Yui Yui Hihama.

That's the girl's name, she looks like a high school girl nowadays, it's a very common type, wearing a short skirt, a long-sleeved shirt with three unbuttoned buttons, and a pendant hanging from her slightly exposed breasts with heart-shaped ornaments on it.

In addition, the brown hair dyed with a decolorizer is a dress that ignores school rules no matter how you look at it.

The most important thing is not this, but she seems to know Biqigu, and she recognizes the latter as soon as she comes, and is extremely surprised by it. After listening to her explain the situation, I found out that she was also a student in Class F of Year 2.

In other words, she is in the same class as Hachiman, but the latter doesn't remember her at all.

Xia Ran suddenly felt at ease, it turned out that he was not the only one who would have such a situation, this was a normal situation...... I just don't know why, when he's so happy-

Xue Xia seemed to notice his performance, and glared at him with that "why are you still alive" look.

And Biqigu and Yubihama on the side didn't know why, so they quarreled, it seemed that it was because of the title problem - Yubihama directly called Biqigu "squatting", and Biqigu thought that this had caused serious damage to his immature and innocent heart.

So he decisively used a kind and approachable title like "Bichi" to hit back at the other party and said this little girl with tears in his eyes.

The two of them were so noisy that the activity room of the Ministry of Service, which had always been quiet at all times, was filled with a happy air for a while.

Wait until Yui Yui Hibihama is tired of arguing, and take the initiative to bow his head and apologize to Hachiman Hikiya, and then he plans to say what he means. It's just that she was speechless and hesitant, as if she couldn't speak because of the two boys present.

So, Xia Ran and Bi Qigu could only go out to buy cans of drinks or something, leaving room for the two girls to talk.

In the mysterious vending machine in front of the welfare cooperative, there are strange drinks in cartons that cannot be found in ordinary convenience stores.

- At first glance, it really looks like a copycat version of some brands, some taste pretty good, and some are really hard to describe...... If it weren't for the fact that he hadn't seen brands like "Guana Bean Vegetable Juice" and "Strawberry Oden", Xia Ran would even wonder if he was living in the school city.

"School City? What is that? Bi Qigu asked with some curiosity as he rummaged through his wallet, took out a coin and put it in the coin slot.

"Located in the western part of Tokyo, this circular city is about one-third the size of Tokyo, with a population of nearly 2.3 million, and 80% of the residents are students."

Xia Ran replied casually.

"Huh? Is there such a magical place in the world? How come I haven't heard of it? Biqigu was stunned all of a sudden.

"Who knows, maybe this world doesn't have it, and other worlds will have it......" Xia Ran replied absentmindedly, his eyes browsing around the commodity exhibition area of the vending machine, as if he couldn't make up his mind.

So, was it all about talking about it just now? A big drop of cold sweat appeared on Hikigu's forehead, could it be that this is something like "setting"?

Sophomore illness? Senior Form 2?

"Well, if you don't know what to buy, then I recommend this sports drink called "SPORTOP", it tastes very good......" Biqigu saw that Xia Ran seemed to be unsure of what to buy, so he raised the drink in his hand and shook it, and took the initiative to recommend it.

"Really? Thank you, if you say that, I'll definitely give it a try......" Xia Ran nodded to him to express his gratitude, and then reached out and pressed the purchase button for another drink.

Biqigu: "......"

Mom, humans are really hard creatures to communicate with.

"Ahem, if you don't like the brand I recommend, it's okay...... However, classmate Xia Ran, do you like this taste? ”

Although this unfolding is a bit unsure of how to answer, Hikiya still pretends that nothing has happened, and continues to say it strongly.

Even though cold sweat had appeared on his forehead, he still tried his best not to let the atmosphere of the scene cool down.

After all, you have to set aside time to talk to those two girls, you can't go back so quickly, and you have to set aside ten minutes to say the least. Then, if the two of them stand here in a daze, and if they don't even have a topic, it will definitely make both of them very embarrassed......

Well, looking at Xia Ran's demeanor, you can see that he doesn't care about this trivial situation at all.

But Bikiya still wants to avoid this embarrassing situation as much as possible, so that's why he likes to be alone.

- If you were alone, why would you have so much trouble?

"No, I haven't actually drunk this ...... either."

Xia Ran said this flatly, and at the same time pressed the sports drink that Biqigu had just recommended.

"But don't you think it's strange that only two out of four people have drinks?"

“……”

“……”

“…… That's right. The corner of Biqigu's eyes twitched, did it turn out that he bought it for that snow?

Then he raised a finger and scratched the corner of his eye, and finally let out a long sigh, admitting that Xia Ran was indeed reasonable, and took the initiative to speak: "So, that Bi ...... I'll buy the Yubihama drink. ”

And he couldn't do it if he didn't speak, Xia Ran just took the drink for two and didn't say anything, and he didn't make the next move, just looked at him quietly, and the meaning was already very obvious.

"All of a sudden, I lost a third of my possessions...... "I put another hundred yen into the coin slot, and Hikiya looked at the rest of his wallet and couldn't help but whisper.

"Great value for money." Xia Ran said concisely.

"I don't think there's any value for money, Xia Ran...... Or do you want me to reconnect with Yui Hihama? ”

Biqigu pretended to be generous and said this.

"This is actually unnecessary, she has apologized just now, and I forgive her."

He thought it was very likely that this was the case-

Because I just scolded that Bichi, I want to take this opportunity to ease the relationship?

"Yubihama-san, it seems that I already knew you before......" Xia Ran didn't answer this question, but said meaningfully.

"Huh? I know this, we're in the same class......"

"I don't mean that kind of realization."

"What kind of realization is that? Could it be that there are many kinds of understanding? Biqigu was suddenly a little confused.

"How do I know this, anyway, she definitely didn't recognize you because of what she said, but because of her classmates, and don't you think her reaction to seeing you just now was a little too big?"

Xia Ran couldn't say for sure, maybe it was because he had begun to get involved in illusion magic that could affect his emotions, he seemed to be able to vaguely and vaguely feel the strong emotions of others, but it didn't work from time to time.

And the time is very short, so short that he may think it is an illusion, and it requires that it must be a relatively strong emotion, such as a person in a moment of sudden shock.

That fear can be faintly felt......

That's right, it was not long ago when Biqigu was startled because he walked without footsteps that Xia Ran noticed the signs.

Anyway, it's just a comparison of the ability characteristics of chicken ribs, and at present, it still depends on the passivity of probability, but it's not useless at all, for example, now.

"Sorry, can you be clearer?" After thinking about it, Hikiya was also a little uncertain, and it seemed that it was indeed suspicious that Yubihama's reaction to seeing himself just now was not the normal performance of seeing his classmates.

"No, I don't know how to read minds now, so if you want to figure it out, you can ask Yubihama-san yourself."

Xia Ran turned around and walked back.

Biqigu could only keep up in a hurry, with a puzzled look on his face - what does it mean that he can't read minds now? Will you be able to do it later?

……

……

When the two of them slowly returned to the activity room of the ministry department, the conversation between the two girls seemed to be over.

"It's too slow...... "Xue Xia snatched the drink from Xia Ran's hand, inserted the straw and complained.

"I'm really sorry, I just got lost on the road of life." Xia Ran said noncommittally perfunctorily.

Looking at the two cans of drinks in his hand, Bi Qigu sighed, and then walked straight over, and with some awkwardness, he directly handed the extra can in his hand to Yui Yui, and his tone was a little stiff:

"Well, I've got you ......"

Although it was very reluctant, it was also a clear signal to repair the relationship, at least the incident where the two scolded each other before was such a purchase and write-off...... Probably.

Yui Yui Hibihama was also obviously flattered, and after taking the drink, she hurriedly took out the 100 yen coin from the coin bag that looked like a small shoulder bag. However, Biqigu is not really distressed about this little money, so he doesn't want it at all.

"No need."

"Well, what's going to do!"

The two of them went back and forth for several rounds, and Yubihama reluctantly put away the change, and after whispering her thanks, she grinned and held the can of drink with both hands, her expression a little embarrassed.

Bi Qigu seemed to be very unaccustomed to it, and even turned his face away from looking at her, probably because he rarely heard someone thank him like this in his life, and he was still a cute girl.

"By the way, are you done talking?" Probably in order to relieve this uncomfortable feeling, he subconsciously changed the topic.

"It's ...... finished talking," Yubihama said with a grin, "It's going well, and the snow is surprisingly easy to talk to." ”

"Really? So what exactly is it going to do? Biqigu kept the topic going dryly.

"...... Biscuits...... I'm going to make cookies......" Yubihama put his hands in front of him, wringing uneasily, and spat again.

"Huh?"

Biqigu was a little puzzled, and subconsciously looked to the other side.

Xue Xia sighed and said in a cold voice, "We will now go to the home economics classroom and help Yubihama-san complete the commission." ”

Xia Ran plucked out her ears and looked at the sunset outside the window.

INTERVIEWER If there are no surprises, this is probably the second commissioned event of the Ministry of Service before Golden Week...... It was also his last day before his second official mission.