People in real teaching bring their own maid

Extra: Tanabata

The time was three years before I entered school.

"Master Chihaya, your classes today are scheduled to be chess and self-defense in the morning, foreign languages ​​after lunch break, afternoon tea and etiquette, and Kyudo after dinner."

"Well, let's go," Chihaya nodded, changed under Hayasaka's clothes and headed to the restaurant.

The restaurant was empty as usual.

"The master of the family did not return home last night, and his wife went back to the Himiya family early this morning." Seeing Chihaya glance in the direction of the seat of honor, Hayasaka immediately understood and explained.

"You're really busy, huh." Chihaya sneered, pulled out a chair and started eating breakfast.

Hayasaka stood aside, waiting quietly.

The news was playing on TV, and the host's standard voice echoed throughout the restaurant.

Apart from Chihaya's gentle chewing sounds, only important yet unimportant news were reported one after another.

It is important because it does talk about some very crucial issues, and it is unimportant because Chihaya doesn't care about such things at all.

Although he was assigned a variety of courses every day, Chihaya never insisted on attending any of them - he would change courses whenever he understood most of them, and there was no course he could stay in based on his interest or hobby.

For Chihaya, learning these things is for knowledge and skills, not for happiness and joy.

A few minutes later, as Chihaya finished her breakfast and stood up, Hayasaka turned off the TV.

The two went to the chess room.

The chess teacher was already waiting there.

The two entered the room, Hayasaka first saluted the teacher, then came to Kuroko's side and moved the soldiers.

Chihaya sat aside, watching the battle quietly.

As the name suggests, this chess room is where Chihaya learns various chess games. In addition to the table with chess, there are also various other chess games such as Chinese chess, Go, Shogi, etc. - these are all the games that Chihaya is already tired of.

Hayasaka won in just a few minutes, so Chihaya took over.

Chihaya achieved victory in half the time it took Hayasaka, and she even deliberately castled a king-rook to trick her opponent.

"Thank you for your hard work, teacher. You can rest starting tomorrow." Chihaya said after the victory.

Hayasaka had seen this scene many times. Whenever a teacher was defeated by the two of them at the same time, they could pay their fees and leave.

Hayasaka noticed that sometimes Chihaya would take a few extra days of lessons because she hadn't fully mastered the subject.

Every time they played chess, Chihaya would ask her and the teacher to come first, under the pretext of helping him study the teacher's chess moves, but Hayasaka knew very well that Chihaya was actually testing whether she had mastered the skills.

Hayasaka needs to study all the courses that Chihaya studies. After Chihaya rests, Hayasaka still has her own courses to study.

Since I defeated the teacher so easily, I still have a long time to go before the self-defense course.

"Have some tea, Ai," Chihaya said suddenly.

"Yes, Chihaya-sama."

Although it is a chess room, because the first chess course is shogi, it is actually a Japanese-style room. A set of tea sets is placed on one of the coffee tables - tea ceremony courses will also be held here.

"Keep it simple. No tea ceremony stuff."

"clear."

Chihaya didn't like all the cumbersome precautions, he just wanted to drink tea. If possible, he would like to pour the hot tea into a thermos instead of drinking it bit by bit from a small cup.

When no one else is around, Chihaya will instruct Hayasaka to use a way of drinking that is a bit rougher than the tea ceremony but more comfortable.

......

Finally, after taking a sip of the premium green tea, Chihaya let out a rare sigh of comfort.

"Chihaya-sama really likes green tea."

"Yeah, but a lot of people see my hair and think I have to drink coffee."

"After all, you have Nordic ancestry, so it's normal to have this stereotype, and I feel the same way." Hayasaka Ai is a mixed-race girl with Irish ancestry, and is also full of exotic charm.

"I think instant coffee tastes the best, it's sweet." Chihaya then began to make outrageous remarks. Hayasaka had heard these words countless times and was used to her master making such inappropriate remarks.

This might be one of the rare ways Chihaya expresses her feelings directly.

Because of his sister's death and his father's busy family, Chihaya's relationship with his mother is not very close. Or it should be said that after his sister left, he could no longer find a comfortable way to get along with his mother. Therefore, the only person around him with whom he can chat and speak his mind is Hayasaka, the maid.

"So do I need instant coffee for you next time?"

"Let's talk about it when the weather gets cooler." Chihaya took a sip of the green tea in her hand and looked at the lush greenery in the yard.

Hayasaka didn't say anything else, but poured herself a cup of green tea.

"Today seems to be the Qixi Festival." Chihaya said jokingly.

(Note: Tanabata in Japan is not the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, but July 7th of the Gregorian calendar, and in some areas it is August 7th. People celebrate Tanabata by decorating bamboo, hanging colored paper and decorations on bamboo branches to symbolize the magpie bridge and the meeting of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl. People write down their wishes or prayers and tie them to the bamboo in the hope that they will come true.)

"So do you need me to prepare a bamboo?"

"No need. It won't come true even if you make a wish." Chihaya took a sip of tea. "Even if you worship eight million gods, it won't work."

Hayasaka didn't respond because she knew Chihaya's wish was probably for her sister to come back, but that was obviously impossible.

“Does love have any wishes that he wants to fulfill?”

"Me?" Hayasaka was stunned. She was so busy every day that she had no time to think about anything.

"You should have something you long for or want, right?"

"Uh...well...I-I want to build my own computer."

Chihaya shook her head upon hearing this: "This is at best a small goal, not a wish at all."

"Yes......"

"Let's arrange computer-related courses starting tomorrow."

"Yes!" Hayasaka's eyes lit up. This was much more efficient than studying on her own.

"Really? You're so happy about such a small thing." Chihaya couldn't help but laugh when she saw Hayasaka's excitement.

“Because I’m really happy.”

"Don't complain if you can't learn it then."

"No way!"

......

At night, Hayasaka still got the bamboo and prepared the note.

Chihaya's note read: I hope Ai can be happy every day.

Hayasaka's note read: I hope Chihaya-sama can be happy every day.

20. Kushida and anonymous emails

"Kushida-san from XX Junior High School, it's great to see you at Ikusei."

One day, Kikyo Kushida received an email like this, and the email address was unfamiliar.

XX Middle School is the junior high school she attended. In other words, the person who sent this email to her must be someone who knew about her experiences in junior high school.

This made Kushida a little irritated.

She was already troubled when she found out that there was a classmate from junior high school among her classmates after entering school. Unexpectedly, before she could deal with it, a new storm had already appeared - and it was a situation where the enemy was in the dark and we were in the light.

Could it be that the damned woman Horikita revealed my condition? Kushida thought about this possibility. However, Horikita Suzune was always honest with people, and she was not the kind of person who liked to gossip, so this possibility was actually quite small.

What's more, Horikita Suzune thinks highly of herself and has a very bad reputation among the girls in Class D. Even if she really says it, no one may believe it.

But if it wasn't Horikita, who could it be? Kushida was puzzled and could only silently pay attention to the people he interacted with, and then repeatedly analyze their expressions and movements afterwards.

......

Kushida received the second email at two o'clock in the morning. In order to be able to reply to the message immediately, she would not turn on the mute mode even when she was sleeping.

The moment his cell phone rang, Kushida opened his eyes.

"Good evening, my dear Kushida-san. Have a sweet dream."

It was still the same anonymous email address, and the content was also incomprehensible.

Kushida really wanted to slap the opponent through the network cable, but it was a pity that the current level of technology could not do this.

So Kushida could only curse, put down his phone, and try to fall asleep again.

About half an hour later, the phone rang again.

"I forgot to ask Kushida-san, how does it feel to be the center of attention? Are you very happy?"

After watching Kushida, I almost wanted to smash my phone. Pleasure? Replying to teenage boys' lines every day, helping ugly girls with clothing matching, and cheering up love-brained girls - is there any one of these that is pleasant? !

"Who are you? What is your purpose?"

Since the other party already knew her situation, there was no need for her to act anymore, so Kushida simply sent a questioning email.

Then there is a long waiting process.

As a result, Kushida waited until dawn but did not receive a reply from the other party.

She had to take a short nap for an hour before rushing to the classroom, arriving on time, which was extremely rare, and she was almost late.

......

After school in the afternoon, Kushida finally got the reply she had been longing for.

In the email, the other party asked her to meet at a vending machine somewhere at 8 o'clock in the evening.

As a result, Kushida didn't see anyone until half past nine. Instead, he found couples hugging each other and kissing each other.

"You fool me?"

"How can you be sure that I'm not among those passing by?"

However, the other party's reply was quite ambiguous, giving Kushida unlimited room for imagination.

"..." Kushida was devastated, especially since she could only feel helpless and furious - the other party only used this email address to tease her and had no contact with her in real life, which left her helpless.

Don't let me know who did it!

----split line----

Since he couldn't find any clues, Kushida had to go back the same way and look for the clue from Horikita Suzune.

Although Horikita Suzune doesn't seem like a big talker, as the saying goes, you can never know a person's heart through his appearance. Who knows, maybe Horikita Suzune is doing something behind the scenes.

So when Kushida heard that Horikita Suzune had participated in a knowledge quiz with a registration fee of 10000 points, he immediately signed up, intending to take this opportunity to go to Horikita Suzune to ask some questions.

Before she could take any action, the mysterious man sent her another email.

The content of this email is very simple, and it should give Kushida a little hint, otherwise it would be too boring to see her like a headless fly.

The condition of the exchange was that Kushida had to eat a mountain vegetable set meal for the next two days.

Because she had been stood up before, Kushida refused directly and said that she would not agree to any conditions from someone who did not keep his word. She also emphasized that if the other party sent such harassing emails again, she would choose to report it to the school for investigation.

The other party has not openly revealed what she did in junior high school, and Kushida also has a certain sense of luck - maybe the other party only knows her junior high school, but doesn't know what she has done.

Or maybe he just knew some groundless rumors and wanted to blackmail her, so he didn't take any actual action and just kept harassing her with some inexplicable emails.

Sure enough, after Kushida rejected her request in a tough manner, she did not receive any new emails in the following days.

This made Kushida more confident in his own conclusion, so it became even more important to talk to Horikita Suzune.

She needed to confirm whether Horikita Suzune accidentally told someone about the two's junior high school.

Kushida Kikyo regained her confidence.

21. Finals

On the day of the finals, Chihaya arrived at the venue as promised.

"Good morning, Himiya-san."

"Hello, Sakayanagi-san."