Proceed on a path that has nothing to do with cultural festivals, contrary to shopping districts and schools.
Pass an elementary school that used to be attended by three brothers and sisters, Shizukuishi, and walk side by side through a narrow passage that was recently maintained.
We arrived at Ishibashi, which has no weird philosophy.
Letters inscribed on old, distorted cobblestones are difficult to weather and read.
It's just a landscape that's spreading across every town.
I'm sure if you're in high school by now, you might be aware of the SNS projection, look good, and do fantastic photography, but it's just a bridge.
Let me tell you again, it's just a bridge.
Little rivers and bridges that the elementary school kids are likely to swim back to school, but it was a different view for me and Shizukuishi.
"Here, remember?
He stopped in front of the bridge and threw his words at Shizuku.
Hasn't she visited in a long time too, she speaks out looking around and nostalgic.
"I miss you... Maple used to fall out of here and get a lot wet, right?"
As I remember a few years ago, Shizuku remembered clearly the situation at the time and said with a bitter smile.
If I remember correctly, I feel that I accidentally fell when I turned around to see the carp swimming in the river.
I was impressed that Maple was worried about the material getting wet in response to the situation where me and Shizukuishi were worried about Maple's body.
Shizuku had a slightly embarrassing memory like that of everyone, and said why he had been brought to an unrelated place.
I can't relieve her problems, I can't empathize, I can't replace her shoulders.
Perfect mutual understanding is impossible.
But people want to understand.
You can't, but you know somewhere in your mind that it's impossible, but you put yourself at the center of the world and think about things.
Me, Shizukuishi, and the people who expect from her.
"Shizuku asks me for an answer because she thinks I'm the one who understands herself best?
"... yes, because you know me best and most importantly, you're not like me at all"
Shizuku stares into my eyes, reflecting and reflecting, with a peek into the river's surface.
Why would she overestimate me that far?
Until now, I didn't care what they said or what kind of evaluation I got.
No, I still don't care if I say it with my own emotions.
Because evaluation from others is the correct evaluation in modern times.
There are many choices as to whether self-assessment is too high or too low.
Because I personally think it would be more reliable to be evaluated by others than to set ambiguous evaluation criteria myself.
Still, unprecedented emotions were budding.
The idea is that we need to ensure that our negative assessment of ourselves does not adversely affect the people we associate with.
Few students are involved with me at the moment.
It is no exaggeration to say that with the exception of Shizukuishi, Kirasaka and Yudo, there is only a student council.
I'm convinced by my surroundings because I've been dating for a long time, but I can easily change people's impressions.
That is what sometimes falls from heaven to earth in an instant.
I don't think I can help myself, but I'm beginning to think I have to avoid making them that kind of situation.
I guess this is also a kind of emotional change.
That's me, compassionate man.
… or this consideration of hands should not be taken for granted if we are going to live in a group.
Because it didn't belong to a group.
Too much alone, I almost started a political party called the Botch Party.
The joke reminds me of the words Shizukuishi had asked me when she was in the mall.
"I... for you all, what can I do for you?
... Shizukuishi Inquiry itself, represents her character.
Too kind, thinking about others rather than yourself, is instead the result of tormenting yourself.
I know what to tell you.
So I decided to spin the words in order.
"First of all, I'm not the one who understands you the most..."
Head-on, he denied Shizuku's words.
I shook my shoulders and found out that Shizuku's expression had darkened from my back as well.
"It's just a matter of time I shared... I know because we've been together longer than anyone else... it's not like I'm awesome or bad around"
I've also noticed that every trick, habit, and unconsciously every move she's putting on the surface is an old habit.
I brought you here to tell you that I've shared a lot of time.
Even in a very ordinary landscape, I remember because they are two people who have accumulated time.
I've noticed it because I get more advantages about time than the students around me.
If you had only spent the same amount of time with Shizuku as others, you wouldn't have noticed.
So the idea that she has the answer she wants because she's me is wrong.
You don't have to be me to notice.
But I also repeatedly understood that that was the hard part.
"Popular or... it's hard for people to get a lot of money"
There are also troubling problems because of the talent and appearance given to them.
Not just people who want to be purely close, who want to let their minds go through.
There's greed, there's falsehood, and for some reason, they compete around on their own.
Seeking unwanted friends with us first.
Nothing but annoyance from the person's point of view, such as the fact that the surrounding area is starting off on its own and thriving.
Still unaware of it is the perception that the students are young or normal?
In fact, Shizuku is troubled, so I guess we need to take some action to solve the problem.
"... that's all I can say about how far I can get thrown away"
"... throw away?
"Yes, time, friendship, academia, self-drilling… how far can Shizukuishi throw away anything but the top priority right now if you name it"
I sat down on the handrail of the stone bridge and told him.
Shizuku also nodded quietly and listened.
It's natural to throw something away instead of getting something.
If you go out into society, you will often get something for the money.
But we're students.
You have to make a rounding choice because it is not money.
That we can't leave what Shizukuishi really needs for what she wants, and then give it less priority than it currently is.
It's easy to treat everything equally, but hard to maintain.
In Yudo Ogiwara, for example, he has abandoned his will for the sake of his surroundings.
In order to be like a kind prince, I guess you decided that being around you was more important than being yourself.
And Minoru Kirasaka is forsaking his relationship with others.
I devote my time and abilities only to what I am interested in.
Then what about Shuxi?
That's the only one I don't get.
Maybe only that guy treats everything equally.
But if you return the back, I guess that guy doesn't have that much priority.
So I shouldn't refer to it this time.
What Shizuku really wants to give priority to, and what can he throw away for it?
"I can't do my schooling and friendship on an equal footing... it's obvious that I have less time with you guys in the student council"
That's the answer I chose.
For me, I chose the student council by spending less time with Shizukuta, who was the only one involved.
Because the top priority for me at the time was to win the election and work as a student council.
I don't regret it, it doesn't make sense where I did.
Time never returns, reality remains the same where I have fantasized about going back.
"Do we pierce the princess we all want, or do we prioritize our own moods... you're the one who chooses"
That said, move your gaze next door.
Shizuku, who has just sat next to me, meets his gaze.
The sound of tree leaves rubbing against the sound of river water flowing.
Naturally rich BGM spreads.
Usually, I take my gaze off one of them, but this time it was stalled in a staring fashion.
I could see that the eyes that were directed turned into something that asked for answers, like when I went into a break.
"What are you..."
"This is… Shizuku's choice. There's no point in asking people for answers."
I'm sure you'll regret hearing my opinion here.
At that time, I wish I had chosen a different choice.
It's even possible that you shouldn't have talked to me in the first place.
But this is all I have to make my own choices.
... and it's time for me to make a choice myself.
It is a word I say to her, but also a commandment to myself.
"I..."
I lifted my hips to block him from grinding and trying to make a voice out of the back of his throat.
Shizuku also looks up and looks at this one.
"... the break is almost over, let's go back"
"Yes......"
It doesn't have to be now to give the answer.
On your way home, you can spend the rest of the cultural festival and select your own answer.
Without a heart, he returned to the Cultural Festival in the second half of the war with a more serious Shizuku than when he arrived at this place.