"Rather than the sea at night, I wanted to go to the beach and watch a sunrise..." Mai Sakurajima explained as she walked over to Sogo Doma.
"The sun rises from the other side of the horizon, symbolizing a new beginning. I suppose I wanted to seek a little good luck too—hoping that once tomorrow is over, it'll be a new beginning for me."
"What an incredibly boring idea. Staying up in the middle of the night just so you can catch a glimpse of nuclear fusion above your head?"
Mai Sakurajima: "..."
It felt like that had killed the conversation instantly! Was this the difference between top students and ordinary people?
"At least it's better than staying up in the middle of the night to grade an elementary schooler's test papers."
"An elementary schooler..." Sogo Doma's mouth twitched. Umaru's disguise still hadn't been exposed, huh?
"But after you put it that way, I suddenly don't feel like watching the sunrise anymore. Need any help?" Mai Sakurajima said, picking up a test paper.
"Do as you like..." Sogo Doma couldn't bear to tell her the truth, so he merely lowered his head and said.
"..." As expected, Mai Sakurajima fell silent for quite some time after taking the test paper.
Then, there was one thing she didn't want to admit: she had no idea what the test paper in her hands was even about! She recognized every word in the questions, but why did they become so incomprehensible when put together?
This was an elementary schooler's test? The test that little ball of fluff who had just been playing video games with her was supposed to answer? Mai Sakurajima once again felt her intelligence being violently ground into the dirt!
She no longer knew whether she should say genius was