Chapter 519
[Silver Lord: That's wonderful!]
[Pervert Woman: Hey! What does this mean?! I'll cry!]
[Silver Lord: Could you record a video of yourself crying and send it to me?]
[Pervert Woman: Waaaaaah~]
Not long after, she actually sent a video. In it, a beautiful woman dressed in ancient Princess attire was gently wiping away her tears with her wide sleeves.
Her demeanor was elegant, her movements gentle, and she didn't even shed a few tears, but her expression and the emotions in her eyes conveyed a heartbreaking sadness.
Her hair was an unfamiliar black cascade, but her face was unmistakably that of Yōkadō Sakuri.
The camera angle is a zoomed-out full-body shot, indicating that someone next to her is filming her; it should be her blonde female agent.
[Silver Lord: When did you dye your hair? Are you filming a period drama today?]
[Pervert Woman: Just yesterday~ Yes]
[Silver Lord: Don't cry and ruin your makeup]
[Pervert Woman: It's okay! I'm wearing waterproof makeup today! It's for a crying scene too! Thumbs up Jpg]
[Silver Lord: Did your agent take this picture for you?]
[Pervert Woman: Guess~]
[Silver Lord: Ai has a TV program recording today, is it Subaru?]
[Pervert Woman: Tch~ It's no fun since you guessed it so easily, I'm hanging up!]
[Silver Lord: Go for it~. Jpg]
[Pervert Woman: I will obey your orders!]
[Pervert Woman: bowing in a kimono GIF]
Sakurakoji Talent smiled wryly, guessing that the other side was probably busy adjusting their state right now, and she felt a little embarrassed to have disturbed them.
Although it's not obvious from her appearance, Yōkadō Sakuri is actually very bad at handling interviews and similar situations, and she always has to adjust her persona in advance.
When she gets a role, she often uses the character's tone and style in everyday conversations as practice, so it's hard for ordinary people to know her true personality.
Even those who know her well, like Rumin, aren't seeing her true self.
Who would have thought that the outwardly monstrous person was actually...
After ending his conversation with Yōkadō Sakuri, and still not receiving a reply from Okura Rumin, he could only stand in the Piano Department corridor waiting, attracting wave after wave of curious glances.
He guessed that she was probably practicing in the practice room here right now.
Trying to ignore the attention of passersby, he surveyed the surroundings, which he had hardly ever been before.
As a top-tier art institution, Filia's interior design is not uniform; rather, each college and even each department has its own unique style.
The Fashion Academy and Design Department are relatively simple; although they are quite stylish, they are not ostentatious.
The windows in the corridors and classrooms are not ordinary rectangular windows, but rather parallelograms or polygons cut from the walls and facades.
At the same time, due to the needs of the teaching content, the area there is not large. The rooms are just classrooms, meeting rooms, sewing rooms, fabric storage rooms, exhibition rooms for outstanding works, offices, etc., and do not take up particularly much space.
Compared to that place, both the Drama Academy where Yōkadō Sakuri is located and the Music Academy here occupy a much larger area.
For example, the Drama Academy not only has various small practice rooms, equipment and prop rooms, dressing rooms, and studios, but also a large auditorium for performances, parties, and ceremonies, with a very rich internal functional division.
This is especially true at the Music Academy, where the number of music rooms is almost more than the total number of rooms in all other ordinary schools.
The music rooms of all sizes and levels, not to mention the concert hall, aside from the classrooms for teaching music theory and other knowledge, the most outrageous thing here is—this personal practice room in the corridor in front of him.
This is the Piano Department's territory, so the rooms in the corridor are also the Piano Department's personal practice rooms.
Each small room contains two upright Piano: one for students to practice on and the other for teachers to use when they are making rounds and giving instruction. Of course, they can also be used as backups.
Just hearing that tells you how outrageously extravagant it is, right?
Undoubtedly, the materials used throughout the room are all designed for maximum sound insulation.
Many students from ordinary families even prefer to get up early to practice at school.
The decor here leans towards a metallic style; not only are the floors and walls made of metallic wood panels, but the wall on the right side near the window is even a completely enclosed curved wall, completely blocking out natural light.
Only lamps provide illumination, and many framed photos of musicians hang on the semi-circular walls.
Shortly after, my phone vibrated; Rumin had sent me a message.
[Rumin-jie: Sorry, I was practicing the piano and didn't notice my phone.]
[Talent-kun: It's okay, I'm just in the corridor of the Piano Department's practice room right now. Which room are you in?]
[Rumin-jie: Huh?]
He looked up and a few seconds later, he saw a door open, and a stunningly beautiful woman emerged from inside.
Before she could come over, he went straight to her side and, with a soft gasp from her, closed the door again.
"Talented, Talent-kun?!"
Okura Rumin looked at him helplessly, her fingers poking at each other.
Sakurakoji Talent looked around the interior. The space wasn't large, about 10 square meters. The main items were two upright Piano placed side by side and two cushioned square chairs.
This is inevitable, as the size of each room must be limited in order to create as many practice rooms as possible.
Although Philia Academy consists of two large, high-rise buildings, it also houses numerous departments, so space is not exactly ample.
Meanwhile, there is a small camera in the corner of the room. This is to ensure that teachers and students can avoid any awkward or safety issues when they are in the same room, since it is a private space.
Chapter 472 Inside the Sealed Practice Room...
But if you think this is just to protect students—that's not quite right either.
After all, these days, things like boxing matches and false accusations happen all the time; anything is possible.
Outside, you can resolve things through a duel between samurai; but in such a confined space... if you're truly framed and have no evidence, you're basically doomed.
Having a camera there, whether it's operational or not, at least serves as a deterrent.
However, even setting aside such deliberate actions, the teachers are not entirely uninvolved.
For example, last month, a male teacher, under the guise of "wanting to correct Rumin's piano playing posture," tried to touch her hand without permission, but was immediately scolded and interrupted by her.
As a result, the Piano teacher from Vienna was summoned for a talk by Risana that same day and then resigned voluntarily.
Her current mentor is a female teacher.
Of course, none of them felt that the male teacher was wronged.
Okura Rumin. After so many years of study, how could she possibly have even the most basic posture problems?
The only solution was to let him leave the company because the other party hadn't been physically involved and there was no concrete evidence.
However, if it were a female student from an ordinary family, he might have succeeded.
It was because of this incident that cameras were installed in the individual practice rooms—a masterpiece by Rumin, who was thinking of the ordinary students.
As for the teacher who resigned, he was found by Sakurakoji Talent that very night. After drinking and venting his frustrations at an izakaya, he was dragged into an alley on his way home and beaten until he suffered multiple broken bones... These are all minor incidents and not worth mentioning!
He should be thankful it happened early enough that he only got a beating; if it were now, he might be doing some kind of space shuttle act.
But none of that matters, what matters is now--
"Cai, Talent-kun... why did you suddenly pull me back in?"
Okura Rumin leaned against the wall, her delicate nose twitching slightly, her smooth, fair skin tinged with a peach-blossom hue, and her soft hands hidden behind her back were sweating nervously.
Perhaps because she had been spending too much time with that Pervert Woman lately, some heart-pounding images had begun to flash through her once innocent mind.
For example, hugging, Kabe-don, handshakes, kissing—and so on.
If Sakurakoji Talent knew what she was thinking, he'd probably laugh so hard he couldn't stand up straight, hahaha... She's still too naive.
"I don't know~"
He walked over with a smile, pinned her against the wall so she couldn't move, and whispered in her ear, "How about you take a guess, Rumin-jie?"
"I... I don't know either..."
Okura Rumin's pretty face flushed, and she turned away to the side.
"Really? You don't know?"
He moved a few centimeters closer, his touch directly against her soft, fragrant, snow-white skin.
The pure, youthful fragrance, like a snow lotus from the Tianshan Mountains, and the soft, supple body made him, who initially had no particular intentions, feel a little restless.
Besides, the two of them had already confessed their feelings for each other in her room last time...
"No, no! There are surveillance cameras!"
She called out weakly, still putting up a last-ditch effort.
"Oh, Rumin-jie, do you think I would do something that would be inconvenient to do under surveillance?"
He narrowed his eyes, curled his lips, and teased with a mischievous grin.
He loved teasing innocent kids the most!
Okura Rumin realized what was happening, her pretty face flushing even more, overwhelmed with embarrassment. "No, not really..."
Faced with her beautiful sight of the crabapple tree bowing its head, who could resist? After seeing her, he felt even more inclined to tease her.
Hmph~ It wasn't for nothing that he enjoyed his meal at the restaurant earlier and recharged his energy; now he's full of enthusiasm!
He stroked her beautiful black hair, gently twisting and playing with it, then leaned forward slightly, teasingly saying, "It doesn't matter if you have it or not, because you guessed right!"
"!!!"
"Let's begin!"
"No, no! The camera..."
"Ah~ that one is already broken."
"How is that possible! It's clearly new!"
"I just broke it."
"..."
Ten minutes later.
"Hmm... Chu... Ha~ Talent-kun, it's about time..."
"That's true, let's switch to the next program then."
"???"
"Rumin-jie, the Piano lid here seems to be of pretty good quality. Why don't you sit on it and try it out?"
"Huh? Why?"
"You'll see once you sit down. I'll teach you some Piano playing tips. Also, take your shoes off; it's not good to get the chair dirty."
"..."
Half an hour later.
"Talented, Talent-kun ~!"
"I understand. Now, I'll teach you some other Piano techniques."
"But... but class has already started... and I don't want to study this..."
"It's okay, I've locked the door too. The soundproofing here is excellent!"
"..."
"Next, Rumin-jie, face the Piano and place your Hands on the lid..."
"..."
More than an hour later, he opened the door to his personal practice room, but did not come out.
After using his ability to take Okura Rumin back to her room, he returned to the Philia Academy once more.