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Draft 12（第3页）

“Uood...”

saidadisappointedRyō.

“Kageyamaisinpetent.Itshouldtakethemonlyadayortwotorealizeaswordisnotfittingforthenursery.Theyshouldhaveannouncedwithindaysoftheirdiscoverythattheywillexperimenthowtoachievethesameresultwithhouseholdobjects，ormaybewithagemstoneorrock.Ithasbeenamonth，andonersarebuyingupswordsinthehopethatArashicouldturnthemintobabyprotectors.”

Yukarispokesternly，withwrathunderhertone.“Kageyamahasofficiallydefiledtheoftheswordbytheirlackoffht，theirinaandtheirobtusethinking.Theyhaveletswordsbeeamuletsanddecorations.”

Yukarisatdownatherdesk.“KageyamaAcademywilltermiheiroperation.Kasumi，Draftabriefnotice.Iwillmakemypresehereonthedayofthewintersolsticetoreceivetheirunditionalsurrender.”

ThepeacefulatmosphereatKageyamaevaporatedht.Thedisturbedinstruetinthecellor’sofficewithgreatanxiousness.

TotheDeskofthecelloratKageyamaAcademy，

DuetoyourinexcusablemisductssurroundingArashi’sdiscovery，Kageyamawillceasetooperate.Onthedayofwintersolstice，allstaffandstudentsofKageyamawillpresentthemselvesthnesswithanofunditionalsurrender.

[Date]

[SealofHimeyama]

[SignatureofYukariapprovingthisnotice]

Afterreadingthenoticealoud，thecelloraskedtheroomforopinions:“Dearmembersofthestaff，whatdoyousupposetheymeantbymisduct?”

Instructlaeachother，pletelyastonished.

“Percetheymeantweshouldwriteandinformthemofthediscovery?”

“Ithinktheyjustwaheobewithheldfromthegeneralpublic.”

“Butthinkofthejoyofseeingyourownchildrengrowup!”

“Idon’tseeanyreasonforthemtohavebeenprovokedintosudignation.”

“MaybetheyfeelthatTHEYshouldbetheonesmakingimportantdiscoveries.”

“Himeyamasurehaslotsofpride.”

“WhatiftheyjustreallywantArashitobeetheirstudentinsteadofours?”

“Couldit?”

“Theydidn’tsay:closedown.Theytoldustopresentourselvestothem.”

“Allstaffandallstudents，too!”

“Andunditionalsurrender，sotheycouldjustpronouncewhatwouldhappentousandwewouldhavetoaccept.”

Themoretheydiscussed，themoreitseemedthatHimeyamajustwantedArashitransferred，butitwouldhurttheirvanityiftheysaiditplainly.

Meanwhileinthecafeteria，studentsandservicestaffhadbeenhavingtheirowesonwhyHimeyamaissuedthenotice，andwithnoclassesrunning，sinceallinstructorswereinthemeeting，thediscussionlastedallday.BythetimeArashifinishedherowntrainingandsteppedintothecafeteriafordihediscussionsandrumorsandtheoriesand‘what-if’sand‘my-best-guess-is’allgotalteredintoacasualsentence:

“Arashisenpai，IheardtheywanttosendyoutoHimeyama...”

Arashiimmediatelyleftthecafeteriaandracedtothecellor’soffice.Rightbeforeknogtheofficedoor，Arashiheardavoicefrominside“really，transferrioHimeyamaisthebestoptionifthat’swhattheiractualrequestis...”

“*BAM*”

Arashiswungthedooropen，andstartedtospeakwithfury.

“Howdareyoumakethatsuggestion!Kageyamaismyhome，andyouwanttoridmeasifIamtrouble?Evenifthat’sthebestoption，youshouldhavediscusseditwithmefirstbeforedebatingfeasibility!”

“DearArashi，pleasecalmdown.”

Saidthecellor.“Wewerereadingthenotiddiscussingwhatcouldbethemotive.Theversationgotcarriedtoanotherdire，butwedidnothavetheideaoftransferringyouwhenwecalledthemeeting.”

“ButtransferrioHimeyamaiswronginprinciple!”

Arashitered.“IwantKageyamatainherflorybyrekindlingvaloraermination，andIdetestthecurrentstatewherepeopleretreatfromtheoutsideworldtobehermitsintheiroffices.Youaredoingadisservicetothesbyyourescapismandpessimism.YoushouldbefightingHimeyama，aherlivebyyourvictoryordiegallantlywithswordsinyourhands.”