[Every life that I want to save is worth it.]

[That man said that his blue eyes seemed to be burning with a greenish-white flame.]

Now that she thought about it, it should be called compassion.

…

…

…

Although the conversation that ended with the girl's firm rejection was extremely awkward, fortunately, it was the end of the first semester and the heavy academic pressure immediately made Setsuna forget about the entanglement in her heart. Even if she didn't really care whether she could participate in the forest dormitory during the holidays, it wasn't that pleasant to have a compulsory tuition class out of nowhere.

Under the guidance of this thought, Setsuna shifted her focus back to the cultural classes that she had neglected for a long time. To be honest, after the sports festival, the workplace experience, and the secret special training, the courses after the mid-term exam were terrible. Not to mention the science subjects, after all, her knowledge was very advanced. It wasn't difficult for her to make up for the remaining knowledge and get a high score, but the other subjects …

"… I'll leave it to Xin Cao Kun."

One weekend, she guiltily carried the materials to the library and said so to the speechless teenager.

Xin Cao silently flipped through the materials she brought with her with a speechless face. It was nothing more than the wrong questions and test papers. He made a judgment in his heart. Senzaki Setsuna's foundation was not bad. Although she was a little biased in some subjects, she was overall an excellent student. It was just that too many things had happened recently that caused her to fall behind. Plus, the difference in the cultural classes between the normal subjects and the hero subjects was not far. If he had to say, he could teach her.

Moreover, he was responsible for at least one-third of Setsuna's decline in grades.

"You're really working hard."

As he spoke, he randomly pressed the automatic pencil a few times and circled the key points in the book. "After that, there's that, I heard that it's … the forest dormitory?"

Setsuna was diligently working on the questions in front of him. She was too lazy to raise her head. "Did Mr. Aizawa say that?

Although it's a forest dormitory, from the style of the hero subjects … it's just that. "

In the Sunyoung Hero Science Stream's style, classes equaled actual combat, exams equaled actual combat, in-school activities equaled actual combat, and out-of-school activities … naturally equaled actual combat as well.

As he thought about this, he felt a great deal of pressure. He instantly filled in the last blank and pulled over the exercise book beside him to compare the answers. He forced himself to shift his attention away. "… I always feel like I've been fighting and killing since I entered the school."

"Are you tired?" He asked worriedly.

"Probably …?"

Setsuna answered absent-mindedly, "But I'll be fine after some rest … What's wrong?"

"No, that."

It was rare for him to be at a loss for words. The tip of his pen unconsciously paused on the paper, and he even felt that his throat was a little tight.

"I just wanted to say, after this busy period, do you want to go shopping together?"

"… Eh."

Setsuna was startled. She raised her head to look for any suspicious signs on the young man's face. However, his usually expressionless face was a natural shield. She couldn't figure out his intentions even after a long time. She could only ask tentatively, "Is this … a date?"

His worried eyes were firmly glued to the textbook. His face was calm, but the speed of his speech seemed to be a little faster than usual.

"I've been quite busy recently. After I'm done, I can go out and relax … If you're not free, then forget it."

The last sentence was added at the end as if it was mending the pen after the sheep were lost. Cha Na blinked.

"… It's not that I'm not free, but …" She hesitated. She felt that the atmosphere at the moment was really strange, so she lowered her head to look at the exercise book in her hand. "It's quite unexpected … right?"

"Unexpected?"

"It's the feeling of 'Xin Cao Kun also asks girls out …'"

"… You." He finally couldn't help but raise his head. "What do you think I am?"

Setsuna laughed dryly. "You mean, a sexless person who looks very cold?"

"…"

"The Teenager A who is even gentler to cats than girls, so he's very popular in the girls' group?"

"…"

"Because his face is okay, so I don't know how many hardcore men who have no interest in love that I've missed so far?"

"…" It was impossible to have a good conversation with this kind of person. "Are you going or not?"

"… Ah, wait, I want to go!"

Realizing that if she continued to tease the teenager opposite her, she might go berserk in front of everyone in the library. Setsuna smiled and put her hands together in front of her. "Because Xin Cao Kun is considerate of my state … I'm suddenly in a good mood, so I couldn't help but make a joke. Sorry, sorry."

Her smile deepened as she spoke.

"She's really worried about you. She's very gentle."

Her tone was gentle, like a broken feather that was shaken off by a bird slowly falling back to the surface of a lake, causing a slight ripple.

The anger that was just about to vent was forcibly extinguished. His eyes wandered around and finally fell back on the textbook.

He could use the excuse that he was also tired like before, but now that Senzaki Setsuna had already exposed him, there was no point in struggling.

(She even noticed this, but didn't discover the real purpose.

This person is really … stupid, right?)

He stared at the textbook for a long time and curled the corner of his mouth at an angle that no one else could see.

"Then, I'll contact you when you're back."

With this sentence waiting in front of him, his life suddenly became ten percent better.

Although he didn't know whether it was worth it to go on a date with a guy who wasn't even considered a romantic partner, let alone a boyfriend, Setsuna carefully considered his face and Sunyoung High School's average appearance and insisted on including this invitation as a good thing that was about to happen. Otherwise, there would be no hope for his life with the final written exam and the actual combat test.

A few days later, the miserable final exam arrived as scheduled. Setsuna passed the written exam without any mishaps. He didn't ask for any improvement, but he could probably maintain his mid-term ranking. During the actual combat test, he used his newly trained physical skills to catch the opponent off guard and viciously gained a wave of fashion value. Suddenly, he felt that the hardships he suffered over the past month were not in vain. While he was laughing and chatting among the girls, he suddenly felt a chill on the back of his neck. He met Kota Aizawa's gaze not far away.

Kota Aizawa's expression didn't change at all as she silently said a few words.

[Battle. Technique. Loss. Mistake.]

Senzaki Setsuna immediately burst into tears.

In fact, this was her old problem. Scientific research showed that the strength of a woman's upper limbs could only be 30 to 40 percent of a man's after development, but the strength of her lower limbs could almost reach the same level after training. Therefore, when training her physical skills, Kota Aizawa emphasized this point and even criticized her several times for her on-the-spot reaction and timing. However, it was useless. You couldn't expect a person who was basically supported by her personality since birth, whose personality was completely activated by contact, and whose upper limbs were many times more flexible than her lower limbs to abandon more than ten years of physical memory in just one month's training. Putting aside the miserable training process, to this day, she was still a Beginner who raised her arm as the first reaction in a critical moment.

Beginner so be it, she thought dejectedly as she leaned against the wall. There was always room for improvement.

Therefore, a few days after the final exam, this Beginner and Sunny Day appeared at the gathering point for the cohabitation in the forest. This time, the cohabitation in the forest was still open to all students in the hero stream, so they weren't surprised to see the students from Class B at the gathering point.

"Ugh … She's still as aggressive as ever. That one from Class B."

Sunny Day said in a low voice as she couldn't stand it anymore.

"That one?"

Setsuna was a little confused. She was a person who didn't pay attention unless it was absolutely necessary. Although she knew that there was a fight between the two classes during the sports festival, and that the competition between the two classes intensified after the sports festival due to their rankings, she only had a vague impression of the two classes. It was still a little difficult for her to pinpoint a specific person.

"That one?" She confirmed.

Sunny Day was stunned. She looked at Setsuna with an indescribable gaze for a while before rubbing her temples. "It's that one … (whispering) Now that I mention it, it seems like you've always overlooked it. So, it's …" She looked up and saw a certain person's face, so she quickly poked Setsuna. "It's that one from the sports festival."

"— — Qianqi classmate, Liri classmate."

Compared to a stranger from Class B who was completely unrelated to her, the call from her spiritual friend was obviously more important. Setsuna turned around and saw Midaya's excited face. She couldn't help but smile. "Good morning, Midaya Kun."

"Morning, Shiki-kun!"

Sunny Day quickly dropped the previous topic and greeted him cheerfully.

Midaya, on the other hand, looked over curiously. "Class B is here too."

"Hmm … After all, they're both from the Hero stream?"

Even though the last syllable was raised, no matter how they looked at it, there was only one explanation. The three of them quickly skipped over this dangerous topic. Even though they were both in the Heroes stream, there were not many chances for the two classes to communicate in private. In addition, after the sports festival, the two classes suddenly shared the same training ground, so they were a little tense. It was best not to touch on this sensitive atmosphere.

Fortunately, the class monitors from both sides quickly counted the number of people and gave the order. Everyone boarded the bus separately, so it was safe for the time being.

But the real danger in Sunyoung was never her classmates.