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"……kindness."

"I will discuss the dialogue with you tonight."

"kindness."

"Shina-san."

"kindness?"

"The reason why you are painting so late...is it because you want to show it to me?"

"…………Not really."

After hearing this, Mashiro Shiina was silent for a moment, and then shook his head.

"I just paint to see what I want to see."

"Yeah...that's good."

After hearing this, Ren Suzuki breathed a sigh of relief, and then he said to Mashiro Shiina:

"However, I will never do this again next time. Although I know Shiina-san wants to complete her manga as soon as possible, if you don't pay attention to rest, it will affect the quality of the subsequent work. And... staying up late like this will be very harmful to the body. Uncomfortable, right?"

As Ren Suzuki spoke, he reached out his hand and gently rubbed away Shiina Mashiro's slightly frowned brow.

"Just looking at your expression now is enough to explain everything..."

Shiina Mashiro, who was directly touched by Ren Suzuki, opened her eyes slightly, and then whispered:

"...I know, and I won't stay up so late again in the future."

"kindness."

After smoothing Shiina Mashiro's brow and hearing her reply, Suzuki Ren retracted his hand, then stood up and pulled back the originally opened curtains.

"I'll ask Teacher Qianshi to ask you for a leave later. You can have a good rest at home today."

For Mashiro Shiina, just missing one day of classes would not affect her study, so Ren Suzuki decided to let her skip today's classes and make up for the sleep she missed yesterday.

however--

"……don't want."

Quite clearly, Shiina Mashiro said:

"No need to ask for leave...I'll wake up well."

"There's no need to force yourself so much, Shiina-san."

Although her willingness to actively get up is indeed worthy of encouragement, just recalling the extremely uncomfortable expression on Shiina Mashiro's face just now, Suzuki Ren couldn't help but persuade her like this.

"For you, just taking a day off won't have any impact. So you don't have to worry, just rest at home -"

"But Lian said... that she would prepare a lunch for me today."

Before Suzuki Ren could finish speaking, Shiina Mashiro stood up unsteadily.

"Just for this...I have to get up."

"…………"

After hearing such an unexpected answer from Mashiro Shiina, Ren Suzuki suddenly fell into a daze.

Obviously he had told her so seriously that she only needed to think about her own affairs, but she still stayed up late to draw the story she provided into a comic, and she would also work hard to overcome the pain of staying up late for his lunch... …

He didn't expect that Mashiro Shiina would care so much about his words, nor did he expect that she would force herself so hard for this.

Would a child as blessed as Mashiro Shiina... actually do this for him?

For a moment, an unprecedented feeling surged into his heart, and his impression of Shiina Mashiro also quietly changed -

"lotus."

"……kindness?"

"Button it for me."

"kindness."

Although he still makes some somewhat demanding requests, Ren Suzuki no longer feels forced by them at this time.

Rather, looking at the girl in front of her with her sleepy eyes lowered, Suzuki Ren had a stronger urge to take good care of her——

"That's what I say, but you still need to learn how to fasten buttons..."

Facing the white skin in front of her that was even more "dazzling" than the morning sun, with a helpless smile, Suzuki Ren said this.

Chapter 21: The Importance of Localized Translation

During the lunch break, when Suzuki Ren took a lunch box to the art department and was about to pick up Shiina Mashiro for lunch, he was very surprised to find that Shiina Mashiro's complexion was much better than in the morning.

And when he asked Shiina Mashiro if she secretly slept during class, she replied calmly:

"I didn't sleep in class."

"Then why did you suddenly become so energetic?"

"Because I went to the health room to sleep."

"…………"

After hearing this calm reply, Suzuki Ren didn't know what to say for a moment.

If it were any other student, this behavior would naturally not be allowed, but if it were Shiina Mashiro, it would not be surprising at all.

After all, for Suimei Shukou, Shiina Mashiro's existence is what they want. Compared with the celebrity effect she brings, this level of preferential treatment is really nothing.

"It's good to catch up on some sleep, but never stay up so late again in the future."

"But...I heard that Japanese cartoonists always work hard to draw before the deadline..."

"That's just because they didn't arrange the work schedule and rest days properly, that is, they were completely self-inflicted. You can't learn from them."

"oh, I see……"

Shiina Mashiro nodded in understanding, then she quickly moved her gaze to Suzuki Ren's hand and said:

"That, is the lunch box Lian prepared?"

"kindness."

"When did you do it?"

"Before I wake you up in the morning."

"Then... doesn't Lian sleep very little too?"

"Because I had already made some general preparations last night, so it actually didn't take much time."

Suzuki Ren smiled and shook his head, and continued in a joking tone:

"However, if Shiina-san can shorten the time to wake up a little in the future, maybe I can sleep longer."

"!"

Shiina Mashiro's eyes widened immediately after hearing this. Then she moved her gaze forward and whispered in a more serious tone than usual:

"I understand...I'll try my best."

"Hahaha, it's just a joke. Shiina-kun just needs to follow your own pace and x——"

However, Mashiro Shiina, who was not able to distinguish between jokes and truth for the time being, completely ignored the second half of the sentence, but continued to emphasize in a stronger tone than before:

"I will try my best!"

"…………"

I always feel that this child seems to be becoming more and more obedient to him recently...

Is it because she is grateful to him, or is it because she puts too much pressure on her?

Ren Suzuki is unknown.

But in any case, shortening the time to wake up is indeed very necessary, so Suzuki Ren has no intention of continuing to dwell on this issue.

After all, for him now, what he needs to worry about most is the next lunch session——

........................

"……what."

When Mashiro Shiina saw the white lunch box handed to her by Ren Suzuki, she immediately noticed the extremely unnatural pattern on the top of the lunch box——

"what is this?"

"Uh, it's... it's a belt."

Looking at Shiina Mashiro's expression full of confusion, Ren Suzuki immediately replied with an embarrassed look:

"Isn't it true that the painting looks very different?"

After hearing this, Mashiro Shiina blinked in surprise:

"! Is this drawn by Lian?"

"Well, because you said yesterday that those lunch boxes didn't have patterns on them, I was wondering if I could draw one myself with a marker..."

Suzuki Rensan smiled and scratched his head.

The drawstring pattern was naturally inspired by the band's logo.

For this man who had never painted before and had no corresponding talent, this was the simplest and most meaningful pattern he could think of.

"It's a pity that I really don't have any painting talent. I can't even draw such a simple thing."

"It's not like that."

Shiina Mashiro shook her head, and then she put the lunch box directly in front of her and began to look at it very carefully.

"I see...it's a belt...well, I remember it."

"No, no, no, it doesn't matter if you don't need to remember!"

Just seeing Shiina Mashiro's serious expression, Ren Suzuki couldn't help but blush.

"I'll give you a new lunch box later! This... Painting should be left to professionals..."

"No, you are not allowed to change."

Upon hearing that Ren Suzuki wanted to erase the pattern, Mashiro Shiina immediately hugged the lunch box in her arms with a very tough attitude.

"I only want this! I don't need anything else!"

"Eh...ah, oh...that's it."

Seeing Mashiro Shiina's posture like an animal protecting its food, Ren Suzuki could only nodded in confusion.

"As long as you don't dislike me, Shiina-san."

"I won't dislike it..."

Shiina Mashiro shook her head and stretched out her hand to touch the belt pattern.

Although she doesn’t know why, she seems to really like this crooked simple drawing...

"Ahem, um, rather than the pattern, I want Shiina-san to see what's in the lunch box."

Seeing that Mashiro Shiina had not looked away from her elementary school-level work for a long time, Ren Suzuki quickly cleared her throat and reminded:

"I want to hear what you think about this lunch."

"………………Oh, I see."

Although Shiina Mashiro wanted to continue to look carefully at the lunch box in her hand, she was still a little hungry and chose to eat lunch first.

So, under Ren Suzuki's gaze, she slowly opened the lid of the lunch box——

Rice, omelet, stir-fried broccoli and carrots, leftover braised beef with green onions from last night, and a few sausages cut into octopus shapes.

Even Mashiro Shiina, who lacks common sense in life, can see the richness and thoughtfulness of this bento at a glance.

"I'm gonna start now."

Driven by appetite, Shiina Mashiro stretched out her chopsticks and began to taste.

Then, Ren Suzuki, who had been observing Shiina Mashiro's reaction, suddenly discovered that Shiina Mashiro's frequency of stretching out her chopsticks became faster and faster, and at the same time, she chewed much faster than at the beginning, which made him feel even more Fortunately, when tasting his food, Shiina Mashiro's amber eyes seemed to become a little brighter...