-1081- Eliminate?

The next day, Rozen embarked on his way to school alone.

This wasn't particularly unusual.

Nagisa, being a cheerleader, often had to leave early for club training, so she didn't always go to school with Rozen and the others.

Kojou had already quit the basketball club, but due to the insistence of his former clubmates, he had become a coaching assistant for the basketball club during this period after the summer vacation, pushing the club members hard to achieve impressive results at this year's tournament.

As for Avrora, she hadn't joined any clubs due to her personality, but because of her good relationship with Nagisa, she usually accompanied her when Nagisa left early in the morning.

So, Rozen sometimes found himself going to school alone, which wasn't unusual.

Of course, Rozen often had company on his way to school, like Kojou and the others, who would ride with him in the dedicated car. Today, however, he happened to be alone, so he prepared to head out on his own.

Unfortunately, Rozen was destined not to be alone.

"Good morning, senpai."

As Rozen walked out of the apartment gate, preparing to board the luxurious limousine parked not far away, a girl who had been waiting there for some time greeted him with a guitar case on her back.

"Himeragi?"

Rozen was slightly surprised.

"Yes, senpai." Yukina responded respectfully, greeting him again. "Good morning."

"Good morning..." Rozen responded instinctively, then realized and asked, "What are you doing here?"

"It's because I'm your observer, senpai."

In other words, Yukina had been waiting there early in the morning to monitor Rozen's movements?

"Are you planning to go to school with me?" Rozen found it somewhat unbelievable.

"Is there a problem?" Yukina seemed surprised, as if asking, "Why would you question something so natural?"

It seemed that in this girl's mind, accompanying Rozen was part of the monitoring process.

That couldn't be considered wrong.

Even though there were shikigami monitoring nearby, Yukina couldn't perform large-scale spatial magic. If something happened, she would still need to rush to Rozen's side, so it was only natural to monitor him closely.

However...

"I don't mind." Rozen scratched his cheek and said, "But aren't you afraid of causing another commotion like yesterday?"

"Ah..." Yukina seemed to have just remembered this, feeling somewhat dumbfounded.

It wasn't until this moment that Yukina recalled that yesterday, because Rozen had accepted her invitation, the entire Saikai Academy had been in an uproar, with all the students and teachers involved.

In this situation, seeing Rozen and Yukina going to school together would surely cause an even more serious disturbance in the school.

This made Yukina somewhat troubled.

If possible, Yukina didn't want to attract so much attention.

"Why didn't Akatsuki-san and Florestina-san encounter such a problem?" Yukina asked in puzzlement.

If talking about going to school together, Nagisa and Avrora had also done it with Rozen, and they often played together after school. Why didn't they cause a commotion?

Yukina was very puzzled.

"That's because they've always gone to school with me." Rozen explained.

"If it's just one person with me, it will definitely attract attention. But if it's two people together, others will just think they're like any other girls who admire me, with no particularly intimate relationship with me. Besides, Nagisa has a good personality and is well-liked, while Avrora is too timid. No one thinks they have a special relationship with me."

This was the impression they had given others through their interactions over the three years of junior high school.

Even though Avrora had been enrolled for several months and had always stayed close to Rozen, with such a large group of people around, no one naturally thought anything of it.

But if it were just Rozen and a girl going to school together, it would be different.

"At that time, it will definitely be misunderstood, and rumors from yesterday might be confirmed, like 'they confirmed their relationship on the way to the date, so they're going to school together today.'" Rozen explained.

Once it became like that, Yukina's junior high school life at Saikai Academy would be spent amidst uproar and speculation.

"That... would trouble me a lot..." Yukina suddenly felt conflicted.

On one hand, she had a duty to monitor Rozen nearby.

On the other hand, she didn't want to cause too much commotion at school.

Choosing between the two, there's actually no need to hesitate.

Compared to the mission, school matters take precedence, and this is the natural choice to make.

"If it comes down to it, then I will accept it gracefully." Yukina could only resolve herself and said, "I am your observer, senpai. If anything tries to hinder me from carrying out my duty, no matter what kind of enemy it is, I will eliminate it."

Upon hearing this, Rozen immediately retorted.

"Don't treat our classmates as enemies."

Rozen lightly tapped Yukina's head.

"Ouch...!"

Yukina winced and recoiled, covering her forehead.

"No choice."

Seeing this, Rozen sighed softly.

Since he had already agreed to give her the opportunity to monitor him, he would provide some convenience in return.

"I'll have to resort to unconventional methods."

Rozen made up his mind.

...

Itogami City, Southern District, Saikai Academy.

Students wearing uniforms chatted and laughed as they entered the school gate, presenting a lively scene.

In the midst of this scene, Rozen and Yukina were also present.

However, not a single student noticed Rozen and Yukina, as if they were completely ignoring them, continuing to chat and laugh with each other.

Seeing this scene, Yukina almost seemed to have a realization and spoke up.

"Could this be suggestive magic?"

Yukina saw through Rozen's actions.

"Yes, that's right." Rozen didn't hide it either and smiled. "This is a kind of magic that works on people's unconscious minds, a psychological suggestion. Right now, in the eyes of others, we're probably just ordinary students going to school together, and everyone subconsciously ignores our existence."

This kind of magic wasn't difficult, and it could even be said to be very simple.

"It's ineffective against mages, of course, but it's very effective against ordinary people. I often do this when I don't want to be bothered, so no one notices us or makes a fuss."

Saying that, Rozen, with Yukina in tow, entered the school building and arrived at the shoe lockers to change into indoor shoes.

Rozen then casually opened his shoe locker.

The next moment, something stuffed inside surged out all at once.