19 Productive Day

After the school was shaken up by the sound of crumbling concrete, classes were canceled and everyone was told to go home without going to clubs.

I went back to the club right after that incident, and for some reason, Najimi and Hoshoujo were asleep right beside each other on the sofa.

It was convenient for me, so, I just woke them up and told them that we needed to go.

The school would then announce at the gates that the school would have to be closed for two days due to safety reasons until the building was completely rid of all the hazards.

Both Hoshoujo and Najimi's escorts usually arrive at the sharp hour of 4 and so, for Najimi who doesn't have a way of contacting his parents or butlers, he would have to either commute back home or wait out the remaining hours.

Najimi: [This is a problem. I should at least request a foldable phone but my mother had told me that even foldable phones have browsers where you could search p—]

Mendou: [Ahem. I'm sure your mother wouldn't only always think that you'll do that, will she?]

For some reason, I think that his mother is being overprotective while being the one who constantly thinks of things like those.

Even I, a healthy young man wouldn't think that first if I had a foldable phone.

Can you even see images at such a low resolution? It's technically mosaic but readable.

Hoshoujo: [I could call my servant, but I'm sure she wouldn't be able to come here alone as she's required to fetch me with a decent amount of bodyguards.]

Najimi is still within my good impression but Hoshoujo sounds like she's a wealthy heir of a mafia organization.

Her bodyguards are too much for a high schooler. Even the Prime Minister doesn't have those.

Mendou: [Y-Yeah, that wouldn't work as well. Hmm.]

Najimi: [So.. what do you think, Kotaro? Where should we hang out?]

There's nothing else we could go to right now other than my house.

The arcade is on the other side of the city and we also can't normally go to restaurants because we might get seen by our classmates and who would spread some rumors.

In other words, this side of the city sucks.

So, we don't have a choice now.

Mendou: [Gaaaaah. Alright. My house. Though we might have to pass through Najimi's house.]

Hoshoujo: [Alright then, I'll have my servant, Takeru, know that I'll be going.]

Mendou: [W-Wait... Didn't you say you're trying to keep it a secret?]

Hoshoujo: [Yes, but she knows my secrets and she'll cover it up for me. No worries.]

She just pulled the trigger and sent away the message using her phone.

I know that this, Takeru, butler, or rather, a woman who was wearing a suit, is very enthusiastic about her Master's relationship with Najimi but she is as well dangerous as an exploding bomb if she tells anyone.

Anyways, I should just trust her on this one. She's the one who did it anyways, and so, it's out of my control.

Mendou: [Alright. Let's just fetch a cab.]

We were at the corner of the street just beyond the academy. However, as I looked at Najimi, he was staring back at the gates.

Najimi: [We were asleep earlier but... it felt like something was happening near the club. It was where they said the lightning struck and corroded the building but, we didn't even wake up. That's unusual.]

Mendou: [Oh... haha... You guys were asleep! Even I had a hard time waking you up.]

There's one thing that was somehow wrong about that though. It may have looked like lightning, but no thunder should have woken them up.

Besides that, Najimi's intuition is scary. He knew something was up on the get-go since he refused to leave when I woke him up earlier.

He might be emotionless, but his senses are sharpened out.

Hoshoujo: [That reminds me, did Miss Shiraishi get home safely?]

Mendou: [Ah... Yep.]

I should have said "I don't know" to indicate that I'd already gone back before the incident in the building happened but that'll just make them worry.

Also, I did check up on Miss Shiraishi and told her that she fainted due to low blood pressure after hallucinating a ghost at the clinic before letting her know that the school had dismissed everyone.

I couldn't just leave her alone there since the nurse wasn't aware she was there when she was left, and so I had to bust open the loc and repair it after we left.

Mendou: [She's probably at her home right now.]

I smiled at them, grinning as wide as I could.

However...

???: [Oya? Mendou and the two famous figures of our classes?]

A familiar voice would drive right by us and stop with the window of the back seat of a car open.

It's the voice of one of the two friends that you guys would know.

Mendou: [Migi and... Okai?]

Migi: [Are you guys going home?]

Okai: [Hey, if you guys want you can hang out at our place!]

They were driving a pretty expensive car but I was more surprised that not all of the students there actually owned limousines.

Maybe it was just a slight difference in wealth but it doesn't matter.

Najimi: [Really? Is that fine?]

Migi: [Yeah! Of course! It'll be an honor to have the Ice Prince and Thorn Princess visit my house!]

Mendou: [W-What are those nicknames? That's the first time I'm hearing that.]

Okai: [Don't worry. He's the only one who made that up.]

Migi was enthusiastic about inviting us to his house, and as much as I hated to admit it, it was a convenient and better idea.

Hoshoujo: [Hmm. Are you not going to consult me first?]

Mendou: [———]

Ack. I almost forgot that Hoshoujo going out to a place where's there only boys could be not a good idea since she effectively someone dangerous but to think she'll ask Najimi.

Najimi: [Are you going? Because I'm going...]

——What kind of consultation is that?!

If she said that, it means she might not want to and she wants you to just go with her! You just went and decided! You're just going to make her angry——

Hoshoujo: [Then I'm going. Might as well.]

Mendou: [What...]

She just agreed after hearing Najimi wanting to go. His face and supposedly dead eyes glowed when she reconsidered.

Hoshoujo: [It can't be helped, right? Might as well kill out the remaining time.]

She had her arms crossed and was a bit flustered.

From all that? And you two were cuddling without a care in the world in the club room before?

These idiots should get their facts straight.

Migi: [Alrighty then! Hop on in! I didn't bring my limousine today so please do bear with the cramped space!]

It wasn't too long when we went in and sat.

We're on the way to their home and with Migi and Okai leading the conversation by telling stories, they would end up arguing and ignoring us in the process.

Our group of three was seated at the back, all the while Migi and Okai were in the middle. It wasn't cramped at all, to be honest.

The car was more spacious than it looked, but for some reason, I ended up in the middle of the two.

Mendou: [——Why am I here?]

I asked myself.

Migi: [I believe we haven't introduced ourselves to Hoshoujo-san though! I'm——]

Hoshoujo: [Migi Hirode and Okai Iesuman. Both are 16 years old. You are cousins and currently live in a mansion that is provided by your parents that are based in another country, letting you be free to do whatever you want, becoming perverts who leer at other women's curves.]

She had her arms crossed and feet crossed as well, as if confident that these details are correct.

I'm not even surprised anymore that she knows other people as she probably already memorized who everyone is with her investigator.

Migi: [S-She knows that already...?]

Okai: [W-What an unusual girl——]

These guys should at least try to deny the last part!

Anyways, they just met her and their impression of her is already at its lowest.

She might be beautiful but now that they've known a piece of personality, I'm quite curious how they'd react later on.

Hoshoujo: [It's normal for people to do that. I won't be going with you all if I had not done that, after all.]

Mendou: [——Usually, normal people do not search other people's backgrounds to the brim.]

I guess she would be the only one who does that here since Najimi's only eccentric part of his life is his narcissistic mother and emotionless self.

Migi: [Anyways! You don't have to worry about that. You can also bring your servants in. Also, you're a bit mistaken on the house part. It's a vacation house that happened to be close to the school so we decided to live all the while!]

Mendou: [Vacation house? Just how many houses do you guys even own?]

Migi: [About four or five villas and one mansion which is this one.]

I almost forgot that the class that I was in was at the top of the seniors.

We three just transferred in but Hoshoujo and Najimi had already had a status beyond everyone except for me.

I'm just a normal and middle-class guy who managed to get in by the exams.

But somehow, because of Najimi, I learned everything I needed to know about a wealthy person.

Or so I thought I did...