Nyanta & Pomeko

Chapter 58: Will of steel

[This is still the past]

"Oi, Shinjo, you're really good at peeling skin, right? I'll leave the curry to you. I'll go to another group."

Ryuji Sakakibara, the central figure of the class, takes the initiative in bullying me. He doesn't recognize it as bullying. I think he really thinks it's a joke, as Hanazawa said, "That's why they pick on you."

"Shinjo, fry the meat when you peel it off. It's gross, but I'll forgive you since you're speaking respectfully today."

"Right, Miki!　It's a beautiful day, and we had super fun during the day!　Shinjo is really talented!　...... Don't get carried away, okay?"

　Hanazawa is talking to Miki Toranomon, but her gaze is on Ryuji Sakakibara.

　I've seen that kind of gaze before. I guess she is in love with him.

　Well, it doesn't really matter to me.

"...... Yes, I will cook it"

"...... Ah-haha, I'll help you with something."

"No, I don't want to lose the ingredients again ..."

"Y-Yes, I'll talk to Ryuji."

　When I'm cooking, I don't have to think about anything. I like to cook. It makes my head feel empty.

　I also love to read novels. It's the only time I don't feel lonely.

　I can't wait to cook, eat, and sleep.

　After that, there will be a campfire and a performance. ...... It's okay, it should be over soon if I can hold on.

　It's a weird situation, though.

　In this group of four Sakakibara and I, the boys, and Hanazawa and Toranomon, the girls.

　Of course, when we sleep, the girls and boys sleep separately.

　The facility has a large building where the boys sleep together in a large room.

　The girls sleep in a separate building. It's impossible for them to go back and forth at night. ...... Probably.

　There are always classmates around the three of them.

　They are the heart of the class. To be honest, I didn't want to join them. Today, I was not bullied ...... during the daytime orienteering, but usually these three people are the ones who bully me .......

If I have done something wrong, they bully me.

　I don't know. What sense does such a sultry sense of justice make?

"O-Onii-chan, uhm, is this the right place for the dishes?"

　I thought it was my stepsister when she suddenly called me Onii-chan. ...... My stepsister is also in this forest school with a different group. When I say that, there's Saito, Miyazaki, Kisaragi, and Nanako.

　One of the purposes of this forest school is to develop the ability to teach children.

　I don't know if it was originally a partnership or what kind of arrangement was made, but in addition to us junior high school students, an elementary school also came to the forest school at the same time.

"U-uhm, ......."

"Oh, I'm sorry. Please put it on the table over there."

　This girl was one of the elementary school students that our group was leading. In fact, there should be three more .......

　I heard a loud laugh coming from Sakakibara's direction. There were the rest of the elementary school girls that we were leading. It seems that they have taken to Sakakibara and are always following him around.