"Are you out?" Amamiya Natsuki's voice called out. "Marin, put me down."
Kitagawa Marin turned to look at him, worry in her voice.
"Can you really walk on your own, Natsuki?"
"For now, I'm fine."
"W-Well, okay..."
Kitagawa Marin hesitantly set him down.
Once Amamiya Natsuki was steady on his feet, he could even do a warm-up routine.
"Eh? What's going on with the president?" Fujiwara Chika widened her eyes in surprise. "He seems totally fine!"
Hayasaka Ai furrowed her brows slightly. A flash of insight suddenly struck her, and she blurted out:
"Could it be... Super Long Reflex Arc?"
"So that's what that ability is."
Aside from Young Lady Kaguya, who looked confused and hadn't caught on yet, the other girls all wore dawning expressions—even Chika, who had experienced it the fewest times.
Amamiya Natsuki let out a soft breath and admitted, "That's right. So I wouldn't pass out in the dorm, I used Super Long Reflex Arc to temporarily suppress the pain and despair."
[Skill: Super Long Reflex Arc] [Type: Active] [How to Use: Learn and Master / Permanent Skill] [Effect: While this skill is active, pain, fatigue, happiness, fear, and so on are delayed. They all erupt at once the moment you deactivate the skill.] [Note: There was once a girl who liked me. By the time I realized it, her child was already in kindergarten.]
Kitagawa Marin bit her lip, instantly growing worried.
"But it was already so awful, and you suppressed it for ten whole minutes with Reflex Arc. Once it all hits at once, you won't be able to take it, Natsuki!"
Sayu hugged Amamiya Natsuki's arm, her gaze resolute.
"Lord Natsuki, hurry and use Copy Paste to share some of that pain with us."
Fujiwara Chika's eyes welled with tears.
"That's