Let’s Be Like Before!

"..."

As these words came out, Sawako fell silent immediately.

"Ogata Rizu, why did you apply to a liberal arts college?" After a while, she kept asking.

"Because I want to study psychology and understand how others think." Rizu replied honestly, not hiding anything.

"Psychology? Sounds quite complicated." Sawako murmured, "So, do you really want to apply to a liberal arts college?"

"Yes."

Rizu said confidently.

"Is that so."

After getting this answer, Sawako didn't say anything more and quietly returned to Ren's side.

"What's wrong with you?"

He noticed Sawako's slightly strange expression, as if she were very disappointed.

He had seen Gabriel's face like this before, because the game hadn't been updated and couldn't be played.

But Sawako clearly wasn't lost because of the game.

"Nothing's wrong."

Sawako glanced at him, not wanting to answer his question.

"It seems you're very concerned about her goal to apply to a liberal arts college."

Based on her previous appearance, Ren made an analysis.

"Isn't that normal? After all, she's my rival."

Sawako's reason remained the same.

"But if Ogata is your rival and she chooses to give up, shouldn't you be happy?" Ren didn't understand what the other side was thinking.

After thinking for a moment, he asked again: "Or are you worried about Ogata?"

He could see Mafuyu's shadow from Sawako's appearance earlier.

"I-I'm not worried about her." Sawako denied firmly, "I'm just thinking about myself, because if Ogata Rizu wants to apply to a liberal arts college... Then I definitely won't be able to get in."

She had a very clear self-awareness, and things like liberal arts were things she would never master.

"You want to attend the same university as Ogata, so you oppose her applying to a liberal arts college?"

After taking a moment to understand her words, Ren made a guess.

"W-What? Is that impossible?" Sawako asked, somewhat hesitantly. "I just want to attend the same university as Ogata Rizu."

"If you attend the same university as Ogata, I could actually help you with tutoring." Ren suggested.

"I don't need help." Sawako refused without thinking, "Even if it's a liberal arts college, there must be departments that can be applied to from a science background. At most, those departments won't be the same as hers."

"But didn't you just say you couldn't pass the exam?"

Ren remembered this statement very clearly.

"What I meant by failure is I couldn't get into the liberal arts department, but I can still get into a liberal arts college that offers sciences." Sawako was very confident in her science grades.

"I see." Ren reminded again, "If you want to apply to the same department as Ogata later on, you can ask for my help."

"If I ask for your help, how will you help me?" Sawako asked casually.

Ren answered honestly, "I will help you with tutoring."

"If I remember correctly, your grades aren't as good as Ogata Rizu's, right?" Sawako said somewhat suspiciously, "I don't see your name on that list."

"That's correct."

Ren couldn't deny it at all.

"So you still want to help me with my tutoring." Sawako sighed, then changed the subject, "But thank you."

"You're welcome."

Ren replied softly.

"Kamikawa, how far do we have to go?"

Seeing the two who had just talked to each other, Rizu pulled the hem of his clothes and asked.

"It's right ahead."

After looking at the street, Ren replied.

"Oh."

After receiving his answer, Rizu took off his clothes and continued to walk slowly.

"Kamikawa-san, do you have a good relationship with Ogata Rizu?"

After seeing them both finish their short conversation, Sawako approached and asked softly.

"Yes."

Ren didn't deny it.

"In other words, you're friends?" She asked.

"Um."

"In that case, can you tell me how you became friends with Ogata Rizu?" Sawako asked shyly, "Of course, I just want to ask, and I definitely don't want to be friends with Ogata Rizu."

"Is that so?"

Seeing her panicked expression, Ren asked suspiciously.

After studying for a long time, he was no longer a naive person who only believed what was said, but rather thought for a moment before deciding whether to believe or not.

For example, like now, what Sawako said was too suspicious.

"Absolutely not!" Sawako emphasized, "Ogata Rizu and I are rivals, how could I think about being friends with her?"

"Sounds reasonable."

After thinking carefully about it, Ren believed her statement.

Moreover, he and Chika hadn't become friends yet.

"We've arrived."

Just as Ren was about to respond, Rizu's voice sounded again, interrupting the words he hadn't yet spoken.

"Let's not talk about that for now."

Seeing this, Sawako whispered to him.

"Um."

Ren replied and looked towards the noodle shop.

"The udon shop next door has a nice name."

Sawako read the name of the noodle shop and commented along the way.

"The name doesn't matter, what matters is the taste of the noodles."

Rizu didn't care about the name of the noodle shop, she just opened the door and entered.

Ren and Sawako followed from behind.

Perhaps because it was already evening and not yet time for dinner, the customers in the noodle shop were relatively few and it seemed somewhat empty.

Rizu glanced around the noodle shop for a moment, then found a seat and sat down.

Ren sat down in front of her very naturally.

Sawako hesitated for a moment between the two of them, but finally chose to sit with Ren.

She felt a little embarrassed sitting with Rizu.

"Can I have three bowls of udon?"

After looking at the menu, Rizu asked them to sit across from her.

"Yes."

Sawako agreed without hesitation.

"That..."

Before Ren could finish speaking, Rizu remembered something, then asked: "By the way, Kamikawa, you can't eat a whole bowl of udon, can you?"

"Um."

At this time, Asumi should be making dinner for him. If he eats udon here, he won't be able to eat the dinner she made for him when he returns.

"In that case, like before, let's share a bowl for the two of us." Rizu made a decision.