Chapter 218 Dawn and Dusk

The last week of August.

For Otaru City, this is an important time of seasonal change, symbolizing the transition from summer to autumn.

The temperature becomes cooler, the maple leaves gradually turn red, and the beautiful autumn scenery arrives.

Although Fujii Itsuki really wanted to spend more time on the wind band training, high school life inevitably involves some extra activities.

Fujii Itsuki also plans to enjoy this cultural festival seriously.

"Hey! Mr. Fujii, what do you think our club should do a program in this cultural festival?" In the staff office, Akai Muzi poked his head over to the seat next to Fujii Itsuki. He was staring at the computer intently, as if typing something.

"Teacher Fujii? Ashu!" Akai Muzi shouted twice again.

"What?" Fujii Itsuki stopped.

"I say, should our wind band prepare a program for the cultural festival?"

Akai Muzi leaned over his shoulder and looked at his computer screen. "By the way, what are you writing? You look so serious."

"It's a script for a stage play." Fujii Itsuki did not hide it.

Akai Muzi noticed the title of the word document. "Dawn and Dusk? What did you write? Norse mythology?"

"What Norse mythology? That's Ragnarok."

"Dawn and dusk, gods and dusk, isn't that similar?"

“Not nearly the same”

Fujii Itsuki was too tired to complain.

"What about the subject matter and content? What is it?"

Akai Muzi took a closer look at the script he was writing. Most of it was just some minor dialogues, and he couldn't make any sense out of it. He only saw a character called "Princess of the Dawn" who seemed to be in a dense forest.

Fujii Itsuki pinched his chin and thought for a while, "It should be considered a fantasy fairy tale."

Akagi Muzi sat back down, staring at Fujii Itsuki while thinking, "Why did you choose the theme of fairy tale?"

"Fairy tales are simple, easy to understand, and very suitable for acting. Even if people's performance is not good enough due to lack of rehearsal, they will choose to be tolerant because the subject matter itself is a fairy tale. Could it be that you want to rehearse "The Rose of Versailles" within this limited time?"

There was nothing wrong with the explanation, but Akai Muzi felt it was a bit strange.

"I always feel that your arrangement, Shu, is not that simple. Have you chosen the cast?"

She thought for a moment and asked with a smile, "Although I don't know the content of the script you wrote, how about letting me guess first?"

Fujii Itsuki made a please gesture.

"First of all, there must be two protagonists."

"Yes."

"And they are all heroines."

"Although my class is all girls, you guessed it wrong. There is a boy and a girl, the Princess of Dawn and the Prince of Dusk."

"No way, Princess. I know. It must be played by Xinchun. Her temperament is absolutely suitable. Prince, you will play it. But that's not right. Can the teacher go on stage?" Akai Muzi frowned, as if she suddenly realized something. "Could it be Xiao Jiuhua?"

"That's only half right," Fujii Itsuki shook his head, "On the contrary, the princess is Jiuhuayue and the prince is Matsumae Shinchun."

"What about the plot?"

"Hey, Muzi, don't you want to guess?"

"Don't bother to guess, just tell me directly."

"Hmm," Fujii Itsuki pinched his chin and thought for a while, "How should I put it? Dawn and Dusk, a pair of siblings, parted ways, and after going through some things, they got to know each other again."

".I think I understand what you mean."

After seeing Akai Muzi's expression of sudden enlightenment, Fujii Itsuki forced a smile and said, "Even though I don't know if this will work."

"It's great that you can come up with this idea, Shu. I support it. Besides, didn't their relationship improve a little during the last training camp at the beach? That's great, very good."

"maybe"

Before lunch break, Fujii Itsuki continued writing the script.

He didn't want to write a story that was too shocking or full of bizarre twists.

Although the story is simple and the main structure is something that has been written to death since Shakespeare, as long as a script can resonate with some people, it means that it still has its merits.

What's more, the actors are a group of high school students. Can we expect them to act in "The Purple Flowers Reflected in the Sunset"?
The interpersonal relationships there are not only headache-inducing, but also make some parents who come to visit frown.

But Fujii Itsuki was worried while writing.

What if this script has no effect after Xinchun and Xiaoyue perform it?
How should I reconcile the relationship between the two?
I spent the whole morning writing the script and thinking.

At noon, Fujii Itsuki and Muzi went to the cafeteria early to have lunch, but she was called back by students from their class.

After lunch, Fujii Itsuki strolled around the Tachibana campus to help digest his food.

"Teacher Fujii."

"Ah."

"Good afternoon, Mr. Fujii."

"good afternoon."

Walking in the backyard of the school, many students bowed to greet him, most of them with respect.

The accumulated feeling of respect would make Fujii Itsuki feel that his steps were light wherever he went.

This is bad. Really bad.

It is no wonder that many teachers get lost in their identity as teachers.

For students, this kind of "respect" is also a reflection of status differences.

When the gap becomes more obvious, some teachers will use this identity to threaten some timid children.

Looking through the ivy leaves spreading down the corridor, Fujii Itsuki sat on a stone chair and looked at the clock tower of Tachibana Kita that was as white as the moon.

He felt that although he couldn't stand it now, he was at least slightly different from this kind of guy.

He continued walking.

"anything?"

This sound.
Isn’t it Xiaoyue?
Fujii Itsuki had just walked to the back of the sports equipment room for his routine inspection when he heard some noise coming from inside.

He walked steadily, leaned against the mossy concrete wall of the equipment room, and looked over there with half of his head exposed.

Jiuhuayue stood with her back to the teaching building.

There stood a tall boy in front of her.

Both of them were wearing sports uniforms and looked like they had just finished physical education class.

The two of them came to the equipment room at this time, probably to return sports equipment for the teacher, and they bumped into each other.

Fujii Itsuki remembered that this person seemed to be a classmate from Class D, whose last name was Ishikura, Ishikura-san. Muzi was in charge of the English class for their class.

As for why Fujii Itsuki remembered him, it was because this guy was quite popular in the school.

He is the type that many girls pursue.

Because there are few boys in Jubei, this guy is also quite handsome.

"Nothing, nothing." The boy smiled and waved his hands repeatedly, "Don't misunderstand, Jiuhua classmate. It's just that during the class competition just now, you and I were opponents."

"so?"

Jiuhuayue said in a cold tone.

It was so cold that Fujii Itsuki wanted to hug his arms from behind.

As for the boy in front of her, he was even more embarrassed because of her coldness.

"I see that Jiuhua is such a good basketball player. I wonder if you're interested in playing a few more games this afternoon? Of course, of course, Jiuhua, don't think too much about it! It's just playing basketball."

"Not interested in."

After Jiuhuayue replied, she said goodbye directly, leaving Ishikura petrified on the spot, without any hesitation.

Fujii Itsuki was worried about her interpersonal relationships.

No wonder Xiao Jiuhua doesn’t have many friends.

Although it's not right to deal with such strangers, he really has no manners at all.

If it were Xinchun, she would refuse in a very tactful way so as not to offend the other party at all.

Seeing that there was nothing important, Fujii Itsuki shook his head and started walking towards the office.

Then again.

Jiuhuayue’s interpersonal relationships in the class are also not good.

She is only good friends with Rinka, and Rinka is also good friends with only Kokoroharu and Kyuukazuki.

A stage play definitely requires a group of actors.

Will the relationship between Jiuhuayue and everyone else also be a problem during this period?
I continued to revise and proofread the script in the evening, and the main roles were finally confirmed.

The next day, Fujii Itsuki announced the stage play at the morning meeting and told everyone the name of the script and several main characters. "Everyone, be quiet. The next step is casting. Is there anyone who volunteers to be the Twilight Princess?"

"."

The classroom was completely quiet, with only a few people whispering occasionally, seeming to want to join in but not dare to.

Seeing this, Fujii Itsuki wanted to sigh and slap his head.

My own group of students.

They are most excited when people are making a fuss, but when it comes to doing some real work, no one says a word.

Matsumae Shinharu raised her hand.

"Okay, one vote for the squad leader. Anyone else?"

"."

The classroom became quieter.

No, the adjective "quiet" is not enough to describe the situation at this time.

It should be described as "dead silence".

Fujii Itsuki noticed the strange atmosphere after Matsumae Shinharu raised her hand.

No wonder Xinchun suffers from anxiety disorder.

In this situation, everyone is concerned about her identity. How can she make good friends?

"What about the princess's brother, Prince Dawn? Who wants to play the role?"

Jiuhuayue raised her hand immediately.

This time, many students raised their hands at the same time.

It seems that everyone is more interested in the prince?
Fujii Itsuki counted the people and wrote them down one by one.

Then there are some supporting roles, such as the astrologer, the forest elf, the dusk lady, the dawn knight, etc.
Everyone seems to be more enthusiastic about the supporting roles.

Fujii Ju wrote them down one by one.

After sorting out the number of people, Fujii Itsuki handed over part of the script that had been printed in advance to Matsumae Shinharu and asked her to distribute it to everyone.

After the script was distributed, the whole class began to whisper to each other, curious about what the plot was going to be.

Fujii Itsuki clapped his hands to interrupt everyone:
"Have all the people who signed up received the script?"

"got it!"

Everyone answered in unison.

"Since the rehearsal time for the cultural festival is only more than half a month, I hope that if you really want to play the role you have chosen, please go back and read the relevant scripts carefully. We will start the role selection in three days. At that time, please prepare the relevant clips and come to the podium to perform. Then everyone will vote together. The winner will become the official role, and then the official selection will begin."

Three days.

The class became chaotic and tense again.

This time, Fujii Itsuki did not interrupt everyone's discussion, but just left the classroom after announcing all matters.

Before leaving, he noticed that Matsumae Shinchun in the first row was holding a script and looking at it very attentively.

The time came to noon.

Fujii Itsuki had just finished lunch when Matsumae Shinchun hurried over to him with a script in her arms.

"Teacher Fujii!"

She looked very anxious.

"what's up?"

"this--"

Matsumae Shinchun held part of the script in her arms, her expression anxious, "I wonder if Mr. Fujii could send me the entire script in advance?"

Fujii Itsuki showed no expression on the outside, but was quite surprised in his heart.

This child is Xinchun.
Could it be that I have already figured out all of it as soon as I got the first script?
That was obviously only the first time!

Matsumae Shinchun's face was soft, and she lowered her head slightly, "Teacher, this plot is about a brother and sister who were separated into two kingdoms because of an ancient curse, right?"

"Correct."

"Then the brother and sister were forcibly separated and each went their own way. In order to lift the curse, they both embarked on a journey to find an antidote."

"right"

"Teacher, are you hinting at something?"

"."

Fujii Itsuki was surprised.

He never imagined that Xinchunzhen would see through his underwear after just reading the beginning.

"As expected, Mr. Fujii. If Xinchun is right, this fairy tale should end with the brother and sister recognizing each other, right? Judging from the distance between their hearts."

"That's right."

"Then what do you think, teacher? Or the ending of this story is what you expect, teacher."

In front of his confidante, Kokoharu, Fujii Itsuki could only admit, "I must have thought so, which is why I wrote such an ending."

"No wonder you want me to be the heroine. Xiaoyue should be one of the two protagonists, right?"

"If she really wants to be one, I don't think there is anyone in the class who can compare to her."

"."

Matsumae Shinchun hugged the script in her arms a little tighter.

"Then Mr. Fujii, can you send me a copy of the entire script? I want to go back and take a look."

At this point, Fujii Itsuki had no reason to refuse.

Besides, the child was supposed to be handed over to Matsumae Shinharu in three days.

With the kid's literary background, it was hard for her not to see what she meant.

Fujii Itsuki chose to agree to her.

"Then come with me to the office first."

"Ah."

When they arrived at the office, Fujii Itsuki handed the complete script printed out from the drawer to Matsumae Shinharu.

The girl took it seriously.

"Teacher, I will contact you after I finish reading it."

"Okay, if you have any questions along the way, just let me know."

"Ah."

Matsumae Shinharu left.

After seeing her sailor uniform disappear from her sight, Fujii Itsuki leaned back in her ergonomic chair and looked up at the ceiling.

He didn't know whether it was good or bad.

What choice will Xinchun make after she understands her own thoughts?

She is so smart that it is impossible for her not to understand the story implied in the script.

Classes continue in the afternoon.

After class, I went home and had dinner with Xiao Jiuhua. She supervised me while I was doing the laundry. I wanted to be lazy and have a cigarette, but she stopped me with a frown.

It's late at night.

Matsumae Shinharu sent a message.

[Teacher, I have finished reading the script.]
Fujii Itsuki stopped working on the lesson plan and picked up his phone, "Xingchun, do you have any ideas?"

[I roughly understand what the teacher wants, but the teacher seems to have missed some plot points, that is, the ending. How do the brother and sister resolve an irreconcilable conflict.]
“There is no ending.”

[No?]
"Yes, there is no solution, but it does mean there is no solution. That's why I answered you that way at noon. As for why I didn't write it, I wanted to leave it to the stage for you two to improvise. After the Twilight Princess and the Dawn Prince have gone through all kinds of things, resolved their misunderstandings and understood each other, it is their own choice. At this point, even as the creator, I cannot interfere too much."

[That is, the teacher did not write the ending.]
Fujii Itsuki stared at the screen of his mobile phone and typed a long string of explanations, hoping that Xinchun would understand his thoughts.

But after typing more than a hundred words, I deleted them all.

He felt that this explanation was inappropriate and redundant.

Less than two seconds after deleting the message, Xinchun sent me a message.

[I understand. Thank you for replying to me at this late hour. It is late at night. You should go to bed as soon as possible. Good night.]
"OK, good night."

After sending the message, Fujii Itsuki put down the phone as if he had lost his mind.

He picked up his pen and continued his work as a teacher.

I understand
He thought of Xinchun's reply just now, and while sighing inwardly, he still sincerely hoped that Xinchun really understood.

(End of this chapter)