Survive in Azure Files

Huaye: Actually, an acquaintance gave me two tickets to a music concert.

Hanaya: I was wondering who to go with.

Me: Let’s talk about it later. I might be busy for a few days.

Me: I’m going to take a shower, good night.

Huaye: Good night~

At this moment, a high-end apartment building in DU.

In the dim bedroom, Hua Ye, lying on her side on the soft big bed, looked at the screen of her mobile phone, and the corners of her mouth unconsciously raised:

"Very good~ I had a great time chatting with sensei~"

Putting the phone back next to the pillow, Hanaya, who was woken up by the alert tone of special concern, tried hard to fall asleep again.

At the same time, at Hoshino's house, I had just finished dealing with Hanaya and was still leaning on the sofa, playing the mobile game I had just downloaded today.

After playing for about ten minutes, I stood up, stretched, and went to the bathroom to take a shower.

After I finished taking a shower, Hoshino was still upstairs, and I didn't know what he was doing.

I walked upstairs and came to the only closed door in front of the room, which should be Hoshino's bedroom, and knocked gently:

"Hoshino? Are you in there?"

no respond.

I put my ear to the door again and vaguely heard faint snoring from inside.

I thought that Xingye was probably so tired that she fell asleep without even taking a shower. I decided not to wake her up and disturb her rest.

Just spend the night on the couch.

Because the sofa was small, I had to curl up slightly, which was not very comfortable. However, due to sleepiness and fatigue, I fell asleep quickly.

I had just fallen asleep when I was woken up by the shake.

I opened my eyes and saw Hoshino standing in front of me.

"Sensei, you can't sleep here. Abydos is quite cold at night. You will catch a cold. Didn't I tell you to call me if you need anything? Uncle, I'm just taking a nap."

Hoshino took me upstairs to her bedroom.

The bedroom has a girlish style, is clean and tidy, and there is a faint fragrance in the air.

Contrary to what I had imagined, the bedroom floor was not covered with mats.

In other words...

There is only one bed where people can sleep.

"Sensei, just sleep on the bed. I won't mind."

This is not a question of whether you mind or not!

"Xing, Xingye! Calm down! Girls should be reserved. Besides, we are teacher and student. Today is the first time we meet and we don't know each other well. Anyway, this is wrong!"

Hoshino was stunned:

"Eh? Sensei, you don't think I want to sleep with you, do you?"

"……Eh?"

Is not it?

"Ahaha, that's how it is. It's my fault for not explaining it clearly." Hoshino scratched his blushing cheek. "I have to go out on patrol tonight and won't be back until the morning, so you, sensei, will have to look after the house by yourself."

"Patrol? At this time?"

"Well, after all, Abydos is like this now. That's it, I'm going to take a shower first, sensei, you go to bed quickly, remember to cover yourself with a blanket and don't catch a cold."

After saying that, Hoshino laughed and quickly ran away.

As I lay in bed, I felt so upset that I couldn't fall asleep.

Lying on Hoshino's bed, covered with Hoshino's quilt, resting on Hoshino's pillow, even the air I breathe is filled with Hoshino's sweet scent...

This is weird, isn't it? This is definitely weird.

Rather than endure the double excitement of psychology and physiology, I would rather curl up on a small and cold sofa.

I was thinking this in my mind, but my body didn't move.

When I close my eyes, all I can think about is Hoshino:

Hoshino's smile, Hoshino's sleeping face, even Hoshino's cold stare at me, all look so cute.

I think, I probably am...

No, not really. It’s only the first day we’ve known each other, how can I be so frivolous!

Then how does Xingye think of me... She is willing to let me borrow her bed, so I guess she at least doesn't hate me...

We've only known each other for one day. What's the point in thinking about these things? There's still a long way to go in the future!

What's a good name for the first child?

After thinking about all sorts of things, I finally fell asleep.

And a few hours later.

It was already dawn when Hoshino dragged his tired body back home.

She went through several unknown battles and expelled the wandering bad students alone.

The long night patrols had seriously drained Xingye's energy. She was completely exhausted and didn't want to think about anything. She just wanted to go back to bed and sleep.

So, Hoshino closed his eyes, staggered into the bedroom like a sleepwalker, lifted the quilt, and fell asleep. Driven by instinct, Hoshino hugged the warmth beside him tightly...

When I opened my eyes dazedly and saw Hoshino sleeping with me in his arms, the first thought that came to my mind was:

Hoshino likes me?

I took out the adult's card with my free hand and saw that the content had not changed. I understood:

It turns out I was dreaming.

I fell into a deep sleep again.

When I woke up again, it was already morning.

I subconsciously looked to the side, but there was no sign of Hoshino on the bed.

I got up and went downstairs. Hoshino was in the kitchen preparing breakfast. When he saw me, he greeted me as usual.

It really seems like a dream... or is it?

I went to the bathroom, looked in the mirror, and found an imperceptible spot on the lower side of my shirt that was slightly darker than the surrounding area.

When you touch it gently with your hand, you can vaguely tell that it feels like it has been wet and then naturally dried.

"…Just pretend you didn't notice."

I muttered to myself and turned on the faucet. The splashing water left new marks on my clothes.

It's a brand new day again.

Chapter 5 The Current State of Abydos

Hoshino and I were the first to arrive at school.

As soon as he entered the club activity room, Hoshino sat down yawning and lay on the table to catch up on his sleep.

"Sensei, uncle, I haven't slept all night, so I have to catch up on some sleep. Call me when everyone is here."

I agreed and started working remotely through the Shiting Box.

Soon, the students from Abydos arrived one after another. I stopped what I was doing, and Hoshino was woken up by Nomiya, and the meeting officially began.

Ayane, who served as the accountant, was the first to make an important speech: "Sensei, thank you again for your help. Without you, we don't know what to do... I wonder if you can serve as the advisor of our club, sensei? This is our common request!"

If I was invited by the student council of a large school, I would still hesitate. But for a school like Abydos with only five students, which was on the verge of closure, there was no need to consider it.

Seeing that I readily agreed, the girls all breathed a sigh of relief.

Except for one person.

Qinxiang bit her lower lip, her face full of resentment: "Our school's problems should be solved by ourselves, it has always been like this, but now we suddenly have to let this adult I just met interfere..."

Nomiya advised: "Serika-chan, sensei has agreed to become our consultant. He is no longer an outsider."

Shiroko nodded in agreement, "Yes, I think sensei can be trusted."

"But……"

Seeing that Serika still wanted to say something, Hoshino said, "It doesn't matter. It's not something that needs to be hidden from sensei. Besides, sensei has become a member of the countermeasures committee, so he will know sooner or later."

Ayane also said weakly: "Qi Xiang, didn't we agree yesterday that as long as Sensei is willing to care about us, we will tell him everything about the debt..."

Nomiya nodded repeatedly: "That's right, Serika-chan obviously agreed too."

"I, that's..."

Hoshino added the final blow: "Although sensei may not be able to help us solve the problem, but now sensei is the only adult who can listen to us.

"It's impossible to find a solution if you just keep worrying about it, right? Or do you have a better way?"

Qinxiang was completely suppressed in terms of momentum. She lowered her head in dismay, her animal ears drooped listlessly, and she puffed up her face and stopped raising any objections.

I was also a little confused.

I couldn't understand what they were saying, but I could vaguely hear that in addition to the threat from the gangsters, Abydos College was facing even more serious problems.

Am I involved in some trouble?

It’s all Hua’s fault. I stayed up late at night and the bad luck came to me through the phone!

But now that things have come to this, I still plan to listen to what their problems are.

"I'm sorry, sensei, you must be confused now, right? To put it simply, we in Abydos owe a bank some money... Of course, owing money is also very common for schools. The problem is that the amount of money is a bit too much..."

When Hoshino said this, he smiled bitterly: "About 9 million."

"…9 million yen," Ayane added. "This is the price that Abydos… No, it's the price that our Countermeasures Committee cannot pay back. If we can't pay it back, the school will be seized by the bank and the process of closing the school will begin."

How come it's another closed school? I believe you can relate to SRT Special School.

Ayane sighed: "In fact, the possibility of repayment is basically zero... It is because of this that most students left Abydos..."

Bai Zi interjected: "Then we are the only ones left."

Ayane continued: "The school is facing the risk of closing down, students are leaving one after another, and the city is gradually becoming deserted, all because of this debt."

Nomiya seemed to have thought of something, and said quietly, "The companies that originally opened here have also moved away."

I asked them to explain why they wanted to borrow the money.

This is where the information I collected starts to match up.

"Decades ago, a sandstorm blew up in the desert outside this school district. Although sandstorms frequently occur in the Abydos area, the scale of the sandstorm at that time was beyond imagination.

"Even the campus was submerged by sand, and since then, there has been an abnormal phenomenon of the desert continuing to spread. In order to overcome natural disasters, our school can only invest huge amounts of money, but no bank is willing to lend money to such a remote school.

“So in the end, I had no choice but to borrow from loan sharks.

“Yes, at first I thought I could replace it soon after borrowing the money. But the sandstorms have come every year since then on a larger scale, and the school’s efforts have gone to waste. The situation in the school district has deteriorated beyond control…

"As a result, more than half of the city of Abydos is still buried in the desert, and the debt is increasing...

"We are already struggling to pay the monthly interest, and our ammunition and supplies are running low. The reason why Qinxiang is so sensitive is that no one has ever paid attention to our problems.

"Sensei, you are the first person who is willing to listen to us patiently."

Qin Xiang on the side muttered like she had given up, "Yes, I am such a sensitive and troublesome person."

Ayane hurriedly explained: "Hey, I, I didn't mean that..."

After learning about these situations, the doubts in my mind were finally resolved: No wonder this crappy place doesn’t even have an electronic map.

At the same time, I had some new ideas in my mind, but I was going to wait until the girls had said everything they wanted to say before I made any comments.

"...Well, it's just a boring story. Thanks to Sensei for helping us solve the problem of the Steel Helmets, we can focus on paying off our debts from now on."