I'm a weird expert in Japan

Of course, Touma and Sa are still the same and are not very convinced by some of Ren's opinions.

For example, now.

"Then just demonstrate it to me." Hesha glared at Lian.

"Okay, you get up--" Lian pursed her lips and waved her hand to signal Hesha to give up her seat.

There is actually no problem with Kazusa's ability, but she seems to have very complicated feelings about the piano. On the one hand, she learns very quickly, but on the other hand, she deliberately reminds herself to forget the familiar things.

Let yourself be in a state of being neither up nor down.

I don't know if it will work...

Lian is now very worried about whether he can do well in fulfilling the request of Mr. Hanekawa. He can't just keep eating the teacher's food for free and do nothing.

However, before Hesha could get up, someone was pulling the door with a rattling sound.

In terms of not liking to be disturbed during practice, Ren and Kazusa are actually similar.

Of course, if it was an acquaintance, it would be a different situation for Lian.

as well as--

According to Kazusa's habit, the door of the second music room must be locked when practicing.

Fortunately, this guy didn't take the problem of being alone in a room seriously, and Lian wasn't in the mood to emphasize it.

Wondering who on earth couldn't even knock on the door, he walked over and opened it.

"what……"

The girl outside the door was surprised when she saw someone opening the door.

"What's matter?"

"Shi, Shijo-san..." The strange girl took a step back in surprise and looked at him awkwardly.

The other one, who looked a bit braver, stood up from the window and said, "Shijo-san, isn't it a bit too stingy to have only you and Touma-san use the second music room?"

"Oh..." Lian immediately knew the purpose of the visit.

"Since she has gone to the general department, the piano and the teacher should be returned to our music department, right? Even if the piano was donated by her mother, it is very rude for her to monopolize it like this." The girl continued, "It is also too much for the school to do nothing about it. In the end, we are the ones who suffer."

Lian just smiled at this.

"I got the right to use it after I defeated Touma-san. If you are interested, you are welcome to challenge me at any time." Lian pointed at Touma behind him and lowered her voice as if to tell someone, "Use the piano."

"Uh..." Both of them were stunned.

As the saying goes, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. No matter how bad Touma and Sa are, they will not lose to students of the music department at playing the piano.

The level is neither good nor bad only relative to people like Lian.

"What do you think?"

Although it was unnecessary, Lian repeated it, and the two of them left the door of the second music room in dejection.

After sending away the person who came to cause trouble, he closed the door and saw that Kazusa had left her seat and sat on the chair next to her, crossing her arms and waiting for him to demonstrate.

Lian had just taken three steps away from the door when someone knocked on it again.

Hesha, who was standing by, clearly saw that Lian's body seemed to have stopped moving as if a switch had been pressed. She exuded impatience, like a cat with its fur standing on end.

Mumbling something that Kazusa couldn't hear, he went to open the door again.

Hesa found it funny and tried hard to keep a straight face.

As a result, as soon as the door opened, she had the illusion that a furry tail had grown behind Lian and kept shaking there.

"Teacher Hanekawa, why are you here?"

"I'm a little concerned about Shijo-kun's situation. I just happened to have nothing to do, so I came to check on him." Teacher Hanekawa said at the door, "Is it inconvenient?"

"No, no, it's very convenient." Lian stepped aside to let Hanekawa Tsubasa enter the music classroom.

"Really——" Teacher Hanekawa walked in with a smile, "Good afternoon, Touma-san. You always sleep in my class."

"Hmph——" Kazusa turned her face away and did not respond to Teacher Hanekawa.

Lian's voice was tinged with dissatisfaction, "Hey, Touma, can you be a little polite to Mr. Hanekawa?"

As a result, Hesha suddenly turned around, glared at Lian fiercely, then stood up and walked out the door.

"Not practicing anymore?" Lian confirmed.

"...I'm going shopping--" Hesa ​​said this and went out with the door closed.

Lian could only helplessly spread her hands to Teacher Hanekawa, "I'm so sorry...her temper is still the same, please don't be offended, teacher."

"Well..." Hanekawa Tsubasa shook her head. She didn't care. "But Shijo-kun actually spoke for others--"

"No, I'm afraid that a teacher would be upset if a student contradicts him." Lian said seriously, "Teacher Hanekawa has only been a teacher for about half a year."

"I'm fine, don't worry." Teacher Hanekawa found a chair and sat down.

Lian sat down next to the piano. "Teacher, are you here to listen to the piano today? Or the violin?"

"It's all right." Teacher Hanekawa raised her arms and stretched. The wind from the window blew in, and her short-sleeved shirt stuck to her body, revealing her curvy figure. Lian was dazed for a moment, "Hmm... the wind in this season is so comfortable~~~~"

"Yes, yes." Lian turned around and began to play the G major in the second volume of "The Well-Tempered Clavier".

"Is the 'Snake Cutting Rope' matter all resolved?" Hanekawa Tsubasa smiled and didn't point out his embarrassment, but changed the subject.

Lian paused, "…if it's about Kogiso's curse, it's all right now."

"I heard that he almost turned into a Yamata no Orochi?"

"It's not that exaggerated. It just happened that eight snakes cutting the rope were blessed by Shinto beliefs to some extent, and there is a possibility that they will become a mythical existence."

"It must be hard work for you to fight against that kind of monster."

Epilogue of Section 64 Two melodies (2)

"It's OK. Miss Atonogi was planning to come over, but I didn't expect Kasumigaoka to bring 'Slug Tofu' with her. It was quite a help."

"Did you say thank you?"

"Have."

"Very good." Teacher Hanekawa smiled with satisfaction.

"but……"

"but?"

"I lost an arm while trying to save Kasumigaoka, and was unable to defeat the last snake in time." Lian added as she played, "Although the regeneration is fast, it can't catch up with the speed at which the snake escapes."

"The last one escaped..." Teacher Hanekawa said softly, "What do you think?"

"Harming others and oneself will be a good lesson for the student who cast the curse." Lian turned back to look at the teacher, "I heard from Shizhu that someone applied for a leave of absence due to illness?"

No matter what, Ogiso Setsuna refused to reveal any information about the boy who confessed to her, perhaps because she was worried that it would cause trouble if it got out.

"Yes, he's a second-year student." Teacher Hanekawa didn't say anything specific. "He applied last week, and I heard about it from another teacher the next day."

"Teacher, will you blame me?"

"What do you blame me for?"

"The matter of letting the 'Snake Cutting Rope' go."

"Maybe Shijo-kun didn't intend to defeat all of them from the beginning, but wanted to leave one behind on purpose." Teacher Hanekawa pinched his chin and smiled thoughtfully, "But in the end you missed it in order to save someone. Even if it was consistent with the expected motivation, I wouldn't blame you. Rather, I'm happy to see Shijo-kun take the initiative to help others."

"I helped Xiaomu out of my parents' respect. If I didn't help, and someone died, my father and mother would blame me." Lian gave his reasons.

"I mean Kasumigaoka-san," said Hanekawa-sensei, "it would hurt when your arm is cut off, right?"

"Anyway it will grow out and the pain will only last for a while. Besides, if she doesn't help me, I will have to sacrifice more than half of my body, and that will delay regeneration." Lian said this calmly, as if she had given up and nothing happened, as if a hair had been broken.

The moment his arm was broken, he almost fainted from the pain, but fortunately his regenerative ability was able to quickly isolate the pain.

If the vampire is familiar with regeneration, the pain will not be so severe.

"If there is an explanation, Shijo-kun must have sufficient reasons to explain. But I hope that one day, Shijo-kun will not need to find such a formal reason and can openly reach out to help others."

"teacher……?"

Lian felt someone gently caressing her head, and a warm feeling came from the top of her head.

"If I have any expectations for Shijo-kun before graduation-" Teacher Hanekawa held his shoulders, "You can honestly face the kindness that is inevitable as a human being. When you see the weak and helpless, you are willing to do something within your ability, instead of having to have a good reason to take action."

"That's...too difficult for me."

Lian's eyes dimmed and she answered in a less confident tone.

"It doesn't matter. There's still plenty of time." Teacher Hanekawa took his hand away and stood behind him. "Until you can do that, the teacher will always be with you."

"...Mr. Hanekawa probably has his own things to do..."

Lian lowered his eyes. He knew that a great person like Hanekawa Tsubasa would never simply be content to be a teacher. She was willing to stay here to teach, so she must have something she wanted to accomplish.

If that thing was just about teaching a human-vampire hybrid, it would be a little hard to make sense.

"That's over there, this is here, don't you trust the teacher?"

"Of course I believe in the teacher." Lian nodded firmly, "Oh, right——"

"what?"

"I asked a friend to spread a new rumor among the students, saying that the spell cannot be used to pray for love, but will bring disaster to oneself, etc."

"That's fine. If there are students who continue to believe this kind of thing, the teacher will be troubled about how to deal with it. But after all, rumors have to be fought with rumors, and students' spread is more credible than teachers'." Teacher Hanekawa nodded approvingly, "But this kind of thing actually started to spread among students, the source is indeed worrying."

"Any clues?"

"Not yet. It's troublesome to trace the source of a spread like this." Teacher Hanekawa said, "But it's only a little troublesome."

"I hope I don't have to sell my brains and borrow a fighter jet to fly to Antarctica to look for someone this time."

"Mr. Oshino's incident was a special case. We must find him to solve Xiaofan's problem."

"Indeed."

"Also, regarding the incident where you were turned into a bat before—" Teacher Hanekawa sighed, "I tried to investigate, but all I could find was that this kind of curse was something that only some weird experts who specialize in special tasks would do."

"That's it..."

"I think the other party took your interpersonal relationships into consideration, and in order to minimize complications, they acted extra carefully. The primary goal is to avoid being dragged into trouble." Teacher Hanekawa said softly, "Be more careful in the future. The other party's goal is to prevent you from returning to the 'right path' smoothly -"

"I'll pay special attention." Lian nodded.

Then, after saying these words, Mr. Hanekawa sat back down in his chair.

"By the way, how's practice going Touma-san?"

"She works hard for three days and rests for two days. She practices well but always does things perfunctorily." Lian shook her head. "The piece I'm playing now is the same piece she was playing just now."

"Eh? But Shijo-kun included the performance of 'Santa Claus Is Coming to Town' in the song, right?"

Lian chuckled, "Did you notice?"

"It's like two songs playing at the same time, but they don't interfere with each other, but work in harmony with each other." Teacher Hanekawa described thoughtfully, "It's like two people who have a tacit understanding playing together."

"This is a common practice. I wouldn't have the time to play faster, but Touma played so slowly and was not convinced by my opinion, so I decided to demonstrate it to her." Lian continued to play the last part. "I think she will have nothing to say now."

“…Ah, I see—”

Teacher Hanekawa stood up, walked to the door, reached out and opened the unlocked door of the second music room.

The mouth of the condensed milk coffee cup without a pull ring was quietly open, and its owner was standing there listening in amazement, not even having time to feel embarrassed about being discovered.

"How is it? I didn't lie to you, did I? Do you still want to practice?"

"...I understand. Get out of the way—"

Lian gave up her seat, took a few steps back, turned around and saw Teacher Hanekawa.

The two of them looked at each other and couldn't help but laugh at the same time.

Chapter 65: Ending: About the fact that I don’t have a clear outline for my writing