I am a teacher at a girls' school in Tokyo

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"As a result, Mr. Hirakawa also knew about what happened in the third semester."

"...Yeah." Tetsufumi Hirakawa nodded slowly.

"They said they respected my wishes, but in fact they contacted the club's instructor again, hoping that I would 'voluntarily' give up wind music."

"But fortunately——"

Miss Shinohara glanced at him and smiled quietly.

"Shiori has met an extremely outstanding teacher this time. What do you think, Mr. Hirakawa?"

"..." Hirakawa Tetsufumi turned his face away a little embarrassedly, "Ah... this, probably."

Shinohara Shiori was still smiling, and in the hazy night, the smile on the girl's face seemed quite bright.

After stopping, she slowly resumed the topic.

"Actually, I don't have much complaints about my junior high school instructor."

"For an ordinary teacher, the Shinohara family is not someone I can easily disobey."

"Rather, what she did was perfectly normal. Even if it wasn't her, there would have been someone else."

"But, this is 'normal', so you can imagine what Shiori was thinking when she heard that a certain teacher said that he would convey my wishes for me."

"...What's the idea?" Out of curiosity, Tetsufumi Hirakawa turned around and asked.

As he looked at her, the girl in the yukata smiled foolishly on her fair face.

"Shiori wondered who he thought he was and what right he had to say that. This young teacher was a bit dumb."

"...Really?" Tetsufumi Hirakawa opened his mouth, unable to believe it.

"I was just kidding." Shinohara Shiori suddenly stopped smiling, only the corners of her mouth were slightly raised, and she looked straight into his eyes seriously.

"In fact, from the moment she heard the words of willingness to convey her wishes to Shiori, Shiori knew that the person in front of her was a very outstanding teacher."

"..." The momentary seriousness made Hirakawa Tetsufumi feel embarrassed again.

But at this time, Shinohara Shiori suddenly changed the subject.

"Teacher Hirakawa, how much do you know about Shiori's mother?"

"..." Hirakawa Tetsufumi came back to his senses, "This..."

However, the girl didn't really ask him to answer, she just used it as a way to expand the topic.

She answered the question herself.

"Shiori's mother is a very controlling person."

"She likes everything to go according to plan and is quite averse to things that are not planned."

"That's why she was so unhappy with me for deciding to join the wind band without her consent."

"That was the first time I went against her will and was briefly out of her control - because of that, she has always wanted Shiori to give up playing the wind instrument."

"and--"

Shinohara Shiori raised her hand, revealing her slender wrist from the sleeves of her yukata, and she smoothed her hair.

"She doesn't think Shiori is an independent person, I know that."

"..."

"I am the eldest daughter of the Shinohara family, the only heir, and her daughter. In her eyes, this is my identity, except that I am not an independent individual."

"So in my mother's eyes, my opinion is not worth her consideration."

"I am her extension. I only need to carry out her will, follow her plans, and be her puppet."

"The so-called superficial respect is only because of my identity. I am her daughter and heir, so I need respect."

"When my personality developed its own ideas, she became unhappy with it."

"..."

"Is it right?"

Shinohara Shiori seemed to be asking for his opinion.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa opened his mouth and closed it again.

“I knew that at the time.”

“And in everyday life, I’ve never been able to get away with that.”

"I've said it before, the identity of the eldest daughter of the Shinohara family is not a burden. If I have any thoughts of wanting to get rid of this identity, it seems a bit too ungrateful."

"Besides, growing up in such a privileged environment and then wanting to get rid of it completely is obviously not a good idea."

"I know clearly what I own and what I bear."

"Shiori is just being willful when she says she won't inherit the family business and wants to study music. I just want to play wind music as a hobby in my spare time."

"If you want to open a window, it's better to start by saying you want to take down the roof."

"..."

Shinohara Shiori laughed self-willedly. Regarding this little joke, Hirakawa Tetsufumi was a little...unsure of what to say.

A willful eldest daughter is naturally willful, but that doesn’t mean she is unreasonable.

After the young lady finished laughing, she returned to the topic.

"Shiori cannot escape her status as the heir of the Shinohara family. As long as I am in this status, I am doomed to be unable to escape my mother's control."

"At least on the surface, my mother did respect my wishes."

"This is probably what you have to bear as a noble family."

"therefore--"

Shinohara Shiori paused slightly when she said this.

Eyes penetrated the night.

"What's wrong?" Hirakawa Tetsufumi looked at her and asked.

The cherry red yukata brings out the fairness of her skin. In the night, the girl is so charming, and her eyes suddenly flash with some unknown emotion.

The atmosphere changed, and the girl's speech slowed down and became lighter.

"So when the teacher tried to persuade Shiori's mother by saying that he knew it was impossible, Shiori hoped that he would succeed. However, in fact, Shiori did not have much hope at that time."

"It's impossible no matter how you think about it."

"As a result, it was totally unexpected."

"In the hallway of her home, Shiori squatted on the ground, waiting for the almost hopeless outcome."

"Then, the teacher came out and told me - now, Shinohara-san just needs to go into the reception room and tell your mother your wishes."

The girl laughed softly, as if she was laughing at the incredulity of such remarks.

"He also said, please trust him, because it's an agreement."

"Who knows about the promises. Mother also promised Shiori many things, but they were only on the surface."

"..."

As the girl's narration calmed down, the scene of that time emerged in Hirakawa Tetsufumi's mind.

"At that time, Shinohara-san was squatting on the ground with red eyes from crying, like a rabbit."

"...Rabbit?" Miss Shinohara shuddered when she heard this, then smiled slightly, "A rabbit is fine too. Isn't Shiori, who looks like a rabbit, cute?"

With a smile in his eyes.

However, without waiting for his answer, Shinohara Shiori continued speaking.

"Anyway, it was under such circumstances that Shiori walked back into the living room."

“There was little expectation and little belief that it could succeed.”

"However--"

"When Shiori said that she wanted to stay in the wind band and practice wind music, Shiori's mother nodded."

"She didn't say that she respected Shiori's wishes, but she said that she would no longer interfere in the affairs of Shiori's wind orchestra."

"Teacher Hirakawa, can you imagine how Shiori felt at that time?"

As the girl asked, Tetsufumi Hirakawa saw that she took half a step closer to him, and the distance between them, which was already close, had become close to a certain level of ambiguity.

Even in the dim night, you can still see the delicateness of the girl's skin.

"Perhaps for Mr. Hirakawa, it was just the performance of a teacher's duty, but for Shiori, it was of great significance. It was the first time that Shiori successfully convinced her mother."

"..."

Hirakawa Tetsufumi no longer cared about what the girl said. She was too close. The girl was standing on tiptoe, looking up at him, only a few centimeters away from him.

The breath that spoke came towards me, carrying with it a sweet scent that belonged to a beautiful girl.

"Um...Shinohara-san...you're not in a good state."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa's first reaction was to step back and try to keep some distance.

However, he forgot that this was the venue for the fireworks festival and it was crowded with people.

"Hey--"

"Ah, sorry."

Feeling the foreign object under his feet and hearing the reminder in his ears, Tetsufumi Hirakawa immediately turned around and apologized.

Then he turned back and saw the girl in a yukata in front of him, with her arms around his neck.

Hey, something is wrong, what is this? You should just talk, why are you touching me?

Hirakawa Tetsufumi's expression became serious. He raised his hand, ready to push the girl's hand away from his shoulder, and spoke in a serious tone - even close to anger.

"Shinohara-san, didn't we agree to have a good talk and make the final decision? What are you doing—"

Tetsufumi Hirakawa didn't finish his words.

He saw Shinohara Shiori right in front of him. The girl had a stunning face with light makeup on, and her beautiful eyes revealed a passionate emotion.

Then, in the dim night, a fair and tender face with a blush on it came closer and closer in the sudden light.

"..."

The fireworks took off.

The fireworks display has officially begun.

"boom!"

The deep night was lit up and instantly became as bright as day.

I don’t know how many fireworks exploded at the same time, ringing in my ears, and the noisy crowd, all the sounds were covered up in an instant.

Then, in the blink of an eye, all kinds of exclamations arose.

"..."

That's the sound in my ears.

In front of him, the girl who had her arms around his neck tilted her face back slightly and created a little distance between them.

But it is indeed only a little bit.