I was struck by a craving for cup ramen.101Please respect copyright.PENANA9hNbb4teu8
To begin with, I don’t even eat real ramen. At the Chinese restaurants that my family goes to, at best they have high class soup noodles.101Please respect copyright.PENANAmmp6v1ODHE
What I want is miso ramen with lots of bean sprouts and corn!101Please respect copyright.PENANAj8FRirARzg
But the hurdle for this is probably higher than the one for fast food, isn’t it.101Please respect copyright.PENANAHZHo3rsHos
If some middle school girl went to get ramen on her own, she’d stand out heaps after all.101Please respect copyright.PENANAWCmmFbWPGM
So I thought that I could just compromise and eat cup ramen, but then it would probably stink up my room and expose me, and I wouldn’t know what to do with the remaining rubbish either. As for packet ramen, you need to drain the first batch of water after cooking the noodles, and if I messed about in the kitchen, they’d catch me for sure.101Please respect copyright.PENANAYELc3gEChG
But I really wanna eat it…101Please respect copyright.PENANAgZESgCX8PB
Or so I was thinking, when a marvellous idea struck me like lightning.101Please respect copyright.PENANA7K53ggL1oR
I had dried noodle snacks in my closet.101Please respect copyright.PENANA8GStKovWcU
If I put them in hot water, wouldn’t they be like instant ramen?101Please respect copyright.PENANAsqHyY6FQpL
So I immediately went to get a mug of hot water.101Please respect copyright.PENANAtMW1JHKgza
I placed the baby ramen into the mug. Then I waited. I stirred it up with a fork.101Please respect copyright.PENANAU6nsZY8qXi
Itadakimasu.
…Bland.
Eh-, what the-? This isn’t yummy at all. The taste of the broth is like a few drops of soy sauce in a bucket of water, and the ramen noodles are just all squishy.101Please respect copyright.PENANAspZSM7pNlw
It wasn’t supposed to be this way. I even wasted one of my precious few snacks.101Please respect copyright.PENANAfoF4C2xI5l
But it’s a waste to throw it out, and I need to dispose of the evidence too, so I’ll just force it all down. If I don’t hurry, it’s going to swell up and become even bigger. What a terrifying food!
That night I learnt that making strange modifications to ready-made food is never a good thing.101Please respect copyright.PENANAmCCOtiolw2
Since that time with Enjou, Ririna stopped hanging about Kaburagi, and even stopped making a fuss about entering the Pivoine too. I’m thankful to Enjou.101Please respect copyright.PENANAWF1TnPQ9l9
Still, if you asked me if she became completely obedient, that’s not the case either. She was high-handed as always around the first years, apparently.101Please respect copyright.PENANArLQXODCOkS
But well, if she suddenly became like a different person, that would be even more worrying, so I guess this is just right. I feel bad for her cohort though.101Please respect copyright.PENANAI1PQje4XHC
Once, I quietly went to see how she was in class, and when I found that all her underlings were quiet-looking girls, my heart really hurt.101Please respect copyright.PENANAv88uQJ8LEk
But with Ririna’s rampage settled, and some semblance of peace back in my life, both my stomach pains and gluttony were cured. Thank goodness.101Please respect copyright.PENANAEFTBbllYZQ
If I continued eating the way I did, I’d turn into a baby tanuki again, you know?101Please respect copyright.PENANAKcJ0pSaRwR
Also, there’s the matter of my ‘debt’ with Enjou, but he hasn’t come to talk about it at all. How disquieting. Was it a joke, maybe? No, I doubt it.101Please respect copyright.PENANAtAJXEiezwp
My mum from my old life would always go on and on about how I should never be in debt, so I wish he would just hurry up and collect it already.101Please respect copyright.PENANAV69wuF6Bez
Anyway, while I spent my days like that, one day a notification for “Summer Camp” came.101Please respect copyright.PENANAlJHFhBENxh
It was going to be held at a health resort linked to Zui’ran, and would be held for three days and two nights.101Please respect copyright.PENANAhFk8bQi0ie
Last year I couldn’t participate because of my remedials, but this year I want to join in if I can!101Please respect copyright.PENANA3TUWG7hCGK
Only, even though it seems so fun, apparently not many people participate. None of the girls around me seemed to have any interest either?101Please respect copyright.PENANAHE4OCM6oBh
Why? I asked, only to find out that everybody else had their own plans over the summer, or they hated being woken up early, or that they didn’t think there was anything fun about going to some plateau in the middle of nowhere.101Please respect copyright.PENANA19mUzBQWXq
Yeah… I don’t suppose it would hold much appeal to a bunch of rich boys and rich girls.101Please respect copyright.PENANAr2YejDBekn
But I want to try it.
When I got home, I immediately told my parents my intentions.101Please respect copyright.PENANArSm4zfEdVq
But Okaasama didn’t look very happy to hear it. She gave me reasons like, “A daughter of the Kisshouin family, participating in such a plebeian event?” and “Your skin will burn,” and “Reika-san, you would never be able to handle such a Spartan lifestyle”.101Please respect copyright.PENANAHz3UzdmPGC
Even if you call it a ‘Spartan lifestyle,’ it’s a Zui’ran Summer Camp so the health resort is on par with a hotel. Not only that, all of the cooking preparations and cleaning is handled by the staff, so it’s really nothing more than a holiday.101Please respect copyright.PENANALW4wlKzNs1
But maybe there are so few people who participate because the mainstream view is the same as Okaasama’s? Speaking of which, I never heard about Oniisama going to Summer Camp either.101Please respect copyright.PENANABywJDIVHLo
But I wanted to go no matter what, so I begged her and somehow got permission.
When I handed my application form to Sensei, she seemed incredibly shocked that I was participating. Is it really that minor an event?101Please respect copyright.PENANA4VdowSl4zw
But it’s true that none of the girls in my group were participating at all. And once I realised that, I started to feel a little nervous. What am I gunna do if it ends up as a repeat of last year’s remedials?101Please respect copyright.PENANAGgWBceUlKG
Whether or not she knew what I was thinking about, Sensei immediately said “Then please be the leader for the girls!”101Please respect copyright.PENANAMhQ8bJ5XVV
Eehhh.
“This is my first time participating, so perhaps I am not the most suited to be leader…”
“It’s fine! I believe in you, Kisshouin-san!”
In the end she forced it on me, and I once again ended up as the odd-jobs person. Aaah~101Please respect copyright.PENANAbpZSDvjiYK
And I found out that the leader of the boys was the maidenly Class Rep.101Please respect copyright.PENANAJjXcf9yUMl
Long time no see, Class Rep.
“You’re participating in the Summer Camp, Reika-san!?”
“Yes. They say that everything is an experience.”
“I see. But if you’re the leader of the girls, I can really rest easy. I’ll be in your care.”
“And I in yours.”
When I checked the itinerary, I found ‘barbeque’ and ‘fireworks’ written. This is it! This is what I’ve been waiting for! This so-called ‘plebeian event’!101Please respect copyright.PENANApubhEHBzIW
I’ve always wanted to play with fireworks, but I never did have a chance. I’m so looking forward to it.101Please respect copyright.PENANA0w7G6AoSUy
And given how pleb-like and minor this event is, naturally that duo won’t be participating, and neither will those gyarus.101Please respect copyright.PENANA8giqoEFTM9
Aahh, I think I’ll fiiinally be able to relax a little!101Please respect copyright.PENANAh6F3JbXfo2
I was so excited that I even began packing, even though it was still far into the future.101Please respect copyright.PENANAON7mo36IvU
Because Okaasama has been so noisy about it, I made sure to pack sunscreen. Insect repellent spray, to torches, to medicine, to emergency rations. Also, hmmm, maybe a bell and flute too…? Or so I thought as I crammed stuff in, and I ended up with an unthinkably huge luggage for a two-night trip.101Please respect copyright.PENANAq63JEKUC5B
If it’s only 3 days and 2 nights, I wouldn’t even need a suitcase, would I.101Please respect copyright.PENANAt1ZkDOyBoc
But I don’t know what to take out. Should I just send it there?
Ahh, I’m so looking forward to this!
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