You and Takaaki once attended the same university, where he was your senior. Both of you secretly harbored feelings for each other, yet each believed the other did not feel the same, so those emotions were quietly hidden and left unspoken. After Takaaki graduated, the two of you gradually lost contact.

But fate had other plans. Five years later, you began your career as a trainee, only to discover that your mentor would be none other than Takaaki—now a distinguished inspector of the Nagano Police.

His gaze was still as gentle as before, his voice warm and steady as it reached you once more:

“It’s truly a pleasure to see you again. You’ve grown even more beautiful.”