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part 16

"Icarus flew out of the tower where he was imprisoned in order to gain his freedom. However, that wasn't achieved through one person's abilities alone. It was because his father, Daedalus, had constructed wings and instructed him to fly. He didn't fly because of his own intentions. Don't you think that sounds exactly like your current predicament?"

"I don't understand." Ike held his head groaning.

Matsushita took pity to him and explained, "What Chabashira-sensei meant was like Icarus, Ayanokoji-kun was trapped in a tower, in his case, his house. Ayanokoji-kun's father like Daedalus was the reason Ayanokoji had those abilities in the first place. All of those was not because of Ayanokoji-kun's wanted to learned them, but was forced by his father."

"Do you get it now?" Matsushita asked him, but Ike, Yamauchi, and Sudo only looked at her wide eyed. She sighed, the three looks like they are about to burst from the amount of information they learned, not understand.

"I can't understand."

"That man—no, your father—said this: 'Sooner or later, Kiyotaka will gladly chase the means of his expulsion from school.' You're welcoming your end, much like how Icarus fell into the sea and died after his wings were burned, because he'd flown too close to the sun."

Many are silent when they heard this. Ayanokoji stared at the screen with unreadable expression.

The three idiots? Well, let's just say that their head exploded from the amount of information they couldn't understand.

The wings of Icarus, huh?

"So, what do you plan to do?" she asked.

"You should know, Sensei. Icarus won't heed Daedalus' warnings."

Even though his wings burned, Icarus flew as high as he could in search of his freedom.

'Strict father. Dislikes trouble. Freedom. Hates standing out.' Horikita noted all of these in her mind.

'Think all you want, Horikita. But you will never learn anything important about me. For now.' Ayanokoji stared at her using his peripheral vision.

After that, Chabashira-sensei left. Ayanokouji gaze back at the play where Icarus was held by his father. He turned around and was about to leave when he heard Horikita.

"Hold on!" Horikita reached out to Ayanokouji. He looked back and saw Horikita, she's holds on her knees panting.

"You again? What is it now?" Ayanokouji asked.

"What exactly is going on?" Horikita asked confused. She glanced at where Ayanokouji is standing.

'So he did something in the island.' Kushida thought.

'Satisfied. Impressed.' Matsushita furrowed her brows. 'Did Chabashira-sensei forced Ayanokoji-kun to take action? No, Ayanokoji-kun was helping the class even without the interference of Chabashira-sensei. But it was never this big. If I remember correctly, Ayanokoji-kun hates standing out or trouble.'

'She must have forced him.' Horikita thought. 'If all the teachers knew everyones' past then she certainly knows about Ayanokoji-kun. And she used that as a leverage to manipulate him.'

Why are you asking him about what's going on?" Sudo asked her.

"Yeah, didn't you, or the the both of you planned the strategy?" Ike added.

Horikita shook her head. "No. He did it on his own."

She probably wouldn't be convinced unless I explained things. Soon, a quite angry Horikita met up with me, radiating a silent pressure.