บท 303: Shinichi and Itsuki's Round in Forest School

　　The night before Forest School, Nakano's house.

　　"Huuu..."

　　Placing the pen on the table, Itsuki closed the notebook in her hands and put it in the tote bag she would bring tomorrow.

　　Dis exhaled lightly, took off her red-rimmed glasses, and tossed her shoulder-length hair.

　　"Maybe that's all..."

　　The room was dark, only the warm light from the table lamp illuminating an area.

　　Itsuki closed her eyes and rested for a few seconds to let her dry eyes recover a bit, then swiped her phone to confirm tomorrow's itinerary.

　　Although she has developed a habit of taking notes in notebooks, the convenience of technology still allows her to organize more tedious things in cell phone memos, which makes it easier to archive materials sent by Shinichi.

　　After spending a bit of time doing these things, Itsuki turned off the light, climbed into bed, lay on her back and looked up at the ceiling, and opened her eyes to think silently in the dark room.

　　The note she just made had nothing to do with Shinichi.

　　More than half a month ago, when the sisters gradually changed under Shinichi's influence, Itsuki became a bystander and began to take note of their changes.

　　Once she finds something wrong, even if she doesn't understand it, she will still write it down in the notebook, and think about it when she understands it, hoping she can draw out some truths that she needs to remember for a lifetime.

　　Itsuki knew that she wasn't as smart as Shinichi, her brain wasn't bright, her personality blunt and honest, her IQ and EQ could almost be classified as "clumsy", and it was impossible for her to deduce anything else from one thing. Except when it comes to food.

　　She knew that she was very clumsy, so she wouldn't let go of the opportunity to grow.

　　Shinichi taught her so many knowledge, principles, and principles of life. Until now, there is one sentence that she still remembers in her heart and she has never forgotten.

　　"Only by acknowledging that the starting point is zero can we work hard to turn zero into one, and turn it into one hundred. Many people also call this process a miracle."

　　Therefore, Itsuki never stops learning, whether it's values or life, she must learn enough experience from that person.

And together with her sister.

　　Closing her eyes, Itsuki said softly into the silent air.

　　"After tomorrow, everything will be different."

　　△

　　Forest school day, evening.

　　"Miku and Ichika, the mood is not good, the reason is unknown."

　　"Nino had been bothered by the change for a long time, and couldn't find any reason to convince itself."

　　"Yotsuba... There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with it, and it's still full of energy."

　　After confirming the schedule of activities with the club members, Itsuki took out the "Sisters Only" notebook and started writing while taking advantage of the time before lighting the bonfire.

　　There was only one notebook for the sister, and there were fifteen notebooks for 'Asada-kun's exclusive use' divided into ten categories.

　　Itsuki didn't tell anyone about the habit she had developed in the last half month, and she took it for granted that it was something a secretary would do.

　　"In that case, it's time for me to appear..."

　　Seeing the handwriting on the notebook Itsuki nodded with enthusiasm in her eyes.

　　So, at the end of the bonfire, she pretended to ask Nino on a whim.

　　"Do you have any goals after school in the forest?"

　　After persuading Nino to have a new understanding on the subject of change with an almost heart to heart talk. Itsuki stroked her chest with a sigh of relief.

　　"Acting is really difficult..."

　　If not for seeing Ichika and Shinichi for a while, and learning some skills to hide her feelings from them, Itsuki would not have been able to finish those words of encouragement.

　　Fortunately, 90% of those words were spoken from the bottom of her heart. Nino found no faults, and was "fooled" by her.

　　"Okay, I can do it!"

　　Itsuki calmed down her embarrassment and anxiety.

　　It was something only she could do, and it was something she had wanted to do ever since her mother died.

　　Therefore, do your best!

　　"Next is Miku and Ichika, what opportunities are we looking for..."

　　Thinking about it this way, as the dinner party started, as she put all the ingredients she could fill up on a plate, Itsuki saw Miku walking to a corner of the square alone, and Ichika wandering aimlessly around the dining table, looking like she was looking for someone.

　　At this moment, Itsuki had an inspiration, and even though she was very hungry, she started moving with the dinner plate like a hill.

　　(Ichika and Miku don't look like they're having an argument, that means there's something on their mind that hasn't been discussed. I used to do this when I was having trouble with Nino... So for now, let the two of them talk for themselves!)

　　Preparing a plate of salted fish, and filtering back the sentence to be said in her mind, she just waited for Ichika to walk to her side along the expected route, and then spoke to her.

　　"Ichika? Are you looking for something?"

　　The difficulty this time was even higher than when facing Nino. After all, it was an obvious lie, and the target was Ichika who has professional acting skills.

　　Luckily, Ichika was dazed, and Itsuki was still able to use food to distract her. With the help of two favorable conditions, she finally handed over the salted fish to her and asked her to find Miku.

　　With her back to the departing Ichika, Itsuki sighed.

　　She was very nervous now, trying her best to hold on, not daring to relax in the slightest, afraid that Ichika might see any clues.

　　This kind of acting skill should be considered a pass… After all, Ichika had no doubts at all.

　　She has mastered acting skills that not even Ichika can tell the difference...

　　(Woohoo, Asada-kun, did you see that?)

　　Itsuki showed a proud smile. she spent three minutes eating all the food on the plate, and then filled the plate to the brim.