Chapter 3 part 4

The route from the hallway to the entrance.

"Yo!"

The person who greeted me as I was looking at the black screen that came before the phone turned on was a student of  Class 2-B, Ishizaki Daichi, who had a smile floating on his face. What kind of happy occasion had he encountered?

"I contacted you through your cell phone but there was no response, so I came straight to you.

"Sorry about that, the batter ran out."

"That's fine, just give me some face, alright?"

"Is that supposed to be a threat?"

"Wha, that's an interesting joke. Does a guy who can intimidate you really exist in this school?"

Ishizaki responded to my joke with his own.

"You busy after this?"

"No, I'm just going back."

"Really? Then there's no problem. Come."

With a smile that couldn't be explained, Ishizaki beckoned with his hand and strode forward.

If I watched him like this, I'd lose track of him in an instant.

If he was going to make trouble here, it would only attract everyone's attention.

Since I had time, I decided to follow Ishizaki from behind.

But as I turned a corner, suddenly, a big wall that shouldn't have been here appeared.

No, it wasn't a wall. It was Ishizaki's classmate, Yamada Albert.

He was wearing sunglasses, and his right hand, which had an air of intimidation about it, was on my shoulder.

"Hey."

"...Hey."

I wasn't quite sure what was going on, so I answered him with the same word. What on earth happened?

The intimidation I thought was a joke actually had a touch of reality in it.

"Hello, Ayanokouji-kun."

Next to the wall-sized Albert, the figure of Hiyori appeared.

"What a rare combination."

"I guess."

I thought Ryuuen would be here too, but that didn't seem to be the case.

"What are you doing here, let's go."

"Go? Go where?"

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"Well...yeah, I haven't thought about that yet."

Ishizaki rubbed his left index finger under his nose, laughing sheepishly.

"I have a bad feeling about this, so can you let me go?"

I felt like there was going to be no good developments, so I asked if I could leave.

"You're free, right? I won't let you go back."

"Won't let me go back... what are you doing?"

Albert, who was standing behind me, grabbed me with his immense strength, and wrung me firmly. Then, Hiyori also pulled my arms into her chest, the two of them capturing me.

"Sorry, but you can't run away, Ayanokouji-kun."

"Huh...?"

In the end, this could be totally said to be intimidating.

...Could this kind of joke stop before going too far?

Anyway, it looks like these three were going to take me away from here.

"We stand out here a lot, so can we move, Ishizaki-kun?"

"Yeah. So, where to?"

"Hmm, let's do this... how about your room, Ishizaki-kun?"

Hiyori suggested casually.

"Huh? My....my room? No, no, that's a bit...! Never, never!"

When Ishizaki heard the order to go to his room, he refused, flustered.

"What's wrong? Is there some kind of inconvenience?"

"That, that's because, there's various reasons. This is pretty out of the blue..."

"It doesn't matter if your room is a bit messy, don't you think?"

The Albert who was seeking consent also turned his face to look at Ishizaki.

...Japanese, it's good that he can understand it, I guess?

I'm sure he would need it in exams and in lessons, but it's the first time I've heard him speak Japanese.

"Right, right. But it's not just a little bit, it's extremely messy! There's nowhere to put your foot anymore! Aiya, what a huge shame!"

"Don't worry. If you need, I'll help you clean up."

"Nonononono! Tissues and all that, I can't let a girl clean that!"

He couldn't help but blurt out that everything was in disorder.

"Tissues...? Does that mean something?"

Hiyori tilted her head incredulously. What was that all about?

"Anyway my room is a bit...! Yes, that's right, let's go to Albert's room!"

Ishizaki panicked, changing the topic.

"Right, isn't Albert's room great? Right? Right?"

Ishizaki suggested this, as if he was running away from something.

"OK."

So he did know Japanese after all. Albert showed his agreement with a brief response.

After that, he started moving while carrying me.

"But...Am I going to just be carried away like this?"

"It's okay. Yamada-kun is very strong."

No, that's not the problem.

It just feels like we've become conspicuous in an odd way.

"No problem. In a way, it's a sort of dissemination."

After saying that, Hiyori smiled her usual gentle smile, and walked away like a leader.

"I see, as expected of Shiina! Great idea, great idea!"

What were you trying to do with me?

With that question in mind, I was taken to the dormitory.