Survive in Azure Files

Midori recalled: "I tentatively asked Alice-chan if she remembered what happened between her and the teacher after the rest of us fell asleep last night...but Alice-chan suddenly became very flustered and said nothing with a red face."

My expression couldn't help but become a little strange.

I recalled what happened when Alice and I were alone before Kai appeared.

Such a reaction seems reasonable?

Sensing my change, Lu asked suspiciously, "Hey, teacher, have you thought of something too?"

"Well, actually."

I said seriously, "Alice asked me to put her to sleep after you all fell asleep."

This is indeed the case.

"Eh?" Midori was surprised when she heard that. "So, it's because Alice asked the teacher to put her to sleep, so she was so shy when I asked her?"

As if putting herself in his shoes, Lu heaved a sigh of relief: "So that's how it is. I thought... that was great."

Just like that, Midori easily believed that Alice was still her companion.

Sometimes I really envy her and many other students for being able to believe whatever they want so easily.

"In other words," Midori murmured, "Key took control of Alice after she fell asleep."

No, that's not the case.

When Kai replaced Alice...

...If it was AL-1S, why did it ask me for a goodnight kiss before showing another face?

Wouldn't it be better to pretend to be asleep and then switch personalities?

"That's right, teacher."

Green's words interrupted my thoughts.

The girl reached into her bosom, took out a piece of paper, and handed it to me with a blushing face.

Could it be a love letter?

I took it and looked at it, only to find that it was a sketch.

"This, this is a gift I want to give you..." Midori stuttered, extremely nervous, "Please accept it... and then, if possible, please feel better..."

As I carefully looked at Green's hand-painted painting, my smile became even warmer.

"Thank you. I will treasure this thoughtful gift... No, I will frame it and hang it above my bed tomorrow."

I gave her my word.

"There's no need to cherish it so much..."

Having said that, a hint of joy appeared on Midori's face unconsciously.

I think Midori must like me, just like her sister Momoi.

However, Midori's temperament is relatively reserved. If I take advantage of the current good atmosphere and make further efforts, can I also capture Midori?

I stared at the lovely green, my throat moved, and I was about to take action.

The knock on the door, like a thorn in the flesh, rang out again.

Why, why is it always like this?

"Oops! Oops!"

I saw that Lu was panicked for a moment: "It must be my sister!"

...Why does this reaction seem like something I've seen exactly the same one not long ago?

I thought about it and asked again: "How did you know?"

Green said without hesitation: "Sixth sense!"

No, no, no, Tao Jing is under the bed now, okay, it is obvious that both of you sisters have this kind of humble personality, and you have some understanding of each other's temperament, and plus you ran away in a panic, so you thought it was each other at the first time, right?

It’s amazing that I can make such rigorous logical inferences in such a short time.

Then, thinking about what Taoi had just asked me not to tell Midori, I felt that out of humanitarian concern, I still had to tell Midori a separate hiding place.

"There's no time to think about it. Please lend me the bottom of the bed."

But Lu had already used her small body to get under the bed: "Please don't tell me...eh?"

"What a coincidence, Midori."

"...Sister! You've also learned how to sneak away!?"

"What do you mean? As expected, Midori, you also came here with the idea of ​​being alone with the teacher without telling everyone else, right?!"

"Aren't you the same?!"

The quarrel between the two sisters came from under the bed, which made me laugh.

I knocked on the bed and told them to be quiet. Only then did they realize the situation and stop fighting.

I shook my head and sighed, then came to the door.

After opening the door, the petite girl with blonde hair and red eyes looked up, pushed up her glasses, and smiled complacently:

"Hehe, let me explain it to you! Because I made an appointment with the teacher this afternoon to come and explain it to you when you are free, so I specially waited until you are finally free, and rushed to explain to you the knowledge that I was not able to fully explain in the afternoon!"

Huh? Don't!

At this moment, I had the urge to close the door, but when I was still hesitating whether to be so cruel, it was too late.

"Last time I told the teacher about the third of the four production techniques for bronze ware..."

Kotoli talked incessantly as she stepped naturally into my bedroom, looking around with great interest and talking non-stop.

If I remember correctly, what she really wanted to teach me was the electromagnetic gun, right?

Feeling confused and in pain, I closed the door, accepted Kotoli's explanation, and sincerely looked forward to the arrival of the next humble girl.

However, ten minutes passed and the rescue I longed for still did not arrive.

While Kotoli was taking a breath, I interrupted her:

"Come to think of it, Kotoli really likes to explain."

“Ah, well…” Kotoli pondered, “I like the explanation itself… but to be more precise, I like the happy expression on the other person’s face after listening to my explanation…”

I immediately acted as if I was suddenly enlightened: "So that's how it is."

Kotoli was overjoyed. "Yes, that's it! By the way, speaking of sudden enlightenment, I thought of another thing..."

Why can this even be a topic?!

I endured it for another ten minutes.

Finally, a heavenly voice sounded from the door.

Chapter 117: The Second Chalais Saint-Pierre War (Part 2)

Noticing the other visitors, Kotoli finally stopped talking, with a look of regret on her face:

"Does anyone else have anything to ask the teacher? I can't help it. I'll take my leave today."

After that, she stood up, and I quickly pulled her back: "Wait a moment!"

Judging from the situation, Kotoli actually wants to walk out openly?

I looked at Kotoli and saw a hint of doubt on her face. I couldn't help but ask:

"Why don't you avoid it?"

"Ah? Why are you hiding?" Kotoli blinked and asked in confusion, "I'm just here to give the teacher some science advice. I haven't done anything wrong, so what's there to be ashamed of?"

This, isn't this right?

Could it be that Kotoli is not even as good as Momoi, coming into my room alone so late without having any improper thoughts about me?

This is obviously unreasonable.

This led me to two plausible guesses.

Either Kotoli is still unaware of her own feelings and lacks awareness of the significance of this action; or Kotoli is actually very thoughtful and is trying to create an impression of a close relationship with me in front of the visitors in an attempt to eliminate competitors.

Anyway, it's impossible that he doesn't have feelings for me.

And it is also very simple to distinguish which one it is.

"Kotoli," I reminded her, "Have you ever thought that it's so late at night, a man and a woman are alone in a room, and if someone sees us, it might cause misunderstandings?"

Hearing this, Kotoli's expression suddenly became stiff, and she said guiltily: "No, no way..."

At this time, the knock on the door sounded again, more urgent than before.

"There's no time to think about it. Lend me your glasses for a moment, and then find a place to hide."

"Ah, okay."

Kotoli was obviously panicked. She gave me the glasses without asking why, then took a quick look around the room and her eyes fell on the wardrobe.

After she hid inside, I placed Kotoli's glasses next to Midori's sketch, and then hurried over to greet the next late-night visitor who had a crush on me.

"Hey, you're too slow. I've knocked on the door three times." The petite orange-haired maid looked more terrifying than usual because of her raised eyebrows. "Come to think of it, I seemed to hear someone talking just now. Is there anyone else in your room?"

I said frankly: "I was just receiving scientific popularization."

"Huh? Are you watching a video? Anyway, if it's convenient, let me in first."

For some reason, Nero seemed anxious and nervous.

I glanced at her hands behind her back and agreed without hesitation.

Unlike his usual carefree attitude, Nero was quite reserved, probably because it was the first time in his life that he entered the room of such an outstanding opposite sex. He didn't even look around, but he still noticed a few things neatly arranged on my bed.

When faced with Nero's question, I simply evaded him: "Nothing. So, what are you holding in your hand?"

As soon as I mentioned this, Nero's attention was quickly diverted, and he said to me angrily:

"Ah, I'm so angry when I talk about this! Akane actually said that my ingredients and cooking techniques were too arbitrary and would scare others, so she kicked me out of the kitchen! My cooking skills are obviously superb, okay!?"

I have reservations about this.

At least from Nero's previous performance...it's hard to tell that she has any talent in housekeeping.

Besides, there must have been a reason why Zhu Yin expelled Nero from the kitchen.

Looking at the things Nero brought, which were tightly wrapped in several layers of black plastic bags, I had a bad feeling in my heart.

Could this be...

"So," Nero calmed down and raised his lips, "I saw that you were not in a good mood these two days, so I made one of my specialties and came here to reward you. Hehe, it's okay if you don't thank me!"

I understand. Nero didn't want to leave the impression of being a low-strength woman in the mind of me, who had a crush on her, because of this incident, so she wanted to clear her name.

But by doing this, wouldn't she actually confirm this impression?

"...Ah? What's with that expression on your face? Are you doubting my ability?"

Nero patted my shoulder and said, "Trust me, I'm the head of the maid department. Do you know what this means? In other words, my ability as a maid is the strongest in the millennium. Cooking is also one of the qualities that a maid must have!"

I still remember that someone refused to admit that she was a maid, nor did she want to call me master according to her true intentions.

This is what a tsundere is like. Even if she still talks tough, her actions have already completely betrayed her.

"Since it contains Nero's intentions, I have to taste it!"

"Huh? Why are you still acting so reluctant? I'll beat you up?"

Nero curled his lips, and his smile became bright again: "Forget it, after you taste it, you will definitely dance with joy like everyone else!"

...Is it too late for me to regret now?

Nero quickly took out the things wrapped in the plastic bag.

A thermos filled with an unknown red liquid.

"Come on, Megan Nero's special, aura-infused porridge!"

"This thing is porridge!?"