Clearly, the man didn't want Mizuki to know the real reason. This was quite obvious from that ridiculous answer and his inability to meet Mizuki's eyes when he said it. Well, at least Hak wasn't the sort of guy who flat-out lied to his face. That would have been somewhat annoying. Mizuki only snorted in response, deciding not to inquire further if the man didn't feel like sharing.

"I came up through boarding school in the city, and have stayed on ever since," he said. What he left out was that he actually was born and raised in a small farming village in Yamagata. Not that he was ashamed of his humble roots, but it did contradict a little with his somewhat glamorous (he thought) persona now.