Teacher Xia Lai is also teaching in Kivotos today

"what……"

Hearing this, Mary's face turned slightly red, and even the bowl that was originally held steadily began to look a little at a loss.

"Ah, ha, ha? It looks like Teacher Lin En has already started attacking our lovely nun."

Hearing Hanako say this, Lin En noticed that Koharu seemed to be about to say something and continued with a smile.

"Although Mary is a nun, she is also my student. Is there anything wrong with a teacher caring for her students?"

"Goooo..."

Seeing Xiaochun squatting down with his head in his hands and groaning because he had predicted her reaction, Lin En chuckled and turned to look at the other people in the cram school.

"And now... there should be someone else who wants to say something, right?"

"…Azusa-chan."

After hearing what Lin En said, Hifumi reacted immediately and gently pulled Azusa's hand.

After noticing Hifumi's actions, Azusa looked somewhat helpless, or perhaps embarrassed.

Then she came to Mary somewhat shyly and lowered her head apologetically.

"I'm sorry... I thought it was an enemy attack..."

"Ah... no, it's okay..."

Looking at Mary who seemed a little flustered by Zi's apology, Lynn smiled and came to the rescue.

"Speaking of which, Mary, why are you here? It's raining outside, so it's probably not suitable to go out."

"Oh yeah... I came to the old school building because I heard that everyone from the cram school was here. But..."

At this point, Mary glanced at Hanako who was enjoying the meat pie that Lynn had just made.

"I didn't expect Hanako-san to be here too..."

"Hehe, because my grades aren't that good either, Mary-chan."

"Is this so..."

Mary looked a little surprised when she heard Hanako's answer, but she quickly smiled and turned to look at Azusa.

"Actually, the reason I came here is to look for Baizhou Zi from the cram school department."

"……I?"

Facing Azusa's tone of surprise, Mary nodded slightly.

"Yes. I came here to express my gratitude to Azusa-san on behalf of the students who helped her before. But due to various reasons, I can only thank you on her behalf now."

Afterwards, Mary told Lynn and everyone in the cram school the reason why she came there.

That day, Zi accidentally ran into the bully and the bullied classmate who were called behind the school building. Perhaps for some reasons of his own, Zi chose to rescue the classmate.

However, those bullies somehow distorted the facts and contacted the Justice Realization Committee, which led to Azusa having to engage in a firefight with them and a battle of considerable scale ensued.

And then, this was the scene that Lin En, who was looking for the members of the cram school, saw.

"Well... after all, those people are the ones who can't be seen on the surface, but are capable of doing such things."

As Hanako spoke as if she were talking to herself, Azusa answered seriously.

"I just can't stand people bullying others by relying on their numbers. Since you challenged me, I dared to fight you. If I hadn't run out of ammunition at the end, I might have been able to knock down more people in the battle."

"So... So it was that time..."

Recalling what she heard at that time, Koharu couldn't help but mutter to herself.

"Hehe, that's it anyway. After that classmate found us and explained the situation to us, she hoped that we could apologize to Azusa-san on her behalf, so I came over here."

Looking at Mary who nodded slightly with a smile on her face, Lynn also smiled and reached out to touch the girl's head.

"I understand the situation. Thank you for your trouble, Mary."

"No... Teacher, this is what I should do..."

The girl blushed and lowered her head slightly because of Lin En's action. But if you look closely, you can see that the girl is secretly looking at Lin En who is rubbing her head.

"And since you're here, why not try the omelette I made?"

"Eh?"

Hearing this, Mary looked at the plate he handed to her and the fork stuck in the omelet with some surprise.

"Because I thought you might not be very good at using chopsticks, Mary, so I used a fork... Do you want to change?"

"No, no need."

Mary quickly took the plate and put the omelet into her mouth.

"This omelette... is really delicious! It's even better than the ones I had in the stores before!"

Looking at Mary's surprised expression, Lynn smiled and let go of her hand, then pressed it on Zi's little head.

"Azusa too, well done. No matter what, you protected a student who was being bullied."

"…This isn't something to be thankful for. After all…I was caught in the end."

Although Zi remained expressionless as always, her slightly blushing cheeks revealed her inner feelings.

"Although the situation is pitiful, we can't just endure it. Even if everything will become a lie in the end, we shouldn't stop resisting."

"Yeah, that's very well said, Azusa. So as a reward... here it is."

Seeing the fried meat patties handed to him by the smiling Lin En, Zi couldn't help but slightly widen his eyes.

"But this is a meat pie that everyone can eat..."

Hearing Xiaochun's seemingly doubtful words, Lin En smiled and shook his head.

“Even if it is the same thing, when the mood is different, the meaning it brings is also different.”

Chapter 60 It's like a den of poisonous snakes

While Xiaochun was still chewing on Lin's words, Lin had already turned around and looked at Mary, who was putting the last piece of omelet into her mouth like a little hamster, and handed her the toilet paper.

"Ah... Thank you, teacher."

After wiping it gently, Mary continued with a smile.

"No matter what, that classmate is very grateful to you. This way, I have brought her gratitude."

At this point, Mary chuckled as if she remembered something.

"I've heard before that Azusa-san is a violent 'Ice Witch'. But now it seems... after all, rumors are just rumors."

"Hehe, I guess it's because Azusa-chan doesn't really show her emotions on her face, and even when she does, they're kind of hard to read, so she's called the 'Ice Witch'."

After hearing Hanako's explanation, Mary looked as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.

"Hanako-san..."

However, even though Mari didn't say anything more, Hanako seemed to have understood the meaning and spoke in a slightly different tone.

"But it's great that Mari-chan still looks as energetic as before."

"Um……"

As the two had this conversation, a strange atmosphere inexplicably filled the air.

"Come to think of it, the rain outside seems to have gotten lighter."

At this moment, Lin En, who turned to look outside, suddenly spoke.

"I'll walk you to the gate, Mary. If I let such a lovely Mary-chan stay in this place for too long, I always feel that someone will come to cause trouble for me."

"Ah... ah... Sakura-sama wouldn't do something like that... wouldn't...?"

Looking at Mary's self-doubting look, Lynn couldn't help but chuckle.

"Azusa must have planted a lot of mines in other places outside. Let me guide you around them, Mary."

"In that case, I'll go with the teacher."

It was somewhat unexpected that after hearing what Lin En said, Hanako suddenly spoke like this.

"Ah... okay. Well, everyone, sorry to bother you. Goodbye."

Just as Lynn and the others were about to walk out of the gymnasium, Zi suddenly looked up at Mary.

"Wait, um...can you help me tell that child a message?"

Hearing Zi's question, Mary was a little confused, but still nodded slightly.

"Of course, what is it?"

Facing the gaze Mary directed at him, Azusa continued speaking seriously.

"It's pitiful to be bullied, but it's wrong to give up the fight. Even if the fight may not work, you must try your best until the last moment... That's it."

Although Mary looked a little puzzled at Zi's words, she still smiled and nodded in agreement.

"…I received this message and I will pass it on to that classmate."

After once again bowing slightly to the people in the cram school, Mary followed Lynn and Hanako out of the gymnasium.

When they walked out of the gymnasium, the rain had stopped at some point.

Perhaps because of the heavy rain that had just fallen, washing away the filth, the air outside seemed particularly cool.

"I'm sorry for disturbing you. Teacher, I'm sorry for visiting you without telling you. Please come visit the nuns some other day. Lady Sakura... also wants to see you, teacher."

"Well, I'll go when I have time. Mary, be careful on the road."

Hearing this, Mary couldn't help but lower her head slightly in embarrassment, recalling the scene where Lynn saw her covered in dust because of the explosions caused by stepping on booby traps repeatedly.

"Wow...I will..."

But at this moment, Mary seemed to remember something and looked up at Hanako who was following Lynn.

"Hanako-san, um..."

Although Mary still looked as if she wanted to say something but hesitated, Hanako chuckled and shook her head.

"If that's the question, the answer hasn't changed. I'm not planning on joining the Sisters, right? At least not now."

Hearing Hanako's answer, Mari nodded slightly, as if she was not surprised.

"I see... Well, once again, I wish you both a future filled with tranquility and peace."

After bowing to the two of them again with her hands clasped together, Mary turned and left the old school building.

"Join the Sisters?"

Looking at Mary's receding back, Lynn suddenly spoke as if talking to himself.

"Well... the Sisters invited me to join many times, but I rejected them all. However, I didn't intend to hide this from everyone, I just didn't have the right time to bring it up."

In the files about Hanako that Lin En found, there were indeed a lot of passages mentioning her excellent interpersonal relationships and academic performance, but a verbal invitation like this would not be recorded in the files.

As for the Sisters, Lin En also looked up relevant information after returning from the Cathedral. Their predecessor seemed to be the Guardians of the Discipline, the Justina Saints. These nuns centered their activities around the Cathedral. Although they did not participate in school politics in principle, they were numerous and powerful, and were the second most powerful force in the Holy Trinity after the three factions of the Tea Party.

"I see... Hanako is amazing too."

Hearing Lin En's words that sounded like he was talking to himself, Hanako couldn't help but chuckle.

"I just think a little faster, but everyone said something like there's a lot of potential in the future and put too high expectations on me. Even the tea party is said to be planning to train me as the next member."

"… Doesn't that mean you'll most likely take over Nagisa's position as student council president?"

Lynn couldn't help but feel a little surprised by this unexpected news from Hanako.

"But...I feel a little tired."

As Hanako said this, she raised her head slightly and looked into the distance, as if she was looking at something far away.

"Is it because of the pressures that I will face and will most likely have to bear?"

"Hmm... it's a little different."

In response to Lynn's question, Hanako couldn't help but chuckle.