The next day, at dismissal time, Duanmu Huai followed the arrangements and arrived at the school gate.
By then, most of the students had already left school, and the area outside the gate was practically deserted. Duanmu Huai spotted Sakuya waiting there at a glance. He stopped the car, then walked straight to the gate and greeted her.
"Yo, I'm here."
"Ah, Big Brother."
Seeing Duanmu Huai arrive, Sakuya smiled and waved at him.
"Come with me. I'll take you to meet the principal."
"Oh."
Duanmu Huai nodded, then followed Sakuya into the school.
Qian Yuan Academy, which Sakuya attended, was an all-girls school covering both junior and senior high school. Basically, the students there were either rich or influential, and even the least privileged were children from middle-class families. The students were divided into day students and boarders. Sakuya was naturally a day student, while the boarders lived in a dormitory called Qian Yuan Dormitory, not far from the school buildings. Aside from its beautiful uniforms and noble young ladies, the school was best known for the clock tower rising in its center.
In fact, it wasn't just the school. Even the surrounding areas more or less used the sound of the bells to tell the time every day. The clock tower could be considered one of Qian Yuan Academy's specialties.
"Do you know why the principal asked me to come?"
As they walked into the school corridor, Duanmu Huai looked around and asked. In response, Sakuya shook her head.
"I'm not really sure. I asked around a little, but all I heard was that it seemed to have something to do with the boarders. No one knows the details, and it seems the teachers have sealed off the information... Perhaps something happened."
That was only natural. If nothing