It was after school in the afternoon. Houtarou and Katsuragi stood by the bulletin board. Since Katsuragi was a Student Council member, he learned the exam results earlier than most.
He had merely been struck by a passing mood and let out a few reflections.
However, Houtarou had no intention of striking up a conversation with Katsuragi.
His gaze rested on the stairway. Before long, accompanied by the sound of a cane tapping the floor, a cute girl in white thigh-high stockings emerged.
Her health was poor, so she could only use a cane.
But she was remarkably adorable, with delicate features and straight silver hair.
Sure enough, even though he had seen her up close many times already, Houtarou had to admit that his girlfriend was truly quite cute.
And besides.
Her slightly fragile air made people want to protect her.
However, Arisu Sakayanagi was not alone. A tall girl followed behind her.
"Have you been waiting long?" Yanagi asked.
"I just got here," Houtarou said.
They were classmates, and it had not been long since school ended, so Yanagi naturally knew how long he had been waiting there.
Still, since she wanted this sort of romantic atmosphere, Houtarou went along with her.
With that.
Houtarou handed the book he was holding to the tall girl behind Sakayanagi Arisu.
It meant that she should return the book and stop following them.
"..."
Masumi Kamuro wore a blank expression, though she clearly seemed somewhat displeased.
"You should be happy, Kamuro," Sakayanagi Arisu said. "If Houtarou were an ordinary classmate, then right now you wouldn't merely be—"
Kamuro immediately realized that she was currently carrying their schoolbags.
She was the pair's lackey. Houtarou never carried a schoolbag, leaving nearly all his books in the classroom.
Yanagi used to take books back