I, Kousaka Kyousuke, the Knight of the Helping Table

"Sure, where can you and Yumiko eat?"

Kyosuke didn't pay attention at first, he thought it was just a normal lunch invitation. Since she offered lunch, then eating with her wouldn't be a problem at all.

"Well... there are only two of us..."

"Forehead……"

At that moment, Kyousuke flinched.

[Madam, your thoughts are very dangerous...]

"I feel like Yumiko and the others..."

Bah!

Kyousuke's shoulders were held down.

"Um...I want to have lunch alone with Kyousuke!"

The originally shy Rie disappeared, replaced by a gloomy face and a slightly threatening tone.

"But if it's just the two of us..."

"But I really want to have lunch with Kyousuke alone—"

[Too close! The face is really too close! ]

"But it's the school festival now, where can you find a quiet place with just the two of you?"

Kyosuke wiped the cold sweat from his head and moved his butt back calmly.

"This matter is very simple. People have thought of it a long time ago."

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The rooftop is a very magical place.

In fact, this location has always been very famous, especially in various youth campus works.

Since a long time ago, the rooftop, as a relatively hidden space in a school, has been used by many creators as a place for male and female protagonists to interact and increase their affection.

After all, a school is a public place. If the story takes place in a school, there are not many places where the hero and heroine can be alone together. In general, there are only toilets, empty classrooms, rooftops, and playgrounds after school.

Of course, some works that are set in deserted schools at night are excluded.

It’s just that the restroom is usually reserved for horror stories, and the playground is only mentioned a few times because it is too empty. As for the empty classrooms, it’s basically in the evening.

So if you want to find a private place during the day, the only thing people usually think of is the rooftop.

Especially after Makoto’s battle here, the school rooftop became famous in another way. In fact, there are many works that use the school rooftop as a battle stage, but why do people only remember Makoto?

[Maybe it’s because that work was already famous…]

Kyosuke was holding onto the iron net while looking at the playground under the teaching building and thinking about this.

However, the reality is very different from the story. The biggest difference is that the rooftops in most schools are locked.

The reason why the school does this is of course because it is safer. After all, it would not be fun if students fought too much on the rooftop and fell from the teaching building.

If it wasn't an accident, it would be even more terrifying. After all, Japan's suicide rate has been high, and there are always many people who play Leap of Faith every year, and a large proportion of them are mentally underdeveloped teenagers.

Therefore, the windows of all high-rise buildings in Japan are sealed tightly, so there is no need to think about wind blowing in high-rise buildings.

And even if the school didn't block the rooftop, it's actually not a good place.

First of all, it is too easy to take it for granted that you can be alone together. How can others not think of the places you can think of? The so-called private space is only for two people. If there are two or three more people, the whole atmosphere will be completely destroyed.

It's not a group party, how can we express intimacy when there are other people around?

Putting aside these side details, the rooftop is not actually a good place for a private date. It is cold in winter and hot in summer. The biting cold wind in winter will make you not want to move, and the direct sunlight in summer will make you lose interest.

And because of the altitude advantage, the wind on the rooftop basically never stops. Blowing into the eyes is just a piece of cake, but eating lunch on the rooftop is a disaster, and sand and other things blowing directly into the lunch box is basically unavoidable.

"So, why did you choose here when there are so many other places to go? And how did you get in? I thought this place was locked."

Kyosuke turned around helplessly and looked at the smiling Rie.

“This is their trade secret~”

"What a mess..." Kyosuke sighed, "Okay, if you want to eat your bento in peace, you'd better go to the corridor. It's too windy here and the dust will blow onto the food."

"Don't worry, don't worry."

Rie comforted Kyosuke and told him not to worry, "I checked the weather forecast. There won't be any wind today."

[But it's too quiet...]

Kyosuke found that the rooftop was really quiet, without any wind. Even when he stretched out his hand and stood in the open space to feel it, he still felt nothing. This was obviously a bit abnormal, because if the air was circulating, there should be a slight breeze at this height even on a sunny day. However, in reality, there was really no wind at all, and the silence was a bit scary.

"See, I told you. It's okay, now let's eat our lunchboxes."

As Rie said this, she took out her own bento, but she didn't open it. Instead, she stared at the bento wrapped in blue cloth in Kyosuke's hand.

"Hey, Kyousuke. Do you want me to feed you?"

"What kind of rice?"

Kyosuke turned around in surprise and saw Rie's red cheeks.

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"yawn."

Merlin, who was sitting on the stairs outside the rooftop, yawned out of boredom. "So, why doesn't the big sister do this kind of small thing herself? Obviously, she can do it herself... Oops, it needs to be reinforced again."

Merlin muttered as he took the wooden stick he used to hide his sword and knocked it twice on the ground. The golden ether particles that absorbed magic power scattered and formed an invisible protective shield in the air.

"Protect the rooftop to prevent anyone from approaching, block air circulation, and create an extremely quiet environment. Wait...Ah! Ah!"

Merlin threw away the note in his hand. He rubbed his hair angrily and became very depressed. "I really envy that guy Agguiwen who doesn't have to do this kind of thing. Why does the big sister bully me? It's not fair! I'm going to tell Lily about it! Even if I can't tell about the big sister, I'm going to at least sue Agguiwen!"

Merlin then seemed to have thought of something and took out his cell phone to make a call, but he stopped after pressing only one button. He just remembered that he had driven Lily and Lancelot to a place with no signal because he didn't want to bother. Although it didn't mean that he couldn't contact them, if he used his special means to contact them, it would undoubtedly expose the fact that he was the one who did it.

"Is this...considering that I've screwed myself?"

Merlin just sat there staring at his phone for a long time without saying anything.

PS: Facing the endless project reports, Mi-chan always feels like there is some conspiracy! (ΩДΩ)

Chapter 89 Lily: Someone is always thinking about me. It turns out that being too popular is not a good thing.

"Come on, Kyousuke. Ah..."

Rie picked up a piece of fried chicken and put it to Kyosuke's mouth.

"Well……"

Kyosuke looked at the golden fried chicken nuggets that Rie brought to his mouth, hesitated for a moment, and then ate them.

The chicken nuggets were fried just right, neither too overcooked nor undercooked. In addition, the excess oil was absorbed with oil-absorbing paper when it was just out of the pan, so it didn't feel greasy when eaten. The chicken and spices were perfectly blended, and even though it was cold now, it still made Kyousuke feel very satisfied when he ate it.

"Hmm... delicious."

Kyosuke is always generous in praising delicious food.

"Oh, thank you for the compliment." Kyosuke's praise made Rie very happy. She picked up another small ball of rice mixed with sesame seeds, "Then continue, ah——"

"Um--"

[It turns out that it’s not groundless to say that all men are pigs…]

Kyosuke chewed the rice in his mouth slowly with a sense of guilt in his heart. He didn't know why, but when he ate the lunch box that Rie fed him, he couldn't help but feel a strange sense of guilt in his heart.

[I'm just eating my lunch, but why am I feeling so depressed...]

However, before Kyosuke could come up with an answer, Rie quickly brought the food to Kyosuke's mouth with her chopsticks.

"Come on, Kyousuke. Ah——"

“Uh…Ah—”

[Forget it, let’s think about this after dinner... As expected, things that are too complicated are not suitable for me...]

Thinking of this, Kyosuke began to slowly taste the lunch box that Rie made for him with the courage to be beaten to death by Fumino and Tama later.

The bento made by Rie is very unique. Different from the extremely luxurious bento prepared by Tama or Fumino, Rie's bento is relatively simple and suitable for eating at work or school.

Compared to Tama's preference for piling up her bento with lots of exquisite food, or Fumino's use of premium ingredients (such as tuna or premium wagyu) to make civilian-level dishes, Rie uses the most common ingredients and makes very ordinary home-cooked dishes - fried chicken, omelette, boiled broccoli, cherry tomatoes and white rice sprinkled with sesame seeds. But this doesn't mean that Rie doesn't put in enough effort. On the contrary, although the dishes are simple, Rie makes them very delicately. It can be seen that each dish has been prepared for a long time before it is presented in front of you. Whether it is fried chicken or omelette, they are all very delicious. Even the boiled broccoli, Rie marinates it slightly with seasoning to make the broccoli taste a little bit better instead of being so bland that it is completely unappetizing.

It's not that Tama or Fumino didn't cook well, it's just that the bentos they made were a little too fancy. In Kyousuke's opinion, it was more like putting the best dishes into the bento box than a bento. And what Rie made was what Kyousuke thought was the best dish.

"Kyosuke, how do you feel?"

"That's really great, Sister Rie."

[I am, after all, a big pig’s hoof…] — Kyosuke said.

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At the same time, on a bench in the courtyard of Sobu High School.

"Um……"

Mashu picked up a piece of fried chicken and looked at it carefully, her eyes full of suspicion.

"What's wrong, Mash?"

Yumiko, who was standing by, felt touched and a little weird when she saw Mashu just staring at the food without moving her mouth.

"The bento my mom makes is really delicious, but because she pursues perfection, it takes her a long time to make it each time, which results in me eating it very seldom..."

"Um……"

Mashu nodded slowly, still a little hesitant as she looked at the lunch box in her hand.

"Doesn't Mashu like it?"

Mashu quickly shook her head and denied Yumiko's statement: "No, I'm just a little uncomfortable with someone else preparing lunch for me..."

[I can’t say that I’m afraid there’s something strange in there…]

"Mashu, are you okay? I see you look very tired..."

"Well, there have been a lot of things going on these past two days, so I am indeed a little tired, and I don't have much appetite."