"So... you've found yourself another troublesome matter."
Kurokawa Akane lay beside Duanmu Huai and looked at him speechlessly. The two of them were in Kurokawa Akane's room, so there was no need to worry about Ruby or Mai discovering them.
"Since I'm idle anyway, I might as well treat it as a way to relax."
Duanmu Huai felt the softness and warmth beside him as he answered casually. Actually, this wasn't exactly a lie. With summer vacation approaching and the movie about to be released, Duanmu Huai was somewhat nervous too. After all, this concerned how much assistance he could obtain in Warp Space. However, he also knew that there was nothing more he could do now, so finding something else to occupy himself and distract himself wasn't a bad idea.
"Pfft."
Hearing Duanmu Huai's answer, Kurokawa Akane giggled softly.
"I thought Ai wouldn't get nervous."
"Sometimes I do. I'm not a robot."
"But haven't you always acted as if everything is under your control, Ai?"
"That would be ideal."
Duanmu Huai rolled his eyes. Problems that could be solved with military force naturally weren't problems to him. The issue was that getting other people to watch a movie and become emotionally invested wasn't something military force could solve...
Besides, True Clever wasn't here either...
"Who's that?"
"Hmm?"
When Duanmu Huai noticed Kurokawa Akane's gaze, he found that she had raised her head and was staring at him.
"You just said that Karen-chan wasn't here... Who is that? Someone Ai knows?"
Did I just say that out loud?
"Uh... more or less."
"Hmm..."
Kurokawa Akane stared at Duanmu Huai, her expression becoming slightly displeased.
"I just feel like Ai is hiding a lot of things from us."
"Because you don't need to know."
Duanmu Huai didn't deny it. Whether it