After returning to the Suou household—
Yukima Azuma stayed there for another day, then set out to leave again.
Before the spring break officially began, he still had a few matters to deal with.
Mrs. Suou had sincerely tried to keep Yukima Azuma to stay twice.
Seeing that he really had urgent business—
She could only reluctantly let go.
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By the ti Yukima Azuma had already left—
The Suou household returned to its usual daily rhythm.
Suou Yuki, as always, returned to her room, sat at her desk, and began handling so work related to the Suou family.
Only—on that afternoon.
When Suou Yuki had just finished dealing with the current work,
Her door was suddenly knocked on.
She glanced at her wristwatch, full of doubt.
It wasn't dinner ti yet.
Normally, if nothing urgent ca up, even Kimishima Ayano rarely visited her room at this hour.
Just as Suou Yuki was about to speak—
"Yuki, are you free?"
Her mother's voice, Mrs. Suou, rang out from outside the door.
Suou Yuki paused for a mont.
Then she stood up from her seat and went to open the door.
"Mom, what is it?"
Seeing Suou Yuki open the door,
Mrs. Suou smiled gently.
"Looks like you just finished your work. Co have so afternoon tea with ."
"It's been a long ti since you and I had a chance to sit and chat alone."
As she spoke, she pulled Suou Yuki's hand and led her toward the sitting room.
Being pulled so suddenly, Suou Yuki felt slightly dizzy.
Since elentary school—
Her mother had never proactively held her hand like this again.
She was montarily a little flustered.
Unable to understand why Mrs. Suou suddenly changed so much.
Seeing the doubtful look on her daughter's face,
Mrs. Suou silently self-reflected in her heart.
Thinking carefully, her attitude toward her daughter all these years had indeed been problematic.
Clearly, it was the fault of the girl's father, and just because Yuki bore so resemblance to him in her deanor,
She had gradually built a wall between them.
Fortunately, what happened this ti made her realize it.
The relationship between Mrs. Suou and Suou Yuki was actually extrely delicate—separated only by a thin layer of paper.
Both carried within them things they couldn't truly understand about the other.
Mrs. Suou felt Suou Yuki was the type who didn't value emotions.
Whereas Suou Yuki didn't understand why her mother was sowhat distant with her.
If only soone was willing to pierce through that thin "paper window," all misunderstandings could easily be resolved.
It was just that this had dragged on until now.
Fortunately, at this point, it didn't seem to be anything too serious anymore.
...
Sowhere else—
After leaving the Suou household,
Yukima Azuma returned ho for a few days, then once again set off for Chiba.
Chiba Shogi Club.
"Hmm, but where's Ginko-senpai?"
Azuma asked curiously.
Just earlier while chatting, he had glanced around once, yet didn't see any trace of Sora Ginko.
But logically, around this ti, Ginko should be at the club.
As a genius among female Shogi players, one with the potential to break the professional boundary for won—Sora Ginko.
Normally, she was very diligent in practice.
"Haha, ever since you got here your eyes have been darting all over—so it turns out you're looking for Ginko-chan~"
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Kiyotaki Keika softly chuckled while covering her mouth.
As a onee-san-senpai,
She fully supported her bro-kouhai and sis-kouhai being close and affectionate with each other.
Especially considering how little Yukima Azuma used to be a walking log.
Now he finally figured things out, which made her imnsely satisfied.
"Today Ginko-chan went for a magazine photoshoot, over at the publishing office."
"If you're planning to go find her, you should head out now."
"She only left a short while ago."
Keika explained with a smile.
As the current holder of the Queen and Throne of Woman titles in the Shogi world,
And being young and beautiful,
Sora Ginko was the public face of the Shogi scene.
The nickna 'Snow White of Naniwa' wasn't just to praise Ginko's skills,
But also spoke to her outstanding beauty.
From ti to ti, Sora Ginko would accept offers to do a few photoshoots for magazines or interviews for newspapers and such.
This ti, Yukima Azuma had arrived at just the right mont — right on the day Ginko went for a shoot.
...
After asking Kiyotaki Keika for the address of the publishing office,
Azuma imdiately left the Shogi club and headed straight there.
The mont he arrived outside the building, before he could even say a word,
a passing reporter already recognized him.
"You're Ryuuou, Yukima-sensei, aren't you?!"
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The young female reporter couldn't hide her excitent upon seeing Azuma.
After all, Yukima Azuma was famous for being an extrely difficult person to interview.
Normally, trying to get him to say anything or appear in any dia was practically impossible.
Yet, his level of fa was ridiculously high.
Which made the press both adore and feel utterly helpless with him.
"Umu, I'm here to see soone. Can I go inside?"
Yukima Azuma pointed toward the interior of the publishing office.
The reporter quickly nodded enthusiastically.
The publishing office wasn't so kind of restricted zone anyway.
On regular days, visitors often ca by to look around.
Many interviews also took place right inside here.
Bringing soone in wasn't a big deal at all.
What's more, if she could dig up anything from Yukima Azuma—
then this girl would be scoring big ti!
"Yukima-sensei, the drama series Hikaru no Shogi where you played the lead—is it true filming's finished already?"
"Ah… Yukima-sensei, could you share a bit about your life after earning the Ryuuou title?"
"Yukima-sensei, is your visit to the publishing house this ti because… ah! I knew it—you're here for Snow White!"
"Yukima-sensei, just one private question, I absolutely won't publish this or tell anyone, I swear…"
"Between Snow White and Empress, who do you like more? Are you dating anyone?"
Along the way, the reporter kept firing off one question after another.
Yukima Azuma politely gave a few brief replies.
But when it ca to that final personal question—
Yukima Azuma looked at her with a deeply puzzled expression.
What do you an, Ginko and Sainokami Ika? What kind of comparison even is that?
Seeing Azuma look confused, the reporter hesitated a little.
"Ah well, wasn't it that Sainokami Ika once confessed to Yukima-sensei before…"
"Even though she was rejected, afterwards you two still participated in a few tournants together…"
"So then… could it be that it's not Sainokami-san or Sora-san? It's Little Ryuuou?!"
Azuma: ∘ ∘ ∘ ( °ヮ° ) ?!
The more he listened, the stiffer his expression beca.
Why the hell is she bringing up Hinatsuru Ai??? That girl is my young disciple!
Azuma lightly waved his hand, signaling he didn't want to answer any more of these questions.
At the sa ti, his gaze turned toward the reporter with clear disdain.
This reporter… don't tell she's the real lolicon here?
If you really are one, then at least stop projecting it onto other people!
The reporter imdiately went silent, but inside she seed to have just experienced a revelation:
I understand now!!(Note: WTF is this girl even "understanding"? I don't get it at all.)
...
And so, walking and chatting like that, the two of them quickly arrived at the photography area.
Yukima Azuma poked his head in from the studio doorway.
Just in ti to see Sora Ginko step onto the photo platform.
Below her were all kinds of lights, caras, lenses—all simultaneously pointing at the young girl.
At that mont, Sora Ginko was wearing her usual sailor uniform.
She wasn't posing, nor was she heavily made up—she simply stood there on the platform.
And yet, the photo quality was excellent.
There was really only one thing to say:
Beautiful girls look good in anything.
Yukima Azuma watched for a while, then tilted his head slightly in confusion:
"Didn't the magazine already do a couple of issues with senpai's school uniform before?"
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