She looked angry.
"That's not what I meant." Sayaka hurriedly said. "I mean teaching, teaching—like how Teacher Ito asked you to train with him. That's so nice. I want to become someone special too."
"..." Su Yang had not even said a word. Adolescents really were troublesome.
They arrived at the classroom.
Perhaps because yesterday afternoon's absence had actually been arranged by Teacher Sojiro so Mitsuha could sketch, Su Yang found that far more people were watching him when he arrived at school today.
"Teacher Sojiro has taken a liking to Mitsuha."
"She's going to become a special student."
"Who knows if she's relying on her father being the town mayor? After all, Teacher Sojiro was invited here by the mayor too."
"..."
These people really never learned.
Su Yang sighed, then took out his drawing board and a canvas. He quickly brushed on a base layer, then casually sketched a starry sky by a fire.
Then, amid his classmates' stunned gazes, he stuck the painting onto the window.
So everyone could see it.
"No way..."
Even people without an artistic bone in their bodies could sense just how beautiful the little landscape painting Su Yang had casually drawn was.
"Before trying to put others down, improve your own standards first," Su Yang said coldly.
They wanted to argue, but when they looked at the painting she had spread out, even those who were dissatisfied shut their mouths.
"That's incredible, Mitsuha!" Sayaka exclaimed in amazement.
At that moment, everyone noticed a commotion.
"Say—"
"Is that Koyuki?"
"Koyuki came to school!"
"But why isn't she coming inside?"
"Is it because of the third-year students?"
"That incident really did get out of hand. Not only did the students band together, even the parents came—"
The students discussed it among themselves.
Su