The resentment of being single for over thirty years! Shizuka Hiratsuka knew all too well how terrifying that resentment could be... Of course, the reason she had agreed to cover for the other person was absolutely not because she was afraid of being cursed by that resentment. She merely understood how the other person felt, and there was also their past friendship, among other things.
Absolutely, absolutely not because the other person had said something like, "Don't think you can be happy on your own just because you're in Tokyo..." Shizuka Hiratsuka: "..."
"Have people in Tokyo heard of 'the wine-swilling heroine, Iron Fist Shizuka Hiratsuka'? Here in Chiba..." Shizuka Hiratsuka: "..." ...In any case, because of their past "friendship," the hot-blooded female teacher gave up her vacation and chose to cover someone else's shift. In this country where human relationships were so cold, the preciousness of such friendship truly made one sigh: "How plastic!" Back to the present—Toyogasaki Private Academy, Service Club activity room.
A forest training camp might have been an interesting outdoor activity for students, but for the person in charge, it was an incomparably troublesome task. They had to ensure everyone's safety while also making sure everyone received training and gained something from the camp.
Having taken on such a troublesome assignment, Shizuka Hiratsuka had no choice but to set her sights on Yukino Yukinoshita—there was nothing else she could do. At Sobu High School, she could trick a whole group of students into helping within minutes; but at Toyogasaki, she had only just started working there. Aside from Yukinoshita, the only student she knew was probably Sogo Doma.
EMMM... Sogo Doma could be skipped over. Without a second thought, Shizuka Hiratsuka decided to fool—cough, cough—seek the young lady's help. But she could not directly tell