Judging from the map drawn by the Art Department in the "Camping Manual", the location of this winter camping is very far away, and it is definitely not as simple as "near Tokyo".
But generally speaking, the entire island country is not that big, and any casual trip is considered "cross-province", so there is nothing wrong with saying it is "nearby".
The school bus headed west across several cities and over several mountains, and the scenery became increasingly desolate.
Once you enter a towering fir forest and the view opens up, you can see the wooden houses at the campsite.
Sitting in the car, you can see the ridges of the snow-capped mountains in the distance and the cable car going up the mountain.
"After getting off the car, put the gifts in your respective rooms first, and then gather at the outdoor cooking table. The food team must remember to bring the food."
"yes--"
"And the logistics team..."
After Koizumi Aona's repeated instructions, the fourth class finally got off the bus.
Leaving the heated school bus, the cold air hits me in the face.
"It's so cold! It's so cold!"
"Look over there! It's all snow! Go——"
"Yamazaki-san, come back quickly! It's not time for free movement yet!"
"Okay—" Yamazaki-san replied in a voice that sounded both frustrated and excited.
Toru Watanabe and the boys from Class 4 unloaded all the luggage before taking his own belongings into the cabin.
Choose your bed and gather.
Under the simple shed built with steel, there are rows of cooking tables with chopping boards, faucets, brick fire pits, and so on.
There were a lot of people there, and students from other classes had already started cooking.
"Boys, can't you clean the basin after using it?"
"The ingredients have been washed, so what's wrong with putting them together?"
"Those are different ingredients! The taste of raw meat is mixed with vegetables!"
"What does it matter? We'll cook them together in the end anyway!"
"So, you guys are really useless!"
"ha--?"
"Alright, alright, stop arguing!"
The battle sounds quite intense.
Toru Watanabe was very confident in his cooking skills, so he went to the woods to collect firewood.
As we walked into the woods, the sound from the kitchen counter suddenly became inaudible, as if it was separated by several layers of filter paper.
The smaller the human voice, the louder the "fluttering" sound of the birds' wings. It is very similar to the scene described in "The Pavilion of the Drunken Old Man": "The woods are shady, the birds sing, the tourists have left and the birds are happy."
Watanabe Toru was in a good mood, humming "Ruri-iro no Earth" while picking up things as he walked.
"Watanabe-san, if you really like Seiko Matsuda, you shouldn't sing her songs."
The only person who dared to speak to the Tokyo handsome guy like this was Kiyono Rin.
Toru Watanabe looked towards the source of the sound.
The sunlight penetrated into the woods, forming beams of light. The largest beam of light shone on the beautiful girl sitting on the wooden block.
Her body seemed to merge with the warm winter sun, and her wings spread behind her, transforming her into an angel.
But the pile of firewood at the beautiful girl's feet pulled her back and turned her into an ordinary, just overly cute firewood-collecting girl.
"You followed me?" said Toru Watanabe.
Qingye Rin was too lazy to answer such questions. She just quietly enjoyed the sun.
It seems that the sun favors her not because she is too beautiful, but because she is afraid of the cold, so she deliberately looks for a place with sunshine.
Toru Watanabe walked over and stood between her and the sun.
Qing Ye Lin looked over and said, "Please don't do such childish things."
"I haven't even touched Seino-san's face, how can I let the sun do that?"
The beautiful girl sighed as if she couldn't do anything about him, patted her side, and motioned for Watanabe Tetsuya to sit down.
Watanabe Toru sat down a little distance away from her, and from this position he couldn't get any sunlight at all.
"Why are you here to collect firewood? Aren't you good at cooking?" He put the firewood in his hand at his feet and looked at the bundle that Qingye Rin picked up.
“I don’t want to cook for other people.”
"Why?"
“They don’t deserve it.”
"Unworthy?" Toru Watanabe bent down and searched for a suitable weapon among Kiyono Rin's firewood.
"The main reason is that every one of them lied; the secondary reason is that I hate crowds." When she said this, Qingye Rin seemed to think of the scene of being surrounded by people, and her expression was slightly impatient.
Then she added:
"There is also a very small part, probably because of identity."
"As expected of Lord Kiyono who never lies." Watanabe Toru said, "But I didn't expect you to have the concept of status difference. I thought you believed in equality for all."
Qingye Rin stretched out his hands towards the sun, and his originally cold palms felt warm.
"The growing environment affects one's values, but it's actually not important. It's okay if they stop lying, stop crowding around me, and cook for me," she said.
"After saying so much, you still have a sense of status in your heart, right? But I already knew you were not a good woman, ever since you used all kinds of despicable means to make me fall in love with you."
"Don't you like bad women? What are you looking for?" Qingye Rin lowered her head and looked over.
Her originally neatly arranged firewood was now in a mess, which made her frown.
Watanabe Toru straightened his back, holding a branch about 40 centimeters long in his hand.
He stroked the stick slowly, as if he was holding something fragile.
"Fifteen inches, elder wood, the core is... the tail feathers of the Thestrals." Watanabe Toru muttered.
Qingye Rin pressed her eyebrows together as if she had a headache, her beautiful face full of helplessness.
Toru Watanabe pointed the stick toward the sky with the same elegant gesture as Voldemort's.
"Call the wind and call the rain!"
The sun was still shining brightly, and the birds in the distance were startled and the flapping of their wings became louder.
"Hmm, I see," Watanabe Toru said to himself as if he understood something, "Is it because you didn't kill the original owner that you still refuse to be loyal to me?"
"You are already sixteen years old, Watanabe-san."
"Leonardo, do you know that the guy who froze to death on the Titanic at the age of 20 was still playing with a water gun at the age of 42?"
"…The person who froze to death was the 20-year-old Jack he played."
"You have to learn to grasp the point, Kiyono-san. What I mean is that it's normal for a 42-year-old to play with a water gun, so it's reasonable for me to play with a magic wand at the age of 16."
There was a moment of silence in the woods, with only the sound of birds singing.
Qingye Rin suddenly laughed softly.
She sighed in a helpless yet amusing tone, "You always have a lot of reasons."
It has been a long time since Watanabe Toru saw Kiyono Rin smile from the bottom of his heart. Even though he couldn't get any sunlight, he still felt a warm current running through his whole body.
"etc."
"Huh?" Qingye Rin looked at him in confusion as his face suddenly turned stern.
"You're not using dirty tricks to make me like you again, are you?"
"No, the next thing is--" Qing Ye Lin took the 'Old Wand' and pointed it at Watanabe Toru, "Fall in love with me, Watanabe, the love spell."
She leaned closer, and the two of them stared at each other at a very close distance.
The glossy lips exhaled a warm breath mixed with a faint white mist;
Her eyes are as deep and charming as the Milky Way in spring, and her long hair is as smooth and black as silk;
A clear voice, a slender waist, a strong and lonely heart;
Is this the love curse?
Watanabe Toru's heart seemed to have stopped beating.
"I have to go find my Meiji." He stood up.
"Are you moved? Can't control yourself? Have you fallen in love with me?" Qingye Rin looked at him straightly.
"Don't be ridiculous, I just want to be best friends with you."
"Best friend... This is the first day of camping. There are still two days left. I will make you change your mind. I will definitely win this game."
"Goodbye."
Watanabe Toru took back the 'Elder Wand', picked up the firewood, and disappeared into the woods.
Qingye Rin suddenly realized something was wrong: "Why did you take mine away?"
Watanabe Toru waved without looking back, looking very proud.
Qingye Rin closed her eyes. She didn't like crowds or cold weather, but she really liked this piece of forest where the sun could shine.
"coward."
…
Walk out of the woods and come to the cooking table.
"Now that we have found the firewood, where should we put it?" he asked Ikeda Kazumi.
Ikeda Kazumi was beating eggs quickly. "Thank you for your hard work, Watanabe-kun. Send them to the cooking place, which is over there."
Toru Watanabe walked in the direction her chin indicated.
Almost all the people here are boys who were kicked off the cooking table because they were clumsy.
Keisuke Saito and the male squad leader were squatting in front of a pit, guarding the boxes of rice that were placed directly on the fire. The firelight made their faces red.
"Where's Kunii?" Toru Watanabe squatted down beside the two of them.
"Going to chop wood." Saito Keisuke pointed to a place not far .
"Chopping wood now? Aren't we waiting for bonfire night?"
"Wait until you come back from collecting firewood. It will be dark, so we can have dinner right away." The male monitor adjusted his glasses. "Did you sneak into Class 2?"
"Meiji is sleeping, why would I go to class 2? What are you guys talking about?"
"Let's talk about the bonfire party." Saito Keisuke said, "We are not like you. We have girlfriends and we have to find a way to find one."
"You're the one who wants to find it, I don't need it." The male squad leader held up his glasses with his middle finger in a haughty manner.
The three of them chatted for a while, and the girl came over and asked if the meal was ready.
The male squad leader put on gloves and opened the lid of the iron box: "It looks like it's burnt."
"It's burnt." Saito Keisuke also smelled the burnt smell.
"I say, what's the use of you boys! You can't even cook, and you can burn the rice!"
"That's terrible. You are responsible for eating this lunch!"
"By the way, Watanabe-kun, you don't have to. You must have worked so hard collecting so much firewood. The burnt rice has nothing to do with you."
"That's not right!" Saito Keisuke stood up, "It's because this guy chatted with us that the food got burnt!"
"That's your fault! You were in charge of cooking, so why were you just chatting?"
"this……"
The male squad leader stood up and put a hand on Saito Keisuke's shoulder: "Forget it, it's just a little burnt, it's still edible."
"At least let Watanabe come with us?" Saito Keisuke said unwillingly.
"I do have a responsibility, so I'll eat this one too." Toru Watanabe took two pieces of firewood and picked up the lunch box.
Just now, only the bottom was a little burnt, and other places just had a burnt smell. It can still be eaten after some rescue, but the taste will of course be a little worse.
"Look," Saito Keisuke pointed at Watanabe Toru and said to the girls, "he himself said it!"
The girls talked to each other and said to him unhappily:
"Then forget about this lunch, it's a bargain for you two!"
They rolled their eyes at Keisuke Saito and the squad leader, then turned and walked back to the cooking table.
"Do I get so much preferential treatment just because I'm handsome?" Saito Keisuke questioned his life.
"He's not only handsome," the male monitor wiped his glasses as he left the fire pit, the lenses fogging up in the cold, "his grades are OK, he's good at all kinds of sports, and he was the soloist who won the national gold medal in the wind instrument competition."
"I suddenly want to kill someone."
"You can't beat him." The male squad leader put on his glasses, and the lenses were reflecting light.
"Is there no other way?"
"You can consider giving him your collection of sister-themed games to play. Once he becomes addicted, secretly report him to Kujo-san. You should be able to see him get scolded."
Saito Keisuke clapped his hands and said, "Just do it!"
"You two," Watanabe Toru dealt with the burnt rice, "how dare you discuss how to deal with me in front of me? You can only eat normal rice because of me."
"I'd rather eat it burnt."
"I'd rather eat it burnt."
Human jealousy is really terrible.
The curry for lunch was delicious.
In fact, the taste is not much better than at home or in a restaurant, but it is very delicious because it is three times more delicious than a picnic and is cooked by a 16-year-old girl.
After lunch, we took a two-hour experiential learning class in the afternoon: learning about the history of the campsite, precautions, how to save yourself, etc.
"If anything happens to me, remember to ask a girl to give me artificial respiration." Saito Keisuke advised .
"I prefer saving people, such as CPR, rather than being saved." The male squad leader pushed up his glasses.
"Watanabe, I'm going to fall, you'll understand what's going on, right?" Kunii Osamu gave Watanabe Toru a knowing look.
"If possible, I hope nothing happens, whether it's you or other classmates," replied Toru Watanabe.
When practicing artificial respiration, they thought about things between men and women. Watanabe Toru couldn't understand their train of thought.
He used his cell phone to send a message to Qingye Rin who was in a group of people not far away.
"Given your physical condition, there's a high chance that something bad will happen to you. How about booking a backup person for artificial respiration?"
Qingye Rin was flipping through a first aid booklet when she felt her cell phone vibrate and took it out from her clothes.
Toru Watanabe saw her tapping on the keyboard with her slender fingers.
After a while, her reply popped up on the interface.
"When artificial respiration is needed, will the reserve staff be in time? I reserve you, do you dare?"
"I won't put you in danger of needing artificial respiration!"
After saying this, Toru Watanabe made a cute emoticon with a clenched fist.
"You are more timid than I thought."
"I'm responsible. I'm not obsessed with beauty. And I won't lose to you. You must have fallen in love with me first. When you can't help yourself, I will dump you."
"Looking forward to your performance"
After the experiential learning class, it was time for free activities, but as a member of the Test of Courage Conference, Toru Watanabe had to start preparing.
First, meet up with Kiyono Rin, and then go find Kujo Miki.
Miki Kujo would not sleep in a dormitory with her female classmates, but would live in a luxurious room with a private hot spring.
When the two of them went there, she was sleeping soundly.
"Miji, let's go." said Toru Watanabe.
Kujo Miki: "..."
"Do you need my help?" Qingye Rin showed a kind smile full of cruelty.
"If you're not afraid of her." Toru Watanabe made a 'please feel free' gesture to his girlfriend lying on the bed.
"Would I be afraid of her? Not everyone is like you, Toru Watanabe-san."
Qingye Rin walked to the bed with a stern step and stretched out her cold hands.
At the moment of contact, the moment the body temperature began to be transferred to each other, Kujo Miki opened her eyes.
There was no shouting, no other movement, and even no change in expression. Only vaguely, from that calmness, one could see another hideous face.
Looking at Kiyono Rin's comfortable expression, Watanabe Toru took two steps back silently.
"I underestimated you." Kujo Miki sneered.
She suddenly reached out and grabbed the cold hand that was covering her neck.
"Take care of your girlfriend." Qingno Rin turned around and looked at Watanabe Toru.
Watanabe Toru whistled "The Ruri-irod Earth".
"You?!" Qingye Rin's beautiful eyes widened slightly.
With 5 points of stamina, Kujo Miki was able to easily defeat Kiyono Rin, who only had 3 points.
The process only requires a gentle pull and a press.
"Like to cover your hands?"
Miki Kujo pressed Rin Kiyono on the bed, grabbed Rin Kiyono's cold hands, and put them into Rin Kiyono's own clothes.
"Hiss——" Qingye Rin took a breath subconsciously.
Afterwards, although she frowned, she said nothing.
Kujo Miki leaned over and whispered in Kiyono Rin's ear: "You were the first to do it."
"Do you think you can make me surrender like this? It will only make me think you are childish." Qingye Rin's voice was cold.
Kujo Miki sneered, "Does someone who puts his hand on someone else's neck have the right to call them childish?"
"This is just a way to wake you up for the Test of Courage."
"You can say whatever you want, it doesn't matter if it's childish, but I will wait for your hands to warm up." Kujo Miki looked relaxed.
Qingye Rin said nothing.
Kujo Miki continued in a leisurely tone, "In other aspects, you can barely be considered my opponent, but in terms of physical strength, you can only compete with an elementary school student."
"That's really rude of you. I once ran neck and neck with Toru Watanabe in a long-distance race."
"You? Now I remember, he didn't have good physical strength before, and he got the strength he has now after training. That was a long time ago, how dare you bring it up?"
Toru Watanabe looked at the two people who were already chatting and walked forward.
"Meiji, we've had enough fun. We still have to prepare for the test of courage." he said.
Kujo Miki turned around and asked: "Do you care about her?"
"How is that possible?"
"lie."
“…”
Toru Watanabe looked at the pinned down Kiyono Rin in disbelief.
"I'm helping you, and you treat me like this?"
"You put me in danger and then come to help me? That's your help?"
Kujo Miki slowly let go and sat on the edge of the bed.
She folded her arms, crossed her long beautiful legs, and looked at Watanabe Toru.
Behind her, the liberated Kiyono Rin also sat up and kneeled on the big bed which still retained the body temperature of Kujo Miki, rubbing her wrist and enjoying the scene.
"Meiji, please listen to my explanation."
"Speak." Kujo Miki spat out a word coldly.
"I'm worried about her, mainly because she's too weak. If she catches a cold and dies, it will be hard to explain to the Seino family."
"Are you worried about the revenge of the Qingye family, not that she will get sick?"
"Of course," Toru Watanabe raised his right hand, "I swear on this campground that if it's a lie, there will be an avalanche."
"You're always so smooth-talking." Miki Kujo said coldly.
"I really didn't..."
"Okay." Kujo Miki interrupted him, "Bring me my pants and clothes."
"Yes, sir!"
Watanabe Toru went to pick out clothes and pants, and Kiyono Rin was surprised.
"You're just going to let him go?" she asked.
Kujo Miki glanced back at her and said, "You are so eager to help me judge the truth and lies. Have you suddenly become a good person? If I don't punish him, he will only hate you."
"But he was worried about me."
Watanabe Toru, who was selecting underwear, could no longer bear it: "Kiyano-san, we are a couple quarreling, why are you butting in? Also, how long do you want to be lazy in my girlfriend's bed?"
Miki Kujo looked at Kiyono Rin and sneered.
She didn't care about Watanabe Tetsu's presence and said, "I have so many things to deal with him. I will settle accounts with him after we get married."
These two are really scary, and Watanabe Toru feels so desperate.
So I chose black underwear.