Chapter 187: Welcome Home, Sensei
Yukima Household.
The summer sun filtered softly through the sheer curtains, casting dappled golden patterns across the polished wood floors.
On the living room couch, Kirisu Mafuyu sat in her usual composed posture, but her fingers betrayed her nerves, tightening slightly around the sleek phone in her hands.
She was reading the news.
"Yukima Azuma Triumphs in Ryuuou Title Match!"
"The Young Prodigy Clinches Victory After an Intense Final Game!"
Line after line praised her student—no, not just any student, but her student—for his astonishing climb to the pinnacle of professional shogi. From a high schooler battling nerves in his first official matches to now... the Ryuuou.
He had done it.
The corner of Mafuyu’s lips lifted ever so slightly.
Her educational philosophy had always been clear: a teacher’s role is to guide—not to shape, not to interfere, but to nurture the student’s natural talents and lead them toward their destined brilliance. And Yukima Azuma—brilliant, stubborn, quietly passionate—had walked that path straight to the top.
"You’ve gone so far... Azuma-kun."