The day after my date with Kiyotaka-senpai…

‘Aahhh~~!’

I… still couldn’t shake off the excitement from that time…

I mean seriously! There’s no way I could’ve predicted that Kiyotaka-senpai would do things like a princess carry and aaah~ on our very first date in this world, right!?

“Ichika-chan? You seem distracted even during class… are you feeling unwell?”

“Ah… no!? I’m fine! Totally fine~!”

Takahashi-kun, who sits near me, pointed it out, and I hurriedly tried to brush it off.

Well… considering how I’ve been acting even during class, it’s no wonder people are worried.

Ayumi-chan, Kasuga-chan, Tetsuko-chan… and Ishigami-kun who probably understands the situation to some extent… aside from them, it seems all my classmates are worried about me.

‘Ahh… making everyone worry like this… I feel kinda bad…’

Really… in my original world where I was isolated in class, something like this would never have happened.

Even Ichika-chan feels a bit guilty in her own way.

“Ichika-chan, don’t push yourself, okay?”

“You should take better care of your condition.”

“Yeah… they’re right…”

The close trio—Ayumi-chan, Kasuga-chan, and Tetsuko-chan—came rushing over to check on me.

“Thanks… Ayumi-chan, Kasuga-chan, Tetsuko-chan… ah!”

“What’s wrong, Ichika-chan!?”

As I tried to thank them, I suddenly realized something I needed to address.

“By the way… Ayumi-chan, Kasuga-chan, Tetsuko-chan? You were tailing my date with Kiyotaka-senpai yesterday, right~?”

“““W-we have no idea what you’re talking about…”””

“Huh~? That’s weird~? I’m pretty sure I told you not to follow me because it’d be embarrassing?”

“““Eek…”””

When I interrogated them with just about 1–2% killing intent mixed in, they quickly confessed and apologized.

I’m not that angry, but… I ended up showing such an embarrassing side to my classmates…

“So then!? That means Ichika-chan can’t forget the pleasure of being princess-carried by Ayanokōji-senpai, right?”

“No, no! It’s definitely the aaah~ moment that she can’t forget!”

“Umm… Tetsuko-chan, Ayumi-chan… saying it out loud just makes it even more embarrassing…”

Even now… just remembering it makes my face turn red… my whole body feels restless… and my breathing gets heavier…

“Ah! Ichika-chan’s blushing~! So cute~!”

“Hey… Ayumi-chan~!”

Ayumi-chan suddenly hugged me tightly.

Maybe she was happy to see a side of me she normally doesn’t get to see?

“If I princess-carry Ichika-chan like Ayanokōji-senpai did, will you blush like that too~?”

“Ayumi-chan? If you don’t stop… I might crush you, you know?”

“Kyaa~! So scary~!”

While I was messing around with Ayumi-chan, Tetsuko-chan, who had been watching from the side, looked somewhat envious and down.

“Oh? Tetsuko-chan? Are you maybe jealous of Ayumi-chan~?”

“I-it’s not like that at all!”

I teased her a bit as payback.

“Tetsuko-chan should just be honest already~! You want to be spoiled by Ichika-chan too, don’t you~!”

“W-what… I’m done with you, Ayumi-chan!”

Tetsuko-chan stormed out of the classroom after saying that… but judging from her personality, she was probably just too embarrassed to openly cling to me in class, not actually angry.

“Eh!? Wh-what should I do… did I hurt her?”

“…Ayumi-chan, don’t worry. Tetsuko-chan is just the type who struggles to be honest…”

As Kasuga-chan comforted Ayumi-chan, Ichika-chan didn’t miss the slight gloom in her expression as well.

‘Kasuga-chan… did something happen when she was tailing us? Even her voice…’

Unfortunately, during my date with Kiyotaka-senpai… I didn’t have the capacity to pay attention to all the people tailing us…

* * *

After school that day…

‘Haa… finally over…’

For someone like me who went through the White Room’s advanced curriculum, high school classes should be nothing…

And yet… this is probably the first time in my life I’ve felt school lessons this exhausting.

Ding-dong!

‘Hm? Who could that be?’

Suddenly, the doorbell to my room rang.

Oh? Could it be Ayumi-chan, Kasuga-chan, and Tetsuko-chan coming to invite me out?

Or maybe Ishigami-kun or Takuya coming to ask about my future plans?

Or maybe Tsubasa-chan is trying to reconnect with me for the first time since April?

Or… could it be Kiyotaka-senpai coming to invite me on another date?

“Yeees! I’m coming!”

I replied as I unlocked the chain and opened the door.

And then…

“Sorry for the sudden visit. Now then… you are the one who, on the very first day of enrollment, saw through the entire S System, used that knowledge to obtain 20 million points at the fastest rate in history… scored 100 in every subject on the midterm exam, and captivated even upperclassmen and countless men… the one known as the true genius… correct?”

“Huh?”

Right off the bat, the visitor said that to me.

‘Wait wait! My title got upgraded again!?’

Seriously… I feel like I’m being way too overestimated…