However.
Chairman Sakayanagi had held a high position for many years, so he did not panic in the face of this sudden situation. He simply walked over and sat down across the round table in the private room.
It was as though he had directly ignored his daughter, though his gaze turned toward Hachiman's Mother.
"You must be Hachiman's family member." Chairman Sakayanagi said, "I am Arisu's father, Sakayanagi Morishiro. Because of my position, I cannot attend her three-way meeting."
"I'll be relying on you this time. I will remember this favor," the chairman said.
"Ah... right." Hachiman's Mother had first noticed the person who had just arrived at the door of the private room. Then she discovered that her son was sitting together with Classmate Sakayanagi, and the two of them even seemed to be holding hands.
And her son was the one being held.
"--" That was Hachiman's Mother's expression at the time.
Of course, as an adult, what concerned her now was this awkward atmosphere. Not only were the two children present, but even Classmate Sakayanagi's parent had arrived.
Hachiman's Mother had seen in the letter sent to their home that the school hoped she would act as the parent of a student named Sakayanagi Arisu from the same grade.
Was she essentially attending the parent-teacher conference in another student's parents' place?
That was hardly a common occurrence.
So she immediately grabbed her daughter Komachi and asked about the details. After all, hadn't her daughter visited Advanced Nurturing High School before? She ought to know something about it.
Then, she learned that this Classmate Sakayanagi seemed to be pursuing Hachiman unilaterally.
Although she felt that her son had not been particularly promising in the past, ever since coming to Advanced Nurturing High School, he had seemed like