Is Hard Work Really Beneficial?

Kamikawa Ren: [No. What's wrong with you?]

After reading the message, he responded without hesitation.

Everyone is useful, but how could Miku be useless? Her knowledge reserve about the history of Warring States far exceeds an ordinary person, and anyhow, she can't be considered useless, right?

...

"There's a reply."

Seeing Ren's words of concern, Miku lying on the bed in her blue pajamas, sat up and began typing on her phone's keyboard.

[I feel like I can't do anything well, even the croquettes turned out bad, even though I did everything in cooking class.]

After typing a series of words in one breath, Miku hesitated before sending it.

Should she tell him this?

After struggling for a long time, she made a decision, clicked send, and then lay down again, casually placing her phone.

The reason she wanted to make croquettes was that when she attended a cooking class with Nino, she heard Nino say that Naoki (Ren) liked desserts.

Therefore, she got the idea to make a dessert for Ren.

Since she had never cooked before, she chose croquettes taught in the cooking class to practice first.

The result was very poor.

If she couldn't do anything else well, she could explain it by saying that she hadn't learned it, but the croquette cooking teacher had just taught her, and she and Nino successfully made it together during the cooking class.

However, without Nino's help, she couldn't do it alone.

What Itsuki tried was the improved version that she had made several times. Moreover, croquettes could be made one by one.

But the feedback received was indeed like that.

Indeed, she was very useless. Not only did she not have extraordinary talent, but she couldn't even do simple things well.

If she wanted to make a dessert for him, she could only think about it.

Looking at the ceiling, Miku picked up the phone near her to see what he replied.

Kamikawa Ren: [Because you can't do it well, try it a few more times.]

"How many more attempts?"

Miku whispered this sentence again and then continued to reply.

Nakano Miku: [It's useless to try several times. I have no talent in cooking at all.]

Kamikawa Ren: [Do you want to learn how to cook?]

Nakano Miku: [Yes]

Of course, she wanted to learn to cook; otherwise, she wouldn't have tried making croquettes in the afternoon.

Kamikawa Ren: [Then don't worry about talent. As long as you work hard enough, you can do things like cooking well. Even if you can't be the best, you can still surpass most people.]

This sentence was not what Ren said; it was the words Fumino said that day when she argued with Mafuyu about talent and hard work. He remembered it and used it.

Nakano Miku: [Without talent, is hard work really useful?]

After reading Ren's message a few times, Miku hesitated before continuing to ask.

Kamikawa Ren: [Yes. If you want to cook well, you just need to work hard. I can't cook, so I can't teach you, sorry.]

Teaching cooking was not within his scope of assistance.

Nakano Miku: [You can't cook? Then how do you eat every day? Do you eat out?]

Miku quickly grasped the key point and hurriedly confirmed.

She always thought Ren could cook, after all, he was very good, and trivial things like cooking shouldn't be a problem.

But she never thought he couldn't cook.

In other words, after she learns to cook, can she cook for him?

Thinking about this, Miku was immediately motivated to learn to cook.

Kamikawa Ren: [Eat breakfast at Gabriel's house, lunch in the cafeteria or a lunch box made by Gabriel, and dinner at Gabriel's house.]

"???"

Miku's first reaction was to think about who Gabriel was and why Ren kept eating at her house.

Just from the name, Gabriel should be a girl.

In other words, Ren eats at the girl's house every day, and does the girl make lunch for him?

So jealous...!

[Who is Gabriel?]

Miku typed this line in an instant, but after thinking about it, she deleted it.

She couldn't cook yet, so even if she knew who Gabriel was, it would be useless. Besides, it didn't feel right to directly ask about this issue.

It's not too late to ask when she learns to cook.

Anyway, let's write down this name for now.

Nakano Miku: [Thank you, Ren. I now have the motivation to cook.]

Kamikawa Ren: [You're welcome.]

...

After continuing the conversation with her for a while, the conversation ended, Ren put his phone down with satisfaction.

Sure enough, he managed to give Miku the motivation to learn to cook with just a few words, truly amazing.

Indeed, after helping more people, he became better at helping others.

"Have you finished chatting with the others?"

Gabriel who had finished copying her homework, saw him put down his phone and asked casually.

"Yeah." Ren nodded.

Gabriel pointed to the game interface and urged, "Then play the game with me. I've been waiting for you for a long time."

Ren opened the game and logged into his account skillfully.

"It's still a long time before the boss refreshes."

Gabriel invited him to form a team.

"Um."

And on the other side.

After finishing the conversation, Miku made a decision.

Then, she put on her sandals and left the room, arriving in front of Nino's door.

After gently knocking on the door, Miku waited.

A few moments later, the door opened, and Nino appeared in front of her wearing a mask.

"Miku? What's up?"

Nino looked a little surprised to see Miku standing in front of the door.

"Earlier, you said you could teach me how to cook, right?"

Miku directly got to the point. Her goal in finding Nino was to have her teach her how to cook.

"You're quick to regret it, aren't you?" Nino said with a smile. "But didn't you say you gave up at that time? Are you regretting it so soon?"

"I regret it." Miku admitted in a low voice. "I think it would be better for me to learn to cook."

"Okay, then I'll start teaching you this weekend."

After hearing her words, Nino didn't hesitate and agreed right away.

"Can't we start tomorrow?" Miku was not satisfied with the timing.

Nino asked in confusion, "Yes, yes, but why are you so eager to learn to cook?"