"I don't know."

“……”

Sayoko didn't say anything, and quietly glanced at Higuchi Rokuka.

Unlike the cheap master-apprentice group on the other side, who had already begun to plan a counter-offensive plan, her conversation with Rokka Higuchi did not go well.

Half an hour after the conversation began, the two had been talking about some inconsequential little things.

The first meeting, the common dream, the agreed things to be done together in the future...... Rokka Higuchi told a lot of stories about her and Izumi Nagi, and Sayoko listened attentively.

You can't hide the mood you really like.

The subtleties of those eyebrows and eyes are full of joy that can't be concealed, just because Izumi Nagi is the most precious part of her life.

But Rokka Higuchi is still avoiding the core problem - how to continue to be friends with Izumi Nagi after rejecting her.

She also knew in her heart that this was impossible, and after Izumi Nagi broke through that barrier, everything couldn't stop.

Is there a way to be safe in the world? After agreeing and going further or refusing, everything goes to zero, leaving her with a choice that is both straightforward and brutal.

Higuchi Rokka didn't give her own answers, she just kept thinking about the past, her own business.

Izumi Nagi's affair.

Of course, Higuchi Rokka was running away, after all, although it was shameful but useful, she couldn't escape for long, and time was already knocking on the door.

"Himenomiya-san?" After not waiting for Himenomiya Sayoko's answer for a long time, Higuchi Rokuka couldn't help but ask.

"It's rude." Sayoko was a little irritable and pulled her hair indiscriminately.

Miss Narrator, who had no work for the time being, consciously knelt in the void behind her and began to help her knead her shoulders.

"Okay." Higuchi Rokuka didn't know how to answer, so he subconsciously agreed, and the two fell silent for a while.

It's embarrassing, the conversation doesn't go on at all. ’

Pretending to drink tea, Higuchi Rokka began to secretly look at Sayoko's slightly depressed beautiful face.

Why did the gods favor her so unreservedly? Everything else is meaningless compared to the most beautiful girl in the world.

The gap is too big, and this extreme and pure beauty even makes people feel jealous at all, even if they are also women, they can't help but indulge in it.

If Sayoko Himimiya laughs, it is absolutely incomparably beautiful, and Higuchi Rokuka can be sure of this fact.

It's just that she should be worrying about something now, and the extremely obvious gloom on her beautiful face makes Higuchi Rokuka feel sorry.

'What is Himenomiya-san worried about right now?' ’

Higuchi Rokka wanted to know the answer to this question, but after thinking about his current situation, he couldn't help but laugh at himself.

'What qualifications do you have to participate in other people's affairs when you are too busy to take care of yourself?'

And she and Sayoko didn't have much to do with each other, if it weren't for Izumi Nagi's affair and Hoshino Mahiro, maybe she wouldn't have had the opportunity to talk to Sayoko alone.

"If only Hoshino-san were here. ’

Suddenly, Rokka Higuchi discovers a blind spot.

Hoshino-san disappeared after class, but didn't he come here? ’

'Will it ......'

As soon as a bold idea came to her, Sayoko suddenly opened her eyes and looked at Rokuka Higuchi, who was spying on her.

"There's no reason."

"Huh?" Higuchi Rokka hurriedly looked away, it was too embarrassing to peep and be caught by the main owner.

"He's got an important appointment to go to." Miss Sayoko ignored Higuchi Rokuka's heart, she was used to peeking at this kind of thing.

"Yes!"

I don't know if it's an illusion, just now Higuchi Rokuka saw a black gas that kept rolling on Sayoko's body.

Since it's not a breakup, where is Hoshino-san at the moment? ’

"Ahh Ahh Hoshino sneezed a few more times unexpectedly.

"It's okay, master."

"Meow, meow! (Don't die, funny guy.) ）”

"Would you like to go to the health room and ask the school doctor to take a look?" The continuous sneezing during the lunch break made Izumi Nagi very worried about his physical condition.

Hoshino smiled and waved his hand.

"I'm the kind of person who doesn't get sick that much."

"And I guess someone is missing me."

He narrowed his eyes and vaguely saw the old school building far away.

……

"Where did we just go?" Sayoko-sama calmed her mind and decided to get back to business.

"......" Higuchi Rokka stopped talking, the last time they had an effective conversation was a long time ago.

"Let's do it all over again."

"Okay."

"What do Higuchi-san think should I do now?"

"Promise first, then plan for a breakup, and then slowly mend the relationship after the breakup?" This is already the most ideal standard of emergency treatment that Higuchi Rokka has come up with.

"......" Sayoko watched quietly as she danced flamenco on a minefield.

The expected bad answer, even at this point, Higuchi Rokuka didn't want to leave no room for the relationship between the two.

If she really follows her process, she is ready to break up after establishing a relationship, and finally goes back to close the distance after breaking up, and the short three years of Shengyang may not be enough for them to complete this super long love tragicomedy.

"You can't promise Izumi-san."

"But in that case!"

"You can't refuse her either." Sayoko calmly added the second half of the sentence.

"Neither agree nor refuse, just continue your relationship with her."

“?” Rokka Higuchi can't keep up with Sayoko's rhythm anymore, and it's clear that she doesn't have much experience in love, and she hasn't been involved in any love topics.

"Isn't that a little ......?"

"Despicable?"

“……”

"It's your only option." Sayoko has lost the patience to continue to be polite.

"If you do what you envision, it's definitely going to be something you don't want to see."

"Absolutely."

"Please let me think again." Rokka Higuchi avoided Sayoko's slightly disappointed look.

As had been the case for most of the past thirty minutes, the two men were again in a vortex of silence.

Sayoko is now suddenly missing a certain male high school student.

Although that guy is hiding all kinds of secrets, although that guy has a lot of nasty thoughts in his head when he gets along with himself, although there are many things that are incomprehensible about that guy......

But he never ran away.

Hoshino Mahiro is very serious and diligently responds to all the hearts that are born to him.

For better or for worse.

It's time for the boring repetitive plot to end, and Sayoko takes the initiative to break the silence.

"You need to act."

"But......" Higuchi Rokka wanted to say something, but was stared at by Sayoko.

"Meanness or cunning, as long as you can keep Izumi-chan in the position of a friend, you will have a chance to repay it later." Her words shattered the last shred of Higuchi's illusion of escape.

"If you have to make a choice that hurts, choose an option that makes you less hurt."

"If you want to betray the happiness of others for the sake of your own happiness, then destroy the happiness of others and create new happiness for him."

"Do you want to lose your happiness?" Sayoko made up for the lore blow.

"I don't want to lose Nagi." In just one sentence, almost all of Higuchi's strength was drained.

"Hmm."

"I want to continue with her."

"Hmm."

"I'm going to create lots and lots of joy with her."

"Then do it."

"You still have time and a chance, don't you?" Sayoko finally laughed.

"Yes!" Looking at that warm smile, Higuchi Rokuka couldn't help but laugh along.

……

"Please take this."

Sayoko took out the ticket she had prepared from her four-dimensional pocket and handed it to Rokka Higuchi.

【Aquarium VIP Reception Ticket for Two】

This is the second ticket that Sayoko specially drew out yesterday afternoon after sacrificing a poor staff member.

The object to be used for the first card is not here for the time being.

"I can't take it." Higuchi Rokka hurriedly shook her head after seeing the true face of the ticket, she had already received very valuable guidance, and it was impossible to be cheeky enough to accept the VIP double hospitality ticket.

"You shouldn't say that to me."

"Hoshino-san?"

"You can understand it that way."

In the original world line, Hoshino Mahiro obtained Sayoko's consent and transferred the invitation ticket that only one was drawn to Rokuka Higuchi, who finally made up her mind.

Next up is Higuchi Rokka and Izumi Nagi's aquarium, where she and Mahiro Hoshino watch the live broadcast with a crystal ball in the club room.

It was supposed to be like this.

But Sayoko suddenly changes her mind, and she also wants to go to the aquarium with someone.

Only when the staff in the lottery area was injured, Sayoko managed to get the second first prize, but the cost was greater than she imagined.

Although it was only a small surprise to the lottery link, the world line made corrections in advance before Sayoko reacted and adjusted.

So Hoshino Mahiro woke up early and met Izumi Nagi, who was not supposed to meet, and further developed into a gaffe that betrayed Izumi Nagi's camp.

Without Hoshino Mahiro's guidance and gift, other things can only be done by Sayoko.

Although the world line is very unprincipled and is wantonly played with by Sayoko, it will eventually converge on the same key node.

It's also a charm of fate.

"Whether it's a word of thanks or a refusal, just tell him." Throwing the pot on the head of Hoshino Mahiro, who didn't know it, Sayoko's mood suddenly became much more relaxed.

"You're going to use it."

There would be a zoo without an aquarium, and there would be a restaurant without a zoo.

"I see."

The long conversation finally ended, and Sayoko, who made a cameo appearance as a dark confidant big sister, was also relieved.

Izumi Nagi, who is advancing with retreat, faces Rokka Higuchi, who takes the initiative, and the hand that decides the outcome will depend on the next aquarium date.

……

"Aren't you going back?" Higuchi Rokka was a little curious.

After explaining everything, there was not much time left for the lunch break, but Himenomiya Sayoko still didn't seem to have the intention of getting up and leaving.

"I'm still waiting for someone." Sayoko's pupils once again reflect the future of brilliance.

"Waiting for someone?"

"We'll talk about that topic next time." Sayoko, who had been in a low mood before, showed a happy smile at the moment.

Is there something good going to happen? Higuchi Rokka is a little unclear.

When the visitors are gone, the club room becomes a one-person world again, and in the silence, Miss Sayoko sings happily.

Will it come?

It's coming.

Whether it is the bitter fruit that you have planted or the person you have in your heart, the world line has once again completed its destined end.

Before it arrived, Sayoko Himenomiya was still waiting at the moment.