Oreki: I hope this time it will be something interesting.

Ryuuen: That's right, otherwise I'll go to sleep.

Author: Rest assured, this time, everyone will be revealed a little bit about Ayanokouji Kiyotaka's dark past.

Kiyotaka was sitting with his two girlfriends, suddenly startled when he heard the past mentioned. He remained silent and calm when everyone turned their eyes towards him.

Matsushita: "Hmmm, maybe it's better if I don't bother him."

Maruo: "It's not okay, everything about the White Room will..." Looking towards his five daughters.

Housen: Great! At least give me some information about this beast.

Haruka: Kiyopon's past, how did we ask about Kiyotaka in middle school?

Akito: Um, but he often avoids that topic so we also realize he's quite upset.

Keisei: After that, we started to move on to other topics.

Around one o'clock in the afternoon, I returned to the dormitory, where I would be staying from this day forward for three short years. At the reception desk, I received a key card for room 401 and an instruction booklet with information about the dormitory's regulations, then boarded the elevator. I quickly flipped through the instruction manual, which detailed only the most basic things we needed for our daily routine. Trash removal days and times are listed, as well as notices about avoiding excessive noise. I also saw notes about not wasting water, etc.

"So they don't put restrictions on electricity or gas usage?" I assumed the school would deduct the cost from our grades. This school really puts a lot of effort into having a perfect system for its students. However, I was a bit surprised when they implemented mixed dormitories. After all, this is high school, so rules that clearly state inappropriate romantic relationships will be criticized. In short, sex is absolutely forbidden... But why did I see a student secretly buying condoms? Do they sell that here too? Maybe teachers use it?

ANHS teachers: *Blushing*

Hiratsuka-sensei: Really... Why do you think you let that stuff be sold in school?

President Sakayanagi: Cough cough

Kouenji: Actually, if we don't get discovered, there's no problem at all.

Yuki: Huh? What girl have you done this with?!!

Kouenji:.... "A perfect man would fear his wife, so I will endure this time."

Sudou: What a surprise! Can someone overpower Kouenji?!!

Masachika: It's true that only my sister can overpower Rokusuke.

Alya: They look like a couple.

Maria: This is the first time I've seen Suou-san like that.

Ayano: Yuki-sama and Rokusuke-sama are a beautiful couple!

Author: "Should I reveal the high school tournament event? No, maybe I shouldn't spoil it."

Karuizawa, Kushida: "I remember that day. The three of us were..." *Embarrassed*

Miku, Itsuki, Yotsuba: Why are Kei-neesan and Kushida-san blushing so much?

Ichika, Nino: "Could it be....!!!?"

Kiyotaka: "They're starting to remember that night."

My room is about eight Tataami mats large. Also, even though this is a dormitory, this is the first time I've lived alone. I refused to have contact with the outside world until I graduated. Thinking about my situation, I involuntarily smiled.

Haruka: Kiyopon is smiling!!! Hurry to take pictures!!! Where is my phone?!!!

Sakura: Camera!!! Where is my camera?!!!

Karuizawa: Phone, phone, phone!!!

Kushida: Take a quick photo, take a quick photo!!!

Ryuuen: I'll earn a lot of kukukukuku points.

Ryuuen took about 100 photos in just a split second.

From the moment I was on the bus, I felt uncomfortable. I unbuttoned my shirt one by one, revealing my naked body. If someone saw my body, they wouldn't notice the layers of fake skin that were applied at a very advanced level. This is of course, I was taught by the master of disguise to be able to hide the wounds on my body.

Everyone: "Wound?!!"

Sudou: Ayanokouji, are you injured?!!

Kiyotaka: That's a wound from the past. If you want to know more, then quietly watch.

But putting a bunch of fake skin on my body feels very uncomfortable, so I'm going to take all of that skin off.

After removing all the fake skin, my naked, toned body was revealed, but the most notable thing was not my abs or muscles. A scar from a knife cut in the middle of the chest and very deep, a scar on the right bicep from a bullet, and dozens of fatal wounds caused by highly lethal weapons such as guns and knives. , sword, etc.

The entire theater fell into silence, Kiyotaka still maintained his calm expression as usual, he only cared about how his two girlfriends were performing. After all, these two girls already knew, but he wanted to see their expressions when they saw these marks a second time.

Oreki: W-What the hell?!!

Sudou: N-No way.

Horikita: *Gagging* "H-How is this possible?!!"

Nagumo: "I-I can't believe it, it's truly a miracle he's alive."

The mentally weak girls in the theater started vomiting.

Maruo: How cruel, Ayanokouji-sensei!!

Arisu: "T-This..."

Kamuro: I-I'm about to succumb.

Ryuuen: Monster, so this is why you're so strong.

Ibuki: It's terrible!

Housen was speechless at the scene on the screen.

Haruka: K-Kiyopon, you...

Akito: Don't say anything at this time, Haruka.

Haruka: M-Miyatchi...

Akito: I might not understand the feelings he went through in the past, but I know that he's very upset right now. When he wants to tell, he will tell us.

Haruka: I see...

Nino: Father... Father knows Ayanokouji-kun. So do you know his past?

Nino from Quints remembered something in a panic. She stood up and walked towards her father.

Maruo: I'm the one who heals those wounds.

Everyone except President Sakayanagi and Kiyotaka were surprised. Kiyotaka put his hand on his chin, deciding to stay silent and listen to what Maruo was about to say next.

Maruo: I tried to free Kiyotaka during the 4 years I was with him, but I failed and had to retreat. If I continue to persist, the worst will happen to you children. .

After hearing Maruo's expression, everyone expressed their heartache and pity for Kiyotaka. But Kiyotaka stood up and turned to look at Maruo.

Kiyotaka: Failure? When did I declare you a failure?

Maruo: Eh?

Stupid Maruo couldn't understand what Kiyotaka was implying.

When I looked at the scars on my body, no dark memories appeared in my mind. Because I had forgotten the cause of these wounds, precisely who caused them. But there is only one person who makes me remember forever. Not the one who caused the injury, but the one who saved my life countless times.

"My heart was filled with darkness, lost all hope and despaired of accepting reality. But even in the darkest places in the world, light still exists and is small, the light in your heart still lives, but you accept the darkness so you don't admit that the light still exists. Do you want to search for that small light at the end of the darkness?

Doctor Maruo, thank you!

Maruo: Thank you...

His efforts were not in vain.

Maruo: Not in vain...

When I heard these words of Maruo, I have repeated them in my head since that day. Gradually I realized that the feelings still exist even though they are very small and limited.

Maruo: Did I succeed...

Maruo, you are the one who pushed my emotions to awaken.

Matsuo, you are the one who pushed me to seek freedom.

They are the ideal father figure in my mind.

It's sad that they are not my father.

Maruo: ...

Maruo cried, but he tried not to cry like a child. Kiyotaka looked towards Maruo and quietly called out one word:

"Otou-san!"

Author: Now take a rest.

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Maruo: Kiyotaka-kun!

Kiyotaka: Maruo-san, just call me Kiyotaka, you don't need to use honorifics.

Maruo: Really... did I succeed?

Kiyotaka: Yes, Maruo-san is the one who awakened the feelings inside my heart, but it's still difficult for me to change my facial expressions. If you had stayed there longer, perhaps you could have really saved me.

Maruo: I...I really don't know what to say right now.

Kiyotaka: You probably realize that, right? Those are your eyes.

Maruo: That's right, your eyes are... more lively now.

Kiyotaka: But you can still return to your old eyes if you want.

Maruo: Ha ha ha ha oh my god! Today is the happiest and most surprising day, I admit it.

Kiyotaka: Maruo-san, can I call you father?

Maruo: I've already called, but do I still need permission?

Kiyotaka: It was different then, different now.

Maruo: Just relax.

Kiyotaka: Yes!