As I thought, on the way back from the experiment, there was no conversation between me and Fitts-senpai.
I wanted to start a conversation and act like I always do, but what should I talk about?
I have a feeling that if I open my mouth, something like “let me see your boobs” will come out of it.
While I couldn’t think of any topic, we reached the women’s dormitory.
"......"
As we get closer, it looked like there was a disturbance.
I saw a crowd in front of the entrance.
"Did something happen?"
"...............N, ...Cho..., I have to take a look..."
Fitts-senpai said, and ran away quickly, she looked impatient.
She might have been feeling uncomfortable.
I'm waiting at the same spot.
After a while, Fitts-senpai came back, half running.
"What was it?"
“It seems that there has been a fight, un..., and they fought using magic, u..., and there are holes in the walkway and the ceiling, so the rooms on the top floor are unusable.”
It was awfully monotone.
So I took it that the one fighting would be Ariel.
She did not look like someone who would pick a fight, but maybe something happened.
“I see... that’s very troublesome.”
"Yeah, so you see, it seems Ariel-sama’s room is unusable, so since I was living in her room as a bodyguard and slept there. Ne..."
"Ho...?" [4]
This explanation smells fishy.
"Ariel-sama is staying in the house of one of the nobles in the city for tonight, but since that noble hates the Long-Ear race I am not allowed in the house, ne... "
"Ho...?"
Fitts-senpai is very bad at acting.
From her voice, that was like reading in monotone and the setting of this story, I wonder what she is hiding. No, wait, don’t have a room to stay in?
“So, it seems the guys in charge of fixing it will come in tomorrow, but I have no place to stay for tonight.”
“Oh, that’s not good, shall I go and fix it? Since it’s just fixing the holes, I have enough experience and should be able to do it.”
I try to propose like that.
In my adventurer days, I had fixed some roofs and walls so I have enough experience.
Make a brick with earth magic and assemble them using earth magic and mortar.
Since I know how to do it, I can at least fix Fitts-senpai’s room in an hour or so, not that I have any ulterior motives like wanting to look inside Fitts-senpai’s room.
"Ue~e...?"
Fitts-senpai’s face twitched.
“You see, un..., I mean..., the third floor needs to be repaired with anti-magic bricks, and they arrive tomorrow, so it can’t be done tonight.”
"Is that so?"
Did she... just make that up on the spot?
Yeah.
It’s weird for anti-magic brick to be broken with magic.
It sounds like a joke.
Rather, after I asked how that happened, he came up with the excuse “The anti-magic bricks were probably weakened by rain”.
I am too sharp today.
"And there is no way they would let a boy stay in the girls' dormitory, right?"
"It is... right."
I don’t know what to think about this, but let's shelve it as there are circumstances.
For now, let’s say it would be troublesome for me to enter the girls' dormitory.
"Well, you see..., Ru..., Rudeus-kun is living in his room alone, right?"
"Yeah."
A probing gaze.
What answer would be correct for this question?
“Now that it’s like this, would you like to stay in my room? The bed above me is always empty anyways.”
Since we are pretending Fitts-senpai is a boy, I’ll treat her as a boy.
So, I propose this suggestion considering that fact.
A Kouhai has his Senpai stay over in his room. It was something like that.
There's no ulterior motive in any way.
Like attacking her in her sleep, nothing erotic like that.
However, it will only be to the degree of smelling the blanket Fitts-senpai has used tonight.
But, I am sure Fitts-senpai will refuse. Staying in a boy’s room is probably bad, no matter how you think about it.
Well, lending my room to Fitts-senpai and me staying in Zanoba’s room would be the best option.
Her scent will still remain.
"It's ok!? Really...? Then I’ll be in your care for a night!"
Contrary to my expectations, Fitts-senpai agreed with a happy face.
Huh?
I am puzzled.
Immediately after, I realized.
It’s monitoring.
Tonight, Fitts-senpai is going to keep an eye on me.
It’s possible that something else besides the event yesterday happened to Ariel-hime and I am being treated as a suspect.
So, in order to stop me from doing anything, they have Fitts-senpai keep an eye on me.
That kind of arrangement is possible as well.
Thinking about it, that might be the reason that she came to help with Nanahoshi’s experiment on a day she usually would not.
If I think like that.
Though I don’t know what happened to Ariel-hime, letting them watch me for tonight to be sure shouldn't a problem.
"Well, I'd better fetch a change of clothes and a pillow."
While saying that, Fitts-senpai went back into the dorm.
............My room, wasn’t messy, right?