I am the emotional sustenance of your deceased

　[Great! I'm not as impatient as I was at noon anymore, I'm feeling helpless now! Big win!]

　"Because I'm worried about you!"

　This is not a lie!

　Regarding Chitose Noshiro, what Chihaya Aine remembers most besides her solitary nature is the bandages on her body.

　The bandages, wounds and bruises are shocking, and just looking at them makes people want to go forward and pity such a weak woman.

　"Huh? Worried about me?"

　Chitose glanced around and finally dragged Aine into the alley.

　The broken cherry blossoms were trampled by the girls' sneakers without making even a single cry.

　"Hey... Chihaya-kun, please don't come near me again, okay? I know you're running for student council president soon, and I'll vote for you... Just leave me alone, okay?"

　"Hey! Why is this happening..."

　How did you make me like a bad guy?

　"It's not because of that," Chihaya Aine now wants to become friends with Noshiro Chitose more and more.

　This was the first time she encountered such a big setback in interpersonal communication. The other party avoided her as if she were the plague god.

　"I'm just worried about you."

　Seriously, she's wandering around with injuries all over her body... huh? Could it be that Chitose is really the bad girl she's been rumored to be?

　Thousands of thoughts raced through Chihaya Aine's mind, but in the end, she didn't say anything else.

　A good education taught her that she should not over-speculate about others or believe in rumors.

　"That sounds nice," Chitose said, looking a bit like a hedgehog with its quills standing up, or a kitten panting at someone, "Don't say things like that that don't require any responsibility..."

　"Chihaya, you are...really aloof."

　Female classmates who had finished their club classes had begun to gather nearby, and Chihaya Aine noticed that Noshiro Chitose was already preparing to leave.

　"Can you take responsibility if you do something that makes the situation worse?"

　"Ah...I..."

　Aine was speechless after being retorted and stood there in a daze.

　[High above?]

　【Me, me?】

　When she wanted to say a few more words to Qiansui, he had already left the alley and disappeared into the crowd.

　Only Aine was left standing there in a daze.

　"This is the first time someone has described me as...high and mighty."

　"Noshiro Chitose, you guy clearly

　There were a few moments when he seemed to want to communicate! Why did he end up…"

　Her curiosity had been ignited, and so had a sense of resentment.

　"Describing me as condescending and disgusting... is really too much!"

　……

　"You're using the words condescending and disgusting to describe the other person. Isn't that too much?"

　"Ah? You don't understand this."

　There were a few slices of dry bread on the dining table in the Noshiro house. Chitose remembered that people in Germany liked to eat dry bread.

　It is said that they believe that soft bread can only be called toast and is not bread at all, but is only used to feed pigeons.

　Sitting opposite Qiansui was a woman who looked 80% like her. She was her adoptive mother in this life.

　"Ms. Noshiro Tomoko, do you really enjoy competing over inexplicable things? Do you really have to have twice as many rings in your eyes as me, or even more?"

　"Don't change the subject. I'm talking to you about simulation."

　The adoptive mother who was born from the system had a calm expression. Qiansui had assigned her a lot of tasks this time and she was very tired.

　"I've carefully observed Chihaya Aine. She's had a smooth life. I think she'll go abroad to study in the future—"

　After all, many rich people would make this choice.

　There was a crunching sound as Chitose managed to break the hard bread.

　"So I designed this character... Of course, Xiangzi was also the inspiration for me."

　As the candidate president of the student union, it is impossible to ignore the problem students in the class. As a cheerful character, it is impossible to ignore a shady character.

　But as a small stone and obstacle in her smooth life, she couldn't ignore it.

　"So, take your time and remember your identity, system."

　Chitose handed the remaining bread to the system.

　Miss System chewed it up in one bite without hesitation.

　"I remember."

　"Now I am a dark and damp bad woman who likes to bully my adopted daughter and often beats her to force her to go out to work. What do you think?"

　"Hahahaha, you're so cute when you say that with a straight face."

　"Really? I like you."

　"I like you too, my good—system."

　Since I didn't ask for your special help, could you give me a little more life?

　Ok…

　"Um…"

　"Why are you so absent-minded today? Did something go wrong with your campaign for student union president?"

　Chihaya Aine's mother was picking up some food for her. Seeing her daughter's uneasy look, she asked subconsciously.

　"Ah...ah, no, I just met a classmate who was difficult to get along with."

　The heat from the food covered her glasses, so Aine simply took them off.

　She bit her chopsticks, her mind full of the image of Chitose Noshiro with one eye covered.

　[How did you get so injured?]

　"Oh? Tell Dad what kind of person she is."

　The father in front of me put down the newspaper and smiled kindly.

　“Her…” Aine paused, “She’s covered in wounds and bruises, and it’s hard to get along with her. But I always feel like we could actually get along with her, she just has some unspeakable secret.”

　"Oh? Is it this kind of classmate?"

　Aiyin's pink-haired father was putting food into his mouth, his head lowered as if he was recalling some forgotten memory from the past.

　"Eh? What do you think, Dad?"

　Aine put down her chopsticks and waited quietly for her father's instructions.

　She knew her father always had the right answer.

　"Go ahead and make friends, provided you have the ability to do so," Mr. Chihaya pushed up his glasses. "Life is about meeting different people, but don't forget to put your own safety first."

　"But what I want to say most is that passion must never be extinguished. Compassion for the weak, mutual assistance, and friendship everywhere. Even if you've been betrayed a thousand times by a relationship, don't give up on it so easily."

　Seeing that his wife and daughter seemed to be shocked by his words, Mr. Chihaya maintained his composure and smiled: "Come on, Aine-chan."

　"Then! I must become friends with them and help them... am I being too condescending?"

　"Then don't have a charity attitude."

　Mrs. Chihaya brushed the rice off Aine's face. "Treat each other as equals and let them feel your heart."

　"Yeah! I understand!"

　Ch273. Chihaya Aine is taming a wild cat

　"I said…"

　There was a secluded tree-lined path outside the corner of the school playground. Chitose Noshiro, who was eating lunch on the steps under a tree by the roadside, put down the spoon in surprise.

　Her lunch today was a small box of yogurt and a piece of chewy bread. Fortunately, the inside of the bread was still relatively soft.

　When Aine came over, she hid the bread in her sleeve, and Chihaya Aine saw it clearly.

　"What do you want from me again...Aren't you afraid that I will continue to be aggressive towards you?"

　"You're being mean, but it's like you're acting like a spoiled brat. And what bully would say the word 'mean'?"

　Chihaya Aine gave her signature smile, and she found that she was getting to know Noshiro Chitose more and more.

　What's that word? Oh, it's "tsundere" or "female devil"! Right?

　"It's my treat, come have lunch with me! I brought a homemade lunch!"

　Before Aine

　I also noticed Noshiro Chitose's daily lunch.

　Although I haven't paid special attention to it, I still see it occasionally.

　Aine remembered that Chitose ate very little every day, and would eat in the classroom during the first few days of school. But later, perhaps because she felt embarrassed, she would hide away to eat.

　[She's a girl with a bit of a strong sense of self-esteem.]

　Aiyin took out two boxes of lunch that she had carefully prepared from the thermos bag.

　Her cooking skills were actually average, and many of the dishes were prepared under the guidance of her mother, but she still messed up some of the food.

　For example, the bottom of the octopus sausage was a little mushy.

　Chihaya Aine sat down beside Noshiro Chitose and handed the lunch box to him, just like an ancient general handing the imperial seal to his lord.

　"Please, eat something! I'm not giving you charity, please! I'm just treating you to a meal because I want to be your friend!"

　Father, you see, I am not so high and mighty as this.

　"what?"

　Aine clearly noticed that Chitose's pupils shrank for a moment. What was this, surprise?

　Today, one of the bandages on Chitose Noshiro's face was gone, replaced by a less noticeable scar.

　"Are you going to treat me to a meal? You're such a bother. I told you to stay away from me yesterday."

　Chitose could no longer maintain that look of disgust, and she rolled her eyes at Aine helplessly, but the other party was visibly happy.

　"Stay away from you? No way! I want to be friends with you. Come on, eat quickly. After you eat, you have to be my friend!"

　"Are you stupid?"

　The light novel slipped off her smooth knees, but Chitose didn't bother to pick it up.

　She buried her little face between her knees, revealing only her single red-gold pupil as she looked at Aine.

　"I'm not a stray cat on the street, nor am I...an abandoned cat. It's really annoying that you keep coming up to me and showing concern for me."

　Chitose buried his face deeper in his eyes, trying his best to maintain an indifferent expression. "Just like feeding a stray cat on the roadside, you may say this out of kindness for a moment, but you will soon forget me."

　"Maybe one day you'll ask me for something in return, and that would be even worse."

　"Besides, I'm not hungry, just leave me alone."

　【ha? 】

　Aine blinked, she felt like she had gotten used to Noshiro Chitose's way of speaking.

　I always feel that the other person is the kind of tsundere that people say they are on the Internet.

　Really.

　He said so many words in one breath but they didn't seem to have any power at all.

　Although Aine's mind was telling her to ignore the girl in front of her and leave quickly, her emotions were telling her:

　[Hey, future student council president, you can't be so incapable of accomplishing such a small task, right?]