On the way back to the hotel.
The kids walked ahead, discussing what dinner might be like that evening.
Fujino trailed behind, following the group while recalling the rough outline of what would happen next.
Just as he was thinking, Ooka Momiji's voice suddenly came quietly from beside him:
"Um... Fujino, you heard that just now, right?"
"What?"
Fujino looked up at her in confusion.
She lowered her voice. "That thing about weight... Doesn't fifty-six kilograms seem a little too heavy...?"
"Not at all."
Fujino did not really understand girls' obsession with weight. "Fifty-six kilograms is only a little over a hundred jin. That's within the standard range for girls, and for someone with your build, that weight is just right."
"Besides, girls with a little flesh on them look better. In ancient times, they even valued voluptuous beauty. I think your figure is quite voluptuous."
"R-Really?"
Ooka Momiji nodded thoughtfully. "Come to think of it, there is such a thing as a voluptuous beauty."
At that moment, Sonoko, who had been listening in, slowed down and said, "What's heavy about fifty-six kilograms? I'm fifty myself! That kind of weight is exactly right for keeping your figure!"
"I maintain mine very well!"
As she spoke, she spun around twice to show off her figure, hands on her hips with a confident expression. "If you ask me, I'm definitely pretty voluptuous too!"
Fujino glanced at Sonoko and silently mocked her. That's not voluptuous. At most, you're slender. Voluptuousness has a two-piece requirement, okay?
"Yeah..."
Ran also came over. "I'm around forty-five kilograms, and I even feel a little too light. It's just that I practice karate regularly, so I can't really gain much weight."
"All right, all right. Your weights are all perfectly normal."
Fujino complained helplessly, "A fat guy like