Kyosuke Kamishiro

“My father won’t be home today. However, my mother will return later, so you can greet her then.”

Her family was different from Kawanami’s and Minami’s. The way she’d phrased that implied that it wasn’t normal for her dad to be out of the house, whereas with those two, it was an everyday thing.

“You needn’t be shy,” she added, gesturing for me to enter her room.

Exactly as I’d imagined, her bookcase was crammed with light novels, and whatever didn’t fit there was messily strewn about her bed and desk. There was even a pile of books on her floor. Unsurprisingly, there were also school papers and socks all over the place. Yep, this sure is Higashira’s room. I saw a clean enough spot on the floor, so I sat down.