President Sakayanagi Sells the Spots: Thanks for Your Purchase! Today's Update! (Continued)

"..."

Mm.

Classmate Sakayanagi felt it was better not to overthink things right now.

"Are you planning to eat?" Sakayanagi asked.

"Mm-hmm. But we're just eating here in the main hall," Ichika Amasawa said. "There are private rooms too, but I don't really want to pay the extra cost."

Was that so?

It seemed Amasawa was quite a thrifty girl.

And by saying that, was Ichika Amasawa hoping Sakayanagi would cover the expense?

Though it sounded a little like she was asking for money to her face, Sakayanagi was a generous person.

Just as she had once been willing to treat Hachiman to a meal because she thought he might bring some fun to her school life.

Ichika Amasawa would sooner or later work for her family, taking over the work Sakayanagi could not do because of her frail body. Showing special favor to outstanding talent now was therefore a perfectly reasonable investment.

With that in mind—

"Perfect," President Sakayanagi said. "I was planning to treat Hachiman to lunch today anyway. You can join us too. Let's call it a Student Council meal."

A Student Council meal?

Indeed.

Everyone present was a member of the Student Council.

However, Yukino thought of Katsuragi-senpai, who was also in the Student Council. Wasn't it a little unfair to leave him out when only these few were invited?

Still.

The second-year students were taking their special exam today. Since Hachiman Hikigaya had been fully occupied with preparing for it recently, he had not come to the Student Council for quite some time.

And Yukino wanted to learn something from him, or simply chat with him while they worked.

But since he had not been coming to the Student Council, their contact had naturally decreased.

Now, his special exam should have ended, but the results