The weekend had ended, and Monday had arrived. Shin also went to school with Kato Megumi as usual.
Now Shin going to school could basically be said to be accompanying the girls he knew at school. Otherwise, with his current situation, there really wasn't any need to run to school anymore.
When Shin and Kato Megumi entered the classroom together, the students in the classroom all unanimously turned their gazes over. After seeing Shin and Kato Megumi, they also showed knowing expressions.
"Sure enough, the two came together again..."
"It definitely can't be a coincidence anymore, right?"
"Could it be they're actually already living together or something?"
"I never heard before that their routes to school were the same..."
This was already several days in a row that Shin and Kato Megumi had entered the classroom together.
If it was only once or twice, the classmates could perhaps still think it was coincidence—Shin and Kato Megumi just happened to meet on the way to school.
But it had already been more than one or two days, so even if the classmates were slow, they should have noticed that the two probably weren't just coincidentally meeting on the road.
Although Kato Megumi's low presence made many people often overlook her, she wasn't truly invisible after all.
Following beside Shin, this topic figure, even with low presence, there were still many people constantly watching Shin who could notice her.
For instance, Miura Yumiko's group—they had noticed Shin and Kato Megumi moving together for quite a while.
"Kato-san seems to have quite a good relationship with Shin-kun. Even coming to school together."
Ebina Hina, sitting in a corner seat of the classroom, watched Shin and Kato Megumi enter and said to nearby Miura Yumiko and Yuigahama Yui.
"This is already several days in a row they've come to school together. Maybe the two really have already moved in together."
Although she said this, Ebina Hina's performance didn't look surprised at all.
After all, during the weekend, she'd already learned what kind of personality Shin had—this guy had probably long ago developed intimate relationships with many girls around him.
Although Kato Megumi didn't usually attract attention, if you looked carefully, it wasn't hard to discover she was indeed quite a cute girl.
So actually, after talking with Shin during the weekend, Ebina Hina had already guessed that Kato Megumi was most likely already Shin's shape long ago.
However, Miura Yumiko beside her clearly hadn't realized this yet, so seeing the intimate relationship between Shin and Kato Megumi, she couldn't help frowning:
"Indeed... Kato-san feels like a strong rival~"
Miura Yumiko had originally been in a pleasant mood from going out to play with Shin during the weekend, but now seeing Shin and Kato Megumi enter the classroom together, her mood became somewhat anxious again.
Seeing Miura Yumiko's expression, Ebina Hina also guessed her thoughts and couldn't help sighing in her heart.
Miura, if you just keep viewing the girls around Shin as enemies, it probably won't work. You need to actively accept these facts.
Yuigahama Yui beside them seemed more relaxed. Although she also saw Shin and Kato Megumi moving together, she seemed completely unbothered.
After all, Yuigahama Yui's personality was originally the type that easily accepted others' thoughts. She already knew there were many girls around Shin.
However, even so, during the weekend Yuigahama Yui had still worked hard to confess her feelings to Shin, so now she felt she had no regrets.
When the first class ended, someone called Shin out of the classroom—a student at the classroom's back door told Shin someone was looking for him.
Shin walked out of the classroom and discovered the person standing at the classroom door was actually Nibutani Shinka.
That's right—in the original work, Nibutani Shinka and Yotsuya Miko were students at the same school, so now Nibutani Shinka being at Toyosaki Private Academy was normal.
"What's wrong? Is there something you suddenly need from me? Your Stand should be completely normal, right?"
Although Shin didn't know what business Nibutani Shinka had looking for him, he still casually sensed Nibutani Shinka's "ki."
After confirming through "ki" that Nibutani Shinka's body seemed fine, he opened his mouth to ask about Nibutani Shinka's reason for seeking him.
"I came to give you this."
Nibutani Shinka held a paper in her hand, handed it to Shin, then explained.
"Miko said I'd better apply for club membership."
Shin took the paper Nibutani Shinka handed over and glanced at it—turns out it was a Supernatural Research Club membership application.
This made Shin somewhat amused. Originally just established to find a place to eat lunch, the club unexpectedly was gaining more and more members.
However, he could also understand Yotsuya Miko's meaning. Nibutani Shinka had obtained a Stand from Shin. Whether considering the "Stand's" special nature or her connection with Shin, joining the Supernatural Research Club was most appropriate.
"No problem, I've received the membership application."
Shin put away the membership application, then looked at Nibutani Shinka and said with a smile.
"However, you've already started calling Miko by her first name... It seems your relationship has become quite good."
He remembered that when they met during the weekend, Nibutani Shinka was still calling Yotsuya Miko by her surname "Yotsuya." Now she was already calling her by first name.
In Japan, directly calling someone by their first name was already considered quite an intimate relationship.
Thinking of this, Shin suddenly felt a mischievous impulse rise in his heart. He raised an eyebrow looking at Nibutani Shinka and asked:
"Then what should you call me?"
"Ah...? Isn't it Shin-kun?"
Nibutani Shinka was stunned, her expression seeming somewhat confused—Yotsuya Miko called Shin "Shin-kun," so shouldn't she also call him that?
"That's Miko's way of addressing me. You, Shinka, need to use a different form of address."
Shin bent down slightly, moved closer to Shinka's face, and said to her with a smile.
"From now on, when there's no one around, call me Master."
Nibutani Shinka's personality was the somewhat tsundere type, like a smaller version of Eriri—he quite wanted to try the feeling of being called Master by this kind of tsundere character.
Although if he asked Eriri to call him that, she'd probably act tsundere for a bit then agree, but since Nibutani Shinka had already entrusted her life to him, there was no need to deliberately make things difficult for Eriri.
"Eh?"
Nibutani Shinka clearly hadn't expected Shin to ask her to call him this and was stunned.
But seeing Shin's expression waiting for her to speak, Nibutani Shinka hesitated, then finally yielded.
She still remembered her agreement with Shin, and she seemed to have no position to resist anyway.
Her face completely red, she first looked around to confirm no one nearby could hear their conversation, then lowered her voice and said in a somewhat embarrassed tone:
"Shin... Master."