The Reason Why The Cool Beauty Who Repeatedly Ignores Messages Replies Only To Me. ~The Lonely Beauty Wants To Know The Lonely Me〜

Episode 43: We’ve Arrived at the Sea!

Several minutes had passed since we boarded the bus heading to the campsite, and the sea finally came into view through the bus window.

With the sea breeze blowing in through the slightly opened bus window, we all turned our attention towards it.

“Wow! Kotoku-kun, look, look! You can see the sea!”

“You’ve seen the beaches of Hawaii countless times, haven’t you?”

“Japan has its own charm.”

“Charm…”

The crystal-clear ocean in Hawaii is just too unfair a comparison to the ordinary seas in Japan.

Feeling sorry for the sea, we arrived at our destination bus stop, grabbed our luggage, and got off the bus. Under the blazing summer sun, we started walking.

Naturally, the girls were concerned about getting sunburned and had brought sun protection items.

As for me, I didn’t care about that, so I just draped a bath towel over my head and walked.

We walked along the road for a while, and then, after descending onto a sidewalk near the coast, we headed to the seaside campsite,

As Tamari mentioned before, the campsite is reserved, so we first put down our luggage and planned to head to the beach during the day and start camping once the sun set.

“Kotoku, wait a minute.”

We were walking in a line with Tamari at the front, followed by Machibari, Saeki, me, and then Mishiro at the back. Mishiro pulled my backpack from behind.

Holding a parasol in her left hand and dragging a suitcase with her right, she looked at me.

“What’s up with that serious face?”

“…Kotoku, since you only have a backpack, can you pull my suitcase?”

“Eh…”

“You need to be kind to ladies. If you don’t pull it, I’ll tell my sister all sorts of things.”

“Fine. Just don’t say anything weird.”

“…Hehe, Kotoku is so kind.”

Scary. Does she not realize I’m doing this because she’s blackmailing me?

If I go against Mishiro, she’ll tell Saeki complicated things, which would be very troublesome.

Lately, I’ve been getting blackmailed a lot.

“Come on, everyone, this way!”

From the road along the coast, we saw a sign for the campsite, and following it, we arrived at a campsite on a lush green plain by the sea.

The entire campsite was surrounded by a small fence, and beyond the fence, the vast sea stretched out before us.

Tamari went to inform the campsite manager of our arrival, so the four of us waited for her.

“…Himawari, which do you prefer, Western or Eastern philosophy?”

“I prefer Western.”

“I like Western too! Montes and Aristo are fascinating!”

Before I knew it, Machibari and Mishiro were having a normal conversation.

As the top student of a prestigious girls’ school and the top student of our grade, maybe they found common ground as geniuses. (Montesquieu or Montes)

“Oh, you have a mosquito on your arm.”

“Thanks… Himawari, you’re like my big sister.”

“Big sister? No way, you and I are the same age.”

“Call me Mishiro.”

“O-Okay. Then, Mishiro.”

Unlike a certain someone, Mishiro surprisingly has good communication skills.

While I was impressed, I noticed Saeki watching this scene with a sulky face.

As her real sister, she must not find it amusing.

“Isn’t Machibari acting more like a sister than Saeki?”

“…Hmph. I don’t mind. I have… Okami-kun.”

Saeki took out a neatly folded light pink handkerchief from her pocket and placed it on my forehead… wait, what?

“What’s with you all of a sudden!”