This university has a junior named Asuki Kishita.

In one lower school year, he belongs to the same circle as me. Geological Research Society, abbreviated as "Chikan" aka "Stone Loving Society," is that.

From sparkling gemstone precious stones to raw stones as they were born, anyway, we have a huge group of enthusiasts who do everything good if they like stones, and our circle of walking from stone shops to museums and drinking stones to dishes is quite thriving, partly because of the powerstone boom.

It's a joint circle with the neighborhood's co-educational universities, so it's probably one end of the popularity that we can also have plenty of interaction with boys. It's okay because some members seem more interested in heterosexuality than stone because, well, college circles are like this everywhere.

Asuki, the junior of that "Chikan", is a highly empowered lady who curls lustrous and colored orange brown hair and also decides on makeup that brings her face to life, but she is a member who is properly interested in stone and somehow nostalgic to me.

She said, "Senior Michil is funny! 'Yes, they are.

I don't have the consciousness to do anything funny, but for some reason, my behavior is her bump.

I don't know how to say this about your hobbies... but I honestly think this kid is a freak who wants to get involved with me more than he's a boy student.

As I grinned and licked the strawberry milk gelato, Asuki found me and stopped by.

"Senior Michil, I found you! Ice cream alone here again. You're still on my path."

"There's nothing in my way to eat ice cream. Delicious - I love strawberry milk -"

Indulging in rich milk and refreshing strawberry harmonies, I loosen my face and answer.

"No, no, seniors, if you're a girl, you're usually where you come to eat, right? Senior Michil is really funny in a freedom way. It's really funny how you're sitting around alone and seriously licking ice cream, and seniors are like wild little animals. And the pink ice cream looks too good for me to adore!

Asuki laughing, are you old enough to be amused by everything?

"Oh, yeah, seniors, look at this. I was looking for you."

Looks like Asuki had some business to attend to. He sticks his hand in the back as he stands, and he's doing the damn thing.

"Oh, no, that was a hassle. So, you're showing me something good? Stone? Is that about stone?

Urge Asuki to stare at her bag.

"... seniors, don't be stoned and kidnapped by bad adults one day. Senior Michil is a child face, so I'm quite seriously worried."

The younger Asuki, who says it with a grown-up face, took a bag of brown floral cloth out of a brand-looking bag and put it on the table. And I opened the bag of soft material (to avoid damaging the stone), so I glanced at it, and it contained the ore with a large gripping fist.

"Stone! Stone! Ha! Ha, come here!

Chewed up the waffle corn of the ice cream burly, I wipe it with a pair of jeans before offering both hands.

"How are you?"

Asuki, who obviously called me (a lie, I'm sorry), a great senior in a position to lead her in a circle, sometimes took a stone out of the bag and put it on my hand.

"When I glanced at Shinjuku's Powerstone Shop the other day, I was doing some sort of event about whether it was a stone fortune, and the mysterious man in the black veil who was there recommended this to me. Thousand yen, and I was curious, so I bought it immediately."

"The mysterious man of the black veil! Wow, I just wanted to see that. Wow. A fortune teller is a lot of interesting cosplay events. What... that?... This... is not a stone in quite good condition... of..."

I stopped kidding and breathed, observing the stones in my hand.

"Eh, wait. This won't be a thousand yen stone though. One different digit...... no, two if you suck, maybe not? Or... Mitsu..."

Looks like a crystal cluster of primary stones. It's made of a few large crystals, one half egg neat. Each of them is also shaped and slightly pale.

And apart from smoked crystals and rose quartz, it's unusual to be slightly pale like this, usually for crystals that are often colorless and transparent. Sure, some things are called blue crystals, but those are processed and colored, stones close to glass balls, and they don't exist naturally.

This is a stone in impeccable good condition, with beautiful shapes and no glances in the crystals or noticeable scratches.

I've seen quite a few kinds of stones so far, and I think this is a high quality, high level stone that is over 100,000 yen, and it's not strange to have the price of the digits on it when it's bad.

I can't believe I bought this for a thousand yen. Is it beyond mere excavation?

I saw Asuki, who for some reason didn't look very happy.