「Morning～ Saino-Kun♪」\n It was Thursday Morning, the day after I explored the dungeon with Harumachi-Sensei. The moment I exited my front door I was greeted with the sound of two familiar voices. Standing in front of my house, were two contrasting girls who were an inseparable pair.
…….. Natsuno-san & Akitsu-san.\n「Hm?….. What’s up?」
「E,eh?….Ah, um, we….. Maya just suddenly started spouting nonsense and wanted to go to school with Saino-san……」
「Ehehe～♡」\n Natsuno tried to explain but her face was a bit flushed, while Akitsu on the other hand smiled sheepishly. Apparently it really wasn’t a coincidence why they were standing outside my house waiting for me. In a way, I felt quite happy to have two beautiful girls waiting on me.
…..Well that’s if I don’t overthink the fact that it was Akitsu-san who planned this whole thing.\n「But Himeyori aren’t you glad we came this way～?」
「Eh! MAYA!」
「Ahaha, Himeyori is so scary～♪」\n Despite the queasy feeling I had, the two girls had a cute fight in front of me. From my point of view, it looks like Natsuno-san was looking forward to this.
After all the effects from “The Umbrella of Intertwining fate” seemed to have instilled strong romantic feelings in Natsuno-san’s heart towards me. It would have been great if Akitsu-san also had romantic feelings for me…..
But some things can’t be helped. It doesn’t seem like Akitsu-san plans to stop teasing Natsuno-san, so for the time being why don’t I stay low-key as possible, just to keep the peace.\n「……Anyway, let’s just go to school already」
「Oh….. Sure, let’s go」
「Okay okay～」\n The two cute girls stopped fighting, nodded to me without a word and the three of us walked to school.\n ◇◆◇◆◇\n……*Sigh* I wonder if Sensei’s changed her mind about yesterday\n Homeroom.
After making it to school safely, I move towards my seat while glancing over towards the clock. Once at my seat I take out my school supplies from my bag for the start of todays class.
It’s about 5 minutes before the start of homeroom. Harumachi-Sensei should be arriving to class pretty soon.\n*Sigh* The more I think about it, the probability of successfully changing her mind don’t seem very high…..\n In fact, it would be really awesome if everything could be solved by giving her sweet dreams. Even though I used “The Bell of Sultry Dreams” and appealed to her many times, all it would amount to is just a dream in her mind. There is no guarantee that Harumachi-Sensei would be deeply affected by it.
But I took such a big risk by using “The Bell of Sultry Dreams”, not to mention I said quite a lot of things too. Harumachi-Sensei has a strong ethical sense when it comes to a teacher’s duty & responsibilities. And when push comes to shove, there’s also a chance that she will push back.
It would be enough if from her dream, she thinks like
「Maybe, what Saino really wants is…….」
Well if I me appearing in her dreams doesn’t work, then maybe next time I’ll appeal to her in person.\n By the way, Fuyushima-san who sits next to me, seems completely unfazed, she’s the same as usual. She is upright as usual, sitting down with a straightened posture.
There’s no air around her that shows she cares about me at all. It’s as if the handjob & fellatio she gave me yesterday, didn’t happen at all.
So cold, really now…
Seeing her nonchalant like this, makes me feel like yesterday was just an exquisite and pleasurable illusion, that I partook without permission.\n Dun-duhn-Dun-dunnn (Japanese School Chime)\n「*Sigh*…….」\n Just when I was lost in my thoughts, the school bell rang signifying the start of class. Since it’s the beginning of the day, it should be homeroom should’ve began. But the classroom door didn’t move an inch.
That’s strange, Harumachi-Sensei is always punctual and on time…….
Everyone began to look at each other as the classroom began to get a little noisy with Sensei not coming in on time. Everybody in class had expressions filled with worry.
If it was not obvious, it was because Harumachi-Sensei is really adored by everyone in class. I wonder how much time had passed it feels like 5 minutes have gone by. At that moment, the door to the classroom rattled before opening fully.\n「G-good Morning, E-everyone……」
「…………」\n The classroom suddenly became deathly silent. The very person everyone was concerned for, had entered class. But the moment she appeared, it was quite apparent to anyone that something was different.\n「Em, Sensei…… Did something happen? You’re…..」\n It was Class rep who spoke up on behalf of the class. The students who had been staring gulped their own saliva. There was an undeniable change with Harumachi-Sensei, no matter who saw this scene.
And that was because――\n「H-how come you’re not wearing your jersey today?………」\n That’s right, Sensei isn’t wearing her usual tracksuit jersey attire. A fluffy creme blouse with a long wine red skirt. Her footwear wasn’t the usual athletic shoes, but proper fashionable heels. Not only was it how she dressed, but her makeup seemed to be perfect as well.
.……So beautiful
With the appearance of a teacher who dressed this way, it was natural that it left a deep impression on others. She was attractive enough in her usual tracksuit jersey, but the destructive power of her well-groomed image caused everyone to freeze.
Sensei was already an elegant beauty, but now she embodied a mature woman’s beauty to its fullest. It was like the potential that Sensei hid from all, has finally been let free.
A newfound fan club may become established by the end of this day.\n「Well, about that…. I just suddenly felt I should dress more professionally is all」\n Sensei glanced off to the side while saying so.
Slightly agitated, Sensei glances over to my direction.\n「…………」\n I had been stunned by her, unintentionally leaking 「So beautiful」from my mouth.
And that’s when――\n「Ngh!!」\n Sensei suddenly ducks down behind the classroom podium, as her face boiled a shade of red. Little groans could be heard from behind the podium.
「Nnnngh……….!」
….. Is Sensei whining?
Everyone in class, began to make various expressions towards Sensei’s sudden strange behavior. But Sensei appears reluctant to reappear from behind the podium.
Seemingly, Sensei’s mind short-circuited the moment she glanced my way.\nIsn’t this….. From the looks of it, maybe “that” dream had more of an effect on her than I thought….\n I’m confident that’s the case because Sensei isn’t like her usual upright self. An unforeseen change in fashion as well her unexpected embarrassed demeanor. No matter how you think about it, her actions are just like a maiden whose fallen in love.
Apparently by repeatedly coaxing her with words of「I like you」and「I love you」left quite the lasting effect.
At first she may have had an inkling of affection towards me from before, but after the dream she may have actually fallen for me undeniably. My main reasoning for it all was just so she’d keep the labyrinth a secret.
I mean, I’m glad the effects of the dream worked. And from the looks of it, maybe if I speak to her again and ask, Sensei will keep the labyrinth a secret……
As the classroom turned noisy again, I sigh to myself feeling a little relieved. For now, with Sensei’s drastic change of attitude, maybe she won’t ban or scold me from exploring the labyrinth as much as yesterday.
On the other hand, if I continue to press her for leeway, it might make things more difficult later.\n「Se-Sensei are you okay??……..」
「Nnngh…….NnnNNnngh……!」\n Class Rep was a little concerned for Sensei and tried calling out to her who was hiding behind the teaching podium. But all anyone could hear was Sensei’s embarrassed whines and groans.
Sensei was cowering behind the podium for about 5 minutes, before anxiously managing to collect herself to do the morning roll call.\n ◇◆◇◆◇\n Our class was rowdy from the beginning to the very end because of the morning’s shocking turn of events, but besides that everything went by smoothly until school finished. Packing up my things and putting away my chair like the rest of my classmates.\n I made up my mind to go see Harumachi-Sensei. I’m curious to see how much Sensei’s thoughts have change, concerning my exploring the labyrinth. At the very least, I want to make sure she promises to keep everything a secret.
As for the future, I’ll think about it when that time comes.\n………*Sigh*\n Making up my mind I leave class. And since school has ended, Sensei should now be in the Faculty Staff room. Moving quickly down the hallway, I made my way down to the first floor. The school building wasn’t so large, so it didn’t take long before I reached the Staff Room.
Standing in front of the Teacher’s area.\n「…….*Sigh*」\n I took a deep breath, just before placing my hand on the door.
Slightly nervous, I open the door with a slight rattle.\n「Pardon the intrusion is Harumachi-Sensei here?」
「Ngh!!」\n The moment I spoke aloud and asked for Harumachi-Sensei, her body had inadvertently shook in surprise. Couldn’t Sensei be less obvious.
She’s awkwardly facing another direction…… Is she trying to act like she didn’t notice me?
But even though she’s facing away from me, I can see she’s quite embarrassed by her red ears. Walking towards Sensei’s desk, I call out to her once more.\n「…….Sensei, there’s something, I want to talk to you about」
「…………………….NO」
「Huh, but this won’t take long」
「…………」\n Sensei brushes me off, trying not to talk to me. Rather than leave right away, I decided to stick around, but Sensei’s demeanor didn’t change and neither did she turn to face me.
But then Sensei’s hand moved with a quickness.\n「…………」
「Eh?………」\n Suddenly, Sensei placed a piece of paper in front of me.
Isn’t this just a standard A4 sized paper?
It was just a blank sheet of paper in front of me…… What is she trying to get at?
Confused by her actions, Sensei finally spoke but her voice was soft just a little more than a whisper.\n「W-write what you want say……」
「………….Okay」\n …… Ahaha, she’s too embarrassed to talk.
I was tempted to retort back, but instead nodded and agreed to follow along. It appears like Sensei can’t converse with me, so this method of communication can’t be helped.
Personally I wanted to confirm that she would keep the labyrinth a secret by looking into her eyes.\nI would have pleaded with 『Won’t you reconsider your decision? I really enjoy that place』……\n Borrowing a pen from her desk I decide to write out a suitable question about exploring the labyrinth. Sliding it to Sensei who still didn’t face my way, I could see her looking down at the contents.\n「…………」\n Next I knew, Sensei takes her pen and begins writing below the sentence I wrote. Answering firmly with every pen stroke, as it was done without pause. She might have had a clear answer in her mind from the very start. Suddenly the piece of paper was thrust back in front of me.
And the answer she wrote was――\n……….!?\n My eyes went wide when I saw it. Sensei’s answer just below my question, was not within my expectations.\n『You can go exploring, but you need to take me with you』\n「……Wha―, Sensei, are you serious?………」
「…………」\n Shaking her head up and down towards my question, she immediately turned away after answering.
Her hand pulls on the piece of paper and she writes another sentence.\n『It’s a Teacher’s Responsibility to keep her students safe』\n「……..Sigh」\n Beating me to the punch, she pulls on the paper and begins writing beneath the previous sentence.
Moving with a quickness suddenly she pushes the paper back in front of me again.\n『I’m definitely coming. I’ll be going to Saino’s house, every day after school』\n「Eeh?……」\n A sound surprise involuntarily leaks from my mouth.
It’s a good thing that she’ll keep the labyrinth a secret, but to insist on tagging along like this is a bit troublesome.
I mean, sure, two people are better than one person, but still……..\n「It’s still kind of dangerous, you know?」\n『It’s because it’s dangerous that I’m coming along』\n「…………」\n The sentence she wrote was enough to make me shut up, as I couldn’t retort back.
Since everything Sensei pointed out was reasonable.\nAw man……. She’s so……..\n I take a deep sigh. It looks like Sensei will keep on persisting and I can’t really refuse either. This is probably the most Sensei would compromise with me.\n「………..Alright I understand. We can start this tomorrow. Since there will be a lot to prepare for」
「…………」\n After hearing what I had to say, Sensei nods silently in understanding. I couldn’t really see her face, but she seems kind of happy. I wonder if it’s related to being able to go exploring with me. Sensei’s a little carefree, but she should know there will be monster battles too.
But wait…. How am I going to handle the matter with the items? I’ll need to come up with a plan or something by tomorrow. If Sensei’s been charmed this much, there’s no possible way she’d expose our secret……..\n「In that case, I’ll be going home, Sensei. Please excuse me」\n For the time being, my purpose of coming here has been settled, so I bowed and made my way to the exit. Sensei was still facing away from me. Having nothing else to say, I left the faculty staff room, but there was this lingering feeling.\n I already agreed to her insistence that she would explore the dungeon with me.
But how can we both go exploring together if she won’t look me in the face?……..\n<hr class="wp-block-separator">\n<< Previous Episode| Table of Contents | Next Episode >>\n
Kai: This is cute in it’s own way. Your hot teacher, suddenly hiding behind something, that clearly everyone in class can see. And whining noises as if she’s trying to block out the world. \n
Narko: -_- I guess. It’s basically a single page in Chapter 5 in the manga. It’s nice but I want a little more excitement. Oh and an alternate title to this chapter can be “Harumachi-Sensei’s Demands” or “Harumachi’s Request” \n
Other than that, Hope you guys enjoy the Holidays wherever you are in the world and have a Happy New Year!