Classroom of the Elite: Houtarou Oreki

Of course, those were all baseless thoughts. Dwelling on them would only make her seem petty.

But now that the other party had taken the initiative to speak to her, ignoring her outright would be rude.

Sakayanagi considered herself a rather refined and elegant person.

Still, she had to admit that this underclassman always managed to step on her landmines.

Previously, this underclassman had talked about wanting to live like an ordinary girl, which had already been enough to concern her. And now she was asking something like this...

Hmm.

Previously, Arisu Sakayanagi had been concerned because she believed an ordinary female high school student's life probably involved enjoying school life and then... falling in love.

And in this school, not to brag,

her Classmate Oreki was the school heartthrob. On top of that, he was an upperclassman who was not good at dealing with girls, which made him exceptionally lethal to them.

And since Ichika Amasawa came from the White Room, ordinary boys surely could not attract her attention. That was why Sakayanagi had been concerned.

Because no matter how she looked at it, the Classmate Oreki she had added was in danger.

That was why Arisu Sakayanagi had become wary.

And now, this underclassman was still the same, bringing up exactly what she should not.

She really was weak right now.

But it was not physical weakness. It was mental weakness.

Yes.

She had originally thought Houtarou had been worried about her body, which was why he had kept his hands off her. But after she brought out the diagnostic report she had obtained from the hospital, Classmate Oreki had seemed to... become a different person.

He did not cherish her at all!

Yesterday had been terrifying.

Even though she had already begged for mercy, he still had