May 6, morning.
"I'm really not happy. It feels like the holidays have just started, why does school start so early?"
While walking towards school, Gabriel could only complain.
"…"
Ren didn't answer, just listened quietly.
For him, life during this holiday can be said to be quite satisfying, basically there are various things to do every day.
"Good morning."
Vigne who had just come out of the intersection, saw Gabriel and Ren walking side by side, then walked over very enthusiastically and greeted them.
"Good morning," Ren answered.
"Vigne, do you think the flow of time is a bit abnormal?"
Seeing her coming, Gabriel asked seriously.
"Eh?"
Vigne thought carefully about the question she asked, then shook her head: "I didn't feel it at all. Gab, do you feel like there's something wrong with the time?"
"Of course there is, and it's very scary," Gabriel nodded.
Vigne suddenly became alert and asked quickly: "What's wrong?"
Gabriel is an angel, if her feels there is something wrong with time, then there must be something wrong with time.
"Why does vacation time pass so much faster than school time?" Gabriel immediately expressed her doubts, "It feels like time is speeding up."
"Just that?"
After waiting a while and seeing that she had no intention of saying anything, Vigne asked.
"If not? Vigne, what can you do to make the vacation time pass so quickly?" Gabriel said matter-of-factly, "I can make time slow down a little."
"Absolutely not."
Feeling that her feelings had been cheated, Vigne reached out and gently rubbed Gabriel's face as punishment.
"Don't rub my face."
Touching her cheek, Gabriel groaned in dissatisfaction.
"Who asked you to talk about such worrying topics?" Vigne complained.
She just thought that they were trapped in a strange time curse, which made her very worried. However, Gabriel just felt that the holidays passed too quickly and it was a waste of her feelings.
Gabriel spread her hands and said innocently, "But that's how I feel."
"By the way, Gab, how are you lately? Are you sure about this exam?" Vigne ignored the excuse and immediately chose to change the topic.
"Let me see."
Faced with her question, Gabriel began to review her vacation life.
In the past seven days, she played games for five days, spent one day hanging out with Ren, and climbed the mountain with them for one day. She had no time for studies at all.
Even the holiday homework was done by Ren.
"For this test, it depends on whether the test you gave me went well or not." After thinking for a long time, Gabriel finally came to such a conclusion.
"Wait a minute, Gab, you haven't studied at all, have you?"
Hearing the answer, Vigne panicked.
"You guessed it right," Gabriel said sweetly to her.
Vigne started to worry about her: "Then what are your plans for this exam?"
"It's okay, it's just a test, I don't care."
Gabriel waved her hand, looking completely unworried.
"This..."
Vigne always felt that Gabriel had changed, she remembered that Gabriel was not like this before.
"Kamikawa, how are your studies?"
Seeing that she didn't seem to want to talk about the exam, Vigne became worried about Ren's situation.
"Not bad."
In fact, like Gabriel, Ren doesn't study, but in order to appear casual, he has no choice but to lie.
"That's good."
After confirming that Ren had done a good job in studies, Vigne felt relieved.
In this way, the three of them entered the school while chatting.
"I'm back in this familiar place again."
Entering the teaching building, Gabriel continued to complain.
"Yes, I always feel comfortable when I walk in the teaching building," Vigne agreed.
"I don't feel the same way about this."
Ren didn't speak, but quietly listened to the conversation and complaints of the two of them.
It made him feel funny.
While climbing the stairs, when they passed a vending machine, Ren saw a familiar figure, wearing the iconic blue headphones around her neck and holding a bottle of matcha soda she had just bought.
Obviously, this girl was none other than Miku, who she had been chatting with a lot lately.
When he saw Miku, she also saw Ren who happened to be passing by.
When Miku saw Ren, she wanted to say something to him, but before she could say anything, she saw Gabriel and Vigne beside him.
This made her initial idea of talking to him futile. Looking at Ren who was slowly walking away, Miku thought for a moment, then quickly chased after him, and then put the matcha soda in her hand into his hand.
"For you."
"Hm?"
Because his movement was too sudden, Ren unconsciously took the matcha soda bottle.
Seeing him accept it, Miku had no intention of talking to him, turned around and left, walked to the vending machine again, and started buying again.
"Why did she give you a drink?"
After witnessing the incident that had just happened, Gabriel asked in confusion.
With Ren's appearance now wearing glasses, according to common sense, it was absolutely impossible for a girl to offer him water while walking.
"I also don't know."
Looking at the matcha soda bottle in his hand, Ren shook head, he also wanted to know what was going on.
"That girl seems to be Itsuki-san's sister, right?"
Turning her head to look at Miku, Vigne suddenly remembered something and confirmed it to the two of them.
"Yeah," Ren admitted.
"Then could this bottle of drink be a thank you to Kamikawa for helping Itsuki-san?" Vigne put forward her own guess.
"I don't know." Ren wasn't sure of the reason either.
"…"
Gabriel didn't speak, but frequently turned her head to look at Miku who was buying drinks behind her.
Her intuition told her that the girl's purpose in giving Ren a drink was not that simple.