Sultry, humid, and the air is so heavy that it makes people unable to lift their arms.

A heavy rain has been brewing for a long time, but it has been reluctant to fall, causing trouble.

It's hard to get rid of impatience.

Looking away from the girls confronting each other in the classroom, Zong Gu leaned back and looked towards the low sky outside the window.

Before we knew it, it was already the end of June.

The rainfall in Kinki has been slightly reduced, but the plum blossoms have not yet fully emerged. The thick ink in the sky surging, and dark clouds gather from all directions, covering the vast Lake Biwa.

The windows were wide open, but there was no trace of wind.

It's hard to get rid of impatience.

Dingling--

It was not until the class bell rang and the stern teacher walked in with the textbooks, and the classroom was hustle and bustle.

Fifty minutes later, the bell rang.

"stand up--"

"salute!"

Zong Gu followed the other students to salute, and then instead of sitting down, he left his seat.

"Soya?" Fumimi Keisuke's inquiry came from behind, "Where are you going?"

"Staff Room." He answered without looking back.

Walking out of the classroom, the staff room where Shibasaki Makoto is located is on this floor, along the corridor to the end, and then turn.

"What are you going to do?"

Soya looked back and Fushimi actually followed him.

"Talk to Acheng to discuss attendance."

"Attendance? Soya will not ask for leave again, right?"

“…”

He didn't say anything, but just took a deep breath, and Fumimi understood as soon as she saw it.

"It's just the first semester, and Zong Gu's attendance rate has already been lit... Don't be my junior in April next year."

"Don't be crow's mouth. Why are you following me?"

"Let the water."

The two walked side by side and all the way to the entrance of the corridor. Fumimi patted his shoulder and walked towards the toilet.

The staff room is on the other side.

The next class was a large class meeting, with a relatively long rest period in between. Zong Gu planned to use this time to solve the troubles that suddenly fell on him.

“——Student Zong Gu.”

Soya turned around and saw Kyoko walking up from the bottom of the corridor, looking at him with both eyes.

"Kyoko...what a coincidence."

She held a large stack of notes in her hand, and it seemed that her destination was the same as that of him, and she was going to deliver it to the staff room.

"Student Zong Gu is going to the staff room?"

"Um."

"Because of that?"

"yes."

Kyoko knew his predicament very well, "Does Soya still have enough time to ask for leave?"

"I came here to gain some extra money."

"Then good luck."

Take half of the notes from her, Soya asked again: "Don't Kyoko need to take leave?"

"Wait, I can get it... This is the routine every year, I have already asked for leave."

"Ah, that's right."

When they arrived at the staff room, the teachers they were looking for sat in two corners of the office.

Makoto Shibasaki, a teacher in Class A, who was closer to the window, supported his head with one hand, as if he was worried about something.

Zong Gu walked towards him, and was pulled by the person behind him within a few steps.

"how……"

Kyoko glanced at him and took back the notes in his hand.

“…sorry, I forgot.”

"fine."

At this time, there were not many people in the staff room, and the little noise here also attracted the attention of Makoto Shibasaki.

Seeing Zong Gu walking in front of him, he spoke first: "Don't tell me, Zong Gu is here to ask for leave again."

“There is something very important this time.”

Shibazaki Makoto showed a headache on his round face, "When did you say that?"

"Only Garden Festival."

"Well……"

Shibazaki Makoto was stunned for a moment, "Kyoto's Garden Festival?"

Sonogu nodded.

"There should be no other garden sacrifice."

This is indeed a very important event.

"It's already the end of June, and the annual Garden Festival is about to begin... But what does this have to do with Sonoya?"

"I also want to know what the Garden Festival has to do with me..."

"Um?"

Zong Gu couldn't help sighing, and a helpless look appeared on his face.

"It doesn't matter, but I still have to attend."

As the grandest festival in Kyoto and even Japan, the Garden Festival, which begins every July, is of great significance in all aspects. Kinki's Lingjue Organization also attaches great importance to this and requires all Lingjue people near Kyoto to participate. in.

He didn't get the news from Noma Nan until noon today.

"Zonggu came from the northeast and had never participated in the Garden Festival. I can understand your mood..."

As Shibazaki Makoto said, he searched for Class A's attendance book in the pile of documents on the table.

"But, do you have to attend this time? The most exciting time of the garden festival, the summer vacation has already begun."

Compared with other ordinary festivals, the grand scale of the garden festival is also reflected in the time - starting from July 1st to ending on July 31st, for a month.

The biggest highlight of the "Mao Tour" is scheduled on July 17, when Tamhai University had already started summer vacation.

"I received an invitation from Yasaka Shrine to attend the 'Yosaka Fujii' on the first day of the festival, and I can't refuse."

Soya explained, adding: "This is what Teacher Noma informed me."

“…”

Hearing that this was Noma Nan’s arrangement, Shibazaki Makoto glared for a while, and then said, “So that’s it.”

"Since it was Mr. Noma's decision, I have nothing to say... I almost forgot that Soya is also from Mr. Noma's side."

He looked at Zong Gu, thought for a while and said, "And I don't need my approval for this situation anymore."

"Yeah."

This is the first time that Zong Gu has experienced such a thing, and he only says that he doesn’t know.

"It will be clear after participating once. Okay, I already know the specific situation here, but..."

Shibazaki Makoto changed the attendance book and handed him, "Soya's attendance days this semester is really dangerous."

Skipping at the dazzling absence mark on the attendance book, Soya nodded and said, "So I'm here to ask Mr. Shibasaki for help."

"What……"

"The Garden Festival is grand in scale and has been passed down for a long time, and the historical and cultural contained in it is incomparable. Can the "Ji Fuzhi" on my own part in the first day of the festival be understood as an extracurricular learning of traditional culture? Just like studying and traveling, or understanding it as social practice is OK."

In short, it means not to consider that day as absenteeism.

“…”

This was the first time Shibasaki Makoto faced such a request and was stunned for a while, "There has never been such a precedent."
To be continued...