Luo Zhen encountered Yukina in the elevator as he was leaving.
"Are you planning to go out, senpai?"
When the elevator had just descended to the floor below the top floor, Yukina appeared in front of the slowly opening doors and spoke to Luo Zhen rather seriously.
Luo Zhen was rendered speechless.
"I almost forgot about this stalker... No, I mean, observer."
Just as she had in the past, Yukina followed Luo Zhen without the slightest hesitation whenever he was preparing to leave, apparently not finding anything improper about it.
In her own words...
"Because I'm senpai's observer."
That was the reason Yukina always used.
And that reason caught the interest of a certain junior within Luo Zhen.
"So this is what an observer is like."
Mashu's murmur was filled with seriousness and the air of someone studying an exhibit, which genuinely frightened Luo Zhen a little.
"She isn't going to learn anything bad from this, is she?"
Luo Zhen could never quite feel at ease.
However, things had already come to this, so Luo Zhen naturally could not tell Yukina to go back. Or rather, even if he did, Yukina would never go back.
This Sword-Miko's mission was to monitor Luo Zhen. Her work itself consisted of following Luo Zhen and watching his every move, so naturally, asking her to return was impossible.
Thus, Luo Zhen could only bring Yukina along to the gathering with his friends.
Everyone knew one another anyway, so it should be fine.
But for Yukina, this seemed to be something of a challenge.
After all, Nagisa was currently absent, Aurora had gone with them to Tanzawa in Tokyo, Shion had things to do as well, and Astarde was Natsuki's maid and assistant. Yukina attending a gathering with Luo Zhen and the others was exactly