Observation

A new day has started, and Ishigami is currently walking wearing his uniform.

Obviously, he is attending school today, but he doesn't know what surprises will lie to him today.

Normally, Alice will walk with her, but today, a car stopped in front of his house earlier.

He was about to ask who's inside it, but Alice stops him.

She said that the car was from her relatives.

She also said that she will go somewhere before she goes to the academy, so he might as well not wait for her since she will go straight to the academy later.

That's why he is walking alone.

However, what was supposed to be a normal walk becomes a game of finding the seeker.

Because of his growth inside the lost island, he can feel the almost exact location of anyone within 5 meters.

What was not covered then was knowing who those people were.

Earlier, he felt that he was being followed, and he knew where the location of the person following him was but didn't know who he or she was.

While this was happening, he suddenly remembered Hayasaka Ai.

However, he shook his head since it might be impossible.

Then he didn't bother to know who was following him and just walked fast.

…

Once—no, twice—well, exactly 24 times, Hayasaka Ai followed Ishigami Yu within a month after the new school started.

However, what Ishigami Yu only knew was when she followed him while walking to school.

(A/N: Reference to Chapter 49)

Not with the one he was at school, he was at home, and other places that Ishigami Yu went to but he didn't know that Hayasaka Ai was following him.

Hayasaka Ai was supposed to observed him once a week.

She does that between the first, second, and third weeks after the new school starts, with a total of three times of observation for the sake of Shinomiya Kaguya.

However, after the saving incident in the fourth week, for some reason, she couldn't function without seeing him three times a day.

(A/N: Reference to Chapter 50)

What's worse here is that she instills the idea that she is just observing him for the sake of Shinomiya Kaguya, to help their relationship grow.

Anyway, Ishigami Yu's suspicion is correct.

In an alley, Hayasaka Ai is peeking.

Today is the 25th time she is stalkin— observing him.

On her face, you can see that she couldn't help but smile and grin as she stared behind Ishigami Yu.

But she took out her poker face every time someone saw her, as she didn't let them know that she was following him.

Well, she always has her poker face, and only when she is alone does she smile while thinking of Ishigami.

She feels bliss, but she is somewhat unsatisfied in this way, so she suppresses this idea.

Anyway, now that the second month is starting, she wanted to do her best to find everything about Ishigami for the sake of her lady—that is something she currently thought, but if this continues, she might prioritize her desire rather than helping Shinomiya Kaguya.

Hasayaka Ai is a very careful person; she wouldn't fall or delude into something that might hurt herself.

Unfortunately, she is still a girl.

Despite being mature, she couldn't help but fall to the down side of being in love.

She knows that what happened when he saved her is just the cause of the suspension bridge effect.

However, she didn't bat an eye at it, and like poison, it had already spread to her mind without any trace within a week.

It's already late for her to go back.

Anyway, when she saw him walking faster, she decided to end her observation and resume later.