Chapter 445: [443] The Invitation
An entire week had passed, and Kojou had not returned to school.
Being defeated by August was one thing, but as the Fourth Primogenitor, to have his newly awakened Familiar defeated by a mere girl? It was a humiliation too great to bear.
The experience had left Kojou deeply shaken. The fact that Yukina Himeragi, a girl not only in the same grade but the same class as his sister, Nagisa, had bested him only made it worse.
And so, the Fourth Primogenitor, Kojou, had locked himself away, wallowing in isolation.
At Saikai Academy, the atmosphere in Natsuki Minamiya's office was anything but quiet. The spacious and well-furnished room, typically a haven of calm, felt crowded today. Natsuki herself, along with August, Yukina Himeragi, Sayaka Kirasaka, and Kanon Kanase, filled the room.
"August, just what are you planning?" Natsuki asked, her tone a mix of exasperation and suspicion.
"Hmm? Planning? Nothing in particular. Just having a bit of fun," August replied with a casual shrug. "The world is far too interesting to let it go to waste."
"Fun? Kojou hasn't left his house because of you. That's your idea of fun?"
"That guy? He's sulking over something like this?" August's smirk deepened, his tone laced with disappointment. "How pathetic."
To August, the immense power of the Fourth Primogenitor being wasted on someone like Kojou was nothing short of a tragedy.
But then again, August mused, Kojou had only ever been an ordinary high schooler before fate thrust the mantle of the Fourth Primogenitor upon him. Perhaps it wasn't surprising that he couldn't bear the weight.