Mission Complete! Part 2

This obviously was not how Yukino Yukinoshita would do things.

Because doing so would undoubtedly make it even harder for Iroha Isshiki to remain at school.

Having realized that, she became concerned.

She could not stay in the office.

But even sooner, she heard the Principal announce some "good news."

Houtarou Oreki had received a university recommendation due to his astonishing painting skills.

Then.

Then she understood the meaning behind Oreki's withdrawal application.

He truly, genuinely could withdraw from school now, because this was not a negative withdrawal but a promotion.

He was directly skipping grades to attend university!

So this was a withdrawal after successfully completing his studies.

"..." But.

But that meant he had done it.

He had done it. He had... truly severed their teacher-student relationship.

He was going to stand on the same level as her.

She could no longer reject him on the grounds that he was a student!

Beep beep!

At that moment, she received an email.

And the number was the one that had confessed to her the day before yesterday. In other words, it was Oreki's number.

She had clearly blocked his email address, yet somehow he had managed to send her another message.

His message contained only two sentences.

[Hiratsuka-sensei, we are no longer teacher and student.

So from now on, I will formally pursue you.]

There were no emoticons, but that only made his resolve more palpable.

In other words, he was going to formally, seriously pursue her?

What the hell.

How was she supposed to handle this?

Shizuka was utterly troubled and at a complete loss.

"I am very grateful to Sobhu High School for giving me this opportunity."

"And here, I would like to thank my homeroom teacher, as well as my subject teachers. Naturally, the Principal