[Three-year Class E] Asagao

Because it would take a lot of time to get back to Tokyo's Fukuoka from Kyoto, Hoshieda sent Sensei and Akabane away the next morning.

Although it seems a bit unnecessary at the speed of killing the teacher.

Akabane looked around the platform they were on. Even at this time, there should not be so few passengers.

He glanced at the girl in an ordinary suit with her long hair curled up. Sure enough, it was the same as when they came, and she must have used some means.

Thinking of this, he called her: "Xingzhi."

"What's the matter?" The girl who heard the sound turned her face to look at him, and with the sudden movement, a few strands of hair fell down from her cheeks, showing an indescribable tenderness.

"..." After hesitating for a while, he finally only said goodbye words, waved his hand and walked into the carriage first, "Then see you at school."

"Well, see you at school." Bending his lips, Xingzhi agreed.

Teacher Sha, who had been left hanging for a while, patted Xingzhi's hair: "Student Xingzhi, I'm very pleased to be a teacher this time."

"Eh……?"

"Didn't you find out? Because of your awareness and firmness, the power of Thousand Punishments is controlled by you, so its power can be used for protection." There is a big circle on Mr. Kill's vermilion face, indicating his Acknowledgment, "Congratulations, Xingzhi, you have overcome your obstacles well."

"Presumably in the next campus life, I can get along more harmoniously with my classmates."

"Ah teacher, really..." Pushing the bag in his hand to the octopus in front of him, it seemed that Xingzhi with red eyes wanted him to stop this topic, "This, take it!"

"Also, please say sorry to everyone for me and..."

Recovering from the state of being immersed in happiness and catching pink bubbles after receiving the things he dreamed of, Mr. Sha laughed a few times coyly: "Student Xingzhi, it's better to say this in person oh."

"They're all waiting for you to come back."

After being stunned for a moment, Xingzhi smiled sweetly.

"Thank you."

Akabane watched as Mr. Sha, who was sitting across from him, took out one after another incomparably exquisite snacks from the bag Xingzhi gave him just now, and lined up on the table. While chattering, I don't know what I'm feeling.

"Teacher, do you want to talk or eat..." The boy who couldn't stand it finally complained.

"Oh, yes, classmate Ye." A tentacle with crumbs of snacks stretched out in front of him, wrapping a rectangular object wrapped in plain silk, "Student Xingzhi asked me to give it to you."

He weighed the box, holding his face with an inexplicable smile: "If you kill Teacher, you must know what's inside."

Kacha Kacha, who was munching on snacks, uttered an ambiguous syllable: "Mmm, I know, but I won't tell you."

"For things like presents, it's interesting to open it yourself, isn't it?" Pulling the napkin from who knows where, Mr. Kill wiped his mouth, and poked the box lightly with a tentacle.

"Eh——" Untied the knot made of plain silk, the boy lowered his eyes and stared at the corner of the exposed wooden box, "It's a gift."

"Ah, ah, ah." Squinting his big eyes, Mr. Kill grinned.

The time went back to four 10 minutes ago.

"Student Xingzhi doesn't have to care about the responsibility of being a teacher."

"Also, teacher, please help me with this..." She handed the box wrapped in her hand to the octopus in front of her, and unconsciously glanced at the carriage.

Teacher Sha smiled happily in front of him, with a look of wrapping around Wei Shi: "Is it a classmate, Wei Shi understands guilt haha."

Unintentionally correcting the strange meaning in Mr. Kill's subtle expression, Xingzhi fell silent.

Seeing this, Mr. Sha stopped teasing, just quietly waiting for the girl to speak.

"I don't really care about it myself." In the end, she bit her lip, showing a slightly confused and bitter smile, "Teacher, I was thinking...is it really good for you to see this?"

"Even if it has been involved, it has not been in-depth after all. Leaving aside the teacher, Yejun's life is completely like that of an ordinary teenager except for the second grade."

"I can't help but wonder..."

Even after meeting the teacher, did he decide to make his life more "abnormal"?

Teacher Sha didn't give an answer immediately, but pondered for a while, and then let out a sound like a sigh.

Xingzhi was puzzled, and looked up at the octopus-shaped creature in front of her. The early morning light shone into her eyes from behind him, and the backlight made her unable to see his expression clearly.

"Student Xingzhi, for your doubts, I can give you a negative answer to your doubts these days." A big cross appeared on Teacher Sha's face, "Student Ye has a very good mind. The teacher is very clear."

Nodding his head, Xingzhi waited for his next words.

"According to my teacher's observation, with very few exceptions, students in the industry will consider the consequences and impacts before intervening in anything, especially major events that exceed expectations."

She blinked: "Huh? The teacher means..."

Returning to his original expression, Teacher Kill pointed at the back of the young man in the carriage with his tentacles: "As a teacher, I think that Ye students accepted the invitation letter and came here after careful consideration."

"So Xingzhi, your worries are actually unnecessary."

"He's probably ready to accept everything."

Pursing her lips, Xingzhi lowered her head slightly, and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Besides, Wei Shi guessed that this incident was originally provoked by classmate Ye himself?" Seeing that she seemed relieved, Teacher Sha curled his lips and made a slightly dissatisfied expression on purpose, "Then let him bear the consequences by himself." It’s fine if you don’t.”

Xingzhi's unspoken words were interrupted by the electric bell that was about to leave, and upon hearing the sound, Mr. Sha quickly got into the carriage with a bunch of things in his hands.

She closed her eyes in relief, took a few steps back, smiled and waved at the moving train.

Xingzhi noticed that the scarlet eyes of the boy who was originally turned away from her seemed to glance in her direction inadvertently.

The ring on the girl's left finger was shining brightly in the morning light.

The box on the boy's lap had already been opened, and a short and nimble dagger lay quietly on a piece of silk in the box, about the size of the teacher's knife.

It is easy to pull out the blade, and it is not difficult to find that there is a delicate and complicated character on the place where the handle and blade are connected.

"Eh, shy, the engravings are ancient Chinese characters." The round yellow head came closer.

Sheathing the dagger, Akabane smiled: "Teacher, can you still understand ancient Chinese characters?"

"Hmph, as a teacher, I am very knowledgeable and talented—"

The answer given by Mr. Sha confirmed his conjecture.

"That word is 'karma'. "

The next day was sunny and it was the beginning of a new week.

However, the vacant seat in the Class E classroom of the third year was still not filled by the figure of the girl.

Chi Yefeng, who was chatting with other girls, looked worriedly at the seat not far away, and poked the yellow creature on the podium: "Hey, does Mr. Sha know when Xingzhi will come back?"

Before Mr. Sha could organize his words, Ritsu from the corner of the classroom suddenly interjected: "Mr. Chino, I actually saw Mr. Xingzhi yesterday."

"Eh? What did you say!"

"Where is where!?"

There was a sudden commotion in the class, and many people crowded in front of Lil's monitor.

A picture similar to a screenshot of a press conference was displayed on Lil's screen.

"This is the only information released by the media a few days ago about a meeting held by everyone in Kyoto, and it is all they can get." Then she zoomed in on the picture and cut out the few people sitting in the upper seats, except for the middle one who was dressed in plain clothes. The women in black kimonos, the two on the left and the right cannot see their faces clearly because they are deliberately covered.

"I processed the picture, and then compared it with the data of Xingzhi classmate on weekdays." On the screen, Mini Ritsu pointed to the young girl in kimono on the right side of the picture with a teaching stick, "The person on the left is a boy , and the person on the right is very similar to Xingzhi."

Nakamura Liying, who had been feeling a little out of line, finally realized what was wrong. She pulled Bupo, a manga fan beside her, with a small voice that could be heard by everyone in the area: "Look at the one in that girl's hand. ...is it a ring?"

Hearing this, she touched her chin, and Bupo Youyue made a look of thinking and reasoning, and then she was shocked: "Could it be that Xingzhi went to get engaged!?"

"This progress is terrible!"

"Fupo-san, Nakamura-san, it's not good to guess casually..." Nagisa, who was listening on the sidelines, dripped cold sweat from the back of his head.

"No mistake, look at the same ring on the boy next to her!"

"What the hell!!"

"My mother, really—"

In the end, the farce ended with Mr. Kill sending a group of people back to their seats one by one with his tentacles: "Okay students, class has begun."

"As for Xingzhi's matter, it's better for everyone to ask her when she comes back."

Pretending to glance at the picture that Ritsu was about to close, Akabane confirmed that the girl was indeed Hoshie, and the unidentified boy was the one who was very close to Hoshie and was called "Ichino".

Bite on the straw, staring at the dark brown wooden ceiling, he unconsciously squeezed the almost empty drink box tightly.

"Phew, perfect."

Walking out of the gate of the main school building of Kunqiu, Xingzhi clenched his fists and let out a long breath.

I thought that I would spend at least until after school here, but this time the teachers let her go so easily and gave her a certificate to return to school.

Sitting in the car, I inadvertently caught a glimpse of a figure shaking in the dark room on the top floor of the school building.

She rolled her eyes, did the chairman above know what was going on?

Ah, no matter, let's go back and see everyone now.

Arriving at the back mountain where Class E is located, Xingzhi felt that his attire was a bit inappropriate.

Because she was in a hurry to go back to Tokyo, she was always wearing the kimono she wore at the main house. Although it was not the gorgeous one with the family crest embroidered, it was more or less inconvenient.

Sighing resignedly, Xingzhi stretched out his hand and lifted the hem of the kimono slightly, and began to climb the mountain.

Even if this distance is really nothing to her, it is really a bit hot to do this exercise under several layers of clothes.

Using the notice as a fan to gently fan himself, the violent beating of his heart in his chest gradually subsided, and Xingzhi heard the sound coming from the playground behind him.

It looks like it's physical education class in the afternoon, so Teacher Sha will be in the office, right?

Thinking this way, for some reason, she tiptoed into their Class E schoolhouse where the boards might be creaking.

What are you guilty of, even if you are a student here?

Walked into her classroom by accident, and stood in front of the seat that belonged to her, but Xingzhi suddenly had the illusion that she seemed to be in another world.

As if sensing her presence, the black cuboid screen suddenly lit up, and the girl's surprised voice came: "Ah, Xingzhi classmate!"

"Yo, long time no see, Lu." Xingzhi turned around and said with a smile, "How are you doing recently?"

"Please come in."

Hearing the sound, Xingzhi opened the wooden door in front of him, and saw Mr. Sha who had put on his gym uniform, and Mr. Biqi who seemed a little surprised to see her.

Squinting his eyes, what came to his heart was a feeling of incomparable kindness and peace of mind.

——Sure enough, this is the best place.

Opening the notice in her hand to Teacher Sha, she leaned slightly and handed it to the other party, then raised her head and said with a sweet smile, "I'm back, Teacher Kill."

The tentacles rested on her head, and slightly messed up the loose purple-black hair: "Welcome back, Xingzhi classmate."

"Oh, by the way, Mr. Sha, has the chairman been here today?" Xingzhi asked suddenly, remembering the vehicle behind his own car from the main school building.

"Are you shy? That's not true." Mr. Sha, who was rummaging around the desk, answered while picking up a dark brown object.

A big paper bag appeared in front of her: "This is what you left in class, Xingzhi, go and put them back in their original place, haha."

"……Yes."

——Could it be that the car...was her illusion?

Holding the bag containing her belongings, the girl who exited the office frowned.

After tidying up her belongings, the star branch girl who didn't want her existence to be exposed for now quietly hid in the office.

Both Teacher Biqi and Teacher Sha seemed to have gone to the playground. They dragged a chair and sat in front of the window. She could see the situation on the playground through the glass.

There was a fat man who walked towards Teacher Wu Jian, carrying a lot of things in his hand.

She squinted her eyes, what the hell is this?

There was the sound of a chair being dragged beside him, and the subsequent sound made Xingzhi's whole body chill: "Is it okay for me to sit here? Classmate Qingshui Xingzhi."

"Of course." She lowered her head slightly and exhaled, twitching the corners of her mouth to show a business-like smile, then turned her head and said, "The chairman is here, and the school building is full of splendor."

"..." The other party didn't respond, and Xingzhi was happy to be free without confrontation. She sat down generously in the chairman's chilling smile, and pretended to glance back unintentionally. She glanced at the notification in the other party's hand. single item.

——Could it be a notice?That fat man...is their new physical education teacher?

The moment Xingzhi turned her gaze back, she saw the change in Takaoka's expression on the field, which really made her unhappy.

And then even unexpectedly, this so-called teacher beat up her companions.

Teacher Sha, who was watching from the outside, was already in that extremely angry state, and Xingzhi wanted to jump out and beat up Fat Takaoka, her emotions fluctuated so strongly that she didn't care to notice her behavior.

"Oh? Is Shimizu-san not calm?"

The girl who was brought back to consciousness by the voice realized that she was leaning forward, and the knuckles of her left hand clasped tightly on the corner of the table were turning white.

When she saw Teacher Wu Jian stepping forward to stop her, she took a deep breath and let go of her clenched left hand, her voice was still light: "...you are worrying too much, I am just a little nervous."

There was still no emotional ups and downs in the chairman's voice, Xingzhi felt him get up and leave, and the teacher left behind words similar to sighing and disappointment: "Sure enough, he's just a third-rate."

But it was also expected.

Not long after the chairman of the board left the office, Xingzhi also slipped out. Through the glass window in the corridor, she saw Cangqiao and the others pulling Teacher Wujian to this side, but the usually serious teacher showed a rare expression smile.

The scene was very warm and joyful.

She couldn't help smiling because of the atmosphere.

After all, in this E class, no one can be replaced.