I am a teacher at a girls' school in Tokyo

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"What does that mean?"

"I have already decided to resign. My relationship with her is over and I will not look back."

"Now that the decision has been made, isn't that great? So what do you want to say to me?"

This is how Tetsufumi Hirakawa answered this question from Reiya Hazuki.

"The problem is, I don't know what to do next."

"after?"

"After I leave." Hirakawa Tetsufumi gave a bitter smile and continued, "I told you last time that I would leave after I sorted out all the issues."

"Easy to say, but actually?"

"I won't talk about my thoughts. Although they are somewhat contradictory, I know what I should do. I won't think about turning back."

"But other aspects are not as easy as just 'solving them'."

"This matter is a mess to begin with, how can it be resolved clearly?"

After complaining about herself, she turned to Hazuki Reiya, stared at her seriously, and said.

"It's very obvious, despite what I said before, that my relationship with her started with a hypnotic dream."

"But even if that's the case, before everything started, as a teacher, I should have had the opportunity to make better choices and completely prevent this from happening."

"Instead of doing that, I let the situation slowly evolve until it became like this."

"This is a remission of my duty."

"It is understandable that a student who is not yet an adult cannot control her emotions. It is not her fault."

"So the fault is all mine. It's all my fault for not being able to control myself."

"Of course, I feel sorry for her, and it's hard for me to just leave peacefully."

"Can you understand?"

"..."

This extremely serious statement left Ye Yue Li Ya speechless.

She looked at Tetsufumi Hirakawa and began to digest what he said.

After a moment, he tentatively concluded, "What you mean is... you think it's unfair to her to just leave like this?"

"Ah."

Hirakawa Tetsufumi nodded and agreed with Ye Yue.

And added: "Especially after today's game."

"..."

Hazuki Reya knew that the teacher in front of him from Moriya told her when he came out to deal with an unknown creature in Kyoto.

"Even if it meant risking my job, I would have gone to her home to visit her and confront her parents for the sake of my students. If this happened again, I would not just ignore it."

These are his exact words.

The "student" here is a girl named Shinohara Shiori.

As for the home visit, it was to allow her to join the performance club, and this was the first time he had used his ability.

The girl who performed solo in the competition today truly loves wind instruments, and that can be heard.

"You also know, Moriya's results this year."

"Yeah. I know."

When the results were announced, Ye Yue Li Ya naturally paid special attention to Moriya's results, which were -

Tetsufumi Hirakawa was also recalling the moment when the results were announced.

At that time, in the concert hall.

There is tension, anticipation, and some people silently make wishes and pray.

This is the closest they have been to the national gold medal in a long time.

All members of Moritani are waiting for the possible gold prize to come.

Even Ogasa Suzuki, who was beside him, was too nervous and clutched his sleeve tightly.

In such an atmosphere, he turned around and looked at Shinohara Shiori.

The girl's upright posture did not change, but her fair skin on her pretty face was slightly flushed due to being too nervous.

No one knows better than Tetsufumi Hirakawa how determined Shinohara Shiori is to win the gold medal.

After all that had happened, this was the only wish she wanted to fulfill.

He knew this young lady.

He also knew that in the blind spot of his vision, she must be holding her trumpet tightly, and then looking forward to the arrival of the gold medal.

however……

Everything that Moritani expected, everything that the young lady expected, did not happen.

When the word "silver medal" appeared in his ears, Moritani fell into complete silence.

It was not until a long time later that Tetsuro Hirakawa came to his senses and looked at Shinohara Shiori again. She was sitting in the same place without changing her posture.

Reality once again refused to respond to her expectations.

When he saw the expression on Shinohara Shiori's face and the almost lifeless look in her eyes, at that moment, he truly felt a heart-wrenching pain.

It is because of understanding that I can empathize with her emotions.

The girl, who had always insisted on herself and even fought against her mother's will in order to play music, fell in love with it for the second time.

……

"In this situation, am I going to just leave like this...?"

"..."

Ye Yue Li Ya couldn't answer his question.

It was impossible to stay any longer, but I also couldn't just leave as if nothing had happened.

This is the contradiction, and the result of this national competition has deepened this sense of contradiction.

"There are many things in this world that are hard to tell right from wrong, and hard to discuss which situation is better."

After a long time, Ye Yue Li Ya sighed inexplicably.

Reality is not an exact multiple-choice question; there is no exact answer for people to choose from.

"Ah."

Hirakawa Tetsufumi responded.

This is where he got confused.

What should we do after that?

Shinohara Shiori, how should he finally sort out the things between him and her in the last moments?

Even though they said there was no relationship between them anymore, could they really just walk away like that?

This kind of thing cannot be explained in a few words.

But he had been subconsciously avoiding this issue before, but now the time has come for him to face it.

Of course, he didn't talk about this with Hazuki Reiya because he wanted to hear her opinion.

"After talking to you like this, although I still don't have an answer for now, it feels much better than keeping it in my heart."

At the end, Tetsufumi Hirakawa tried to put on a smile and thanked Reiya Hazuki.

"Thank you for today, Hazuki-san."

The girl wiped her hands in her pockets and said nonchalantly, "You're welcome. Anyway, I'm used to you stuffing me with stuff every time we meet."

"..."

"I'm talking about your troubles. Are you thinking about something perverted with that expression?"

"……Absolutely not."

Ye Yue Li Ya looked at him with disgust.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa didn't want to pay attention to her.

She used strange words, but she actually said he was a pervert. Did she have some perverted taste?

Of course, she was just complaining in her heart. After all, she had just listened carefully to his "emotional gossip".

After sighing helplessly.

"Anyway, thank you."

"OK, all right."

Ye Yue Li Ya accepted it without hesitation.

"You should really thank me for being such a cute girl who is willing to be your tree hole."

"..."

Her soft and sweet voice really sounds nice, and it is a pleasure to listen to her speak.

This is probably why Hirakawa Tetsufumi is willing to talk to her. Even if he is criticized by this girl, he will feel that it is no big deal to be criticized by such a voice. In this way...

and many more.

Looking into his heart, Tetsufumi Hirakawa suddenly discovered a very dangerous thought. He felt happy when being scolded, which was definitely not his habit.

"Hey, what are you doing suddenly?"

Ye Yue Li Ya frowned and stared at him.

"...No, no."

Putting his thoughts away, Tetsufumi Hirakawa quickly shook his head and said in response to the girl's gaze.

However, Ye Yue Li Ya didn't believe it, and continued to guess as he looked at him: "Why? Can't bear to leave me?"

"Reluctant?"

Tetsufumi Hirakawa blinked, not understanding where this statement came from.

"Is today's matter over? The national competition is over too. You probably won't have a chance to see me after this."

Ye Yue Li Ya said indifferently.

"You won't go to Kyoto for no reason again, right?"

"Ah, this..."

After hearing what Ye Yue Li Ya said, Hirakawa Tetsufumi finally realized what was going on.