When the door swung open, Gerald could finally get a good look at the manager.

She was walking behind the assistant when Gerald exclaimed, “Ava Anderson? Is that really you?”

Ava Anderson was Gerald’s classmate during junior high. She was the principal’s daughter and also one of the top students alongside Gerald and Xeno. All three of them had even participated in numerous competitions together.

Though they were pretty close to each other back then, they no longer shared the same class when they entered senior high.

The first few days upon entering senior high, Ava would still invite Gerald out for lunch since neither of them were familiar with their new classmates. After school, she would catch up with Gerald and they would talk about how their day had gone.

After those few days, however, Ava started having lunch with her dorm mates instead. This led to them talking less and less and as time passed, they would eventually only get to meet each other once a week. Their distanc