149 – Kurenai Hotaru, Reunion
Hyunjin and Aisha took a break and decided to take the bear carcass with them.
Aisha dragged a relatively light and small small bear, and Hyunjin dragged the leader bear alone.
“Ugh, the smell of blood…… Thick…… !”
“Be patient, Aisha.”
Aisha said with a disgusted expression.
Hyeonjin also had a chimney-like feeling of wanting to leave the bear carcass right away, but at least this amount of bear meat was enough to feed everyone who came to the forest study.
While I was dragging the bear’s corpse with that thought in mind, Sojuro and Yasuu started coming towards us with the adults.
Sojuro was the first to notice Hyunjin and Aisha and run.
“Are you okay, Hyunjin!”
Sojuro approached Hyunjin and asked in a worried tone.
“Oh, it’s pretty good.”
“That, what the hell is that bear on the back…… ?”
Beside Sojuro, Yasuu approached and asked.
“Party party bear meat party. What is it?”
Hyunjin slyly opened his mouth.
Sensei Akiko, who followed soon after, approached Hyunjin with a surprised expression and said,
“Ki, Kim! Blood! I am bleeding!!”
“Oh, this? It’s a bear. If it’s my blood, it’s normal to collapse already.”
“But…… How did you catch that bear…… !”
“Well, I got it somehow.”
Hyunjin said moderately.
“I-I have to do something with that bear first and then treat it! Other teachers help carry too!”
“No, it’s fine. I can hear it by myself.”
From Hyunjin’s point of view, she kindly refused because there was no point in helping other teachers get hurt.
Hyunjin and Aisha lifted the bear and returned to the campsite with their arms tied.
***
“Now, everyone pay attention!”
The teachers gathered the students in their seats and opened their mouths while showing the bear carcass.
“This is the bear that Miss Kim and Miss Aisha caught! We plan to distribute them appropriately to each group, so everyone can use them for cooking!”
Hyunjin, who was watching the distribution by calling the butcher, thought to himself.
‘I never thought I would eat bear meat…… ‘
It was a strange feeling, of course, to taste something I had never eaten before and often only saw in anime.
What’s more, people around me were talking about Hyunjin and Aisha.
“How did you catch such a huge bear?”
“Kumagoroshi…… Amazing…… !”
“No, since you fought and won against the notorious Akshimkai, shouldn’t you have easily won the bear?”
“You idiot, are humans and bears the same?”
I felt strangely ashamed to be listening directly to the sound of other students exchanging opinions.
“I had a hard time.”
Amelia, who was next to her, quietly opened her mouth so that only Hyunjin could hear.
“It wasn’t something that could be called hard work.”
“Still, it was reckless.”
“I did it because I could. It might have been more dangerous otherwise.”
“…… It is.”
“Sorry for the concern, lady.”
“Dah, you weren’t particularly worried? You should be able to take care of yourself, but if you go alone, dangerous things might happen, so just…… “
“That’s what you call worrying.”
“Noisy!”
They talked softly to each other, then suddenly Amelia raised her voice and began to rush.
“What, what happened?”
Ryuunosuke, who was next to me, asked.
“Oh, it’s nothing. Natsuki.”
“If anyone sees it, they’ll think the two of them are fighting for love.”
“What, what are you talking about!”
“Because they look good together?”
Ryunosuke said with a shy smile.
“That…… “
Amelia didn’t seem to have any intention of denying Ryunosuke’s words either.
“What are they talking about so much?”
In the middle, Sojuro broke in and opened her mouth.
“No big deal.”
Ryunosuke deftly answered Sojuro’s words.
Amelia put on a slightly downcast expression at Ryunosuke’s words.
‘Is it confusing?’
Quietly, Hyunjin looked at Amelia’s expression and thought.
On the contrary, Amelia thought differently.
Rather than being confused, it was because someone else noticed that Hyunjin had feelings for him.
Such a situation acted as a burden to Amelia.
After the distribution of the meat, Hyunjin sent the party back to the camp and headed to her teachers with Aisha.
When Hyunjin approached, it was Akiko-sensei who reacted first.
“Kim.”
“You know what I’m here for.”
“Don’t worry, that part has already been taken care of by the student council president.”
“…… Yes?”
“The person in charge of the forest learning camp has been fired!”
Akiko sensei’s words made Hyunjin dumbfounded.
‘Sudden dismissal?’
Since the issue was an issue, it was also an area that Hyunjin could understand.
“I hid it without telling them that it was a bear-infested area, and it exploded this time, because it could have resulted in casualties.”
“I see.”
“Anyway, you had a hard time today. Mr. Kim. Have a good rest of the evening, and I hope you have a safe day tomorrow.”
After saying that, there was nothing more Hyunjin could say.
The only thing I can do personally is to beat up with my personal feelings when I meet the camp manager on the road.
‘Okay…… Well, I can’t help it.’
Since he had no choice but to move on, Hyunjin decided to return to the camp with Aisha and her party.
“I did emergency treatment, are you okay?”
“Ah…… Oh me It hurts, it hurts!”
When Hyunjin asked, Ayesha suddenly limped on her leg and pretended to be sick.
“Ahahahaha.”
Hyunjin laughed a little while watching Aisha like that.
“Why, why are you laughing?!”
“Just because it was fun.”
As Hyunjin said, she turned her back to Aisha and said.
“Let’s go.”
“Then… ….”
Aisha quietly sat on Hyunjin’s back.
***
All the students who came to the forest study searched the Internet to cook the distributed bear meat for dinner.
It was the same for Hyunjin’s Joe.
“How should I cook this… ….”
Ohana was worried while looking at the bear meat cut into pieces.
“How about something like stew?”
“Stew?”
“Yeah, I thought something like stew wouldn’t be bad.”
Hyunjin hinted at Ohana.
“Stew…… Yep, that’ll be fine! I’ll try!”
It was suggested because it was possible to see that Hyunjin’s group was able to cook.
‘By the way.’
Hyunjin had been feeling the gaze from earlier.
On the way down with the bear, he realized that someone was watching him, but he didn’t show it.
It was only because I could still feel Hyunjin’s gaze even after returning to the camp.
‘I’d better go first.’
Hyunjin thought so and said to Ohana.
“Hana-chan.”
“Huh?”
“Can I ask you to cook for me?”
“Eh…… I’m fine. What about Jin-chan?”
“I’m worried about something for a moment.”
“Nervous?”
“Yes, there is such a thing.”
“You shouldn’t come back too late~?”
At Hyunjin’s words, Ohana spoke in the tone of her worried mother.
“Yes, I will.”
After Hyeonjin spoke to Ohana, she left the camp and went into the woods.
……
…………
Hyunjin opened his mouth after entering the forest.
“Who are you?”
As I implied the question, a human figure appeared from the side.
“It’s been a while. During the prom and after vacation.”
A girl with red hair cautiously appeared…… It was Hotaru.
“You…… Kurenai.”
“It’s been a while.”
“Well, it’s not like that.”
Remembering that this and that happened with Hotaru during vacation, Hyunjin felt happy again.
“By the way, what are you doing here?”
Hotaru is a junior high school student. In other words, the schedule itself might be different, but the timing was good, and it was in a place similar to Hyunjin’s study schedule.
“The period of individual training.”
“Didn’t you do it during vacation?”
“Well, that’s part of training, but…… It’s a pity.”
“What’s missing?”
When Hyunjin asked back, Hotaru smiled and answered.
“The head bear is the guy I was aiming for, but he took the lead first.”
“Ah.”
Hyunjin replied with an expression of understanding.
“Sorry.”
“There is nothing to be sorry about. Originally, the world of martial arts was the weak meat. The reason I missed the prey was because of my own inadequacies.”
Hotaru had a sad expression on his face as he said that.
“What about school?”
“Well, that’s about it. I requested to be absent for a few days due to personal reasons.”
“…… Did the school give you permission?”
“Since the parents requested it, there is no reason for the school to refuse it, right?”
“I see.”
“…… Um, did you say forest learning?”
“Yes, but.”
“I’m glad that nothing major happened.”
Hotaru said in an appropriate tone.
“Of course, nothing special.”
“Normal people get casualties when they encounter a bear.”
“Well, I’m not saying it wrong. So…… Why were you watching me?”
“Still nothing big. It was to see who caught the bear.”
“No big deal.”
The moment Hyunjin started talking.
Growl.
Suddenly, a beating sound came from Hotaru’s stomach.
“Hot! Oh no. This…… !”
“You must be hungry. Follow me.”
“Yes?”
“There is a lot of bear meat. I will share.”
“Gwa, it’s okay! As for hunger…… “
“Don’t hold back.”
Hyunjin grabbed Hotaru’s wrist and dragged him back to the campsite.