"But."
"I've been pursued before," Oreki said. "You're giving me that sort of atmosphere right now."
"Is that so?"
"Then, are you being pursued by Senior Ichinose?" the junior Amasawa asked instead.
"..."
His girlfriend was Sakayanagi Arisu, yet she was saying Ichinose was pursuing him.
Well.
It seemed this junior knew quite a lot.
The two of them then headed to the haunted house run by Honami Ichinose's class.
Ichinose was responsible for playing a ghost and scaring couples passing through.
For this Cultural Festival exam, victory would earn 100 class evaluation points, while failure carried no punishment.
So, more important than gaining points was enjoying this rare, merciful exam.
Of course.
The students of Class B had always been on edge, working hard to keep up so they would not be overtaken by the lower-ranked classes.
That was right.
They had no desire to challenge the higher-ranked classes. Rather, every Class B student understood that they simply could not surpass them.
So, they might as well enjoy a decent school life.
Thus, Class B really was enjoying campus life this time around.
"Then I'll leave it to you for a while, Ichinose."
Asako Amikura from the class said this.
She was in charge of playing the ghost.
But she needed to go to the restroom now, so she asked Ichinose to fill in for her.
"No problem." Ichinose was a renowned great angel, so naturally she agreed to such a small favor.
Besides, all she had to do was drape herself in a white sheet and pretend to be a ghost to scare people.
As she was thinking that, a couple ahead had already arrived.
He Wanted to Knock Me Down with Money!
Ichinose's class was running a haunted house attraction.
The fee was only 200 points. It