The distance from Aoyagi to the training center in the northern part of Tsumae City is nearly 10 kilometers, and the round trip is 20 kilometers, and Morimi only thought about it for a moment before giving up his plan to ride a bicycle.

In the past, she had to change buses several times, which was time-consuming and troublesome, but during the summer vacation, she lacked time the most.

The same goes for starfish.

The two went out together at about 9 a.m. and went to the training center to sign up, and she made an appointment for the same class time as her.

When I returned to the city, it was almost noon, so I simply settled lunch outside.

Starfish ate faster, put down his chopsticks, wiped his mouth, and then stared at the menu at the bar.

"Are you thinking about him?"

"Eh......"

She turned her head, and Morimi was eating noodles with her head down, and she took off her glasses and put them aside, and she didn't look at her.

"Nope." Starfish said, "It's just in a daze." ”

Mori didn't say anything, ate the noodles again, and suddenly asked, "You don't want to sleep, do you?" ”

"Ah......h

Starfish was a little embarrassed, and it was indeed her habit in the past two days to eat and sleep, after all, she was very idle.

And that state just now is indeed a bit like lethargy after eating......

"Nope."

"Yes."

Morimi continued to eat his lunch.

Starfish looked at her, and looked around the store again, it was a meal right now, there were many customers, and people came over one after another, and the business was very good.

"Do you have any plans for the starfish afternoon?"

"Afternoon...... I'm going to go home and brush up on my driver's license test questions. ”

Mori looked over, and his face was a little delicate.

"I really didn't expect that one day I would hear the words 'brush questions' in the mouth of the starfish."

Her face was hot, and she pursed her lips again, "If I don't prepare earlier, I'm afraid I won't be able to pass the written exam." ”

"It's still half a month before classes start." Morimi said, pausing, "I'll brush it with you." ”

"Eh, what a ......"

When she finished eating, the two walked out of the ramen shop, and Morimi stood at the door for a moment, squinting at the sun in the sky.

"It's so troublesome that there are no trams in the countryside...... It's hard to move without a means of transportation. ”

"Eh, it's alright."

"I feel like my legs are about to break."

Starfish glanced at her lower body, her two long legs hidden in a long skirt, and the upper half of her body was paired with a white T-shirt, she was dressed more intellectually today.

"Let's go and wait for the bus."

"Hmmm......"

Walking to the bus stop, it was only a few hundred meters away, and Mori looked like his leg was really broken, so he sat down and refused to get up.

Starfish thought she was probably spoiled by the motorcycles, at least not like that she had been before—it would have taken a while to get to school.

Buzz –

Their phones vibrated at the same time.

Morimi looked at her, "Let's see, maybe it's the light or something they're sending again." ”

"Hmmm......"

The message was sent by Naoko, and the content was a photo.

"Photos? Sent by Naoko? Bed photos. ”

“…… Not really. It's a picture of a creek, and they seem to be in the mountains. ”

Morimi took out his mobile phone and looked at it, and a few more photos were posted, with different contents, all of which were landscapes in the forest.

"It's just a trail, it feels like a primeval forest." Starfish looked over, "Wow, bear bells, there are bears in the mountains...... Where have they gone? ”

"This should be the way from Magome-juku to Tsumago-juku."

Morimi thought for a moment and continued: "These two places are very close to each other on the Nakasendo and have a similar style, and they stayed overnight in Magome yesterday, so they will probably choose to walk over and walk around a little more, and then go somewhere else. ”

Starfish pinched her phone and looked at her, not knowing what to say.

What she admires most is that she can analyze a lot of things based on just a little bit of detail. And most of the time, Kazuha's guess is right.

As for herself, she doesn't even know what "Magome-juku" and "Tsuma-go-juku" are.

"The day before departure, he told me where he was going, and I checked their route a little." Seeing that the starfish was stunned, Morimi thought that she couldn't understand, so he took the initiative to explain.

"...... like this"

Buzz –

"Hikari also sent a photo...... Where is this? ”

"Somewhere in Hokkaido, I don't recognize it."

The discrimination is also too obvious...... Starfish couldn't help but muttered in her heart again.

Relatively speaking, riding on Takigawa Halo Island, the route is clear, and from time to time you publish your location in the group, so the itinerary is easier to see.

Hikari: We're going to Lake Shikotsu soon.

Harumi: Didn't you go to Lake Toya yesterday, why are you still there?

Hikari: In the morning, I took a detour to see Noboribetsu Jigokudani.

Hikari: It's a scary place.

Naoko: Do you have any photos?

Hikari: Ah, I forgot to send it!

The three who were traveling outside chatted, and the two who stayed in the country sat on the platform bench and watched silently until the bus came.

"Let's go back."

The two got on the bus and followed the bus for half an hour before returning to the countryside of Aoyagi.

Walking to the bookstore, Morimi said to the starfish, "You go home first, if you don't need to send alcohol, let's come here and brush up on the questions together." ”

"Uh-huh."

A moment later, when Morimi at the counter saw her again, she had already changed into the coarse cloth apron and was riding a bicycle with a small half-case of wine under her.

"Do you still want to deliver wine?"

"Hmmm......"

She smiled, "Don't worry, you can send it slowly." I've been here anyway. ”

Starfish nodded, kicked his feet, and went to deliver the wine first.

Seeing her leave, Morimi retracted his gaze, took the book and looked at it absentmindedly, and after a while, he took out his phone again and looked at the message.

The chat in the group stopped after Hikaru Takikawa started again, she flipped through it, glanced at it a few times and exited, and clicked into Naruse's conversation window.

The private chat between the two was still stuck on her explanation of the incident the day before yesterday. The messages sent were all read, but he didn't reply.

He didn't say a word about the earlier incident in her yard, after scolding her for being crazy.

She could see how shaken he was at that point, but that was about it.

He wasn't around, and she refused to communicate, and she couldn't guess if his current thoughts would change.

Will she take her determination as a momentary madness and forget about it after that?

In the state in which they were with each other, he did not have much reason to refuse except for the so-called moral shackles...... No, Naoko's feelings are one of the strong reasons.

And now that the two of them are traveling together, getting along day and night, and they are closer than usual, and he will be more attentive to Naoko's mood.

A heart may not only think of one person, but when one person shines too brightly, the others will be ignored.

She'd have to let him think about her while he's outside......

Morimi turned his head to look at the hallway leading to the bookstore, and after she came, Dad went in, and he should be staying in it now.

Dragging the chair back to expose her legs, she placed the book she had just read on her lap.

"Hmm......"

After a moment's thought, she pulled up her skirt and raised it directly to the middle of her thighs, similar to what she would have seen in her hot pants.

And when she held up her phone to the book on her lap, she stopped again.

Several thoughts flashed through her mind, and she picked up the book again, stood up, and mentioned that the skirt in the middle of her thighs naturally sagged under gravity and fell back between her calves.

Sitting down again, placing the book on her lap, she held up her phone.

Click!

"What is Ichiha shooting?"

She turned her head, and her mother came out from behind.

"I found an interesting book and showed it to Harumi."

"Yes."

She just glanced at it, didn't ask much, and didn't notice the sweat that was faintly on her daughter's forehead.

Picking up something outside, she quickly went back inside.

It's good to put the skirt down......

Morimi breathed a sigh of relief and clicked on the photo he had just taken and looked at it.

Buzz –

took out his mobile phone, and as soon as he saw the name, Naruse had a headache.

She sent a photo.

The photo shows a book, a book placed on the thigh of a long skirt over the knees.

Kazuha: Are you interested in this kind of theme?

(End of chapter)