I am a teacher at a girls' school in Tokyo

It is really……

"Welcome." Ye Yue Li Ya forced a smile somewhat stiffly, with a soft and tender tone.

“……”Shinohara Shiori looked at Amemiya Yo again.

"What I said is true." Amamiya Ye said indignantly in the face of the eldest lady's suspicion, "Absolutely, I was looking at you and muttering those words."

Seeing the new gaze coming, Ye Yue Li Ya felt very pressured.

But fortunately - I don’t know what the young lady in front of me was thinking about, her gaze suddenly wandered, as if she had lost all interest in an instant.

"Okay, Amemiya-san, let's go." She said to Amemiya Ye.

"Eh...?" Amemiya Ye was a little surprised. She didn't want to leave. She met someone who knew Teacher Hirakawa in Kyoto, a place far away from Tokyo. The key point was that she actually knew about the relationship between Shinohara Shiori and Teacher Hirakawa.

You know, she has only known about it for a short time. How did this person know about it? If it was Mr. Pingchuan, why did Mr. Pingchuan tell her? What is the relationship between the two?

Every problem is worthy of Yu Gongye's concern. How could he not care?

But...it seems like she's the only one who cares.

"Sorry for disturbing you."

Shinohara Shiori apologized politely, turned around, and walked out again without paying any attention to Amamiya Yoru.

"..."

Amemiya Ye was left behind, staring blankly at Shinohara Shiori's back as she walked away.

——In fact, Hazuki Reiya next to her was even more confused about the situation.

Are you leaving now...?

She looked around and met Amamiya Ye's eyes.

"..."

"..."

Ye Yue Li Ya put on an expression as if she knew nothing.

Amemiya Ye puffed up his cheeks, looked angry, and finally chased after him.

……

"Shinohara, what are you doing?"

Amemiya Yo caught up with Shinohara Shiori who was walking slowly.

Shinohara Shiori looked at her.

"Why did you come out?"

Amemiya Ye asked unwillingly, even though she still had so many questions to ask, but once Shinohara Shiori left, they were a group and she had to follow.

“She actually mentioned it.”

"It was mentioned... so what?"

“…Once it was mentioned, then, then——” Amemiya Ye’s words stopped abruptly and he was unable to utter the word “then”.

"I've already said it, it has nothing to do with me no matter what happens."

"..."

"…I'm a little tired. Do you want to continue? If so, just keep going."

"I...will accompany you back."

"Thank you."

"..."

……

The atmosphere along the way was very depressing.

Although I gave up asking questions and returned at this time because of Shinohara Shiori, I am unwilling to do so now.

I want to go back and find that girl and ask her about it.

Annoying twosome.

"Why should I act with you?" Yu Gongye muttered.

"..."

Shinohara Shiori walked her way silently without answering.

……

Back to the hotel we stayed at.

"Yes..." Teacher Tamashiro looked at the two people who came back early with the roll call list in surprise, thinking about their names, "Shinohara-san and...Amemiya-san, right?"

"Yeah." Yu Gongye responded sullenly.

"Yeah." Shinohara Shiori also responded softly.

"Why are you back so early?"

"I'm a little tired, so Amamiya-san came back with me."

"Hmm? Are you tired? Are you feeling unwell?"

"Thank you for your concern, teacher. No."

"That's good." Yucheng breathed a sigh of relief and made two marks on the roll call list.

"Then go back to your room and have a good rest."

"Ok."

……

Back to the room.

After closing the door with a bang, Amemiya Ye, who had a lot to say along the way, finally spoke when the two were alone.

"Shinohara-san, please have a good talk with me."

"Okay, go ahead." This was the response I got from Shinohara Shiori.

“……” Amemiya Ye seemed a little stunned and stared at Shinohara Shiori.

"What's wrong?" Shinohara Shiori sat down at the table by the window and asked Amemiya Yoru.

"..."

Originally, before, once she made such a gesture, the young lady knew that she was going to talk about the teacher and would immediately refuse, but unexpectedly... agreed?

"Okay." Yu Gongye nodded quickly. This was a rare opportunity and he was afraid that she would regret it.

Shinohara Shiori was waiting for Amamiya Yoru, and at the same time, she looked at a book on the table. It was "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion" that she had casually placed on the table when she just checked in at noon.

While I was considering whether I should open it and take a look while Amemiya Ye was thinking, Amemiya Ye on the other side finally spoke.

"Why did you leave suddenly just now?"

"Because there's nothing to worry about."

"But when you first heard it, you were obviously surprised and not interested."

"You must be surprised to hear my story all of a sudden. But after thinking about it carefully, I don't care."

"…Are you really done with it? It's just this kind of thing - why does Mr. Hirakawa know her, why does she know about you, these, are you done with it?"

"Hmm. Anyway, she could only have known this from Mr. Pingchuan, right? In that case, it has nothing to do with me."

"..."

"..."

After a moment of silence, Amamiya Ye continued to ask: "Why did it become like this? It was obviously the thing you cared about the most before, right?"

"Why is this happening... Didn't I tell you, Amamiya-san?" Shinohara Shiori explained calmly, "Why should you care about something that is completely over?"

"How come it's completely over? There was still a chance to save it."

"laugh."

Shinohara Shiori suddenly chuckled, with the corners of her mouth raised in a beautiful arc, and it was unclear whether she was mocking Amamiya Yo or herself.

"What are you trying to keep?"

"Teacher Hirakawa."

"How to keep him?"

"There's always a way, right?"

Shinohara Shiori shifted her gaze from the cover of "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion" and looked towards Amemiya Yoru.

"..." Yu Gongye was stunned by this gaze.

"However, it was Mr. Hirakawa who took the initiative to say goodbye and ended it resolutely."

"but……"

"Amamiya-san, I would like to advise you to get out of this fantasy world. You are taking things for granted."

"I... No, this body, this body doesn't have it."

"No?"

"No..." Amemiya Ye stopped shaking his head halfway.

"Because Mr. Pingchuan left, you wanted to keep him, but you couldn't do it yourself, so you thought of asking me for help, hoping that I could do it, right?"

"..." Amemiya Ye was silent, or to be more precise, he agreed.

"Then I told you, I can't do it either."

"how come--"

"It should be, why not?"

"..." Amemiya Ye seemed to have remembered something and raised her voice, "That person - she said it - although I don't know how she knew it, but it is very likely that it was the student that Mr. Hirakawa mentioned to her - that she could not forget, right?"

"Never forget—"

"Right, if what she said is true, Mr. Pingchuan might not have completely ended it, and there is still a chance to keep it."

Shinohara Shiori smiled sarcastically again: "Even if that's the case, then let me ask you, Amamiya-san, what about the fact that Mr. Hirakawa came back because of me?

"Not very good, but I hope Mr. Pingchuan can come back."

"That's because of me, not you. It has nothing to do with you, right?"

"..."

After being stabbed in a fatal spot, Amamiya Ye fell into dazed silence.

Shinohara Shiori turned silently toward the window.

It was not until a long time passed that Shinohara Shiori withdrew her gaze. She saw Amamiya Yo, who had her head lowered and no one knew what she was thinking, finally raised her face.

She stared at Shinohara Shiori with shining eyes.

"Even if, even if it is like this, even if Mr. Pingchuan's return has nothing to do with this body, and he has no contact with this body afterwards - so what?"

She raised her voice, almost shouting, and her eyes quickly filled with tears because of the effort and grievance: "Even if it is like this, even if it is like this, I just want Teacher Pingchuan to come back. As long as Teacher Pingchuan can come back, everything will be fine, right?"

"..."

As the words fell and the room fell into complete silence in contrast, Shinohara Shiori looked at Amamiya Yo for a long time without saying a word.

Shocked.

Yu Gongye's eyes were red as he looked straight at her.

for a long time.

A sigh was heard in the quiet room.

Shinohara Shiori sighs.

"Amamiya-san...you are really...naive..."