I was struck by a craving for cup ramen.96Please respect copyright.PENANAwOTAt0vGOM
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.96Please respect copyright.PENANAqhN3AqHPO5
What I want is miso ramen with lots of bean sprouts and corn!96Please respect copyright.PENANAsgZ1mtTTq5
But the hurdle for this is probably higher than the one for fast food, isn’t it.96Please respect copyright.PENANAY9P7Vw8v1F
If some middle school girl went to get ramen on her own, she’d stand out heaps after all.96Please respect copyright.PENANAgLw6N9MJd2
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.96Please respect copyright.PENANAQenPtEoK0J
But I really wanna eat it…96Please respect copyright.PENANAN5UyknIfi7
Or so I was thinking, when a marvellous idea struck me like lightning.96Please respect copyright.PENANAzuypSsAfoR
I had dried noodle snacks in my closet.96Please respect copyright.PENANAiTAvhQq03W
If I put them in hot water, wouldn’t they be like instant ramen?96Please respect copyright.PENANA2TYAA6SKeH
So I immediately went to get a mug of hot water.96Please respect copyright.PENANA4SpCXPqOjk
I placed the baby ramen into the mug. Then I waited. I stirred it up with a fork.96Please respect copyright.PENANAQJyH4eqFWB
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.96Please respect copyright.PENANA02CjSBU8dO
It wasn’t supposed to be this way. I even wasted one of my precious few snacks.96Please respect copyright.PENANAatLwQWvpJK
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.96Please respect copyright.PENANAU2Gbjk9mBg
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.96Please respect copyright.PENANAqPhNp4jP8t
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.96Please respect copyright.PENANAVesvz86rwE
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.96Please respect copyright.PENANAuwIKD4693c
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.96Please respect copyright.PENANAvU5LFtUMx4
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.96Please respect copyright.PENANALEBt5l86e6
If I continued eating the way I did, I’d turn into a baby tanuki again, you know?96Please respect copyright.PENANAlJ5qTEzjTo
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.96Please respect copyright.PENANAy3bPTa701S
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.96Please respect copyright.PENANAHy2wH6yD12
Anyway, while I spent my days like that, one day a notification for “Summer Camp” came.96Please respect copyright.PENANAjKLR3azmUb
It was going to be held at a health resort linked to Zui’ran, and would be held for three days and two nights.96Please respect copyright.PENANAqqUrt0U6XP
Last year I couldn’t participate because of my remedials, but this year I want to join in if I can!96Please respect copyright.PENANAt7PMQJTm2F
Only, even though it seems so fun, apparently not many people participate. None of the girls around me seemed to have any interest either?96Please respect copyright.PENANAD07L3D0bfY
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.96Please respect copyright.PENANAj0QLPylYcc
Yeah… I don’t suppose it would hold much appeal to a bunch of rich boys and rich girls.96Please respect copyright.PENANAQ7ByT9l6L6
But I want to try it.
When I got home, I immediately told my parents my intentions.96Please respect copyright.PENANAz958YtG5mJ
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”.96Please respect copyright.PENANAFXAiSwSjQe
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.96Please respect copyright.PENANA7oeh51sEjP
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.96Please respect copyright.PENANATCeg271GbZ
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?96Please respect copyright.PENANA2PuFSPGo6k
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?96Please respect copyright.PENANAWRZB1XaRDa
Whether or not she knew what I was thinking about, Sensei immediately said “Then please be the leader for the girls!”96Please respect copyright.PENANANZoCczopKa
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~96Please respect copyright.PENANAkI5iizqcEr
And I found out that the leader of the boys was the maidenly Class Rep.96Please respect copyright.PENANAT2I1kZPEso
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’!96Please respect copyright.PENANA4pI6jnsXqy
I’ve always wanted to play with fireworks, but I never did have a chance. I’m so looking forward to it.96Please respect copyright.PENANAlDYU5DhBNR
And given how pleb-like and minor this event is, naturally that duo won’t be participating, and neither will those gyarus.96Please respect copyright.PENANArzEJllM2rN
Aahh, I think I’ll fiiinally be able to relax a little!96Please respect copyright.PENANA62gv3aXZox
I was so excited that I even began packing, even though it was still far into the future.96Please respect copyright.PENANAAnpT5PTALP
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.96Please respect copyright.PENANA8uqo8NdOWD
If it’s only 3 days and 2 nights, I wouldn’t even need a suitcase, would I.96Please respect copyright.PENANAqHqMURJbN5
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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