Chapter 76-1
"Ryosaku-kun... it's been a while. How have you been...?"
"Rika-chan! How have you been...? How many years has it been since we last saw each other..."
"Well...it's been over three years now. Since I went to junior high school in Tokyo...I'm already a high school student."
"So am I."
At the same time as Rika Toyama graduated from K Elementary School, due to her mother's circumstances, she enrolled in a junior high school in the city...and just like that, she became estranged from Ryosaku.
"Rika-chan... why are you here...?"
"Yeah. Actually, my family circumstances changed again, and I ended up attending this high school. You see, it's a coeducational high school in U-town..."
"Ah... U High School. It's far away. Do you commute to school by train...?"
"Yeah. It's a pain for me to wake up early every morning. I wanted to go to Y-Higashi High School like Ryosaku-kun. It's co-educational there, too."
"Ah.....But, since your English teacher is a "demon teacher," you might have been right in not coming to my high school.
I'm not good at English, so every day the demon teacher scolds me and even hits me on the head with a stick... "
"Well, that person...is a terrible teacher."
"Hahaha. That's it, he's a pretty good teacher. I don't dislike him."
