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

However, this approach isn't very convincing.

Ichinose seemed to realize that she looked somewhat embarrassing, her face flushed slightly, and she began to frantically try to wipe away the tears on her face.

Amane gently cupped Ichinose's face and wiped away the tear stains on Ichinose's rosy cheeks with her fingers.

The distance between them was slowly closing, as if they were being drawn to each other. It wasn't until their noses touched that they snapped out of that attraction.

Looking at Amane so close to him, Ichinose chose to close his eyes.

No further explanation is needed.

Tianyin gently kissed those thin lips.

Then, as if it were an unstoppable force, the gentle little lamb finally tore off its disguise.

After an unknown amount of time, Amane felt a little short of breath and reluctantly parted ways with Ichinose.

The feeling just now... was so wonderful that it was indescribable. It was completely different from the feeling of Horikita deliberately creating resistance, or the feeling of Karuizawa being completely submissive, or even the feeling of Sakayanagi only scratching the surface.

Ichinose was actively responding to Amane. From her tongue... cough cough, from her senses, Amane could tell that Ichinose was a complete novice in this area.

Despite the fact that Amane was plundering everything, Ichinose was surprisingly cooperative.

Is Ichinose really a genius?

"Heavenly Sound..."

Ichinose called out Amane's name in a coquettish voice.

"what happened?"

"Can...can we do it again? I...I just feel...it's not fair! Yes, it's not fair. It was Tianyin who kissed me just now...this time it should be my turn to kiss you, and then we'll be even!"

With her face burning red, Ichinose made up a lame excuse.

"Fanbo, do you know? You look really embarrassed right now~"

"Huh?! No way? I didn't mean it..."

"Gurgle?"

A little wild boar made an inappropriate sound of doubt.

Then Tianyin covered her eyes with her hand.

Children shouldn't be curious.

……

It was already ten o'clock before we knew it.

As the heavy rain subsided, Mashima began to consider the possibility of advancing the search and rescue efforts. After discussing it with Horikita Manabu, Kiriyama took the lead in organizing some students to participate in the search and rescue.

The team is mainly composed of males, plus some teachers, so there shouldn't be any major problems. However, just to be on the safe side, Majima still reminded the search and rescue team to be careful of wild animals that might appear.

Just as everyone was ready, Chairman Fujiwara returned safely with Ando and another girl.

Upon seeing Chairman Fujiwara return, Mashima immediately inquired about the details.

"I found them on the way. Miyako was there too. Later, she said she was going to find Ichinose, so she asked me to bring the two of them back first."

Chairman Fujiwara pointed to Ando, ​​who was still unconscious, and another girl. Upon seeing this, Hoshinomiya-sensei quickly led the medical staff to take the two to a pre-prepared room for examination.

Majima frowned slightly as he looked at the two unconscious people, as if he had noticed something.

"Mashima, what's with that expression? Is something wrong?"

Chairman Fujiwara noticed the change in Mashima's expression, so he asked him before he could speak.

"How did you bring them back?"

Majima's words caused Fujiwara's smiling face to crumble.

She did have others help carry the two of them back along the way. While it wasn't impossible for her to bring two people back by herself, it would have been quite troublesome.

However, to her surprise, Mashima saw through her little trick at a glance.

"Do you know how strong I am? I brought back two measly little girls, one in each hand..."

"Where have all the teachers from the forest school gone?"

"Tsk."

Upon hearing the smacking sound, Majima became even more certain of his guess, and only then could he finally relax completely.

Ichinose and Miyako should be fine too.

However, it's hard to say whether this incident was an accident or something else.

But that's not something he needs to worry about; let the first-year students handle that kind of headache.

Around 11 o'clock, when Amane appeared carrying Ichinose through the forest path, everyone was finally relieved.

"Ichinose-san, are you alright?"

The first person to rush over to greet him was actually Ninomiya. Those who knew the inside story understood what Ninomiya was thinking, but since many of them were also involved, it was inconvenient to say it outright.

"I'm fine, I just twisted my ankle on the way back."

Ichinose rolled her eyes at Amane.

Seeing Ichinose's intimate behavior, Ninomiya's gaze towards Amane became somewhat strange.

"..."

The reason why Ichinose was brought back was indeed somewhat related to her, but it wasn't because she did anything strange to Ichinose.

Instead, when she came out of the cave, Tianyin pretended to accidentally throw the Joker card outside the cave entrance.

Unexpectedly, Ichinose discovered that it was a mark made by Amane.

All she wanted was to sneak over during the day and take the little pig away. Even after the ripples that happened with Ichinose in the cave, Amane didn't give up the idea of ​​turning the little wild boar into braised pork.

Enraged, Ichinose chased after Amane to hit her, but accidentally twisted her ankle in the process.

Finally, Tianyin carried him back.

However, what can be described as a medical miracle is that... Ichinose recovered as soon as she landed.

However, Ninomiya, who was unaware of the situation, clearly changed his expression when he heard that Ichinose had twisted his ankle.

It seems she felt she had it in the bag.

"We're all soaked from the rain, let us take a shower first."

Tianyin interrupted the pointless probing with her voice.

"Don't worry, the bathhouse is still open for the two of you. You and Ichinose can go take a bath and rest. We can talk about the rest tomorrow."

Sakayanagi picked up where Amane left off, and the three of them chatted happily on the sidelines, leaving Ninomiya out in the cold.

After some haggling, Tianyin finally managed to secure a lavish late-night meal.

After enjoying a nice bath and a big meal, the two returned to their dorm.

When they got back to the dorm, everyone wanted to ask them something, but Tianyin shut them down by saying she was too tired and that they could talk about it tomorrow.

Since returning, Amane has become too lazy to avoid him and has directly squeezed into the same bed with Ichinose.

Although Ichinose was still a little shy and wanted Amane to go back to her own bed to sleep, Amane fell asleep instantly as soon as her head touched the pillow.

This move completely stunned Ichinose, but she quickly realized that the guy was pretending to be asleep, and the reason was...

Do you see anyone who sleeps with their hands on someone else's teddy bear?

If it were just placed on top, Ichinose could barely accept it, but those five unruly fingers...

If she still couldn't tell that Tianyin was pretending to be asleep, then she would be an idiot. But then she remembered that she had also pretended to sprain her ankle to trick Tianyin into coming back so that she wouldn't have time to steal the wild boar.

Ichinose then let Amane do whatever she wanted.

This was probably the most restful night Ichinose had ever slept; she woke up close to noon.

While yesterday's journey left her physically and mentally exhausted, the more important reason was that she usually slept in constant fear, which is why she was able to get up early every day and even have time for morning exercise.

I always lose track of time when I sleep with Tianyin, and I accidentally oversleep.

As soon as Ichinose turned her head, she saw Amane standing only an inch away from her.

Good morning, Tianyin!

"It's already noon now."

Amane reached out and gently stroked Ichinose's nose.

The other people in the dormitory pretended not to see Tianyin's outrageous behavior.

Ichinose patted her chest lightly after realizing that no one was looking in their direction, as she was still a little reserved in the dormitory.

However, Ichinose caught a key word in Amane's words.

"Tianyin, you mean... it's noon now?"

"Yes, it's already 11:30."

"11:30... Oh no!!!"

Ichinose's sudden scream startled Amane, and even the hand on Ichinose's waist trembled.

The eyes of everyone else in the dormitory turned to look at them instantly.

"Fanbo, why are you so startled? Do you have something to do today?"

Amane asked with some curiosity, since Amane had been spending all her time with her these past few days and hardly interacted with anyone else. There shouldn't be anything she suddenly needed to do today.

"Isn't today... today a special exam day?"

Ichinose hesitated for a moment before asking, "Logically, everyone should still be taking exams at this time. Even though there are only four exams, they take much longer than normal exams because they are divided by grade and gender. If we really had to take exams today, even if our schedules were full, we wouldn't finish until evening at the earliest."

"Seriously, Fanbo, you almost scared me to death. After what happened yesterday, you still start the special exam today without a care in the world. Isn't that just plain stupid? The school announced today that we're taking a day off and the exam has been postponed to tomorrow."

After saying that, Amane buried her head in Ichinose's chest and rubbed it hard as if in revenge.

Ichinose's face turned bright red instantly.

The fact that the girls who had just looked at her turned their heads away was so obvious that Ichinose shyly covered her burning face with her hands.

"Even if we have an exam tomorrow, our group still has a lot of problems."

An untimely voice interrupted Tianyin's attempt to take advantage.

Ninomiya leaned against the wall, looking at Amane and Ichinose with a displeased expression. These two scumbags... these two scumbags are actually showing off their love in broad daylight. Don't they smell the sour stench that permeates the whole room?

"First of all, Ando and Minami have withdrawn from the special exam, leaving only twelve people in our group. Ichinose, you sprained your ankle, and Amakura caught a cold yesterday and is still feeling dizzy today. It's uncertain whether she can participate in the exam. Not to mention anything else, the relay race alone is enough to give us a headache."

To some extent, Ninomiya wasn't wrong. The school originally planned to have 15 people for the 18-kilometer relay race, but they probably didn't expect the first-year students to perform so poorly and drop out so many times.

This means that the exam will now have 15 people, but the total distance of 18 kilometers cannot be changed. The manual stipulates that each person must run at least 1.2 kilometers, and if they want to run more, it must be a multiple of 1.2 kilometers.

This is quite abstract. In other words, even if you want to help the group, you have to double the distance from the start. Running 2.4 kilometers of mountain road and competing with other groups might not be a big problem for boys, but it is a very difficult test for girls.

It seems unlikely that Ando, ​​Minami, and Amakura will make it into Ichinose's group now, considering the original vacant spot.

In other words, at least four people in Ichinose's group need to run 1.2 kilometers to qualify, but even if Ninomiya is included, there are still not four people. The rest of the people are not physically fit, and they would have a hard time even running the minimum 1.2 kilometers.

Not to mention letting them replace others.

"oh-"

Tianyin exclaimed in surprise, not because she realized the special situation at hand, but because she finally knew the girl's name.

south……

She stayed with someone for seven days but couldn't even remember their name. She only found out their name after they withdrew from the special exam.

It just doesn't feel right.

"Are Ando and Nanami alright?"

Ichinose still remembers those two unlucky guys who, like him, were attacked by wild boars.

"Nanfang was simply frightened, as for Ando..."

The mention of Ando Amane is quite speechless. First, she injured her leg, which is true, but she was still able to go up the mountain. What's even more outrageous is that she was able to escape from being chased by wild boars.

As for her seeing Ando unconscious on the hillside, medical staff later said that Ando was just asleep...

Ando woke up feeling fine except for a slight cold, but seeing that Minami had chosen to withdraw from the special exam, he followed suit and slipped away as well.