After Natsuki finished breakfast first, she left home with Astarde, intending to stop by the Special Zone Security Force before heading to school to register.
Luo Zhen, Nagisa, Shion, and Aurora also left together. They ran into Yukina, who was waiting in the elevator as expected, and set off on their journey to school.
Luo Zhen had not returned to Saihagakuen Academy in a long time—or rather, it had been a long time since he had gone to school as a student. Thinking about it, he felt a little nostalgic.
However, compared to the nostalgia, Luo Zhen was more troubled.
There was nothing he could do about it.
"It's been so many years. Do I even remember how to maintain a perfect image?"
Luo Zhen was genuinely worried that, because he had not returned to that persona for so long, he might accidentally reveal his true nature in front of outsiders.
If that happened, Natsuki's words would come true, and he would inevitably cause some kind of commotion.
Because of that, Luo Zhen thoroughly recalled the perfect image he had once maintained and tried several expressions to recapture the feeling.
Fortunately, Luo Zhen had not forgotten how his perfect, prince-like self was supposed to smile. After a few minutes, the elegant smile on his face had become enough to make the middle-school girls around him blush furiously.
"I... I feel like it's been a long time since I've seen Yō smile like that. It's a little hard to get used to."
Nagisa seemed rather shy.
"Just as expected of my senior."
Shion looked at him with admiration.
"J-Just as expected of my servant...!"
Aurora's voice sounded slightly flustered.
"What a deceptive senior..."
Even Yukina's pretty face flushed faintly as she muttered those words.
The girls who had seen Luo Zhen's