I'm in a real religion, why are all the people who confess to me girls?

"What do you want to do with me?"

Kushida had no intention of wasting words with Amane; his sinister gaze met Amane's uncompromising stare.

"If I said that I am actually a good person, and that I genuinely wanted to be friends with you from the beginning, and that I wasn't interested in your past and didn't want things to get to this point... would you believe me?"

It wasn't hard to hear a hint of regret in Tianyin's tone.

Perhaps it's true, as Tianyin said, that they shouldn't be enemies, but what's the point of saying anything now that things have come to this?

"What's the point of saying such disgusting things now? Do you expect me to be moved to tears and give in to you? Miyako Amane, I admit you're amazing, you're the most amazing girl I've ever met, but if you want to conquer me... Hmph, I suggest you give up."

Chapter 83: Reclaiming Wasteland

Tenon recalled that a long time ago, Sakayanagi taught her about farming.

That day they arrived at a deserted, undeveloped land called Kushida.

As soon as they arrived at the door, they heard the cute little dog guarding the house barking. Even if they couldn't understand what it was barking at, they knew without a doubt that it was hurling insults at them, the 'intruders'.

Compared to Sakayanagi's choice to gain trust through pats on the head or kisses, Amane chose a simpler and more direct approach: she bit him.

For a moment, everyone present was stunned. The skills learned from someone were put to great use in Amane's hands, or rather, her mouth. Not only bystanders like Sakayanagi, but even the dog that was bitten looked at Amane with a blank expression.

Only when the dog had completely given up the will to resist did Tianyin reluctantly let go of its mouth.

The dog looked disgusted and was spitting something into the open space to the side; it might have choked on its own saliva.

Without the annoying noise, Tianyin's mood improved significantly. At this point, if she went up to do something like kissing or hugging, the other person wouldn't even have the slightest resistance.

In this way, Amane easily occupied the land called Kushida.

Once you've shut up, the real challenge begins.

Due to the prolonged drought, there was no water at all, let alone any chance for cultivation. Tianyin reached down and touched the cracked soil, her brows furrowing in dismay.

"This land has been abandoned for so long, overgrown with weeds, and there isn't even a drop of water. Can this land really still be used as arable soil?"

Tianyin had traveled all over the country and seen countless places, but this was the first time she had ever seen such a messy and desolate field.

Compared to Sakayanagi's spotless, weed-free land, it's nothing, not even compared to Horikita's perfectly manicured fields that would cure even obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Tianyin was also somewhat surprised. The scenery around this field was so beautiful, yet no one paid any attention to it. Was the glamorous appearance just an outward appearance?

"You've only seen the surface. This field is incredibly fertile; you can examine it carefully if you don't believe me."

Sakayanagi pointed to the ground beneath his feet.

With a hint of doubt, Tianyin pushed aside the tangled weeds, only to find the ground still dry. After a moment's hesitation, Tianyin placed her hand on a crack in the ground and began to slowly exert force. Surprisingly, she managed to pry open a crack.

Tianyin, filled with joy, kept digging her fingers deeper into the soil, trying to explore whether the unknown soil contained the most crucial thing for this field that had never been developed before.

water.

Only with the nourishment of water can crops survive, and only when crops survive can this land one day become fertile farmland.

Unfortunately, after trying for a long time, Tianyin not only failed to find a single drop of water, but her arm was also trapped between the two walls of the crack.

The intense pain forced Tianyin to pull her hand back.

"Ouch, ouch, ouch! Arisu, look! My finger is bleeding!"

Seeing this, Sakayanagi quickly and carefully wiped the blood off Amane's fingers, and then began to observe the path that Amane had forcibly carved out with her fingers.

"It's always like this the first time; it's easy to get hurt and bleed. But it'll be much better if you break through the crack and explore further. Do you want to try again? Maybe there'll be moist soil inside?"

"Do we really want to continue?"

"Of course, if you stop now that things have come to this, wouldn't you just be getting hurt for nothing?"

Since Amane Misaka Ryū had said so, she could only pull her hand back down again.

After the initial difficult exploration, the subsequent explorations became much simpler. Tianyin's hand continued to explore deeper into the soil along the path she had just cleared.

Suddenly, Tianyin's eyes lit up.

"It seems like we've reached the bottom."

"Did we reach the bottom so quickly?"

"Hmm, we've reached the top. I didn't expect this land to be so shallow... Sigh, we haven't felt any water at all. Maybe this land really isn't suitable for farming."

Just as Amane was about to give up the excavation, she was stopped by Sakayanagi.

"No, if it's this shallow, there must be water inside, Tianyin, look!"

Following the direction of Sakayanagi's finger, Amane saw two towering mountain peaks reaching into the clouds and countless streams flowing intermittently down the mountainside, looking as if the mountains were sweating profusely from the heat, but this was not particularly unusual.

If there's anything particularly striking about those two mountains, it's that each of them has a small, protruding hill on top. These hills are bright red and look very tempting, and it's unclear whether they're some kind of expensive metal exposed on the surface.

However, it was obvious that Sakayanagi wouldn't let her stare at the mountain peak, so what did she want her to look at?

"With so much water flowing around, it means this place hasn't experienced any drought. The mountain streams and wild waterfalls also show that the water flow here is quite abundant. So, Tianyin, don't you find it strange that this land has no water at all?"

"You mean to say..."

"That's right, the water must have been absorbed to the deepest part of the soil. Tianyin, dig out more soil so I can take a look."

Following instructions, Tianyin began to speed up the process of digging in and out of the soil inside the seat. As the speed increased, sweat began to appear on Tianyin's forehead.

"Tianyin, keep going! Push harder! Push a little harder... It seems a bit wet now, hurry up, speed up!"

"I'm already going very fast, if I go any faster..."

"We'll find the moist soil soon, just a little bit more. Tianyin, if only you could hurry!"

Helpless, Tianyin had no choice but to increase her speed to another level. Suddenly, Tianyin's fingertips began to feel wet.

Tianyin was overjoyed and began digging even harder. Finally, the soil began to contain more and more moisture.

Finally, the water overflowed and became uncontrollable, and the soil felt like rotten mud when you squeezed it in your hand.

But this made Tianyin feel very satisfied.

"I didn't expect there to be so much water. It seems this land will become fertile farmland in the future."

Tianyin looked at her hands covered in water stains with a slightly smug expression.

This was the first piece of evidence she had found that was suitable for cultivation, after exploring undeveloped land!

"There's another spring there, Tianyin, you need to..."

"Let's leave that aside. It wouldn't be appropriate to rashly tamper with that place so soon after arriving. Now that it's proven that this place can be developed, let's not delay and quickly use the tools to increase the development efforts. Let's strive to completely conquer this land today."

And so, using the tools she carried with her, Tianyin began the large-scale development of the abandoned land without stopping. Even with Tianyin's physique, she almost couldn't handle such physical labor. After clearing only six or seven plots of land, she was covered in sweat and exclaimed that the work was too difficult.

Tianyin, who had just caught her breath, planned to regroup and develop seven more plots of land. However, when she saw the soil that had been turned over and was full of moisture, it looked like a soft, muddy mess and was not very aesthetically pleasing.

Left with no other choice, Tianyin had to abandon her goal of completely clearing the land in one day. After all, today was the first day of clearing, and the land needed time to recover. There was plenty of time in the future, so there was no rush.

Chapter 84: A Christmas Eve Date

December 12th, Christmas Eve.

When Karuizawa woke up, she stretched lazily, enveloped in warmth.

Yesterday's rare early bedtime gave her an indescribable feeling of comfort. In her memory, it seemed like it had been a long time since she had gone to bed so early, so she couldn't help but immerse herself in this wonderful feeling.

It seems there's some truth to why my family often urges me to go to bed early and get up early.

Unfortunately, Karuizawa only managed to go to bed early; as for waking up early... just looking at the gray, gloomy scene outside made Karuizawa lose the desire to leave her warm bed.

There was nothing she could do; her bed was like a magnet, holding her firmly to the bed and preventing her from moving. So it shouldn't be blamed on her for not being able to get up, right?

"It looks like it's snowing again. Anyway, today's not a special day, so I might as well just laze around in bed all day."

After making up her mind, Karuizawa happily picked up her phone, intending to watch some interesting videos to pass the time. Normally, she might have chosen to go online, but the thought of dressing up and sitting at the computer desk in the cold made her decide against it. After all, smartphones nowadays have most of the functions of computers, so she could entertain herself even without using a computer...

But the moment Karuizawa opened her phone screen, she was completely stunned.

The date is clearly shown above as December 24th.

At first glance, this date may not seem special, but if you change the name, it will give people a romantic feeling.

Christmas Eve.

But even on Christmas Eve, Karuizawa shouldn't have shown that kind of shocked expression, like she'd been hit by a wild boar flying up to the seventh floor and stumbled, causing her brain to shut down.

The reason she had that silly expression was simply because today was her date with Amane.

"Ah ah ah ah ah!!!!"

A scream came from Karuizawa's room; even the noise-proof walls couldn't block out Karuizawa's desperate cry.

"Oh no, oh no, oh no!!!"

When Karuizawa saw that it was already past nine o'clock, she scrambled out of bed and onto the floor. At that moment, Karuizawa rushed to the bathroom at her fastest speed ever, and then turned on the hot water.

Even though I took a shower yesterday, Karuizawa still felt it was necessary to shower again on such an important day, hoping that Amane would be more satisfied that way.

The image of Amane, who had witnessed a real-world training session not long ago, casually draping her sweat-drenched white hair over her chest after the battle, her face beaming with the joy of conquest, was deeply etched in her mind. Even as she was still wantonly ravaging Kushida, she was making a flirtatious gesture towards Karuizawa with one hand.

Just thinking about Amane's imposing appearance made Karuizawa feel hot all over, even though she wasn't the kind of girl who was easily aroused by desire, and didn't even have much feeling for the same sex.

But... if the other party is Tianyin, she can't help but feel a desire to be dominated.

This sounds really awful. I suffered terrible bullying in junior high school, so why do I crave being bullied by Tianyin here?

Karuizawa couldn't help but want to cover her face to forget the shameful thing. Of course, she knew that her feelings for Amane were abnormal. If she had experience in love, Karuizawa might be able to find out where her problem lay.

Unfortunately, despite being a great beauty, she only gained experience in holding hands after arriving here. Although she had read countless romance novels and watched numerous movies to pretend to be a love expert and had accumulated a wealth of theoretical knowledge, Karuizawa discovered in her interactions with Amane that all of that knowledge was completely useless... or rather, it was useless to her.

For example, Tianyin could hold her down for a long time with a wall slam, but the reason wasn't that he liked her that much. It was just that Tianyin liked doing this kind of thing with cute and pretty girls, nothing more.

Amane's unconventional approach and failure to follow the normal emotional progression caused Karuizawa considerable distress.

Karuizawa felt that the time was almost up, so she finished washing up. It is worth mentioning that the shower gel and shampoo she used were lavender scented bath products that she had discovered Amane's favorite scent through observation.

Yes, it's extremely expensive.

However, Karuizawa was quite willing to spend money lavishly on such matters.

Reaching the mirror, Karuizawa untied his bathrobe, and in an instant, the hideous scar came into view. Karuizawa covered the scar in pain.

If she didn't have this scar, she might be even more perfect? ​​Tianyin didn't react much when she saw the scar, and I thought she wouldn't care about such a thing either.

But at that time she didn't understand Tianyin's temperament at all.

How could someone who loves beautiful things possibly tolerate such an unsightly scar?

Besides being embarrassing, this scar constantly reminds her not to forget the tragic period of bullying she endured. Every day she sees this scar, she is tormented by those painful memories.

Even the best mood can vanish upon seeing it.

However, this was something that couldn't be changed, and she could only accept reality.

But what will Tianyin's expression be when she sees it again someday?

Disdain? Aversion?

In Tianyin's opinion, a girl's skin should be smooth, beautiful, and fair, which is a plus. Anyone who sees her scar, even if they are overcome with desire, will instantly sober up. Even a love that lasts a hundred years might cool down immediately.

Karuizawa gave a wry smile as he looked in the mirror.

"Perhaps this is the difference between me and them."

The reason Amane chose to go on a date with Karuizawa on Christmas Eve is because Christmas belongs to Horikita and Sakayanagi. The two reportedly had a fierce verbal battle over who gets to spend Christmas Eve with Amane. As a result, Karuizawa snatched up the Christmas Eve that no one else wanted.

She lacked Horikita's intelligence and Sakayanagi's gentle, protective qualities; even her personality was utterly terrible.

She even felt that apart from her face, which Tianyin might find attractive, she now had no value whatsoever.

Karuizawa walked to the table and picked up the confession letter she had written all day yesterday, using countless sheets of paper, which she thought was pretty good.

Compared to her high spirits yesterday, she was now hesitant.

Would Tianyin accept a confession from a girl like me?

Chapter 85: Drinking More Milk Will Make You Bigger

Likes and dislikes.

Affirmative and negative answers were battling it out in Karuizawa's mind, giving her an unbearable headache. After realizing that she couldn't possibly get a definite answer from her own little brain, she finally understood.

Karuizawa chose to give up on getting the answer from herself.

After changing into her favorite off-white coat worth 30,000 personal points, and putting on the scarf she had knitted herself—originally intended for Amane but which she was too shy to ask for—Karuizawa once again stood in front of the mirror to check her appearance.

Today, Karuizawa looked beautiful, especially her hair, which was styled very nicely, and her makeup was perfect. She hesitated for a long time before finally choosing a lighter shade of lipstick. She also put some thought into her lipstick, not using a very proper lipstick, but a lip gloss with a fruity flavor.