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Chapter 282 Who exactly is Feng Xin?
"Shirogane, don't suddenly die in the classroom! Why do you look so haggard?"
Shirogane Miyuki gave an awkward laugh. "Last night I went through the names of the second and third year students and graduates of Shuchiin Academy again, and there were really very few that matched Fengxin."
"And those few people don't seem like the kind of students who could write the top-ranked essay in the Tokyo Short Essay Contest... I don't see any particularly high level of literary skill in them based on their Japanese language scores and the types of clubs they belong to."
Uchiha Ryo blinked. "You're pushing yourself too hard, but I do have another way to break through..."
Shirogane Miyuki looked over in surprise. "I'd like to hear more."
Uchiha Ryo revealed a confident smile.
"Why don't you rest for a bit? We can talk at the club at noon... Oh right, you're not in the club but in the student council room, so I'll go to the student council at noon."
Having quelled Shirogane Miyuki's curiosity, he finally managed to fall asleep on his desk before the first class of the morning. It must be said that Shirogane Miyuki is absolutely a very good friend.
Despite being the student council president, he had no need to worry about club activities, but upon hearing that the Classic Literature Club's goal was to find the author of "The Legend of the Heart," he immediately used his presidency to investigate.
However, this matter cannot be troubled by Shirogane indefinitely; their Classic Literature Club is not just about the student council.
However, this dispelled Shirogane Miyuki's curiosity, but a curious student at the table behind him who had been eavesdropping came over.
"Ling! What is the method you said you have for a breakthrough? Tell me quickly!"
"Chitanda, you should go back first. It's too close. We'll talk again at noon..."
Chitanda Eru squatted down, resting her head directly on Uchiha Ryo's lap, staring intently at him with her purple eyes.
Reaching out, Ryo Uchiha pinched Eru Chitanda's cheek, indicating that he wouldn't reveal anything beforehand and that they would go to the student council classroom together at noon.
......
Finally, noon arrived, and Chitanda Eru puffed out her cheeks and came to Uchiha Ryo's side.
"Hmph, you just piqued my interest and then ignored me. Now it's break time, you have to satisfy me!"
"Alright, alright, let's go~ to the student council office." Uchiha Ryo stood up and followed Shirogane Miyuki toward the student council office.
When they arrived at the office and took their seats, Vice President Shinomiya, Secretary Fujiwara, General Affairs Officer Yukinoshita, and others also arrived.
"Alright, Ryo! Now you can tell me about your progress, right?" Chitanda Eru sat down next to Yukino and picked up her black tea, but her eyes were still fixed on Uchiha Ryo.
Yukino Yukinoshita looked over with some surprise. "We've all been investigating the wind signal, have you found it yet?"
Uchiha Ryo waved his hand. "I haven't found it yet, I'm still far from it. I've only made a slight breakthrough. However... the above is just my guess, and I can't guarantee it's correct."
Then, Uchiha Ryo revealed what she had found out online after returning home from the cat cafe the previous night.
"First of all, we made a mistake from the start by trying to find people based solely on the pen name 'Fengxin'! Because most authors cannot deduce their real name from their pen name."
"Therefore, we should pay more attention to the 'Wind's Whisper' itself. That is why the author chose to use 'Wind's Whisper' as his pen name..."
Last night, Uchiha Ryo collected a lot of information and finally discovered a story after translating hyacinth (ヒアシンス) into hyacinth (雅辛托斯).
In ancient Greek mythology, Hyacinthus was Apollo's playmate, but died due to the jealousy of a wind god. From his blood, and from Apollo's tears, grew a purple flower. We call this flower the hyacinth.
The meaning of purple hyacinth flowers is: jealousy, sadness, apology, and regret.
Uchiha Ryo rubbed his temples. "After that, I finished reading the short story 'The Legend of the Heart.' Just like Chitanda said, the book is very well written, but it lacks a final ending."
"Most people may see the ending as open-ended, but there are a lot of foreshadowing in the text. If you read carefully, you can definitely feel it... The author must have vaguely thought of the ending of the story, but he has been hesitant to write it."
Why? Perhaps the author was unwilling to write it down, or perhaps they were unable to write it down.
"Yukinoshita, please help me find all the short stories published last year under the name Shuchiin!"
Yukino Yukinoshita, who was using the laptop, nodded. As the student council's general affairs officer, she often assisted the vice president, Kaguya Shinomiya, with her work, while Kaguya was a complete novice when it came to computers. Therefore, the laptop's use fell to Yukino.
"Last year, over a hundred short stories were published at Shuchiin Publishing House..."
Uchiha Ryo frowned. "These students are really talented. Investigate the works that participated in last year's Tokyo Short Essay Contest again, and keep the duplicates!"
Yukino started operating it... and soon, to everyone's surprise, she slowly spoke.
"Seven books were selected for inclusion in the Tokyo Short Story Anthology, in addition to those published by Shuchiin Publishing. These include the first, second, eleventh, and fourteenth place winners, as well as three peripheral selections."
Uchiha Ryo stroked his chin. "Then our next goal is not just to find the author of 'The Legend of the Heart,' but also the authors of the other short stories! They might know something."
Shirogane Miyuki nodded and immediately began using his position as guild leader to investigate. He refused to believe it! Could anyone else be as good at hiding their true intentions as the author [Fengxin]?
Meanwhile, Kaguya Shinomiya frowned upon hearing about Uchiha Ryo's investigation methods.
"Uchiha-kun, if the wind symbol represents jealousy, then how could he, as the top student in the literature selection, be jealous?"
Uchiha Ryo waved his hand, "That's why I said I wasn't sure. It's just a gamble. Besides, the protagonist of Hyacinth isn't jealousy but being envied... so things like 'second' or 'eleventh' are quite suspicious."
Kaguya Shinomiya still didn't quite agree.
"Is the author's pen name just a way to mock others for being jealous of me? I don't think there's anyone like that..."
At this moment, Yukino Yukinoshita suddenly spoke up. "What if... the pen name 'Wind's Faith' wasn't chosen by the author himself?"
The meeting room fell silent.
Chitanda Eru suddenly widened her eyes. "What Yukino said is entirely possible. We can't find a single author for a book published by Shuchiin, meaning he doesn't want to reveal himself. If that's the case, why use a pen name instead of being anonymous!"
At the same time, Shirogane Miyuki laughed heartily.
"As expected, only Kazeshin is the mysterious one. Since the other authors' works are published by Shuchiin Publishing, they must have registration records!"
Last year's Tokyo short story anthology ranked first, with the author of "The Legend of the Heart" using the pen name "Wind Letter" winning first place.
The second place goes to... the author of "Heart and Fox" is actually named... Kazeno!
Miyuki Shirogane exclaimed in surprise, "Kazuno-senpai, you were in the Literature Club when you enrolled last year, but you left the club in the second half of the year and transferred to the Rugby Club."