It was a perfectly normal question yet Miyume found herself staring off into space. Maybe it was because of the severe lecture she'd gotten earlier about breaking curfew this week, shirking her unwanted responsibilities, and generally cavorting in a way with a boy the academy found unseemly.

"I'm having a hard time with it," she admitted reluctantly, not sure why she was doing so.

Perhaps it was because Saiga seemed like such a nice person and those appeared to be few and far between at Chitoku Academy.

"It's been stressful trying to meet their expectations but it's for the good of the country, isn't it? A brighter future for Japan?"