Natural Swordmaster 105

Title: How About We Invite That Poor Shinomiya Kaguya Too?

“Ai, I’ve arrived, and brought some friends too.”

“Please come in, Shinnosuke-sama.”

Hearing Ai’s voice from inside the door, Shinnosuke pushed it open and entered.

“Ai, long time no see.”

Kazama saw Ai and felt a little awkward. After all, they hadn’t seen each other for many years. Back in Futaba Kindergarten, Ai interacted more with Shinnosuke.

Childhood friendships weren’t mixed with many complicated factors, but now everyone was grown up, and there were many things to consider.

They hadn’t contacted each other since kindergarten. Meeting this young lady again, it was natural to feel a bit unnatural.

“Long time no see, Kazama, you haven’t changed a bit.”

Ai’s attitude towards others and towards Shinnosuke was completely different.

Others could clearly feel a distance when talking to Ai, only Shinnosuke could interact with Ai with ordinary thoughts without any psychological burden.

“Katou-senpai, you came too.”

Ai smiled at her, which greatly surprised Megumi. She hadn’t expected this young lady to notice her.

“Who are these friends of yours? Aren’t you going to introduce me?”

Looking at Gabriel, Ai was a little puzzled. A new transfer student, and one who transferred through connections with the Japanese government.

She had investigated a little and found that Gabriel was very mysterious. She couldn’t investigate her background at all, only some information proved that she might be related to a church in Europe.

Such a mysterious existence, why come to Japan?

If it weren’t for Shinnosuke being in Japan, Ai wouldn’t have returned. Japan was too small and had a lot of dark history, plus the overall decline after the economic bubble, she didn’t particularly like this place.

Japan was a very conservative country. Due to the lifetime employment system, Japan lacked innovative spirit in many fields, and its attitude towards new technologies was somewhat resistant.

For example, some of Japan’s legacy game Ips had truly very low technological capabilities.

Of course, this did indeed preserve a lot of traditional culture. Good or bad, only time could tell.

“Hello, my name is Gabriel White Tenma, from Europe.”

“Hello, my name is Suotome Ai.”

“Gabriel-san is Shinnosuke’s neighbor. Since she just moved in, I prepared lunch for her.”

Ai nodded. Of course, she knew this.

“Then let’s have lunch together.”

Maeda took out two lunch boxes that had been prepared long ago.

The lunch that Ai prepared for Shinnosuke had a different menu every day. After all, it was made by the house chef, looking luxurious and beautiful.

“Shinnosuke-sama, please try today’s sakura shrimp tempura, it’s very delicious, you know.”

Today’s lunch included fried shrimp cakes with sakura shrimp, which were indeed very delicious.

The two lunch boxes made by Megumi and Kazama’s lunch box looked much more ordinary, but at a glance, it could be seen that they were made very carefully.

Ai keenly observed that Gabriel seemed very interested in food.

Megumi’s lunch was indeed delicious, but Gabriel’s way of eating was a bit too much, like someone who hadn’t eaten for a long time.

‘How is that possible? Although some places in Europe are indeed culinary deserts, it’s impossible for it to be like this.’

“Prepare some tea and snacks.”

After telling Maeda to prepare snacks, Ai began the next step of her test. “Katou-san, do you have time at the end of the month?”

“Hm? I should. I usually don’t have many things to do.”

“Shinnosuke and I are going to a fireworks festival, do you want to come?”

Fireworks festival? Megumi immediately imagined many beautiful scenes. It would be even better if she went alone with Shinnosuke.

“You don’t need to worry about tickets and accommodation, everything belongs to the Suotome family.”

Everything belongs to the Suotome family? A seemingly ordinary sentence, but it made Megumi feel considerable pressure.

Could she refuse? It seemed impossible.

“Okay, I’m really looking forward to it.”

“How about Gabriel-san, do you want to come too?”

“Huh?”

Gabriel, who was eating heartily, was stunned for a moment. Why did they suddenly talk about her? All the friends had been invited, it seemed impolite not to go.

“Okay, if nothing comes up, I will definitely go.”

Very satisfied with Megumi’s answer, next were Eriri and Utaha.

How about we invite that poor Shinomiya Kaguya too? She probably hasn’t attended an event like this since she was little.

Let’s invite Fujiwara Chika too. After all, she’s from a political family, still needs a little interaction.

Plus all the members of the Kasukabe Defense Force, and Nobita with Shizuka, the number of people is also quite a lot. Let’s just empty out an entire hotel.

Maeda soon came carrying a lot of sweets and snacks.

“There’s still a lot of time before the afternoon lessons start, please all of you rest here. Please enjoy all these snacks.”

“Really?”

Seeing the table full of various snacks, Gabriel was very moved.

‘Why does heaven describe humans as so evil? Humans are clearly very friendly! And the human world has so much delicious food, it’s truly wonderful!’

“Shinnosuke-sama?”

Ai called out, and Shinnosuke understood her meaning.

Ai wanted to take a nap on his lap. If there were no other matters during this time, it was like this almost every day.

After Ai lay down on his lap, whether it was because she felt calm or because she had been too tired lately, she fell fast asleep in less than two minutes.

For some reason, he felt that if he refused in front of everyone, something terrible would happen. But Shinnosuke had no intention of refusing.

“What has Ai been busy with lately? I feel like you look very tired.”

Walking to Ai’s side, Shinnosuke sat down.

The sofa they were sitting on was all custom-ordered by Ai, the level of comfort was beyond imagination.

Seeing Ai lying on Shinnosuke’s lap, Gabriel and Kazama didn’t react much. Gabriel didn’t care about these kinds of things.

Kazama felt that Ai should indeed be like this, and Kazama believed that Shinnosuke’s jumpy character should indeed be well-disciplined by Ai.

But could Ai really control Shinnosuke?

Kazama keenly felt that after more than ten years, Ai’s feelings for Shinnosuke hadn’t diminished at all, instead, they had become even more intense.

Only Megumi felt very frustrated, feeling that her efforts seemed to be in vain, not Ai’s opponent at all.

Although Shinnosuke could find her accurately and call her Megumi-chan, it was clear that Shinnosuke treated this young lady from the Suotome family and her completely differently.