Over the brief day that followed, Sousuke Sagara's excessive nervousness caused a series of chaotic incidents around Chidori. El-Elf watched firsthand, from the stance of an observer, as Sousuke Sagara carried out one speechless overreaction after another.
With nothing actually happening, he crashed into library bookshelves, shattered several school windows, knocked over a plaster statue in the school clubroom, pushed a teacher down the stairs, and had his weapons confiscated by a teacher once again.
To cause so much trouble in a single day, even El-Elf felt that the entire school had become considerably livelier because of it. Thanks to Sousuke Sagara, all the attention El-Elf had drawn as a transfer student in Class 2-4 of Jindai High School had been completely diverted to Sousuke Sagara over the past two days. It spared El-Elf from receiving further attention and allowed him to truly become an ordinary, normal student.
However, although there had been no real danger over the past two days, the mess Sousuke Sagara had created around Chidori left El-Elf unable to relax in the slightest. Sousuke Sagara's influence was simply too great. His excessive tension made him act without regard for the consequences, and every move he made caused a huge commotion. To some extent, it affected El-Elf's assessment of the surrounding environment and made the situation around Chidori even more complicated. El-Elf was also worried that Sousuke Sagara's reckless actions might accidentally injure Chidori. Thus, what had originally been a fairly easy protection assignment had turned into shadowing her for protection. He stayed near Chidori at all times, ready for any eventuality, needlessly increasing his workload considerably.
On the third day, the school issued a notice approving this semester's school trip. The trip would last nearly a week, and its destination was Okinawa Island, far from mainland