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

Amane's answer made Karuizawa blush, and she shyly put her hands behind her back and happily twisted her fingers together.

Just as Karuizawa was about to reward Amane, she thought of something else, but... the current atmosphere didn't seem suitable for asking about such things.

Karuizawa felt that if she didn't get an answer from Amane, she probably wouldn't be able to sleep well at night, so she had no choice but to ask her the question that mattered most to her.

"Amane, did you say those things to Ichinose-san only after you realized I was hiding here?"

Karuizawa was a little scared, afraid that Amane only said those things because she knew she was eavesdropping.

"That's not the case. Hui, you are indeed very important to me."

With Amane's serious expression and such emotional words, Karuizawa couldn't help but smile happily.

"Ugh~ That's so cheesy! Humph, I don't believe your nonsense, Tianyin. You're probably just trying to make me happy. Alright, it's getting late, Tianyin, you should go back and rest too. I think we have to get up early to cook tomorrow, ugh, I hate getting up early the most..."

Just as Karuizawa was about to leave, Amane grabbed her wrist.

"Tianyin, is there anything else?"

Karuizawa looked at Amane with a puzzled expression, but Amane pulled Karuizawa into her arms and quickly kissed her on the lips when she wasn't looking.

Karuizawa was completely taken aback by Amane's sneak attack in this place, and for a moment she stood there stunned, touching her lips blankly.

"Idiot! We'll be found out!!!"

"The idiot is Hui Cai."

"How did I become an idiot again?"

"What else can someone be but an idiot if they can forget a goodnight kiss?"

"Goodnight kisses and stuff, I don't remember ever having that kind of thing..."

"If you want, I can prepare a goodnight kiss for you every day~"

"I don't want that kind of thing!"

Amane pretended to kiss Karuizawa again, which startled Karuizawa so much that he pushed Amane away and fled in panic. Karuizawa almost tripped and fell because he was running so fast.

Seeing Karuizawa's somewhat clumsy appearance, Amane shook her head helplessly. The relay race that was about to begin would probably be a tough test for Karuizawa as well.

As for when she discovered Karuizawa...

It was entirely because while she was chatting with Ichinose, that idiot Karuizawa actually tiptoed behind a tree right in front of her, his distinctive golden ponytail standing out so conspicuously in the moonlight.

It would be strange if she couldn't see it.

However, she didn't intentionally favor Karuizawa; she simply chose to tell the more hurtful truth.

While Ichinose is currently less important to her than Karuizawa, this doesn't mean it will be the same in the future.

After all, there will be many more opportunities for in-depth exchanges in the future.

……

The next morning, while Tianyin was sound asleep, she seemed to hear someone calling her and shaking her.

Sleepy, Tenon barely opened her eyes, and the face of Ichinose came into view.

Seeing Ichinose so close, Amane's sleepiness vanished instantly. What was Ichinose up to so early in the morning? Was she going to kill her because of what happened last night?

"Hurry up and take off your clothes."

Without saying a word, Ichinose started to unbutton Amane's pajamas, which startled Amane so much that she quickly unbuttoned the remaining few buttons and then looked a little embarrassed.

"Really, I didn't expect you to be in such a hurry, Fanbo..."

"Of course I'm anxious! We're going to be late again. Let's hurry up and change our clothes and wash up."

Ichinose's words left Amane stunned.

After a long while, Tianyin let out a somewhat disappointed "oh," and then prepared to change into her sportswear. While changing, Tianyin saw that it was pitch black outside and couldn't help but ask what time it was.

But Ichinose's answer completely broke her defenses.

It's already four o'clock.

"Four o'clock? Fanbo, do you mean four in the morning?"

"Hmm, Tianyin, you... Hey, Tianyin, why are you asleep again? Wake up, we're going to be late!"

Ichinose, who had already dressed and was about to wash up, didn't hear Amane's voice. Curious, she turned around and saw that Amane, who had just put on her shirt, had actually lain down again. She quickly ran to the bedside and climbed the ladder to try to wake Amane up.

"Fanbo, stop joking. It's four o'clock, and there are still two hours until the meeting. Let me sleep a little longer~"

Amane subconsciously kissed Ichinose on the cheek. Ichinose's gaze immediately became complicated. After hesitating for a long time, Ichinose sighed and continued to shake Amane.

"Have you forgotten it's our turn to cook today? We need to prepare two hours in advance to ensure everything goes smoothly. Get up now!"

Finally, thanks to Ichinose's relentless efforts, Amane was dragged off the bed. Half-asleep and hopping around, Amane was helped to wash up and then taken to the kitchen to prepare breakfast.

The kitchen was already packed with people.

Since all students at the forest school had to prepare their own breakfasts, the students from all three grades discussed the matter and finally determined a clear division of labor.

Except for the first day, which was prepared by the school, each grade was responsible for cooking twice for the remaining six days, with the cooking order starting from the first grade and ending at the third grade, and then rotating again.

At this moment, a large number of first-year boys and girls were gathered in the kitchen. Although they were cooking, the kitchen was still strictly divided into two large kitchens to completely separate the boys and girls. According to the task assignment, the first-year girls were mainly responsible for making fried eggs and miso soup, while the boys were responsible for finding firewood for starting a fire and steaming rice and side dishes.

Compared to the boys, the girls' task was undoubtedly much easier. The girl in charge of supervising the girls was Sakayanagi Arisu. She needed to control the quality of the first-year girls' breakfasts. If they couldn't even make the most basic simple breakfast and miso soup well, they might be complained about or even scolded by the upperclassmen.

The thought of being scolded in public made even Ninomiya and the others dare not slack off, and they began to work hard on the assembly line of frying eggs.

After all, preparing breakfast for hundreds of people is quite challenging.

Watching the girls diligently following the steps with great enthusiasm, Sakayanagi smiled with satisfaction. Then she spotted a guy secretly eating a fried egg.

Chapter 128: Emergency Situation (6K)

"One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight... Huh? Why did it turn out like this?"

While busy organizing her group members to make omelets, Ichinose found herself in the biggest dilemma of her life.

To her left were ten empty eggshells. She had cracked the eggs herself, and the eggshells were proof that they were definitely not wrong. But to her right were the finished products from the hands of the person in charge of frying the eggs: only eight fried eggs.

The remaining two fried eggs had mysteriously disappeared; she never expected to encounter such a strange thing.

"Tianyin, do you have any clues?"

Ichinose narrowed his eyes as he looked at Amane, whose lips seemed to have some grease on them.

Sensing danger and hearing that familiar question, Tianyin quickly shook her head.

Ichinose stepped forward and poked Amane's chubby cheek with her finger, then revealed a knowing look.

Tianyin definitely stole the fried egg!!!

However, although the guy who made the fried egg disappear was found, Ichinose was in a dilemma.

Normally, Ichinose would eat as many fried eggs as Amane could, let alone just a few.

The problem is that the demand for fried eggs for breakfast is exceptionally high, and each grade is calculated based on a staff of 160 students.

In other words, girls need to prepare 480 fried eggs before breakfast. Since the school food is unlimited, meaning you can get more after you finish eating, and many students have a big appetite, such as a certain student from Tianyin, there will occasionally be a situation where one fried egg is not enough. To deal with this situation, you must prepare about one-third more fried eggs than the standard amount.

Sakayanagi's estimate is to add 150 fried eggs, which, together with the original 480, means that at least 630 fried eggs will be needed.

There are six groups of first-grade girls. Except for one smaller group that is responsible for preparing miso soup, the others are responsible for frying eggs.

If divided equally, each group will have 126 fried eggs. Each group has two frying pans. If they work hard, they can finish the task before the deadline. However, if they let Tianyin continue eating... their group might be affected. Stopping Tianyin from eating fried eggs is an even more difficult task.

Who would be so bored as to eat fried eggs? Tianyin must have been hungry to eat them, and these foods were originally meant to be everyone's breakfast. It makes no sense that the person who cooked them shouldn't have breakfast.

Just as Ichinose was struggling with how to persuade Amane, a voice sounded from behind her.

"What happened? Why is there an empty frying pan in your group, Ichinose-san?"

Sakayanagi came to Ichinose to ask what had happened.

Ichinose was afraid that Sakayanagi would blame Amane, so she told Sakayanagi what she had discovered, without saying that Amane had stolen the food.

However, Ichinose noticed that Sakayanagi didn't seem to care who had stolen the food.

"Everything will experience natural wear and tear during the manufacturing process."

"Natural wear and tear?"

Food undergoes processing to some extent, which alters its properties, but... there wasn't enough fried egg!

No matter how much you stir-fry or process an egg, it's impossible for it to disappear into thin air unless someone eats it.

However, Sakayanagi's answer plunged Ichinose into self-doubt.

“That’s right, so don’t worry about those things. You all need to speed up the production of fried eggs right now. There’s still an hour and a half until breakfast. I don’t want you to hold everyone back and end up causing the entire first-year class to be reprimanded. Ichinose-san, do you understand what I mean?”

"Okay, I'll start working right away and promise I won't hold everyone back!"

Seeing Ichinose run off to continue cracking eggs with high spirits, Sakayanagi turned around and grabbed Amane by the collar.

"If you sneak another bite, you won't get your chicken leg for lunch."

"Arisu~"

"Stop it! Hurry up and fry the eggs for me. If the eggs aren't good, you'll only have plain rice for dinner tonight!"

After finishing her sentence, Sakayanagi let out a snort before slowly leaving, leaning on her cane.

All that was left was Tenon, who was pouting and muttering strange things like Sakayanagi being a bad person.

Thanks to the hard work of everyone in the first grade, all the food was successfully prepared before everyone else started cleaning.

Because the taste was quite excellent... actually it was just a standard recipe, but everyone was so hungry that they thought it tasted even better, so it received a lot of praise from the older students.

After confirming that there was no physical education class in the morning, Tianyin ate a lot.

I was woken up at four o'clock to cook, so I felt I had to eat a lot.

Ichinose's group's morning lesson is presentations.

Besides Ichinose's group, all the girls from the three grades also had to study together. It was fortunate that the classrooms at the forest school were large enough, otherwise it would have been difficult to accommodate hundreds of people.

Ichinose was originally quite confident about the speech, after all, she had achieved some success in this area during middle school, and at least she could ensure that she would not be intimidated when she stood on the stage and spoke to everyone. Such mental fortitude should have helped her pass this speech exam safely.

As a result, Ichinose was completely dumbfounded after hearing the scoring rules for the speech exam. The most important thing was that the speech topic had to be drawn. That is, there was a box on the stage containing various words, and you would be given about three minutes to prepare. Then the rest of the speech had to revolve around that word.

Furthermore, the scoring is based on demeanor, voice, movements, psychological qualities, logic, and even the effectiveness of the speech.

Even the older students looked worried, because it was said that almost no one except Horikita Manabu and Nagumo Masaru could get a score above 90.

In other words, the speech exam is not about who gets the highest score, but about which group has the most people who get a passing grade.

After the teacher explained some basic points to note, he actually decided to select a student to give a speech on the spot.

Just as everyone was scrambling to bury their heads in the sand, Tianyin stretched and yawned.

then……

"The student in the back will do. Why don't you come up here and give everyone a demonstration?"

"Huh? Are you talking about me?"

After noticing that everyone's attention was suddenly focused on her, Tianyin blinked rapidly with a slightly confused look in her eyes. After three or four seconds, Tianyin finally realized that she was indeed the lucky one who had been randomly chosen by the teacher.

"That's right, it's you. You look like a first-year student, but don't be afraid. This is just a demonstration. You can choose your own speech content, and I will score you based on the scoring criteria I just explained, so that everyone can understand more clearly what needs to be paid attention to."

When Tianyin was called on, she reluctantly moved slowly toward the podium.

If she could, she would prefer to quietly daydream among a group of girls rather than appear in front of everyone again like this.

"Will that guy cause any problems?"

Kiryuin looked at Amane, whose movements were somewhat stiff, and couldn't help but mutter something under his breath. However, Sakura Airi overheard this.

"Miyako-kun will definitely be fine!"

The almost reflexive response caught Kiryuin's attention.

Sakura's appearance was greatly affected by wearing glasses, and coupled with her somewhat dim-witted expression, she looked like an ordinary, unsophisticated girl.

Just as Kiryuin was about to casually shift his gaze, he suddenly showed a shocked expression. The school uniform, which was clearly the largest size, was stretched taut and bulging, and the zipper could not be fully zipped up.

It's a behemoth that can be identified by the naked eye as being at least an F-class behemoth...

"Even if it's... a first-year student, that's a bit of an exaggeration. That guy Amane must have made a move on you, right?"

"Huh?!"

Compared to the girls who were gossiping, worried, or looking forward to a good show, Sakayanagi's eyes were full of anticipation.