Suddenly showing up at my room… and then immediately asking whether I’m the person with that ridiculous title… the person in front of me holding some kind of bag…

“Umm, you are…”

From my experience in the original world, I recognized her way too well… but just in case, I checked her OAA on my phone.

Academic Ability: B+

Physical Ability: C+

Adaptive Thinking: B+

Social Contribution: B

Overall Ability: B

Hmm… her physical ability looks a bit on the lower side, but not terribly low… and the rest are all solidly high—she’s the typical honor student type.

“Compared to your own perfection, do you perhaps think someone like me is insignificant? Amasawa Ichika.”

“No no! Not at all! You’re Morishita Ai-senpai, right~?”

“Yes… then once again… nice to meet you. I am Morishita Ai from Class 2-A. I look forward to working with you.”

Morishita Ai-senpai…

If I remember correctly, in the original world… according to Kiyotaka-senpai, she independently investigated students in his class whose actual abilities didn’t match their OAA stats…

And not just Kiyotaka-senpai, she even approached Sudō-senpai and Kōenji-senpai as well.

“So, Morishita-senpai, why did you come to my room?”

“I had business with Amasawa Ichika.”

Even though she uses polite speech, she calls people by their full names… she’s kind of an odd person.

“No… I got that. What kind of business?”

“As I said earlier, I became interested in Amasawa Ichika—the one who saw through the entire S System on the first day of enrollment, used that knowledge to obtain 20 million points at record speed, scored 100 in every subject on the midterms, and captivated upperclassmen and countless men… the true genius. That is why I came.”

I’ll just stop reacting to that ridiculously long title at this point…

“Really~? Then wouldn’t it have been better to talk to me while you were tailing my date with Kiyotaka-senpai~?”

“So you did notice…”

Among the gallery tailing our date… the expressionless girl observing us—that was Morishita-senpai.

“That time? Simply put, there was no opportunity to interrupt your date. More importantly… what exactly are you two? You noticed us tailing you, yet still acted so boldly…”

“Waaah!! P-please don’t say any more~! I was embarrassed too, you know~!”

Holding hands aside, even I didn’t expect the princess carry or the aaah~!

‘Wait a second… doesn’t this make us look like some lovey-dovey idiot couple showing off to everyone!?’

Though… in my original world, I might’ve actually wanted that…

“Were you really embarrassed? Ayanokōji Kiyotaka was completely expressionless, and you didn’t seem particularly resistant either.”

“That’s because Kiyotaka-senpai is always expressionless! And I was embarrassed, but not uncomfortable… ah!”

As I said that, I realized something.

‘Crap… we’re still at the entrance!’

Because I got flustered by the unexpected visitor and didn’t close the door, and then started talking loudly… I could see a few girls peeking over, wondering what was going on…

“Ayanokōji Kiyotaka and Amasawa Ichika’s—mmph!”

“Sorry about that~! Let’s continue this inside my room~!”

I quickly covered Morishita-senpai’s mouth, shut the door, and dragged her inside.

* * *

“I came because I was interested in why Amasawa Ichika is so exceptional.”

“You’re overpraising me… Ichika-chan is just a normal girl~?”

“Aren’t you the one being too modest? From an outside perspective, Amasawa Ichika is a perfect girl—100 in all subjects and excellent athletic ability.”

Even after entering my room, the ‘discussion’—or rather, me being dragged along—was going nowhere.

“Was that really something you needed to come all the way to my room to ask?”

“Yes. I wanted to visit Amasawa Ichika’s room, and I wanted to ask.”

“Huh?”

I mean… that might make sense to her, but… what a completely airheaded answer…

“You seem to be losing energy. Please eat this melon bread and cheer up. I still have many things I want to ask you.”

“Umm… th-thank you?”

I had been curious since earlier… so the bag she was holding contained melon bread…

Why melon bread? Or whether this feels like something I’ve heard before… I’ll just not question it…

“Wow! This melon bread is really good.”

“Be careful not to eat too much, or you might not be able to eat dinner.”

As she handed me the melon bread, Morishita-senpai took one for herself too.

“Oh… Morishita-senpai, you’re eating melon bread here too?”

“Yes. Our conversation has gone on so long that I got hungry.”

“Oh! I see! Sorry about that… wait! Why am I apologizing to you!? I’m the one being dragged into this conversation, aren’t I!?”

Before I knew it… my pace had been completely thrown off…

‘Seriously… how long is this conversation going to last~?’

For the first time ever, I found myself wishing the White Room curriculum included ‘how to deal with people with strong personalities’…