Chapter 286: Classmate Shimizu is very easy to get along with
Sato Shinichi didn’t notice the exchange of glances between the two girls. After entering, the young man immediately greeted Shinomiyai Shoji, who was sitting beside him. After all, this elder uncle had visited Hamano Tsukasa at home a few times before, and as a junior, he naturally had to greet him.
Shinomiyai Shoji was very happy that Shinomiyai Mai, who had always had few friends, could make friends at school. He responded to Sato Shinichi with a smile, and then made an excuse to leave the room, intending to leave the space to the children.
“Classmate Shinomiyai, are you still not feeling well?”
Seeing Shinomiyai Shoji leave the room, Sato Shinichi withdrew his gaze and intended to greet Shinomiyai Mai, but the girl’s displeased expression made the young man frown, and he asked with concern.
“Ah, it’s nothing, I just accidentally zoned out.”
Shinomiyai Mai quickly averted her gaze from Kazumi’s deep eyes, and an elegant smile reappeared on her face as she thanked the young man in front of her who was showing concern.
In fact, Shinomiyai Mai didn’t know what was wrong with her. Although the other party showed no negative emotions under her spiritual vision, she always felt a chilling sensation crawl up her spine from the smile beneath the other party’s cold face.
Perhaps… it’s a woman’s intuition?
“Oh, oh, oh, I heard from the old man that you were injured, so I brought Kazumi to visit you.”
Sato Shinichi nodded earnestly, believing her explanation. He put the fruit basket and milk he was holding on the nearby shelf, pulled Kazumi over, and said.
“Mhm, thank you. Have you had breakfast? Would you like to join me?”
Shinomiyai Mai took a sip of the rice porridge in her hand and was actually a little happy. Although her injury this time, which almost cost her her life, was due to her own recklessness, it was much warmer to have classmates and friends visit her in the hospital than to stay in the cold and boring shrine.
“No, Kazumi and I have already eaten this morning. You’re the patient, so you should eat more.”
Sato Shinichi waved his hand, took two chairs from the side, placed them by the hospital bed, motioned for Kazumi to sit down, and said to Shinomiyai Mai on the bed.
“Okay. Where have the recent classes reached? I feel like if I lie here for a week, I definitely won’t be able to catch up when I get back.”
She placed the small bowl in her hand on the other person’s head, gesturing for her to put it on the table nearby. Shinomiyai Mai took a piece of paper, wiped her mouth, but looked at the table full of food in the distance with a troubled expression.
The girl’s appetite wasn’t very large to begin with, and coupled with the lack of consumption from lying in bed for the past few days, she really couldn’t bear Aunt Mei’s incredibly enthusiastic patient-boosting meals.
“It’s okay, it’s okay. I feel like the recent lessons are not too difficult, it’s just the deep exploration of single-attribute hero abilities. If that doesn’t work, you can use Kazumi’s notes… Huh?”
His gaze swept across the small bowl floating in mid-air, and Sato Shinichi spoke to Shinomiyai Mai, scratching the back of his head. However, before he could finish his promise, an extra touch on his waist made him turn his head and look at the girl who was staring at him with a cold expression.
“Mhm, Kazumi… what’s wrong?”
The girl’s slender hand was placed on her waist, her index finger and thumb pinching a piece of skin tightly. Although she could barely feel the pain, after spending so much time together, Sato Shinichi knew that this was his girlfriend’s way of expressing her displeasure. So, he consciously stopped what he was saying and turned his head to appease his little ancestor first.
“Teacher Ishiryu said he would arrange extra lessons for me.”
After coldly throwing those words at the dog, Kazumi couldn’t be bothered to deal with the guy whose emotional intelligence and way of handling things were completely thoughtless. She looked at the small bowl slowly moving in mid-air and asked with a hint of curiosity.
“Classmate Shinomiyai, is this a Shikigami?”
“Puchi—”
Shinomiyai Mai on the hospital bed couldn’t help but laugh at the interaction between the young couple. As a girl, she could even understand why Kazumi was concerned. She could only say that Sato Shinichi’s enthusiasm, regardless of the situation, would cause such a situation.
However, she didn’t expect that these two people, who seemed to be completely out of sync, would get along in this way. In a sense, it was exactly as Hanako and the others complained.
Emmmm, a cold dog trainer and a passionate big dog?
“Mhm, mhm, Xiao Guan is Uncle Shoji’s Shikigami.”
Cast aside the strange déjà vu scenarios in her mind, Shinomiyai Mai nodded and answered Kazumi’s question.
Considering that the other party was a civilian who had never seen a Shikigami before, Shinomiyai Mai also extended a hand and dispelled the spiritual energy on the fox used to hide its form, revealing its fluffy fox body.
“Oh, so it’s a spiritual entity?”
The sudden appearance of the white fox made Kazumi’s curiosity even more intense. The Shikigami belonging to the other party’s ability system had indeed caused her a lot of trouble, especially in the last battle. The Tengu that the girl summoned was only one of the talismans in her hand. If Shinomiyai Mai couldn’t control the power of other Shikigami, she might have been the one defeated back then.
Therefore, it was important to take this opportunity to gather some related information, especially about Psychics, a group that posed a certain danger to Kazumi and whose information was relatively scarce. It was also suitable for people like Kazumi who were willing to speak to Shinomiyai Mai.
After all, she couldn’t let her escape like this next time!
“Mhm… If you consider it from your understanding of Shikigami, it’s also considered one? Or rather, a ghost with a physical form.”
She reached out and took the slowly returning fox back into her arms. The characteristic coldness of a spiritual entity wouldn’t make people feel hot in the summer. She explained to Kazumi by her side.
In fact, Shinomiyai Mai’s impression of Kazumi had always been good. Perhaps due to her innate spiritual perception, the girl could see things that others couldn’t from a young age.
And in the eyes of the young girl, besides the elders who were also Psychics, the strong desires that lingered around the adults who often came to her parents for business were also the reason why Shinomiyai Mai lost the desire to interact with others.
Now that she had grown up, the girl no longer cared too much about the “evil” that everyone inevitably produced, because one couldn’t expect a person’s heart to never have dark thoughts, this was human nature itself.
However, judging a person’s inner self using spiritual perception had already become the girl’s habit.
The reason Shinomiyai Mai chose to become friends with Shimizu Kazumi first was not entirely for her own purpose. Surrounded by classmates who were somewhat driven by desire, the girl’s faint, almost imperceptible emotional fluctuations also aroused Shinomiyai Mai’s great curiosity.
After a period of interaction and understanding, Shinomiyai Mai also learned about the background and experiences of her outwardly cold classmate.
Although Kazumi always expressed a cold emotion that kept people at a distance on the surface, in her spiritual perception, except for the overflowing emotions towards the young man beside her, there were no negative emotions towards herself.
This was also the main reason why Shinomiyai Mai was willing to try to get along with Kazumi, even though Kazumi had openly expressed her dislike for her multiple times.
A person’s heart doesn’t lie. If they could understand each other a little more.
Classmate Shimizu should be a very easy person to get along with!
