The Qualified Confidant

"Is that so? Then next time, I'll replace it with a less sweet cream." Vigne didn't doubt Gabriel's words; she genuinely thought it was because the cream was too sweet.

"Next time, you can make a chocolate cake." Gabriel suggested, "I'd like to try it."

"...I'll do my best." Vigne didn't directly disagree. After all, she didn't know when she would make the next cake. If she can remember it, let's discuss it.

Making a cake is just a waste of time. It can't be done every day. Just do it occasionally.

After that, since Gabriel had finished eating, the remaining portion could be handed over to some of them. Fortunately, Satania made an effort and ate an extra portion.

"Satania, you eat a lot; be careful not to gain weight."

Seeing Satania resting on the ground, Raphiel deliberately teased her after clearing the table.

"I won't."

Satania lost the energy to jump around and could only stay still.

"You don't need to worry about it. She runs around all day; how can she gain weight?" Gabriel casually said.

She often saw Satania running around at school, and people would surely be amazed at that idiot's physical strength.

Indeed, she traded intelligence for physical strength.

"By the way, Gab, have you exercised recently?"

After washing the dishes, returning to the living room, and sitting at the table, Vigne asked.

The last time she climbed a mountain with Gabriel, her weak physical strength was quite impressive.

For that, she specifically reminded her to exercise.

"Is walking to school and home every day considered exercise?"

After thinking for a moment, Gabriel found the only place where she could exercise.

"What kind of physical exercise is that?" Vigne said with a headache, "Not to mention you're just walking and not even running."

If Gabriel walked further, it would be considered exercise, but the distance from home to school was at most ten minutes. No matter how slow she walked, twenty minutes was already the limit.

It doesn't have any effect on physical exercise at all.

"You don't need to worry about this. I plan to buy a fitness ring." Gabriel said indifferently.

"A fitness ring? What is that?"

Vigne had never heard of it, but judging from its name, it must be a fitness product.

Gabriel explained, "It's a physical exercise game. It's been very popular lately. I happen to have a game console."

The game console she was talking about was, of course, the one Ren gave her.

"Is this useful?"

Vigne didn't have any expectations for the physical exercise effects of that game.

"It's useful. Anyway, I read on the Internet that it's useful." Gabriel recalled what she saw on the Internet.

"That's good."

This way, Vigne didn't worry too much about Gabriel's health.

Anyway, it's good if she's willing to exercise.

Then Vigne and the others continued to stay here for a while, chatting briefly about other topics. After feeling almost rested, they bid farewell and left.

"Goodbye."

After seeing the three of them leave, Ren and Gabriel went back to the room.

"Does playing the fitness ring game really help you exercise?"

Once back in the room and sitting down, Ren asked Gabriel curiously.

When he heard her say this earlier, he really didn't believe it.

Because, according to him, the only way to exercise is to exercise, and it has nothing to do with games.

"Who knows, I won't play it anymore." Gabriel said casually.

"But didn't you say you plan to buy it?"

Ren remembered what she said very clearly.

"That's true; I do have that plan, but it doesn't mean I have to buy it." Gabriel replied seriously.

"So that's it."

Ren nodded, feeling that he had learned something new.

"Besides, I'm not fat; I'm just a bit weak and don't need to exercise at all."

Gabriel stood up and turned around in front of him. It has nothing to do with the word "fat" at all.

"With that much money, I might as well buy some other games."

"Um."

With Ren as an Esper, even if Gabriel doesn't want to exercise, there won't be any problems.

This is the main reason why she never advised him to exercise or change his bad habits.

"Okay, let's not talk about this. Come and help choose a game. I plan to buy a two-player game on the game console so that we can play together."

Gabriel changed the topic, found the game sales interface on the laptop, and wanted to drag him to choose a game together.

It's the game console Ren gave her, so the two of them, of course, want to play together.

"Um."

Ren came to her side and watched the game selection with her.

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Time passed, and it was Saturday.

"Good day."

Entering the cafe, Ren immediately saw Ichika sitting near the window playing with her phone. He walked over, greeted her, and sat across from her.

"By the way, Kamikawa-san, why do I have to wait until you come here every time?"

Ichika glanced at the time displayed on her phone and said to him powerlessly.

She made an appointment with him to meet at 12 noon today, and Ren appeared in front of her exactly at 12 noon, just right, not too early and not too late.

"Any questions?"

Ren felt nothing wrong with himself.

"It's okay."

Ichika was about to explain the disadvantages of being stuck, but when she thought of Ren's unique logic, she released her explanation and chose to accept it as his habit.

From a certain perspective, his habit is still quite good.

"Okay. What do you want to meet me for?" Ren went straight to the point.

"It's not a big deal. It's just that I've been under a lot of pressure lately, and I want to find someone suitable to talk to."

Putting away her phone, Ichika answered with a smile.

"Am I the right person?" Ren noticed the key point.

Ichika said gently, "Yes, it's you."

"Why me?" Ren didn't quite understand.

He's just an ordinary person; he's not someone qualified to confide in.