Chapter 03-13 Part4 (1/2)

“But I gotta hand it to you, you sure did them in really badly I mean they’ve been perfectly cut in half and roasted,” the teacher said as she eyed the machines by shi+nichi’s feet and by the door

“We won’t be able to fix these I’m supposed to have them fixed by the day too… What to do?” The teacher said as she dropped her shoulders in an exaggerated manner

The teacher looked at shi+nichi with a suggestive gaze

She seeaze but why exactly was a mystery

“…And?”

The conversation see turn, but shi+nichi couldn’t just run here either as that would only s worse

shi+nichi had a dubious expression on as he looked at the teacher

“I’m actually a pretty busy person

I want to have some time to myself, but the research and experiments just demand too much of my time

That being said, I can’t just ignore my orders either, or I’ll find myself without a job

I really need to submit two hoppers today, but at this rate, I’ll have to pull an all-nighter”

“What… Exactly are you saying?”

“I’ a student like you to co h hours to cover the costs of those hoppers,” the teacher brazenly said, causing shi+nichi to be astounded

In fact, even Myuhi who knew her also stiffened up

“I… reject your proposition”

“Hah?”

“Frankly, what you’re saying doesn’t make sense

You’re the one who caused those things to go out of control, and it was also you who left them to their devices

Hence, it only stands to reason that the one who should be taking responsibility for them is you”

She didn’t think she would actually get refused Because of that she went speechless for a good moment or two

Even after regaining herself, there was still a hint of wonder in her voice as she asked

“Even though you’re the one who broke them?”

“Legitiotten hurt

I don’t believe I exercised any force beyond as necessary… A?”

She could argue that electrocuting one until it was black was excessive, but shi+nichi could just argue that it was needed to completely shut down the device

The smile from Teacher shi+roda’s face vanished as she quietly pushed up her glasses

“…Fine We can forget about the hoppers

But breaking that sword is inexcusable”

“That was also just used for self-defense

It’s true it broke because of that, but when you think about it, the one who left it lying around was you, no?”

“…………I see where you’re co me in a—”

“That’s none of my business”

Try as the teacher , there just wasn’t anything she could cling to

shi+nichi just savagely cut dohatever excuses she gave

“If you tell people your situation, I’m sure you’ll be able to find a way out of this predicament

But regardless, the one responsible is you, not me

Besides, isn’t it strange for a teacher to push her problems onto a student?” shi+nichi said with a quiet chuckle

That quiet chuckle was necessary when pushi+ng the blame on other people like this It allows one to easily leave the scene when emotions start to run hot

“…Sigh, alright

I’ll figure so out by myself, so leave, just leave You’re in the way…”

“Well then, if you’ll excuse me…”

The teacher was a lot calmer than expected, however

Perhaps it was because she realized further talk was less that she just shooed shi+nichi away

shi+nichi and Co didn’t bother refuting her kind offer as they promptly left the scene

“Kyu KyuA!”

“Don’t get et mad, you’ll lose”

After ‘she’ got back up on shi+nichi’s shoulders, she gave the i to zap the faculty room

shi+nichi tried to soothe her anger, but she was probably concerned about how fishy the earlier situation was

It really felt like there was another reason why the teacher tried to detain them

“Guess that whole thing about ‘providing shelter’ really was hogwash”

—That gaze was exactly like so

It was a gaze he’d once experienced himself, so shi+nichi understand very hat it meant

“Hey, hey… Icchi?”

“Hmm?”

Just when a cold, dark expression was about to surface, a voice called out to shi+nichi

He’d already half-forgotten that the fox girl was still with him

“Ah, what’s the matter?”

For some reason, Myuhi looked down

She was still s, so it was easy to understand her

“Can I thank you for that just now?”

“That?

Ah, ahh, yeah, sure… I mean, are you ok?

I pushed you all of the sudden… Did you hit anything hard?”

When he recalled what he’d done to protect her, he suddenly began to worry

Everything happened so suddenly, so he pushed her out like that, but there was probably a better way he could’ve done things

“…………I-I’m fine! You don’t have to worry because I’m really sturdy!”

For some reason, Myuhi became cheerful when shi+nichi showed his concern for her

Her ears stood up and her tail started wagging so fiercely it seemed it would break

Seeing her like that, shi+nichi couldn’t help but think she wasthan a fox

“Now, let’s continue with the tour!”

Myuhi pulled shi+nichi closely to her as she dragged hi

But because of how close they were, Myuhi couldn’t hide the anxiety she felt

shi+nichi followed along, but just to be safe, he spoke to the girl who see around

“………Don’t worry about it I already forgot”

At that, even shi+nichi felt like he said so unnecessary

He should have just honestly accepted her thanks

“…………”

There was no response, so shi+nichi just quietly followed along, but seeing how Myuhi’s fox ears were h spirits