I already took the exam before summer vacation, and the next exam is still a long time away. Even if I want to get good grades, all I need to do is study hard for a week before the exam.

What's the point of studying so hard now?

That's what most people think.

Kirishima Chiho looked at the girl and felt a little bored.

"A-Kui, don't you want to go play?"

"Yeah, I don't want to go out."

"That's really boring."

Kirishima Chiho sighed as she lay on the table, looking at Asahi Aoi.

As the class monitor, she should have many friends. But if we raise the bar for friendship, then perhaps only Asahi Aoi is her friend.

Aoi now has a direction to strive for, but she doesn't.

She felt empty inside.

"This is so boring."

The young girl was lost in thought as she idly looked around.

"I feel empty inside, as if something has disappeared."

Just as she was thinking this, several girls came up to Kirishima Chiho, all of them looking a little embarrassed.

You pushed me, I pushed you. We were both very embarrassed. It was a girl with short hair who was a little braver and finally said, "Class monitor, there are some things I'd like to ask you for help with."

Kirishima Chiho straightened her back, revealing an impeccably gentle smile; "What's wrong?"

"It's about the cultural festival, class monitor."

The girls said shyly, "Club activities are quite busy. During the cultural festival, we probably won't be able to participate in all the class activities. So..."

The girls hesitated before finally expressing their thoughts.

"Oh, so that's what it is."

Kirishima Chiho nodded and said with a smile, "It's okay. I know these things can't be avoided. After all, the club is important to everyone."

The two girls' eyes lit up, wondering if the class monitor was about to agree.

"But the class is also very important." The girl changed the subject, saying, "So, when you're in club activities, just go for it. But if you have any free time, how about coming over to help out in class too?"

She smiled and said, "In that case, everyone in the class will thank you."

The girl's words were so well said that the two girls couldn't refuse.

In the end, all I could do was nod.

"Thank you, class monitor."

They were grateful before finally returning to their seats.

Kirishima Chiho nodded in satisfaction.

"Lately, there have been a lot of people making excuses to refuse class activities during the school festival. If I agree to help them, other people will probably come to me. In that case, no one might show up for the class activities."

"The current response is good."

Around noon, the three of them talked about this while eating their lunchboxes.

"See? I'm pretty smart, aren't I?"

Kirishima Chiho showed off to the two of them, with a smug and smiling expression.

Aoi Asahi smiled too. She felt that even though Chiho had become very mature, she still sometimes acted like a child.

Xia Wuzhao simply watched the scene unfold. He usually remained silent, playing the role of an unfamiliar stranger.

Moreover, he wasn't familiar with the things the girls were talking about. The girls usually chatted about all sorts of gossip and trivial matters in their lives.

Xia Wuzhao usually couldn't have a conversation with them.

While they were chatting, Kirishima Chiho looked at Natsugiri Kai and asked, "Natsugiri-kun, do you have anything to do after school?"

“There’s nothing to do,” Xia Wuzhao said. “If there are no club activities after school, I’ll go home.”

"Is that so?" Kirishima Chiho teased Natsugiri Kai; "The only members in this literature club are you and Asahi Aoi. Isn't this just like a scene from an anime? Don't you have any thoughts about it?"

She smiled mischievously, giving Xia Wuzhao a meaningful look.

"What kind of ideas should we have?"

Xia Wuzhao asked casually.

"Thoughts about beautiful girls, thoughts as a boy."

Kirishima Chiho teased, "Aoi is very pretty now, one of the most beautiful girls in school. Don't you like Aoi?"

"Chiho!"

Aoi Asahi immediately snapped at her, looking at Chiho Kirishima with displeasure.

"Ah, my fault, my fault," Kirishima Chiho quickly said, apologetically. "I misspoke."

But then she blinked again; "You really don't like it? Really, really don't like it?"

This made Asahi Aoi a little angry.

Xia Wukai didn't look at Kirishima Chiho: "Just because she's pretty, does that mean I have to like her?"

"Isn't that so?" Kirishima Chiho said meaningfully. "Don't you often look at me?"

"Is that so?" Xia Wuzhao asked doubtfully. "I didn't know such a thing existed."

"Watching her chat with him like that, I actually felt a little dissatisfied."

"I'm actually a little scared, scared that Chiho will regain her memories. The mature Chiho now should be someone that Natsugiri Kai would consider as a girlfriend."

"Don't talk about this kind of thing anymore."

Aoi Asahi said, "Don't keep making fun of my feelings."

"Sorry sorry."

Chiho waved her hand, smiling apologetically.

The September breeze is refreshingly cool, its lightness surprising. Unlike the August summer breeze, which, though also cool, it brings a sense of tranquility.

But it made me feel heavy and restless, as if something was constantly pressing down on me.

The girls started chatting about various things again, but Xia Wuzhao didn't care.

They chatted and laughed, but Aoi was very serious. However, Chiho would occasionally say things that Aoi found unbearable, and she liked to tease Aoi.

Especially in matters of the heart.

In September, the girls laughed and chatted, looking carefree.

The sunlight shone on their hair, making it shimmer with various lights.

Just looking at it makes you feel happy involuntarily.

"Is this what you've been pursuing, Lady Natsugiri?"

Xiao Ai asked Xia Wuzhao.

Xia Wuzhao said to Xiao Ai, "I would never pursue such a thing. All I do is complete the mission and obtain the Demon Seed."

Xiao Ai: "..."

A fairly good noon passed like this, but the afternoon classes were another agonizing afternoon for Kirishima Chiho.

She listened to the teacher's lecture absentmindedly.

"I'm starting to hate this kind of conventional life."

"I shouldn't be like this."

"My life should be more interesting than it is now."

The girl thought to herself.

"I really don't know why, but I feel so empty inside."

This confusion has been troubling her ever since the end of summer vacation, leaving her feeling lost and helpless.

"How boring."

The girl sighed in her heart once again.

When school was over, Kirishima Chiho said to Asahi Aoi, "I specially set aside time for you guys today, so remember to go on your date with him."

Aoi said somewhat discontentedly, "I never thought of it that way."

"Mmm, I get it, I get it." Kirishima Chiho winked mischievously and patted Asahi Aoi on the shoulder: "Good luck, don't pretend you don't know anything."

After saying that, Kirishima Chiho quickly ran away.

"Let's go see the ruins in the mountains. It feels like it's been a long time since I've been there. Today is a good day to go and see them; maybe it can cure my anxiety."

With that thought in mind, Kirishima Chiho couldn't wait to leave the school and then asked the driver to take her to the nearest station.

She absolutely did not want anyone else to discover that place.

Asahi Aoi watched Kirishima Chiho's retreating figure and sighed helplessly. She felt that she had nothing to be afraid of.

However, I always had some concerns in my heart.

Seeing Xia Wuzhao's appearance, she walked over to her and said, "If you don't have anything planned for today, would you like to go out together?"

Xia Wuzhao looked at Asahi Aoi, remaining silent.

"Ah, I knew it. I knew I'd be rejected."

Asahi Aoi thought this to herself, but she still looked at Natsugiri Kai, waiting for the moment she would be rejected.

But Xia Wuzhao looked at her, then looked out the other windows.

After a moment of silence, she said, "Don't you think the sky outside is very blue?"

The girl looked outside again.

"It really is blue."

"So today should be considered a good day to go out," Xia Wuzhao said. "Where would you like to go?"

Chapter 215 That Rich and Sweet Flavor

"Anywhere is fine."

Aoi Asahi was somewhat surprised, but then said, "Taking a walk around the school would be fine too."

"Then let's just take a casual stroll."

Xia Wuzhao, holding her schoolbag, asked, "So, should I put my schoolbag here too?"

"Then let's leave it here," said Aoi. "It'll be tiring if we go out for a long time."

"Didn't we say we were just taking a casual stroll?" Xia Wuzhao looked at the leaves being blown by the wind outside the window.

"Yes, it was just a casual stroll."

Aoi answered calmly.

"If it's just a casual walk, will it get to the point of exhaustion?"

"Probably. Perhaps it's because it was just a casual walk that I got so tired. If I had a goal, I definitely wouldn't have been unable to stop."

"It's like going with the flow; when the boat stops depends on the current."

"Natsumura, you always say such strange things."

"So what? Then just go for a walk."

Both of them said "whatever," as if they didn't care about such things.

But who could possibly not care?

If you really don't care, you won't keep saying "whatever."

It's just that they're afraid of revealing their true thoughts, so they use the most vague terms to avoid being disliked by the people they value.

The two left their schoolbags at school, and when they went downstairs, there was no one on the stairs.

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