Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei

"Do you seriously love her as a woman?"

"Miyuki as a woman."

Masaki didn't overlook the fact that Tatsuya fumbled for a moment.

"Don't misunderstand it! You only love her as a sister, not as a woman, don't you!?"

"Huh"

Tatsuya's breath stops for a moment.

Tatsuya does love Miyuki from the bottom of his heart. There is no falsehood there.

But does he love Miyuki as a woman?

Don't he just love her as a sister?

It's a question Tatsuya has asked himself, and he had doubts if he could answer it.

It was a thorn that had been stabbing at Tatsuya's heart ever since the day he became Miyuki's fiance.

Masaki's words unintentionally hit Tatsuya's Achilles' heel.

"You have no right to say such things to me!"

Tatsuya raised his voice for the first time as he was hit in a sore spot.

"Ichijou, you're the one who's just attracted to Miyuki's appearance!"

"Kuh. What's wrong with falling in love with her appearance!"

Masaki, too, was greatly damaged by Tatsuya's point.

The two of them had their composure greatly scraped off by each other's words.

"Can I believe you if you say that you like her just because of her looks!"

"It's not just about looks! I'm sure I can love everything about her!"

"You don't even know Miyuki well enough to have something to love about! It's just a frivolous love at first sight, isn't it?"

Tatsuya's voice was also followed by Masaki and they became more and more heated up.

"What is wrong with love at first sight? When I saw her for the first time, I knew it was fate!"

''Fate!? Like that's ground for anything!''

Shortly thereafter.

Tatsuya was showered by a thunderous applause.

With his astonishment laid bare he surveyed the vicinity

The vacant lot where Tatsuya and Masaki had been beating each other up was surrounded by graduates and current students who must have been attending the graduation party at some point.

Miyuki, who was standing in the front row, stumbles a step or two forward after her back is pushed.

It was a Honoka smiling through tears that pushed Miyuki's back.

Miyuki's cheeks dyed bright red while she was walking up to Tatsuya

It wasn't just shyness that was making her blush.

'Tatsuya-sama'

Tatsuya could not utter a word back right away. He was more shaken than ever before.

"Me too."

""

"I also won't let anyone else have Tatsuya-sama."

A wow, and a cheer rises.

A roar of applause reverberated.

After looking around to the left and right, Tatsuya's blood-soaked lips parted in a contemplative smile.

"Miyuki."

He gently called his beloved's name and wrapped his hands around hers vigorously.

"Let's run away."

Tatsuya then announced the shameful line proudly.

"Yes!"

Tatsuya pulled Miyuki's hand away and ran off.

Miyuki followed Tatsuya's back with a smile full of happiness.

There was a crowd of people lined up in the road in front of them.

They were greeted with applause and ran down the single path that had been created between the crowd of people.

They could see Lina's figure in the crowd. When their gazes met, Lina smiled and gave a thumbs up.

I can see Honoka and Shizuku in the crowd. Honoka has her face down on Shizuku's shoulder and is actually gently stroking her head.

Erika and Leo can also be seen in the crowd. They give a teasing, but never scornful, smile.

Mizuki and Mikihiko can be seen in the human fence. Mizuki just clapped her hands incessantly, while Mikihiko went along with it with a wry smile.

Izumi and Kasumi can be seen in the crowd. Izumi glares at Tatsuya in a hushed way, while Kasumi waves at him with a happy, relieved smile, trying not to look at Izumi.

The crowd breaks up.

Ahead of them is a row of cherry blossom trees leading up to the school gate.

They are in early bloom this year, and the cherry blossoms have already begun to fall.

Tatsuya and Miyuki run under the dancing cherry blossoms.

Holding hands tightly, the two run through the flurry of failing cherry blossoms.