This made Ayanokoji feel a bit uncomfortable, but never having experienced such a feeling, he couldn't precisely describe what kind of feeling it was.
"Why aren't you talking?"
"What should I say?"
Ayanokoji looked at Amane with a sincere, searching gaze.
"This... at least refute my words. After what I said, even getting angry would be normal. A little kitten named Sakayanagi Arisu often visits my house. If I said that to her, she would definitely scratch me angrily."
Amane said, revealing scratches on her arm.
They looked like marks made by human claws.
"Speaking of which, that name just now should be a person's name."
"It's all the same."
Are humans and kittens the same species?
Ayanokoji decided to note this down as extracurricular knowledge.
Seeing Ayanokoji enter standby mode again, Amane also felt bored and decided to go back to rest.
"I'll be living here and receiving education like you. We might have a chance to meet again in the future. My name is Miyako Amane. A boy who can't remember someone's name is really terrible."
It wasn't until Amane's figure completely disappeared that Ayanokoji realized he seemed to have been criticized.
He, who could communicate normally with others, became like a mute when it came to her?
He had originally wanted to ask her what the outside world was like.
In the season called spring, do flowers really bloom? In the season called winter, do flower-like snow flakes really fall from the sky?
What a pity, these questions would have to wait until he plucked up the courage to ask next time.
Originally, in Ayanokoji's judgment, Amane would stay here for at most three days.
Even the instructors fully agreed with Ayanokoji's judgment.
But to everyone's surprise, she stayed here for three years.
The record set by the White Room's most outstanding "genius" Ayanokoji Kiyotaka was broken by a true genius.
In just three years, she completed all the coursework from elementary school to university. In addition, she even had an unusual talent in physical combat. Eight teachers and instructors responsible for physical training and martial arts were all defeated by a nine-year-old girl.
Her innate strong physique, after cruel training, finally transformed and began to bear fruit prematurely.
Finally, because she was too outstanding, the White Room was unable to continue arranging further plans for her. Not long after, Amane was picked up by her family. The White Room also sent many people to follow, reportedly utilizing the Miyako Family's connections to find top talents in various fields to put Amane through hellish training until she became an adult.
If successful, Amane's excellence would attract the favor of many prominent families and political families towards the White Room. Ayanokouji Atsuomi successfully made a name for himself using Amane's excellence.
Ayanokoji, on the other hand, began a hands-off life. Originally, Ayanokouji Atsuomi intended to make his child the White Room's signboard, but now there was a better promotional product. Kiyotaka only needed to serve as a substitute for Amane.
If Amane failed to pass the more rigorous training, he would still be needed to step in. Before that, there was no need to train him to the maximum.
Ayanokoji had no objection to this. His only regret was that since that meeting, despite being in the same facility, he hadn't seen the girl named Miyako Amane again for three years.
What he hadn't considered was that when they met again later, she would have forgotten him, or rather, deliberately didn't want Ayanokoji to realize that Amane had recognized him, or perhaps pretended not to know him to get revenge for Ayanokoji forgetting her name back then.
Ayanokoji thought that after seven years, the other person shouldn't be so petty.
"Hmm? Kiyotaka wants to see the outside world? Let him. Anyway, what needs to be watched now is the Miyako Family's child. Since Kiyotaka wants so-called 'freedom,' let him go outside and see. Arrange a school for him so he can live like a normal person. His abilities are no problem for university. If anything happens here, just call him back."
Ayanokouji Atsuomi had absolute control over Kiyotaka, so he didn't mind letting him adapt to society early.
But Ayanokouji Atsuomi probably never dreamed that this move would eventually turn into letting a tiger loose, and his absolutely confident signboard, Amane, would be taken from his hands by a casual remark from an old man who seemed on the verge of death compared to him, taking away the peerless genius he had painstakingly cultivated for years.
All his efforts were in vain.
But Ayanokoji didn't know any of this.
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