After sending Shiori Shinohara out of the living room, only he and Shinohara's mother were left in the room.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa knelt down and sat back at the table, and after sitting down, he looked at the other side with a serious face, looking at Mrs. Shinohara on the other side.

In fact, before meeting Shinohara's mother, he still had expectations for friendly communication. But after seeing what had just happened, he suddenly understood:

The cage created by a controlling mother is not something that can be broken down by a theory, a conflict, or a cry.

After all, light novels or the protagonist groups in anime, it is too child's play to easily shake the ideas that others have insisted on for years or even decades just by relying on a piece of mouth.

If it can really be easily shaken, it can only show that this concept is not strong at all. In general, then, such an idea cannot be implemented for a long time.

Only now that I realize this, it still shows that he has not thought about it comprehensively, and not everyone can communicate easily.

Shinohara's mother is like that, she is quite determined.

But that doesn't mean he's going to give up.

"Mrs. Shinohara."

"Well, Hirakawa-sensei, I'm sorry to let you see Shiori look so rude." Shinohara's mother still looks gentle, as if all the conflicts just now don't exist.

"Nothing." Tetsufumi Hirakawa shook his head slightly.

"Then next, is there anything else Hirakawa-sensei has to say?"

"Yes, there is."

"What's the matter? Mr. Hiragawa please tell me. ”

Tetsufumi Hirakawa didn't speak for the time being.

He's going to use the system.

This is the worst-case scenario.

Any sane adult should know this: the best attitude to be cautious about an external tool that is uncertain, unaware of its workings, and of unknown origin.

Therefore, it should never be used if it is not necessary.

However, the time has come when there is nothing to be done. It can't be solved today, and what awaits him when he goes back is to resign. And Shiori Shinohara's expectations, the promise promised in person, cannot be disappointed.

On top of that, for Shinohara's mother, language has completely lost its communicative role. can't shake her ideas, can't change her will.

So, in the current situation, there is no other way out but to use the system.

But before that, there are ......

"Mrs. Shinohara, could you please answer me a question?" Tetsufumi Hirakawa asked.

"Mr. Hirakawa, please speak."

He continued, asking the questions he wanted to ask.

"What do you think of your daughter?"

Shinohara's mother was puzzled for a moment and asked rhetorically.

"What is Hirakawa-sensei asking?"

"About the place she occupies in your heart...... For example, if Shiori Shinohara-san had a conflict with other classmates at school, how would you react? ”

“……”

Mrs. Shinohara in front of her was visibly silent for a moment, thinking carefully. Then he replied with a smile on his face.

"No."

So to speak.

“……”

Tetsufumi Hirakawa stopped talking, looked at Shinohara's mother, and carefully analyzed what this "no" meant.

Generally speaking, in the face of such a problem, ordinary parents should be more concerned about who is right and who is wrong, right?

However, Shinohara's mother didn't care who was right and who was wrong, but directly said "no".

So her sentence is not good, does it mean that Shiori Shinohara can't do such a rude thing, or does it ...... Can't other students contradict Shiori Shinohara?

It seems possible, maybe both.

As for the reason...... Then it's time to think about this question: what is the so-called desire for control?

With a brief encounter with Shinohara's mother, Tetsufumi Hirakawa should be able to barely get some answers.

For Shinohara's mother, Shiori Shinohara is "her daughter", and "her daughter" is here as a whole, as Shinohara's mother's possessions.

For possessions, she is valuing. Because this is an extension of her, an extension of her will, for "it", Shinohara's mother pinned all her expectations on it, and intended to mold "it" into what she was satisfied with.

So she values "it".

However, for Shiori Shinohara in the true sense, Shinohara's mother is neglected. As for the spirit and soul that "resides" in Shiori Shinohara's body, or the personality that really belongs to Shiori Shinohara, Shinohara's mother completely ignores it.

To put it simply, in Shinohara's mother's eyes, Shiori Shinohara is divided into two sides: one is an external, objectively existing body, and this body is her possession, her daughter, her extension, and being valued. This is the source of the desire for control.

As for the other inner personality, Shiori Shinohara. Shinohara's mother didn't care about her thoughts at all.

The body is recognized and the personality is denied.

Shinohara's mother only values Shiori Shinohara's external attribute as her daughter, and she doesn't care about the personality that "stays" in the body.

Perhaps this is the origin of Shinohara's mother's "superficial respect".

Well...... After such an analysis, Shinohara's mother's desire to control is really terrifying.

However, for the next step in using the system, it's just enough to know this:

Mrs. Shinohara, who values her daughter, values her possessions.

That is to say-

This can be used as a threat.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa finished thinking, raised his head and looked at Mrs. Shinohara, who was opposite, and apologized in his heart. And then......

"Mrs. Shinohara......"

"Huh?" Shinohara's mother also looked at him, and his figure was reflected in the warm eyes of the young lady.

He continued to speak, slowly uttering words that sounded like a spell.

"You don't want your daughter to be bullied at school, do you?"

“……”

In an instant, in the eyes of a dignified young lady in a noble kimono, everything suddenly became different.

Some irresistible force bound her, her body was controlled, and her mind was imprisoned.

Everything is getting weird.