"Boss, one cappuccino, please."
Su Yang walked into a house that had been converted into a coffee shop.
"Sure, coming right up—"
A girl's voice rang out.
"But cappuccino is bitter. Are you sure you want one?"
The girl looked over at him.
Su Yang smiled.
She was no stranger—she was Mitsuha's best friend, Sayaka.
"Sayaka, do you still like Kawahara?"
"I confessed and got rejected. Thinking about it now, why did I even confess to him?!" Sayaka said. "Wait, how did you know that?!"
Su Yang did not answer her.
So those two really were not going to work out.
Sayaka prepared the kind of cappuccino Auntie liked for Su Yang.
Su Yang chose to take it to go.
He headed toward the school.
He was looking for Yukino Hyakka. If she was fine, he would simply catch her and take her to Rei'in to discuss surrender.
But Mitsuha was not very familiar with her, and Yukino Hyakka was still a teacher. Though it was currently vacation, she might still be at the school.
Besides, Grandma had said that Yotsuba was at school.
If he went to the school now, he might run into Yotsuba.
Su Yang wanted to see what the incredibly sensible Yotsuba had become.
He found it rather interesting.
This was probably how an old father who had watched a loli grow up felt.
"Ding—"
As he walked forward, Su Yang suddenly stopped.
There was a park on the way to the school. ...
It was where he had first met Yukino.
Though it seemed unlikely, he had a strange feeling that perhaps he might run into her here again.
Su Yang turned and entered the park.
He stepped onto the pebble-reinforced path and followed its winding course ahead.
He soon arrived at the pavilion where