Love Comes After Learning

Kirisu Mafuyu was stunned, and his tense expression slowly relaxed, looking at the sports jacket with the word "Kirsu" embroidered on the chest, with a slightly emotional expression.

"That's right. In the past, because of a certain talent, I was lucky enough to enter this academy... Asada, I remember that you often go to the gazebo in the middle of the labyrinth garden, right?"

This time Asada was startled: "That's right..."

Although I have been staying in the classroom recently, I seldom go there for lunch and reading.

Kirisu Mafuyu lowered his eyes and continued to speak softly.

"Memories. Thinking about it now, under the quiet cherry tree, watching the petals swaying and falling in the wind, as if all the troubles can be buried in the soil, it always makes me so addicted that I forget time and everything...

It was also my favorite place to go when I was a student. "

"Is that so..." Asada nodded, with a thoughtful look in his eyes, and suddenly asked, "Sorry, it's a bit abrupt to ask, but the "certain talent" you mentioned just now is..."

"..." Kirisu Mafuyu looked at him quietly, and after a long while, he sighed as if giving up, "Although it is not a past worth mentioning, since you have seen so many embarrassing places about me, this It’s okay to tell you something.”

Some things hidden in the bottom of my heart can be said, and maybe it can make people feel more relaxed.

She stood up suddenly, stepped over the obstacles on the ground, and was about to walk towards a cabinet in the corner covered by a white cloth.

But suddenly he stumbled, as if he had kicked something, and his body became unstable.

Before she could balance her center of gravity, a hand reached out from behind and gently held her arm.

"Teacher, are you okay?

Chapter 54 Say something to the teacher in the teacher's room

A caring voice rang next to his ears, Kirisu Mafuyu raised his head in surprise, and met his eyes with the slightly taller him.

Time seemed to stop at this moment.

His eyes, his side face that should have been immature, looked inexplicably mature.

Where the palms and arms were clasped, there was a faint heat that scalded into the skin, and the mood that had been deliberately unaware began to clamor.

She just brought him to her room to thank the student for his help and to ask him some questions.

stern.No problem, no need to feel guilty at all.

In this case, whether it is the nervousness just now or the rapid heartbeat now, it should not appear in this state of mind!

Kirisu Mafuyu, cheer up!He is your student!

Feeling confused, she quickly turned her head and pulled her arm out of his hand.

"I, I'm fine, thank you."

Then he continued to walk towards the corner, took a few deep breaths secretly with his back turned to him, and gradually regained his composure.

It doesn't matter what questions you asked him to come in, just ask him out after you finished speaking, otherwise the atmosphere of being alone is really bad!

"..."

Asada glanced at her tiny red ears, and then at his own hands, with a slightly weird expression.

Kirisu Mafuyu did not look back at him, but stood still in front of the cabinet, grabbed the white cloth on top, and spoke in a flat voice.

"Did I tell you that?

In the past, I, like the women now, threw my talent into the sewer. In order to dream of such illusory things, I abandoned everyone's expectations, abandoned the supposedly brilliant future, and foolishly embarked on a strange road with an uncertain future. "

Brush it!

She pulled down the white cloth abruptly, revealing a glass cabinet displaying various trophies and awards.

Asada couldn't help opening her eyes slightly.

The champion of the youth group of the city-level figure skating competition, the overall champion of the county-level figure skating competition, and even the Kanto region and Japan competitions...just looking at those trophies is enough to describe how glorious the past was.

Among these symbols of glory, there is only one framed photo standing silently.

It was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl, with a figure like a kite, as if she would jump out of the photo at any time, dancing lightly like this, stretching her figure heartily on the blue ice.

There was pure joy and enjoyment in those blue eyes, looking straight ahead, meeting Asada's gaze with a smile on his face.

"..."

He stood where he was, responding to the splendor with silence.

In my mind, the "Princess on Ice" named Miharu Kirisu on the cover of the magazine I saw just now appeared.

Whether it's appearance or that confident look, they are [-]% similar to the girl in the photo.

Her name...is Kirisu Mafuyu.

"In the end, no matter what things failed, no matter what qualifications were lost... It is neither a dazzling youth memory nor a memorable growth experience, just such a worthless past."

Taking a deep look at the things in the cabinet, Kirisu Mafuyu raised his hands again, as if filling the tomb of time with soil, and covered it tightly under the white cloth.

Turning around, she raised her brows, and her pupils reflected a icy glimmer that was the opposite of what was shown in the photo.

"Have you cleared up your doubts a little bit? Because I know that abandoning my talents will only bring regrets, so I, who have already stood on this road, absolutely don't want to see students follow in my footsteps."

"This is the source of my belief that is contrary to yours, and it is also a lesson for those children and a teacher for the future."

Kirisu Mafuyu stared at him, with complicated emotions hidden under the straight eyes, her voice was as cold and dignified as passing across the ice.

"I can see all your efforts...but sure enough, I can't change my mind just because of this."

"Looking back. I always wonder whether they will regret it like I do in the future, whether they have spent countless days and nights thinking about going back to convince that impulsive and ignorant self, and erasing this wasted time..."

"The correct choice, only the future self will know. But because human beings cannot talk to the future self, it is only us adults who have made mistakes, to tell them——

How self-righteous you are now. "

yes……

"Maybe I am very satisfied now, the future is bright, and everything seems to be full of beauty..."

She closed her eyes and let out a sigh, passed him expressionlessly, and walked back to the low table.

"But when they encounter setbacks, the pain will be stronger than ever. It will destroy the firm belief they have built so far, and it will also pierce the dream vision that has been in vain."

As if talking about his own affairs, behind Asada Shinichi, Kirisu Mafuyu gradually clenched his fists and said softly.

"At that point, can you let them... stagger along this painful road?"

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After drinking the tea and eating the yokan, Asada offered to leave before the teacher asked him to go back.

After sending him out the door, Teacher Tongxu stood at the door and said.

"Thank you for today's work. Please continue to work hard at the school. Although you seem to adapt quickly, from the perspective of an educator, you still have a lot to learn."

Asada nodded, her expression was very calm from then on, after she finished speaking, she still silently stared at her pretty face.

Kirisu Mafuyu's ears gradually turned red when he saw him, and he unconsciously hid his hands behind his back, bit his lower lip involuntarily, looked away and said in a low voice.

"Doubt, doubt. Is there anything else... I advise you to leave quickly. If someone sees it, it will be bad to spread gossip..."

Asada sighed slowly, seemingly helpless and heavy.

"Teacher, I..."

As if feeling the emotion that had been hidden in his heart for a long time and was about to flourish, Kirisu Mafuyu's heartbeat suddenly accelerated violently, and the warm current gradually flowed through his chest, both happy and troubled.

However, this is not OK!

The blushing face suddenly tightened, just when she raised her head seriously and wanted to advise something.

Asada directly interrupted her movements.

"I've also said in the past that you don't know what will happen in the future, so don't draw conclusions on your own."

Tongsu Mafuyu: "???"

"I know, this is just a self-righteous empty talk. I obviously don't have the experience of your teacher, but I think that castles in the air can still be built into tall buildings."

Asada smiled helplessly, looking at the astonished face of Teacher Kirisu, a little surprised by her seemingly exaggerated reaction.

But he ignored these and continued to speak his words seriously.

"It's just that I presumptuously feel that... to the teacher, you are proud of figure skating, and you can hold your head high as a teacher. No matter in the past or now, you have never expressed "hate" or "do not want to do it" expression..."

"Then, what you regret should be something else, right?"

"It's not the self who has come to the present, nor the self who worked hard in the past."

"If it wasn't for the 'setbacks', the teacher wouldn't feel like he was going the wrong way like now, would he?"

Seeing Mr. Kirisu's gradually changing expression in his eyes, Asada said every word.

"So, the mistake is in losing to this frustrated self."

"There is nothing wrong with the choice. There is nothing wrong with wanting to be a skater or a teacher. No matter which path is the most correct life."

"It's the same for Furuhashi, Ogata, and the others—however, if they fail and encounter setbacks that are difficult to recover from, then all those who are right will conclude that 'this is wrong'."

"It has nothing to do with dreams or expertise, it's just that."

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"I can only let them stagger forward, but before that, I want to cultivate the courage and strength to stand up no matter how many times they fall...?"

The footsteps outside the door had already gone away, and Kirisu Mafuyu leaned against the closed door, murmuring his last words inadvertently.

Her vision changed from blurred to clear, she looked at the messy but orderly scene in the house, and was suddenly taken aback.

Those neat ones come from the books he put aside, reflecting the light of the warm afternoon sun, it seems to illuminate a quiet and serene atmosphere.

The unfinished coffee on the table also seemed to spread the coolness to every corner of the room, cooling down her wild thoughts, but it couldn't condense into ice again.

Clenched his fists, and then slowly loosened them.

Leaning against the sliding door, Mafuyu Kirisu gradually sat down on the ground, folded his legs, and buried his head between his knees.

After a long silence, the dull breath was finally let out.

"It would be great if I could hear these words earlier and meet you sooner...

Chapter 55 Shinichi Asada

Friday.

At the end of the day's course, a brief study meeting was held to review what they had learned today, and Asada, Furuhashi, and Ogata were ready to part ways.