Although Kagari no Kiri-e had raised a standard FLAG, fortunately, events did not develop in that direction. After that, Shizuku arranged for Kagari no Kiri-e to transfer schools and enroll at Dōmori Middle School.
Over the following days, everyone's lives gradually returned to normal. Every morning, Mayu Hinase, Kagari no Kiri-e, and Shiragiku went to school, while Shizuku, Shizuku, the Snow Woman, and Yose Kurosawa stayed at the office. Shizuku carried on as usual, watching television or dealing with various troubles, while Shizuku was mainly responsible for teaching the Snow Woman and Yose Kurosawa about the modern world.
Though one was a Snow Woman and the other a shrine maiden, neither knew much about the modern world. In that regard, Shizuku was actually the more reliable one.
Shiragiku's school life also went far more smoothly than expected. It was obvious from how she acted after coming home from school each day. At first, Shiragiku would only give standard answers like, "Everyone is very kind to me," when asked. But gradually, after returning home from school, she began sharing amusing things from class over dinner. Of course, most of them involved how Nueno Nuesuke embarrassed himself, how he flirted with Teacher Ritsuko and got thoroughly beaten up, or how broke he was and had to borrow money from his students...
This showed that having a clown really could effectively open a wounded heart.
As long as the clown was not oneself.
Watching Shiragiku happily recount every day how Nueno Nuesuke had made a fool of himself in front of the students, Shizuku silently gave him a thumbs-up in her heart.
She could help him out for free a few times in the future.
However, Shiragiku did have something that troubled her: her classmates' reactions to Espers and monsters.
Shiragiku knew full