When she finished speaking, the other end of the phone fell conspicuously silent.
"...Would anyone really try that? That would be so pathetic." After a long silence, Kamuro Masumi finally remarked in a rather peculiar tone.
After drying off and putting on a loose pair of pajamas, Sakayanagi Arisu nodded.
"Mhm, I think so too. It's surprising how much Masumi and I agree."
"Since you've never kissed anyone, I suppose you wouldn't be curious about something like that, either?" Smiling, Sakayanagi Arisu got up and picked up her Personal Terminal. She let the hot water drain, then leisurely sat down at the head of her bed.
"Good, that's a relief. If you started dating someone, I'd be short one useful person."
There were other obedient people in her class she could order around. Kito, for example, was quite obedient. But men were obviously less convenient than women.
Especially when it came to a woman like Kamuro Masumi, who had what you might call leverage over her.
If she really started dating someone...
"I can't be bothered with you." Hearing that Sakayanagi Arisu seemed to have finished bathing, Kamuro Masumi rolled her eyes and hung up.
As if I couldn't get a boyfriend.
"..."
The pen in her hand lightly touched the page, then lifted again. It had been like this for who knew how many days.
Shiina Hiyori was still hesitating over what kind of message to write.
Should she ask what kind of future he saw for her? Or ask about the other people on the list of dishes he'd mentioned before?
Or ask how the Trial to find the Pseudo-human for Little Sister-chan had gone? Who was the real Pseudo-human?
She could ask about Shuchiin, too. Why would the famous heiress of the Shinomiya Family want to