Chapter 175

“Thank you all for your hard work. Next is lunchtime. The elementary school students will eat the food they brought themselves. We can rest at the hotel during this time.” After the orienteering activity ended, the last group of students returned to the group, and the students from Zongwu High School also returned to the assembly area.

“How are you all feeling? Are you tired?” After I finished speaking, I dismissed everyone and stayed with the three beautiful girls from the Human Heart Research Club.

My question earned me eye rolls from the three beautiful girls. After walking for nearly two and a half hours along the forest path, all three girls showed signs of fatigue, especially Yukino Yukinoshita. If it weren’t for my semen strengthening her physique, she, as a literature girl, probably wouldn’t have been able to hold on much longer.

“Don’t you get tired of looking at us?” Yukino Yukinoshita wiped away the fragrant sweat dripping down her smooth cheeks with a tissue.

“Do you need me to help you up? Don’t worry, I’m very professional in this area, and I won’t touch any parts that I shouldn’t touch.” I handed a new tissue to Yukino, who took it with her slender fingers. It’s a pity that Tsurumi Rumi isn’t here right now, otherwise she would know that I wasn’t lying.

“No need.” Although there weren’t many people around, Yukino Yukinoshita, who wasn’t used to being affectionate with me in front of Iroha Isshiki and Yui Yuigahama, shook her head.

I turned my gaze to Iroha Isshiki and Yui Yuigahama. The two girls shook their heads. Even Yukino Yukinoshita, who is currently my closest friend among the three, was too embarrassed to do that. The two girls would be even more embarrassed unless they were extremely tired.

“Alright, when we get back to the hotel, I’ll give each of you a bottle of special energy drink to make sure you get plenty of supplies.” I came empty-handed, and Iroha and Yui were puzzled as to when I brought anything with me, while Yukino, who has a close relationship with me, was unsurprised.

Since the hotel was not far from the meeting place, only a few minutes away, I quickly entered the hotel with Yukino and the others. The hotel was not big, but it was not a scenic spot, so there were enough empty rooms, and adding me was not a problem at all.

When they put down their luggage, Yukino and the others had already assigned rooms, two people to a room. Because Yui Yuigahama and Yumiko Miura knew each other, while Iroha Isshiki didn’t know the other girls at all, Yukino and Iroha took one room, and Yui and Yumiko took another room.

I was originally sharing a room with one of the three boys from Soubu High School. Since I wasn’t sharing a room with a girl, I promptly paid for a room to myself, and I’m sure that boy was happy to have a room to himself.

Originally, all of our rooms were on the first floor, but because I booked a room by myself and the rooms on the first floor were full, I could only choose a room on the second floor. After sending Yukino and the others back to their rooms, I went back to the second floor to prepare the special energy drinks.

I’m quite adept at making special energy drinks. I made quite a few back in the Is world. I made six bottles in a minute or two. First, I delivered them to Isshiki and Yukino, whose rooms were the second one on the first floor. Yui and Yumiko were next to them. Then I delivered them to Ebina Hina and another girl’s room.

After delivering energy drinks to Isshiki and Yukino in order, I went to Yui and Yumiko’s room, rang the doorbell, and soon heard the clattering of slippers.

“Who is it?” A melodious voice came from the room; it sounded like Yui Yuigahama.

“It’s me, Ken, I’ve brought you drinks.” Judging from the voice, Yui Yuigahama must have come running over, and I couldn’t help but picture two big dumplings bobbing up and down in my mind.

Upon hearing that it was me, Yui Yuigahama immediately opened the door. The first thing that caught my eye was two plump little balls under her light green clothes. Just by looking at those two big little balls, even without hearing a sound at first, I knew who it was.

“You could have just called us to come up and get it. It’s really too much trouble for you to bring it down yourself,” Yui Yuigahama said somewhat apologetically as she closed the door and followed behind me.

“It’s alright, you girls are all tired, so I won’t make you walk any further.” Yui Yuigahama walked beside me. Because the corridor of the house was relatively small, just enough for two people to walk through, the girls inevitably stood quite close together. I could smell the alluring fragrance of the girls’ body scent mixed with the scent of their sweat.

“Ken is so nice to you.” Yui Yuigahama thought I was pretty good except for being a bit of a flirt. She thought it would be even better if I could be more devoted to Yuki.

“Yui.” I suddenly stopped and turned to face the pink-haired girl.

“Huh?” Yui Yuigahama was taken aback by my sudden action. Had she said something wrong? Probably not.

“Are you implying something by constantly giving me friend cards?” The corridor was wider after we faced each other, but because I was getting closer to the pink-haired girl, the distance between us actually became closer.

At that moment, my chest almost touched Yui Yuigahama’s two large breasts. The girl’s body fragrance became even more distinct, and I looked directly into her peach-pink eyes.

“What nonsense are you talking about, Ken? Nothing like that!” Yui Yuigahama, a young girl who had never been in a relationship, couldn’t stand looking into my eyes. After a while, her pretty face turned slightly red from my gaze, and she turned her head away.

“Really? What a pity. I thought you were implying that I wanted to confess to you, Yui.” I took a step back and said with a sigh.

“Ken-shin, how could you possibly think of confessing… confessing somewhere like that?” Yui Yuigahama gave me a playful glare. She was genuinely startled by me just now, and her heart was still pounding rapidly.

“Isn’t it because you always give me the ‘friend card,’ Yui? Don’t you always give me the ‘friend card’ when I confess my feelings? So I thought you were hinting that I should confess to you.” Actually, I just wanted to tease the pink-haired girl, but I couldn’t say that directly, otherwise Yui Yuigahama might get angry.

“What? What kind of thinking is that? Who makes that connection?” Finally, feeling teased, Yui Yuigahama reached out her little fist and gently punched my shoulder.

“What’s wrong, Yui? Did this guy bully you?” When Yui Yuigahama and I walked into the center of the room, which was the living room (bedroom), Yumiko Miura, who was taking out her things from the bedside, looked up and stared at me with unfriendly eyes.

“No way, Yumiko, you can’t wrong an innocent person, right, Yui?” I didn’t even touch Yui Yuigahama just now; at most, I just teased the pink-haired girl verbally.

“Ah…yes.” Yui Yuigahama was too embarrassed to talk about what had just happened, so the pink-haired girl could only go along with my explanation.

“Really? But why is your face so red, Yui?” It wasn’t that Miura Yumiko didn’t believe Yui Yuigahama, but rather that she knew my character.

“My blush is just from walking along the forest path for so long and feeling a bit stuffy in the room,” Yui Yuigahama said, fanning herself with her small hand, as if it were really because of the stuffy room.

“Really?” Miura Yumiko looked suspiciously at Yuigahama Yui’s slightly flushed face, trying to glean something from the pink-haired girl’s expression.

“Really? It’s so stuffy. I need to turn on the air conditioner.” Yui Yuigahama turned around as naturally as possible to get the air conditioner remote from the TV cabinet, avoiding Yumiko’s gaze.

Yui Yuigahama’s behavior was clearly a bit off, but Miura Yumiko didn’t pry. She just glared at me with her bright green eyes and then continued with her work, taking out the cosmetics from her backpack one by one.

“Ahem, Yumiko, this is for you.” I wanted to let Yui Yuigahama calm down first, so I went to Yumiko Miura’s side.

The blonde girl also had a slight scent of sweat on her body. As a member of the tennis club, she was probably in the best condition among the girls, but it would be impossible to say that she wasn’t tired at all.

“What is this?” Miura Yumiko stopped what she was doing, raised her eyebrows and glanced at the special energy drink in the simple glass bottle in my hand.

“Your sister, Yumiko, must have had some of my special energy drinks, right?” After learning that Yumiko was a member of the tennis club, I would occasionally prepare some special energy drinks for her sister-in-law, Yumiko herself, and also for her sister-in-law.

“Um, you didn’t put anything in it, did you?” At first, my sister said it was an energy drink she bought. After drinking it, she found it very effective, so she asked my sister where she bought it. My sister readily told her the truth. After learning the truth, she weighed her options carefully and decided to continue drinking it as long as my sister brought it, because the effect was just too good. However, in order not to owe me anything, after that, Yumiko would make some simple snacks for her sister and give them to me as a return gift every time.

“What nonsense are you talking about?” Since the recipe is already like this, it doesn’t count as adding anything, so I confidently flicked Yumiko’s forehead.

“Um… I’m just worried about Yui’s safety. Two girls and a grown man like you in one room…” Miura Yumiko covered her forehead, and under my increasingly sharp gaze, Yumiko’s voice gradually faded.

“Hmm?” Finally, under my vague threat, Yumiko closed her cherry lips tightly, because my gaze fell on her shapely buttocks covered by her black dress.

“I misspoke, don’t do anything rash.” Miura Yumiko apologized to me in a low voice. This time, her words were a bit too much. Then, the blonde girl glanced at Yuigahama Yui, indicating that with Yui around, she shouldn’t do anything rash.

“Well, this…” It’s a pity that Yumiko was able to admit her mistake in time, otherwise she could have tasted the blonde girl’s perky buttocks.

“I’ll accept it. I’ll have my sister bring you a return gift next time.” Miura Yumiko snatched the energy drink I was holding in front of her, unscrewed the cap, and took a sip. Just a moment ago she was doubting that I would do something strange, but now she drank it without hesitation. Girls’ thoughts are truly unpredictable.

“Actually, you could have handed it to me yourself, so you wouldn’t have to bother Yurei.” Yurei Miura is the name of Yumiko Miura’s older sister. By having Yumiko hand it to me, he naturally wanted to see Yumiko’s seemingly unwilling but helpless “tsundere” appearance.

“Yes, yes, Yumiko, let’s return the favor with you next time.” Yui Yuigahama, who had mostly calmed down, came over and said to Yumiko with a smile.

“Huh?” Miura Yumiko quickly swallowed the drink in her mouth; she was so surprised by Yuigahama Yui’s sudden words that she almost spat it out.

“I’ve always received a lot of care from Ken, so I wanted to give him something in return.” As a member of the Human Psychology Research Club and a beautiful girl herself, it’s normal for Yui Yuigahama to receive my care. For example, when I bring small gifts to the Human Psychology Research Club, she always gets one, and this event is another example.

“Hey, Yui is such a good girl, here, this is for you.” Good wingman, I handed another energy drink to Yui Yuigahama. With Yui as a friend, Yumiko will most likely agree.

“Thank you. What do you think of my suggestion, Yumiko?” Yui Yuigahama took the energy drink. Originally, there was nothing wrong with what I said, but the “friend zone incident” that had just happened made the girl feel a little strange. In order to dispel this feeling, she turned the topic back to Yumiko.

“I’m a little worried about leaving Yui alone with this guy. Okay, I’ll return the gift with you later.” After thinking for a moment, Miura Yumiko reluctantly agreed.

“Okay, so what should I make?” Actually, if she were alone, she would most likely give it to me when I went to the activity room of the Human Psychology Research Club, but Yui Yuigahama wouldn’t say that now. Then, the girl’s thoughtful gaze fell on me. It’s best for the person in question to answer the question of giving me a return gift.

“Just make what you’re best at. I’ll take whatever you’re good at, like bento boxes or snacks.” Since they have home economics classes, the girls generally have some skills. As for whether they’re good or bad, we’ll only know after trying. Yumiko’s skills are pretty good, and judging from Yui’s expression, they shouldn’t be bad either.

Moreover, the gift I received was from two beautiful young women. I couldn’t possibly refuse that alone. Besides, I could even eat “Sanae Bread,” so how could something made by Yui be more unpalatable?

“Then I’ll discuss it with Yumiko.” Yui Yuigahama twisted open the cap of the energy drink, clinked glasses with Yumiko with a smile, then put her arm around Yumiko’s arm and gulped down two mouthfuls of the energy drink.

The two girls’ fair arms were intertwined, reflecting each other’s beauty. What really caught my eye was when Yui accidentally bumped into Yumiko. The slight squeezing and deformation of her full breasts against Yumiko’s small breasts did not diminish the visual impact even with the clothes in between.

“OK, just give me a call when you and Yumiko are ready. I’m leaving now, so as not to disturb your rest.” I tried my best to look away from the beautiful girl’s breasts, only glancing at them out of the corner of my eye.

“No, it’s nothing. The energy drink you brought is delicious. Let me take you there.” Taking a sip of the energy drink felt like being in a hot spring, and all my fatigue vanished. Yui Yuigahama let go of Yumiko’s arm and offered to walk me to the door, even though it was only a few steps, it was just politeness.

“Yui, you haven’t finished getting your things ready yet, let me do it.” Miura Yumiko was worried about me being alone with Yui Yuigahama again. She didn’t really believe that nothing happened when Yui opened the door for me to come in.

Yui Yuigahama had no objection to Yumiko Miura’s suggestion. She looked thoughtfully at Yumiko and my backs, feeling that there was more to the relationship between Yumiko and me than met the eye. This thought flashed through Yui Yuigahama’s mind, but she quickly put it out of her mind after taking a sip of her drink. Why think so much? Yumiko and I are good friends, and as a friend of both of them, she should be happy.

“I’m warning you, don’t lay a hand on Yui.” As soon as we reached the hallway, Miura Yumiko whispered to me.

I looked down at Yumiko. Her golden hair, whether combed or not, was perfectly neat, without a trace of the messiness from walking for nearly three hours along the forest path. From my angle, I could clearly see a small portion of Yumiko’s smooth, jade-like shoulders and delicate collarbones.

“And what about you, Yumiko?” I didn’t answer Yumiko’s question, but instead turned my attention to the blonde girl.

“I’m your sister-in-law! What are you saying!?” Since it wasn’t the first time she’d heard me say that, Miura Yumiko’s tone was even colder, and her voice wasn’t much louder either. I don’t know if the girl was used to it or if she had guessed that I would say that.

“What if we put aside the fact that you are Yumiko’s sister-in-law?” For me, sisters would only be more exciting. Sister donburi is a common occurrence, but it’s different for the average woman.

“How boring. Do you want to abandon my sister? If anyone should be abandoned, it’s my sister who will abandon you.” Miura Yumiko curled her lips and did not answer my question.

“How could that be? I’ve always believed that having both sisters is the best way. We’re here. See you later, Yumiko.” I finished speaking quickly, and before Yumiko could react, I opened the door, slipped out, and closed it behind me.

“…” Miura Yumiko took a deep breath, telling herself to calm down. After glaring fiercely at the doorway, as if her glare could penetrate the door and reach me outside, she turned and went back inside.

“Yuuko, this works really well! I wonder how Jian made it.” Before long, Yui Yuigahama had already drunk half of the energy drink I gave her.

“Hmph, that’s all he’s capable of.” Even though Miura Yumiko was still a little angry, it was undeniable that the energy drink I made had an immediate effect.

“Yumiko, you seem a little angry. Did something just happen?” Before long, the positions of the two sides were reversed, and Yui looked at her friend with her pink eyes.

“It’s nothing, that guy just said some nonsense.” Yumiko couldn’t possibly repeat what I said to Yui, so she could only give a vague answer.

“Ah… I can understand that.” Yui Yuigahama nodded in agreement, recalling her recent experience.

Having not deliberately eavesdropped, I naturally had no idea that the two beautiful girls had reached a consensus on a certain aspect of me in the room, and were now handing the last two bottles of energy drinks to Hina Ebina and another female student from Soubu High School.

Because I wasn’t as familiar with Ebina and the others as I was with Yukino and the others, I didn’t go into their rooms. I just handed them the energy drinks from outside the door. The energy drinks weren’t that powerful, only about a third of the effect, but that was enough.

After completing the delivery service, I returned to my room. I was thinking of getting intimate with Yukino, but Ishiki was in the same room as Yukino. So I decided to target the only girl I was interested in who was alone and deliver something to her.

In a corner of the lawn near the bushes, a little girl with black hair sat on a picnic blanket, chewing on her small bento box. Unlike the groups of two or three people in the middle of the lawn, the little girl was all alone.

“Rumi, do you mind having one more person?” Just then, I appeared in front of the black-haired little girl, Rumi Tsurumi, holding a bottle of energy drink. The black-haired little girl looked up and cautiously sat down to the side.

As if I hadn’t noticed Rumi Tsurumi’s wary expression, I sat down next to her without hesitation. At that moment, my gaze naturally fell on Rumi Tsurumi’s legs, which were pressed together.

The little girl’s slender legs, slightly bent and straight, were visible beneath her shorts. Her skin was smooth as jade, and her round little knees were cute and delicate. Her fair legs shimmered in the sunlight, and the tops of her boat socks and her exquisite ankles were visible through her canvas shoes.

“Don’t be so wary, Rumi. Aren’t we friends now?” Seeing me sit down, Rumi Tsurumi promptly moved a few steps to the side.

“How dare you say that, old man? Who was the one who hugged me, rubbed my face against me, and forced me to take a picture with him?” Tsurumi Rumi gave me a disdainful look, as if to say, “You really are a lolicon.”

“I was so excited when Rumi agreed to take a picture with me, so as an apology, I brought you this.” I said to Rumi, shaking the energy drink in my hand.

“I don’t see a single sign of regret on your face.” My grin showed no hint of apology whatsoever, and Tsurumi Rumi turned her gaze, somewhat speechless, to the glass bottle of energy drink.

“What is this?” Underneath the glass bottle was a clear white liquid, lighter in color than milk, and it had a translucent quality in the sunlight, making it look like no ordinary beverage.

“This is my specially made energy drink, which can restore physical strength and eliminate fatigue very quickly.” Although I took photos and stopped frequently while patrolling with Tsurumi Rumi, and even deliberately reduced the patrol route, Tsurumi Rumi still walked a lot more distance than the average student.

“Really?” An energy drink, or is it homemade? This made Tsurumi Rumi suspicious. It would be more believable if it was bought, and the effects were even more exaggerated than the TV commercials.

“Really, Rumi, you’ll see once you try it. If I’m lying, I don’t care what you do to me.” Even someone as strong as Master Sister can recover some strength after drinking my special energy drink, let alone Rumi.

“Then you can kneel down and say to me, ‘I was wrong, I’m a lolicon, please forgive me, Lord Tsurumi.'” Tsurumi Rumi tilted her head and tapped her delicate cherry lips with her chopsticks.

“Okay.” Upon hearing my answer, Tsurumi Rumi’s mouth opened slightly. She didn’t expect me to actually agree. She was just teasing me and thought I probably wouldn’t agree, since I had exaggerated the effect I described.

“But Rumi, you have to promise me one thing: share some of your lunch with me.” The bento box on Rumi’s lap was laden with a sumptuous meal: tempura, baby octopus, fish cakes, cauliflower, sushi rolls, and more—clearly, it had been carefully prepared.

However, the amount of food prepared was a bit too much for a little girl or even a normal adult. Perhaps it was because she was planning to eat with her friends. It is likely that Rumi Tsurumi’s mother did not know that her daughter had no friends at school.

“Okay.” Tsurumi glanced at the bento box that had only been partially eaten over ten minutes, nodded in agreement, and decided not to waste food. She hoped that her efforts would actually be effective later.

“Here you go.” I twisted open the glass bottle and handed the energy drink to Tsurumi Rumi. The little girl put her chopsticks on the lunchbox, took the glass bottle, and took a sip. She only doubted the somewhat mysterious effects I mentioned, and did not suspect that I would harm her.

“How was it?” Tsurumi Rumi’s performance made me smile with satisfaction. She’s another stubborn but soft-hearted little girl.

“Yes, it really works. I lost.” This wasn’t Tsurumi Rumi lying on purpose; it was genuinely true that after taking a bite, a warm sensation quickly spread throughout her small body, as if the fatigue from walking had been instantly swept away, and the slight soreness in her legs had disappeared.

Tsurumi Rumi took another sip in disbelief, then moved her small feet encased in boat socks. She tried to curl her delicate toes up, and the pressure on her round toes caused the pads of her toes to flatten slightly. Sure enough, the sour feeling from before was gone.

“So, I can share this delicious bento with you, Rumi?” I said, moving closer to Rumi until my arm was just a hair’s breadth away from her slender arm.

“If you want it, I can’t finish it anyway.” Tsurumi Rumi picked up her chopsticks and moved the lunchbox on her lap slightly toward me.

“Then I won’t stand on ceremony, but I didn’t bring any chopsticks or forks. Rumi, look…” My gaze fell on the chopsticks that Rumi was holding in her little hand. Just as I was about to give her a hint, Rumi reached out to her side.

“Here you go.” Rumi Tsurumi handed me a pair of chopsticks. It turned out that her mother had prepared several extra pairs of chopsticks on the picnic blanket next to her, and now it was just in time for me to use them.

“Oh, what a pity, but I still want to thank Rumi.” I took the chopsticks from Rumi Tsurumi, my regret evident on my face.

“What’s wrong?” Tsurumi Rumi went to get her chopsticks as soon as she heard the first part of my sentence, and didn’t notice my gaze. Otherwise, she, being precocious, would probably have guessed what I was thinking.

“If there weren’t an extra pair of chopsticks, you might have fed me, Rumi.” I told Rumi Tsurumi my thoughts directly.

“Uncle, you’re overthinking it. If there are no chopsticks, I’ll put the food in your hand so you can eat it with your hands.” Tsurumi Rumi gave me a disdainful look and used her chopsticks to make a gesture of putting food in my hand, indicating that this is how it is when there are no chopsticks.

“This seems better than eating with chopsticks myself.” My gaze fell on the tips of Tsurumi Rumi’s chopsticks again, and this time Tsurumi Rumi did not miss my gaze.

“If you don’t want to eat, then forget it.” Tsurumi Rumi, understanding what I meant, thought about her own suggestion, and her face turned slightly red, whether from anger or embarrassment. Using her own chopsticks to pick up food for me, wasn’t that just an indirect kiss? I never expected that was my idea.

“Eat, of course I’ll eat. Such a carefully prepared bento box shouldn’t be wasted, right, Rumi?” Before Rumi Tsurumi moved the bento box away, I quickly picked up a sushi roll and put it in my mouth.

“tasty.”

“Hmph.” Tsurumi Rumi gave a soft snort, which was taken as tacit approval of my behavior.

Nearly twenty minutes passed while we ate and chatted, and finally all the food in the bento box was finished. I ate most of it myself. Given Tsurumi Rumi’s small appetite, she had stopped eating ten minutes earlier, and then I started to devour the remaining food in a whirlwind.

“That was great, thank you for your hospitality, Rumi.” I patted my stomach contentedly, expressing my gratitude to Rumi for having lunch with me.

“You’re welcome. This is my way of losing to you, and I’m really happy that I finished the bento that Mom prepared so carefully.” Tsurumi Rumi wiped her mouth with a tissue when she said the last part, and her voice also lowered, as if she was a little embarrassed.

“Indeed, given our relationship, there’s no need to be too polite. Here, let me help Rumi wash the lunchbox.” I saw Rumi Tsurumi packing up the lunchbox; she was probably going to wash it in the shed next to the hotel, where they wash things and cut ingredients, making it convenient for camping groups to cook.

Just as Tsurumi Rumi was about to say that she could do it herself, I had already taken the lunchbox and chopsticks and left. She could only keep her slightly parted cherry lips and look at my back with complicated eyes. She took a sip of energy drink, squinted her eyes, and carefully screwed the cap on the glass bottle.

After washing Tsurumi Rumi’s lunchbox, I returned everything to the little girl and received her thanks again. Then I went back to my hotel room. Next, I had a nearly one-hour lunch break, after which the elementary school students started setting up their tents.

When setting up the tent, my group from Zongwu High School and I were responsible for lending a hand, because setting up the tent was a bit difficult for elementary school students.

First, choose a relatively flat location. If there are stones, branches, or twigs on the ground, be sure to clear them away. Then, set up the tent poles. The tents provided by the hotel are double-pole tents, so it is best to set up both poles at the same time.

After setting up the tent poles, it’s time to put in the tent pegs. Put them in diagonally so that the tent will be relatively flat after being pitched. When putting in the tent pegs, tilt them at a certain angle so that they can be easily stressed.

After securing the tent pegs, tie all the connecting ropes between the inner and outer tents, and secure the guy lines. Finally, pack up the tent straps, pole bags, and other tools.

These steps are not only difficult for elementary school students, but even for high school students who are new to tents, they may not be able to handle them well. So we need to help students who encounter difficulties during the camping process. The girls take care of the little girls and the boys take care of the little boys. Since the elementary school students are the main force overall, it took more than an hour to set up the tents.

After all the students’ tents were set up, Koda Mimi gathered the elementary school students again. This time, Yukino and the others did not go on stage again, but sat with me on the grass on the side of the little girls. The girls’ fair and tender legs were so dazzling. As for the boys, I let them sit on the other side of the little boys.

Koda Mimi’s speech mainly summarized the orienteering activity and the camping activity that morning. Then she explained the precautions for the next activity. Knowing that the students were eager to learn, Koda Mimi focused on the key points and only spent 20 minutes before announcing the start of the self-cooking activity.