Chapter 155 School Trip (4)
“…That’s probably it.”
"What a mess."
"Don't worry about whether it's messy or not, do you agree?"
"What? You need my approval?" Kujo Miki said with a smile.
"Of course, you are my girlfriend now and will be my wife in the future."
A villa located in Chiyoda, with a circular bathtub filled with hot spring water, bubbles gurgling in the middle of the bathtub, and the bathroom filled with mist.
Miki Kujo, who was soaking in the bathtub, sneered and lifted her naked right foot out of the water, with water droplets flowing down her smooth and delicate skin.
She pressed her big toe against Watanabe Toru's right cheek and said, "First, explain to me why you went to see that woman named Asuka Mai."
"And the music theory notes." Because his cheek was pressed down, Watanabe Toru's voice was slightly distorted, "If we really had something, how could I go to see her during lunch break?"
"Don't play tricks on me. I took a lunch break on purpose because something happened between you two."
"Meiji, you tend to overthink."
Kujo Miki squinted at him for a while, then said with a smile, "Forget it, I believe you."
"Don't worry, just trust me, I won't let you down."
Kujo Miki snorted contemptuously and said lazily: "That's not necessarily true. You have nothing to do with that Asuka Mai, but what about you and Kiyono?"
"She and I are just friends, why are you saying that to her? Let's stop talking about this and do something serious."
Toru Watanabe held her legs in his arms, then swam along her slender legs from the other side of the bathtub.
The mist was rising and it was hard to tell who was who.
The slender figure resisted for a while, and then the two of them became entangled with each other.
…
On October 31st, Watanabe Toru was lazy in the villa until noon and did nothing. Kujo Miki finally couldn't bear it anymore and drove him away.
After wandering around the street aimlessly for half an hour, Toru Watanabe decided to go to Jimbocho to read a book.
Today is Halloween Eve and it's Saturday, so many bookstores are closed.
After visiting three bookstores, Toru Watanabe had a copy of the original French version of "The Little Prince" in his hands.
I found a cafe, sat down in a sunny spot, and started reading seriously.
The book "The Little Prince" is very famous. Toru Watanabe has read the Chinese version, the Japanese version, and now he has finally started reading the French original.
He knew nothing about French, but Spanish and French share the same origin, belong to the Indo-European language family, and both have an inexplicable connection with Latin.
After understanding some of the vocabulary and comparing it with the Chinese and island language versions in my memory, I can still read the unfamiliar French version. Although I don't know whether it is correct or not, it is a significant way to kill time.
At four o'clock, the sky was crimson and the windows of the coffee shop were stained with the color of dusk.
When I had already memorized the unfamiliar French words from "The Little Prince" in my hand, Koizumi Aina called.
"Watanabe, where are you?"
"Jimbocho reads."
"What's the exact location?"
"By the window on the second floor of Sanseido Bookstore."
"Wait for me, don't go away!"
"Waiting for you to come over? What's going on, teacher?"
Just as I asked, I heard the phone hang up.
Watanabe Toru was completely confused, so he had to order strawberry waffles and ate them while waiting.
Aona Koizumi arrived quickly, accompanied by Akiko and Miyazaki Miyuki.
"Teacher, what can I do for you?"
"Never mind that," Akiko said, "How good is this waffle?"
“The cake is good, but the strawberries are a little sour.”
"Then I want one, Aona, Miyuki , what about you?"
Miyazaki Miyuki picked up the menu, muttered "hmm" while flipping through it, and pointed at a large glass of milk coffee: "This one. Qingnai, do you want some?"
"Let me take another look." Koizumi Aona continued to flip through the menu.
Watanabe Toru: “…”
After the three of them finished ordering, Watanabe Toru poured himself another drink.
"Is there anything you want to talk to me about, Mr. Koizumi?" he asked again.
"Didn't I promise you last time that I would treat you to a meal if you won the gold medal in the national competition?" Koizumi Aona cut a small piece of the cake with a knife and fork and put it into her mouth without touching her lipstick.
"Oh, that's true." Watanabe Toru also remembered.
"That's not the reason at all." Akiko chewed a strawberry. "She was worried that you would sneak out to Shibuya at night and be taken to a love hotel by a weirdly dressed older sister, and then she would think of treating you to dinner."
"Akira!"
"Young man, do you have a fetish for girls who wear strange clothes?" Miyazaki Miyuki drank her coffee with the charm of a girl drinking wine.
"How is that possible? Who spread the rumor?"
"Usually when I wear a white coat, you'd look at me twice, but not today."
"Is that so?" Akiko asked with interest, his eyes shining.
Koizumi Aona also stared at Watanabe Toru.
“My goal is to go to the medical school, and I dream of becoming a doctor in the future.”
“I see.”
"Doctors make more money." Watanabe Toru took a sip of coffee. "Forget about the meal. Teacher, you guys are all here together. It would make you uncomfortable if I, a student, were here. I'll go home later."
"It's not worth it to make the three of us uncomfortable just for you." Akiko said, "So, just call your girlfriend to come along. It's better for the three of us to be uncomfortable just for the two of you."
“…”
"Not only your girlfriend," Miyazaki Miyuki looked at Watanabe Toru, not wanting to make trouble, "Call the guy who put the band-aid on your wound in the infirmary as well."
"Put a Band-Aid on it?" Koizumi Aona looked at Watanabe Toru in surprise.
"It's Kiyono Rin."
"It's her." Koizumi Aona nodded with relief.
"Ah!" Akiko screamed, "It seems like they've been having an affair for a long time! Watanabe, we don't ask you to call out all of them, just pick one."
"Young man, make your choice." Miyuki Miyazaki said in a tone that sounded like she was singing "A Cruel Angel's Thesis".
"Teacher, I want to go home." Toru Watanabe looked at Aona Koizumi.
"Make your choice, Watanabe."
"..." Watanabe Toru put his left hand into his hair and supported his head, "Let's clear the field."
If she really wanted to call out Kujo Miki, who even ignored the principal, to come over tonight, Toru Watanabe would be worried about the work of the three teachers.
Unfortunately, the three young women could not understand his good intentions.
"Oh, this is unbelievable, unbelievable!"
"Giving up your girlfriend...you boy, you have truly become a legend."
Koizumi Aona is already calling Kiyono Rin.
"Kiyono-san? I'm Koizumi Aono."
"Good evening, Mr. Koizumi. What can I do for you?"
"To celebrate the wind band winning the national gold medal, and since it's Halloween, the teacher wants to treat you to a meal."
"No."
As expected of Kiyono Rin, she was not shy about rejecting her teacher.
"Watanabe is here too." Koizumi Aona said in a whisper.
It was just an imitation, and everyone present could hear it. Akiko even poked Watanabe Toru with her elbow.
"……Then what?"
"Watanabe said if you don't come, he will go back."
"Then let him go home and stay at home. The traffic conditions in Tokyo are not very friendly to his future Alzheimer's disease."
"Hey, I can hear you!" Watanabe Toru interrupted in dissatisfaction.
Koizumi Aona handed over the phone.
Watanabe Toru took the phone and said before the other party could make a sound, "Jimbocho, by the window on the second floor of Sanseido Bookstore. Just like that, it's hung up."
Just hang up when you say hang up, don't give any chance.
"Watanabe, since you said that, will Kiyono come?" Koizumi Aona asked curiously.
Watanabe Toru returned the phone to her and took a sip of coffee: "Don't underestimate this woman's revenge. She will definitely come here just to scold me."
"You really know Kiyono-san," Akiko nodded.
She suddenly saw the book in Watanabe Toru's hand, picked it up curiously, looked at the cover and asked, "What is this?"
“The original French version of The Little Prince.”
"Do you understand French?"
“I’m just starting to learn.”
"Incredible!" Akiko flipped through the book with admiration, recognizing only some of the words that are also found in English.
"Nothing. Rousseau once said: Not wanting to read a useful book while drinking coffee is a human weakness. I like to overcome my weaknesses the most."
"Did Rousseau say this?" asked Koizumi Aona while eating cake.
"Perhaps it was Montesquieu who said this?"
"You are obviously a student, but you know more than the teacher. Is it true that we can only teach you in your homework?" Akiko sighed.
"Ask a rude question: Mr. Akiko, can you get first place in the national exam?"
“…”
"Then just focus on English. Can you get first place in the country?"
Akiko picked up the knife and fork: "Miyuki, tell me, where does the bleeding get heavier?"
"If you puncture the large arteries around the heart, or the carotid and femoral arteries on the surface of the body, you can be sure you can see a fountain."
"Teacher Akiko, you can't eat the waffles if they are dirty. Please eat them first before stabbing them."
Akiko's originally fierce face suddenly burst into laughter: "Watanabe, you are really interesting. If I were a high school student, I would fall in love with you."
"I can accept a twenty-five-year-old woman."
"I'm sixteen years old." Akiko held the fork in a position convenient for stabbing.
"Sixteen years old, sixteen years old, you will always be sixteen years old." What else could Toru Watanabe say besides this?
After waiting for about twenty minutes, Kiyono Rin appeared in the cafe on the second floor.
She wore a white dress that reached her calf and a V-neck sweater with buttons on the chest. No matter how beautiful the models in the fashion boutiques in Harajuku, Tokyo were, they couldn't compare to her.
Qingye Rin walked towards here with a cold pretty face.
Watanabe Toru dared to guarantee that she had definitely thought of how to scold him and make him admit his mistake.
When Qing Ye Lin walked to the table, before she could say anything, Akiko held up The Little Prince and sighed, "Rousseau once said: It is a human weakness not to want to read a useful book while drinking coffee."
She turned the page back and continued, "But my favorite thing is to overcome my weaknesses."
Qing Ye Lin was stunned for a moment, not understanding the situation. When he came to his senses, he subconsciously corrected: "Teacher, Rousseau said: "Fear of disease and pain is a human weakness." "
"...Huh?" Akiko blinked and looked at Watanabe Toru.
"I told you Montesquieu said that."
Qingye Rin showed an interested smile: "You are lying."
"That's what Voltaire said."
"It's still a lie."
"Not yet? Okay, okay, then Lu Xun must be right."
"Watari, side."
"Teacher Akiko, don't get excited, or blood will spray out!"
…
Watanabe Toru, who dared to deceive his teacher, paid for the coffee and the five of them walked out onto the street.
They walked to Jimbocho Station, walked for 3 minutes to Suidobashi, and walked for another 10 minutes to the store where Koizumi Aona had made an appointment.
The name of the restaurant is Shirakiya, and it specializes in sashimi, seafood, and grilled chicken skewers, as well as some popular dishes from the island country.
Everyone ordered their food in turn.
Toru Watanabe randomly chose a skewer platter from the popular menu ; Rin Kiyono chose a maki sushi; Akiko ordered a sashimi platter; and Miyuki Miyazaki had grilled skate fins.
As a guest, Koizumi Aona ordered a few more dishes: pork shabu-shabu, grilled Far Eastern mackerel, pork teriyaki, grilled rice balls, pickled whole eggplant, etc.
Finally, the three young women ordered Kirin Ichiban beer, and the two high school students ordered drinks.
Although the portion of each plate is small, when the table is full and some plates need to be stacked, a celebratory atmosphere is immediately created.
"cheers!"
"cheers!"
"Mm, grilled rice balls are delicious! Adding some soy sauce is simply delicious! I want to try it at home too!"
“Shabu Shabu is also good!”
"This sashimi platter looks like it has many different kinds. What are they?"
"Horse mackerel, salmon belly, bigeye tuna, shrimp, octopus, albacore tuna."
"That's amazing! Wait a minute, Qingye-san, you're not going to ask me if I can get a certain ranking in the country next, right?"
"Um?"
"Young man, would you like some beer?"
"Mr. Miyazaki, I'm still a minor."
"Underage? He was having dinner with a table of women without telling his girlfriend?"
“…That’s two different things.”
They ate, chatted, and listened to Koizumi Aona and the others talk about interesting things that happened on previous school trips. It was not until 9:30 in the evening that the group finally came out of the store.
There was no rush to go back - perhaps because they were afraid that Watanabe Toru would slip away to Shibuya, so they turned to a nearby game center.
It was a Saturday, plus Halloween, and the game center was packed with people.
Akiko pulled Koizumi Aona together and started beating the taiko, which stunned the elementary school students who were watching the fun.
Miyuki Miyazaki plays a slot machine.
Rin Kiyono stood next to Toru Watanabe, watching him rely on his good memory - he knew combos, <Free Fighting Master> - and quick reactions to defeat opponents one after another.
"Do you want to try it?" After making his opponent leave the game in disgrace again, Toru Watanabe said to her proudly while shaking the joystick.
"Is this interesting?"
"So what have you seen till now?"
"I have nothing to do."
"...Okay." Watanabe Toru stood up and made way for him. "I'll walk around with you and see if there's anything you want to play."
"No."
"Don't say anything decisive yet, let's wait and see."
After going around in circles, I found that there was actually no game that Qingye Rin liked to play.
Others may be tsundere, but when Kiyono Rin says no, she means no.
"That's going to be difficult."
"Although I don't have a favorite game, there is one thing... that I care about."
"What?"
"that."
Toru Watanabe looked in the direction that Kiyono Rin pointed and saw an oversized dolphin doll that could easily accommodate an adult.
"Kiyano-san, let me ask you a question."
"Go ahead. I think I have enough knowledge about dolphins to answer you."
"No. Do you know the daughter of a Chiba prefectural councillor?"
Qingye Rin put his hand on his chin and thought for a while: "I don't know her. But for this kind of thing, it will be faster if you find your girlfriend."
"Nothing." Watanabe Toru patted her shoulder, "Let's go and take a look."
There are at least fifty claw machines on display here, with all kinds of them, from ordinary dolls to anime figures, jewelry, and so on. There is a wide variety of everything.
The dolphin doll is not obtained by clipping or cutting the string, but is a reward for setting a record on the punching strength testing machine.
"Qingye."
"What?" I didn't expect that it was to measure the punching strength, so Qingye Rin's attitude suddenly became bad .
"It's finally my turn to show my power as the protagonist."
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
Toru Watanabe put coins in, and the soft ball that was beaten slowly fell down.
"Are you sure?" Qingye Rin's tone was cold, but there was a hint of more anticipation than usual.
"I'm not sure, but for you, I'm willing to use all my strength."
"Lies." Qingye Rin crossed his arms and smiled coldly, "You are full of nonsense and deceive girls all day long. I have seen it..."
"It's a lie that I'm not sure, but it's true that I'm willing to do my best for you later."
"..." Qingye Rin put the hair on her shoulders behind her, "Humph, you won't know if you are confident until you try. If you have confidence, you can get things done. Napoleon, who won the second, third, fourth, and fifth anti-French alliances, would not have suffered a Waterloo."
“Is it necessary to mention which times?”
"Thank me for considering you to this extent. I am as broad-minded as Mount Mitake. Please forgive your arrogance and insolence..."
"Um, Kiyono-san, Kiyono-san, Rin-chan," Toru Watanabe pointed at the dolphin doll, "I'm helping you get it."
Qingye Rin's eyes flickered, and he finally stopped after giving a silky scolding.
"Watch this." Watanabe Toru clenched his fist, his entire right arm filled with strength.
Before Qingye Rin's eyes were ready, a huge crash came towards her and her ears seemed to be temporarily non-functional.
The red score on the scoreboard rose rapidly, soon surpassing the historical record of 9210, and did not move until it reached the upper limit of 10,000.
The glass cover on the dynamometer slowly opened, and the dolphin doll slowly fell down accompanied by flying ribbons .
"I told you I was sure." Watanabe Toru straightened his sleeves, took off the doll, and handed it to Kiyono Rin: "It's yours."
"...Thank you." Qingye Rin took it subconsciously, but ended up losing sight of her entire body. In addition, in order to prevent the dolphin's butt from touching the ground, she had to find a way to lift it up, and her hands would become sore after a long time.
People around were attracted by this scene.
A group of children surrounded Qingye Rin, shouting in admiration, "You are so amazing!" and "I am so envious!"
Girls, on the other hand, said things like, "I want a boyfriend like this, too!", "He's so handsome! Let's take a picture!", "Is this a variety show?"
Qingye Rin, who never cared about other people's eyes, blushed at this moment.
Watanabe Toru glanced at her and held out his hand: "Let me take it."
"...Yeah." A soft voice of Qingye Rin came from behind the dolphin.
When she met with Koizumi Aona and the others, Akiko immediately started yelling and clamoring for Watanabe Toru to go and throw another punch, win the new prize, and give one to everyone.
Before they even got anywhere, the staff stopped them and asked them to go to the gift area and choose any gift they wanted.
"Tsk, so they just have to choose one. I thought everyone chose one!" Huangzi, who chose a set of super expensive bowls, complained dissatisfiedly.
"Okay, Akiko, you should be satisfied if you can choose one." Koizumi Aona comforted with a smile.
The staff looked at them with smiles on their faces.
With this dolphin doll that had difficulty walking and the exquisite bowls, and as it was getting late, everyone prepared to go back.
Akiko went to a nearby parking lot to pick up the repaired car and sent Watanabe Toru and Kiyono Rin home.
