"Well then, see you this afternoon."
Haruno and the Sobhu High School upperclassmen said goodbye to Oreki.
They had toured the school together, then spent a while in the library. The two students seemed curious as to why this underclassman had been admitted through special recruitment, and, somewhat unconvinced, had wanted to test Oreki. In the end, they received a casual yet astonishing drawing from him.
So they left in embarrassment.
The others accompanied Oreki to the cafeteria.
The third floor was the faculty cafeteria, but if students were willing to pay for it themselves, they could also go to the third floor.
So the group ate lunch together on the third floor.
At the same time, they exchanged contact information.
Then—
Yukino Haruno waved to Oreki.
She was quite busy and seemed to have been called away by someone.
"Goodbye." Oreki looked at his phone. Aside from the row of phone numbers belonging to the Sobhu High School upperclassmen from earlier...
There was also a new number marked as Yukino Haruno.
It was her personal number.
And perhaps to give Oreki a sense of belonging, she had even created a new chat group and invited Oreki into it.
It could be said that Haruno was very considerate.
On one hand, she let Oreki, the newcomer, feel the warmth of being taken care of. At the same time, she also gave the other upperclassmen a chance to get in touch with him.
However, this new group chat was only a new group chat. They themselves probably had their own exclusive group chat. This was to guard against a newcomer coming in and damaging their relationships.
So it was merely a way to win someone over.
And all of this had been taught to him by Little Kushida.
In short, overall,