I was struck by a craving for cup ramen.95Please respect copyright.PENANAS8uJJWSJ79
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.95Please respect copyright.PENANAhs1GimKUk8
What I want is miso ramen with lots of bean sprouts and corn!95Please respect copyright.PENANAGQvpO1LBrC
But the hurdle for this is probably higher than the one for fast food, isn’t it.95Please respect copyright.PENANA93bNgyf4ym
If some middle school girl went to get ramen on her own, she’d stand out heaps after all.95Please respect copyright.PENANAD0GW68Hjy9
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.95Please respect copyright.PENANAK3dcNUKmq3
But I really wanna eat it…95Please respect copyright.PENANAW1mhTuNPOj
Or so I was thinking, when a marvellous idea struck me like lightning.95Please respect copyright.PENANAHKbw3aZy96
I had dried noodle snacks in my closet.95Please respect copyright.PENANACFDeJQSX8L
If I put them in hot water, wouldn’t they be like instant ramen?95Please respect copyright.PENANA9lZq4onSpJ
So I immediately went to get a mug of hot water.95Please respect copyright.PENANAFTx37lqvD8
I placed the baby ramen into the mug. Then I waited. I stirred it up with a fork.95Please respect copyright.PENANAk2ZqpG0cxk
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.95Please respect copyright.PENANArSaSvV3QA3
It wasn’t supposed to be this way. I even wasted one of my precious few snacks.95Please respect copyright.PENANACtKwuaCIBN
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.95Please respect copyright.PENANAbwOsvpVgk3
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.95Please respect copyright.PENANAWzUzanyMJO
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.95Please respect copyright.PENANAlqtayW9WNK
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.95Please respect copyright.PENANAGGyjuijVn6
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.95Please respect copyright.PENANAquJwv4dwbX
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.95Please respect copyright.PENANAvqfgQx3vJ6
If I continued eating the way I did, I’d turn into a baby tanuki again, you know?95Please respect copyright.PENANAeUd62mY2Z7
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.95Please respect copyright.PENANAIJGrf4oojo
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.95Please respect copyright.PENANAP3VMYx4wxj
Anyway, while I spent my days like that, one day a notification for “Summer Camp” came.95Please respect copyright.PENANAAzyOY2B90k
It was going to be held at a health resort linked to Zui’ran, and would be held for three days and two nights.95Please respect copyright.PENANAsYMwDDt3qD
Last year I couldn’t participate because of my remedials, but this year I want to join in if I can!95Please respect copyright.PENANA6gnPmU36gt
Only, even though it seems so fun, apparently not many people participate. None of the girls around me seemed to have any interest either?95Please respect copyright.PENANAINJdsTUXTr
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.95Please respect copyright.PENANA9UiFADbBSe
Yeah… I don’t suppose it would hold much appeal to a bunch of rich boys and rich girls.95Please respect copyright.PENANAUKJm59dXSq
But I want to try it.
When I got home, I immediately told my parents my intentions.95Please respect copyright.PENANAcR1RZcShvr
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”.95Please respect copyright.PENANALBLOz7nFy5
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.95Please respect copyright.PENANASPhQXVMnHh
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.95Please respect copyright.PENANAltobOJVvaO
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?95Please respect copyright.PENANAMuYfvEX07x
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?95Please respect copyright.PENANAtDGoBkQ0ai
Whether or not she knew what I was thinking about, Sensei immediately said “Then please be the leader for the girls!”95Please respect copyright.PENANAvoDqpi1z48
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~95Please respect copyright.PENANALwuhEKuiUI
And I found out that the leader of the boys was the maidenly Class Rep.95Please respect copyright.PENANAWidVivoZwa
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’!95Please respect copyright.PENANAySa4pWHxd4
I’ve always wanted to play with fireworks, but I never did have a chance. I’m so looking forward to it.95Please respect copyright.PENANAWJkbY7cqUH
And given how pleb-like and minor this event is, naturally that duo won’t be participating, and neither will those gyarus.95Please respect copyright.PENANAg4pTXkS4RD
Aahh, I think I’ll fiiinally be able to relax a little!95Please respect copyright.PENANA6QP6SXUmk5
I was so excited that I even began packing, even though it was still far into the future.95Please respect copyright.PENANAra2JEtNDd3
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.95Please respect copyright.PENANAys03YPyasz
If it’s only 3 days and 2 nights, I wouldn’t even need a suitcase, would I.95Please respect copyright.PENANAPvyRM0MbWE
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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