A Spy's Been Exposed? No, This Is a Chance to Win Over Class B's Little Angel! (Continued)

"Um..." After roughly a dozen seconds had passed, Kamuro opened her eyes, having felt nothing at all.

"Is the sunlight too bright?" Oreki asked. "You need to close your eyes."

??

"..." Kamuro.

"..." Masumi Kamuro.

Had she misunderstood?

"Maybe it was because I'd been in the dark for so long just now, so I wasn't used to it."

Kamuro answered in a somewhat flat tone.

"Oh." Oreki did not pay it any mind.

His body was already different from that of an ordinary person, so he had no such concerns.

But—

"I just removed that loose thread for you," Oreki said. "You've been washing my clothes these past few days, so I figured I couldn't just let you go out with a loose thread sticking out."

As he spoke—

Oreki showed Kamuro the six-centimeter-long loose thread.

Oh.

It was because she had been taking care of him and washing his clothes these past few days that he had shown her special consideration.

In other words, he had merely wanted to remove the loose thread from her clothes.

Only then did Masumi Kamuro realize that she had just acted like some stupid girl with a crush.

That was truly an awful piece of embarrassing history.

As she thought that—

She noticed that Oreki was still looking at her.

Um.

Kamuro quickly put on her usual blank expression.

After all—

She did not want him to discover that she could have such stupid fantasies too.

Meanwhile, Oreki felt rather reassured.

That proved he was not lecherous.

Even when he had gotten so close to Kamuro just now, he had not wavered.

Sure enough—

He had not immediately become interested in girls after seeing Horikita's underwear.

So it was not some troublesome constitution where just anyone would do.

But didn't that confirm