Mayuzumi took out her cell phone and answered the call.
"Hey, Saki?"
Just as he mentioned Editor Yoshizawa's name, he immediately received a call from her!
Speaking of people, this kind of coincidence wasn't rare.
"I'm currently together with him … it's fine, it's … it's going well."
"Wah … I'm sorry, it's not going well."
"No, no, I'm fine! You don't need to come over — you still have work to do, don't you? "
Editor Yoshizawa sounded quite worried.
Seiji couldn't help but recall the image of that icy-cold female editor.
He felt like if it were her, she would immediately rush over to his teacher's side as soon as she found out what happened.
Seiji picked up his teacup and was about to take another sip when he heard his cell phone ring as well.
It was Mika.
"Seiji, are you back at school?"
"No, I'm outside … something happened when I went over with Sensei," Seiji explained. "I'm currently at a coffee shop with Sensei."
"Oh … how's Peach-sensei?" Mika's voice was filled with concern.
"She wasn't in a good condition earlier, but she's fine now. We're drinking tea and chatting," Seiji replied in a low voice.
"Will you two still come to school?"
"We'll see. If Sensei still wants to go, she can go, but if not, I won't force her."
"Oh …"
"No need to mind us. You can go shopping with Chiaki."
"Yeah …" Mika's voice sounded a little lonely.
The call ended there.
When he looked at Mayuzumi again, he saw that Mayuzumi had also ended the call.
"Saki's really concerned about our situation and wanted to come over immediately, but I stopped her." Mayuzumi smiled wryly.
"Editor Yoshizawa's really concerned about Sensei."
"Yeah, I've always been grateful to her … it's just that sometimes, I feel like she's worrying too much." Mayuzumi sighed.
"One time, when I was talking to her on the phone, my cell phone ran out of battery, and the call was suddenly cut off.
In the end, it only took her five minutes to rush over from the editing department to my house to check on me. "
Five minutes!?
Seiji was astonished to hear this.
He didn't know just how far away Thunder Bunko's editing department was from Sensei's house, but five minutes … that was incredible!
Could it be flying? Editor Yoshizawa can actually transform in a phone booth!?
There had to be a mistake somewhere … or perhaps this female editor was a Spiritual Ability user?
No, no, how could it be possible to meet people from that side? Don't make wild guesses.
"I was shocked at the time … She was panting and sweating, but after confirming that I was fine, she acted like normal."
"You've always cared for me and taken care of me. I'm really grateful. But I also hope that she won't worry too much, "Mayuzumi muttered.
"Like an older sister who worries too much about her younger sister?"
"Hmm … you could say that." The manga author tilted her head slightly.
"I think she treats me like a child, as if she thinks that I can't do anything without someone to take care of me."
In fact, I already have this feeling, Sensei.
Seiji thought silently.
Although he had only known Peach-sensei for a short period of time, the female editor had told him that Peach-sensei was a girl who needed to be taken care of.
Even though Peach-sensei was a popular manga author and seemed like a mature professional woman, she was crying just by sitting on the bus … No, no, stop thinking like that; it would be rude to a hardworking Sensei.
At any rate, if he had such an impression of her after such a short period of time, then it was completely understandable that Sensei's best friend, Editor Yoshizawa, would be overly concerned about her.
Seiji was now certain that if Editor Yoshizawa knew what happened to Sensei just now, she would definitely try to dissuade her and rush over!
Would the astonishing speed of arriving in five minutes appear again?
'I really want to see it …'
Mayuzumi continued telling him about how she and Saki Yoshizawa had interacted with each other.
From this, Seiji gained a better understanding of the deep friendship between the two of them, as well as a more concrete understanding of them.
Then, he checked the time.
"Sensei, do you still want to go to the school festival?"
"If I go now … do I still have time to go?"
"Yes, although I don't have much time left." Seiji smiled. "It's all up to Sensei … Even if I don't go now, I can go tomorrow. The school festival isn't just a single day."
Mayuzumi lowered her head and remained silent for a while.
"Let's go take a look." Mayuzumi raised her head.
"Just as Haruta-kun said, the school festival isn't just a single day, but if we go back like this, it feels …"
"Like we're admitting defeat?"
"Yeah …"
Seiji's mouth arced upwards even more.
"Alright then, let's go right now."
And so, he indicated to the waitress for the bill.
After the waitress brought the bill, Seiji took out his wallet, only to see Mayuzumi taking out several bills and placing them on top of the bill.
"Sensei …"
"It's fine as long as I pay … I'm an adult!" Mayuzumi smiled.
"Haruta-kun's quite a gentleman, but it's better if you don't force yourself when it comes to money."
Seiji was rendered speechless.
This was the moment when the manga author acted most like an adult.
…
The two of them took a taxi to the entrance of Yuen Hwa Secondary School.
Mayuzumi's body tensed up again as she faced the crowd.
"Sensei, let's go in."
"Yeah … yeah."
Under Seiji's watchful gaze, Mayuzumi tried her best to walk forward.
She tried her best to walk as normally as possible and not attract attention.
Although she instinctively wanted to walk slowly due to her fear, walking slowly would attract strange looks from others, which would make her even more afraid.
Walking normally and acting normally was the correct way to do things.
'I … can do it!'
Mayuzumi kept encouraging herself in her mind.
A boy passed by her.
She was so frightened that she almost stopped in her tracks, but she forced herself to continue walking.
"Just like that, Sensei, you did well." A voice of approval came from beside her.
Mayuzumi turned her head and saw that Haruta-kun was gently looking in her direction.
It was as if he was an adult encouraging a child with his eyes.
Mayuzumi felt a little warm, but also a little ashamed.
"Haruta-kun, don't look at me like that."
"Oh … I'm sorry, I was too engrossed." Seiji retracted his gaze and looked in front of him.
"I think, Sensei … you're beautiful."
"Eh?"
Mayuzumi felt as if she'd been struck by a sudden compliment, and her chest tightened.
"You have a phobia, and even though you felt so uncomfortable on the bus, you still insisted on coming here and walking resolutely towards the crowd."
Seiji continued.
"I think that Sensei like that is truly beautiful."
Mayuzumi praised her from the bottom of her heart.
For a person to face something that they felt was terrifying but also needed to overcome it, they didn't run away, didn't stop, and continued moving forward … such a spirit and willpower was doubtlessly worthy of admiration.
Peach-sensei, who had such willpower, had no other words to describe her other than beautiful.
That was what Seiji thought, and he expressed it to Mayuzumi.
Mayuzumi's heartbeat quickened as she heard his words, and her cheeks heated up slightly.
'This … this … Haruta-kun …'
As she looked at his side profile, she felt an urge to shout out loud.
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