Reading Winter's Afterglow / Echo of Five Years

3. Winter Afterglow / 5-Year Echo

1. Of course, a school doesn't just suddenly become strong overnight. 2. I thought that what we should do is create a foothold for our juniors to aim for a true BC revival. 3. Even so, I was hoping that I could do something big with her.

1. If I'm being conceited, maybe he thought of me that way too? 2. "Ando, about what you were saying..." 3. "If you're going to go that far, then I..."

1. You know, I always believed I could win anything through effort. 2. And in reality, that's how I'd lived. 3. Even after I came here, even in tankery. 4. You're genuinely talented. A good family, and beautiful too. 5. I thought I could stay beside you as long as I had my studies. 6. If that were really true, maybe I could have done more. 7. Why... 8. As selfish as ever.