Of course, as an adult who had been beaten down by society, Shizuka Hiratsuka might have felt awkward, but she was hardly going to be left speechless because of it. "So what if I like hot-blooded manga?"
"No..." Looking at the hot-blooded female teacher, who wore an expression of self-abandonment while still threatening him with her eyes, Sogo Doma—who loved recklessly testing the boundaries of courting death—also knew not to overdo it. "I was just curious. Besides, I like hot-blooded manga too..."
Shizuka Hiratsuka: "..."
Though she knew he was trying to comfort her by claiming they shared the same hobby, she did not feel comforted in the slightest. After all, it was perfectly normal for a high school boy like him to read hot-blooded manga, while she was a female teacher already in her twenties...
"Enough. There's no need to bring up such irrelevant matters anymore. In short, the reason I wanted to make a home visit to Mashiro was because I realized that it wasn't that she couldn't learn—it was that she'd never had the chance to learn. Before, I simply hadn't met Mashiro. But now that I have, I only hope she can live like an ordinary girl..."
"Is that so?"
"What?" Shizuka Hiratsuka said the moment Sogo Doma spoke up. "Do you think there's something wrong with my idea?"
"No. If anything, I think your idea is quite good, Hiratsuka-sensei..."
Hearing that, Shizuka Hiratsuka tested the waters again. "Then, about the home visit...?"
"Let's talk inside." He had agreed.
"Hold on..." However, faced with Sogo Doma's invitation, Shizuka Hiratsuka changed her mind again. "There are still some things I want to ask you about."
"Like what...?"
"Stop playing dumb!" Shizuka Hiratsuka shot him a sideways glance. "Didn't you just ask whether anyone had come looking for