"So, should I head home next..."
After leaving the room, Shin pondered his next course of action.
He had originally thought that today he would be acting together with Kaguya Shinomiya and the others until after dinner, but who knew that after lunch, he would be dragged to a hotel by Chika Fujiwara.
Then Shin quickly dealt with Chika Fujiwara and Kaguya Shinomiya, causing today's date to end prematurely.
He had already told Tohru that he might not be eating dinner at home, but now the situation had changed, so it seemed Shin needed to call Tohru to say he'd be coming home for dinner.
Just as Shin took out his phone to contact Tohru, he heard the door of the adjacent room open, and two people hurriedly ran out from the neighboring room.
Shin hadn't originally paid attention to who was in the other rooms, but after hearing the sound, he subconsciously glanced at the two figures rushing out of the room.
Then he froze—because he recognized these two people:
"Hm? Moeha Fujiwara?"
The ones who ran out from the adjacent room were none other than Moeha Fujiwara and Kei Shirogane—the two had heard that Shin's room had quieted down and thought to leave while Shin and the others hadn't come out yet.
However, they obviously hadn't expected that after Shin finished his business and got dressed, he would directly walk out of the room—so as they rushed to leave, they ended up meeting Shin face to face.
Although Shin recognized both Moeha Fujiwara and Kei Shirogane, his knowledge of these two people was basically from the works he had seen before his transmigration in his previous life.
So he could only call out Moeha Fujiwara's name—after all, Moeha Fujiwara was Chika Fujiwara's younger sister, and he had seen her from afar at banquets, so it was reasonable for him to recognize Moeha Fujiwara.
"Aha... Shin-nii..."
Moeha Fujiwara hadn't expected that they would run into Shin just as they were sneaking out, and couldn't help but show an awkward yet polite smile.
Although Moeha Fujiwara was somewhat precocious mentally, encountering a boy in this kind of hotel naturally made her feel quite embarrassed, especially since they had just "eavesdropped" on the commotion Shin had made.
Now seeing Shin standing in front of them like this, both Moeha Fujiwara and Kei Shirogane's minds were filled with strange thoughts, and they didn't dare to look directly at Shin.
"What are you two girls doing in a place like this?"
Shin looked at Moeha Fujiwara and Kei Shirogane with a somewhat strange expression—he didn't know that these two had come to eavesdrop on him.
However, at this moment, both Moeha Fujiwara and Kei Shirogane's faces were completely red, so Shin subconsciously thought of some not-so-proper things.
"You two don't have that kind of relationship, do you?"
Shin carefully thought about the works he had seen before transmigrating. Although Moeha Fujiwara and Kei Shirogane had a good relationship in them, they were just close friends, and he hadn't heard that the two had developed to that extent.
Middle school students daring to book hotel rooms—Shin didn't even dare to think about what high school students would dare to do.
"No! We don't have that kind of relationship!"
Although Shin hadn't spoken very directly, Kei Shirogane immediately understood what Shin meant and hurriedly waved her hands, blushing as she explained.
"That's right! Although I really like Kei, we're just friends!"
Moeha Fujiwara also hurriedly spoke up to explain—although she really liked Kei Shirogane as a friend, she was ultimately heterosexual and still liked boys.
"We just followed Shin-nii and Chika-nee... Ah!"
However, in her panic, to explain why she came to the hotel, Moeha Fujiwara subconsciously revealed the real situation.
Halfway through her words, Moeha Fujiwara suddenly realized she had let something slip and quickly shut her mouth.
But unfortunately, Shin had already heard what she said.
"...It seems I need to properly educate you on behalf of your sister."
Shin's mouth twitched as he looked at Moeha Fujiwara and Kei Shirogane, saying somewhat speechlessly.
This time the education was really education, without any special meaning.
After all, Moeha Fujiwara and Kei Shirogane were just middle school students, and unlike Tatsumaki, they couldn't withstand more damage due to psychic powers.
Although Shin could now kill without blinking, he wouldn't necessarily do anything bad to Moeha Fujiwara and Kei Shirogane—if he were to do anything, he'd wait until their bodies had developed, right?
(Right…)
So this time Shin really was lecturing the two about not casually stalking others. After all, this time they stalked Shin and it was fine, but what if they stalked someone else who wasn't as reasonable as him?
"Haah... We got properly scolded by Shin-nii."
When Moeha Fujiwara walked out of the room, her face no longer had its previous vitality, but instead looked dejected.
Even her short twin tails hung down listlessly.
"I said from the beginning that stalking wasn't a good idea."
Kei Shirogane couldn't help but complain beside her—she had said from the start that this kind of thing wasn't appropriate.
However, when she looked at Moeha Fujiwara, she found that Moeha Fujiwara's expression had perked up again.
Seeing this behavior, Kei Shirogane's heart jumped, and she couldn't help but ask:
"You're not still thinking about continuing to stalk Shin-senpai, are you?"
During the lecture just now, Kei Shirogane and Shin had also introduced themselves to each other, so now they were acquainted.
Honestly, Kei Shirogane had a pretty good impression of Shin—although because of eavesdropping on what Shin had done earlier, every time she looked at Shin just now, her mind would think of inappropriate things.
"Shin-nii just told us not to casually stalk unfamiliar people... but Shin-nii and I should be quite familiar now, right?"
Moeha Fujiwara smiled as she shared her thoughts with Kei Shirogane.
"In the end, Shin-nii was just worried that I'd encounter danger stalking strangers. So if I stalk someone familiar, there won't be any danger, right?"
"That... actually sounds reasonable..."
Kei Shirogane was stunned, then carefully recalled Shin's lecture from earlier, and couldn't help but feel that Moeha Fujiwara seemed to be right.
But she still felt something was off, so she wanted to try persuading Moeha Fujiwara:
"Even though you say that, stalking is still..."
"So Kei, will you come with me next time?"
Before Kei Shirogane could say more, Moeha Fujiwara waved her finger and interrupted her.
"If you don't want to come, I can come alone too."
This sentence immediately blocked the advice Kei Shirogane hadn't yet voiced. She hesitated for a moment, then thinking of something, her face instantly turned bright red.
Finally, under Moeha Fujiwara's gaze, Kei Shirogane couldn't help but nod.
She still wanted to have more contact with Shin—and now, following Moeha Fujiwara seemed to be her only way to get in touch with Shin.
To be continued…