Lunch breaks in this country weren't particularly long—roughly the length of a single class period.
So, after telling Mashiro about the purpose of the gaming class, Sogo Doma led the way toward the dining spot.
"Sogo, what is that...?" Utaha Kasumigaoka's lips twitched as she looked at the parasol, large enough for the beach.
"Spring's almost over. Even now, the sun's already starting to get annoying, so there's nothing wrong with carrying a parasol around, right?" Sogo Doma—always prepared for anything!
Utaha Kasumigaoka: "..."
No, no, no!
There was absolutely something wrong with that! Who brought a beach parasol to school and stuck it right into the rooftop?
Wait!
"Sogo, just how did you stick that parasol in there?"
"You want to know?"
Looking at the cement floor with its incredibly smooth cut, Utaha Kasumigaoka: "..."
She was standing on cement, right? A solid reinforced-concrete building, right? Not tofu or something, was it!?
And besides—
"It's fine if I don't know, but Sogo, doesn't this count as damaging public property...?"
"Utaha, it's really comfortable in here. Aren't you coming in?" Mashiro Shiina, who apparently saw nothing strange about this at all, had already gone beneath the parasol to enjoy the shade.
Utaha Kasumigaoka: "..."
Didn't this girl feel that anything was off?
Even so, Mashiro had gone in, while she was just standing outside...
What's more—
After hearing her mention damage to public property, Sogo seemed to have been pondering something the entire time. Could it be that Sogo...
"Sogo, you didn't just stick the parasol straight into the cement rooftop without thinking about anything, did you?" Taking off her indoor shoes, Utaha Kasumigaoka leaned toward Sogo Doma over the picnic cloth.
She somehow looked rather imposing.
"No, I was actually thinking about Toyogasaki's school ghost stories..." Sogo Doma said,