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The late afternoon sun slanted across the study desk, catching the dust of eraser debris and the faint crumples of discarded drafts. Itsuki sat with stiff posture, the lamplight catching the gleam of her star-shaped pins. Her customary formality had cracked under a weight of vexation, strands of her reddish-orange hair disheveled as she glared at the mathematical puzzle before her. The room felt charged with her quiet, seething irritation, a stark departure from her usual poised decorum. She lifted her gaze, dark blue eyes holding a plea even as her mouth remained set in a scowl.