I thought there was not much information you could get from real women... but could it be that she's actually interested in me?
No, it's probably premature to jump to that conclusion just because our eyes met.
I'm pretty sure the tea ceremony club didn't have any activities today, so maybe I'll try something after school.
"What's wrong, God? Let's eat our lunch!"
"ah"
I took out the lunchbox my mother had packed for me this morning and opened the lid.
... That menu looks unfamiliar. Am I imagining things?
To begin with, they almost never pack me a lunch.
I picked it up with chopsticks and put it in my mouth.
"God, is it delicious?"
"Hmm? Well, it's pretty tasty."
"Hehe, actually, the princess made that bento box !! "
"What? Him?"
"He said that since he couldn't help directly, this was the least he could do to support us."
" I see... "
In that case, I'll gratefully accept it.
I didn't know he could cook.
And then after school.
I will try to contact Yoshino Asami and obtain information from her.
Let's see ... Maybe we'll just bump into each other a little while after we leave the school gate.
If we were any closer, there would be too many people. It's not that they can't be there, but it would probably be easier if they weren't.
"Are you sure that kind of haphazard plan is okay?"
"Heh, I'm the god of conquest, you know? I've got thousands of patterns for introducing after-school events!"
"Haa ... "
"Alright, let's go. We'll use invisibility and flight magic to track down our target."
"Okay!"
I followed Asami for a few minutes as she walked home alone.
I waited until the number of people around us decreased before giving Elsie instructions.
" ... It's about time. Elsie, get down there."
"I got it!"
The instruction Elsie gave was to a poorly lit intersection in the direction Asami was heading.
If they land in a blind spot and then reveal themselves, it would be a chance encounter for students on their way home from school.
After landing gently, it emerges from the transparent membrane and walks naturally.
If I show myself and get a reaction, that's good. If not, I'll have to take some kind of action ...
... Before I could try to wake them up, they called out to me first.
"Huh? Wait, is that Katsuragi-kun?"
"Hmm? Oh. You're ... Yoshino, aren't you?"
I uttered a prepared, appropriate reply.
"Yeah. Is Katsuragi-kun also going in this direction?"
"This way ... ? Oh no, if you're going home, it's in a different direction."
However, I have some business to attend to here today."
"That's right"
Hmm ... That's strange.
If the information that "she likes me" is true, then there should be some other kind of reaction ...
... No, actually, I can't read any emotion at all.
If I had to describe it, it was simply a "normal" reaction.
It's as if they're reading a carefully revised text aloud.
It looks like I need to investigate further.
"If you don't mind, can I go with you part of the way?"
When I said that, she thought for a moment,
"Okay."
That was my reply.
I thought I saw a slight smile at that moment, but I still couldn't read their emotions.
If I were to write down every single conversation we had on the way home from school, it would never end, so let me just give you the conclusion.
I couldn't get any information from Mami.
" ... Elsie, are you there?"
"Yes! What can I help you with?"
" ... Let's go home."
"Oh, yes."
No matter how I try to bring up a topic, ask a question, or even provoke them, I only get a normal reaction.
It felt like I was talking to a poorly designed AI girl.
... Surely that guy isn't a robot, is he? No, I doubt that's the case.