Today is the flower festival. There are no classes at the school, and students are allowed to freely interact with each other on campus.
Everywhere, you can see female students smiling with flowers in their hands. After taking a stroll around campus with the flowers they received, many couples head out into the town.
The town must also be lively.
Nicole was about to head out to the lively town, but before that, she was stopped by a classmate.
"Wait, Nicole-sama. Are you planning to go to the town?"
Beside her was her fiancé, who was also holding a bouquet of flowers.
"That’s my intention, yes."
"An unmarried lady without flowers may be approached by unsavory characters. It’s dangerous."
It seems that she was worried about Nicole and spoke up.
"Thank you for your concern. But I’ll be fine. I’m used to walking alone."
Nicole proudly declared.
In fact, Nicole had become completely accustomed to being alone. She understood that it was dangerous to wander around aimlessly, and she knew which alleyways to avoid. As long as she stayed in places where people could see her, she would be mostly fine.
"Well, then, I’ll be going…"
Nicole tried to say goodbye to the still worried classmate and headed towards the school gate, but before that, a male student stood in her way.
"Hey, Nicole."
"Ah. The other day at the bookstore…"
"Yeah. You remembered me. So, which book did you end up buying?"
When the young aristocrat who had spoken to her when she was undecided about which book to buy asked her this, Nicole scratched her head shyly.
"Well…I actually found another book that caught my interest…so I ended up buying that one."
"I see. So, Nicole, where are you going alone without flowers?"
The young aristocrat smiled, but he blocked her way so she couldn’t escape. Nicole tilted her head and answered.
"I was thinking of taking a little walk around the town…"
"Then, you’re obviously going with Chaos, right? I’m sure he’s in the student council room. Shall we go together?"
Nicole shook her head.
"No. I don’t have any particular business with Chaos-sama."
When she firmly replied, the young aristocrat’s expression momentarily turned serious.
"But, isn’t he also preparing a bouquet?"
"Yes. I’ve told him that I don’t need flowers this year, so it’s okay. I’m sorry for having you prepare flowers for me."
The young aristocrat fell silent.
(Can I go now?)
Nicole tilted her head.
"Um, I…"
"Wait! Can you wait a moment! Please wait here! I’ll be back soon!"
For some reason, the young aristocrat hurriedly ran off down the hallway.
