Existing Promise

"You can be said to be "successful" if someone hates your work."

"Hah? I do not understand. Actually, what is that Sensei saying?"

Hearing my voice, Herman-sensei closed the book he was reading, then turned to me.

"Oh, it turns out that you are here, Akio."

"Yeah, I've been standing here as long as you keep muttering."

"Sorry, I was too busy reading this novel, so I didn't notice your presence."

While saying that, he invited me to sit down.

"So, what brought you here?"

"Wasn't it you who sent me here, Sensei?"

"Oh really? Hahaha, I forgot."

What is this? Did he laugh?

After laughing at me, he stood up and walked over to it.

But before that, he had time to say, "Think of it as your own home" to me, and all I could say was, "Isn't this a school environment?" And he ignored me.