Chapter 22 This is also a maid’s job

Izumi-senpai left, and the maid returned to her job.

Today is the most lively day at Natsume Naoki's house since he went to college... and it is also the day when he cherishes life the most in his lifetime.

There was the hum of the washing machine coming from the bathroom downstairs, and the bedroom door was open so a little vibration could be heard.

He lay on the bed and looked at the ceiling, remembering how Asai had just taken the clothes out of the basket and stared at them, he couldn't help but shudder.

What a terrifying look!

Although Asai acted calmly, Natsume Naoki could still feel the maid's dissatisfaction with working overtime——

The clothes she had finally washed could not be salvaged, and she died while he was chatting with his senior sister. The corpses of the clothes accumulated and gradually gave rise to a peculiar smell.

It took Asai nearly an hour of precious time to wash the clothes again.

The intimate clothing of two people needs to be washed separately, socks and underwear also need to be washed separately, and even light-colored clothes that are easy to stain must be washed separately from dark-colored clothes...

After Asai Mao finally finished all the extra work, she started today's daily cleaning.

They mopped and swept the floor, neatly ironed the clothes for the two of them to go out tomorrow and hung them on the coat rack at the door, and then started preparing dinner.

Natsume Naoki also used a cane to go from the bedroom to the study room, planning to take advantage of the last gap before dinner to consolidate the knowledge he learned during the day.

After cooking, Asai Maojun put out a small dinner plate suitable for Natsume Naoki's appetite and brought it upstairs to him. After all, Natsume Naoki's foot was injured and it was inconvenient. The essence of a maid is to take care of her master.

When she was delivering food to the study, she was caught by Natsume Naoki and asked him a question. While Asai Mao was having a headache how to explain these simple questions to him in simpler terms, she was thinking about other things.

"The girl who came today is the transaction partner Natsume-kun mentioned before, right?" Asai said abruptly after finishing the topic.

"Um?"

"There are a lot of Chinese medicines in the refrigerator."

Natsume Naoki thought for a moment and decided not to hide it. He nodded and said: "Yes, her name is Izumi Mio. She is a junior in the sports training department of the Faculty of Physical Education... and she is also the president of the sports club."

When he said the last half of the sentence, Natsume Naoki thought of the injury on his foot again, and his eyes were filled with mixed emotions.

Regarding the injury on his foot, after Izumi-senpai left, he told the whole truth under Asai's "friendly" questioning.

Asai looked at Natsume Naoki's expression and suddenly asked in a serious tone: "Do you really want to join the sports club?"

Natsume didn't understand why Asai asked, but his intention was unmistakable: "Yes, I must join the sports club."

Asai asked again: "Because you like that senior sister?"

Natsume Naoki thought for a while, but shook his head slightly: "I don't know if I can call it a liking, but I did have a similar idea when I wanted to join the sports club for the first time last year... At that time, I thought my senior was running and jumping.

It’s very rustic and beautiful, I want to see more of it.”

No one is sure when he fell in love with a girl. Was it when two people looked at each other inadvertently? Or was it the first time they had the idea of ​​"wanting to see more of her"?

"What about today?"

"Probably because I failed last time, I was very unwilling to do it. I practiced for more than half a year before trying again."

"What happens after this failure?"

"Well... As expected, I still won't give in, so there will be a next time."

Natsume Naoki smiled: "But there is no way, my health is too bad... I will continue to exercise after the injury is healed. There are still three years left before graduation. After training for three years, I can't run fifty meters."

9 seconds, right?”

"I can understand that joining the sports club is a wish that you really want to realize in the short term, Natsume-kun?"

Something flickered in Asai Mao's clear eyes.

Natsume Naoki suddenly had a premonition that his next answer would change his life.

It seems that as long as he says this sentence, there will be some powerful servant who will make this his life goal and strive for it.

But he still said his heart firmly: "Yes, I really hope to prove myself. Even if I am a little behind at the starting line, I am no worse than anyone else."

"Besides, if you lose someone, why don't you try to regain your temper?"

Natsume Naoki showed the temperament that a young man should have at this moment.

If it weren't for today's conversation, Asai Mao would have thought that Natsume Naoki had said goodbye to the word "bloody".

After thinking about it, she nodded thoughtfully, and then said: "Since Natsume-kun has this awareness, please continue to maintain your current ambition. As for other things...according to the contract, it falls within the scope of the maid's work."

After saying this, she looked up at the perpetual calendar on the wall.

Natsume Naoki didn't understand what she wanted to do, but found that Asai's popularity level had risen a few points again.

"Oh, by the way, I want to confirm again." Before Asai Mao was about to get up and leave, she seemed to remember something and turned to ask him: "Natsume-kun just said that you like the senior in the sports club?"

Natsume Naoki's cheeks turned red, "Watching my seniors running, jumping and sweating on the playground, I feel that time has slowed down, and there is a hint of coolness in the summer heat... and my mood will also get better. I'm not sure if I like it or not.

"

"The answer is good, sixty points passed." Asai Mao said expressionlessly: "Then leave this matter to me."

"I'll be back in ten minutes to clean up the dishes. Natsume-kun, please eat quickly and don't make me wash the dishes twice and increase my workload."

Only then did Natsume Naoki realize that he had been pulling Asai to consolidate the knowledge he learned in class during the day and had even forgotten to eat.

The rice has cooled down a lot.

Suddenly, he thought of something and shouted toward the door: "I'm sorry, is the food over there cold?"

"I've eaten."

Asai went downstairs and looked at the table of food without using his chopsticks. He thought about it for a moment but did not sit down to eat.

She raised her finger, and there was a strand of hair wrapped around her index finger.

Asai Mao didn't know that she had forgotten to take care of the sofa, but Izumi Mio discovered a trace of it. Izumi Mio also didn't expect that her ponytail would also fall out.

And she never expected that her hair would be discovered by Natsume Naoki's professional maid.

Asai compared it with his own hair and was convinced that it was left by Izumi Mio.

So she stopped eating and went into the bathroom and locked the door.

There is always a small box in the pocket of her maid uniform. She takes it out and opens it. Inside is a few exquisite special matches and a tuft of hair——

The hair is Naoki Natsume's fetal hair when she was born.

Izumi Mio's hair and a strand of Natsume Naoki's fetal hair were intertwined and lit, and the smoke after the fire suddenly emitted an indescribable smell.

Anyone who has attended high school has probably smelled the smell of burnt feathers.

The smell is not the key, the lingering smoke is.

Asai Mao looked at the dark smoke and felt confident.

Natsume Naoki was enjoying a meal that was delicious even after it was cold. While cooking the rice, he read Asai's notes for today.

He would never have thought that the first time the senior sister and Asai met through the air would be like this.

………………

April 9th, Sunday.

Natsume Naoki, who has had his plaster and bandages removed, no longer needs a crutch to go out. The extremely inconvenient life with a crutch some time ago reminded him of the time when he was injured in high school.

The injury healed extremely quickly this time, so fast that Natsume Naoki thought it was a miracle!

It was Saturday. After recovering from his injury and his mood had improved, he rarely wanted to go out. When Asai Mao asked him if he needed company, he said for the first time that he did not.

"Of course not. This time I am going out to buy the sequel to Teacher Nanami's "Jockey Rider". How can I let a girl accompany me?"

Natsume Naoki got on the train heading to Akihabara in the dazzling sunlight.

Books like notebooks are legal in Japan, but they cannot be sold openly on the street.

But for Naoki Natsume, a veteran otaku who has been growing up since childhood, he can find the stores in Akihabara that sell these things with his eyes closed, and he knows very well which store is cheaper, which store has faster stockings and may have new books.

After taking the train to the subway, and coming out of Akihabara Station in Chiyoda District, what caught his eye were the huge posters outside the towering buildings in Akihabara. He recognized the posters of "Bone King" and "Cute King" at a glance, followed by

"Re:0" and "Blue Sea" which are suspected of poster fraud.

It's obviously a drinking episode but it has to be promoted as a diving episode.

On weekends, many stores in Akihabara hold comic exhibitions to attract people. There are large and small comic exhibitions that really make Akihabara a lot more lively than on weekdays. The atmosphere that hits you and the various visual impacts are still...

This will make Natsume Naoki, who has visited many times since his reincarnation, be filled with emotion.

This is worthy of being the holy land of Azhai!

Natsume Naoki followed the surging crowd of people in fancy clothes and arrived at the door of an ACG store that collected books, games, comics and other themes.
Chapter completed!