Yukino Yukinoshita, That's a Foot, Not a Hand!

"1.2 million..."

Some students were already taking it seriously. "Teacher Sojiro, I want to learn. Please teach me."

The students developed an unprecedented passion for painting.

The staff office after class.

Sojiro carried the students' works to the office and began grading them.

68 points.

68 points.

68 points.

"Not bad at all. They all passed."

Teacher Ito came back after finishing PE class. His seat was right by Teacher Sojiro's side.

But that made Teacher Sojiro sigh. "In the art world, 68 points is basically no different from 0."

"It means they have absolutely no talent."

"So they're just wasting their effort," Teacher Ito said. "The mayor is expecting too much from the children too."

"But in reality, a lot of people just aren't cut out for it."

"He even went all the way to Chiba to bring me back, but in the end, I only found two or three kids with decent physical ability who could be trained a little. But getting them to the point where they can really make something of themselves is still too hard," Teacher Ito said with a sigh.

"It's about the same on your end," Teacher Sojiro said.

He and Teacher Ito had both left this town, but each had his own strengths. Teacher Ito specialized in sports, while he was skilled at painting.

After graduating from university, both of them had their own careers. Then the mayor personally came to ask them for help, hoping they could help train the children, even if it was only for one year.

And the mayor's sincerity, along with his thoughts for the future, was worthy of respect.

So after thinking it over, they had both come back.

Sojiro had it a little better than Ito. He really liked the scenery of Itomori Town,