> battle, and Tachibana was talking to her.“Ja---. I understand, I will take this and this.”
Julie made a faint smile and *Chirin* the bell rang when she nodded.
I then took a big sausage and one diced steak and transferred it to her plate.
The silver girl took a bite of the sausage with her small mouth and *Byuu* the meat juices came spurting out.
“Hnn………it’s hot……..”
“Are you okay? Be careful not to get burnt okay?”
“Ja----, I will be careful. *Lick*………….*chu**Hnkun*……..it is delicious………..”
Julie scooped up the juice on her cheeks with her finger and licked it.
She then *Fuu**fuu* blew the hot sausage again while putting it into her mouth.
Maybe because it was hot, but she was eating the meat stick while her cheeks were blushing.
“Ahmu……….Hnn…………..Tooru’s sausage is hot and delicious……..*Hamu*, *Chuu*………..”
“A-ahh………….”
Even though I was just looking at her eating the sausage, my heart was *doki**doki* pumping hard for some reason.
It somehow feels that I made her do something which should not have been done or how should I say……….
“Hnkuhnn, Tooru’s is so big……….Hamu, Hnn, fuu…….”
It might have been a fierce fight but I took a big one properly. As expected of me.
However, it seems that it might have been a little too big for Julie’s small mouth.
“Tooru, Julie, are you eating?”
[Yup. A whole bunch] [Ja---]
Imari came with a paper plate filled with a mountain of meat, while I was eating and talking to Julie.
“I see. Then that’s good. There is still more so eat until you are full………….wait, that’s a lot of meat.”
“It’s called, do something while the demon is not around.”
Of course, Tachibana was at the end of my sights when I took a peek.
“I don’t get it but, looks like Tooru is a meat lover huh. Fufu, I am too.”
I noticed this when she said it but, there was a huge amount of meat on Imari’s plate.
[My comrade!!] [Comrade!!]
*GaShii* we lifted our shoulders high up and grabbed our hands together.
“What are you two doing…………..”
Tora came over and made a big sigh when he saw us doing that.
“…………..Ah-re, you are Tooru’s friend, if I am right you’re------”
“I was planning to say you have good memory but, I am not his friend.”
Imari made a [Am I wrong] expression for a moment. However, it seems she recalled back the conversation she had during the enrollment ceremony. After she made a smile and introduced herself, Tora introduced himself back.
She then talked with Tora for a while.
Even if the partner was Julie who talks little or Tora who was blunt with almost everyone, Imari would display her sociability and her natural cheerfulness to connect the conversation skillfully.
That short moment even made me think that she had been in the group since last time.
“And, I am out of meat. Time for seconds.”
I left those words to those three and headed to one of the several grills set up which had less people surrounding it.
We could grill our own meat, and it was okay to take the meat that was placed on the iron grill by the staff responsible for the grilling, so to me who was a greedy fellow, I decided to pick both ways.
While cooking my own meat, I extended my hand to the skewered meat grilled by the staff and------
My hands piled on top of another person who was aiming for the same meat.
[Ah, sorry] [N-no, it’s my fault too-----------To-To-Tooru-kun!?]
It was Miyabi.
“Ah………”
Miyabi moved her gaze from my face to her hand which my hand was piling on and-----
““…………….””
It was approximately 3 seconds of silence.
“Pyaa--------------!?”
Miyabi raised both her hands together with a shout.
Naturally, we became the center of attention.
“So-sorry. A bug flew here………..right, Miyabi.”
*Nodnodnodnodnodnodnodnod*
I immediately made an excuse and made Miyabi follow it up. Since the main culprit who shouted said it’s correct, our surroundings returned back to their own conversation immediately.
“So-sorry, for shouting like that…….”
“It’s okay. I"m sorry to scare you too.”
“Uu………..It’s true if you say I got scared though………”
*Shunn* When I saw Miyabi getting disheartened, I thought it couldn’t be helped since she was bad with the opposite s.e.x.
In my own opinion, we should have gotten closer in the 3 months since we have known each other.
It was enough for me to put my chest up proudly and say that I am her closest friend in terms of the male condition.
But even so, since she shouted it would mean that------
(This might be my imagination but, judging by the fact that she is friends with Julie and Tachibana, she might be forcing herself to act as my friend even though she dislikes it!?)
It would be a shock for me if it was true but, I felt that it was not something impossible.
(But during that time on the ship, Miyabi did ask me to lend her my shoulder……….)
I don’t get it anymore.
After I took a peek at Miyabi, she regained her composure and put vegetables and meat on to her own plate with the tongs.
“Hey, Miyabi. There is something I want to ask but…………”
“Errr, what is it…….?”
I pondered on how to ask her and just randomly asked her.
“Do you hate me?”
“Uuuh!?”
Miyabi gasped.
Her hands let go of the tongs and it dropped to the ground making a *Gachan* sound.
“Wha-what……..do you mean……..?”
Miyabi opened her eyes wide and asked back.
“Ah…….I guess it was a little too random huh. Oh well, these kind of topics are best asked straightforwardly so, I just wanted to ask if I"m still within the dislike category without any changes?”
“Ah………So-so that is what you meant……….err, that is not true………Really, really…………”
The feeling of asking something I shouldn"t have felt very strong and I felt a little regret that I had asked her this.
“Al-also…………..”
Miyabi faced her back to me and crouched down before picking up the tongs while continuing her words.
“I Li-li-lili-lii-li-like Tooru-kun………as a friend, as a friend…………”
She said it twice just in case. But even so, my heart pumped for an instant.
“I see. Thanks, I like you too Miyabi.”
“Pyaa!?”
The tongs got blown away-------if I said that, it felt as if the humid night would turn cold in one go.
“What are you doing, Miyabi?”
“The-there really is a bug this time……Ahaha………..”
She picked up the tongs while making a smile at the disaster and after she did that, I went back to Julie together with Miyabi.
“Tooru, so you are here. Mouu, I have been looking for you.”
When I was continuing my meal with the usual faces excluding Tachibana, Lilith who had finished changing her clothes came and joined us. Behind her like usual, Sara was following her (and was glaring at me).
“You sure took your time to change.”
“I took a shower while I was at it.”
After saying that, Lilith flicked her hair with her hands. The soft-looking Yellow Topazblonde hair danced lightly.
Incidentally, a nice smell floated and it tickled my nose.
“Now that I think about it, we did swim in the ocean.”
I completely forgot about it since it was hours ago but, my hair felt a little dried up when I tried touching my hair.
“It feels kind of stiff………….”
Julie touched her own hair like me and leaked out her comments.
“Isn’t it better to take a shower after you finish eating?”
“Ja----, I will do that. Miyabi let’s go together.”
“Ah…….So-sorry. I took one immediately when I got here so…………”
From what I heard, it seems Tora and the others had already taken showers and we were the only ones who had not taken one since we came in late.
“It feels kind of stiff once you get concerned about it.”
“Is it that stiff?”
“Want to try touching, Tooru?”
“Aah, that’s right.”
When I tried touching, it’s true that her Silver BlondeSilver hair was stiff and it felt completely different than the comfortable silky hair during the afternoon.
“Tooru. Why not touch my hair too while you are at it.”
While saying that, Lilith held a tuft of her hair and showed it to me.
“In this case, I think it is meaningless to touch your hair since you took your shower already-----”
“It’s okay just do it. Incidentally, you can take a whiff.”
“I-I get it……..”
Even though I nodded, I wouldn’t smell her hair as expected…………it somehow feels perverted.
“Okay, I am going to touch it okay?”
“Why are you asking for confirmation for my case.”
While making a reply, I touched Lilith’s hair.
…………I decided to act as if I couldn’t see the butler making a demonic face behind Lilith.
“Uwah. It feels really nice.”
“Fufu, Thank you♪”
It seems she had been taking care of it regularly and it"s soft while elastic making it feel nice to touch.
I then understood why she asked me to touch it when I actually touched it and-----
“How nice……….”
Miyabi mumbled.
“What is it. Do you want to touch as well Miyabi?”
“Eh? Errr, th-that’s, ah-no…….!!”
Miyabi panicked when I talked to her. It’s probably because I picked up the mumble which she thought no one could hear.
“Lilith. Looks like Miyabi wants to touch it too. Can she?”
“Miyabi too? Yes, I don’t mind.”
“That’s great, Miyabi.”
“U-un……….”
Miyabi nodded in a complex mood but, her expression changed to surprise when she touched Lilith’s hair.
(She probably thinks it feels nice even though they are both females. Miyabi’s hair is pretty too so, it looks nice to touch too.)
“……………..What were you doing just now, Tooru?”
When I turned around, a girl swinging her ponytail was there.
“We were just asking her to let us touch her hair though?”
“………….I’ll ask this first but, is she your girlfriend?”
“Huh? What’s up with that?”
“Ah, un. Forget it…….”
Imari immediately cut the conversation and what’s more it was her that started the question; she then made a tired sigh.
“Tooru. Can I have a moment?”
When I looked to Lilith when I was called, she gave me a plate with meat on it.
“Can I eat it?”
“You still have some on your own plate. I am telling you to feed me.”
“Why should I……..eat it by yourself.”
“There is no meaning if you don’t feed me.”
“Okay, open wide.”
Julie picked up the meat from the plate and moved it to Lilith’s mouth.
“*Chew**chew*………….Hafuhafuu………..Hnn, not bad………….wait, who asked you to feed me!?”
“…………Both Tooru’s hands are occupied.”
“Isn’t one of his hands holding chopsticks!!”
“…………..Nai, don’t worry about it. So with that said, open wide once more.”
“Hn, Hafuu, Hafuu, *Chew**chew*……….wait, listen to what people have to say!!”
(She is still eating, although she is complaining……….)
Miyabi and Imari burst out laughing at the skit like conversation.
“Okay, then------”
“Ah, Ah-re? Where are you going, Tooru-kun……….?”
Miyabi stopped me when I was about to add more meat since all the meat was gone from my plate.
“It’s not like I am full so, I plan to get a little more.”
“Fufu, you mean meat?”
“Aah. With Tachibana not here now, now is the only chance to eat meat.”
“Fumu. Now is the chance because I am not here huh?”
““………….””
The owner of that dignified voice touched my shoulders and I slowly turned back.
That person-----Tachibana like I predicted was staring at me with a smile.
Tachibana is a beauty and I feel that beauty is enough to entrance me if she smiled.
However at that moment, I could only see the smile of a hannya[3d 2].
“Kokonoe, sit there.”
“Yes……….”
After dinner, Julie and I each took a shower before heading to the cafeteria together.
When we reached there, we received a carry bag from the staff before heading out again.
The hall was completely different from almost an hour ago and there were tents placed here and there.
It had been established that we would be camping during the time we were at the seaside school------of course, together with our >.Thanks to that, I was warned by Tachibana and Imari to not do anything strange to Julie.
I don’t want to infringe on Julie’s feeling of thinking as me as her father so, I got their trusts in the meantime.
---Because of that, I had to ignore the various jeers coming from the other guys.
“Tooru, should this area be good enough?”
“Ahh, Let’s do that.”
We decided to set up the tent at the corner of the hall and after taking the tent out from the bag, we quickly set it up before Julie entered first and I followed her after that.
The tent we were going to stay in for one week was about the size of a double bed wide, and since there was an inner mat spread out under the tent, we could not feel the hardness of the ground. And since there was a mesh window on the ceiling and sides of the tent to prevent acc.u.mulating heat, it looked like the ventilation in here was good. And because there was a cover called a flysheet covering our exterior acting as a double wall for us, our privacy was guaranteed.
When I entered the tent, Julie was performing a Seiza inside.
My eyes met with her Ruby eyesred eyes and thought this for some reason.
“………….Hey, Julie. Is it my imagination that you look happy?”
*Chirin**Chirin* the bell rang when the silver girl swung her head to the left and right.
My predictions were correct when I saw that posture.
Although there was a lack of change in expressions, it"s actually popping out in the atmosphere.
---It might be because the time we have spent together has been long enough that I can understand these things.
However, I still asked her since I am still not at that level where I can perceive what she was happy about.
“Actually, I lied to Imari just now. She asked me how I feel about sleeping with Tooru and I replied to her that I did not mind but-------”
(She said both of them talked about that but, when did that conversation take place?)
However it seems the answer she replied to Imari was a lie and I continued waiting on how that was connected to Julie’s good mood.
“I was really interested in it. I feel very happy when I think about being able to sleep together without caring about the promise for one week.”
“I-I see………..errrr……good for you?”
“Ja---♪”
Although her expression did not change like usual, I felt that the atmosphere around her got *Baaa* one layer livelier.
(…………..I thought about this before but, Julie really does look like some kind of small animal.)
If Julie had a tail, there was no mistake that it would probably be waggling left and right, right now.
And at the same time, I thought it would be very easy for me if she really was a small animal.
When I sleep with Julie, she would cling to me resulting in a soft sensation, a sweet smell, she would also breathe near my neck and I would get nervous on not touching any weird spots so, it was quite a tiring event.
“By the way Tooru. There is something I need to tell you before we sleep. Thank you for today. I will now be careful so I won’t repeat the same mistake.”
She took a deep bow.
“So with that said, I have something I want to request Tooru, although it is embarra.s.sing.”
“Okay. What is it?”
It is most likely a request to teach her how to swim or-------just when I thought that, she handed me something.
“I want Tooru to hold this.”
It was a round cloth ball.
“What is this?”
When I spread open it-----it was a piece of underwear.
“…………….”
“Tooru, spreading it is a little……….”
(I see I see.)
It’s true that this request is embarra.s.sing.
However, she would probably be relaxed if I were to hold onto this, as there would be a change for her if her underwear flies away like today.
But------
“…………..Sorry, give me a break.”
Since my life would end if things go bad, I gave a clear refusal to her.
Just like that, I had a tiring conversation for a finale and the first day of the seaside school reached its end.
Part 2“Our preparations here are done.”
A veteran soldier-like man with several scars on his face reported to the Caucasian teenager.
“Understood. Please start your mission as scheduled…………..please refrain from doing any actions other than the one given to you until the time comes, in order to avoid having that side read our intentions.”
“I understand, sir.”
The man that received his orders turned on his heels and exited the room.
He distorted his mouth while making a vulgar smile.
(Ahh, I will be a good boy and perform the mission……….but it will be different when things start.)
In his mind, the face of the boy who made him drink boiling water 2 months ago appeared in his mind.
The storm of resentment and anger raged inside the man’s heart.
“d.a.m.n brat…..I will definitely beat the s.h.i.t out of you this time…..!!”