A newbie's anime life diary

After a short rest, it was time for the afternoon activity: orienteering.

While the elementary school students were being divided into groups, Xuehui noticed the isolated little girl, and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

"I have a feeling that Hiratsuka-kun's gaze is a bit dangerous." Yukinoshita, who was standing next to him, noticed Yukiteru's expression and felt that he was up to something.

The girl glanced at Ryougi Mina, who had been by his side the whole time, and then at the large group of elementary school students in front of her. She nodded seriously.

"I've already said I'm not a lolicon, I just saw some interesting things."

"Interesting? All I can think about right now is when I can get some rest." Looking at his eager younger sister and Yuihama beside him, and now with Totsuka Saika joining in, Hikigaya felt immense pressure.

"Well, you'll find out soon enough. Let's go, Ye Shan and the others have already caught up." After saying this to everyone, Xuehui took the lead and walked up.

Orienteering is an outdoor sport that uses only a compass and map to find the final destination, and it is very suitable for such mountainous forests.

Following at the back of the group, well... let's call it the Service Club group for now, although we were walking on a mountain path, since it was an activity for elementary school students, the orienteering wasn't too difficult, and we didn't encounter any problems along the way.

As she walked, Yukinoshita felt a gaze upon her. Turning around, she saw Ryougi Mina, who had somehow broken free from Yukiteru's grasp and was now near her.

"Is there something you need? Hmm... Mina? Can I call you that?" Yukinoshita didn't seem to mind the youngest girl in the group, who often made surprising remarks.

"Sure, Yukino-neechan." Nodding, Ryougi Mina asked softly, "Yukino-neechan, I heard you and Yukiteru-nii are in the same club?"

Turning her head to look at Yukiteru, who was walking with Hachiman in front of her, Yukinoshita nodded: "Is that so? Is there something you want to ask?"

“Um…” Ryougi Mina tugged at Yukinoshita’s sleeve, making her bend down, and whispered in Yukinoshita’s ear, “Do you know what kind of girl Yukiteru-nii likes?”

"Uh..." Yukinoshita opened her mouth, looking at Ryougi Mina with some astonishment, quite puzzled as to what kind of bewitching drug Yukiteru had given her to make such a little girl stare at him so intently.

"Were you serious about what you said before?"

“Of course! How could a girl joke about something like that!” Ryougi Mina said righteously. “Yukino-neechan, you haven’t answered my question yet.”

"That...I don't know either."

"How could that be? Aren't you two in the same club? You'd be living together all the time, how could you not know?" Ryougi Mina looked completely incredulous.

Yukinoshita shook her head, stood up to catch up with the group, and said to Ryougi Mina beside her, "He definitely didn't say any of that, but one thing is for sure, he doesn't like girls who are too much younger than him. Otherwise, you wouldn't be in this situation. Komachi and he have always had a very good relationship."

As they were talking, Komachi and Yuihama turned around and waved to the two of them, signaling them to hurry up and catch up, something was happening.

Approaching the group, Yukinoshita asked, "What's wrong?"

Then, following Yuihama's finger, they looked at Hayama Hayato, who was standing with several little girls in the woods nearby.

"Don't be afraid, it's just a very ordinary Japanese rat snake, it's not poisonous." Hayama Hayato carefully picked up the small snake that had frightened the little girls and threw it into the bushes nearby, then said to them.

"Big brother is so amazing!"

"Big brother, where is the checkpoint?"

Looking at the girls surrounding him, Ye Shan smiled and said, "Well, I guess I'll help you this once."

Looking at the harmonious scene ahead, Yukinoshita asked with some confusion, "Is that all?"

"No, no! Look over there!" Komachi said, pointing to a black-haired girl who was walking a few steps behind the four girls.

"So, she's been isolated." Yukinoshita frowned.

"How could this happen? Do things like this really happen among elementary school students?" Totsuka Saika said, somewhat bewildered, since he had never seen anything like it before.

"In some things, there's really no difference between high school students and elementary school students." Hachiman looked at all this calmly. As someone who had been through it, he could understand the feeling of being ostracized.

Seeing Hayama lead the group away, Yukiteru and the others followed. Yukiteru patted Ryougi Mina beside him and asked, "What were you saying to Yukinoshita in the back just now?"

"Hmph, a secret." Ryougi Mina clearly knew that her every move was being watched, but she was too lazy to explain further, and besides, she hadn't gotten any answers herself.

Smiling, Xuehui looked at the isolated girl in front of him and said, "Do you see that child? What are your thoughts?"

"Isolated? It seems there's more to it than that. Nothing happens without a reason." Ryougi Mina looked at the girl holding a camera, all alone, and smiled with interest. "Interesting."

"Hey, hey, hey, your persona's ruined." Xuehui patted the little girl's head and said, "Since that's the case, is there any way to do something about it?"

"Not interested." Ryougi Mina tilted her head arrogantly, but immediately said, "But that guy's approach really annoyed me. That method will only make the people he wants to help face more exclusion. But before that, I need to find out more. Also, if I do well, what kind of reward is there?"

What Ryougi Mina said that annoyed her was definitely Hayama Hayato. Although his intentions were good, it seems that he only did more harm than good, which also spurred Ryougi Mina to take action.

Of course, negotiating terms is also very important.

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I casually created two characters, one Eugen and one Takao. I used Takao for a limit break immediately, and retired Eugen... I'm begging for a fully limit broken Illustrious character...

Chapter 29 First Contact

"You want a reward too..." Xuehui thought for a moment helplessly, then said, "Well... how about I take you to the amusement park one day after we get back?"

"Although the reward is just so-so, I accept it~" Ryougi Mina was quite satisfied with Yukiteru's suggestion. After all, it was a difficult thing to get someone to take her out to play, so this kind of date-like reward was even more precious.

However, Xuehui is not so easily fooled. He said he would take the little girl to the amusement park, but he didn't say it would just be the two of them, did he?

Yukiteru and Ryougi Mina did not lower their voices during their conversation, and Yukinoshita and Hikigaya, who were standing nearby, also heard it.

"So this is what you discovered before?" Yukinoshita asked as she approached Yukiteru, referring to the interesting thing Yukiteru had mentioned before the orienteering began.

"What, planning to get involved? I've never seen you this eager before." Hachiman walked over, frowning as he looked at the little girl who had once again been invited back to the group by Hayama. Clearly, he had also realized the downsides of Hayama's actions.

"I just happened to see it. How about it, does it give you a sense of déjà vu?" Yukiteru said with a hint of malice as he looked at Hachiman.

"We agreed not to mention our dark past."

"Well, I'm just asking. I won't do anything for now. After all, the other party hasn't said anything, so we have no obligation to decide what they think."

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The orienteering activity ended successfully, and after a period of free time, it was already evening.

Next, the elementary school students were asked to prepare their own dinner.

However, in elementary school, there wouldn't be any complicated tasks, and curry was chosen as the menu item under Shizuka Hiratsuka's decision.

After demonstrating how to light the fire, Hiratsuka Shizuka assigned the students to their respective tasks. Meanwhile, the high school group began their preparations.

Although they came together, they were actually divided into two groups: one group from Hayama and another from the Service Club.

Yes, Totsuka Saika was pulled over because the other side was short-handed.

As expected, the little angel Caijia is very popular no matter where she is.

"Tap tap tap tap..." Holding the kitchen knife, Yukihira quickly chopped carrots, causing Yuihama, who was peeling potatoes nearby, to exclaim in surprise.

"Wow! Yukiteru, you're amazing!"

On the other side, Yukina watched Yukiteru's movements as he chopped vegetables. Although she had seen it once before, it was still surprising to see a boy cook so well, no matter how many times it happened.

"Well, practice makes perfect. I'm better at knife skills, but I don't recommend you cut vegetables so fast, it's easy to make mistakes." After putting the chopped carrots in front of him into a bowl, Yuki looked to his right, picked up the onion that Yukinoshita was about to cut, and said, "I'll do this. You're not fast enough, you might get choked by the onion."

"Just cut it in water." Yukinoshita seemed a little unhappy that her work had been taken by Yukiteru and wanted to argue.

"It's a pity the sink is being hogging by some potato worker, so you can't use it." Xuehui smiled, watching Yuihama slowly peeling potatoes.

"I'm really sorry for dawdling like this, hmph." Yuihama was clearly unhappy about being teased, but her movements remained slow. There was nothing she could do; this kind of work that tested her knife skills was really not suitable for her, and she didn't have any other tools.

While she was struggling with the potatoes in front of her, Hachiman leisurely rented the tools and potatoes, took them from her hands, and began to work skillfully, saying, "We won't need to eat after you're done. The fire is already lit, so go watch the pot."

"Even you, Xiaoqi, look down on me..." Although she said that, Yuihama couldn't hide the smile in her eyes. She went to the side, watching the fire, and chatted with Komachi and Ryougi Mina, who were preparing side dishes.

"Hmm...I didn't realize that, Hachiman." Yukiteru glanced at Hachiman beside him, his eyes scanning him up and down.

Even Yukinoshita was the same. Although she never said anything nice, her actions showed that Hikigaya cared about Yuihama quite a bit, which reassured the girl a lot.

"I just want to eat quickly." Hachiman was a little shy about this kind of thing and could only keep making excuses.

"Okay, okay, I understand~" As she spoke, Yukihira quickly chopped the onion and then put her portion of ingredients over to Yukinoshita.

"Can you take charge of this? I'll chop the onions."

Nodding, Yukinoshita acquiesced to Yukiteru's decision and exchanged the two onions in front of her with Yukiteru.

Seeing this, Hikigaya subtly pursed his lips.

'And you're all the same, aren't you?'

Meanwhile, Ryougi Mina, who was making a vegetable salad, raised an eyebrow upon seeing this, but didn't go over to cause trouble. However, her regard for Yukinoshita increased even more.

Once the ingredients are prepared and placed in the pot, all that's left is to wait patiently.

At this moment, Hiratsuka Shizuka walked over and said to everyone, "It seems you're all ready. Now go help out on the other side. We don't have enough manpower, so we don't want any accidents to happen."

Since the eldest sister had said so, everyone had no choice but to get up and walk towards the elementary school students who were still busy on the other side.

Upon arriving at another open-air kitchen, Hachiman was the first to be pulled away by Yui to face the elementary school students he didn't really want to see.

"Hey, Xuehui-nii, let's go too." Ryougi Mina looked at Xuehui, clearly wanting to go with him.

However, Yukiteru shook his head and said, "No need, you go with Komachi, I don't like joining in the fun."

Facing Ryougi Mina's pouting lips, Yukiteru showed no appreciation whatsoever: "Don't forget what we agreed on before."

"Tch, I know~ capitalists who hire underage laborers." After saying this to Yukiteru, Ryougi Mina walked over with Komachi.

Beside her, Yukinoshita, who also had no past experience, watched Ryougi Mina join the group of students and asked, "Is this okay? After all, the other party didn't say anything."

"We're not going to do anything right now. We're just getting to know each other. Wouldn't it be easier to communicate with someone of the same age who is more mature in their thinking?"

After hearing this, Yukinoshita remained silent and turned to look at the development not far ahead.

After arriving, Ryougi Mina spoke to Komachi within minutes and walked towards the isolated girl. At that moment, Hayama Hayato was also thinking about communicating with her.

"Brother Hayama, you're likely to be disliked if you try to chat up girls like that." As she said this, Ryougi Mina walked over to the girl's side. "I'll help you here."

After saying that, he picked up a potato and started peeling it with practiced ease.

"Uh..." Clearly sensing the teasing in Ryougi Mina's words, Hayama looked a little embarrassed and could only say, "Then I'll leave it to you."

Then she headed in the other direction. The four girls in the small group over there didn't look too happy when they saw Ryougi Mina.

"Why did you come here? Wouldn't it be better to just stay with your older brothers and sisters? I'm not exactly a popular person." The girl clearly didn't know why Ryougi Mina was doing this.

She quickly peeled a potato, then picked up another. Ryougi Mina spoke, "No matter how hard it is inside, no matter what kind of gaze you face, at least don't show it. Just do what you're supposed to do. That way, those who want to keep laughing at you will have nothing to say. My name is Ryougi Mina, what's your name?"

“…” After a long look, the girl said, “Tsurumi Rumi.”