
"mrs ... Karuizawa-san, I'm sure I called you a while ago to tell you about the lunch cancellation, but ..."
Hirata stumbled on his words. Karuizawa and her friends pulled another table, joining our table while Karuizawa quickly pushed me out of the group. Lunch suddenly became a bit noisy and I, of course, had problems socializing. But I don't have to worry. I'm used to situations like this. In this case I need to use my special skillski ‘Quick escape from the location’
I took the food and quietly left. My eyes met Hirata for a while, but before long he was surrounded by Karuizawa and the other women and I could no longer see him. I guess that's one of the disadvantages of making too many friends. You lose the time you can spend on yourself by sacrificing it to others. Even if Hirata has a personal matter that needs to be consulted with someone, I'm sure he can't ask Karuizawa for advice so that he should remain quiet inside the house.
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After leaving Hirata and Karuizawa, I decided to return to my room because there was no one to go to or talk to. I use the stairs instead of the elevator to get back
down the ship to the third floor where my room is. There were water droplets in the corridor, I noticed. Not just my room but those droplets stretched along the corridor. I walked along the droplets, followed them and saw a man walking gracefully through the corridor wearing nothing but a swimming pool. The entire upper body was naked.
"Sir, it's a problem for us to walk down the corridor when you're wet!" One of the staff who saw the emergency situation, rushed down to talk to the man. The staff had already brought a towel in his hands, as if he had always brought it to this kind of situation.
"Ha Ha Ha, it looks like you've found me" said the person.
"Yes, sir this is the fourth time I've found you like this. I've said it many times already, but please dry your body before returning to the ship. M-doing something like this would be very troublesome for the other guests" So, this was the reason why the staff had prepared the towel first, he had already seen this happen many times before.
"I made it a principle to never dry my body" Kouenji said as drops of water trickled down from all over his body. But then he stopped walking.
"Do you happen to have a pen and paper?"
"Huh?.. uh I have a notebook and a pen" The staff quickly replies without understanding exactly where he's going at the moment while awkwardly picking up his pen and notebook
"Do you know why a celebrity's signature can suddenly have a premium, sometimes worth tens of millions overseas?"
"And ... why?" As soon as he finished writing something in the notebook with the pen, Kouenji quickly handed it back to the staff. It was so far away that I could not see properly but it seemed like he had written his name 'Kouenji Rokusuke' in the notebook.
"What's this?" ask the staff gently.
"Is this not clear? This is a signature. Signature. Although it was written with such a cheap book, in the future it will definitely be worth it, I will give this to you as a gift. Accept it gratefully" Looks like Kouenji isn't a bad guy, he signs his staff with
hope would be useful to him as a means to express his gratitude.
But somehow I doubted what it would be so useful to the staff, most likely it was just a waste of valuable paper and ink.
"Don't make me look stupid, I'm the one who will bring the future of Japan on the back of the future. As a thank you for helping me, I will allow you to work on a much larger luxury ship. One big enough to make this one look like an ordinary ship, "
Personally I think I'd rather not have a ship that's too big and take risks like the sinking Titanic. However, Kouenji laughed out loud. The staff seemed to have lost its determination to stop this man and just stared at the now wet floor dejectedly. Rumor has it that his classmates actively avoided Kouenji because of his selfish personality. It seems like some of my own classmates have already experienced what this male staff has just experienced.
I'm sure if it was Hirata, he would definitely call Kouenji even if he was removed like that staff now. But the man named Kouenji is like poison, and those who interact with him, friends or enemies will suffer because of it. In order to avoid such trouble, I simply and quietly passed them both.
"Oh, isn't that Ayanokoji? Incidentally"Without allegedly hearing my name being called like that, I turned back to look at the man's staff happily smiling that the target of Kouenji's wish had switched from him to me as if saying that 'I'm finally free' to me. Indeed, Kouenji seems to belong to an alien species that ruthlessly devours all the native species in the river.
"No, no, no, I just called you as a classmate. Anyway, you did happen to be my roommate" Then she rubbed her hair and was almost like a shotgun, water droplets flying from
her hair and landed on my face and uniform. Of course, Kouenji seemed to be so happy inside
herself so that she didn't even realize my predicament.
"Then, I'm sorry" The male staff who had previously watched this spectacle straightened out, quickly said and walked away, clearly unwilling to get involved again in the matter. Of course, I
nor did he want to be alone with Kouenji in this kind of situation.
"What are you talking about with Kouenji?" For a moment, the man's staff seemed to be a little angry at refusing the opportunity to break away from Kouenji but obediently answered me.
"It looks like he's wet, so I think he should be accompanied by a towel. But I seem to bother you both, I'm sorry"
"So, so he's trying to take care of me?"
"Y-yes, it seems like it" I quickly told him in response. Somehow how I feel
managed to escape from Kouenji and managed to return to my room.
"Fix, it's a coincidence. Meet Kouenji on the way back here"
Even so, even if it feels uncomfortable, I guess it will still happen somehow given the lack of overcrowded space on this ship together. Wanting to avoid another awkward encounter, I instead chose to turn right instead of left and chose to return to my room at another time. Hirata and Yukimura who also shared the same room as me, must be back soon.
I had already gone to the nearest guide board whose map was clearly drawn to depict the various escape routes in case of an emergency. As I walked leisurely through the corridor on the second floor, it seemed like there were currently not many disciples here. Then the phone in my pocket vibrated. I took it out to see that I had a message. A woman has contacted me. Since there was nothing better to do, I decided to accept and headed out to meet him.
"Hah .. hah .. hah" As I approached the woman who sent me the message, Sakura, I could hear ******** anxious out of her mouth.
"What's wrong?"
"Yeah ... A-Ayanokouji-kun?" It seems like I've surprised Sakura, as she quickly panicked and called my name in a surprised voice.
"I'm sorry for surprising you"
"T-no. I-I'm just a little nervous". If he gets nervous when he meets a friend like me, his life must be very difficult, I think.
"Ayanokouji-kun, your roommates are Hirata-kun, Yukimura-kun and Kouenji-kun .. right?”
"Yes, is there something important?" I was surprised to hear him ask such a thing.
"Umm... about that. I was a little worried about the people who divided my room with ..." He bowed. It seems Sakura is not familiar with her roommate, as she has never socialized in the first place. By looking at her worried expression, I was able to understand the severity of the problem.
Oi......
this kmn