I would like someone to fly at the same height and speed as me. Once you know you are not alone, your hesitation will surely disappear. If I can have someone to compete with, I won’t be afraid to fly towards the dark. But there is no one out there. I left them all behind. I was the one who decided to aim higher. There is no turning back now. Looking down from the small cage at the distant ground below, I fly upward, still terrified of crashing. I don’t know what’s ahead of me, or where I’m going, but I’ll keep going and going and going....... “Why do you want to be student body president?” When he once asked me that, I answered immediately. I wanted to be it because I just wanted to be. They said there was no reason to aim that high. But I knew myself that......it was not the complete truth. I purposely answered immediately so as not to be pursued any further in depth. Because......there were also more selfish feelings involved in my pursuit of student body president. In the end, I wanted someone to approve of me. That my way of life is not wrong. When I entered Seirei Gakuen, I knew that if I could stand there...... in the position of student body president, which is supported and respected by many students, I would be free from this suffocating feeling. I knew that my hesitation would disappear and I would no longer be afraid of going through the darkness, where I could not see the way ahead. “I know Kujou-san is working hard.” I can’t tell you how much those words meant to me. He probably doesn’t even know. He was like a wizard. A mean wizard who does not use a vehicle, but flies freely and unrestrictedly with only his body. He didn’t care which side was up and which side was down. At times, he would fly around me to tease me as I cower in my cage and continue to fly blindly. At other times, he flew above me to guide me. I felt no fear of falling or going into the dark because of him. I was annoyed by his overly free behavior and made a lot of petty complaints. But he handled my complaining from inside the cage as if I were a child......which also annoyed me. It was infuriating, yet enjoyable. I was lonely when he wandered off, and yet I resented the fickleness of him being by my side when I found myself......really knowing. He was the