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"It is indeed impressive."

Moreover, the lunchbox that Ryu gave him this morning is still in the package. Because he returned so quickly, it only took half a day, and it's only noon now. Fujimaru Ritsuka hasn't seen what the surprise inside the lunchbox looks like yet.

"Um..."

Although she had already said it before at the clan's residence, Ryu was still deeply affected by Fujimaru Ritsuka's personal confirmation that her cooking was terrible. She looked like there was no point in living anymore, with a face full of frustration.

Seele couldn't help but smile at Ryu's dejected expression. "Ryu, your cooking skills were terrible and you were ridiculed, but at least the previous topic has been dropped!"

She stepped forward and greeted Fujimaru Ritsuka with a smile.

"Mr. Fujimaru, welcome to the mistress of Fengrao. We've just heard about your amazing deeds again."

"It's already spread, faster than I expected."

"You've only been in Orario for three days, and you've already accomplished three major feats. I wonder what other major feats you'll pull off in the future."

"Then I can tell you with certainty."

Fujimaru Ritsuka smiled and looked at Xi'er.

"What I do in the future will definitely be much bigger than what I did before!"

"I'm looking forward to it!"

Seele smiled and nodded.

"Look forward to it, but that's for later."

Fujimaru Ritsuka looked at Ryu.

"Now that I've come out of the dungeon, I've come to find Ang as promised."

Volume 1: Chapter 32. The Admiration of a Younger Generation

"Looking for Ang? And we made an appointment?"

"Yes, Ang and I made a promise last night that I would spend more time with Ang besides the adventure. I originally thought I would come out late today, but it was all over in half a day, so I came to find Ang during lunch time."

Faced with the girls' questions, Fujimaru Ritsuka adopted an honest demeanor and recounted the promise she made to Subaru at the garrison the previous night.

As soon as the words were spoken, the girls present immediately looked at Ryu with playful smiles.

"Hey, spend more time with him outside of the adventures."

"Oh~~~ So Ang likes this kind of style, meow!"

"Hmm, is it because I haven't been spending enough time with you?"

Ania, Kroi, and Seele's simultaneous teasing made Ryu's face, which had finally recovered, turn red again.

"No, don't listen to him."

"Huh? Didn't we make a promise?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka looked at Ryu with a puzzled expression, and Ryu quickly waved her hand.

"No, no, I didn't mean to deny it."

"So that means you made a promise?"

Ke Luoyi immediately grinned.

“We did make an agreement, but our agreement is not what you think it means.”

"Oh? What do you mean by that?"

That's not what I meant! I meant...

"What does it mean? Tell me, meow."

Can I say it out loud? Don't you understand what I mean?

Ryu blushed as she looked at the girls surrounding her, but the girls all had innocent expressions on their faces.

I don't understand. What does it mean? Can you tell me?

Even if Liu was slow on the uptake, she realized that her three usual friends were all pretending to be stupid; they were doing it on purpose!

"Ah! I'll go help in the kitchen!"

Embarrassed and angry, Liu shouted a sentence and then turned and ran away.

"Hahaha, Ang looks so funny, meow!"

Ania burst into laughter, so loud that Ryu, who was about to enter the kitchen, couldn't help but turn around and shout at her.

"Don't laugh!"

"Okay, meow, I won't laugh anymore, meow."

Ania covered her mouth and assured Ryu, but she looked like she was trying not to laugh.

Liu wanted to get angry, but she couldn't bring herself to say it, so she angrily went into the kitchen.

"Puff puff puff~~"

Ania covered her mouth while uncontrollably spitting it out.

"Okay, Ania, stop teasing us like that. We're good friends."

Seele patted Ania on the back to comfort her, but Kroi exposed Seele's lie.

"Xier, can you stop smiling like that? You've been secretly laughing the whole time!"

Seele quickly covered her mouth, but then couldn't help but laugh silently, her eyes crinkling into crescent shapes.

"Alright, alright, if this keeps up, Ang will be burning hot in the kitchen."

The girls turned their heads and found that it was Fujimaru Ritsuka who was speaking.

"Brother, this is all your fault. It's easy for you to talk now that you're standing here."

Koro put one hand on her hip and pointed at Fujimaru Ritsuka.

"I'm just here to see Ang as agreed."

Fujimaru Ritsuka also stood with her hands on her hips, looking quite self-righteous.

"Tsk~"

But Lori couldn't refute it.

Seele looked at Fujimaru Ritsuka's shameless expression, rolled her eyes, and asked.

"Speaking of which, Mr. Fujimaru, you're keeping your promise to Subaru so well, could it be that you like Subaru?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka touched her chin and tilted her head to the side.

"Does it look obvious?"

"Ugh?"

Ania and Koro looked at Fujimaru Ritsuka in surprise. They had deliberately teased Ryu earlier, intentionally misleading her, but they understood that Ryu's feelings for Fujimaru Ritsuka were those of a senior looking out for a junior.

But now, this younger guy is actually doing exactly what they were teasing about!

Although they were surprised, they didn't object at all; on the contrary, their eyes lit up!

His face was full of that expression of discovering big news and gossip!

"Wow, you have great taste, young man! You've actually taken a liking to ours."

"Yeah, yeah, Ange is a good girl, meow."

Seele not only didn't object to the two catgirls' actions, but even joined in.

"So, when and why did you start liking Ang?"

"Well, do you want to hear the truth or a lie?"

The girl before me is a deity; if I lie, I will be discovered.

Faced with Fujimaru Ritsuka's question, Seele did not make a choice.

"You tell me first."

Fujimaru Ritsuka immediately began whispering secrets to the three girls.

"The first time I met Ang was in the dungeon. I was about to pick up a magic stone when I saw Ang suddenly appear in the middle of the road. She was kneeling on the ground with a sad face. I thought something had happened to her and wanted to go up and help her, but it was the first time I had seen her, so I didn't dare to go up and greet her. I only dared to talk to her after I picked up the magic stone."

"Oh oh oh!!"

The girls' gossipy nature was greatly aroused, and they couldn't wait to know what happened next.

Although Ryu had told them about her meeting with Fujimaru Ritsuka in the dungeon before, it was only a very brief mention, without any detailed explanation like this! Especially not the kind of detailed explanation that focuses on emotions! Even Seele wanted to know what happened next.

"After our conversation, I realized she seemed frightened by my abilities, so I comforted her by saying that it was just my ability and there were many people outside with abilities far more powerful than mine, which calmed her down. To be saddened by the death of a stranger, she must be a very gentle person. That's what I thought at the time."

The girls' lips curled up wildly. They could appreciate how gentle she was to others, but as for strangers... the customers in the shop who had been given a cold warning by Liu for being loud had a lot to say!

"Such a gentle and lovely girl made me want to talk to her more. I even brought up the topic of my elders, but she hurriedly ran away halfway through the conversation."

"When we met for the second time, I learned that she had gone to the dungeon during her break and almost missed her work time. I was surprised to find that she was a bit reckless."

"Yes, yes, she's always so impulsive!"

The girls had funny smiles on their faces; they had come up with the reason together.

"Then that night, Ang took me to the clan's residence. She cleaned the residence for me, did housework for me, and even made breakfast for me the next morning and woke me up."

"Although she was quite fierce when she woke me up, the breakfast she made was completely inedible, and she was very strict with me, even though she was also a newcomer herself, she took such good care of me as a fellow newcomer. I sincerely think she is a gentle and good girl."

Is it possible that she is making demands of you as a senior, and that her gentleness is only directed at you, the junior?

"So when she was worried that I wouldn't have time to spend with her after accepting the invitation from the god Ganesha, I felt the same way. I also sincerely hoped to spend more time with her, so we made a promise to each other to spend time together."

The girls exchanged glances, understanding each other's meaning, and they were all trying to suppress their laughter.

Seele, suppressing a laugh, finally spoke.

Is it possible that this feeling is a misunderstanding on your part, and that it's not actually what you think? For example, is the reason you feel close to someone due to other reasons?

Fujimaru Ritsuka looked very serious.

"Impossible, because in terms of relationships, no one is closer to me than my fellow members of the same clan. But I don't feel that way when I'm with other members of the clan. I only feel that desire to be close when I'm with Subaru."

"So, the moment you made that promise with Ang, you realized you liked her?"

"Yes!"

Seele's eyes immediately changed, becoming sharp.

"That's a lie, isn't it?"

"well!?"

The two girls beside Seele looked at her with surprise, while Fujimaru Ritsuka was full of admiration.

"Miss Seele actually guessed it?"

"What you said before is probably fine, but the answer you gave later is a lie."

Seele scrutinized Fujimaru Ritsuka.

"So what is the truth?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka smiled slightly.

"I liked Ang from the very beginning!"