Chapter 13: A Class's Heavy Hitter
Curious as she was, Asuna did not ask too many questions. Although she had cleared a dungeon with Asagiri, they had only officially met today. Asking about private matters would not be appropriate.
"Then... shall we go in together?"
"Okay, let's go in together."
Asagiri did not hesitate and entered Private Shuchiin Academy with Asuna. At the same time, he took a deep breath and spoke with exaggerated emotion.
"This refreshing scent in the early spring air… the smell of youth on the first day of high school. Oh wait, this seems to be coming from you."
Hearing this, Asuna, who had been thinking about how to bring up the serious matter of the dungeon, was caught completely off guard and let out a confused sound.
"Ah?"
Then she understood what he meant, and her fair cheeks instantly turned red. She tried her best to appear calm.
"I... I took a bath after that. Didn't you?"
"Asuna."
Asagiri looked around the area and spoke flatly.
"Your voice is too loud. What you said is too easily misunderstood."
Asuna then sensed the shocked expressions of several students nearby.
Only then did she realize how inappropriate her words had sounded.
Taking a bath after that… and she even asked if Asagiri also took a bath…
As if they had done something together that required a bath afterward.
"Um… let's walk a little faster."
Asuna's face turned bright red. She lowered her head, spoke softly, and quickened her pace toward the Shuchiin school building, with Asagiri following beside her.
Along the way, the two had no chance to talk about the dungeon. There were too many students around them.
Both of them understood well that their identity as Players could never be revealed.
"Let's talk during lunch break."
Hearing Asagiri's words, Asuna nodded, then walked into the Year 1 Class B classroom.
Asagiri entered the Year 1 Class A classroom next door. He walked in confidently, ignoring the curious gazes of the students already seated. He went straight to the window seat in the innermost corner, the seat often called the king's throne, pulled out the chair, and sat down.
The attention on him did not last long. A few minutes later, a noisy commotion came from the corridor, followed by complete silence.
In that silence, a beautiful girl wearing the Private Shuchiin Academy uniform, black knee socks, exquisite leather shoes, and long black straight hair stepped into the A Class classroom. She had a beautiful face, a slender figure, and an air that drew attention without effort.
All the students turned to look at her. But once they saw who she was, they immediately looked away, at the same time curious and intimidated.
Noticing their reactions, Kaguya Shinomiya's expression did not change. It was as if she had expected it long ago.
It had always been like this since childhood.
As the eldest daughter of the Shinomiya Family, she was like a beautiful yet chilling Japanese doll that made people unconsciously keep their distance.
She had moved up from Shuchiin Academy's junior high division. With a single glance, she recognized many familiar faces in the classroom. Some had even been her classmates before.
But… none of them came up to greet her.
Everyone avoided her gaze.
Just like junior high…
"Hmm?"
While thinking this, Kaguya noticed a boy sitting by the window looking at her. Unlike the others, his gaze was not concealed at all. Even when she looked back and met his eyes, he did not avert his gaze.
She had no memory of this handsome boy, meaning he had not come up from Shuchiin junior high.
Could it be…
He did not recognize her?
Kaguya considered this while maintaining the perfect etiquette of the Shinomiya Family's eldest daughter. She gave Asagiri a slight nod. There was no shyness or awkwardness, only the graceful composure she had been trained to uphold.
That was all.
As the eldest daughter of the Shinomiya Family, she would never take the initiative to greet a boy on the first day.
After Kaguya sat in the center of the classroom, Asagiri turned his head to look outside the window, thinking about only one thing.
Was Kaguya Shinomiya a Player?
He had to consider the possibility. Not only because her abilities were far beyond the standard of a normal slice of life character, with her genius intellect, forced calm thinking, and national competition level archery and swordsmanship, but also because…
She was his classmate.
If she was a Player, he would have to be cautious.
After obtaining Noguchi's phone in the dungeon and learning that ordinary people could become Players by tapping the eye icon three times, Asagiri had briefly considered whether to pull Kaguya into becoming a Player. With her abilities, she would be an incredible asset.
But that idea was abandoned immediately.
Making Kaguya his asset?
Impossible.
The current Kaguya was during her so-called Ice Kaguya period. Her mind was full of cold, absolute logic, manipulative instincts, and the kind of pride born from being the Shinomiya Family's eldest daughter. There was no way she would obediently follow him after becoming a Player.
Besides, he would never reveal his identity to someone he did not trust and barely knew.
So then…
Could Kaguya, like him and Asuna, have already been chosen as a Player?
Asagiri was unsure, because he remembered something important.
Kaguya… did not have her own smartphone.
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