After hanging up, Yusei turned to look at the two girls, only to find their expressions varied.
Yusei naturally understood why they were acting this way. After all, he did share a bit of ambiguous relationship with both of them.
He cleared his throat lightly, looking at them tentatively.
"So... are we still going to the cafeteria?"
Yusei's voice seemed to snap Utaha and Megumi out of their thoughts.
"Of course we're going. Why wouldn't we? Has Kouhai-kun forgotten he needs to help me brainstorm the plot?" Utaha suddenly smiled with great composure, seemingly completely unaffected.
Yusei looked at Megumi.
Megumi gave a faint, gentle smile.
"I'll be troubling you, Kazami-kun."
Their reactions were a bit strange... strange precisely because they were too normal. It was as if they had no reaction at all, apart from the initial surprise.
'Was I being full of myself again?'
Yusei couldn't help but think this, but it didn't really matter. His life was incredibly comfortable right now, and besides, his life wasn't all about building a harem.
'Speaking of which, I seemed to have completely forgotten about the task Koken gave me. I needed to find time to take care of that.'
Shaking his head, Yusei decided not to overthink it and headed to the cafeteria with the two girls.
…
On a distant building, Hayasaka, wearing rain gear and observing Yusei's group through binoculars, faithfully reported to Kaguya.
"You're saying they still haven't separated?" Kaguya couldn't help but frown.
Her intuition told her that the two girls accompanying Yusei were going to be more troublesome individuals.
"Yes, they are heading to the cafeteria together."
Kaguya's expression naturally wasn't good, 'Two more, just like that...'
"This guy..."
Kaguya's feelings towards Yusei were a mix of love and frustration, but sometimes she was just plain angry with him, so mad she could grind her teeth to dust.
'Good grief, he already has Asuna, yet he's still fooling around all day. How could he do that to Asuna?'
After silently grumbling to herself for a bit, she had originally planned to go to Yusei's school in the afternoon. But now, Kaguya tossed and turned, unable to set her mind at ease.
Then, Kaguya suddenly said to Asuna, "Asuna, how about we go to Yusei-kun's school right now?"
"Huh? Why the rush?" Asuna was taken aback. Although she also wanted to see Yusei quickly, wouldn't going now be too hasty? After all, she still needed to finish the procedures at her previous school.
"Well, you see... he's all alone at school, having to eat cold food from the cafeteria every day. If he sees you coming now, he'll definitely be very happy," Kaguya said with an awkward laugh.
The excuse she came up with felt... somewhat reasonable, she thought.
"That's true, but there's still some paperwork left."
"It's fine. I'll have Hayasaka take care of it."
Kaguya then spoke into her walkie-talkie to Hayasaka: "Hayasaka, could you come over please? Help Asuna and me handle the school transfer procedures."
Hayasaka, on the building near Yusei's school, couldn't help but twitch the corner of her mouth, but she obediently prepared to go over.
While waiting for Hayasaka to drive over, and while they were handling the transfer procedures at Asuna's school, the school director suddenly looked up with an ingratiating smile.
"Young ladies, everything has been taken care of. There are no issues at all."
It was quite a coincidence that Asuna's school was Shuchi'in Academy, the same school Kaguya attended.
But thinking about it, both were young ladies from wealthy families, and there weren't that many elite private schools in Tokyo.
The best one would naturally be the one chosen by wealthy merchants and powerful families.
So, it was natural for both Asuna and Kaguya to be at this school.
The school director might not have cared much about Asuna, but Kaguya was different. She was the young lady of the Shinomiya Family.
"It's all handled? Then let's go."
Kaguya showed no particular reaction. In her view, this level of efficiency was normal.
After finishing the procedures, Kaguya and Asuna went outside. A Shinomiya Family's car was already waiting downstairs.
She got in and directly addressed the Shinomiya Family's driver, "To Toyogasaki High School."
"Yes, Ojou-sama."
The black sedan drove off slowly.
Right now, Kaguya's mind was filled with thoughts of 'catching him in the act' at Yusei's school, while Asuna was simply happy that she could go to school with Yusei from now on.
As for Hayasaka, who was driving to Shuchi'in Academy, they had already completely forgotten about her.
...
By the time Hayasaka arrived at Shuchi'in Academy, she found her young lady had already vanished.
She quickly went to the principal's office to inquire about the young lady's whereabouts, but the principal also told her with surprise that Kaguya had already left.
Hayasaka was dumbfounded, and hurriedly called her young lady's cell phone.
"Ojou-sama? Where are you now? Weren't you at the school?"
"Ah... Sorry. The director earlier said the transfer procedures were done, so Asuna and I went ahead to Toyogasaki High School. I forgot to tell you. Can you come over here now?"
"I..."
Hayasaka's heart was filled with bitterness. There was a phrase she wasn't sure she should say.
Helpless, she could only get back in the car and drive to Toyogasaki High School.
Asuna, looking at Kaguya who had just put away her phone with a somewhat awkward expression, asked, "What's wrong?"
"Uh... We forgot about Hayasaka just now. She's already on her way back."
"..." Asuna also felt a bit awkward.
"She won't be angry, will she?"
"No, Hayasaka has a very good temper."
...
In a quiet corner of the cafeteria.
Yusei sat facing Megumi and Utaha… the two girls sat across from him, while he sat alone.
Under the direct gaze of the two girls opposite him, Yusei felt a bit awkward, unsure whether to start eating or not.
Feeling helpless, he finally said, "So... aren't you going to eat? It'll get cold quickly in this weather."
Each of them had ordered a bowl of tonkotsu ramen. Steam rose from the bowls… eating this in the cold weather was quite nice.
"Not in a hurry." Utaha said with a beaming smile, "More than that, I'm more curious about how you and your girlfriend met."
Megumi beside her didn't speak, but she was also looking at Yusei the same way.
"What's there to tell? We just met normally..."
"Kouhai-kun really has no sense of romance. Don't you think adding a little description could provide material for writing?"
"But that's the truth. We saw each other, liked each other, fell in love, got married... it's as simple as th-"
But before Yusei could finish, Utaha across from him suddenly slammed the table and stood up, looking at him with utter disbelief.
"You... you even got married?!"