Chapter 350: Courage-Testing Event
“Are you an idiot?”
In the noisy dining hall of the villa, the black-haired girl, now in casual clothes, propped her cheek with one hand, bored. The food in the bowls before her had only been slightly touched. Her dark eyes, filled with a complex mixture of emotions, quietly stared at the blond young man in front of her who was busily eating. Finally, she asked somewhat helplessly.
“Hm? Kazumi, what’s wrong?”
Sato Shinichi paused his action of picking up food. He quickly put down the rice bowl in his left hand and turned to look earnestly at his girlfriend who seemed to have said something to him. However, his mouth was still chewing food…
making him look even sillier.
“Nothing!”
Seeing her boyfriend’s silly expression, the girl’s words, which were already on the tip of her tongue, were swallowed back. She gave Sato Shinichi a sharp retort, then picked up the chopsticks beside her, gently picked up a piece of beef, and put it into her mouth. Only then did she continue to ask.
“Don’t you have anywhere else to sit? You have to come over here?”
Dinner that night was provided by the villa. Although they couldn’t eat the high-end seafood unique to the North Sea due to budget constraints, perhaps because their homeroom teacher, Ishiryu Daito, was friends with the resort owner, the dishes on the table were plentiful and included many local specialties.
Now that they were on vacation, even the usually meticulous Ishiryu Daito had relaxed his supervision of the students considerably. He had only briefly divided the students into male and female tables before going to a small table in the corner with other teachers to eat and chat, allowing these children who had studied diligently for a year to have some fun.
And how wild students could get without teacher supervision, anyone who has experienced it can more or less understand.
The place that was originally quiet for dinner instantly turned into a noisy cafeteria. Young boys and girls found their playmates, eating and sharing the joy of the day.
Even more remarkable was that Sobakada Asada had somehow moved two boxes of fruit beer from who knows where. The teachers present did not organize this playful little drink, and handing out a bottle to each person pushed the party atmosphere to its peak.
It was just that for some reason, Sobakada Asada, who usually had a good relationship with Sato Shinichi, specifically did not give him a drink. Instead, he looked at Sato Shinichi with the resentful expression of someone owed money for a good while before walking away.
“Ah, they… they were talking about things I haven’t done much, so I just came to find you.”
As if her thoughts had been read, the young man awkwardly touched the back of his head, as was his habit, and gave a half-hearted answer with his eyes drifting.
In fact, when the dinner scene turned out like this, Sato Shinichi’s first thought was of his little girlfriend.
The girl had always disliked lively scenes, especially since she didn’t have any friends in the class she could talk to. Not being able to play with anyone was one thing, but based on Sato Shinichi’s understanding of Kazumi, she probably wouldn’t even eat well in this situation and would just hide in a corner to quietly eat the few dishes she could pick up.
“Tch—”
Kazumi shot Sato Shinichi a dismissive look and picked up the food in her bowl with one hand, her heart saying something different from her actions. Not to mention the boy’s habitually clumsy three-in-a-row of lying in front of her, even the food piled high in her bowl by him was enough for Kazumi to know what this simple boy was thinking in his heart.
“To be worried about not eating properly, I’ve had enough…”
The look of disdain had not yet faded from her face, but the smile on the corner of her mouth betrayed her current mood. She reached out and pushed the small can of drink in front of her towards Sato Shinichi, signaling him to drink it.
Kazumi was too lazy to ask what was between the boy and her good friend, but Kazumi knew that she definitely couldn’t drink this thing.
She hadn’t had time to verify the reason why her body was weak to alcohol, but at this moment, Kazumi was definitely afraid to touch anything containing alcohol casually.
Last time, it was fortunate that only Sato Shinichi and she were present. Even if she had let something slip, she had managed to muddle through with his trust in her and his not-so-bright mind.
But now…
If she really caused trouble by drinking and exposed her secret, even killing everyone present wouldn’t help her continue to hide her identity.
Drinking causes trouble.
“Hm? Hehe.”
Looking at the small can pushed by the girl with some confusion, Sato Shinichi quickly reacted. As if thinking of something, he chuckled, took the drink, opened it, and took a sip. He looked at his cute little girlfriend with a doting smile.
“What are you laughing at!”
The sly expression looked particularly amusing on Sato Shinichi’s honest face. It was just an expression, but Kazumi could inexplicably know what the other person was thinking at this moment. A hint of shyness appeared on her usually cold face, and she playfully punched the boy’s waist with her small fist.
“No, no, no.”
After being “trained” by the girl for so long, the boy was no longer the Vibranium-straight man who didn’t know what she was doing like before. He quickly pretended to be in pain, cooperating with his girlfriend’s cute coquettish actions, and held his hands high to prove his innocence.
“Oh—” “Kiyomizu-san makes that kind of face too?” “They have such a good relationship… enviable…”
The existence of couples in the class always attracted a lot of attention. Coupled with the girl’s unique cold demeanor, although it was difficult to be friends with her, it was incredibly interesting to watch gossip.
Kazumi’s body had also undergone ability enhancement. Although the conversations of the girls nearby were very quiet, they still reached Kazumi’s ears word for word.
She looked at her right hand, which was naturally resting on Sato Shinichi’s waist, with a dazed expression. To outsiders, what was this slightly intimate gesture but flirting?
Her already slightly flushed cheeks instantly spread, and she shrank back like a startled rabbit, even shifting her butt deliberately. She pulled a distance away from Sato Shinichi, who was stunned and unaware of the situation.
“???”
The other protagonist was unaware of what had happened. Seeing his girlfriend’s sudden shy action, he was about to lean over to ask what was going on when he was interrupted by a cough from a distance.
“Cough, cough, everyone, there’s an event tonight. If you want to participate, please raise your hands!”
Vice-class monitor Yoshida Jo, with a flushed face, interrupted the lively crowd and announced new news.
“What activity is it?” “Yay, I’m participating!!” “Are we setting off fireworks?” “It’s already dark, do we still have to go out…”
Yoshida Jo’s words were like a stone thrown into a pond, stirring up the already excited emotions of the classmates once again. After everyone babbled about it, Yoshida Jo continued excitedly.
“We have consulted Teacher Ishiryu about the activity. The scope of our activity is still quite safe, and it won’t take too long, as this kind of thing is better enjoyed later for the atmosphere.”
“As for the content, this time we specifically asked classmate Shinomiya, whose family runs a shrine…”
“A courage-testing event, with actual ghosts!!”
(PS: One chapter.)
