Duramente fell silent.
Futanari Shingang smiled, sat down in a chair, and began loosening up her upper body before getting back to her feet to stretch.
As she stretched, she looked at Duramente. "I usually say what's on my mind. With your personality...
"Oh, right. Do you know about the conflict between Student Kitasan and Ribbon a while ago?" she suddenly changed the subject.
Duramente, who had been silent, froze for a moment and nodded.
"...I know a little."
She pointed outside. "I was still in the hospital back then. When Little Kita, Crown, and the others came to visit me, I heard them talking about it."
"Then I won't explain too much."
Futanari Shingang lifted her right leg, balancing on one foot as she raised it over her head.
"Anyway, I think it was just a misunderstanding. Student Kitasan has always been a really nice person, so she probably had never run into that kind of conflict before.
"As for Ribbon... well, I only heard about it from others, but if I'd been in her shoes, I'd have been super embarrassed too, okay?
"Your long-awaited rival couldn't even remember your name...
"Ugh, just thinking about it makes my toes curl."
As though her foot had suddenly become uncomfortable, Futanari Shingang grimaced, lowered her right leg, and switched to raising her left, balancing like a crane.
"What I'm trying to say is, that kind of conflict...
"At first, I thought Meisei was the only one who couldn't remember people's names. I never expected Student Kitasan to pull something like that."
Duramente froze again.
After a moment, like an elementary school student answering a question in class, she set down her dumbbell, raised her hand slightly, and said softly, "Um...
"At first... I couldn't remember what Shingang's name was either, and...