Chapter 1021

"Erina, are you going to sleep now?"

Broly came to the girl's side and asked directly.

"No need, I slept last night."

Nakiri Erina shook her head; she was different from those students who stayed up late or couldn't sleep.

This morning's assignment was just a formality to her.

"Then do you want to exercise with me?"

Broly invited her proactively.

"Exercise together? Broly, is this exercise you're talking about legitimate?"

Hisako Arato frowned and asked, subconsciously placing herself in front of Erina.

"Just practicing Qi Refining Fist, what's illegitimate about that."

"Coincidentally, Hisako, if you're free too, come practice this with me."

"Last night, I just directly had you practice Qi, and forgot to teach you the way to practice Qi yourself."

Broly invited her along as well.

"Lady Erina, what do you say?"

Hisako Arato turned back to ask her own Big Sister.

"I ate a bit too full this morning, so a little exercise to help digestion would be good."

Nakiri Erina nodded.

One master and one servant, accompanied Broly, and went to the fourth floor of the Resort Hotel.

This floor was the Fitness Area, equipped with various fitness equipment.

"A certain amount of weight can increase the Qi-practicing effect of Qi Refining Fist."

Broly hung 1-jin sandbags on each of the girl's hands and feet, then took her to practice Qi Refining Fist.

"Stop, I understand the principle of weight training, but why don't you need weights while I do?"

Erina followed along at first, but as she practiced she felt it was a bit unfair and questioned Broly.

"I don't need it, because the weights here have little effect on me."

Broly answered honestly.

"Really?"

"Really."

"I don't believe it."

The girl said, raising her hand to point at the largest dumbbell not far away.

"Unless, you hold it and practice Qi Refining Fist once for me to see."

"Hey, little girl, that's a hundred-kilogram dumbbell; even a professional fitness athlete would find it hard to train with it. You want Broli's Brother to hold this thing and throw the kind of punches you just threw—isn't that making things difficult for—people?"

The person who had had some interaction with her a few days ago, the president of Kamiuwa University Fitness Club, who was doing bicep curls, couldn't help but speak up upon hearing Erina's words.

But before he finished speaking, he saw Broly walk over, easily lift the 100KG dumbbell, return to that side, and start throwing punches as if it were nothing.

His punching speed was so fast that one could almost see afterimages, as if the 100KG dumbbell in his hand were fake, made of foam.

"It's not making things difficult for people; it's just that it really has no effect."

Broly finished a set of Qi Refining Fist and stopped, casually tossing and catching the dumbbell as he said.

"Ugh—"

Erina had nothing to say, and could only obediently continue practicing Qi Refining Fist with weights.

"Although it's not very useful, thank you for speaking up for me just now."

Broly put the dumbbell back in its place and thanked the Fitness Club President with a sentence.

"Don't punch too fast; punching too fast makes it easy to injure yourself."

Returning to the girl's side, he began instructing the somewhat impatient girl.

"Then how did you punch so fast just now?"

"I'm fast because that bit of weight means nothing to me; I was just proving it to you."

Kamiuwa University Fitness Club President: "—"

Looking at the put-down dumbbell, he thought for a moment, then walked over and gripped the dumbbell handle, trying to lift it up.

The result was that he could lift it, but with some difficulty; the 100KG weight was no joke.

"Hah, I can't do it anymore."

After finishing one round of weighted Qi Refining Fist, Nakiri Erina sat down limply, sweat all over her head.

Beside her, Hisako Arato was no better off.

"How is it, after the weights, is the Qi-practicing effect a bit better?"

Broly asked.

"Better? No, I just feel very tired."

"Then is your body warm now, and can you vaguely feel Qi flowing inside your body?"

"That is true, but compared to the Qi flowing last night, this Qi is pitifully small."

"Normal. Last night my Qi was leading your Qi in practice; now it's the effect of you practicing yourselves."

Broly nodded and said, not at all surprised by this situation.

"Is the difference between practicing yourself and being led by you really that big?"

Erina was somewhat surprised.

"Well, after you practice more Qi inside your bodies, it will get much better."

Now, everyone's rested, let's do the second round of Qi Refining Fist.

Broly called the two of them up.

"No, it hasn't even been a minute since we rested?"

Nakiri Erina widened her eyes at him.

"Qi Refining Fist, you have to do it in one go, practicing again while the Qi inside your body hasn't dissipated yet—that gives the best results."

"No, I'm too tired to get up."

The girl wailed.

"Oh, isn't this my little cousin from home?"

Just now I saw you come over to this side of the fitness area, and I thought your stamina was great?

As a result, after less than ten minutes of exercise, you collapsed on the ground shouting that you couldn't do it?

"Tsk tsk, someone with such weak stamina can't be a good chef, you know~"

Just then, a girl with white hair and crimson eyes, skin like snow, walked over, looking down at Nakiri Erina collapsed on the yoga mat, and spoke with some sarcasm.

"Alice, what are you doing here?"

Nakiri Erina frowned at her cousin.

"I came to chat with Broly, just happened to see your pathetic scene."

Nakiri Alice answered with a smile.

"If you want to poach someone, just say it, what are we chatting about!"

Nakiri Erina had wanted to retort like that, but suddenly thought of something and said: "You say I can't do it, then you can, you come!"

"Hah, I'll come, I'll come, it's just tying sandbags to your hands and feet and doing some punching motions, right? Let me show you my stamina." Nakiri Alice agreed confidently, while Nakiri Erina showed a look of her plan succeeding, raised her head to look at the Saiyan boy, and said: "Broly, my cousin wants to learn the difficulty of your Qi Refining Fist, why don't you teach her?"

"Shi Nature Lao Shi, if you want to slack off, just say it."

Broly made a retort.

"I'm not slacking off, it's just that this person suddenly ran over to mock my stamina, I'm just giving her the chance to prove her stamina."

Nakiri Erina defended her slacking off.

"Fine."

Broly shrugged, his gaze shifting to the white-haired mixed-blood girl.

"Miss Alice, are you sure you want to learn boxing from me?"

"Won't be too rude and make you feel awkward, if it makes you feel awkward, then forget it."

Nakiri Alice was still very polite.

"Not awkward, it's just, my fist technique is a bit tiring to use under a load."

Broly reminded her.

"Hah, don't look at me like this, I often run to exercise my body."

Nakiri Alice said confidently.

Mainly because she saw Erina boxing just now and didn't think there was anything difficult about it.

"Fine, let's do it."

Ten minutes later——

"No, I can't do it, let me rest."

Nakiri Alice's face was flushed red, and she also collapsed onto the yoga mat.

"Oh my, which delicate young lady is this?"

"Hisako, just now it seemed like someone said their stamina was great, who do you think it is?"

The tables had turned, Nakiri Erina imitated Alice's sarcastic tone mocking her just now vividly, and directly returned it.

"Who knew this thing would actually be so much harder to do than it looks, at worst I'll apologize to you, stop talking!"

Ais quickly admitted defeat.

"I said, I said, what's wrong, don't think you can just let go of the matter of you mocking me!"

Erina wouldn't let it go.

"By the way, are you still practicing? There are still many sandbags over there, even if you three practice together, it's more than enough."

And Broly's one sentence directly ended this farce of slapping faces back.

"I want to change the training method."

"Which one?"

"The kind you brought to practice last night."

Erina's expression was a bit unnatural, a blush appeared on her cheeks as she said.

"I get it, you want me——"

"Shut up, just know it, don't say it out, there are outsiders here!"

Nakiri Erina interrupted what Broly wanted to say.

"Where are the outsiders?"

Nakiri Alice looked left and right.

"It's just you."

Erina raised her hand and pointed at her.

"I'm your cousin!"

The white-haired girl raised her volume.

"A cousin who wants to poach my corner, I won't acknowledge you!"

"When you were three years old, you even stole my toys. Now, I just want to steal your person to be my follower, and you're unwilling? Erina, you super invincible stingy ghost!"

"Who are you calling a stingy ghost?"

"You!"

Broly watched from the side as this pair of cousins bickered like children, and couldn't help turning his head to ask Hisako Arato: "Were they always like this before?"

"Well, more or less."

Hisako Arato also felt somewhat helpless, wanting to both cry and laugh.

"Then their relationship is really good."

Broly said sincerely.

"It's not good at all!"

Hearing this, the pair of cousins replied to him in unison.

"This tacit understanding, I give full marks."

Broly commented.

"Hmph~" *2

Erina and Alice glanced at each other, then simultaneously turned their heads away, arms crossed in front of their chests, letting out similar hmphs from their nasal cavities.

"Hisako, let's go, ignore this guy."

"Kurokiba, uh————"

Alice Nakiri originally wanted to call her follower, but reacted to the situation that Ryo Kurokiba found it troublesome and hadn't come along, and her face instantly flushed a bit red.

"Shi Nature Lao Shi, I'll send your cousin back."

Broly looked at Alice Nakiri, then said to the golden-haired girl.

"Suit yourself, but if you don't come back in five minutes, then don't come back at all!"

Nakiri Erina said without turning her head back.

"Understood."

Broly responded, and looked again at the white-haired girl showing an embarrassed expression.

"Miss Alice, where are you going? I'll send you."

"Downstairs, thanks."

Given a way to save face, Nakiri Alice stopped being stubborn, and Broly sent her back to the first floor.

On the sofa in the first floor hall, Ryo Kurokiba was lying on it, and suddenly took a kick.

He opened his eyes in a daze, and seeing Nakiri Alice, asked: "Big Sister, you came back so fast?"

"Damn it, why is the gap between my follower and someone else's follower so big?"

"?"

"Someone else's follower knows to give me a step down when I can't get off the stage, while my follower lies here sleeping like a log when I need him to hold the scene the most!"

Nakiri Alice said angrily, huffing and puffing.

Right, hearing these words, Ryo Kurokiba knew his own Big Sister had suffered a setback at her cousin's place again, and wanted to vent on him o

"Yes, Big Sister, it's my fault, sorry."

Ryo Kurokiba decisively admitted his mistake.

Nakiri Alice hmphed, then looked at the burly youth who had sent her over: "Broly, you really aren't willing to follow me?"

"If Miss Alice doesn't mind me following multiple people, then I can also work part-time as your follower in my free time."

Broly answered honestly.

"Then do you have time now?"

"Five minutes, still three minutes left————"

"Fine, remember to come find me when you have time later."

"No problem."

Broly made an OK gesture, then bid farewell to Nakiri Alice, and returned to Nakiri Erina's side within the stipulated time limit.

When he knocked and entered the girl's room, he clearly detected that Nakiri Erina's nervous expression inside the room had relaxed somewhat.

While holding her back to guide her Qi cultivation, he heard this tsundere Big Sister say: "Broly, follow me properly from now on, I won't let you lose out!"

"For example?"

"I can personally make delicious cooking for you to eat."

"Any restrictions?"

"None. As long as I'm not busy, whenever you want to eat, I'll make it then."

Nakiri Erina very sincerely gave the promise to make cooking for Broly to eat.

"Then what if I want to eat your cooking for a very long time?"

"How long?"

"A lifetime long."

On the side, Hisako Arato, who was being brought along to cultivate Qi together, only felt she should be under the bed, not on the bed.

"Ugh, that's too long, make it shorter."

"How much shorter?"

"Until before graduation from the academy."

"Slap~"

Hisako Arato slapped her forehead.

【Erina-sama, this isn't a matter of eating cooking at all!】

"What's wrong, Hisako? Why did you suddenly hit your own forehead?"

Erina looked at her with some confusion.

"Nothing, I was swatting a mosquito."

Hisako Arato didn't know what to say; her forehead red, she explained it that way.

"I see."

Erina nodded without suspicion, then looked at Broly: "What do you think?"

"Sure, but if I still want to eat cooking made by others with their own hands, Erina, you can't get angry, and you can't stop me."

"Haha, I never said you could only eat my cooking. If you want to eat others' cooking, just eat it. Why would I get angry, let alone stop you?"

Nakiri Erina asked back in confusion, clearly not understanding the deeper meaning in Broly's words, but Hisako Arato vaguely understood.

When they were being led to finish training Qi and were about to go wash their bodies, this secretary girl deliberately slowed her pace by a few steps, came to Broly's side, and asked in a small voice: "The thing you said about eating cooking, it shouldn't have any other meaning, right?"

"What if I say there is another meaning?"

"Then I advise you, it's best to only eat Erina-sama's cooking alone."

"Why?"

"Because Erina-sama is a simple person. You are the first male she's willing to cook for with her own hands. I don't want her to suffer any harm."

"Hisako-sensei————"

"Hm?"

"You don't want to eat Erina-sensei's cooking?"

"Uh, I do, but I'm destined to be unable to eat Erina-sama's cooking for a lifetime."

The Nakiri Family is destined to have an Heir, and after the Heir, there will definitely have to be a new Heir.

Although somewhat unwilling, Hisako Arato recognizes this point quite clearly.

Moreover, the Arato Family also needs an Heir.

As the only daughter of the family, she must also bear the responsibility of continuing the Family, and cannot act willfully.

"Then what if I say I also want to eat Hisako-sensei's cooking for a lifetime?"

"?!"

Hisako Arato widened her eyes and looked at him.

"At that time, we'll cook together, put it on the same table and eat together. Wouldn't that mean we can eat together for a lifetime?"

Broly, meeting the secretary girl's gaze, spoke as if proposing.

"Are you serious?"

"Mhm, I'm serious."

"But———— how can this kind of being together be possible?"

Hisako Arato's expression was quite conflicted; one could only say Broly's proposal was very attractive.

"What are you two whispering about back there?"

Erina was walking in front, suddenly felt something was off, discovered no one was beside her, turned back and asked the two who had fallen behind.

"Erina-sensei, we're discussing whether this matter of everyone eating each other's cooking for a lifetime is feasible or not."

Broly spoke the truth.

", eating each other's cooking for a lifetime, as long as the cooking tastes good, isn't that a great thing? What's there to discuss?"

Nakiri Erina was somewhat confused.

【Erina-sama, this cooking is not that cooking~】

Hisako Arato thought to herself.

"The problem lies here. Everyone eating each other's cooking, there's no guarantee everyone's cooking will taste very good."

"Mhm, this is indeed a problem. I also can't fully guarantee it. I can only guarantee I'll do my best to the best of my ability."

"Hmm, this is indeed a problem, and I cannot fully guarantee it either; I can only guarantee that I will do my utmost to the best of my ability."

"If it's cooking made by Hisako, even if the taste is a bit worse, I can accept it too~"

Nakiri Erina said with a smile.

"Ah, Erina-sama————"

", why are you crying?"

"No, just got some sand in my eye."

"Then open your eye quick, I'll blow on it for you!"

Nakiri Erina said and leaned over to blow on her eye. This interaction between the childhood friends, master and servant, looked exceptionally warm.

Broly stood at the side, not disturbing them.

"Alright, Erina-sama, the sand in your eye is already gone."

【222】 Hisako Arato, after having the non-existent sand blown away, looked at the burly youth to the side.

"Alright, Erina-sama, the sand in your eyes has already disappeared."

"The matter of eating cooking together can be tried, but if later the eating makes Erina-sama feel uncomfortable, I'll take Erina-sama and stop it at any time."

"We can try the matter of eating cooking together, but if it later makes Erina-sama feel uncomfortable, I will have Erina-sama stop at any time."

Broly nodded.

"However, it might not be just the three of us eating together."

"Haha, who else do you want to pull in to eat together?"

"Komekko, Mito, and if possible, I also want to bring Miss Alice along."

Hearing this, Hisako Arato sucked in a breath of cold air, and directly questioned: "Wanting to eat so many people's cooking, do you think you're the male lead of a harem manga?"

Hearing this, Hisako Arato inhaled a mouthful of cold air, and directly questioned: "Wanting to eat so many people's cooking, do you think you're the male lead of a harem manga?"

"No, strictly speaking, I seem to be a character from a hot-blooded battle manga, and not the protagonist at that — I'm the villain."

Broly scratched his head and replied somewhat embarrassedly.

"What are you all talking about? How did this turn into harem manga, battle manga?"

Nakiri Erina was at a complete loss.

"No, Erina-sama, I just feel this guy Broly is a bit greedy — he'll get to eat cooking made by both of us in the future, yet he still wants to eat someone else's cooking."

"Hey, what's wrong with that? I want to eat other people's cooking too. Takumi's cooking is pretty good, and Mito's meat dishes are fine as well.

Hmm, though I don't want to admit it, that guy Alice's molecular gastronomy still has some novelty to it, and the taste is passable——

——"

"Erina-sama, you don't mind sharing cooking with others?"

"If we're close, I don't mind. After all, friends sharing cooking with each other — isn't that perfectly normal?"

"Since that's the case, then I won't say anything more————"

Nakiri Erina tilted her head, unable to understand her childhood friend secretary's somewhat strange expression.

"Right, Broly, if there's anyone else you think has good craftsmanship, you can drag them in to share cooking too. Of course, except for that guy Soma Yukihira————"

Before entering the women's bath, Nakiri Erina raised her hand at the front door, patted Broly's shoulder, and said just like that.

"Okay."

Broly nodded in agreement.

At three in the afternoon, the students who had been catching up on sleep woke up one after another.

At four o'clock, they were gathered together once again.

"This isn't another new assignment, is it?"

"Shouldn't be. Executive Chef Dojima Gin said this morning there were no more assignments."

As the gathered students were feeling uneasy, Dojima Gin stepped onto the platform and announced the training camp's final activity.

"Tonight, the graduate instructors will personally prepare a sumptuous feast to entertain you all. Please save room in your stomachs before then!"

The final activity was a reward, and at the same time, a lesson named "Strength" that the graduate instructors gave to all qualified students.