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

The water is hot.

Hayasaka could tell from a light touch of his fingertips that the water in the teapot had only recently boiled. Coincidentally, Sakayanagi had also left not long ago. Compared to the perfectly dressed Amane, Sakayanagi looked much more disheveled, and even her walking appeared unsteady. In such a state, it was impossible for her to have had time to make tea.

The only possibility is that when Sakayanagi left, Amane woke up at the same time and started tidying up the room.

It seems that something happened last night that she couldn't know, otherwise, given Tianyin's lazy personality, she would never have gotten up so early to do the housework herself.

Hayasaka approached Amane silently without making a sound and brewed her a cup of hot tea.

Then he stood respectfully to the side, watching with great interest as Tianyin wrote something.

About ten minutes passed, and Tianyin, who had filled two pages, finally stopped writing.

"The tea has gotten a little cold, let me make you a fresh cup."

"No need for that. By the way, what's for breakfast today?"

Tianyin picked up the strong tea beside her and drank it all in one gulp, then her brows furrowed tightly.

"What did you put in the tea? It tastes really strange."

"If you don't like the nourishing Chinese herbal medicines, Miss Tianyin, I can replace them with black tea or coffee?"

"Another one, please."

While making tea for Amane, Hayasaka introduced today's breakfast.

Tianyin's breakfast is always quite simple, consisting of milk, eggs, a sandwich, a glass of vegetable juice, and a fruit platter.

"Then I'd better go eat first. Milk won't taste good if it gets cold. Oh, and remember to give this letter to Shiina Hiyori in Class 2-C. If it's Hayasaka, you should know how to deliver the letter, right?"

Amane casually put the two letters into an envelope, sealed the envelope, stamped it lightly with the Miyako family seal, and then handed it to Hayasaka.

"I understand. I will have someone deliver the letter to Shiina-senpai later. However, there is one thing I don't understand. Why don't you just call, Amane-san? Writing a letter is far less effective and confidential than telephone communication."

Hayasaka looked at the envelope in his hand with a puzzled expression and couldn't help but ask.

Actually, she had wanted to ask this question as soon as she stood there: why was Tianyin suddenly writing letters so early in the morning? Compared to modern communication tools, writing letters had no advantages whatsoever. Apart from making one seem more sophisticated, there seemed to be nothing to boast about.

In response to Hayasaka's question, Amane gave Hayasaka a death stare.

After the two stared at each other for half a minute, Hayasaka finally remembered the real reason why Amane could only use the ancient method of writing letters to convey messages.

From the moment Amane stepped into the hospital, her cell phone was put into safekeeping, and she was given a wristwatch that could make calls as a substitute. However, this wristwatch could not add contacts by typing, and currently there was only one contact on it, which was Hayasaka. If she wanted to contact Horikita and the others, she could only rely on Sakayanagi's cell phone.

However, Sakayanagi left early in the morning. It is estimated that Amane only thought of telling Shiina something important after Sakayanagi left, so she could only try to convey the information by writing a letter.

The thought that he was actually responsible for all of this made Hayasaka lower his head in shame.

Seeing Hayasaka's face turn rosy, Amane silently looked away.

If she had a telephone, would she have gone to such lengths to write a letter?

"I want an extra meal at noon."

"No problem. What would you like to add to your lunch? Or would you like me to prepare it for you?"

Hayasaka took out a notepad he always carried with him and began to write down Amane's needs.

"I want a swimsuit Hayasaka."

Amane, who had been getting a little restless after seeing Karuizawa's swimsuit photos last night, looked at Hayasaka, who had a serious expression on her face, and gave him a playful smile.

"Okay, a swimsuit... Wait a minute! Isn't this a bit...?"

Hayasaka blushed instantly after writing down the swimsuit part. She never expected Amane to pull such a stunt on her. The thought of the strange noises coming from the room last night made Hayasaka blush even more.

Even though she had already had intimate contact with Tianyin, she was still a little unable to accept the request for this special service.

"What's wrong? Is there something troubling you?"

"This is still a bit difficult for me. I hope Miss Tianyin can give me a little more time to get used to it."

Hayasaka said with a troubled expression.

Hayasaka wouldn't feel there was anything wrong with being completely honest with him, but when he put on certain clothes or when there was a little plot added, Hayasaka would become shy and awkward. This strong contrast was extremely stimulating for Amane.

"I've got it all figured out. A junior in the swimming club asks a senior for pointers on swimming technique, and after the practice, the senior offers to massage the junior to relieve muscle fatigue. What do you think of this plot, Hayasaka? Or...?"

Amane pulled the still hesitant Hayasaka into her arms and whispered softly in her ear.

"You want to play yourself?"

hiss! !

Hayasaka gasped sharply. Spring was long over, wasn't it? How come Amane-san was still in heat? Besides, she should have been exhausted last night, so how did she recover so quickly?

"Please have some self-respect. Miss Sakayanagi has only been gone for a short time. If she knew that you would make such a request of me so soon after she left, she would surely be heartbroken."

Hayasaka Mi probably couldn't avoid it this time, so she had no choice but to bite the bullet and bring up Sakayanagi Arisu.

Hopefully, the name Sakayanagi will help Amane regain her senses.

To her surprise, Amane smiled when she heard Sakayanagi's name.

"Speaking of which, you really have to thank Arisu, because it was she who came up with this suggestion. Yesterday I saw that Megumi looked really good in a swimsuit, so I wanted Arisu to wear one for me too, but she didn't want to. She said that I could spend more time with you, Hayasaka, to build a relationship. That's why I wanted to play some games with you to strengthen our bond. Of course, I'm the kind of person who goes along with suggestions, so if you don't want to, Hayasaka, then forget it."

Hayasaka stood there expressionless, completely stunned. So there aren't many normal people with Amane, right?

And why is it a meal replacement?!

It's one thing for her to say she can't compare to distinctive girls like Horikita and Sakayanagi, but how could she possibly be inferior to that unremarkable Karuizawa Megumi? Just look at her bust size, she's a whole size bigger than her!

What's infuriating is that I'm actually just a replacement for Karuizawa Megumi!

What is this called.

Although Amane's tone was gentle and gave her a chance to refuse, opportunities to spend time alone with Amane like this were rare. She said she had no other ambitions and just wanted to find an easier job, but deep down she was still unwilling to admit defeat. If she could occupy a larger place in Amane's heart, maybe one day she could be treated as specially as Amane treated Sakayanagi.

She only had one month to recover from Tianyin's illness. If she didn't seize this opportunity, who knew how long it would be before Tianyin saw her again after returning to school? So even if Tianyin was being incredibly cruel, she could only grit her teeth and agree.

"Your subordinate is willing."

"Really? That's great! As a reward, I'll allow Hayasaka to feed me breakfast."

"Thank you... for the reward."

Is this really a reward? It feels like serving Miss Tianyin is no different from serving Young Master Jiangyan. In fact, this place is even more dangerous, with the constant threat of self-sacrifice...

When will I finally be able to stop working?

---

A school in the woods.

As soon as her morning run ended, Horikita Suzune requested to meet with the school's leadership, namely, Chairman Fujiwara.

Yesterday, during a brief conversation with Amane, Amane mentioned that the conflict between Ibuki and the Fukuyama sisters could be alleviated by exchanging dormitories... that is, by group affiliation.

However, according to regulations, changing groups requires a special application, and a change can only be made after the school's approval.

Changing groups without authorization would disqualify one from participating in the special exam, which forced Horikita to come to the school building early in the morning to apply to Chairman Fujiwara.

To her surprise, Horikita Suzune, who had originally planned to use her words and reason to persuade the school's higher-ups, was astonished to find that the leadership, including Chairman Fujiwara, readily agreed to her application.

This left Horikita Suzune feeling a bit confused, but thankfully the application was approved, and things should calm down a bit after the change of teams.

As Horikita stepped out of the teaching building, she immediately spotted Ichinose Honami waiting for her downstairs.

"How is Horikita doing? Has the school approved your application?"

When Ichinose saw Horikita come out, he didn't even have time to greet her before asking about this most important matter for the second-year students.

"It seems the school was under some pressure, as they approved it very quickly. However, whether this tactic will be effective depends on Kamuro and Shiina."

"There's absolutely no problem with Shiina-san. Shiina-san and Ibuki-san are close friends, and Shiina-san has a high reputation in Class C. She was once considered as a substitute for Ryuen. In addition, Shiina-san has a very good personality, so it shouldn't be too difficult for her to appease Ibuki-san."

Ichinose recalled the information about Shiina, and a visible sense of relief appeared on her face. However, Ichinose soon frowned slightly.

"But it's hard to say about Kamuro. Although Fukuyama and Kamuro are both part of Sakayanagi's faction, I heard from Amane that Fukuyama and her sister are quite popular in Class A. Although Kamuro is very well-known, everyone sees her as Sakayanagi's follower. It would be a bit difficult for Kamuro to suppress Fukuyama and her sister."

After listening attentively to Ichinose's analysis, Horikita Suzune nodded in agreement. In her opinion, the conflict between the two was caused by a trivial matter, and the problem was that in order to resolve the conflict, one of them had to give in first.

However, both Ibuki and Fukuyama were unusually firm in their stance. Unfortunately, Amane was not present at that moment, and Horikita's personal prestige was not enough to resolve the matter. All she could do was stall for time to prevent the situation from deteriorating to an irreparable point while waiting for Amane to return.

"At this point, we can only follow Tianyin's suggestion for now. Hopefully, it will keep them calm for the time being. By the way, how are everyone's preparations for the first week's exam? Are you confident you can get an average score?"

In addition to the final test on the last day, this special training program included an academic exam and a physical fitness test every week.

The academic proficiency test, unsurprisingly, was related to camping and fire-making, with most questions being true/false and essay questions. The physical fitness test involved building wooden cabins, and to make matters worse, each class had to build a cabin within a set time; otherwise, the entire class would fail and be punished by the school.

To avoid punishment from the school for Class 2-A, Horikita Suzune has been focusing on the construction steps and timeline of the wooden house these past few days. As for the academic proficiency test, Horikita Suzune has assigned Ichinose, Katsuragi, Yukimura, and Hirata to be in charge.

So she wasn't really sure for the time being whether everyone's actual level had reached the average score standard.

"Don't worry, Horikita-kun. The questions this time shouldn't be too difficult. As long as you memorize the precautions the instructors taught in class, getting above average shouldn't be a problem. Hirata and the others will also make sure everyone remembers the precautions for camping and starting fires. But what I'm worried about now is the physical fitness test next week. Horikita-kun, you must have heard that rumor, right?"

Chapters 134: How many times have you done this?

After Ichinose mentioned the physical fitness test next week, Horikita's expression became much more serious. She had heard about this from other students as well.

It's unclear whether the students proactively inquired with the school's instructors or whether the instructors intentionally spread information about the upcoming physical fitness test.

For first and second graders, tests are not particularly difficult. At most, the precautions for each test are different, and there are various strange scenario questions and essay questions. Even if the difficulty is high, it cannot exceed the scope of what the instructors have taught. After all, these are safety precautions. If the test paper contains content that the instructors have not taught, the students have the right to complain about the instructors' dereliction of duty.

Therefore, physical fitness tests are the main event for students in a forest school.

However, this very highlight will become the first obstacle that makes it difficult for students to complete all the levels.

"I've heard about this, but its accuracy is debatable. Putting aside whether it's a smokescreen deliberately released by the school to draw everyone's attention to next week's strange test called 'Know Yourself and Your Enemy,' and then suddenly change the physical fitness test to relay races or swimming, which are events that have only been trained, so that the students who have been neglecting their training will be caught off guard. Just the content of that test makes me feel that it doesn't seem like a physical fitness test at all."

Horikita remained skeptical of the rumors, but regardless of whether they were skeptical or not, they had no way or strategy to prepare for the upcoming exams.

According to rumors, this "know yourself and know your enemy" test is a two-person group test. Two students of the same grade and gender are randomly selected to form a temporary group. This temporary group needs to live together for two days, from the afternoon of the following Friday to the evening of the weekend.

If it were just about living together, this exam wouldn't have generated such a huge amount of discussion.

The reason why even Ichinose paid special attention to this exam was because, according to rumors, the two people in the group would need to draw lots again.

The two of them each randomly drew three slips of paper from a total of six slips of paper, each containing three 'questions' and three 'answers'.

The slip of paper with the word 'ask' written on it grants the holder the right to ask the other party a question. The questions can be either school-assigned or self-assigned. School-assigned questions are academically relevant to the grade level, which means they are based on textbook content that the teacher has already taught. The subjects are random and are relatively simple.

Asking a question using a school-assigned question requires one "Question" card, while asking a self-assigned question requires two "Question" cards. The self-assigned question must be submitted to the invigilator for review beforehand, and the question can only be asked after the review is approved.

In addition to using the 'Question' card to ask questions, you also need to use the 'Answer' card to answer questions.

You gain 1 point for each successful answer using the 'Answer' card, and the person who asked the question loses 1 point. The person being asked a question cannot refuse to answer it. If you encounter a question that you cannot answer, you can use two 'Answer' cards to invalidate the other person's 'Question'. However, using two 'Answer' cards will result in a tie, and the points will not change.

Once one side has used up all their cards, any cards the other side has remaining will be converted into 1 point.

The person with the highest score in the group wins. Finally, the eight classes in grades one and two will be ranked according to the number of winners in each class. According to the top four, the prizes are class points and individual points.

First of all, the fact that such detailed rules for this test could be leaked is extremely abnormal. Moreover, Horikita Suzune couldn't see any connection between this test, which is called "Know Yourself and Know Your Enemy," and physical fitness.

This was practically a mini-exam testing the strategies of both sides.

It has absolutely nothing to do with physical fitness. In addition, the randomness of the grouping and the randomness of the card drawing strategy make it impossible for even people who know the test content to prepare.

Therefore, Horikita Suzune was still somewhat skeptical about the content of the exam.

"Hori-kun, what you said makes sense. However, I secretly asked Hoshinomiya-sensei about this exam. According to her, the physical fitness test does exist, and she also revealed the selection mechanism for students who can participate in the special exam: failing the written test less than 0 times and failing the physical fitness test less than twice, which means..."

"In other words, the school adopts a 'zero tolerance' policy for safety knowledge tests, while deliberately giving the green light to students who are not good at physical fitness tests. Although there is only one chance to make a mistake, the school deliberately uses the 'know yourself and know your enemy' test, which is actually more of a test of academic ability and brainpower than physical fitness test, to give the students with strong academic abilities a break."

Horikita Suzune reacted extremely quickly, immediately extracting key information from Ichinose's words, as long as Ichinose's source of information was correct.

So all of Horikita Suzune's doubts were resolved. The school deliberately spread rumors about the "know yourself and know your enemy" physical fitness test to test the students' attitudes.

Undoubtedly, this type of physical fitness test, which is based on academic ability, is supported by the vast majority of students who have good grades but are not good at sports. After gaining support, schools will feel comfortable openly using this test disguised as a physical fitness test to make things easier for those top students.

Horikita Suzune initially thought it was fake news or just a ruse, but she didn't expect the school's purpose to be so... unexpectedly simple.

"There's nothing we can do about it. After all, the special exams in July and August are the first time Gaoyu has officially broadcast the content of the special exams to the whole country. The school's higher-ups are trying to use this opportunity to make Gaoyu's name known and attract social investment while expanding its influence. If the number of students participating in the special exams is pitifully small, the school will lose face. Ultimately, although this school has the backing of the state, it is still highly tied to capital in essence."

When Ichinose saw how quickly Horikita Suzune reacted, a smile appeared on her face. She loved dealing with smart girls like Horikita. Horikita understood things very quickly. Although Horikita's decisions might sometimes be a bit problematic, it was undeniable that Horikita was always among the first to grasp the rules of the game.

"In that case, next week's physical fitness test will most likely really be about 'knowing yourself and your enemy.' If I'm grouped with people from my own class, that's fine, but if I'm grouped with people from other classes..."

Horikita raised an eyebrow slightly, clearly not thinking that this physical fitness test was good news for the second grade, who needed to work on teamwork between classes.

"Indeed, the current situation is not very favorable for us, but competition between classes is the norm. Only a special exam like this one, which is a large-scale cross-grade competition, can make everyone choose to unite. But after the special exam, everyone will go back to the old state of mutual competition. So Horikita, don't worry too much."

Knowing that Horikita was worried that the already strained relationships between the various classes in the second year would be exposed during the physical fitness test next week, Ichinose comforted Horikita.

Horikita nodded, indicating that she had taken it to heart. However, Ichinose could tell from Horikita Suzune's slightly serious expression that Horikita was not optimistic about the team's ability to help each other in this physical fitness test.

Because the class points of Class C and Class D are far less than those of Class A and Class B, given Ryuen and Himeno's personalities, they will definitely choose to compete for them, since this is probably the easiest way for them to obtain class points.