Teacher Xia Lai is also teaching in Kivotos today

"But... we won't be able to use the swimming pool for our tutorial classes, right?"

In response to Hifumi's words, Hanako tapped her lips lightly and muttered to herself as if she was thinking about something.

"When I was packing my things just now, I seemed to see the teacher at the swimming pool?"

"...Then let's go over and see if the pool needs cleaning."

Hifumi lowered her head slightly as if feeling a little embarrassed while saying this, and walked quickly towards the swimming pool.

"Ha ha……"

Seeing this, Hanako, who was laughing softly, and Koharu, who looked puzzled, followed Hifumi's footsteps.

However, as the three of them headed towards the swimming pool, Azusa looked at their backs and muttered to herself in surprise.

"Isn't Hifumi in charge of cleaning the gymnasium and the warehouse? Why did she go to the teacher's room?"

Chapter 23: Everything in this world is not nothingness

"Wow!"

Hifumi couldn't help but exclaim at the sight before her.

Not only her, but also Hanako and Koharu beside her, as well as Azusa who arrived late, showed surprised expressions at this moment.

The reason was simple. The pool, which everyone expected to be dry and full of stains, had actually been cleaned up. On the other side of the pool, a man in a waterproof jacket was adjusting the water pipe.

"Hey, you guys are here."

Noticing the crowd approaching, Lynn looked up and waved at them with a smile.

"You should have finished cleaning, right? In that case, why don't you play in the water and take a break. However, this pool seems to use water drawn from the lake of Holy Trinity, and the water can only be transported using a pipe, so you may have to wait a while."

Looking at Lin En who shrugged helplessly, Hifumi blinked and asked with a little surprise.

"Well... Isn't it tiring for the teacher to clean such a big pool by himself?"

"Do I look tired? I am still full of energy."

Hanako couldn't help but chuckle when she saw Lynn patting his chest while standing by the pool.

"Haha, I always feel that the teacher is always very energetic no matter when and where he is!"

“Gurgle—”

However, for some reason, Koharu's face suddenly turned red when she heard Hanako's words.

After noticing Koharu's strange behavior, Hanako smiled knowingly as if she had thought of something.

"Everyone! Since the teacher said so, let's quickly change into our swimsuits and relax. After all, I will be focusing on tutoring starting tomorrow, and it would be a shame if we don't have fun now, right?"

"Yeah... that's true. It's rare that a teacher is so thoughtful..."

After Hifumi nodded in agreement, Hanako moved closer to Koharu, noting that she seemed a little hesitant.

"Koharu-chan... do you want to miss this opportunity to see CG in real life?"

“Wow!? Die… die…”

In response to Hanako's words, Koharu, who used to be able to blurt out the word "death penalty" immediately like a conditioned reflex, got stuck for unknown reasons and was unable to pronounce the word properly.

"Yeah, I know what you're thinking. Let's go, change into your swimsuit before the pool is filled with water~"

Hanako smiled as she said this, dragging Koharu, who seemed to be a little out of control, towards the dormitory building. Hifumi turned around and nodded to Lin En, who was looking at them with a smile, and followed them.

However, at this time, besides Lin En, there was another person staying by the swimming pool.

"What's wrong, Azusa, did you remember something?"

In response to Lin En's question when she came to his side, Zi nodded slightly.

"When I first came here, this swimming pool had not been cleaned by you, teacher, and it looked so lonely. But this must have been a bustling and noisy place that carried many people's happiness... [Vanitas Vanitatum (Everything is illusory)] is the truth of the world - this is what I thought at the time. But..."

As he said this, Zi looked at the clear pool of water in front of him and continued muttering to himself.

"But the teacher made it beautiful again and made everyone feel happy... Perhaps nothingness is not eternal."

"Of course."

After patting Azusa's head gently, Lynn smiled and spread his hands toward the swimming pool.

“If everything is illusory, then it means that everything exists. As long as you are willing to reach out your hand and use your own hands to prove and fight for happiness, then it will exist.”

At this point, Lynn couldn't help but reveal a slightly nostalgic look.

"[You may fail if you try, but if you don't try, you will never be able to succeed]. Hehe... Come to think of it, I once said something like this to someone."

"……Um."

Hearing Lynn's words, Azusa placed his clenched fist on his chest.

"Even if nothingness exists, I can now feel what I already have..."

"Well, keep going, Azusa. I'll always be waiting for you."

Looking at Lin En who was smiling at him, Zi had a slightly conflicted expression.

However, the expression on the girl's face was fleeting. She bowed slightly to Lin En, then trotted away.

"..."

Looking at Zi's departing back, the smile on Lin En's face gradually disappeared.

Not only that, although his expression seemed calm, there was a kind of anger burning deep in his eyes.

"【Vanitas】... Has this kind of 'belief' spread to such a place?"

In fact, Lin En was not unfamiliar with this word, or this sentence. When he and the Arius team were hiding from each other, he had heard this sentence, or this "belief", from them more than once.

Even so, he never fell into or was even infected by this "belief" that was close to brainwashing. Not only that, he was always trying to enlighten the people in Arius's team.

Lin En believed in fate, but never in destiny. In his opinion, this so-called "belief" in nothingness was just a tool used by some ill-intentioned people to deceive these students.

But unfortunately, he was unable to, or did not have the time to, figure out where this thing came from, and was forced to separate from Arius's team.

But now, he encountered it again in an unexpected place.

"This time...I will never let you go."

Just as Lin En clenched his fists, the sound of footsteps from the girls behind him made him quickly loosen his hands.

"Ahem, have you changed your clothes yet?"

When Lin En quickly adjusted his mood and expression and turned around, he didn't know where to look for a moment.

At this time, four girls wearing school-standard one-piece swimsuits appeared in front of him. Although this one-piece swimsuit did not have any gorgeous decorations or lace, it made the girls wearing it full of youthfulness.

Not only that, as if it was arranged by God, these four girls, no matter in terms of body shape or magnificence, no matter what their taste is, they will definitely be able to see the type they like -

But for a guy like Lin En who eats both meat and vegetables, this is simply a luxurious buffet.

"So... everything in this world is definitely not nothing, huh."

After quickly admiring the slightly immature figures of these girls, Lin En nodded seriously from the bottom of his heart.

"Um...teacher?"

At this moment, Hifumi first raised her hand and then pointed behind Lynn.

"It seems...the water is about to overflow?"

“…I’m so sorry!!!”

"Ah...eh?"

Hearing Hifumi's slightly puzzled voice, Lin En turned around and ran quickly towards the water pipe.

Chapter 24: Teacher, you are strong all over...

By the swimming pool next to the dormitory building where the cram school students live together, there is a beach chair with a small table and a large parasol.

Sitting on it was Lin En, who was wearing beach pants and a waterproof jacket. At this moment, he was leaning on the beach chair, enjoying the girls' swimming and playing in the water.

"Ah--Hanako-san! Stop!"

Hifumi was suddenly splashed with water in the face by Hanako and quickly dodged to the side.

"Hehe, Teacher Lin En seemed to have said that the water here is drawn from the lake of the Holy Trinity, so it shouldn't be a problem even if we drink it directly, huh?"

Hanako said this with a chuckle and splashed water on the others.

"I see. This is what a battle in water is like."

Looking at Hifumi and Hanako who were splashing water at each other, Azusa nodded thoughtfully, and then also started splashing water at the two of them with all his might, but he was immediately attacked by the other two.

Although she was forced to surrender her gun by Lin En, her thinking did not seem to have changed much.

At this moment, the girls' happy cheers were particularly eye-catching under the sunlight.

"Woo..."

But what was somewhat inconsistent with the cheerful atmosphere of the three of them was that Xiaochun did not participate in their "battle", but lay on the swimming ring around her body. For some reason, she seemed a little... disappointed?

But Lin En didn't notice this because he was browsing the web on his mobile phone to see if anything big had happened in Kivotos recently.

After all, it stands to reason that the time for the signing of the Treaty of Eden is getting closer and closer. If there are really people who are hostile to this treaty that symbolizes peace, they should be starting to make small moves now.

Although many news items seem to be irrelevant to it, if they are connected together through certain clues or logical chains, they often reveal some fatal information.

However, after Lin En read the news, he found that there was basically nothing new in the news. It was nothing more than some gangs started fighting over trivial matters, or some college's transport convoy was robbed by some bad students, or the students of Millennium Technology College developed some strange things.

Just when Lin En was feeling a little distressed about this, the sound of footsteps came into his ears.

Turning around, I saw Hifumi, who was wearing a school swimsuit, walking over. There were some water stains on the girl's body, and her delicate skin was a faint pink, probably because she had just taken a dip in the swimming pool.

"Um... Teacher Lin En?"

Seeing Hifumi coming in front of him, Lin En put down his phone and looked at her with a smile.

"What's wrong? Are you tired and need to rest?"

Lynn said this as he stood up from the beach chair, ready to give his seat to the other person.

"No...that's not it."

Hearing Hifumi's slightly hesitant words, Lin En couldn't help but look puzzled.

"That's... that... um..."

As if she couldn't stand Hifumi's shy look anymore, Hanako in the water said to Lin En with a smile.

"Teacher, are you interested in going into the water and playing with us?"

"Hmm... Yeah! That's right! That's it!"

When Hifumi nodded vigorously and spoke like this, the first person Lin En noticed was Hanako who was looking at him with a smile, and then he looked at Azusa who had a blank expression but a slightly hopeful look in her eyes.

And at the end, he caught a glimpse of Xiaochun, who was lying on the swimming ring, raising her head and looking over here.

To be honest, facing Hanako's suggestion, Lin En was a little troubled for a moment.

Although he didn't mind, and even wanted to enjoy the feeling of swimming and playing in the water with the beautiful girls, he was also very clear that once he really got into the water and had skin contact with them, he might not be able to control his little brother.

Although his willpower would certainly prevent him from doing anything, he had no control over his physiological reactions.

If they noticed something unusual under such circumstances... although it wouldn't mean that my career as a teacher would be over, it would definitely be a hurdle that I couldn't overcome.

What's more, for Lin En, as long as he can see the beautiful girls playing in the water, he will have no regrets.

However, as if misunderstanding Lynn's hesitation, Hanako smiled and continued speaking to Lynn.

"This swimming pool was cleaned by you, the teacher. How would we feel if you, the teacher who made such a contribution, were to sit alone on the shore?"

Hearing this, Lin En noticed that the anticipation in the eyes of the other three people was becoming stronger and stronger, so he could only sigh helplessly.