So she wanted to live for a while in her own way, without being sheltered by her family.
Kiryuin-senpai had chosen to blend in among ordinary people.
That meant she did not want to keep climbing upward and attend a prestigious university meant for children headed into high society. Instead, she chose to accommodate herself downward and attend an ordinary local university.
"Then what about Classmate Sakayanagi—" Hachiman had heard Classmate Sakayanagi mention inviting Kiryuin-senpai to work for free for several years.
"I'll contact her after I graduate from university," Kiryuin said. "Though true freedom is certainly something I can never obtain."
"But I want to experience the life of an ordinary person."
"Going to work for an ordinary company after graduation is also an option, but joining the Sakayanagi family has its advantages. In the end, I have to live up to my surname, so it can make up for the connections I would lose by freely choosing my university," Kiryuin said.
It seemed she had reached that conclusion after careful consideration.
In other words, children from conglomerate families like hers should have been directed, like Classmate Sakayanagi, toward places where people of their own kind gathered. But since she had independently chosen a university with more ordinary people, she would make up for the social connections she lacked by maintaining ties with the Sakayanagi family.
This senpai had only just graduated, yet her way of thinking was already so worldly.
Still, Hachiman had learned which university Asahina-senpai intended to attend some time ago. So what university had Kiryuin-senpai chosen...
"Chiba University was selected at random," Kiryuin-senpai said as if she could read his mind. "And speaking of which, Hachiman Hikigaya, you're from Chiba, aren't you? Perhaps we'll meet again someday in the future."
Chiba University...
Why had