Teacher Xia Lai is also teaching in Kivotos today

Having said that, Kikyo straightened her clothes a little and then stood up from the tatami.

Seeing the other party's actions, Lin En, knowing that the other party was planning to send him away, also stood up tactfully.

However, before the two of them could say goodbye, a sudden voice interrupted their actions.

"Click——"

Along with this crisp sound, the wooden board that was the ceiling a few seconds ago fell from the sky and landed on the ground.

"..."

After staring at the broken wood board for a while, Kikyo coughed lightly and spoke first.

"... Check if you have left anything behind. If not, please return to Hyakuya Hall immediately."

I don’t know if it was because of nervousness or other reasons, but at this moment, Kikyo’s tone no longer had the cold feeling of being close yet distant, and she didn’t even continue to address Lin En with a respectful title as she did during the conversation.

"Uh, but the ceiling is collapsing..."

"Nothing, it's not something you need to worry about."

Hearing Kikyo's tone that was somewhat unquestionable, Lin En opened his mouth slightly, but still did not speak.

But just as Lin En took a step to leave, Kikyo's words came into his ears again.

"By the way, please be careful about that place. If you step too hard, the floor will crack."

Facing the slightly subtle look Lin En gave her, the expressionless Kikyo's mouth twitched slightly, but she quickly recovered and continued to speak to Lin En in a calm and relaxed manner.

"It's not a big deal, please don't take it too seriously."

Although Kikyo said this, Lin En was silent for a moment, then pressed his temple and shook his head with a headache.

"Although I have tried not to care, but... as a teacher, how can I not care about the situation of my students?"

As if to judge the truth of Lin En's words, Kikyo stared at him silently.

After a while, Kikyo explained to Lin En helplessly.

"This is just normal aging of the mediation room and is not something to be concerned about."

Chapter 21: Just climb over the wall and you'll be fine

Seeing that Lin En still seemed a little confused, Kikyo could only continue to explain.

"Although the building where the mediation room is located has been in use since Baihua Liaoluan was first established, it is rarely maintained due to the busy schedule. In addition, few people usually come here, so many things here have become outdated... But it seems that not only the mediation room, but the entire building must be repaired."

As if she saw what Lin En wanted to say, Kikyo spoke first.

"After all, this is just our own business. Teacher, you don't need to care about it."

However, facing Kikyo's look that seemed to keep people at a distance, Lin En looked around as if he was deaf to her.

"Kikyou, can you lend me your tools for a moment?"

While Kikyo was slightly stunned, the sharp-eyed Lin En had already taken the tools from the display shelf on the other side of the room.

"……Why?"

Looking at Lin En, who casually lifted up the tatami and picked up a hammer as if he was treating the mediation room as his own home, and reinforced the floor with iron nails with ease, Kikyo was slightly speechless for a moment and asked him in confusion.

"Even if the mediation room is repaired... what good will it do you? Compared to this trivial matter that has nothing to do with you, shouldn't you help the festival management committee and Shizuko-san solve the problems they are facing as soon as possible?"

"Kikyou, you may have made a mistake."

After hammering the nail in his hand into the wooden board, Lin En looked up at the girl.

"The reason why I helped Shizuko was not just because of the Onmyoji Department's commission. What's more, the Onmyoji Department never commissioned me to do such a thing. I chose to help Shizuko because she is my student, that's all."

Having said that, Lynn lowered his head and used a hammer to file off the nail caps that were exposed outside the wooden board, and continued with a smile.

"And Kikyo, you are also my student, so it is only natural for me to help you. And since you have already said that it is just a trivial matter, it is not a bad idea for me to spend a little time to deal with it? However..."

After carefully observing the situation inside the mediation room again, Lin En shrugged helplessly.

"The situation here seems to be a little beyond my imagination. I can only do some temporary maintenance measures now. After Shizuka's matter is temporarily settled, I will come back with the tools and repair this place again."

Hearing Lin En's decision, Kikyo's beautiful eyebrows couldn't help but twitch slightly.

"If I remember correctly... I shouldn't have allowed you to come and go as you please, right?"

"It doesn't matter if you don't allow me to. I can just climb over the wall and come in. Besides..."

After covering the tatami again and straightening it out, Lin En stood up again and looked at Kikyo with a smile.

"Anyway, Kikyo, you were planning to fix it yourself after finishing the work at hand, right? After all, it's not like these tools were originally placed here. And now, you can free up some time to do what you want, right?"

"…what you want to do?"

"Yes. Since Hyakki Yagyo is a school famous for its festivals, you should have your own interests as well."

As Lin En said this, he unceremoniously took out the ladder from the corner, set it up, and climbed up.

"Whether it's catching goldfish, eating candy apples, or just doing nothing and simply being in a daze, no matter how busy the work is, people always have to set aside some time for themselves, right?"

After saying this with a smile to Kikyo who was looking at him in a daze, Lin En began to check the condition of the ceiling.

But what made him feel helpless was that the tools he had at hand were completely insufficient to repair its condition.

Just when Lin En was feeling a bit troubled by this, he suddenly felt that the ladder under his feet seemed to move slightly.

When he looked over subconsciously, he found that Kikyo, who had just been standing beside the tea table, had come to the ladder at some point and reached out to help him hold the ladder rail.

"I can still do something as simple as helping you hold the ladder steady. Also...if you need any tools, just tell me. It's going to be troublesome to keep climbing up and down, right?"

Facing Lin En's gaze, Kikyo looked a little annoyed for some reason and continued speaking.

"I just don't want others to think that Baihua Liaoluan's combat staff not only couldn't help Xia Lai's teacher when he was working hard, but also stood by and watched."

“…Let’s just take it as it is.”

Hearing Lin En's words with a hint of smile, Kikyo, with a few black lines on his head, couldn't help but frown.

After briefly dealing with the condition of the ceiling, Lynn climbed down the ladder and put the tools back in place.

"Well, the situation like that just now shouldn't happen again in the mediation room for a while."

Looking at Lin En who was checking the situation in the mediation room again, Kikyo hesitated for a moment before speaking to him.

"that……"

However, before Kikyo could finish her words, a rapid ringing sounded.

"Ah...wait a minute."

Hearing the ringtone, Lin En was stunned for a moment, then quickly took out his cell phone from his pocket.

“…Aru?”

After clicking on the text message sent by Yalu with a puzzled look on his face, Lin En couldn't help but freeze.

"…Did something happen?"

Seeing Lin En's expression, Kikyo swallowed the words she was about to say and asked him expressionlessly.

"Well, Chi Mei Yi Zuo is making trouble in Bai Ye Tang again. I have to go back and check the situation."

After quickly replying to Aryu with a text message saying "I'll be right back", Lin En put away his phone and was about to say goodbye to Kikyo and leave, but he found that the other party had reached out and grabbed his sleeve at some point.

"Uh……"

Seeing that Lin En noticed her actions, Kikyo quickly let go of her hand and took a step back slightly.

"Ahem... I just want to say that although we can't interfere with the affairs of the festival operation committee, if we just help deal with the problems caused by those demons, then as the operational staff officer of Baihua Liaoluan, I can still lend a hand. It's just right... It's time to let these guys experience the meaning of the name 'Baihua Liaoluan'."

Having said that, Kikyo raised her head slightly and looked at Lin En seriously.

"We, Baihua Liaoluan, are the law enforcement agency of the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons, and we are not the kind of fancy words that are good to listen to but useless."

Seeing Kikyo's unyielding attitude, Lin En couldn't help but chuckle.

"In that case, let's go together."

Chapter 22 Wouldn’t it be very embarrassing if I were discovered?

According to Lin En's original plan, after visiting Baihua Liaoluan, he would go back to check the situation of Baiye Hall and those stalls.

But now, this plan was interrupted not only by the somewhat shabby Baihua Liaoluan mediation room, but also by Aruru sending her own text message and the photo attached to it.

“Da da da da da da da—”

As soon as Lin En and Kikyo arrived near Baiye Hall, they heard the sound of gunfire. Not only that, they could even see that the windows on the buildings on both sides of the street not far away were shattered, and the walls were also engraved with countless bullet holes.

The area in front of Hyakuya Hall had turned into a smoke-filled battlefield, with explosions and gunshots ringing out.

After entering the battlefield, Lin En quickly discovered that on one side were Shizuko and Fina from Hyakuyado, as well as Kayoko and Haruka who were somehow involved in the battle; as for the other side, there were undoubtedly those masked demons.

"These guys... It's the time of the Sakura Festival, but they still don't know how to restrain themselves?"

Judging from what Kikyo said with a slightly annoyed look on her face, she seemed to be more concerned about being seen by Lin En or students from other schools than the damage caused by the demon.

However, compared to Kikyo, Lin En was very calm at this time.

You know, Lin En had seen enough battles like this one when he was in Gehenna. And in Lin En's opinion, the students of the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons were gentle enough - at least they wouldn't come up with a tank.

"Teacher Lin En? With your strength, you don't need to be afraid of their attacks, right?"

Kikyo looked at Lin En with some confusion, who hid behind the cover with extremely skillful movements when facing the flying bullets.

"Come on, I don't have the halo on your heads, how can I possibly withstand the bullets?"

Listening to Kikyo's question, which was not sure whether it was a sincere question or a sarcastic one, the corners of Lin En's mouth twitched.

"But I remember that you, Mr. Lin, were able to use your samurai sword to deflect bullets fired at you?"

Looking at Kikyo's slightly curious look, Lin En quickly waved his hand.

"No, no, no, it was just because I was luckier at that time, just luckier."

"Uh... does that mean I am now responsible for escorting you there?"

Just as Lin En and Kikyo looked at each other in this somewhat awkward atmosphere, a familiar figure came into his ears.

"Ah, teacher, you are finally back!"

Accompanied by the sound of rapidly approaching footsteps and cries of pain from being hit by bullets, Aruna and Mutsuki crawled out of the bunker not far away and came to the side of Lin En and Kikyo.

"Thank you for your hard work, Aru."

Lin En comforted the other person softly, then applied the trauma ointment she carried with her on the president's forehead, which was slightly red and swollen due to being hit by a bullet, and smiled as she reached out to rub her head.

"That, of course!"

I don’t know if it’s because she’s in front of Lin En, or because there are other unfamiliar students watching her, but Arlu, who was a little flustered just now, has now returned to her usual mature and steady appearance.

"This is a commission from you, Mr. Lin En, so no matter what, we at the convenience house will do our best to complete it."

However, when Aruru was trying hard to rebuild her image, Mutsuki's words instantly broke the atmosphere.

"Hmm? I didn't expect that you would bring back a new student not long after you left. Would you like to introduce him to me?"

Perhaps having seen through Mutsuki's character, Kikyo answered with a blank expression in response to her slightly meaningful words.

"Kiryu Kikyo, the combat advisor of Hundred Blossoms, is here to assist Teacher Lin En in driving away the demons of uniforms."

"Kufufu... It seems like this new companion is not easy to get along with."

As Mutsuki chuckled and muttered to himself with his eyes narrowed, Lin turned his head and asked Aryu.

"Aru, what happened in Hyakuya-do?"

"It's all because of those weird guys in masks that suddenly showed up!"

As if she had kept these words in her heart for a long time, Aryu answered without hesitation.

"At that time, I was following your request, Mr. Lin, and I was delivering the raw materials in the truck to the student who claimed to be Fina from Hyakuya-do with Kayoko and the others. But at that moment, those guys opened fire on us indiscriminately without even making the declaration that must be made before the battle! If it weren't for the fact that the materials had been basically unloaded, I'm afraid there would be problems with the request again!"