"..."
Everyone present fell silent.
Everyone except Shizuku showed a change in expression.
Stella's expression became extraordinarily strange.
Ikki and the others' expressions became extraordinarily complicated.
Then Luo Zhen's eyes kept twitching. They twitched and twitched until, in the end, he felt an overwhelming urge to run away and get as far from the handsome man smiling at him as possible. He had even nearly attacked on instinct, summoning his Beast Vassal and blasting the man before him far, far away.
By now, how could anyone still not know what kind of person Arisugawa Nagi was?
In his own words, he was a man with a maiden's heart who liked handsome big brothers.
With a smile that set one's imagination running wild, he said this to Luo Zhen:
"Although we're classmates, we haven't had much contact before. Now that I've taken a good look, Arima Shin-kun is indeed very handsome. If you weren't so low-key, you'd probably be very popular with girls."
As he spoke, Arisugawa Nagi unconsciously took a step closer to Luo Zhen.
"Smack!"
Almost at the same moment, Luo Zhen suddenly sprang backward at a speed his physical abilities had absolutely never been capable of displaying before, putting a considerable distance between himself and Arisugawa Nagi.
"Th... Thank you for the compliment, but we don't seem to know each other very well, so it'd be better to keep some distance between us, don't you think?"
Luo Zhen forced an extremely unnatural smile and, in a rare display, spoke in a flustered manner.
Arisugawa Nagi did not seem disappointed. Instead, she smiled as though being considerate.
"That's true. Today is our first proper meeting, after all. It wouldn't be good to be too rude. I hope we can get along well from now on."
Arisugawa Nagi's words made