Chapter 150: Observation Subjects on a Fixed Trajectory

"If it's studying, I do have some confidence in that."

Kaguya Sigong showed a rare moment of confidence.

She rarely bragged about her own abilities, but when it came to studying, she genuinely had quite a bit of experience.

"When the time comes and it's needed, I'll trouble you then, Sigong-san."

"Mm, don't mention it."

In the past she wasn't good at it, and now she still wasn't good at it.

When it came to studying, she really was no good at all.

"Amamiya-sama, what is it that we should be doing now?"

"Right now?"

Ren Amamiya thought briefly, then shook his head slightly.

"There's nothing we need to deliberately do."

"The world we live in isn't a story with a fixed script."

"If our script had already been fixed, then we wouldn't have gathered here."

He spread his hand open toward Kaguya Sigong.

"Sigong-san's reactions and behavior really aren't that of a love-struck fool at all."

"Her actions and approach are quite rational."

"We aren't pioneers, and we aren't creators either."

"What we are right now is observers."

"By observing this world, we come to know more things."

"From Story 437 we understand this world better, and then little by little walk toward the path we've chosen."

"This is what we should be doing now."

At this point, Ren Amamiya smiled.

"Mm, that does sound rather nice put that way."

"But to put it bluntly, we don't have any plan at all — we've just chosen to take it one step at a time and see how things go."

"Oh~ Just like Nagi usually is."

Nagi Sanzenin's face twitched, and she looked at Ichitō speechlessly.

The others were on the verge of bursting out laughing.

They all already knew about Nagi Sanzenin's homebody nature.

Living each day as it comes — wasn't that exactly the same as Nagi Sanzenin's daily life?

Maria, standing at the back, covered the smile on her lips.

"Mr. Amamiya, who do you think we should be observing right now?"

"That question is actually quite simple."

"As long as we keep a close eye on Kudō, I'm sure there'll be things worth observing."

"The diary is just like that."

"Recording the stories we see and experience each day."

"I think it probably exists because it hopes to record even more stories."

Maria thought for a moment, then nodded slightly.

No one knew exactly why the mysterious diary existed.

But clearly, the meaning of its existence was to record Mr. Amamiya's daily life.

The more one participated in weighty stories, the greater the benefits behind them.

But likewise, it wasn't recording the events that happened within the stories.

Rather, the record centered on Ren Amamiya.

Not other people's stories, but the stories that Ren Amamiya experienced.

"Mr. Amamiya, then wouldn't the diary rather want to record your story?"

"Mine?"

Ren Amamiya fell silent for a moment, unable to rule out such statements.

"Indeed, the likelihood of such statements is quite high."

"If that's the case, then this diary really does want me to get out of the house."

To tell the truth, he actually didn't much like going out and about.

He was also the sort of person who was fairly homebound.

But if the diary truly did have such a meaning to its existence, then he'd really have to get out and about more often from now on.

After all, what was being recorded was his life.

But was there any need to record a life that never changed?

Ren Amamiya took out the diary and gently tapped it against his own head.

"Are you my mother?"

For now, there was no need to think so much about his own affairs.

After all, as someone who stayed home year-round and never went out on his own initiative, he still needed to consider how interesting the stories could be.

Another reason, of course, was that staying home meant there was no way to let the others take part.

So, until his own story could shift away from being at home, he still needed to first turn the others' stories into the subject of observation.

"If it's Shinichi, then how about I go keep an eye on him?"