Denial

Looking at the window, Ishigami misses the feeling of just looking at the window while thinking nothing about his life.

For others, only a week has passed, but for Ishigami, he spends a total of a month on the lost island.

Esdeath decided to train him every day by just throwing him into a den of tigers.

"…"

Yeah, that place is more like a den of tigers rather than an ant colony.

He didn't know how many times he died before he could kill some of the ants.

In just a month on Lost Island, he killed a total of five ants, while others escaped and others only got wounded.

This training is mediocre, but it is essential for his growth.

Still, he is weak, but compared to his past self, he became stronger 10 times.

The morning subjects end, and now it is lunch time.

He decided to go to the student council room to eat there.

However, before he could go there, Alice stopped him and asked if she could come with him.

He says yes, and she hugs him happily.

Ishigami smiled wrily as he felt the sharp gazes of the males in this class.

…

Inside the student council room, Shinomiya Kaguya, Fujiwara Chika, Ishigami Yu, and Nakiri Alice are eating their lunch box.

Based on their conversation, it seems that Shirogane Miyuki has something to do.

After giving their opinions about Shirogane's situation, their next topic is about the exam next month.

Today is the second month of his schooling, and Ishigami feels that it is longer than that.

Chewing her food, Alice wanted to feed Ishigami when suddenly Chika and Kaguya did the same.

A spoon and two chopsticks with food are now waiting to be fed by him.

He smiles wrily at this situation.

Ishigami is a hypocrite, but now he didn't reject it; instead, he decided to hug it.

With a decisive expression, he eats them one by one.

When they saw that he had eaten Alice's food, Chika and Kaguya felt sad and were about to put down their chopsticks.

However, before they could do that, Ishigami also ate the food on their chopsticks.

They feel happy at first since he didn't reject it, but after thinking about it again, they realize the second meaning of his action.

Suddenly, Kaguya remembered that Chika had decided to side with Alice with their harem plan.

Kaguya hates that idea, but day by day, she feels the temptation to accept it.

She shook her head.

No matter what happened, that kind of thing is wrong! — is something she thought to steel herself.

However, she is still so young and pure.

She might have 160 IQs like Hagimura Suzu, but with just a few sweet talks and some evidence, she will someday fall into Nakiri Alice's plot.

…

Inside the library.

A meeting happened in the teacher's faculty; all sections are self-study.

Rather than talking with others, Ishigami decided to go to the library.

As expected, it's still open, even without the librarian.

He sat on a seat and just slept.

Alice didn't go with him because she was talking with her classmate about their project.

The silence is very peaceful, and his sleep is so deep that he doesn't notice that someone opens the door.

A blonde-haired girl with a gyaru-styled uniform entered, and when she saw

Ishigami, she was suddenly stunned.

This girl is the one he saved recently, Hayasaka Ai.

Hayasaka curiously looks at his sleeping face.

She decided to sit across from him and watch his sleeping face.

For some reason, she didn't feel bored, but instead, she felt more entertained for the past 15 minutes.

Every reaction on his sleeping face makes her heart feel fluffy at this moment.

"…"

She couldn't look away from his face, so she poked it.

Another poke, then another poke.

For the fourth poke, she accidentally uses a lot of force, which makes Ishigami wake up.

After wiping his sleepiness, he is speechless when he sees Hayasaka.

Because of the haziness of his vision at this moment, he saw Hayasaka as an angel who came from heaven.

"Beautiful…"

He accidentally let out his thoughts.

Hearing him, Hayasaka blushed as she immediately walked out of the library.

'I love him! I love him! '

*smack

She suddenly slapped herself.

There were some people in the hallway who thought about what she was doing or if she was crazy—something similar to that.

However, Hayasaka doesn't care for them.

'NO! You need to erase this thought, Hayasaka Ai! Ishigami is your lady's important person. You need to stop this immediately.'

The voice in her mind is very serious and dedicated; however, when she remembers his sleeping face, she suddenly grins.

The other students who saw her immediately walked away, as they thought that she was being crazy right now.

(A/N: Lost Island: Invasion Arc End. Prologue of the Second Arc.)

(A/N: Hagimura Suzu from Setokai Yakuindomo. Not included in the story, just a reference.)