Oreki looked over.
"Is there something wrong with me? You seem to be looking at me very seriously," Hiyori said.
"..." Oreki said. "It's nothing. You can go back now."
"There are more people in the library now. You don't like staying here either, do you?" Oreki said.
"That's right."
Hiyori liked the library, but when there were too many people around, and upperclassmen came over to hit on her, it became unpleasant.
So Hiyori took her thermos and left the library.
At the same time, she had already borrowed ten million acquisition points from Classmate Oreki, so she had to get Classmate Ryuuen to start collecting item cards as well.
After all.
Classmate Oreki had said that there were monsters among the first-years.
The smart plan was to get all the cards in hand before that monster made a move.
In that case...
Time was money!
Shiina Hiyori quickly disappeared through the library entrance.
Houtarou Oreki did not leave.
When he had arrived at the library, Oreki had noticed that Shiina was alone, but two upperclassmen seemed to be trying to strike up a conversation with her.
One of them had left after Shiina openly greeted him, but the other had not.
Instead, he had been hiding at the table one seat behind them.
With his back to them.
He had blond hair.
After Hiyori left, Oreki also acted as though he were about to walk out of the library, only to suddenly turn around midway.
"Is eavesdropping on other people's conversations fun?" Oreki suddenly asked.
Then he identified the other person.
"Senior Nagumo."
Nagumo Miyabi, the blond-haired boy seated at the table one row behind them, stood up.
"You were talking too loudly. It wasn't me eavesdropping."
"I was just curious."
"Oreki, aren't you already dating Classmate