‘Hey, hey, what’s with this sudden character assassination!?’

But… it even seemed reasonable on the surface. Seiji found it difficult to counter Hitaka’s statement.

Being so affectionate with a beautiful girl who he was still unfamiliar with… This indeed seemed like…

‘No, I’m not!’ he denied vehemently. ‘Perverts… have dirty minds! Mine is pure!!’

Hitaka regarded him coolly.

Seiji looked back at her, his expression calm.

Inwardly, however, Seiji was having a mental collapse.

"I still don’t quite understand." If this was a manga, there would surely be a series of question marks above the red-haired girl’s head.

"Then please don’t follow this line of thought anymore, and ignore it," Seiji begged sincerely.

"Alright."

"Thank you."

After a puzzling silence.

"What should we do now?" Seiji asked seriously, forcing himself to forget the little awkward episode.

Somehow, taking Shika Kagura to a hospital and returning home didn’t seem like a good idea.

"We’ll take her back to Mila