayase had just written the title of her novel.
"The Secrets of the Young Boys in the Tokoharu Apartment."
After writing the title, Kasannoin Ayase closed her hands and apologized silently.
Shimizu Hakuseki, I'm really sorry, but, you actually used me as the protagonist of your manga, therefore, it doesn't matter that I use you as the protagonist of my novel, right?
"Hello everyone, the new semester has begun! You are Grade 2 students now!" said the teacher, Takahara Masato with a bright smile. "It's really good. I hope everyone will study hard and be healthy in the new semester. Oh, there are two items of good news I'm going to announce, one is about your classmate, Shimizu Hakuseki. Because of family reasons, he left school for a month, and now he is back in class. Everyone, applause for him…"
Shimizu Hakuseki stood up and bowed, "It's nice to meet everyone again!"
"The other good news is that we have a transfer student."
There was a riot among the students. Transfer student? Is she a girl?
"Come in, introduce yourself."
Outside the classroom, a girl came in. Her dress was somewhat old fashioned, and her hair was in the simple "baby head" style. With a pair of glasses on her eyes, she looked adorkable.
"Hello, everyone. I'm a transfer student, Takahashi Rumiko. Because of my father's work, I transferred to this school. Nice to meet you. My hobby is manga, and my dream is to become a mangaka."
Everyone was shocked by her words. After all, students should study hard. Reading manga was regarded as a waste of time. Now, this adorkable girl actually dared to say that she wanted to be a mangaka in front of her teacher and classmates! She was being too bold!
Shimizu Hakuseki touched his chin thoughtfully.
Takahashi Rumiko? Sounds familiar. It seems that I've seen the name somewhere. Well, let me think about it.
He suddenly remembered where he had seen this name. He abruptly stood up and pointed at the girl on the platform, asking her in a shocked tone, "You are Takahashi Rumiko!"
The girl on the platform was slightly frightened. She stepped behind the teacher and whispered, "Yes, I am Takahashi Rumiko."
Is it her? That famous first teacher of fujoshi?
Of course, this was a parallel world. Maybe she wasn't the person he knew but just a girl who had the same name with that famous female mangaka.
Whatever, it's none of my business. Shimizu Hakuseki thought.
"Sorry, I just want to confirm your name. Don't be afraid," said Shimizu Hakuseki. He sat back on his seat and began to have random thoughts again.
Now, the most important problem for him was that he needed to create a new manga to promote himself.
If his family knew that after running away from home, he was drawing adult mangas, they would probably catch him, bring him back and beat him to death.
However, if he had become a well-known mangaka before that, everything would be different.
My new manga should be a masterpiece, however, ordinary magazine editors won't believe me since I'm just a newbie. Therefore, before I create that masterpiece, I need to draw several short mangas to attract attention.
And the content of the short mangas should be in line with the masterpiece I'm going to draw.
That is to say, I have to determine the range of subjects of my mangas.
Which manga should I copy… no, create?
