Through a light rain curtain composed of rain threads, Shiori Shinohara stared at the teacher beside her with a smile.

She only saw the teacher when she walked into the school.

He walked really slowly, and he caught up with it easily.

But now the question of how Shiori Shinohara came into being doesn't matter now, Tetsufumi Hirakawa looked at the girl beside him with a little trouble.

The interaction between people is indeed full of misunderstandings, and he believes that such misunderstandings cannot be allowed to exist.

"This ...... Actually, Shinohara-san, I think you have a misunderstanding of the teacher. ”

"Misunderstanding?" Shiori Shinohara raised her umbrella a little to see the eyes of the teachers around her.

"That's right, misunderstanding."

"Is there one?"

"Absolutely. For example, I will never forget what I have promised. Tetsufumi Hirakawa said with certainty.

Saying anything for fear that he will forget is definitely a misunderstanding. He's not one to keep his promises.

"Does Hirakawa-sensei still care about this kind of thing?"

"Of course I do."

"But I don't think it's a misunderstanding."

"Definitely a misunderstanding."

The teacher always seems to be inexplicably and unexpectedly insisting on his point of view in some strange place. For example, at the beginning, I firmly refused to admit that I didn't come to the band because I was lazy.

I really don't know if it's better to be stubborn or what to say.

Shiori Shinohara stared at Tetsufumi Hirakawa's face with some helplessness.

After a few moments, in his increasingly puzzled gaze, the girl replied, "Actually, Hirakawa-sensei used to say that he would come to the band club later, but what happened after that is obvious to all." ”

“……”

Tetsufumi Hirakawa was blocked by this sentence for a while.

"Ah...... This one. ”

"Did the student say something wrong?"

"Hmm...... Wrong, absolutely wrong. ”

"Wrong?"

“……”

Damn, is this image in the minds of students as a teacher? And it was pointed out to his face.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa absolutely does not accept such facts.

His face froze, although he felt that he had failed, but for the dignity of a certain teacher, he was still trying his best to hold on: "I said that I would come to the wind club before, but I didn't say that I would come all the time, so in the end, I didn't break the contract." ”

But after saying it, I also found that such an argument was obviously weak and-

Shiori Shinohara pursed the corners of her mouth amusedly: "Teacher Hirakawa, this kind of defense of biting the text and chewing words is too ......"

She paused, pondering what adjectives to use.

"Shameless...... No, it's too cunning. ”

“……”

Hey, it's too slow to change your tune, right? Isn't it true that he said it on purpose to say it to him after saying it like this?

Tetsufumi Hirakawa couldn't believe Shiori Shinohara, and Shiori Shinohara looked at her with a slightly apologetic look.

It's useless to apologize now.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa looked away.

Looking ahead, the dripping raindrops fell from the glimmering sky, silently fell on the wet ground, and then, without a trace, dissolved.

The girl beside her sighed faintly in the sound of the rain.

Then he spoke quietly.

"Even if Hirakawa-sensei is me...... Most respected teacher, but on this point, I can't agree with it. After all, Mr. Hirakawa had failed to fulfill his duties as an instructor before."

“……”

The sound was small, but it was louder than the sound of the rain.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa looked at the past again.

However, Shiori Shinohara didn't know when to press down the umbrella. So, the delicate face was hidden where he could not observe.

All he could see was that the rain had left crystal droplets on the surface of her umbrella, which slid down the smooth curved surface until it reached the edge of the umbrella, hanging, and finally falling again, scattering on the ground.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa withdrew his gaze from the broken raindrops.

"Huh?"

He asked aloud.

“……”

But in the end, apart from the sound of rain and footsteps, only the laughter of girls who were still playing a game of umbrella not far away remained.

"Green Sword Fairy"

The girl didn't know why and stopped talking.

“……”

But......

Forget it, for the sake of the phrase "the most respected teacher", he decided to forgive the girl for her previous rudeness.

After thinking for a long time, Tetsufumi Hirakawa looked at the shoe cabinet that appeared in the field of vision not far away, and thought generously.

That said, in general, the speaker will put the important words later, such as the famous "[but] is the point after that".

It's just that, it seems, some people who are not very frank will focus on the front, and then use other words to cover up their purpose.

This way of expressing one's thoughts without being frank, and the way I want to hide it but don't hide it, sometimes it's cute.

Hirakawa Tetsufumi thought about it, and couldn't help but feel a little funny, and a little smile flashed.

In this way, in the silence of the last few steps, Tetsufumi Hirakawa and Shiori Shinohara, who was gradually falling behind him, walked slowly forward under the rain, and waited until they entered the shoe cabinet and changed their shoes.

When he stepped on the stairs of the club building, between the two of them, who had been quiet for a long time, Tetsufumi Hirakawa suddenly spoke.

"Shinohara-san."

"Hmm." Shiori Shinohara was already as usual at this time, and her face was calm.

"Before, you said that there are some problems with the wind club now, right?" It was almost time for the wind club, and Tetsufumi Hirakawa remembered the main topic, the purpose of this trip.

"Yes."

"What's the problem?"

"About this ......"

"Please."

Shiori Shinohara's gaze stayed on Tetsufumi Hirakawa's side face: "Mr. Hirakawa, as an instructor, should go and find it yourself." ”

"Is that so......"

"That's where the instructor comes in."

"Eh......"

"Isn't it?"

Only in terms of the duties of a teacher, Shiori Shinohara will never relax again.

She's decided, and she's going to supervise it well.

In the face of such a strict Miss Shinohara, Tetsufumi Hirakawa had no choice but to nod his head and say yes.

“…… Yes, yes. ”

"Before, I said that there was no problem, so Mr. Hirakawa was not willing to verify his dereliction of duty at all, and it must not happen."

“…… Okay, okay. ”

Sure enough, the identity of a teacher is not at all fearful for Miss Shinohara-sama. I don't know when he was always criticized when he faced this student.

In response to this kind of behavior, in essence, he is a student, right?

Well......

However, Han Yu said, "A teacher doesn't have to be better than a disciple", so it's no problem at all.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa, who had found an excuse, suddenly felt at ease again.

If you are criticized by students, criticize it.

Of course, it's right to think so in my heart, Tetsufumi Hirakawa will never admit defeat in his mouth.

"However, I think that represents my trust in Shinohara-san. Shinohara-san said it was okay, so I thought it was okay, and that's how it was trusted. ”

“……”

After saying this, Shiori Shinohara and Tetsufumi Hirakawa both fell silent.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa was silent because, it suddenly occurred to him that this sentence seemed a little familiar, as if he had just said it to someone not long ago......

Who?

It's Mr. Kuda, right?

It seems to be because of the matter of the minutes of the meeting of the teaching and research committee.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa thought distractedly.

But this kind of nonsense to make excuses, I remember that I was immediately recognized by Mr. Kuda.

However...... It seems that the student next to him is serious.

Glancing at Shiori Shinohara, who lowered her head and stopped talking, Shiori Shinohara blinked innocently.