The Paradise of Reincarnation Begins with Eriri

The break between the second and third periods.

Makoto Kiyono finally has the opportunity to add hot spring facilities. He will tell the girls that soaking in the hot springs will grant them skill experience points, as well as information about the evil ghost player.

Eriri: "Huh? You can get stronger by soaking in hot springs?"

Futaba: "A very useful ability."

Senior: "Junior, come to the rooftop during lunch break, I want to soak in the hot springs."

Eriri: "This is a school! What if we get caught messing around here?!"

Senior: "Well, Sawamura-kun can just stay outside and watch over the snow globe."

Eriri: "Get out of here! Who's going to guard the gate for you guys?!"

Shoko: "Um... Yukino-san, would you like to come over for a hot spring after school?"

Yukinoshita Yukino: "..."

Chapter 176 Eriri: I didn't do anything immoral!

Lunch break time arrived in the blink of an eye.

Makoto Kiyono and the girls gather at the Science Club.

The senior student originally planned to have a gathering on the rooftop, but there were too many people and too many eyes on the rooftop, so there was a risk of being exposed. After a brief discussion, they decided to meet at the Science Club instead.

The Science Club is the club that Futaba belongs to. It's located in the far corner of the main building, a typical little club that's practically invisible, with only Futaba as a real member.

"Good afternoon, Futaba-chan."

Eriri held her bento box in both hands, looking around curiously.

"By the way, this is the first time I've ever heard of a science department in a school."

Kasumigaoka Utaha stood to the side, her long hair reaching her waist, a faint red mark on her pretty face, making one wonder if she had slept through the entire class; her voice was languid.

"Because Sawamura-kun only cares about the art club, right?"

"What? I've followed other clubs too, okay? Don't look down on me."

Kato Megumi's voice floated out:

"Um... I've never been in a club, but if I'm the only one there, won't the club be disbanded?"

Futaba pushed up her glasses, holding a glass beaker filled with a black liquid, which she was stirring with a glass rod.

"Although the third-year seniors are busy with entrance exams and don't participate in activities, they haven't left the science club. When the teachers come to check, I'll ask them to come over... Would you all like some coffee?"

"ha?!"

Eriri looked over in surprise:

"There's coffee in there?"

"That's right."

"Wait a minute, why are we using a beaker to make coffee?"

Futaba tilted her head and gave her answer:

"Because...it's more ceremonial?"

Eriri couldn't help but complain:

"No, no, no, Futaba doesn't seem to care much about sentimental rituals at all."

"Judging others by your own standards is an arrogant thing to do," Kasumigaoka Utaha said languidly. "Futaba, please get me a cup of coffee. I want to try what beaker coffee tastes like, and besides, drinking coffee will keep me from feeling sleepy this afternoon, right?"

Futaba nodded gently: "Okay."

Kato Megumi raised her right hand beside her:

"If it's not too much trouble, I'd like to try it too."

Futaba: "Please wait a moment."

"What?! You all want to drink it all...?"

Eriri muttered softly, her curiosity piqued, but too embarrassed to speak.

Just then, a knock sounded on the door.

dong dong dong.

It's me.

Kiyono Makoto's voice came from outside the door.

"......Come in."

Kiyono Makoto pushed open the door and walked into the activity room with fried noodles, bread, and milk.

Eriri and Kato both bring their own lunches. Now that her senior has moved out, she stays up late every night and indulges herself, and sleeps in late in the morning. Seino Makoto also doesn't have the habit of getting up to make lunches, so before school ends, he receives instructions from his senior to go buy yakisoba bread and milk.

As for Futaba... she's a complete culinary idiot. She never prepares lunch and doesn't like going to the convenience store. Every day at noon, she either eats bread that she bought in advance in the morning or cooks instant noodles herself.

"The last two servings of fried noodles with bread are here."

Makoto Kiyono handed the two loaves of bread to his senior and Futaba respectively.

"Thank you, Kiyono."

Rio Futaba thanked her softly, her expression seemingly calm, but her eyes were slightly darting and evasive.

In contrast, although the senior student had been stepping on things all night, she wasn't ashamed at all now, her red eyes lazily looking over:

"Junior, feed me some milk."

Eriri puffed out her cheeks and looked over with displeasure: "Why don't you drink that stuff yourself!"

"What, Sawamura-kun, you also want to drink your junior's 'milk'?"

When she mentioned milk, the senior student deliberately dragged out the sound, clearly implying something.

Kato and Futaba might not understand, but Eriri, being a doujinshi artist, immediately got the wrong idea.

"Kasumigaoka Shiwa!"

Eriri's pretty face flushed red quickly, and she clenched her fists, feeling both embarrassed and angry.

Who wants to drink that disgusting stuff?!

Futaba tilted her head in confusion, her tone puzzled:

"It's just milk, why would it make you feel nauseous?"

Yinglili: "......"

"Stop arguing and hurry up and eat."

Kiyono Makoto slightly twitched the corner of his mouth, silently walked over and sat down next to Kato:

"We still need to conduct experiments at the snow globe later, so let's not waste time."

"..."

Lunch was quickly prepared.

"Kiyono, your coffee."

Rio Futaba brought over a glass of coffee, then looked at Eriri and picked up another glass beaker:

"Eri, this is your coffee."

"Huh?"

Eriri was slightly taken aback:

"I have one too?"

Futaba said calmly:

"I made five cups in total, one for each person."

"...Thank you, Futaba."

Eriri took the glass beaker with both hands, took a small sip of coffee, and turned her pretty face slightly away.

"The taste... is very good."

"..."

After finishing his coffee, Makoto Kiyono took out a snow globe and entered it with the girls.

"Wow, it really is a hot spring!"

"After the training is over, I can go straight to the hot springs without being covered in sweat."

"Wait a minute, if soaking in hot springs can increase skill experience, then there's no need for the hard training, right?"

"..."

The girls chattered excitedly, all very pleased with the new open-air hot spring in the backyard.

After all, who wouldn't want to soak in a relaxing hot spring amidst the snow and ice?

"Generally speaking, the effects of hot springs shouldn't be that exaggerated." Rio Futaba adjusted her glasses, her tone calm and collected. "According to Kiyono's description, only water magic skill experience increased... In other words, the experience increase was random for a specific skill, not all skills."

"Besides, the experience points gained by Kiyono and Kato are not the same, there must be a hidden pattern..."

"We can talk about that later," Eriri interrupted, her voice filled with anticipation. "We still have half an hour before class, let's hurry up and go to the hot springs."

Seino Makoto raised his hand and said:

"I want to soak in a hot spring too."

"Tsk~"

Kasumigaoka Utaha tilted her head slightly, looking over with a half-smile:

"We have class later. If you come to the hot spring with us, will you be unable to get up?"

Makoto Kiyono: "......"

This is indeed a source of trouble.

If you experience no adverse reactions while soaking in a hot spring with others, you should go to the hospital for a checkup.

In the end, the four girls—senpai, Eriri, Kato, and Futaba—went to the hot springs together, while Kiyono Makoto was 'excluded' and left alone behind the screen.

"Two monks carry water to drink, three monks have no water to drink... The ancients were right."

Kiyono Makoto sighed and silently read a book to pass the time.

A moment later.

The sound of wooden clogs clattering on the stone slabs came quickly from behind.

Kiyono Makoto looked in the direction of the sound and saw a blonde girl wrapped in a bath towel walking over with her cheeks puffed out and angrily puffing out her cheeks.

"Why did you stop soaking?"

Kiyono Makoto asked curiously.

"Because it's simply not suitable for me."

Eriri bit her lip, her small canine teeth gleaming coldly, and couldn't help but mutter under her breath:

"That's a hot spring gathering of the Cow People; ordinary people couldn't possibly stay there, okay?"

"Let's not even talk about that fat woman in black stockings; we already knew she was from the 'Oppai Alien'."

"But Futaba..."

Eriri raised her hands, made a grasping motion in the air, and her face showed an expression of utter despair.

"foul!"

"That level of breast size is just too unfair!"

"Don't even mention one hand, I feel like I couldn't even grab it with both hands... That scale is beyond human imagination!"

"In short, I will never go to a hot spring with Futaba again!"

Makoto Kiyono: "......"