The first partners of the exchange meeting

　　On the way to school.

　　"First of all, thanks for the coffee. I paid for it…"

　　"This is what I wanted to buy for you. You don't have to pay for it," Ichika interrupted his words, and she puffed out her chest and said proudly.

　　"Also, I am a member of society who can make my own money. A few cups of coffee is nothing. Students like Shinichi-kun just need to study hard."

　　"If you insist on giving money, wait until you start working then pay me with food!"

　　(But until then, Onee-san will take care of you...)

　　As the last sentence crossed her mind, Ichika covered her mouth with coffee and with a suspicious blush on her face.

　　Shinichi didn't see her expression and just shrugged.

　　"Okay, that's not the point. What I want to say is that the diverse talent exchange meeting will be held next week, and the time is getting closer."

　　"Um, you reminded us on LINE." Seeing Shinichi talk about business, Ichika became serious.

　　"You're going to Kirisu Sensei's place for a meeting today? Then I have to spend the next day practicing… Well, what are you training for?"

　　"Everything about Shuchi'in Academy. Have I told you two or three times?" Shinichi looked at Ichika.

　　"Although this exchange meeting is not limited to grades, reputation, and IQ, as long as talents have the opportunity to be selected, they must have the basic skills to represent Shuchi'in Academy when going out to meet people."

　　"Otherwise, if you don't know it, people might think you are a secret agent sent by another school."

　　"I was wrong, don't go too far..." Ichika pretended to be sad and lowered her head to wipe her tears, Shinichi ignored her and continued talking.

　　"Because you are the only student at school who has starred in a film while attending school and continues to work in the entertainment industry. This kind of qualification is very rare even in the history of Shuchi'in Academy, so the school specially selected you and became one of the three people representing Shuchi'in Academy."

　　Ichika slammed her fist into her palm.

　　"I understand, did you explain this to the audience?"

　　"Where do the audiences come from!" Shinichi stretched out his palm and shook his head.

　　"I explained this to you! So you know how heavy your burden is. Stop being lazy and careless and pretending to be stupid like Yotsuba!"

　　Ichika cried softly.

　　"I know~. I think you're too serious, Shinichi-kun. You've said it so many times on LINE... Why don't you just relax and deal with it?"

　　"In short, we want to bring glory to the school, right? Rest assured, with Shinichi-kun here, there won't be any problems."

　　"It's just because you keep saying that that I feel uncomfortable…" Shinichi sighed.

　　"Forget it, let Kirisu Sensei watch over you. It seems you are quite afraid of her."

Ichika froze for a moment, then smiled bitterly.

　　"I can't help it. Besides, when Sensej looks serious, she's a hundred times scarier than you, Shinichi-kun..."

　　"…"

　　A cold voice suddenly reached her ears.

　　"Are you saying I have no dignity as a captain?"

　　Ichika shook her head.

　　"No, no, no, it's okay! Ah, by the way…"

　　Shinichi sneered. Dare to use such a bad topic changing technique?

　　This girl looked down on him more and more.

　　"The relationship between Shinichi-kun and Kirisu Sensei seems quite good."

　　"…"

　　After the words fell, the atmosphere was silent.

　　In Ichika's smiling and meaningful gaze, Shinichi's expression showed no guilt. He answered calmly.

　　"She is better than other teachers. Besides, she helped us a lot during Forest School."

　　Ichika stared at him for a few seconds, then took a sip of her coffee.

　　"That's right~"

　　After she ended the conversation, no one continued talking.

　　The atmosphere became somewhat quiet.

　　Shinichi also drank coffee, secretly annoyed.

Ichika completely changed the topic...

　　He didn't have a special relationship with Mafuyu, so there was no need to feel guilty.

　　He only went to her room a few times and saw her making various mistakes. He also agreed to supervise, correct and whip her when she made mistakes. Wouldn't normal teachers and students do this?

　　At this time, they had just stepped into the school, they said goodbye to each other in the shoe cupboard and walked towards their respective classrooms.

　　Shinichi was the first to enter the classroom, he arrived earlier than the students on duty, not many students from the sports club were even seen on the field.

　　After putting down his school bag, because there was no one around, he immediately changed into his sports clothes in the classroom and went downstairs with a water bottle and towel.

　　This was the first time in over a month that he had set foot on the school grounds for morning exercises.

　　Even though the school was open during summer vacation, it was still a long way from his house, so Shinichi usually just jogged in circles on the nearby street.

　　Although there are more obstacles than the field, it is not only comfortable, but also increases flexibility, and the exercise effect is very satisfying.

　　First do a few sets of warm-up exercises, try your best to move the joints, then run around the field at a slow pace.

　　After doing this, there were gradually more and more people around. After Shinichi took small steps in place for a while to warm up his entire body, he finally heard a familiar voice.

　　"Asada-san!"

　　Yotsuba raised her arms cheerfully and ran towards him from a distance with two large balls of blessings swaying.

　　Feeling everyone in the field watching, Shinichi sighed.

　　He wasn't shy, his face felt a little hot, but he was still as nervous as ever.

　　 He adjusted his voice, and opened his arms towards Yotsuba with a smile on his face.

　　"Yotsuba-!"

　　"Wow!"

Yotsuba got scared and stopped, seeing him preparing to catch her, her face turned red and she stuttered.

　　"A-Asada-san, isn't it bad to do this so early in the morning?!

　　"And to be honest, your tone is a bit disgusting. Please, please don't say that!"

　　The veins on Shinichi's forehead bulged, and he rushed to give her a blow to the head with a cold face.

　　"You are disgusting! I just learned to talk like you!"

　　"Uhhh..."

　　After Shinichi's lesson, Yotsuba says sadly that next time she will approach Shinichi calmly like a ninja woman.

　　After all, the two of them hadn't seen each other since the farewell party. She was too excited to see each other again after a long absence, even though normally she wouldn't be like this.

　　Shinichi didn't think he could remember this matter until next time, so he said a few more words before finally letting it go.

　　Then as usual, they started their morning run.