As she said this, Chabashira-sensei walked ahead in her heels as if she were merely handling official business.
Only—
As Chabashira-sensei was leaving, she suddenly touched her hair. It seemed she had finally noticed.
She had slept in that morning, gotten up in a rush, and failed to fix her hair properly.
Hachiman did not immediately head toward the school building. He stayed where he was, and sure enough, before long, Suzune Horikita appeared amid the stream of students heading to school.
Hachiman headed toward the school building together with Horikita.
Before long, Hachiman noticed something strange about several girls ahead of them. More precisely, those girls were clearly part of the same group, yet they were walking side by side.
"Sometimes I think girls are pretty strange," Hachiman said to Horikita beside him. "Why do they like walking side by side? Isn't that inconvenient?"
"..." Horikita. "Everyone is worried about information regarding this month's special exam, yet you still have the mind to care about other girls' problems."
"After all, I'm the school's human observer." Hachiman shrugged.
Oh.
Suzune remembered that ever since he had enrolled as a first-year student, this guy had acquired a great deal of information through his sharp insight.
And the fact that he could still pay attention to such things showed just how at ease he was. Only the weak would keep themselves tense at all times.
Today, Suzune felt a faint sense of inferiority.
Still.
When he asked her why girls walked side by side—
Horikita could only stare at him with a disgruntled expression.
Because—
She would be troubled if he asked her something like that too.
"If you're asking why girls walk side by side, I do know," said a little angel with golden hair from behind Horikita.
Kushida had jogged