CH 51

“Are you also survivors?”

“Well, you are right.”

“You must have seen our gallant figures. Miss, if you like, how about joining our party?”

“Ooh, that sounds great. Since we were thinking of getting one more person.”

There were the two of us. Did they completely ignore me by saying one more person?

“Ah~ We are fine with just the two of us. I am sorry.”

“No, no, I ain’t talking to you. I am talking to her.”

“Yeah, that’s right. We are definitely better than this weak-looking guy, you know.”

“If it is Miss, you will get special treatment. How about it?”

“Excuse me, may I ask what your ranks are?”

“We rose to F-rank recently. Amazing, right?”

“I see. As I thought, it is impossible.”

“What do you mean by impossible?”

“Your ranks are too low. This talk can’t proceed any further. We may seem like this, but we are E-ranks. And, there is no point in forming a party unless we are of the same rank. Only after becoming an E-rank, please call out to me. Well, by that time, we’ll be in a higher rank, so it is impossible anyway.”

“E-rank? Are you serious……?”

“Of course. Let’s go, Rin-kun. It’s a waste of time.”

“Ah, okay. Let’s go”

This thorny way of speaking… No doubt, she is completely furious.

This is the same as the day before yesterday at the school gate.

I guess she got angry because I was ridiculed again.

“Just how did those guys become survivors? Don’t they have any common sense or shame?”

Aoi’s anger didn’t subside, and she kept grumbling furiously for the rest of the day. I was happy to hear her grumblings, though.

And then, just like how Aoi gets angry for me, I also want to become strong enough to protect Aoi if something happens to her.

Unfortunately, we didn’t get any results on this day either, even though various things had happened.

“Hm~m. Sure enough, things don’t usually happen in one’s favor.”

“Well, since it’s only the second day, let’s not rush.”

“But, it is cold… I think I’ll go alone, after all. Aoi should just stay in the room.”

“I am alright. Because cycling around the town with Rin-kun is fun.”

I am happy to hear Aoi saying that. Still, it is pretty harsh to ride a bicycle in this cold weather all day long. Therefore, I want to get results soon.

Having returned to my room, I took a bath instead of a shower. However, my whole body seemed chilled, so the bathwater that should have been lukewarm felt extremely hot. Only after I took my time soaking in the bath did I feel the blood in my whole body slowly warming up again.

“Fuu~~”

I usually take a shower since this is a hassle. But as I thought, soaking in the bath feels better. It might be more troublesome for Aoi because girls are said to be more prone to the cold.

After bathing, let’s go buy some pocket heaters for Aoi to use tomorrow.

The two of us ate our meals together like usual. After that, I talked about pocket heaters. And then, Aoi said that she would also come with me. So, it was decided that both of us would go buy them together. In the end, we bought a pack of ten. This should be able to last for a while.