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Hayakawa looked down at Ogata: "It's not what you said."

"Um…"

Rizu Ogata scratched her head and said, "It must be because we arrived too late. After all, we came after we finished studying. There will be a lot of people after the club members come down."

"That's it."

Hayakawa walked over to the side of the ice cream truck and immediately noticed the two notices posted on it.

One of the menu items is the price list, with the name "Chocolate Parfait" prominently displayed. Other items include freshly made desserts such as Strawberry Parfait and Soufflé.

The other option is a discount, such as buy three get one free, or a set meal, but Hayakawa has no interest in those.

However, the small print at the very bottom caught Hayakawa's attention.

Students and staff of Ichinose Elementary School can purchase at half price.

"Ichinose Elementary School..."

Hayakawa thought for a moment. He recognized the elementary school; it was the affiliated elementary school of Ichinose High School, where he had studied. The school uniforms were practically identical.

He looked at himself, then at Ogata Rizu, who looked no different from an elementary school student, and an idea suddenly came to him.

Isn't this a brother and sister duo who are in high school and elementary school respectively?

"Ogata, Ogata,"

Hayakawa called out to Ogata Riju twice.

"Ok?"

Rizu Ogata was looking at prices when she heard Hayakawa call her. She looked up and stared at Hayakawa with her big, watery eyes, full of confusion.

"Look at that."

Hayakawa tilted his head back, pointed with his chin at the discount notice, and a faint smile appeared on his lips.

He didn't really care about the half price; he just wanted to use this "elementary school student discount" to tease Ogata Rizu. After all, she was always funny when she got angry, like a cat with its fur standing on end, and she was also easy to coax. As long as you stroked her fur, she would calm down immediately.

Rizu Ogata is his favorite piece. She is very stable, and apart from her grades and bust size being too unpredictable, everything else can be controlled at will.

"Ok?"

Following Hayakawa's gaze, Ogata Rizu looked at the notice. After reading it, her expression immediately turned serious, and she nodded solemnly, saying, "I understand."

"what?"

Hayakawa was stunned. What did you realize?

"Hello,"

Rizu Ogata approached the ice cream truck, stood on tiptoe, and earnestly said to the clerk inside, "Give me two large chocolate parfaits."

"it is good."

The clerk glanced at Riju Ogata and then reached for the plastic cup containing the ice cream.

"Please give me a 50% discount."

"It's Rizu Ogata," she said calmly.

"Ok."

The shop assistant looked at Ogata Riju's petite figure but didn't show any objection. Isn't she just an elementary school student?

Hayakawa was a little puzzled. Why wasn't she angry? Wasn't she usually the one who hated being treated like a child?

Then the next moment…

"I…"

Rizu Ogata clutched her chest, looking at the shop assistant with a serious expression: "She's a staff member from Ichinose Elementary School!"

Shop assistant: "..."

Hayakawa: "..."

At that moment, Hayakawa understood why Ogata Rizu wasn't angry. It turned out that this girl never considered herself a primary school student. She actually thought she was being asked to impersonate a primary school teacher, and was probably even pleased about it, thinking that wearing black-rimmed glasses made her look mature, right? She has absolutely no self-awareness!

"Excuse me…"

After a long silence, Hayakawa ignored Ogata Riju's quiet cries, reached out and grabbed her by the back of the collar, tossed her aside, and turned to the shop assistant, saying, "This person is an idiot. Just pay the original price. Two chocolate parfaits, right? I'll pay."

"Oh well."

The shop assistant, somewhat confused, replied, "The price is..."

……

Soon after, Hayakawa and Ogata Riju sat side by side on a bench in front of the bushes. Hayakawa held a parfait and sighed silently, while Ogata touched the parfait bucket and licked it with great pleasure, her slender legs swaying in mid-air with her feet off the ground.

“Ogata,”

Hayakawa looked at her expressionlessly and asked, puzzled, "Why do you think I would ask you to pretend to be an elementary school teacher?"

"Because I'm mature,"

Upon hearing this, Rizu Ogata's face immediately turned serious. She crossed her arms to show how impressive she was, and pushed up her glasses with one hand: "Look, I'm even wearing black-rimmed glasses, so I look no different from the teachers outside."

"Heh, it seems you have no self-awareness at all,"

Hayakawa chuckled and looked Ogata Riju up and down, gesturing with his hands: "Look at you, you're only this tall, this tall. I clearly made you pretend to be an elementary school student."

Ogata Rizu blushed upon hearing Hayakawa's words, sat down in her chair sulking, and licked her ice cream to cool herself down.

"Uh... I was just saying, don't mind it,"

Seeing this, Hayakawa realized he had gone too far and comforted him, "Although you look rather childish, you have a mature personality and study very hard. In short, you are still a qualified high school student."

"…oh."

Ogata Riju's eyes brightened slightly, and she became cheerful again as she licked her ice cream.

That was easy to handle.

Hayakawa was filled with emotion upon seeing this. What a stable piece! If all the other pieces on his board were this stable, wouldn't he be able to easily control them and indulge himself at will?

"Ugh…"

Hayakawa sighed, feeling pained by his difficult path as a Go player.

"Hayakawa..."

Looking at Hayakawa's inexplicable and pained expression, Ogata Riju felt that she often saw this scene.

"Um, Hayakawa,"

Ogata Rizu hesitated for a moment, then said, "So you still don't want to go to another place, do you?"

Chapter 170 Tourism?

Hayakawa paused slightly, holding Parfait's hand, and looked at Ogata Riju's serious face: "Why would you think that?"

"Because you definitely wouldn't have gone on a trip with us before,"

Rizu Ogata looked at Hayakawa with a determined expression: "I'm sure."

"Uh…"

Hayakawa blinked, then smiled and patted Ogata's head: "Don't overthink it. I'm going to Hokkaido because I want to go out and have fun with you guys. There's no other reason."

Ogata Rizu felt the hand on her head, but instead of pulling away in frustration as before, she raised her arm to hold Hayakawa's hand as if to tighten her hat, her eyes filled with a strange light: "Really? You really just wanted to come and play with us?"

"What else could it be?"

Hayakawa looked at her calmly.

"That…"

Ogata Rizu's eyes lit up like fireworks in the night sky: "I want to eat monkfish!"

"Hmm? Anglerfish?"

Hayakawa was stunned: "You want to eat this?"

"Yes!"

Rizu Ogata nodded, her expression serious: "I've heard that anglerfish is the best-tasting fish in the world, and that only in the north can you find the most authentic way to cook anglerfish, so I've always wanted to try it."

"I see."

Hayakawa thought for a moment and then smiled and said, "Sure, monkfish does taste really good. I'll treat you to some sometime."

"I have my own savings."

Rizu Ogata covered the left pocket of her shirt, where she kept her savings for this trip.

"Hayakawa, you seem to know a lot about him,"

She looked at Hayakawa and asked curiously, "Have you been to Hokkaido before?"

"nature…"

Looking at Ogata Rizu's expectant eyes, Hayakawa said, "No."

Ogata immediately deflated, looking at Hayakawa with some anger.

"But I have eaten anglerfish before,"

Hayakawa was happy after teasing her for a bit, so she stopped and said, "When my family used to have banquets, we would specially invite local fishermen from Hokkaido to cook monkfish. They would hang the monkfish in the air with a line to cut it. This technique is called hanging cut. The cut meat can be used directly for hot pot after some processing. It also needs to be paired with some dried vegetables to make the flavor even better. Overall, it was pretty good. That left a bit of an impression on me."

"Oh!"

Rizu Ogata's eyes lit up: "That's exactly what I want."

"can."

Looking at Ogata Rizu's hopeful face, Hayakawa couldn't help but smile: "I'll take care of you then, just leave everything to me."

"Um,"

Ogata Rizu nodded, then her face flushed slightly as she clutched Hayakawa's sleeve and whispered, "Thank you, Hayakawa."

Hayakawa scooped up some chocolate parfait with a spoon and said dismissively, "It's nothing, it's just a trip to Hokkaido, don't worry about it."

"No, there's more to thank you for than just that. You came to my side when I was at my lowest point, when I was about to give up on psychology. Even though I'm not very bright and my learning was clumsy, you never said you'd give up on me. You were there for me when I was afraid of thunder, and you accompanied me to the movies, went out to buy parfaits with me, and even let me stay at your house..."

Rizu Ogata looked directly at Hayakawa, her expression incredibly serious, yet also filled with guilt, and whispered, "You've helped me so much, I don't know how to thank you enough, but you seem to lack nothing, I don't know how to repay you..."

Hayakawa: "..."

Do I lack nothing...?

how can that be possible?

Hayakawa slowly touched her chest, cold tears welling up in her eyes.

My heart is clearly missing a piece.

And that place is called Pride.

My pride has been shattered by repeated failures, and so has my once sincere heart, which has also dimmed with each defeat. How dare you say that I lack nothing? What I lack most is you!

I will fill the void in my heart with my victory over you!

What reward? The only reward you can give me is to underperform in the next monthly exam, or simply not participate at all.

"Ugh…"

Hayakawa felt dejected, but seeing Ogata Riju's sad expression, he forced himself to cheer up and try to comfort her.

He pointed to the chocolate parfait that Ogata was holding and said jokingly, "Then give me a bite of this, and we'll be even, okay?"

"what?"

Rizu Ogata was startled and instinctively hugged Parfait, trying to back away: "Don't you have your own?"

Hayakawa laughed: "I've heard that other people's food tastes better, so I want to eat yours, is that not allowed?"

"Well…"

Ogata Rizu hesitated for a moment, then blushed slightly, closed her eyes, and pushed the parfait bucket she was holding in front of Hayakawa: "Eat."

Hayakawa hadn't expected Ogata Riju to actually feed him. Holding the spoon, his face darkened slightly; he didn't really want to eat ice cream that someone else had licked.

"Hurry up."