After deciding to give up, he started to gain popularity

"Ah."

After getting off the bus, he felt that the air he breathed was a lot fresher. The fragrance of green grass coming from the forest completely hooked his nose, but then he was confused by the smell of curry one after another.

"It's always curry every year, can't there be some novelty..." Xiachuan Kanade sighed. He remembered that last year, he seemed to have made curry rice as well.

Of course, he didn't hate it to the point of hating it. He just felt that after a year, there should be some changes. Unexpectedly, everyone still decided to make curry this year.

"After all, it's very convenient, and it's also a key course taught in the school's cooking class." Shiina Mahiru said with a smile. Kanade is always like this, she will get obsessed with some strange things for a while, like a little child.

"Besides, don't you think Kanade himself likes to make curry rice? I know that it's not that he wants to eat it, but that curry rice is the most convenient to make."

"Well... that kind of thing... is a little different. What's important is the novelty, the novelty..."

"Hmm... Then, how about I try to cook something different? I've never tried such a big pot, but it should be okay..."

Miss Shiina seemed to be really tempted, so now it was Natsukawa Kanade's turn to persuade her.

"Uh... let's not do that. It would be too noticeable..." Xia Chuan Zou hesitated for a while and shook his head. "Now that we have decided, let's go help collect some firewood. Maybe some groups of students won't have enough."

Miss Angel's cooking skills are of course impeccable. Even he himself, who learned from her, has his cooking skills recognized by the two young ladies, Fujiwara and Shinomiya. It is certainly not difficult to get the other students in the class to agree with them, but he inexplicably feels a little awkward.

It's like he doesn't want Shiina to show off her strengths in this area too much to attract other people's attention, and he hopes she can just cook for herself.

108. I don’t want to be a small fish

While working and chatting with Shiina, time seemed to pass quickly and the work became a lot easier.

"Has Kanade done these things before? He seems very skilled at it."

Shiina Mahiru sat on a tree stump nearby, holding her cheeks with both hands, and watched him carefully, watching him pick up the wood skillfully, place it, and then split it in half accurately.

"Yeah, I did it when I was in junior high school." Wiping the sweat off his forehead, Xia Chuan Zou replied, "It was also when I was in the forest school. At that time... no one assigned me a task, so I came here to chop wood by myself. Then I couldn't do it, so I asked the administrator nearby to teach me for a few days..."

"You've learned it all in just a few days?" Shiina Mahiru exclaimed. Her surprise at this moment was no less than when she suddenly heard him say that he had learned how to cook.

Isn’t this learning ability too strong?

"Or is it actually very simple?"

"..." Natsukawa Kanade didn't reply, but turned his head to look at her and invited, "Shiina, do you want to try it too?"

"Hey, am I coming?"

"Of course...let me teach you."

Hearing what Natsukawa Kanade said, Shiina Mahiru no longer hesitated. She patted the dust stains on her skirt and walked to where he had originally stood.

After handing the axe to Shiina, he taught her how to hold it and the techniques.

"Just keep your eyes on the center of the wood, aim the axe, raise your hands above your head, and swing it down with all your strength."

The steps themselves are not complicated, and can even be said to be extremely simple. However, once you actually start, you will find that it is not that simple.

For example, it is common to miss the target or use too little force causing the axe to get stuck in the wood; using too much force and the wood is chopped but also shattered and scattered everywhere; and incorrect posture may even cause a waist injury.

"Don't be so nervous. Relax your muscles a little, and then use force when you chop down... You don't need to raise your hands so high, and don't close your eyes, it will affect your accuracy..."

Speaking as someone who has experienced this, Miss Angel is truly adorable and naive.

She was clearly about to chop wood, but she closed her eyes as if she was afraid of seeing her life pass away. Xiachuan Kanade had no choice but to move over, stand behind her, hold her in his arms and teach her the correct posture step by step.

"Like this, raise your hand smoothly, and then..."

With a swish, he swung his hands down with force, and the originally strong wood was split into two halves. Although it broke a little far away, it was also a good start.

"Just like this, isn't it simple? Okay, try it yourself next."

"No... that... I still don't know how to do it. Please teach me again..."

Shiina's little face turned red, and she seemed to be excited about trying something new.

"..." Xiachuan Zou didn't know what to say.

I originally wanted to make Shiina realize that this matter is not easy, and even hoped to get her praise, but it seems to have had a strange effect?

But he has never been able to refuse Miss Angel's request. Although the posture of the two of them is a little intimate, it is fine as long as no one sees it...

"Zou?"

Just as I thought of this, the voice of a third party was heard from the side.

Even the voice sounds familiar...

So Natsukawa Kanade froze for a moment, and when he turned around to look, he found another equally cute blonde girl - Eriri.

"Hey...um...I...you...what are you doing..."

Judging from Eriri's personality, she would definitely run away if she saw a man and a woman being so intimate. However, instead of running away, she rushed forward to meet them.

Although he looked aggrieved.

"Uh... probably... teaching her... how to chop wood?" Xiachuan Zou replied intermittently.

It was obviously a very serious matter, but after being caught, I felt inexplicably ashamed. I even felt more guilty because the person I was facing was Eriri.

"Good afternoon, Eriri...Have you eaten yet?"

"Not yet... We are just about to cook..."

"..."

"..."

It was so embarrassing.

Fortunately, the other party involved, Ms. Shiina, is still in a rational state.

"Please don't misunderstand me, classmate. We are not doing anything strange. I just asked Kanade... Natsukawa to teach me how to chop wood."

Proper etiquette and graceful expression would certainly be very convincing if it weren't for the blush on the face that was difficult to erase.

But for Eriri, it was enough.

"Oh...oh! So that's how it is. I thought...no, no, nothing..."

Xia Chuan Zou: “…”

You, the artist of this book, must have misunderstood, right?! But you are really doing something serious!

But if I explain it again it would seem like I'm feeling particularly guilty and trying to hide something, so I had to find a way to change the subject.

"Come to think of it, why did Eriri end up here? Did she get lost?"

"Of course not! I was just sent here to fetch some firewood..." Eriri replied obediently, looking at Shiina Mahiru who was standing next to Natsukawa Kanade with a somewhat envious expression.

It was so nice to be able to have such an intimate contact with Zou. She also wanted to be like that and let Zou teach her in this way...

"Well, I'm not very good at chopping wood, can Kanade... Natsukawa-san... help me?"

I originally wanted to say "Teach me this way too", but I couldn't say it at all because it would make it sound like she was an unsatisfied XX woman.

and……

Eriri glanced at Shiina Mahiru standing aside without leaving a trace, and suddenly felt very frustrated.

The girl next to her looks really cute, and she looks so well-behaved and gentle, she is clearly the type that boys like most.

Her title is the kind that everyone loves, “Angel-sama”... This sounds much better than her so-called “ace of the art club”!

Damn it, I can't compare at all. What's going on? In the other world, this kind of character is the most...

The key is that she is blonde...the attributes overlap!

I feel like my sense of existence is being reduced to a level that is even lower than Xiaohui’s, and maybe I’ve even been forgotten by others?

"Hmm..." Eriri was lost in her own little emotions.

"Of course, no problem." Natsukawa Kanade nodded, but in her heart she was wondering if Eriri was being bullied in class? She actually asked a girl to come get firewood...

Even if she doesn't know anything about cooking, she can still help out, right? But if there's no firewood in the warehouse, you'll have to do it yourself.

Considering how useless Eriri was, she was lucky not to hurt herself, let alone chopping wood.

"It just so happens that we have a little too much, so I'll give you half." After thinking about it, Xiachuan Zou decided to give her some.

"But it's still too much for you to move it by yourself. I'll help you move some of it later."

By the way, he would go and take a look at the situation in their class to see if Eriri was being bullied and isolated. If that was true, he would definitely not sit idly by.

"..." However, in the face of his kindness, Ying Lili would not appreciate it at all. After all, this was not the kind of help she wanted.

Instead, you should teach her step by step, with gentle movements and a gentle tone!

"Okay, okay, thank you..."

However, I couldn't say it in front of outsiders...

109. Never be called auntie

On the way back with Shiina delivering firewood, she indeed brought up what happened just now.

"That Sawamura-san... is he close to Kanade?" Pursing her lips, Shiina Mahiru tried her best to act as if she didn't care, but she couldn't do it.

The way that girl looked at Zou was definitely not the way an ordinary classmate should look at her, she was definitely not wrong about that.

"It should be... not bad, right?" After thinking about it carefully, Xia Chuan Zou replied. Although the reason was nominally to help with the manuscript, it was still possible for him to go to the other party's house.

"We were in a club before and made games together. Eriri's drawing skills are great and she's well-known in the industry. She's also the ace of our school's art club."

Even though it is the other world.

"..." Shiina Mahiru was a little angry.

This is what she cares about the most. They don't seem to have a very good relationship, but they can call each other by their names. Even she doesn't have such treatment...

Or is it that the girl is actually closer to me than I am?

But she had already managed to "fall asleep" in Zou's house without any precautions, so how did that girl do it...

"What's wrong?" Seeing that the angel was in a bad mood, Xia Chuan Zou asked softly.

Did he mind being disturbed? I never thought Shiina would be interested in chopping wood. Common sense says that this should be a unique hobby for boys.

Similarly, if they see a branch on the ground that looks very much like a sword, if the shape is more perfect, they will definitely regard it as a treasure, and it is no exaggeration to say that it is regarded as a holy sword.

After all, boys are the kind of creatures who can have fun for half a day just by finding a perfect stone to skip.

"Nothing, I just feel... maybe I got a little too proud..."

"Uh, why do you say that suddenly?" Xiachuan Zou could hardly keep up with the pace of her conversation.

"Because think about it, I have always called you 'Kanade', but you don't seem to want to call me 'Mahiru'..." Miss Angel's face was red, and she felt that her little thoughts had been exposed.

And she brought this up because she was envious of Kanade calling out other girls' names, as if she had given up on whether or not they were close.

Although I approached him again with the attitude of "it's okay to be just friends", after getting along like this for a long time, I couldn't help but ask for more.

I want to be closer to him than anyone else.

"Uh..." Xiachuan Zou felt as if he had grasped something, but he couldn't tell what it was exactly. However, facing such a childish angel lady, he simply couldn't refuse.

"If it's just a name... Mahiru?"

It was just a tentative tone, but to the angel it was better than the sound of nature.

"Hmm!..." Her delicate body trembled slightly, and her hands shook so much that she almost dropped the firewood.

My heartbeat suddenly accelerated, as if a deer was beating wildly, and even the sunlight on my face became hotter.

So cunning, this sudden attack...