As they approached the classroom, someone heard Jiang Xia and the others' footsteps.
The door slid open with a rattle, and a woman peeked out from behind it. She had a gentle appearance and wore simple casual clothes. She looked outside, saw that so many people had suddenly arrived, and paused in slight surprise.
"Miss Komiyama!" Suzuki Sonoko waved at her, gestured toward Mouri Ran, and explained, "I have something to do tonight, so I had to ask my friend to come in my place."
Then, remembering Okiya Subaru's friendly behavior earlier, Suzuki Sonoko pointed to the other side and introduced him as well:
"This is Mr. Okiya. Someone sent him an Experience Letter, so he wanted to come take a look."
"I see... Hello, everyone." The assistant smiled at them, crouched down to take several pairs of slippers from the shoe cabinet for the guests to change into, and introduced herself, "I'm Teacher Kamimori's assistant, Komiyama Yuko."
After changing into slippers, they entered the classroom.
There was still some time before class began, so there were not many people in the room.
Other than them and the assistant, there was only an elderly woman sitting alone in the corner.
Hearing someone enter, the woman looked up from her recipe book and glanced over, then disinterestedly withdrew her gaze.
Noticing the movement, the assistant quietly introduced her to Jiang Xia and the others:
"That is Teacher Kamimori's high school classmate—Miss Yashiro Kazue. They have known each other for many years."
Mouri Ran nodded. Seeing that Yashiro Kazue had no intention of paying attention to them, she did not go over to disturb her.
As a cooking enthusiast who had started cooking at a young age, her attention was quickly drawn to an oven beneath the table.
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