"You are...?"
Luo Zhen, Ikki, and Stella all turned toward the direction of the voice and saw the person who had spoken up to mediate.
She was a girl about the same age as the three of them, wearing Hagun Academy's female student uniform. She had peach-blond shoulder-length hair and wore glasses, yet she looked nothing like the intellectual and composed type. Instead, she had an indescribably eccentric and mischievous air about her.
The girl seemed to have been watching them from the very beginning. Seeing that the atmosphere between Luo Zhen and the other two was somewhat tense, she immediately spoke up in a bright voice.
As far as Luo Zhen's group was concerned, the other party was not someone completely insignificant, either.
"I'm Kusaka Konomi. The three of you might not remember me, but I'm your classmate. I've been keeping an eye on you three since this morning."
The girl who called herself Kusaka Konomi grinned as she carried a tray and spoke to the three of them in a seemingly conciliatory tone.
"You three are all remarkably eye-catching in various ways. With the three of you gathered together, everyone at the academy has naturally been secretly watching your every move. So I hope you'll have at least a little awareness that you're celebrities. You can't make too much of a spectacle in a public place like this. Otherwise, if you end up registered in the newspapers and subjected to extensive publicity and rumors, you'll regret it terribly later, you know?"
Kusaka Konomi offered her advice in a peculiar manner. Her words were flippant, yet surprisingly persuasive.
At the very least, Stella had completely calmed down. When she noticed that everyone in the cafeteria was staring at her, a trace of embarrassment immediately appeared on her pretty face.