"Sorry for being late."
When Luo Zhen arrived in front of everyone, he looked as if he had accidentally overslept and gotten up late as a result, giving no one any reason to suspect him.
Stella and the others had just been about to say something to Luo Zhen when Edwyth spoke first.
"You're as careless as ever. I thought that after becoming a student and enrolling at Hagun Academy, your life might become a little more orderly."
Although Edwyth said this, her tone did not sound reproachful in the slightest. Instead, she sounded nostalgic.
Faced with Edwyth like this, Luo Zhen shrugged.
"I think I'm already quite orderly."
"Really?"
"At least I haven't skipped class. I think."
"What do you mean, 'I think'? Shouldn't you say you absolutely haven't skipped class?"
"The problem is that even I can't be sure I haven't."
"Honestly..."
Luo Zhen and Edwyth carried on this conversation as if no one else were present.
Their familiar attitudes, practiced tones, and complete lack of distance left everyone present exchanging bewildered looks.
"Hey, Stella." Ikki asked Stella somewhat furtively, "Are those two really that close?"
"Yeah." Shizuku also said suspiciously, "Before this, they never seemed to have spoken directly, no matter the occasion."
Strictly speaking, before this, Luo Zhen and Edwyth had only spoken once: at the family restaurant, when Edwyth had said that Luo Zhen reminded her of someone she knew and Luo Zhen had denied it.
Aside from that, Luo Zhen and Edwyth had never spoken before, which had led everyone to believe that Luo Zhen simply did not want to deal with her.
But now, seeing the utterly unreserved conversation between Luo Zhen and Edwyth, everyone was both shocked and confused.
What was going on?
Everyone wondered about this and even asked Stella, who