Awaited Shinomiya Kaguya

"It's okay."

After careful consideration, Ichika responded with a smile.

"This grouping makes a lot of sense."

Just looking at the distribution, there was nothing wrong with Fumino at all.

The others also had no objections to this.

After everyone agreed, Nino took the initiative to ask Chika's opinion: "Fujiwara-san, would you and Itsuki be okay in the same group?"

She was particularly concerned because Chika didn't know them too well, so she was hesitant to express her dissatisfaction with this group.

"It's fine, I'm also willing to go to the festival with Itsuki-san."

Chika said nonchalantly.

"That's great."

Receiving that answer, Nino felt more relieved.

The reason she paired Chika and Itsuki was because she had just said she wanted to eat all the delicious foods at the festival food stalls.

Among them, only Itsuki could do that.

Therefore, pairing Itsuki with Chika was very suitable.

Moreover, they were in the same class and had a good relationship, so they wouldn't be too awkward if they got along.

Itsuki thought for a moment and then asked, "So, Fujiwara-san, do you and Shinomiya-san want to watch the fireworks with us?"

"Nino reserved the shop's roof so we could watch the fireworks together."

"Is that possible?"

Chika's eyes sparkled.

She didn't think about it at all; all she thought about was hanging out at the festival with Kaguya.

"Of course, it's not a big deal." Nino agreed casually.

After all, there were already many people who would watch the fireworks together, and there would be no problem for the two of them.

"Thank you."

Chika thanked her.

"It's okay."

After saying that, Nino remembered something important and took out phone: "By the way, I'll send you the location and the name of the shop. Just in case everyone gets tired of wandering around the festival, it's easier to just go there and rest."

Just saying it like this, and they might forget it if they wandered around for a while, so sending it via SMS was the safest way.

"Okay." Everyone replied.

"Fujiwara-san, I don't have your email address. Let's exchange contact information." Nino said to Chika.

Ichika took advantage of the situation and said, "Let's exchange too. It's not easy to get an opportunity like this."

"Let's exchange with each other."

As a result, they started exchanging contact information with each other, but Ren didn't participate because they already had all his contact information.

"Alright, I've sent it to you. Check if you've received it."

After exchanging contact information, Nino sent a group email to them via email.

Of course, Rizu didn't miss out either.

"Not received." Fumino shook her head.

"Me neither." Itsuki said.

After waiting for a while, seeing no new email in her phone's inbox, Yotsuba thought of a possibility: "No, Nino, did you send the message to the wrong person?"

"How could I make a mistake? I wouldn't make such a low-level mistake."

As they said this, Nino reconfirmed the delivery status of the email with a guilty feeling.

Then she found the problem.

"Failed to send? What happened?"

Ichika, who was next to her, approached and pointed to the signal network on Nino's phone: "There must be a signal problem. There are too many people attending the festival, causing poor signal."

Because they had just exchanged email addresses, not LINE, so even if there was no signal, the exchange could still be successful.

This problem wasn't discovered now.

"How could this happen? I slipped up at a critical moment."

Nino said with a headache.

"I received it."

Asumi suddenly spoke up.

Ren followed up, saying, "I received it too."

"Sure enough, it's a signal problem. Nino, please try again."

"That's all that can be done."

Nino sighed and sent the email again.

"The signal is so bad, I can't even log in to Twitter." Chika complained, "I still want to share the food I'll eat later."

"There are so many people today, more people than in previous years' fireworks shows."

Miku adjusted her headband position and whispered.

She wasn't used to crowded places like this.

"Has everyone received the email now?"

Seeing the successful sent message displayed on her phone, Nino confirmed with them again.

"Received."

Several people who hadn't received it before replied.

"Now it's finally possible."

Nino breathed a sigh of relief.

"But the signal is really bad now. If we wait until later, the phones won't have any signal at all."

"It's okay. After all, today we're here to participate in the fireworks show, not to play with our phones." Ichika reassured, "No matter how bad the signal is, it won't have much impact on us."

"It seems so."

Thinking about this, Yotsuba's worries disappeared.

"How about setting the meeting time at 8 p.m.? The location is on the roof of the shop I just sent you." Nino asked the most urgent question.

"Great!"

Ichika added, "Actually, the time doesn't have to be too specific, as long as you arrive before the fireworks start at 8:30, it's okay if you're late."

"It's okay to do what Ichika says."

Then, Nino announced the dispersal: "Well, let's split up according to our groups."

After she finished speaking, they dispersed into their respective groups, leaving Ren alone here.

"Let's start walking."

Seeing them disappear into the crowd, Ren randomly chose a direction and merged with the crowd.

❀❀❀

At the same time, Shinomiya Residence.

"Kaguya-sama, it's time for us to leave."

Hayasaka, dressed in a maid outfit, reminded Kaguya, who was sitting on the bed and had changed into a yukata earlier.

"Um."

After checking the time, Kaguya stood up eagerly and followed Hayasaka to the door.

The chauffeur had already been instructed, and now all she had to do was to go out and arrive at the fireworks show.

"I'm really looking forward to it. It's my first time attending a fireworks show."

Kaguya shared her current mood with Hayasaka with a smile on her face.

"Yes." Hayasaka nodded.

"Not possible."

When they arrived at the front gate, before they could say anything, the household servant of the family said so.