That was to say.
She had probably seen Ichinose's name, then... his reply as well.
Something about meeting at seven thirty.
But he had not entered the location yet.
"Even though Oreki-kun is already getting along splendidly with Horikita from Class D," Classmate Sakayanagi said. "You're still being unfaithful."
"..."
Fine. Let's not bring that up.
At the same time, Oreki knew that he was a Class A student.
Why was he always keeping in touch with girls from other classes? And one of Class B's representatives, at that.
So.
Probably.
After school, the aggressive little Tyrannosaurus would make her move.
Then.
Then the puppy, Classmate Kamuro, would keep following him.
So he had to shake her off.
It was seven fifteen.
Oreki went straight back to his dormitory.
He sat on the narrow, 1.2-meter-wide bed.
"Have you arrived already?" Oreki messaged Ichinose.
Yet Ichinose only replied more than ten seconds later.
[Eh? You're already there? Something came up, so I'm keeping a friend company.] —Ichinose. [She isn't feeling well, so I'll probably be a little late.]
"..."
I see.
That fit Ichinose's image perfectly—lots of friends, a great angel.
"I haven't arrived yet either," Oreki messaged. "You can take your time."
However.
Oreki walked to the door.
He turned the handle to his dorm room.
Then he saw a tall girl with long purple hair standing expressionlessly in the hallway of the boys' dormitory, holding a vocabulary book and memorizing words.
Her bangs were long, held in place by three hair clips.
That girl was none other than Masumi Kamuro, whom Oreki had tamed on his first day.
Afterward, he had handed her over to Classmate Yanagi to raise.
And yet.
Masumi Kamuro was just standing outside his dorm room.
The moment he opened the door, Classmate Kamuro