At this moment, Chokata was in a dazed state with both eyes unfocused.
"We... won...?"
Muttering to himself in this way, Chokata's pupils gradually brightened with star-like sparkles.
He turned his head towards Aoto, his face full of excited laughter.
"Mr. Tachibana! We really won!"
"It's our great victory!"
With that, Chokata dropped the bamboo sword in his hand, darted forward, and threw himself into Aoto's arms, tightly wrapping his hands around Aoto's neck.
Standing at only 155 cm tall, Chokata was a full 20 cm shorter than Aoto, so when Chokata jumped up and wrapped his arms around Aoto's neck, his feet would leave the ground, making him hang onto Aoto like a large ornament.
Because Chokata's momentum was too strong, Aoto could only instinctively hug Chokata tightly in return and spin around on the spot to dissipate the momentum that Chokata's leap generated.
Chokata's chin rested on Aoto's left shoulder, and Aoto could even feel the heat from Chokata's cheeks.
