Am I Useless?

"Is this a croquette?"

Staring at the unknown black object on the plate, Itsuki didn't know what kind of croquette it was.

In her impression, croquettes had golden and crispy skin, but the black object in front of her made it hard to connect it with a croquette.

"Yes, it's a croquette." Ichika confidently said, "It was made by Miku under Nino's guidance."

"I don't acknowledge that I taught her this. Miku made this croquette herself. I just watched from the side." Nino quickly distanced herself from the unknown object. "And the croquette recipe was taught in today's cooking class, and it has nothing to do with me."

"Miku, why do you suddenly want to cook?"

After carefully examining what was called a croquette, Itsuki gave up on trying it and changed the topic of conversation.

"Yeah, I'm curious about the reason too." Ichika expressed the same.

Miku glanced at Ren inadvertently and answered in a low voice, "It's nothing, I just wanted to try it."

"Because you just want to try it, then give up. You have no talent in cooking." Nino crossed her arms and said casually, "From this ready-made product, it's clear that you're not skilled in this."

Miku didn't reply; she just sat on the carpet and said to Itsuki, "Itsuki, try the taste, I think it's delicious."

"Miku, are you a bit too confident?" Ichika complained, "Both Yotsuba and I don't have good reviews."

"That's true. It's really not good at all." Yotsuba nodded in agreement.

Even the outer skin was pitch black, and the smell inside was imaginable.

"Let me try."

Seeing Itsuki's hesitant expression, Ren sat down and prepared to help taste it.

No matter how bad Miku's food was, it wouldn't affect him at all.

After saying that, Ren took a pair of clean chopsticks from the side, directed them at a piece of croquette, and picked it up.

"Ah? This..."

Seeing his actions, Miku wanted to stop him.

She didn't want Ren to eat her creation.

"Don't bother Kamikawa-san. I'm a professional at tasting delicious food."

Itsuki took the croquette Ren was interested in and put it in her mouth without hesitation. At the same time, she pulled the plate with the croquette in front of her to prevent him from trying it again.

It could be said that her actions were observed by everyone present, including Ren.

"Don't force yourself." Ren said concerned.

"How does it taste?"

Thinking back to what happened earlier, Miku asked with a somewhat complicated mood.

"Firstly, the outer skin is already soggy. It's hard to swallow after it's in the mouth..."

After forcing herself to swallow it, Itsuki commented very seriously, pointing out countless flaws in this croquette.

"This, drink some water."

At this moment, Ichika went to the kitchen and poured a glass of water for Itsuki.

She knew how unpleasant Miku's croquette was, and drinking water would help.

"Thank you."

After drinking the water and sipping it a lot, Itsuki felt much better, at least the dryness in her mouth had greatly disappeared.

"Itsuki is very professional, like a gourmet."

After removing the complicated emotions in her heart, Yotsuba smiled and praised.

"Just that I eat a lot, and then I have the experience."

Realizing that she seemed to accidentally reveal something, Itsuki defended herself.

Because she really was a food critic, active on the Internet as M·A·Y, and she was quite famous.

She didn't want her sisters to know about this.

"That's why you're so chubby." Nino teased with a smile.

"I'm not chubby!" Itsuki glanced at Ren sitting next to her and defended herself very nervously, "During the last physical examination, my weight was a standard fifty kilograms, not chubby at all."

"Is that so?"

Nino looked at Itsuki suspiciously.

"Of course it's true. If you don't believe it, you can ask Furuhashi-san. We measured our weight together." Itsuki pointed in the direction of Fumino, who was observing and said confidently.

Because her scale "broke" last time, weighing her burden at that time, so she was not panicking at all now.

"That's right."

Suddenly mentioned, Fumino spoke as a witness for Itsuki.

She was also one of the people who wrote her own weight, in this case, she had to speak on behalf of Itsuki.

"I don't believe it at all."

Even if there was someone else testifying for her, Nino remained skeptical.

"Wait here, I'll get the scale."

"It's useless to bring it; I won't do it." Itsuki refused.

"Do you feel guilty?" Nino asked.

"NO."

Her actual weight was a secret she had to keep until the end.

Seeing their conversation gradually shifting, Miku quietly wrote down the comments Itsuki had just made, then took the plate with the croquette from Itsuki and walked towards the kitchen.

"What are you going to do?"

Watching her return, Nino asked casually.

"Just throw it away. Maybe as you said, I have no talent in cooking."

Sitting down again, Miku lowered her head and spoke in a calm tone.

"If you really want to learn, I can actually teach you."

Feeling that something was wrong with her mood, Nino took the initiative to give advice.

"No need, I've given up." Miku said softly.

Seeing this, Nino didn't say anything.

...

In the evening, at Gabriel's house.

Nakano Miku: [Ren, am I useless?]

After finishing homework, Ren received a message from Miku.