-1148- What's going on!?

For Rozen, it's impossible to know what's about to happen.

Even if he's smart, Rozen can't predict the future or know what's happening in a distant direction.

However, Rozen is very interested in the girl standing at the Keystone gate, meeting his gaze.

(Who could that be?)

Rozen has been thinking about this, even as he gets off the tram and heads towards school.

So much so that Rozen can hardly see anything else along the way, completely absorbed in his thoughts.

Until...

"Senpai...? Senpai...? Hey, Senpai!"

A voice breaks into Rozen's ears, finally waking him up.

"What were you thinking? Senpai!"

Yukina walks beside Rozen, staring straight at him, her pretty eyebrows furrowed in dissatisfaction.

And rightfully so.

"You haven't been paying attention to what I've been saying since earlier. Am I that boring?"

Yukina stares at Rozen, questioning him.

"Sorry, sorry, I was just thinking about something."

Rozen chuckles slightly and apologizes to Yukina.

But Yukina is not appeased; instead, she stares at Rozen even more intently.

"Senpai, you're not thinking about anything dangerous, are you?"

Yukina makes this statement quite seriously.

"Dangerous things?" Rozen is somewhat surprised: "Why would you say that?"

"A feeling." Yukina says straightforwardly: "After all, Senpai's head is very clever, I've experienced it many times. If Senpai is so absorbed in thought, it must be something significant."

Yukina's confident words make Rozen somewhat amused.

But just as Yukina said, from the first time they met until now, this cute observer has witnessed Rozen inadvertently deduce many secrets and expose them, including the time when Rozen saw through Yukina's identity when they first met.

Coupled with Rozen's top grades at school and his extraordinary knowledge of magic, he probably has memorized all the magical knowledge of the Lion King Agency recorded in "No.282" by now. Would Rozen, so absent-mindedly thinking about something, be ordinary?

That's what Yukina thinks.

"Does Senpai find another illegal magical criminal? Or have you deduced ongoing human experiments on Itogami Island again? Could it be true that you've found traces of invaders from another world, just like what you said earlier?"

Yukina talks incessantly, like a child with paranoid delusions.

This makes Rozen feel a little dazed. Watching Yukina's expression become more and more serious and earnest, it seems she really starts to believe in her own wild imagination. Rozen quickly speaks up.

"What do you take me for? A monster detective?" Rozen says extremely unkindly: "I'm just interested in someone I saw on the train."

"Someone... Senpai's interested in?" Yukina is suddenly taken aback.

Seeing Yukina like this, Rozen hesitates for a moment, then speaks to her.

"Did you notice when we were on the train just now..."

Before Rozen could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by a sudden turn of events.

"He's here!"

"Minamiya-senpai is here!"

"Minamiya-sama!"

"Minamiya-kun!"

When such cheers and applause erupt from ahead and reach Rozen and Yukina's ears, their conversation is interrupted.

Only then do they realize that they have arrived at the gate of Saikai Academy.

And there, a large group of students is gathered, forming a crowd.

The scene is like the entire school, both teachers and students, are mobilized to welcome an extremely important guest, causing quite a stir.

"What... what's going on?" Yukina is very easily frightened.

As for Rozen, he finally remembers something important.

"Oh no, I forgot."

Rozen's face changes.

"Quick! Himeragi! You go first!"

At that moment, Rozen doesn't hesitate at all, he just pushes Yukina aside.

"Senpai...!?"

Yukina didn't even have time to react. Being pushed away by Rozen like this, she is separated from him.

And then... Yukina can't get close to Rozen anymore.

The reason is simple.

"Minamiya-senpai!"

"Minamiya-sama!"

"Minamiya-kun!"

The students gathered at the school gate all surge forward, swallowing Rozen up in an instant.

Immediately, many students start chattering.

"Excuse me, do you have any plans for the Harurouin Festival?"

"If not, would you like to go shopping with me?"

"I know a new store!"

"I also found a very nice restaurant!"

"If you don't have plans, can you go shopping with us?"

""Please come with us!""

These are invitations from female students of various grades, and each one is shining with excitement, very eager, and exudes extraordinary enthusiasm.

But the crowd around Rozen is not only composed of girls.

"Such a lively festival, it's a waste to just go shopping, isn't it?"

"Yes! Why not come and work with us!"

"Our club is planning to set up an outdoor cafe, and we don't have enough staff. Can you help us, Minamiya!"

"Of course, we'll pay you well, three times the salary of a regular employee, and it's guaranteed!"

"Or do you want to come to our booth as a frontliner? I can offer you the best treatment!"

"Right, right, there's also a beauty pageant during the festival, and we've specially prepared a judge's seat for you!"

"Come with us!"

""Please come with us!""

These are invitations from male students, and each one is breathing heavily, sweating profusely, and looks like they're going to do whatever it takes to successfully invite Rozen.

A large group of people pushed and shoved, shouting loudly.

"What... what's going on!?"

Yukina, who was pushed to the side and narrowly avoided being swept away, looked at the incredibly chaotic scene in front of her with a bewildered expression.

A voice responded to Yukina's confusion.

"That's just what happens every year during the Harurouin Festival."

A sighing voice came from behind Yukina.

"You are..."

Yukina turned around to see who was speaking, and when she saw the person standing behind her, she was somewhat taken aback.

It was a girl dressed in a specially modified uniform, with a gorgeous hairstyle and a stylish appearance.

"I'm Aiba Asagi, you could say I'm that guy's close friend."

Asagi introduced herself with a mischievous smile, but her eyes were constantly assessing Yukina, indicating that she didn't just come over to chat casually but specifically noticed Yukina's presence here.

"Asagi-senpai..."

Yukina certainly knew Asagi.

Not only because Asagi was one of Rozen's closest friends, but also because at Saikai Academy, Asagi was also a celebrity.

However, Asagi didn't seem to have that awareness at all. She looked at the noisy crowd in front of her and spoke.

"Every year during the Harurouin Festival, everyone at school goes crazy trying to get Nichiyo."

Asagi slowly explained the reason why Rozen had been sighing ever since the Harurouin Festival began.