Kyoto Shenyin Love Story

Chapter 176 I am a precedent
Hot and humid.The air is so heavy that you can't lift your arms.

A heavy rain has been brewing for a long time, but it has been lingering, adding to the torment.

I can't get over my anxiety.

Averting his eyes from the girls who were confronting each other in the classroom, Soya leaned back and looked at the low sky outside the window.

Before you know it, the time has come to the end of June.

The rainfall in the Kinki area has decreased slightly, but the plum blossoms have not yet fully bloomed.Thick ink surged in the sky, and dark clouds gathered from all directions, covering the vast Lake Biwa.

The windows were wide open, but there was no wind.

I can't get over my anxiety.

Jingle Bell--

It wasn't until the class bell rang that the stern teacher walked in holding the textbooks, and the noisy classroom was quiet again.

Five and ten minutes later, the bell rang for the end of get out of class.

"stand up--"

"salute!"

Soya stood up and saluted along with other students, and then left his seat instead of sitting down.

"Soya?" Keisuke Fushimi asked from behind, "Where are you going?"

"Staff room." He replied without looking back.

Walking out of the classroom, the staff room where the teacher Makoto Shibazaki is located is on this floor, along the corridor to the end, just around the corner.

"What are you going to do?"

Soya glanced back, and Fushimi actually followed.

"Look for Ah Cheng to discuss attendance."

"Attendance? Soya won't ask for leave again, will he?"

"..."

He didn't speak, just took a deep breath, and Fushimi understood it at a glance.

"It's only the first semester, and Soya's attendance rate is already on the red light... Don't wait until April next year, and Soya will become my junior."

"Don't be crowed. Why are you following me?"

"Put the water on."

The two walked side by side until they reached the entrance of the corridor. Fushimi patted him on the shoulder and walked to the toilet.

The staff room is on the other side.

The next class was a big class meeting, and there was a relatively long break in the middle. Soya planned to use this time to solve the troubles that suddenly fell on him.

"—— Soya-san."

Zongya turned his head and saw Kyoko walking up from the bottom of the corridor quickly, looking at him.

"Kyoko... what a coincidence."

She was holding a large stack of notes in her hand, and it seemed that the destination was the same as his, which was to be sent to the staff room.

"Soya-san is going to the staff room?"

"Ah."

"Because of that?"

"Yes."

Kyoko was very aware of his predicament, "Does Soya-san still have room to ask for leave?"

"I'm here just to get some leeway."

"Good luck then."

After taking half of the notes from her, Soya asked again: "Does Kyoko not need to ask for leave?"

"Wait, I can take it... This is an annual practice, and I have already asked for leave."

"Ah, that's true."

When they came to the staff room, the teachers they were looking for were sitting in two corners of the office.

Makoto Shibasaki, the teacher of Class A of the first year who is closer to the window, propped his head on one hand, and seemed to be worried about something.

Sogu walked towards him, but was stopped by the person behind him within two steps.

"how……"

Jingzi glanced at him and took back the note in his hand.

"...Sorry, I forgot."

"fine."

At this time, there were not many people in the staff room, and a small movement here also attracted Makoto Shibazaki's attention.

Seeing Zonggu walking in front of him, he said first, "Don't tell me, Zonggu is here to ask for leave again."

"This time there is something very important."

Shibazaki Makoto had a headache expression on his round face, "When did you not say that?"

"Gion Festival."

"Uh……"

Makoto Shibazaki was stunned for a moment, "The Gion Festival in Kyoto?"

Soya nodded.

"There should be no other Gion festivals."

This is indeed an extremely important event.

"It's already the end of June, and the annual Gion Festival is indeed about to start... But what does this have to do with Soya?"

"I also want to know what the Gion Festival has to do with me..."

"Ok?"

Zonggu couldn't help sighing, with a helpless look on his face.

"Although it doesn't matter, I still have to participate."

As the grandest festival in Kyoto and even in Japan, the Gion Festival, which starts every July, is very meaningful in every way.The psychic organization in Kinki also attaches great importance to this, and requires all psychics near Kyoto to participate in it.

And he didn't get the news from Noma Minami until noon today.

"Soya is from the northeast. I have never participated in the Gion Festival. I can understand your feelings..."

While talking, Makoto Shibasaki rummaged through the pile of documents on the desk to find the attendance book of Class A.

"But, do you have to attend at this time? The most exciting time for the Gion Festival is when the summer vacation has already begun."

Compared with other ordinary festivals, the grand scale of the Gion Festival is also reflected in the time - starting from July 31st and ending on July [-]st, it lasts for a month.

One of the biggest highlights, "Mountain Hoko (mao) Parade", was scheduled for July [-]th, and Danhai High School had already started its summer vacation at that time.

"I received an invitation from Yasaka Shrine to participate in the 'Auspicious Fuiri' on the first day of the festival, and I couldn't shirk it."

Soya explained, and added: "This is what Noma-sensei informed me."

"..."

Hearing that this was Noma Minami's arrangement, Shibasaki Makoto stared for a while, and then said "I see".

"Since it was Noma-sensei's decision, then I have nothing to say... I almost forgot that Soya is also from Noma-sensei's side."

He looked at Soya, thought for a while and said: "And this kind of situation doesn't need my approval anymore."

"yes."

It was the first time for Soya to experience such a thing, and he only said that he didn't know.

"It's clear after participating once. Well, I have understood the specific situation here, but..."

Makoto Shibazaki turned the attendance book in his hand and handed it to him, "The number of attendance days of Soya this semester is really dangerous."

Glancing at the glaring absence mark on the attendance book, Soya nodded, and said, "So I came to Shibasaki-sensei for help."

"what……"

"The Gion Festival is grand in scale and has been passed down for a long time, and the historical culture contained in it is unparalleled. And I personally participated in the 'Auspicious Furui' on the first day of the festival. Can it be understood as a kind of extracurricular learning of traditional culture? It’s like a school trip. Or it can be understood as social practice.”

All in all, it means not counting that day as an absence.

"..."

It was the first time Shibasaki Makoto faced such a request, and he was stunned for a while, "There has never been such a precedent."

Soya gritted his teeth secretly.

Obviously there are other high school students who are enlightened, and the Gion Festival is held as scheduled every year. He began to wonder if he is the only one who suffers from the lack of attendance days because he is called by Noma Minami all day.

"Then let me be this precedent. If something goes wrong, all the responsibility will be borne by Noma Minami-sensei."

"Well……"

The responsibility of being a teacher is not something he can push away with a single sentence, Shibazaki Makoto is still hesitating.

"If Soya can come up with some supporting documents, I can explain it better."

Soya thought for a while, "Is the proof written by Noma Minami-sensei okay?"

Shibazaki Makoto smiled first, then shook his head.

"It's better to be someone or an organization with a higher level, such as the person in charge of the organizer of the Gion Festival, or the Kyoto City Hall."

"So... I know."

He basically had no contact with people at other levels of the organization, and had nowhere to start, so he could only ask Noma Minami to do it.

The matter came to an end temporarily, Soya looked back, Kyoko had already left the staff room, and he was about to return to the classroom.

Shibazaki Makoto asked him to wait for a while, the class meeting was coming up soon, and he also had to go to the classroom, so let's go together.

"Speaking of which, in the past few days, the small friction between Nakatani, Ishida, and Kinoshita...does Soya understand?"

"I see, I don't know much about it."

In the past week, Class A has been a bit unbalanced.The small gang of girls headed by Maho Kinoshita suddenly fell apart for some reason, and have been fighting each other for several days.

However, the tempers of a few people have nothing to do with kindness, and they are all from the sports department. They can really fight. Although they will not fight each other in the classroom, they still disturb Class A.

"It's not because of Soya, is it?"

"You know how to joke."

Makoto Shibazaki flipped through the documents on the table, as if he was looking for something, he couldn't stop sighing.

"I've called them together to mediate, and talked to them one by one, but it still doesn't help."

"yes."

"What do you think Soya should do?"

"Don't push the problem to the students."

"It's heartless."

After finally finding the materials for the next class meeting, Makoto Shibazaki was still muttering, "However, the seats of the few of them are still crowded together, and it is very difficult for them to ignore each other."

"Then let them change seats." Soya said casually.

The weather was already stuffy, and he didn't really want to endure the endless noise from those girls.

"..."

Shibazaki Makoto paused, thoughtful.

"It makes sense...it's about time."

Tee, Tee.

He raised the document in his hand and tapped on the desk twice.

"In this case, let's take advantage of today's big class meeting and readjust the seats."

While talking, he took out another blank sheet of paper and handed it to Soya.

"Please help Soya cut it into small pieces of paper for drawing lots."

"Okay. Cut into five?"

"No, thirty copies."

Soya was taken aback, Shibasaki Makoto looked at him as a matter of course.

"Of course the whole class adjusts together."

(End of this chapter)