Chapter 186 Before the summer vacation, school trip, mixed training

"Come to think of it... Have Miki and Iori never had a fight?"

Amemiya Mido on the side asked suddenly.

The sudden question made Amamiya Iori stop his prank.

Shimizu was relieved that he was finally rescued, but when it came to the quarrel with Amamiya Iori, he had no memory of such a thing at all.

Even a small quarrel never happened.

Even though there may be some differences of opinion sometimes, they will never reach the point of quarreling.

"We have never had an argument. My dear and I have always loved each other and will always love each other."

“…Eh, is that so?”

"Why do you ask this suddenly, Mom?"

"I don't mean anything else. I just care a little because I know you two have always been in harmony."

"Is that so? Don't worry, Mom. Even if my dear and I quarrel someday, I think we will make up soon."

If Amemiya Iori really had a big quarrel with Shimizu Mi one day, Shimizu Mi would worry that something might have happened to her.

Amamiya Mido put her hand on her chin, thought for a while, and then spoke slowly:
"Then if one day, I see someone cheating on me, I think Iori should -"

"That will never happen."

Amamiya Iori's face suddenly darkened, and then, ignoring the speechless Amamiya Midori, he continued:
"Mom, why do you think my dear would cheat on me? After all, what language does cheating come from? It seems that there is no such word in my dictionary. And there will never be such a thing, even if the world turns upside down."

"Ah, Iori..."

Amemiya Mido looked at her daughter's determined eyes, opened her mouth slightly, and wanted to say something, but in the end she just lowered her eyes and said nothing.

"I like my dear the most, and the same is true for my dear. This is absolute. It won't work if it's not like this... Am I right, dear?"

"Ah, yes..."

To others, it seemed that Shimizu Mi was being questioned by the very sick looking Amamiya Iori, but in fact what Amamiya Iori said was not wrong.

"By the way, mom, how long are you going to hold my dear?"

Amemiya Iori's sharp eyes are like a falcon that will pounce on its prey at any time.

"But I feel really relieved holding Jian. Now I can more or less understand Iori's feelings, and I can understand why Iori likes him so much."

"Hey, can mom understand too? Yes, that's right! Mom, listen to me! What about my dear——"

So, Amamiya Iori sat down, sandwiched Shimizu Mi between her and Amamiya Mido, and started talking.

And Amemiya Midori's expression with her hands supporting her cheeks seems to be saying "My daughter is so easy to deal with."

I don't know if Amamiya Iori himself noticed this when he started passionately talking about all the good things about Shimizu with Amamiya Midori.

"Anyway, dear, you're really gentle! You can be tough sometimes, but you're also very heartwarming! Even your cold expression is great!!"

Looks like he didn't notice.

Shimizu sighed softly and was forced to listen to the conversation between Amamiya Iori and Amamiya Mido, mother and daughter.

……

……

A few days later, a piece of news suddenly came.

"……Eh?"

“…I was shocked, too.”

Something happened in Kondo Yu's family, and Kondo Aika decided to divorce her husband.

As a result, Kondo Yuichi's family fell apart, or to be more precise, only Kondo Aika left that home.

The reason, of course, was that she had an affair, and the person she had an affair with was the man that Shimizu saw at the time.

Shimizu Mi thought that the reason for this might be that Kanzaki Ayako did something.

I thought Kanzaki Ayako must know something, but Hoshino Akiko told Shimizu not to ask, so I didn't decide to ask any further.

"...If you cheat, it's only natural that this will happen."

A response came from beside Shimizumi, Amamiya Iori was right next to him.

Shimizu Michi sat deeply on the bed, and Amamiya Iori sat between his open legs.

Although he knew that Amemiya Iori was not talking about him, Shimizu still felt a chill down his spine.

"Maybe I'll find a chance to talk to Yuichi. After all, this is all I can do."

"Okay, I'll be by your side then."

"Thank you."

Although Shimizu Mi is very concerned about Kondo Yuichi's situation, he has not contacted him yet because he really doesn't know what to say.

Maybe Kondo Yuichi needs some time to calm down.

Honestly, this is a really tricky thing to do.

……

During class the next day, the teacher asked Kondo Yu to come and answer questions.

"So, what should we fill in the next blank? Let me see, Kondo-san, you answer it."

"...Ah, yes."

At this moment, the teacher suddenly called his name, and the absent-minded Kondo Yuichi stood up in panic.

But he had been looking out the window until just now, so it was impossible for him to know the answer.

Come to think of it, he didn't even know which question it was.

Even looking down and to the side was of no avail.

"What's wrong? Answer me now."

"Ah, that...I can't."

"I see. Then Amamiya-san."

"Ok."

The teacher called on someone to answer the question, and since Kondo Yuichi couldn't solve it, Amamiya Iori walked to the blackboard to solve it.

She wrote down the answer easily and correctly, and the teacher nodded with satisfaction.

"As expected of Amamiya-san, you can return to your seat now."

"Thank you, teacher."

"Kondo-san, please pay attention in class from now on."

"..."

After being scolded by the teacher, Kondo Yuichi sat down dejectedly.

……

The last class before school is over is the class meeting.

As time goes by, summer vacation is gradually approaching, and the whole classroom is filled with such an atmosphere. One can feel the students' impatience and impatience for the vacation.

This caused everyone to be in a very excited mood, and from time to time one could hear people discussing where to go for the summer vacation.

When I am in school, I look forward to the holidays, and when I am on holidays, I look forward to going back to school.

Sure enough, it is the same in the eyes of students all over the world. However, the reason why this phenomenon occurs today is not just this.

As the bell rang, the homeroom teacher, Hoshinomiya Mitsuki, walked into the classroom and started this week's class meeting.

She is 1.68 meters tall, with short light brown hair draped over her shoulders. Under her usual professional black hip skirt, her straight long legs in thin flesh-colored stockings are flawless.

After Hoshinomiya Mitsuki walked in, the noisy classroom instantly became quiet. This was not because of the pressure from the head teacher's unique aura, but because -

"Well, everyone, I'm going to explain the school trip next week. Please listen carefully."

Some boys' eyes lit up, probably because they were overly excited when they heard the news.

Although some girls were facing the podium, they were listening to music with white headphones on their ears, squeezing out hand cream or something like that with a hose in their hands, applying it on their hands and massaging their fingers, pretending to be indifferent.

Hoshinomiya Mitsuki seemed to be watching these students who were making a fuss during the class meeting with great interest. Because it would be troublesome if their eyes met, Shimizu decided to look out the window.

As for school trips, they are almost a routine traditional activity of this school and have not changed since the school was founded.

Generally, it is mainly held in Hokkaido, Nagasaki, Nara and other regions on days with good weather in summer or autumn. It is a group activity with the purpose of understanding culture and history and promoting student health.

Generally, a student's study trip lasts five to six days. This time is used for students to experience and practice the knowledge in the textbooks and improve their abilities.

But for most students, to put it bluntly, it’s just about going out to play.

School trips are a compulsory requirement and all students are generally required to participate unless there are special reasons.

Shimizu Miki wasn't sure about other schools, but at least this was the case at Haichuan Ikusei College.

During the class meeting where private conversations were supposed to be prohibited, students could already be heard talking about the travel destination for the school trip scheduled for next week.

"When it comes to school trips, it's easy to think of the seaside. In that case, of course it's Okinawa. Shouldn't it be settled?"

Several people in the back seat were talking loudly, beating their chests like gorillas.

Shimizu remembered that Hoshino Akiko had traveled to Okinawa not long ago, but to be honest, this season is the best time to go there.

“Okinawa is one of the most popular destinations for educational travel, but if you really want to say that, Hokkaido is the same.”

"If that's the case, then isn't it the same in Osaka?"

There was a lot of discussion below the podium, and place names such as Hokkaido, Okinawa, and Osaka were all mentioned.

However, according to Shimizu Mitsuko's memory from last week, he remembered that the location of this school trip should be -

"Listen up everyone. The school has decided that the destination for this school trip will be Kyoto!"

As soon as the result was announced, all kinds of voices filled the classroom.

There were cheers of anticipation and joy, as well as slight regret. Only Qing Shuijian expressed a little doubt.

The reason is that the purpose of the school trip last week was clearly in Hokkaido.

Even if Shimizumi was not confident in his memory, he would not be unable to remember this.

So, is this due to the changes in the world line this week?

Shimizu thought about the impact of the butterfly effect, but if it was just a change in location, then it wouldn't matter, after all, it would be the same wherever you went.

In fact, this would be a better idea, because Shimizu had already been to Hokkaido last week, and it would be boring to go to the same place this time.

After announcing the location, it is time to decide on the groups for the school trip.

At this moment, Shimizu felt a gaze coming from the front, and when he looked up, he saw Amamiya Iori looking at him with a smile.

Yes, if she could choose, she would definitely want to be in the same group with Shimizu.

However, the opposite happened.

"Okay, students, please be quiet for a moment, because the grouping method for this school trip is a bit special."

Everyone immediately quieted down and listened to what Hoshinomiya Mizuki said.

However, Hoshinomiya Mitsuki paused for a few seconds deliberately as if she was keeping someone in suspense.

"This school trip will be a cross-grade group activity for five days and four nights. Since only verbal explanations may make everyone feel uneasy, I will distribute the information next."

Hoshinomiya Mitsuki walked out by herself, handed a stack of information to the first student in each row, and then passed the rest to the back.

Qing Shuijian, who was sitting in the last row by the window, took the last volume. The information was quite thick, with as many as twenty pages.

Since I wasn't specifically told not to look ahead, I just quickly tried to flip through a few pages.

The information does include photos of what appear to be travel locations.

It also contains information about the rooms where students will stay, the large bathhouse, the student cafeteria, etc.

If you just look at these, it will be very interesting and make you feel like you are reading a travel guide.

Soon, the information was passed on to everyone.

After confirming this, Hoshinomiya Mitsuki spoke again:
"After the information is distributed to everyone, you can read it at will, but I will first explain the grouping for this school trip. Please listen quietly."

After saying that, Hoshinomiya Mitsuki looked around the classroom and continued:

"In daily campus life, there are probably very few opportunities to interact with students from other grades, especially those who are not involved in clubs."

This is indeed true. After Shimizu quit the kendo club in junior high school, he never joined any club again.

“So the school chose to hold the school trip before the summer vacation, not only to allow everyone to experience the local history and culture, but also to take the spiritual growth of students as the main purpose.”

"For this reason, the school has specially proposed this study tour with the theme of 'mixed training'."

"The purpose is to promote communication between different grades and classes in this way, so that everyone has the opportunity to successfully build relationships with students who rarely interact with them, spend time together, and learn what they lack."

When Shimizumi heard this, he couldn't help but wonder: Does this mean that this school trip will be connected to students from other grades, and even that they will live in the same room?

Because Hoshinomiya Mitsuki just said that although students who join clubs will develop relationships with seniors or juniors, that is generally limited to the scope of the club.

In addition, most people have no interaction with students from other grades.

Therefore, the school’s original intention should be to allow students to have more autonomy in communication.

After all, as long as the need for contact is not very high, students will not get closer to each other like they do during the cultural festival.

"By the way, Mr. Hoshinomiya, how should we group them?"

"Yeah, yeah, can we form a team on our own?"

After all, what everyone cares more about is who they are in the same group with.

Then, Hoshinomiya Mitsuki on the podium clapped her hands and signaled everyone to be quiet.

"Okay, okay, everyone, be quiet for a moment. Because this school trip will be mixed with students from other grades, the team assignment will be determined by drawing lots."

Although Hoshinomiya Mitsuki does not have the same sense of authority as other class teachers, her harmonious way of getting along with students still makes everyone convinced of her.

Then, Hoshinomiya Mizuki placed a square dark box on the desk, which looked like the ones that appear in supermarkets during promotions.

"This time, the mixed school trip will be divided into groups of four. There are lottery tickets with numbers A to Z in the lottery box. Everyone will draw their own lottery tickets and then divide into groups according to the corresponding numbers~"

Hoshinomiya Mizuki briefly explained the rules of the lottery. From the 26 letters from A to Z, people who draw the same letter will be grouped together.

Because the groups for this school trip will not only be mixed with students from other grades, but will also need to be decided by drawing lots.

In this way, the probability of teaming up with someone you like will be greatly reduced.

Although it didn't make much difference to Shimizumi who he was assigned to, Amamiya Iori was clearly feeling depressed.

"Then draw lots in order from the seats near the aisle. After you draw, pass the box down and draw lots one by one~"

After Hoshinomiya Mitsuki finished speaking, the students in the class began to draw lots one after another.

Everyone drew their own lottery slip, and finally the lottery box was passed to Shimizumi.

He reached into the box and casually pulled out the last note.

(End of this chapter)