Ugh! I’m covered in milk!
One cup of tea, one pack of cigarettes, one derivative to solve a day.
Though Shion doesn’t have the habit of drinking tea, nor of smoking, not even before entering this game world, today, as she tackled the math problems, she finally understood the meaning of that phrase. Even though she hadn’t learned about derivatives yet……
It’s so hard, really hard……
Even though Shigure had chosen a set of problems she considered quite basic, and kept writing hints and small formulas beside her, Shion still found her mind spinning. This math, it’s just not meant for humans. Shion silently cursed the math masters of a thousand years ago several times in her heart, but then, remembering that she would need their blessings for her upcoming exam, quickly apologized in her thoughts.
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As Shion struggled with another geometry problem, Shigure gently stroked her hair, softly comforting her, “Shion, don’t rush. Remember the methods and formulas I taught you? Come on, you can solve it!”
Listening to the little angel’s comforting words, Shion’s agitated mind calmed down a bit, but no matter how calm she became, it didn’t help her solve the problem in front of her. So she became even more irritated.
Thus, she fell into a vicious cycle of not being able to solve the problems, becoming irritated, and the more irritated she became, the less she could solve. Shion felt as if her brain was being slowly eaten by zombies……
As the sun gradually set, Shion had only managed to complete half of the problems Shigure had carefully prepared for her. She began to fret, running her fingers through her hair.
“Shion, would you like some milk? You can take a short break too.” Shigure held out a cup of milk in a wooden mug with a small duck pattern, still steaming, and softly spoke.
Shion tried to push herself up from the table, but she didn’t realize she had been sitting in seiza, facing the desk with Shigure, for nearly three hours. When she tried to stand, she found her legs were numb.
“Shion, be careful……. Ahh!” Shigure tried to stand up to help Shion, but she too had been sitting with her for a long time, and when she suddenly tried to stand to catch Shion, she found she couldn’t stand either.
The sudden loss of balance caused Shigure to fall onto Shion, and the hot milk splashed out, tracing an arc in the air and splattering onto both of them.
“Eh, what……” Shion, caught off guard, was pushed to the floor. The wooden mug Shigure had been holding rolled down Shion’s chest, smearing the remaining milk over her chest until it fell to the floor with a crisp wooden sound.
Realizing what had happened, Shigure, her face also splattered with milk, apologized, “Shion, I’m sorry!” and tried to quickly get up, reaching for a handkerchief. But her legs were still numb, and she couldn’t muster any strength, so she tried to push herself up with her hands.
But as Shigure leaned on her left hand, she heard a soft, gentle breath from beneath her. Her attention still focused on the handkerchief on the edge of the table, she suddenly realized the soft sensation on her left hand.
She turned her head and saw Shion, her face flushed and not daring to look at Shigure, her eyes closed, and her face covered in white milk, dripping down her fair skin onto the tatami mat. The place where Shigure had just tried to push herself up seemed to be exactly Shion’s chest……
Though often teased by her younger sister for being flat, it wasn’t as if she was a plain field or a basin! Even if it wasn’t a mountain, it was at least a small hill!
“Umm…… Shigure, your hand……” Shion blushed and said softly, her breath still slightly ragged, her body trembling a bit.
“Shion, I’m so sorry!!!” Shigure quickly pulled her hand back, but in her panic, she didn’t notice that without the support of her hand, her body lost balance and fell again, burying her head in Shion’s chest.
No, it was more like she crashed into it.
Ah, it felt soft and warm……
This was a thought that briefly crossed Shigure’s mind, probably for only a moment.
“Shigure! I can’t breathe!” Shion, pressed beneath Shigure, quickly called out.
Shigure, lost in thought for a thousandth of a second, which felt like a long time for her, quickly rolled off and separated from Shion. The white milk had splattered onto her golden hair, leaving a thin white streak on the tatami mat as she rolled.
After a few seconds, both of them managed to regain feeling in their legs. Shion pushed herself up, and the milk left on her face dripped onto her clothes, leaving a faint milk scent.
Realizing what had just happened, Shigure’s face flushed red as she stood up, “Shion, I’m really sorry……”
“Shigure…… if you weren’t staring at your hand, I might have believed you were truly reflecting and apologizing.” Shion said softly.
“Eh?!” Shigure realized she had been staring at the hand that had just touched Shion’s chest, and quickly hid it behind her back, “I-I-I…… I really didn’t mean to! Anyway, I’m sorry, Shion!”
“It’s okay, I know you didn’t mean to. But……” Shion looked helplessly at the milk stains on her clothes, feeling at a loss. Shigure had prepared a lot of milk for her, and now both girls were damp, with a strong, pungent milk smell.
Honestly, if she went home like this, she wouldn’t know what Ayane would scold her about……
Ah, really, I’m the one who cooks every day, so why am I worried about being scolded by my younger sister? This is just pathetic!
“Shion, why don’t you take a bath at my place and borrow some of my clothes? Our body types are actually quite similar……” Shigure said cautiously.
“Eh?!”