--Sakura's POV--

"Speaking is easier than doing"

Although I determined not to let the same mistake happen, I didn't know if this world I had been living in was the world of a certain simulator game that I'd known. When I decided to strategize my route with the main heroine, I remembered when the host said she was about to release a Rock and Roll song.

I forgot that this 'Suiri' was also different from the game in her career.

In the original plot of the game, she was a pure musician without singing and engaging in the Rock genre. She was simply a master of musical instruments like my teacher. However, what the hell was with her in this world? Not only did she sing, but she also released her voice to the fullest. More than that, her voice was so good that it made my ear pregnant.

As I went to her musical platform, none of them existed in the game of my previous world or outside the screen. It meant that all of them were her originals. It could only be explained that it was due to the blind spot of the game itself, but it went opposite to my known knowledge about this world.

Not to mention, in my previous world, the Rock and Roll genre was not in line with the consumption of the audiences in general.

If she engaged in the Rock genre since Middle School, there would be no plot of being framed for plagiarizing others. With her current reputation, if an unknown person popped up out of nowhere saying that she was a plagiarist, even a donkey wouldn't believe you. Her status had been unshakable...Was there anything for me to do with her? No...

Her villain was a woman from her opposite company in the musical industry. They installed their undercover agent to steal Suiri's piece to make her fall. After all, she was so successful that they couldn't have a fair competition with her. In addition, the players' choice also helped this undercover agent successfully steal her piece, then lead to her destruction route.

If I were careful enough, then it would be no problem.

Except for a fly coming out of nowhere wanting to be her partner, uh...I meant me...

"Sakura-chan, this masterpiece..."

"How can she think of it?"

Momoko-nee said to me.

Of course, I couldn't say that this piece was one of my teacher's children...However, in this world, this piece belonged to her legally and I didn't have anything to refute. However, it was true because there was no Minazuki Haruto but Hoshiyuki Suiri.

"Kuh, that bass...It made my hands itchy again"

"Eh?"

I was surprised by her sudden comment.

"What's with 'eh?', huh?"

"Don't you know that your onee-chan once worked with this great artist in the past?"

"I didn't know..."

What was with this sudden linking event?

"You knew that your onee-chan once was a freelancer musician and worked for several bands and artists. Of course, Suiri was one of my great partners in the past when I helped her play the bass part to record this piece"

I was shocked by her revealing information. I meant it wasn't even mentioned at all...I could see her nose rising to the sky with a smug look on her face. Although you were a freelancer musician and I knew you were talented, could you be more humble?

"Geez~ That's why I said you must work hard...I want her to be my sister-in-law"

She sighed.

I knew...But the other party stood at the top while your sister was nothing. I wondered if I deserved such a girl...

"But I didn't expect Aka-chan would drag her into this Rock genre. What a surprise"

She dropped another bomb. Hah!!! You said her changing into the Rock genre was the push of 'Aka-chan'. Who? Was she reincarnated like me? Baby? Aka-chan?

This character messed up the plot of the game!!!

If so, there would be no plagiarism incident at all!!!

"Who is this 'Aka-chan', Onee-chan?"

"Oh, you ask"

She smirked playfully.

"Of course, you knew her...After all, you met her 7 years ago"

Eh? Why didn't I know at all?

"Of course, you can't remember...After completing the transferring procedure to Stardust Academy, you will meet her again"

"Guh...I hate riddlers"

I groaned.

"So life can be fun, right?"

She smirked.

How couldn't I remember?

You couldn't blame me...After 14 years, who could clearly remember all of the details from the game...

Besides that, the old casts were all good, so if I didn't intervene, Suiri would surely marry one of them.

But...My heart was unwilling...After all, I was reincarnated with my memory intact...At least, I could only get close to her to observe and get to know her like a friend. Moreover, there were still other 4 newly heroines...This game setting was a little different. If I chose the harem route, there would be no Hoshiyuki Suiri, and vice versa. Once you chose Suiri's route, you would have to leave behind the other heroines.

But...Other heroines...let them be...I just wanted to get closer to the main heroine Hoshiyuki Suiri instead...

Her route was extremely difficult because taking her down completely took 3 years in high school. It wasn't like the brainless harem novel 'You're so handsome, I think I'm in love with you'. No...I had to penetrate every second of her life and make her imprint my image; otherwise, we would just be a friend, a blind date partner at most. Charlotte was doing this from a young age, while Akari and Sasaki hadn't realized their true feelings toward Suiri yet...

After finishing our breakfast, I and my Onee-chan in this life were lying half-dead on the sofa while listening to the radio program FM903...Many hilarious people were coming to send her a message. For example, 'Please, don't read my name, I just put it because of the system's requirement', or the invasion of gorillas with many versions.

...

"Time flies so fast, Hoshiyuki-sensei, just a moment, almost 2 hours passed by"

"Yes, I agree with you, Yakou-san"

"So, we will pick up the last two messages before we part with Hoshiyuki-sensei"

"Hmm...From Salted Fish-san from Osaka"

"He is a young alpha man in his high school"

"I mean he is your senpai, Hoshiyuki-sensei"

"Oh, let's see what senpai messaged us"

"This is related to a love topic"

"He said Sui-san, Yakou-san, I have a beta girl as a friend but I haven't confessed my love yet. Our progress was smooth as we had played together yesterday. I thought I would confess my love to her today...But she began to evade me with a reply that she was busy recently"

"What? Playing together at Christmas but not even a lover?"

"Yeah, I was also surprised...And he said"

"I can't hold back my tears, and cried a lot"

"Then, I messaged her 'Let's talk again when you're free', but there has been no reply until now. Is my love over before I confess to her? Please, give me some pieces of advice to move on"

Whoa. What a fragile man. However, I couldn't blame him. In my previous life, I was the one who was chased after instead of chasing someone else. In contrast to this life, I got a tool to increase the planet's population as I was influenced by men's thinking in my past life.

I understood how my suitors thought of me when facing me directly. Their hormones had some attributes called 'Simp'. Yet, I had to admit that I would become a Simp if I were in front of Suiri. After all, this girl was a national waifu of Yuri's community.

In a society ruled by laws, it should be their instinct to protect and love their future partner.

Like a man behaves timidly in front of his crush.

They would do everything to attract the opposite gender as their soul mate. However, due to the existence of law, they could only show their good side, etc...to find their partner.

How could I attract Suiri? I didn't have any ideas. Obviously, I couldn't use the mean of some 18+ materials to force her under my knee. It was perverted so let it go.

"..."

"Hoshiyuki-sensei..."

"..."

There was a silence in the audio. I meant Suiri didn't speak...Eh? Why? Just now, you smoothly answered each one...

"Hoshiyuki-sensei"

"Ah...I'm sorry...I was distracted by his topic..."

"Oh, can you share some opinions?"

"Actually...I've not been in this field...so...What will you expect from me?"

Ah...She...

"This girl's like a white paper. How can she answer?"

Momoko-Onee-chan spoke from the other side. I agreed with her...In the game, Suiri had never been in a romantic relationship before...

"Is it a lie? With your mature appearance, I thought you must've had some rich experience"

"Am I wrong?"

"I mean you must've gotten confessed a lot in school, right?"

"Ah, you're right about the latter, but I'm not the former"

"Besides that, Yakou-san, please don't judge a book by its cover"

"Ah, sorry, sorry, Hoshiyuki-sensei"

"Yes, you must remember"

"Ah"

"Because of being at your age, don't you feel curious about something called 'love' like your peers?"

That was right. As a human being, when you reach the age of adolescence, you will be more curious about the opposite sex.

"..."

"I..."

"don't know..."

"..."

"It's scary, I think"

Suiri stuttered...Yup...She was right...My past life was a lesson...Eh? So the reason Suiri in the game didn't have any relationship was due to being afraid of it? Was there such a thing in the game's plot?

"Since you said that, woa~, you're so pure...Hoshiyuki-sensei"

"Can I take that as a compliment?"

"Ahaha~"

"Hah~"

"And sorry for not having any experience"

"You're so funny, Hoshiyuki-sensei"

"No doubt when you sing 'If love is so powerful, then use it to reach the world peace' in your dis...I mean your rock song"

"It turns out to be so..."

"But it's right, isn't it?"

Suiri asked Yakou-san back. Yes. If love could be miraculous like those love-brain people thinking, the world would be peaceful and have no suffering. This line appeared in her album Vol. 2 from sarcastic lyrics with melodic rhythm. The purpose of that song was to criticize those people who could only speak but not do...Like my previous thought...

A loser doesn't need to echo...That was her song's title... 

Although it was my determination, I didn't have any courage to be the main character of the game. Moreover, I couldn't see a system panel or choice selection like the game.

Would I be a loser again in my previous life?

*Clap, clap, clap*

"Well said, Sui-san"

Momoko-nee-chan got excited out of a sudden.

Plus, the character's POV in her song wanted to escape from being a human with some lines 'Ah, being a human is so hard that I want to give up' in 'False Night'. Yakou-san was correct. In this Vol 2, she gave her sarcastic perspective toward life...Realizing that she was also in the category of being in the range of her sarcasm, that was why this line appeared in her different song. Smart move.

"Back to the topic, can you give him an opinion as an outsider with no experience in love?"

"Why do I feel like being insulted?"

"It's just your imagination, ahahaha~"

They played boke and tsukkomi quite well.

"What can I say? I mean he is the one who grasps firmly all of the information and context, and he knows his situation the best"

"Yes, yes"

"Instead of us, who can only see his situation through a few lines"

"So, sorry, I can't give any advice on this, but to move on..."

"You can give it a try to compose a song because it's quite fun"

"..."

I was speechless...But I somehow felt familiar...Don't...She made me think of my teacher again...

"Salted fish-san, what do you expect from this music freaks channel?"

Yakou-san said again in a helpless tone. That was right. This was a channel uniting all of the music artists of Japan country.

"Sakura-chan, hey, Sakura-chan..."

Momoko-nee-chan looked at me surprisingly. Then, I just looked back at her...

"Why are you crying?"

Eh? I was crying...Before I knew it, my drought eyes had been wet as the teardrop began to form under my pinkish eyes.

I hated to admit it...I still missed him so much!!! "Oh, you said that you have pressure at school. Why don't you try to compose songs? It's quite fun to find a new combination of chords and notes". His dim voice said to my ears at that time, but I was so ignorant. I just thought he was a music nerd without enjoying the pleasure of life but I didn't know that this pleasure was the meaning of his existence. Everybody had their own pleasure...

"Nothing, I just get dust..."

I excused myself...It was so clumsy that an adult would know I lied...

Momoko-Nee-chan also didn't dig too deep into my problem.

I couldn't see him again although I had a second life...I hated it...I hated it...Why did God treat me like this!?

Why couldn't I separate his image from her figure!? Why were they so similar? I almost thought she was Haruto's reincarnation in this life...But it was impossible...

Why did I leave him when he needed me the most!?

I regretted it.

I shouldn't have left him to that bitch Erika...

I couldn't forgive his family either...

How could they be willing to believe outsider more than their blood connection? 

You heard it right. I was once in love with him...My first love had just gone like that...

F*ck me!

Then, God played with me again when Suiri in this world was similar to him.

You wanted me to treat her as his substitute?

How could you torture me like this?

"Thanks for your opinion, it's time for a song request"

"Eh? What's with this outrageous request? Hoshiyuki-sensei..."

"From Canary-san in Saitama Prefecture"

"He sent his piece, lyrics, and arrangement to request you to sing, Hoshiyuki-sensei"

Wow...

"He said he could compose a song, but according to his condition, he couldn't find a decent artist to sing or sing by himself so he sent this..."

"Is that so?"

Eh? Was there such a plot in the game? Why didn't I know in the slightest? Of course, I couldn't know because Suiri had used her voice after all.

"Hoshiyuki-sensei, you don't need to hold back because our program has signed with the other party and discussed the copyright of his piece"

"So you could be in peace of mind to show off your talent"

What? Were they trying to scheme her, but I didn't think so. Her villain in the game was in a contradictory position with Suiri because of her original piece of music without lyrics. With her emergence in the Rock genre, there was no other reason to harm her at all because the Rock genre was kind of picky for us, the audiences.

There was not much profit in it.

"Thank you, Canary-san"

"I hope I can listen to your own someday in the future instead of this original piece covered by me"

"Wow, this name song is also Canary..."

"Can I borrow the piano from your backstage, Yakou-san?"

"Eh? Don't you need a few minutes to comprehend and sing?"

"I can feel it...the spirit of its original owner"

"You must feel it hard, Canary-san"

Suiri threw me another bomb...Gifted people with a deep love for Music, they could sense the spirit, and emotion hiding behind the strings of chords and notes. Haruto-sensei told me once that as if someone led him to the unknown land...

"Sensei..."

I couldn't help but mutter my deceased teacher...There was no way that I could remove him from my mind to move on in this second life...

As long as Suiri existed, I couldn't erase him from my mind...

"Yes, Hoshiyuki-sensei, this digital and portable piano from the backstage of our program"

"Thank you"

She said so and the beautiful sound of the piano began to form its shape.

"♫♫♫~"

"♫ Losing my singing voice, I finally know the pain of life♫"

"♫ But I will fly into the city where you're living♫"

"♫ I visit your window to watch your profile♫"

"♫ A room was like a bird cage♫"

"La♫la♫la♫~"

"People don't know that I let out a long sigh♫"

"And time just passes itself♫"

"♫Somehow, I felt it deeper for no reason ♫"

"♫Teardrops unknowingly flow out♫"

Her voice was so sweet...This song was also good. It took the POV of a little bird Canary. A figurative image to describe her life...

"♫Even the sky that I could see the sorrows♫"

This piano...so depressive...

"♫I'm overwhelmed with many thoughts like the vast blue sky"

"♫The day when a story will lead to the dream♫"

"♫Please, let me hear it out♫"

"♫I began to be exhausted just for pretending♫"

"♫Everything became indifferent♫"

"♫Hah~♫"

She sighed to blend the emotion of this piece.

I meant it was perfect in my opinion.

"♫la♫la~"

Her piano stopped echoing as the song stopped midway.

"Eh? What's wrong, Hoshiyuki-sensei?"

"Ah...I just felt the emotion behind this piece. What if one day I lose the ability to sing or play instruments?"

"Like a canary losing its meaning of existence in the song..."

"What am I?"

"To write such a thing, Canary-san, I hope you can persist with your music..."

Just like I heard my teacher's news that he committed suicide. I didn't believe it at first, but it made sense for such a music nerd. However, there were many loopholes in the case that we, outsiders, had ignored his case in the past.

"Damm...She just knows how to PR song for others. I want to listen this song's full version!!!"

Momoko-Onee-chan got angry as I could see her face was red with anger because the blood pressure rushed to her face. However, I also agreed with her. Such a beautiful but sorrowful song...Losing our meaning of existence, huh?

"There are still lyrics in phase 2. If you are curious, please wait until Canary-san can find the right person to cover this song"

"No, please, finish the song!!!"

She yelled to our small radio at home...My eyes went strange as my Onee-chan in this life was some of comedians.

"Oh, I understand...This time, we will give a question for Hoshiyuki-sensei"

"Ah, yes, Yakou-san"

"What're your new goal in the next year, Hoshiyuki-sensei?"

"I hope that I can experience my first year of high school without too many obstacles"

"Yes, what's else?"

"Yeah, everyone, next year, in January, my new album Plagiarism will be released"

Eh?

"Wow~, this is the first time I've ever heard about this title"

"Yes, so, please stay tuned"

"I can't reveal too much about the album, so I'm sorry, Yakou-san"

"No problem, but it's quite a pleasant talk with you"

"Thank you very much, Hoshiyuki-sensei"

"Our radio program, music freaks, FM903, is broadcasted every morning"

"See you next time"

"Bye bye"

Then, the program was over...Eh? Plagiarism? Was there such a thing in game?

"Momoko, Sakura, stop being lazed around"

"Momoko, lead your sister to the shopping mall to find an appropriate outfit"

"We have an appointment with the Hoshiyuki family this evening"

"Yes"

Both of us replied at the same time. And then, Momoko-Onee-chan looked at me meaningfully. Her eyes was full of expectation for me to catch the main heroine of the game back to our family. However, I felt very complicated...

I didn't know how to deal with her because we've not met directly even once. Not only that, the image of my teacher behind her figure was so huge that I couldn't overcome my past...Plagiarism...Why were those dots linking together seamlessly?

I didn't want to think of a possibility, but soon, I shook my head because it was unbelievable...

I decided not to think more as I prepared myself to face her in the evening.

"Sakura, try your best"

"After all, your idol is in front of you tonight"

Momko-Onee-chan teased me...But it was not wrong to think like that because I had watched over Suiri as a nobody in the audience's seat. She thought I was a big fan of Suiri so...Yeah...

"Yes"

"Ahaha~"

I smiled awkwardly...

Haruto-sensei...I wish you will be better than your past life...I also will do my best in my second life.

Game Plot...Heroine...Protagonist...I was tired...I would live a life that I would never regret when I was older.