Although Fumino doesn't care about other people's looks, she is surprised when Ren suddenly says that he is handsome.
After spending time together, she felt that Ren was just an ordinary person, and his appearance was nothing extraordinary.
As a result, now he admits that he is actually a handsome man.
So Fumino looked Ren up and down, trying to see what was good about him.
Unfortunately, she failed.
She didn't see anything interesting about him.
A truly ordinary person.
Could Ren really be talking about his friend?
Fumino started to hesitate.
When Itsuki heard the question Ren asked, she immediately realized that what he was saying was that he looked really handsome without glasses.
Because during art class today, she was curious about how Ren took off his glasses.
Now that he asked it again, it reminded her almost subconsciously.
Seeing Ren sitting next to her, Itsuki became even more curious about his appearance without glasses.
This time Rizu also found out that the friend Ren mentioned was actually himself.
After Ren asked "I have friends" last time, Fumino and Itsuki explained it to her, and now she could understand it naturally.
As the only one among them who had seen Ren's true appearance, Rizu's reaction was not the same as the others.
She had seen it before, so naturally she no longer needed to be curious or think about it.
As for Ren saying that he was handsome, she agreed.
He looks very handsome.
Regarding the question he asked, Rizu saw that none of them had any intention of speaking, so she took the initiative and said, "How about wearing glasses to cover it?"
The answer to this question was almost obvious, but she still knew how to answer it.
After all, Ren now wears glasses.
"Um."
Ren nodded.
He was very satisfied with Rizu's answer.
Basically, he relies on wearing glasses to reduce his appearance to that of an ordinary person.
He asked this question only to ensure whether their ideas were in line with Gabriel's ideas, lest the suggestions they gave were not in accordance with the principles of his daily life.
Now it seems that their thinking is similar to Gabriel's.
"Wearing glasses?"
Hearing these words, Fumino immediately reacted.
She just misunderstood, thinking Ren was talking about how handsome he was now.
Without realizing it, he was talking about himself, who looked handsome without glasses.
After thinking about it, Fumino looked at Ren again.
This time she focused her gaze on the black-rimmed glasses that Ren was wearing, trying to see his true appearance.
But it's a pity that Fumino is not an Esper, she also doesn't have superpowers like [Clairvoyance], so naturally she can't see through glasses.
"My friend's true appearance has been seen by others. He doesn't like other people talking nonsense. What should he do better?" After thinking for a long time, Ren finally asked.
"Just make the person promise to keep it a secret."
Fumino quickly gave advice.
"As long as the other party keeps it promise, then you don't need to worry about this."
"I think so too," Itsuki had the same opinion as her.
Rizu didn't speak, just nodded.
"…"
Facing their opinions, Ren chose to remain silent.
The method Fumino mentioned required him to trust humans.
However, he was less confident that humans could keep their promises.
He had a deep understanding of this kind of thing during his ten years in prison.
Cheating, empty words, going back on it word... He had experienced similar things many times.
Although Ren knew that there were still rare creatures like good people among humans, Ren was not sure that the people he met were necessarily good people.
So basically he doesn't have a strong belief in humans.
For him, the only person worthy of his trust at the moment was his good friend, Gabriel.
And she is an angel, not a so-called human.
Even for the three people around him now, Ren didn't have much confidence.
"Do ordinary people trust people... Other people?"
After hesitating for a while, Ren slowly asked this question.
If the average person can trust others, then he must also try to learn to trust others.
Instead of staying in place and maintaining the original concept.
Only in this way could he become an ordinary human being.
"Of course you can do it." Fumino said matter-of-factly, "I believe Kamikawa-san."
"And you can trust me, Kamikawa-san."
"Trust me?"
Ren repeated these words.
This was the first time he heard someone say they believed him.
Ever since he was imprisoned, those people suspected him.
They never believed in him, or never believed in his superpowers.
So they try to control it to achieve their goals.
That's why Ren doesn't believe in humans.
If humans don't trust themselves, then they don't need to trust humans.
But now Fumino says she believes in him.
Very weird...
"Me too!" Itsuki said quickly, "I also believe in Kamikawa-san!"
"I also believe in Kamikawa-san," Rizu took over.
Looking at them, Ren didn't understand.
He didn't seem to do anything, so why should they believe him?
He really couldn't understand human emotions.
"Why?"
So, he could only ask.
He wanted to know why they believed him.
"I'm not sure, I think you are a very reliable person, Kamikawa-san, and you are also very kind to others..."
Fumino didn't know how to explain it better.
She always felt that she was talking too much, as if she was confessing, which made her feel strange.
"Because Kamikawa-san is worthy of my trust," Rizu lifted her glasses and answered calmly.
The reason why she believed in Ren was simple, because he promised to tutor her in her studies, and he did so without breaking his promise.
It's worth trusting.
"It's hard to say. I always felt Kamikawa-san, you were like a teacher. I would have chosen to believe you without realizing it," Itsuki said with some distress.
She didn't know why she trusted Ren, could it be because she had built a relationship of trust by borrowing notebooks for a long time?
She couldn't explain the specific reason.
"What a strange reason."
Listening to their answers, Ren felt a little complicated.
Do humans trust others so easily?
How unexpected.
But is this what it feels like to be trusted?
It tastes pretty good...
Then should he also try to believe them?