The Book and Tea Study Department is located in the corner of the third floor of the club building. The two classrooms were connected to form a large classroom, which is the only one in the entire school.
After straightening his collar, Izumi Toru took a deep breath and knocked on the classroom door.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
After three beeps, he waited for a while and then opened the door directly.
On the right is a tea room with a screen. There is a hand basin at the entrance. On the left is a large bookcase filled with various kinds of books.
Under the window diagonally facing the door, a girl wearing a white and elegant kimono is bending over to practice calligraphy.
The figure is slender and charming.
Ji-fa style long hair is rolled up and fixed to the back of the head for the convenience of writing. On the jade neck that is lowered and exposed, you can see the fine hair penetrated by the sun. The slender wrist is moving slowly and firmly, the amber
Keep your eyes fixed on the tip of the pen.
The fingertips that were slightly red from gripping the pen holder seemed to have a magnetic force, firmly pulling Izumi Toru's gaze.
【Even your fingertips are glowing with beautiful color.】
Silently reciting Kawabata Yasunari's words in his heart, he lowered his breathing to prevent disturbing the silence.
Finally, Jinguji Kiyohime put down her pen. She turned her head sideways, tucked the black hair scattered on her cheeks behind her ears, and spoke softly:
"Good afternoon, Izumi-kun."
"Good afternoon, Jinguji Temple."
"Would you like some tea?"
Although she was asking, Jinguji Kiyohime had already walked to the Jushote Pond.
Only then did Izumi Toru take out his cell phone that had been vibrating and take a look at it.
[It has been detected that a new female character can be added, please take a photo and enter it.]
...
Walk through the landscape area and enter the teahouse, where three characters are hung.
【Seeking the Pure Land】
[The superior one gives birth to rotten stone]
【He Jing Qing Ji】
The green smoke rising from the incense burner is scattered in the air, as if it has traveled through time.
"Izumi-kun, please go first."
The girl kneeling on the tatami held up the tea bowl and presented it to Izumi Tetsu.
Every move reveals elegance.
"Well, Jinguji Temple..."
"You must finish the drink, the gift cannot be wasted."
"Um."
Izumi Toru had no choice but to take the tea bowl with both hands, express his thanks, taste it lightly, drink slowly, and then he breathed a sigh of relief after returning it.
"Izumi-kun, I just forgot a step."
Izumi Tetsu's face froze.
"Pfft!" Upon seeing this, Jinguji Kiyohime couldn't help laughing.
When the girl smiled, her eyes were slightly narrowed and she put the back of her right hand against her lips, as if she was afraid that others would see her teeth.
But Toru Izumi knew the way she smiled when she didn't cover her mouth.
Very beautiful.
"Let's go, today's tea ceremony training ends here, former minister."
Sipping his lips that were bitter from drinking matcha, he reminded: "This is not that club, and I am certainly not a former minister."
Jinguji Kiyohime did not refute, but just walked out of the tea room.
Izumi Toru's eyes paused for two seconds on the inscription "Xin Qiu Pure Land".
【Igarashi Royal Flower】
"call-"
After exhaling a sigh of relief that could not be described as suppressed or relieved, no one was left in the tea room.
The green smoke hovering on the incense burner seems to never disappear.
On the table next to the bookcase, there are two open food boxes, one with cherry blossom cakes and the other with cherry blossom pudding.
The girl opposite her covered her mouth with one hand and tasted the food silently. She was always so graceful that Izumi Toru forgot about the cherry blossom cakes that she had been craving for.
"Izumi-kun, do you want to practice tea ceremony again?"
"Ahem, no."
He quickly picked up the cherry blossom cake and stuffed it into his mouth.
Sure enough, it was much more delicious than the petals that day.
Seeing that Izumi Toru finally stopped staring at her, Jinguji Kiyohime breathed a small sigh of relief.
No matter how many times, this unabashed appreciation of beauty makes people feel self-conscious.
After eating less than half of the cherry blossom cake in the food box, Jinguji Kiyohime closed the food box and pushed it in front of him.
"Just the right amount."
"Um."
"I heard from Teacher Shiraishi that you sent the transfer student home yesterday?" the girl asked while pouring tea.
"Only to the station."
"So, Izumi-kun fell in love with her at first sight?"
Izumi Tetsu was a little stunned.
"Why do you ask?"
Pushing the tea in front of him, Jinguji Kiyohime pursed her lips and smiled.
"Because, I heard that she is very beautiful. Didn't Izumi-kun say that? The love of beauty is the same as the stone, but you have the world's eight treasures to yourself?"
"Actually, I was asked by Teacher Shiraishi, so it's hard to refuse."
Izumi Toru explained, then picked up the cup and took a sip carefully.
"Afraid of getting beaten?"
"Cough cough cough!"
I choked on my tea because of her words.
Izumi Toru looked at her helplessly, and saw that she blinked at him, without the quiet gesture just now.
"Who asked Izumi-kun to introduce Mr. Shiraishi to learn taekwondo? He also said that this would be contrasting with cuteness and make people like you. It is also Izumi-kun's fault that Mr. Shiraishi bullies you."
"I didn't expect that she would be so serious...I thought that the hateful marriage written in the novel was all fake."
"So, you will reap the consequences?"
He smiled bitterly: "Ah, yes."
At this time, as if casually, Jinguji Kiyohime asked: "So, are the transfer students really beautiful?"
She noticed his scrutinizing gaze again, but this time, the girl did not avoid it.
Izumi Toru carefully looked at Jinguji Seihime's unearthly beauty for a while, and then compared it with the soft features of Shiratori Kyoko in his mind, as well as Yamato Nadeshiko's.
Although the two are very different in character, they are both stunning in the world.
So, he said sincerely: "It's very beautiful."
Hearing this comment, Jinguji Kiyohime raised her eyebrows.
"Compared to me?"
"Of course you are more beautiful."
"Isn't it because of my identity or something?" the girl narrowed her eyes and asked.
"Well..." Izumi looked away from her with a guilty conscience, "Probably, there will be a little bit..."
"The cherry blossom cake I made today didn't taste good. I'm sorry. Let's wait until next time to make it more perfect and give it to Izumi-kun to taste."
After saying that, Jinguji Kiyohime wanted to take back the food box in front of Izumi Toru.
"But, what I just said is definitely not a lie." Izumi Toru quickly pressed the food box and said seriously.
The girl did not let go, but her cheeks were slightly bulging, staring at him without saying a word.
"Be it status or temperament, these are all part of beauty. They cannot be separated separately. And compared to her, you can also see the beauty that makes people feel calm. So you are better-looking!"
"
The girl looked at him for a while and then let go.
If there is a faint "humming" sound that seems to be nothing, it is not really heard.
Izumi Tetsu wiped cold sweat from his heart.
Next time? I mean next year, right...
But can such beauty really be within reach of mortals?
He still kept this question deep in his heart.
"By the way, Izumi-kun's new work is about to be released, right?"
"Um"
"If you look for Yuhua..."
"No need!"
Jinguji Kiyohime took a deep look at him, sighed inwardly, and then said softly: "Then, don't forget to sign it for me after it goes on sale."
"Um."
Jinguji Kiyohime is not very interested in light novels, and the purpose of asking for Izumi Tetsu's signed copy is not for collection.
As for why they requested this, it was an unspoken understanding between the two of them.
Then, the two of them stopped talking about this topic.