Survive in Azure Files

Then.

It's time to move on to the preaching phase.

"Besides, Izuna, I am a little troubled that you took the initiative to provide protection without consulting me first."

For bad students who stalk others without permission, preaching is of course necessary, but the order is particularly important.

There are two completely different effects of starting off by blaming someone for what they did wrong and of first explaining the pros and cons from the other party's perspective and then stating your own views.

There's no way. Even though Izuna's emotions come and go quickly and she can be easily coaxed into calm, I don't want to see her looking lost.

There is no teacher in Kivotos who loves students more than me!

Hearing this, Izuna's delicate body trembled and she stammered, "Eh? Are you troubled? But, but... Izuna did this for the lord...!"

"I know. I know Izuna is worried about me. But if you didn't tell me beforehand, then you're just following me, right?"

I stared into the girl's confused bright yellow eyes: "Besides, as an adult, I also have a little secret that I don't want Izuna to know."

For example, there are a lot of unopened gun holsters in my bedside table. If Izumi sneaks into my bedroom and finds them one day, the consequences will be disastrous.

Izuna lowered his head and thought for a moment: "Well... the lord is right, Izuna didn't think it through... I'm sorry..."

"It's okay. I won't get angry about something like this, but remember to ask me next time. Okay?"

However, my words were answered with a grunt.

Izuna, who was about to nod, and I were both stunned and looked towards the source of the sound at the same time.

That is, Izuna's abdomen.

The girl's fair and tender face quickly turned pale pink in embarrassment. She turned away and dared not look at me. She pointed her index fingers together and said awkwardly:

"Um, um... I haven't eaten anything since this morning... I have no strength..."

It's already afternoon, and it's been an hour or two since I had lunch. Izunai is really working too hard.

I became more and more convinced that if I didn't stop her in advance, Izuna would really do something stupid that would make me feel sad.

I can only say that it was thanks to her that she met me, and thanks to me that I met her.

It may be a blessing for both of us that we can meet.

I took the girl's hand and said, "It just so happens that I've been busy in the Plum Garden for most of the day and I'm a little hungry now."

Izuna blinked: "Huh? That is to say?"

"Speaking of which, the food culture of Shan Hai Jing is famous throughout Kivotos. Since we have come here today, it would be a shame if we don't try it."

I smiled and asked, "Want to come along?"

"With pleasure! Let's go, my lord!"

Izuna added cheerfully, "Of course! On the way to the restaurant, I will protect your safety! This time I will not follow you secretly, but as a ninja, I will perfectly complete the guarding work in front of the master's eyes!"

"Okay, I'll leave it to you then."

"Well! Just leave it to Izuna~ Just bear with it~"

Izuna has returned to her usual energetic self, and even seems more energetic than usual because of my encouragement.

Afterwards, under Izunai’s rather conspicuous escort, we walked towards a famous restaurant nearby and soon arrived at the restaurant.

Since I wasn't actually very hungry, I only ordered a small amount of dishes, mainly to watch the growing girl, who had been hungry for most of the day, eat heartily.

It is indeed a pleasant sight.

And just at this moment, my cell phone rang.

Chapter 3 Gambling is risky, investment requires caution

I stopped at the Millennium Tower, the landmark building of the Millennium Science Park, and looked back:

"Okay, it's really enough to send it here."

Izuna, who had been determined to protect me until this point, turned her gaze away from the towering building:

"Then Izuna will wait for you here, right?"

"Izuna." I lowered my voice, "Have you forgotten what you promised me?"

"How could that be! Izuna will definitely remember the lord's teachings!"

Seeing the girl cunningly making an adorable expression, as if she was about to cry, my heart softened:

"The key problem is that I don't know when I can finish my work. So, let's just leave it at that for today."

"Hehehe~ As expected, the lord is really gentle... Izuna knows~ However, because I originally planned to follow you today, Izuna specially set aside a lot of time. It would be a pity to go back so early."

Izuna narrowed her eyes and smiled brightly: "So~ Izuna plans to walk around alone and won't stay too late. But if, my lord, you come out early, can I, Izuna, escort you to the station again?"

…No matter how innocent a fox is, it is still a fox after all.

Now that things have come to this, it would be unreasonable to refuse.

"Okay, just this once."

"That's great~Hold on~"

Izuna looked as if she had won.

There's really nothing I can do about her. I shook my head helplessly, but the corners of my mouth slightly raised.

After parting with the ninja girl, I entered the Millennium Tower alone, took the elevator, and went to the floor where I was scheduled to meet.

And in the corridor after exiting the elevator, somewhat unexpectedly, I ran into a girl whom I hadn't seen for many days.

"Ah, teacher."

After being surprised, the seminar secretary, Noah, nodded and greeted me with his usual polite smile: "Long time no see."

He had a relaxed and unpretentious attitude, as if nothing had happened the last time he came to Xialai for duty.

Although there was indeed no actual event, in fact, with Noah's wisdom, it is impossible that he did not understand my hint.

Being able to get along with me so naturally is exactly what I expected.

"It's been a while since we last met. Where are you?"

I looked over to see Noah holding a stack of papers in his hands.

"Hehe~ I'm just moving the minutes of the meeting to the archives. What's wrong? Are you curious about the content of the meeting? What a pity, since it's an internal meeting of the seminar, it can be classified as a confidential document. Even the teacher can't show it to me."

Noah said this in a joking tone, but if I listened carefully to her words, I could feel that this smart girl might be using this method to block the possibility of me offering help in advance.

"I wouldn't watch it even if you showed it to me."

I stared into Noah's mysterious eyes and said, "I came here today because I have something important to do."

"Oh, so that's how it is." Noah's smile became even brighter. "Then please don't delay our business. I'll be leaving now. See you next time~"

After saying that, Noah nodded to me politely, passed me by, and gradually walked away.

I looked at her back and felt a little regretful.

But it doesn’t matter. Noah’s resistance to me now is also part of his charm.

Thinking of this, I walked to the closed door of the seminar office and knocked gently.

After receiving the reply "Come in", I pushed the door open.

The first person that caught my eye was Yuuka, who had just stood up from her workstation and happened to look up at me.

After that...

They are from the game development department, standing by the wall with buckets of water as punishment.

The Taolu sisters and Yuzu were all caught in one fell swoop, none of them escaped, they are all here.

The expressions of the three people at this moment were all different.

In my impression, Yuzu, who is the director of the game development department but is suspected to have severe social anxiety, was shaking quite violently and looked very scared.

But what is amazing is that even though his body was shaking like a sieve, Youzi's hands holding the bucket were steady and not a single drop of water spilled.

Green, the introverted and obviously thoughtful Gemini, looked depressed. When he saw me come in, his expression became even uglier and he turned his face away.

As for Tao Jing, who is extrovert and a bit careless, her face was full of dissatisfaction. When she saw me, her eyes suddenly brightened up as if she had seen a savior.

how to say……

It was a very strange feeling, as if my own child had committed a crime at school and I was being called by the class teacher to be the parent.

I don’t know what the game development department did to make Yuka angry, to the point of calling me over.

Yuka didn't explain the situation in detail on the phone, she just said a few words that it wasn't a big deal, and if I'm free later I'd better come to the seminar.

At that time, Yuka was obviously suppressing her anger, and in the background, Momoi could be heard shouting, "Our game development department will never give in!", and then Yuka hung up the phone in a hurry.

Since there's something fun to watch... no, since the game development department that I'm a consultant to seems to be in some trouble, and I happen to be very free, even if I'm really busy, I'll put down my work and rush over to watch the fun... and rush over to deal with more important issues that directly concern my students.

"Teacher, you are here," Youxiang said with a look of fatigue, "Please sit down first, would you like tea or coffee?"

Normally, I would choose a glass of boiled water, but if I were facing Yuka, I would prefer another option.

"Coffee, thank you."

After a while, I drank the coffee brewed by Youxiang herself, and suddenly felt that brewing coffee is also a profound science. In addition to the quality of the coffee itself, skills are also extremely important.

Otherwise, the hand-brewed coffee that Huaye makes through several complicated processes and uses high-end coffee beans to grind doesn't feel as fragrant as the bagged instant coffee that Youxiang pours directly into the cup and adds hot water to brew?

I couldn't help but miss the time when Yuka and I were in Xia Lai's office, learning how to handle official business under her careful guidance.

Having said that, at that time, Noah’s remote assistance was indispensable.

Looking back at the current situation, I find that the relationship now is quite similar to that back then.

"So, Yuuka," I got straight to the point, "what exactly happened?"

"Ugh……"

The work is not easy, Yuuka sighed: "You can see from here... Please follow me."

Yuka took me to the window and pointed to the distance: "Teacher, you can see over there, the debris piled up in the campus that should be clean and tidy, which looks out of place with the surroundings."

What? Shouldn't the campus environment of the millennium be filled with industrial waste, explosion products, or both?

I nodded. "Okay. What are those...?"

"In short, they built strange buildings on campus."

It turned out that an illegal building was constructed, but based on my understanding of Millennium, similar cases should be everywhere.

At the very least, the engineering department with which I do business is a repeat offender in this regard.

In other words, if it were just this extent, it wouldn't be necessary for Yuka to notify me to come over.

Knowing that the highlight was yet to come, I still acted as a qualified supporting actor: "Is that all?"

"Of course more than that."

Yuka turned around and looked at the game development department that she had caught and punished, and said in a complicated tone: "They decorated this building like a casino and held a gambling conference inside."

...A casino was illegally opened in a conspicuous illegal building?

I find it difficult to comment on such confusing behavior.

"You're so despicable, Yuuka!" Tao Jing couldn't help but yelled indignantly, "You actually told the teacher about us just for such a trivial matter!"

Yuka retorted: "How can this be considered a trivial matter? It is a serious violation of school rules and regulations! Besides, is there anything wrong with what I said?"

Tao Jing choked and said stubbornly, "Anyway! No matter what, don't you think it's too much to involve the teacher who has nothing to do with this matter!"

That’s not the case. After all, I am the club consultant, although it’s basically just a figurehead.

After completing the commission from the game development department, I no longer had time to go to their club activity room to play normal games other than "Myths, Legends, and Chronicles".

At this moment, I suddenly noticed that for some reason, Midori and Yuzu both turned their eyes away with subtle expressions when Taoi said this.

"How dare you say that!"

Yuka became annoyed and questioned Momoi, which also explained why the other two people in the game development department felt guilty:

"Who is it that not only secretly opened a casino on the sacred campus, but also used the name of a teacher?"