Teacher Xia Lai is also teaching in Kivotos today

"welcome!"

Following the greeting of the smiling robot clerk, Lynn came to the counter and looked up at the menu behind it.

It must be said that Trinity Comprehensive Academy is indeed a real academy for young ladies, and even the types of desserts are so numerous and complex. Many high-priced desserts that may only be seen in a few dessert shops in Gehenna Academy are like ordinary street snacks here. Not only are there a wide variety, but the prices are also relatively low.

Although the wind was a little cold tonight, it was not a problem for Lin En who was determined to "find some excitement".

Just as he was scanning the price list, something strange caught his gaze.

"...Strawberry mint ice cream?"

As if hearing Lynn's mumbling, the robot clerk responded enthusiastically.

"Yes, this is a new flavor of ice cream that was recently launched. Because this is an experimental product, the supply is not particularly large. But it seems that many students like this flavor very much!"

After listening to the robot clerk's introduction, Lynn couldn't help but feel a little curious.

Although he knew the taste of strawberry ice cream and mint, and could feel what the two would taste like when mixed together, unfortunately, his rationality was temporarily defeated by curiosity.

"Then give me a strawberry mint ice cream."

"Okay, please wait a moment."

Just as Lynn was waiting and looking around at the decoration of the dessert shop, a pleasant doorbell rang along with slightly hurried footsteps.

Subconsciously looking in the direction of the voice, Lin En discovered that the person running in was a girl with long black hair and wearing a Trinity school uniform. It seemed that because she was in a hurry, the submachine gun that she had originally put in her uniform bag almost fell out.

After reaching out to hold the submachine gun, the girl hurried to the counter and asked the robot clerk.

"Excuse me! Do you have any strawberry mint ice cream here?"

Hearing the girl's slightly anxious question, the robot clerk was silent for a moment, as if to confirm something. Then, while helping Lin En make ice cream, he spoke to her helplessly.

"Sorry, we've run out of ingredients for our strawberry mint ice cream today, so it's sold out."

Then, as if noticing that the girl's eyes were focused on the ice cream in his hand that was about to take shape, the robot clerk spoke quickly as if trying to shirk responsibility.

"This is the last strawberry mint ice cream we have today, but that customer has already bought it."

"what……"

Because the robot clerk looked at Lin En when he was explaining to the girl, Lin En, who was standing aside and paying attention, naturally met the girl's eyes.

Then, the girl showed a look of slight surprise at first, but soon realized that it would be rude to look at the other person like that, so she looked away in embarrassment.

Chapter 20: Dessert-First Girl

In fact, it wasn't just the girl who felt embarrassed at this moment, even Lin En felt a little embarrassed.

The reason for this is that the robot clerk's words were too straightforward.

Although this was true, to others it always sounded like Lynn had stolen the girl's ice cream.

If possible, Lin En really wanted to find out which factory produced this robot clerk with extremely low emotional intelligence, and then use his authority as Xia Lai to blacklist it.

"My dear guest, your strawberry mint ice cream is ready."

Facing the robot clerk who handed her ice cream, Lynn pretended to be slightly distressed.

"Forget it, just change it to milk chocolate ice cream for me."

Hearing what Lin En said, the robot clerk couldn't help but reveal a slightly surprised expression.

"But, didn't you just say that you wanted to..."

Before the other party could finish speaking, Lin En interrupted.

"I just thought about it and decided not to try this strange flavor. Otherwise, I'm afraid I won't dare to eat ice cream in the future."

Although Lynn's excuse was poor and his intentions were obvious, he couldn't find any other excuse under the circumstances.

Although the result would be the same whether he gave it to the girl like this or gave it to her after buying it, the problem was that he didn't know whether the other party would care about or resist the latter.

Therefore, Lynn chose a safer, or conservative approach.

"……I see."

Unexpectedly, this low EQ clerk did not make things difficult for him as Lin En expected. He first stuffed the strawberry mint ice cream into the hands of the girl who seemed to have not yet reacted, and then turned around and started making the milk chocolate ice cream that would probably never be short of raw materials.

And it was precisely because of this somewhat unexpected behavior that Lin En gave up the idea of ​​blacklisting its manufacturer - although he would never do so anyway.

After taking the milk chocolate ice cream from the robot clerk, Lynn quickly paid for it and then fled the dessert shop as fast as he could, pretending nothing had happened.

Pushing open the door of the dessert shop, a cool breeze with the scent of milk chocolate blew towards him, cooling down Lin En's slightly red cheeks in time. However, it was also this slightly cool breeze that calmed Lin En's thoughts a little.

"…I didn't steal or rob, so why should I be so embarrassed? Besides, I'm no longer the kind of virgin who blushes when talking to a woman, so why should I run so fast?"

After complaining about his own nonsensical behavior and sighing helplessly, Lin En looked at the ice cream in his hand.

“Forget it. Although it’s a pity that I can’t taste that strange flavor, it’s not bad to review the classics.”

Just as Lynn was about to start tasting the ice cream, a slightly hurried and somewhat familiar voice sounded from behind him.

"Um, Teacher Lin En! Please wait a moment!"

When Lin En turned around, he found that the person who spoke to him was the girl he had just seen in the dessert shop.

But...his premonition turned out to be correct. Although this was nominally his first time to officially come to Trinity Academy, it seemed that many students already knew him - just like the one now.

"I'm sorry, I was a little surprised when I was in the dessert shop just now because it was the first time I met, uh... the first time I met Teacher Lin En in real life. I hope you don't mind!"

After bowing her head slightly to apologize to Lin En, before he could say anything, the girl continued speaking as if she didn't intend to give him any chance to breathe.

"And, I really want to thank the teacher for giving me this ice cream! Although I am open to most kinds of ice cream, today after returning home, I suddenly wanted to eat this strawberry mint ice cream that I had a few days ago! So, when I saw the last strawberry mint ice cream being sold in front of me just now, my heart was really empty for a moment!"

Having said this, the girl, who seemed to finally realize that she looked a little aggressive, seemed to be deflated for a moment and scratched her cheek shyly.

"I didn't expect that Teacher Lin En is so gentle. I am really grateful to her."

Hearing the girl's words full of gratitude, Lin En couldn't help but feel a little ashamed.

What kind of existence am I now in the rumors of these students?

Just when Lin En was thinking about how to answer the girl, she suddenly closed her eyes slightly, as if she felt some kind of cosmic radio waves, and spoke seriously.

"But just as I was about to taste the ice cream you gave me, it suddenly occurred to me that since I wanted to eat this strawberry mint ice cream so much, would you actually want the same thing as me? So -"

The girl said this while taking out two ice cream scoops from her uniform bag with the sound of "clang clang" she dubbed herself.

"So, if you don't mind, teacher, we can each take half!"

"..."

Looking at the girl who was looking at him with a smile on her face, Lin En knew that he could never tell the girl that he bought the strawberry mint ice cream on a whim.

However, the girl seemed to have misunderstood Lynn's hesitation and silence for a moment, and nodded as if she had suddenly realized something.

"But it's true. This is not a good place to eat ice cream. There is a small park not far from here with some places to rest. I wonder if you would mind coming with me?"

Having said this, facing the girl's enthusiastic invitation, Lin En had no reason to refuse. He could only nod mechanically and follow the enthusiastic girl towards the small park she mentioned.

So, at this strange time, Lin En followed the girl holding the strange-flavored ice cream and came to this small park he had never set foot in, and sat on the bench side by side with her.

"Hmm! Strawberries and mint are the best!"

Looking at the girl who put a scoop of ice cream into her mouth with a look of joy, Lynn suddenly felt curious.

Is this ice cream really that delicious?

So, driven by curiosity, he picked up the spoon from the girl and put a spoonful of ice cream into his mouth.

The moment Lin En took a bite of the ice cream, she couldn't help but widen her eyes slightly.

The taste of this strawberry mint ice cream is not as stimulating as I expected, but it has a sweet taste. When you first taste it, it has the sweetness of strawberry jam, but when you savor it, the refreshing mint taste will permeate.

"Hey, how is it? It may sound a little strange, but it's really delicious, right?"

"...Well, the taste of this ice cream is indeed a little beyond my imagination."

Hearing Lin En's feelings, the girl immediately revealed a somewhat smug smile.

“Hehe~ Now I can legitimately tell Kazusa and Haomei how delicious this ice cream is!”

Seeing the girl's expression, Lin En chuckled and extended his other hand.

"I have a milk chocolate ice cream here too. If you don't mind, let's share it. Just consider it as a reward for eating your ice cream?"

"Ah! It's the most classic milk chocolate ice cream! I didn't expect that you, teacher, also know a lot about desserts!"

After nodding seriously, the girl also stretched out her spoon towards the ice cream in Lynn's hand.

"I'm gonna start now!"

Although the conversation that the two started with about ice cream ended quickly, they did not look for the next topic, but just shared the ice cream and exclaimed at the delicious taste - of course, most of it came from the girl.

However, even though there were two ice creams, the portions were not particularly large, so they finished the ice cream quickly.

"thanks for treatment!"

Looking at the girl who threw the ice cream wrapper into the trash can and clasped her hands together seriously, Lin En suddenly felt that she was a little cute.

"By the way! Teacher, if you don't mind, can you add me as a Momotalk friend? I hope to continue discussing more about desserts with you!"

Hearing this, Lin En nodded, took out his phone and added the other party's Momo friend.

"Um... Kurimura Airi?"

When the girl heard Lin En read out her name, she finally remembered something and scratched her head embarrassedly.

"Yes! I forgot to introduce myself to the teacher. My name is Kurimura Airi. You can just call me Airi!"

As if she was a little shy because she realized this, the girl bowed slightly to Lin En.

"Today, I really want to thank Teacher Lin En! Um... that is to say... uh... let's contact each other later!"

After saying that, without waiting for Lin En to speak, the girl ran away in a hurry just like when they first met.

Looking at Ellie's hurriedly receding back, Lynn couldn't help but chuckle.

"What an interesting child... and quite bold for the label 'young lady'."

However, Lin En didn't know at that time that this girl, who he labeled as "bold", was telling her friend about her experience tonight the next day and emphasized that Lin En also liked the strawberry mint ice cream. However, her friend instantly killed her with a sentence "That means, Ellie, to some extent, you indirectly kissed that teacher."

After all, the innocent girl who only had ice cream in her eyes at that time didn’t consider these things at all.

Chapter 21 Death penalty! Death penalty!

“…Is this where we’re going to live together?”

After stepping into this dormitory that could be described as a villa, Lin En, who was carrying his luggage, couldn't help but be speechless.

"Yes……"

Completely unaware of the surprise in Lynn's words, Hifumi nodded and sighed in annoyance.

"What if I miss out on the limited edition Pelolo-sama merchandise?"

"..."

After temporarily ignoring the dejected Hifumi, Lynn looked at the rest of the cram school staff.

"Oh... I heard that this building hadn't been used for a while, so I was worried that I would have to sleep on the cold floor... I didn't expect it to be spacious and clean, and there were even beds. It's great."

Looking at Hanako who opened the door and made such a declaration, Lin En couldn't help but nodded with some relief.

At least judging from their performance, I should be able to save myself the trouble of psychological counseling for the time being.

However, Hanako's next words made him pause for a moment.

"This way, we can all sleep together!"

"..."