"Hehe..." Ichinose seemed rather pleased, as though she had just been praised.
But... no, that wasn't it.
Hachiman had thought the person beside him was Suzune Horikita, and since Horikita had memorized the information on every student in the grade, he had treated her like an encyclopedia.
He just hadn't expected the girl beside him to speak in Ichinose's voice.
And Ichinose probably hadn't memorized the third-years' OAA data. She likely knew the information about those third-year students through her own social connections.
Her network of connections was a little terrifying.
But it wasn't a good time to mention that he had mistaken her for someone else, so Hachiman took Ichinose with him toward the spot near the back door of the cafeteria that he had originally arranged to meet Suzune Horikita at.
??
Seeing the two of them approach, Suzune Horikita, who had been saving seats there, frowned slightly.
Hadn't he asked her to save a seat? Why had Ichinose come along too?
Still, Horikita held no ill will toward Ichinose. Rather, compared with Kushida, Ichinose gave people a steadier, more comfortable feeling.
So...
Hachiman sat down, while Suzune Horikita, who had been holding the seats, stood up.
Without saying a word, Horikita headed into the crowd lining up for food.
"Horikita and I made an arrangement. She saves seats and gets food at noon, and I get food for her in the evening," Hachiman said.
In other words, this was an agreement between him and Horikita. It had nothing to do with Ichinose, so Ichinose would have to get her own food.
Of course.
As the grade's Archangel, Ichinose was certainly the sort of person who disliked troubling others.
Yet she still couldn't help glancing at Hachiman several times.
Because...
If Hachiman had that kind of arrangement, why