Chapter 93 Kendo Girl, Suguha Esaki [Please order first]
For the next two days, things seemed to calm down in this pattern.
Although there was one more person and a cat in the house, Sawayama Haruno's ability to adapt seemed to be very strong. He didn't think there was any problem, just a little troublesome at best.
Although Miyazawa Maki's personality is still a bit rebellious, at least it can't be said to be bad, and she seems to be very happy working in the video game store.
She was able to communicate normally with her colleagues, which made Sawayama Haruno secretly relieved.
Other things also seemed to be proceeding in an orderly manner. Mine Shiori, whose body had recovered "health", appeared in school two days later.
Thanks to the classroom change, she was able to sit together with Sawayama Haruno before the next class started.
Looking at the pile of textbooks in the other person's arms, the latter couldn't help but feel a little surprised.
"Shiori, do we have so many classes today?" Sawayama Haruno asked uncertainly.
The other party brought seven or eight textbooks at once, and judging from the appearance, the books seemed to be quite thick.
“This is not what we are going to learn.”
Seeing that Sawayama Haruno noticed her situation, Mine Shiori explained a little embarrassedly: "Actually, these are the materials I need to prepare for class, to give Suguha extra lessons."
After saying that, she looked at Sawayama Haruno with some trepidation.
Ever since the other party came to visit her that day, she had been thinking about it alone for a long time. Although she had not figured out how to face the situation in the future, at least her mood now seemed a little more relaxed than before.
Even the thought of "punishment" has been alleviated a lot.
Although I don't have this, I'm still a little uncomfortable
"It's Suguha's."
Sawayama Haruno suddenly realized.
He knew that Mine Shiori was giving extra lessons to Esaki Suguha, but he didn't expect that she would work so hard.
But it's true, the Ezaki family seems to have paid Mine Shiori a considerable salary, and since it's full-course tutoring, it's normal that more textbooks would be used.
But is Ezaki Suguha's academic performance so bad? He noticed that some of the textbooks seemed to be used only by freshmen in high school, right?
Thinking of this, Sawayama Haruno couldn't help but ask curiously, "What happened to Suguha's grades?"
"Uh"
Mine Shiori's face suddenly fell.
But seeing that Sawayama Haruno was really curious, she said with some difficulty: "Probably, I can barely get a D grade in each subject."
D?
Isn't that just barely the passing threshold?
Sawayama Haruno was a little surprised. He had never received a D grade since he was reborn in the island country.
No, to be precise, he never even got a C. Even when he performed the worst, he could always get a B+.
Even in his previous life, when scored in Arabic numerals, his score had never been lower than 60 points.
Didn't expect that Ezaki Suguha's grades were this bad? The last time we met, I thought her grades were above average when I saw her discussing philosophy.
"Suguha is probably the type who is not good at studying."
Seeing that Sawayama Haruno looked a little surprised, Mine Shiori also said awkwardly: "To be honest, I have been a tutor for others before, but this is the first time I have encountered such a situation. Well, it's not that the other party doesn't work hard, but it's the type that is difficult to improve even if they work hard."
She had already put it as tactfully as possible. In reality, Ezaki Suguha's learning ability was much worse than this.
At least she taught me painfully. "Not good at studying?"
Sawayama Haruno thought back to the day when the other party discussed the philosophy of life, and suddenly he couldn't help laughing.
"Yes, there are such examples, but being poor at studying doesn't mean that one's other abilities are poor, right?"
"Indeed. Suguha is learning kendo and seems to be very good at it."
Seeing Sawayama Haruno smiling, Mine Shiori felt a lot better for some reason, and whispered, "There were a few times when I went to Ezaki's house early to give her tutoring, and I saw her practicing swordplay."
"Kendo?"
Haruno Sawayama touched his chin and imagined the image of the "Kendo Girl" Suguha Ezaki.
The straightforward way of speaking, the sharp skills, and the high ponytail of the other party seemed to really fit his image of a "Kendo Girl".
No. I don’t know why, but after recalling that the other party once said “I don’t like to wear underwear when practicing sword”, this image suddenly collapsed.
That "appearance" of whiteness and rosy complexion without any unnecessary impurities still seems to be vivid in his mind until now, making Sawayama Haruno's eyes twitch slightly. He has a lot to complain about but doesn't know where to start.
"Suguha's kendo is amazing."
Mine Shiori, who was standing by, thought that Sawayama Haruno had shown some interest in kendo, so she changed her tone and said, "It seems that Suguha will go to a meeting near the martial arts hall tomorrow afternoon. We will have a competition then."
"Last night during the make-up class, she said that not many friends would go to watch her sparring, so she hoped I could take some time to go see her."
Mine Shiori paused for a moment and quietly invited, "Haruno, do you want to come with us? Suguha also said that she would invite you as well if possible."
After saying that, she stared at Sawayama Haruno with a somewhat nervous look.
It's not that I'm nervous because the other party might say no.
It was because of his apprentice, Suguha Ezaki, who seemed to have become very "friendly" with Haruno Sawayama without realizing it.
You know, last night, when Suguha asked her to invite Sawayama Haruno as well, she was really shocked.
It seems like something is inexplicably "unfolding" in a place I'm not aware of.
It's like a niche music that you have always liked, and suddenly one day it becomes popular. You should be happy about it, but you feel extremely disappointed and can't get excited at all.
Mine Shiori thinks that this is probably how she feels now.
"Tomorrow afternoon? Or at the Budokan?"
Unlike Mine Shiori who was "sad", Sawayama Haruno seemed even more surprised.
"Can we go in and watch, too?"
The martial arts hall is not a small place and is generally not open to outsiders.
What can be held there is probably not just an ordinary exchange meeting.
"Although it's just a semi-public exchange meeting, Suguha said it's no problem, even if we can bring a few more people." Mine Shiori added quickly.
"Is that so? Then what time will it be held?"
Hearing this, Sawayama Haruno was somewhat moved.
I've been busy with all sorts of things lately, so maybe it would be nice to visit a place like the Budokan, especially something like a kendo competition.
After all, he was a boy and was somewhat interested in swords, but he had never had the opportunity to touch them before.
And maybe I could bring Maki with me to take a look?
(End of this chapter)
