In addition to a truly unexpected meeting, the fact that the person he once loved was someone who now made Masachika not know how to approach the situation. Maria smiled a little and gently grabbed Masachika’s hand whose eyes wandered all over the place as she mumbled unclearly. “For now, let’s go somewhere shady first, shall we?” “Ah, yes.” “Ah, mou〜... Your formal language sounds strange, stop it with that already.” “Eh〜...” It’s true that in the past the way she spoke was quite awkward. While remembering this, Masachika walked towards the bench under the shade of a tree while being led by her hand. After sitting side by side on the bench, Masachika finally had time to settle his mind and ask questions. “Umm... Since when did you realize?” The question coming out of his mouth was a form of speech between formal and informal mode. However, Maria was not too unsettled by it and answered him lightly while looking forward. “Hmm〜? Right after we met in the Student Council room.” “Wasn’t that when we first met?” “Yes. I had doubted it because your last name had changed, so I thought “What?” and I tried to confirm my suspicions by speaking Russian, but you didn’t respond at all, so I thought: “Maybe I had mistook you for someone else〜”.” After saying that with a slightly amused tone, Maria looked at Masachika. Then she said while narrowing her eyes with a loving look. “But Saa-kun was still Saa-kun, so I thought......it must still be you. Besides, this too...” “Eh, what...?”