The next day, the final day of summer vacation, finally arrived at long last.
By this time tomorrow, students from every grade would return to their classrooms, begin their second-semester studies, and start the second round of competition.
Perhaps because they deeply felt that the peaceful days at this school were worth cherishing, more and more students left their rooms on the final day of summer vacation, either heading out laughing and chatting with friends or going somewhere alone.
Even Horikita Suzune had gone out several times during this summer vacation.
That was quite unbelievable.
In the past, Horikita Suzune would have done nothing but hide in her room and read. She would never have come out to spend time pleasantly with others.
But the impact of what had happened during the Special Exam, as well as Horikita Gaku's complete disregard for her last time, had both pushed the girl to change.
For now, those changes were still very slight.
At the very least, although Horikita Suzune had made some concessions, she only went out when Kushida Kikyo took the initiative to invite her. Asking someone else out herself was something that would never happen.
Today was no different.
Today, Horikita Suzune had planned to go out for a little while if someone invited her, and to simply read in her room if no invitation came.
As it turned out, an invitation did come.
But that invitation made Horikita Suzune's hard-won willingness to compromise vanish completely.
Because...
"Even if it were an invitation from Kushida, that would be fine. But an invitation from that guy is the one thing I absolutely don't want to accept."
This was Horikita Suzune's final point of insistence.
It was no longer simply because she could not agree with what he had done during the