What exactly is this guy saying?
Horikita Suzune looked completely baffled. She had been staying in her room just fine, but this guy suddenly made her go downstairs, and now he was making her go to his room. What exactly was he planning?
"Didn't I tell you the day before yesterday? I'm treating you to a meal."
Shikime Natsu lifted the bag in his hand. Inside were fresh ingredients Shikime Natsu had just prepared. The ingredients in the refrigerator were basically exhausted, so they needed replenishing. Besides, he definitely had to bring a bento tomorrow.
Sure enough, one still had to learn how to cook. After all, only you wouldn't mistreat your own stomach.
"Hah? You're cooking?"
Horikita Suzune stood next to Shikime Natsu, looking at him with utter confusion. This guy was joking, right?
Although Horikita Suzune knew her standards in cooking weren't top-tier, they were sufficient to meet her own standards of approval.
"That's right."
Shikime Natsu spoke as a matter of course, his pale golden eyes sizing up Horikita Suzune. I'll drug her later.
Being sized up by Shikime Natsu's ill-intentioned gaze, Horikita Suzune couldn't help but hold her book against her chest with both hands. For some reason, she felt a sudden chill run down her spine.
"The food I cook shouldn't be so bad that you'd take revenge on me, right?"
Horikita Suzune remained silent for a while, but finally decided to speak up. She didn't want to eat anything strange.
"You don't trust my cooking skills?"
The two had already walked into the elevator. Nice, there was no one around; it was just the two of them alone again.
"Of course not."
Wasn't that an obvious answer?
"Relax, my cooking is definitely better than yours."
A certain smug brat had acted the same way last night, and in the end, didn't her whole body definitely yield?
Horikita Suzune scoffed at Shikime Natsu's words, clearly not believing them. Horikita Suzune considered herself an excellent person, and her cooking skills had reached a level higher than the average person.
Oh no, she had followed him unknowingly.
It was all because this guy, Shikime Natsu, kept talking to her in the elevator, causing her not to pay attention. She had inadvertently arrived in front of Shikime Natsu's dorm room.
Raising her eyes slightly, she realized this annoying guy lived here.
"Please, come in."
Shikime Natsu opened the door and let Horikita Suzune enter first.
Things having reached this point, there was no turning back now. Horikita Suzune couldn't figure out what this guy, Shikime Natsu, planned to do at all.
Regarding the sincerity mentioned last time... even after two days, Horikita Suzune felt she didn't have the slightest sincere desire to make friends with Shikime Natsu. How could such a thing... possibly succeed?
Entering the room, Horikita Suzune slightly surveyed the overall layout of Shikime Natsu's room. It was quite clean, not as messy as she had imagined.
"If you just called me over to eat a meal, then I think it's largely unnecessary. I don't need it."
Even though she had already entered, Horikita Suzune still said words that completely disregarded the atmosphere.
This is also a part of making friends, so Horikita, just wait patiently.
Shikime Natsu, however, didn't care about Horikita Suzune's feelings at all. After all, Horikita Manabu had entrusted Horikita Suzune to him. No matter how you looked at it, shouldn't it be Horikita Suzune caring about his feelings? Wouldn't it be turning the world upside down if he had to check Horikita Suzune's feelings?
Hearing this, Horikita Suzune pulled out a chair and sat down, holding that copy of Crime and Punishment. But one could imagine the girl's mood was not that calm.
"By the way, how are you getting along with the students in our Class A?"
"I don't even know the students in my own class, so why should I know the students in your class?"
Horikita Suzune found it somewhat laughable that Shikime Natsu would say such a thing.
"Tsk. Horikita, do you still remember your mission? Make at least three friends before June, otherwise..."
Shikime Natsu didn't need to finish the rest of the sentence; Horikita Suzune would fill it in herself.
"Friends made with this kind of purpose aren't sincere at all."
Horikita Suzune continued to talk tough, but her tone had softened slightly. After all, looking at it now, Horikita Suzune's friend count was still zero.
"Sincere or not is one thing. Don't so-called sincere friends start from the surface? Do you, Horikita, possess the ability to make people see through to your true heart at a glance and then decide to be friends with you?"
These words left Horikita Suzune speechless for a moment. She didn't have the ability to make others actively befriend her, but she certainly had the ability to make others stay away from her.
She was clearly radiating an aura of 'strangers keep away,' so why did this annoying guy still latch onto her?
If she had known earlier, she would have just left directly when getting off the bus. Why did she have to seek this guy out?
Horikita Suzune's heart was full of regret. This was the most incorrect decision she had made in her life!
He clearly looked like he would be easy to bully, but in reality, he was a demon. Just terrible!
"I'll set a small goal for you. Know the names of the classmates in the circle around you, and exchange at least three sentences with them. You have to write down everything said. I will check."
He was even going to check?
And she had to write it all down? She had to listen to lectures seriously; where would she find so much time to chat idly with the people around her?
And it was the people around her for a week... that meant eight people. A whole eight people. Since Horikita Suzune started school, she hadn't known that many people in one class, let alone conversed with them. She had always scoffed at such things.
She had always maintained this attitude, yet just a short while ago, the guy in front of her said she was wrong, and he said it on behalf of her brother. This was really somewhat hard for Horikita Suzune to accept.
"Could it be that such a tiny task is a huge problem for Horikita?"
Shikime Natsu didn't look back, using a provocation tactic quite casually.
"I understand. Don't think you can provoke me with such boring tricks."
Horikita Suzune spoke up. Getting along with others was, at the very least, simpler than getting along with Shikime Natsu. This was something the girl believed from the bottom of her heart.
She agreed. Wasn't that achieving the objective? Who cares about provoking or not?
"Hey..."
"My name isn't 'Hey'. I have a name."
Sigh, what truly impolite beautiful girl. But having known Horikita Suzune for this long, Shikime Natsu really hadn't heard Horikita Suzune call him by his name.
Basically, she just called him 'you' or 'you guy'.
Truly excessive.
"Shikime..."
For some reason, Horikita Suzune could normally call out others' names very easily, but when it came to this guy's name, Horikita Suzune felt it was somewhat difficult to say.
"Speak. Speak."
Hearing this, Shikime Natsu was satisfied. No matter how reluctant the tone was, didn't she still call it out?
"I realized that the study atmosphere in your class seems completely different from our class. Haven't you noticed?"
Horikita Suzune spoke. Although she had been studying in her class all day, Horikita Suzune still noticed that the overall atmosphere of Class A was very different from Class D.
"Oh? I didn't expect you to actually pay attention to your surroundings. A little bit of progress."
Shikime Natsu was slightly surprised. However, this was also quite normal. After all, Class D was so chaotic; even if one didn't intentionally pay attention to Class A, one could still feel the overall atmosphere was vastly different.
"The teachers at this school basically don't control what students do in class, whether it's chatting or playing on phones. Don't the students in your class know that?"
Horikita Suzune realized something was wrong the moment she said these words. What was she saying?
"So what if they know? Attending class seriously is a student's most basic duty, right? Could it be that Horikita is also the type of person who whispers to her desk mate during class?"
Hearing Shikime Natsu's words, a layer of rosiness dyed Horikita Suzune's small face. She didn't have anyone she could whisper to at all, okay?
Of course, if she used this point to refute Shikime Natsu, she would probably be mocked even worse, so she chose to remain silent.
Horikita Suzune's gaze fell upon Shikime Natsu. The way this annoying guy used a kitchen knife actually looked decent; at least he didn't look like a novice.
But... the food he made would probably just be average.
Whatever. It didn't matter if she ate average food. Horikita Suzune weighed her own little treasury; she didn't have much money left. More than half had been taken away by this detestable guy.
She also didn't know how many Private Points she could get next month. Judging by her performance, although it wouldn't be a hundred thousand, there should still be ninety thousand Private Points, right?
One had to know that whether it was theoretical courses or PE courses, Horikita Suzune participated quite seriously. She was different from those half-hearted people; she was improving herself quite seriously.
Horikita Suzune stood up and walked to Shikime Natsu's side. She wanted to see clearly what cuisine Shikime Natsu planned to make for her, lest this guy secretly put some strange things in it.
After seeing the ingredients and Shikime Natsu's movements clearly, Horikita Suzune figured out what this guy planned to do. So it was Tamagoyaki.
Such a simple thing; she could also do it with ease.
It seemed Shikime Natsu's cooking level was just so-so.
Maybe she could defeat Shikime Natsu. Next time, she would use her own Tamagoyaki to host this annoying guy, letting him see clearly just how big the gap between them was.
If she could see this guy looking lost and incredulous...
For some reason, Horikita Suzune actually began to look forward to it slightly. She shook her head slightly, throwing the messy thoughts out of her brain.
But Horikita Suzune indeed wanted to let Shikime Natsu, this guy who acted high and mighty, taste the flavor of defeat. Even if it was just a little bit, Horikita Suzune wanted to win!
In that case, in front of her brother, she would also have a little capital to show off, right? No, it was merely defeating a mere Shikime Natsu.
The girl's mind became active, her thoughts flying off to who knows where.
Suddenly, Horikita Suzune smelled a burst of fragrance. It was coming from the dish in Shikime Natsu's hands.
Clearly, it was just ordinary Tamagoyaki, so why did it emit this kind of fragrance? Just smelling this scent was enough to stimulate one's appetite uncontrollably.
The girl's gaze quickly landed on the Tamagoyaki in front of Shikime Natsu. The shape of the Tamagoyaki was quite perfect, without any place to pick fault, and that golden-like luster instantly seized the girl's line of sight, making her swallow her saliva involuntarily.
This guy... actually really knew how to cook?
"So... how is this dish I made? Horikita?"
Shikime Natsu looked at Horikita Suzune with a playful expression.
"The appearance looks passable."
Horikita Suzune originally wanted to directly say it was no good, very terrible. But looking at this kind of cuisine and saying such self-deceiving words... that would be too pathetic, right?
"Then I'll leave the taste to you."
Shikime Natsu took a pair of chopsticks and handed them to Horikita Suzune. Horikita Suzune took them very smoothly; upon seeing this dish, her gaze could no longer look away.
She delivered the Tamagoyaki into her mouth. The next moment, Horikita Suzune's entire world changed directly!
She was in a golden space. The clothes on her body had disappeared at some point, but in this space, she didn't feel any cold; instead, it was somewhat warm.
She stretched out her fair, tender little hand to touch this golden space. Warm, soft, smooth as silk. The next moment, that golden space seemed to break a tiny hole, and golden liquid rushed in from the outside.
Unable to dodge, she could only let this golden liquid submerge her entire body. Her fair ankles, the beautiful and elastic curves of her calves, her snow-white and smooth thighs, her flat lower abdomen...
The girl's entire body was greedily absorbing the soup stock within the Tamagoyaki, as if she could eat as much as there was.
"I can still eat more... more, I want more!"
Unknown when, a blush had already climbed onto the girl's exquisite little face. Perhaps it was because the soup stock in the Tamagoyaki was still a bit hot, scalding the girl's cheeks red.
Shikime Natsu also did a good job of filming Horikita Suzune's appearance. The drug he dosed today was a bit mild.
After all, no matter how you put it, Shikime Natsu was making cuisine to repay Horikita Suzune today, so naturally, he couldn't use a heavy dose.
As for a smug brat like Sakayanagi Arisu, she should be drugged heavily!
[Ding~]
[CG32: This is Cooking (Horikita Suzune)]
[I want more, I can still eat more!]
[Congratulations Host for obtaining Skill Card: Ingredient Supply (Now you can solve food freedom. After each use, you can obtain 10kg of any designated ingredient. Limit one use per day)]
Looking at this reward in front of him, Shikime Natsu couldn't help but smile. The glutton actually gave such a reward. 10kg a day, quite terrifying, just a pity he couldn't save up the uses.
Of course, he could reduce the points spent on buying ingredients. Another little money-saving ability.
The Horikita Suzune before him seemed not to have recovered from the aftertaste of the cuisine yet. Although he didn't use a heavy dose, the girl was still immersed in that world of cuisine. Her eyes were misty, her face scarlet, looking as if she had taken medicine.
After all, this wasn't the world of Food Wars; people here eating such delicious food would definitely savor the aftertaste for a while.
Just at this moment, Shikime Natsu's phone rang. It was a message from Kamuro Masumi. She was already outside the door, and Sakayanagi Arisu was there too.
He originally thought his cute deskmate had forgotten him; he didn't expect her to come over personally. It was indeed his cute deskmate.
"Please come in."
Shikime Natsu opened the door and smiled at the two. That smug brat Sakayanagi Arisu's face had returned to that consistent smile that made one want to bully her severely.
Sigh, once the drug wears off, it's like this. She still needs to be taught a harsh lesson.
However, the two coming here together was really somewhat rare.
"I told the fact that Shikime-san is very good at cooking to others~ So Kamuro-san also really wants to taste Shikime-san's cooking."
Sakayanagi Arisu chuckled lightly, those eyes full of mirth.
So they wanted to eat his cooking. He didn't expect his deskmate to also be a little glutton.
Just at this moment, Kamuro Masumi, who had already entered, suddenly walked to the doorway and blocked Sakayanagi Arisu. Then she glared fiercely at Shikime Natsu and quickly shut Sakayanagi Arisu outside.
Sakayanagi Arisu: ???
Kamuro Masumi's exquisite little face was full of incomprehension and anger.
"How could you do this kind of thing to an innocent girl? Clearly I..."
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