Survive in Azure Files

Zi nodded slightly, and her brilliant pink-purple eyes looked at me calmly:

"I understand. I will get a good rest to keep my brain full for tomorrow's exam. But by the way, I have been trained for night operations, so I will have no problem not sleeping for five days."

"...Don't force yourself." Zi was a little too serious, which made me feel uneasy.

So where did she receive this kind of training? Was it in her previous school or club?

Putting this little doubt behind me, I looked at Hanako symbolically.

"Ah~" Hanako smiled as usual, "I will work hard, because the teacher taught me this and that, which helped me grow a lot in all aspects."

Because yesterday when faced with her sugar-coated bullet, I decisively licked the sugar clean and escaped before it exploded, so I can't tell the hidden subtext in Hanako's words at this moment, whether it is habitual harassment, or ridicule of dissatisfaction with me, or both.

But in the eyes of people with impure thoughts, obviously only the former exists.

"Hmm!" Xiaochun's face turned red, and his pupils shrank into a vertical line like a cat in a bright place. He must have been thinking wrongly.

However, since Hanako expressed herself relatively subtly this time, Koharu didn't say anything obscene, and the death penalty wasn't an option.

I think this punctuation is obviously more in line with her original intention.

In short, after these three problem children left, only Hifumi and I, who was the class leader, were left in the huge classroom.

"Thank you for your hard work during this period." When I was alone with Hifumi, my tone was involuntarily a little gentler than when I was in front of others, "It seems that everyone is in good condition."

"Yes!"

Hifumi nodded heavily, with a relieved smile on her face: "Hanako-chan seems to be very good...! And Azusa-chan is also full of desire to learn! Koharu-chan also said that she has hidden her strength, and has started to actively participate in tutoring activities in the past few days! Thanks to the help of the teacher, we can have such a result!"

Except for Zi, who is mainly talented and serious, the changes in the other two are indeed inseparable from my efforts.

I was quite pleased with myself, but I still said modestly, "It was the director, Hifumi, who worked hard silently and motivated everyone."

"Hehehe~ Today, I will just accept the teacher's praise~"

Maybe she was in a really good mood, Hifumi didn't deny it in a panic.

"This way, maybe everyone can pass the exam easily...!"

…That’s a bit too optimistic.

However, Hifumi is in high spirits now. Even though I know that there is little hope, I won't discourage her. I just gently remind her:

"Don't let your guard down just yet. Let's wait until the test results are announced before celebrating together."

"Ah, that's right. Sorry, I got a little too excited..."

Seeing Hifumi's expression immediately change to one of guilt, I couldn't help but sigh that she was so well-behaved.

Well...even though she goes to the black market, robs banks, skips exams and dates adults, she is indeed a good girl.

"That's great..." Faust-sama sighed, and then he said to me as if he was talking, "I was actually very worried... Actually, the tea party said, 'If there are people who fail the first make-up exam, please have a training camp.'"

"Share together?"

I repeated in amazement, this was the first time I heard this statement.

Although I was entrusted to be a consultant for the tutoring department, I am not a student of Trinity after all. My only responsibilities are to adjust the courses and assist in tutoring. In addition, I have other work to do on weekdays, so some irrelevant parts will be excluded from the information provided by the tea party.

This was the reason that Nagisa explained to me at the very beginning, so I naturally didn't have much objection and agreed immediately.

So, she actually hid such an exciting part! ?

She must be jealous because she thought about me, whom she had a crush on, and had to train with the girls in the cram school because of her duty.

She can actually pretend nothing happened, she's really worthy of being Nagisa.

"Yes, that's right……"

Hifumi nodded slightly. When she mentioned this, her cute face was filled with worry again. She couldn't help but say, "Also, if I fail the make-up exam three times in a row... ah..."

I sensed something unusual in her tone: "Wait a minute, what happens if none of them pass? Won't that mean they will be held back individually?"

"No, nothing...!" Hifumi suddenly waved her hands at me in panic, and then changed the subject abruptly, "I feel that such worries are just groundless worries, so let's stop talking about the serious topic... Anyway, it seems that there will be no problem with the exam!"

Seeing that she had regained her optimism, I stopped asking her questions and just buried the doubts deep in my heart.

This kind of reaction that makes things more obvious than they actually are, what Nagisa hid from me doesn't seem to be "insignificant".

It looks like I should find a chance to talk to her.

At this time, Hifumi also murmured, "Hanako-chan seemed to be a good student, why did she fail...? Did she not take the exam like me, or is there some special situation...?"

Just like that, we both said goodbye with confusion, thus marking the official end of this day's tutoring.

Chapter 28 It’s all sensei’s fault!

At night, I finished my daily work and was planning to wash up and go to bed early, but I received several messages in succession.

I opened my phone and glanced at Zhu's reply below: "Let's meet and discuss in detail after the supplementary exam results come out." Then I focused my attention on the column that was still changing, and the corners of my mouth twitched.

Yazi: I didn’t expect you to do such a thing!

Yazi: That’s terrible!

Yazi: I trusted you so much...

Yazi: He is actually standing on the same side as those old foxes in Pandemonium!

Ako: Are you betraying me and the Chairman?!

To be honest, does she really have the right to say that she trusts me since she directly assumes that I am a traitor?

Moreover, when I saw the sender was Yazi, I already had a bad feeling.

Whether the intelligence department of the Discipline Committee is really omnipresent, or Pandemonium has no hiding at all, this is a question worth exploring.

First of all, Iroha would definitely not say anything nonsense, so it seems that there is only one person who knows that Makoto and I met in private...

The secret meeting that Makoto mentioned that only two people knew about, is this the secret method?

There are so many things worth complaining about.

Yazi: Why don’t you answer? Are you feeling guilty?

Ako: Ugh... an adult like you...!

Me: Don’t be in a hurry.

Yazi: Things have developed to this point, how can I not be anxious!

Yazi: Did you really cooperate with them? Why? Was it because I was too arrogant towards you?

It's really not easy for her to have such self-awareness in this regard.

In other words, she has been doing this knowingly all along?

But I have never cared about it. It is better to say that I have completely regarded it as a sentiment.

However, in order to prevent her from being really sad, I still have to explain a little.

Me: Don’t worry, Hina knows about this.

Ako: Ah. So that's how it is.

Ako: ...Wait, you were alone with the chairman behind my back! ?

Yazi: You do have some intentions towards the Chairman!

...I'm starting to doubt whether this guy is here to cause trouble on purpose.

Me: Yeah, what’s wrong?

Yazi: How could you admit it shamelessly?

Yazi: Give up! I will never let you succeed!

He spoke so firmly, but from the actual actions, why didn't he interfere but instead silently assisted?

Maybe this is what tsundere is like.

Me: But, this doesn’t count as me carrying you on my back.

Yazi: ...You are really such a person!

Me: Anyway, have you been under a lot of pressure lately? Do you want me to take some time to come and spend time with you?

Ako: Huh? Are you saying that as a model administrator, I am not good at managing my stress?

Yazi: Do you want to make a bet? The loser must obey any orders from the winner!

It was obvious that she had a lot of stress. And so did I.

Me: When? Where?

Yazi: Oh, who do you think I am? I have already made all the preparations.

Yazi: I will be at the entrance of Xialai soon, please come down to pick me up as soon as possible.

Looking at this line of text, I sorted out my thoughts: In other words, this guy suddenly sent me a message to scold me, but in fact he was just lonely and wanted to find an excuse to meet me?

So awkward, but so cute.

I think I like this kind of girl.

I quickly got ready and went down to greet him. At a glance, I saw the administrative officer of the Discipline Committee, whom I hadn't seen for a long time, waiting in front of the main entrance with his arms folded across his chest and impatience written all over his face.

"Too slow!" Yazi scolded.

I have reason to doubt whether she had arrived before posting the momotalk message.

Pretending not to notice, I led the seemingly arrogant Yazi into Xialai.

As soon as we arrived at the living area, she called me over, took out a coin, tossed it, caught it, and then said:

"I guess tails."

Then, Azi couldn't wait to uncover it, and saw the result with tears in her eyes and gnashing teeth:

"Oh, why is it this result again? But as an administrator, I am willing to accept the bet... Wait, what are you doing?!"

I took advantage of her unpreparedness and snatched the coin from Yazi's hand. I looked at it and couldn't help laughing. I teased:

"How come both sides of your coin are heads?"

Yazi was hesitant for a moment, but soon she used her meticulous logical thinking to find someone to shirk responsibility and shouted angrily: "I know! This must be a conspiracy of the Ten Thousand Demons Palace!"

She stepped forward and glared at me fiercely: "In other words, it's all the teacher's fault!"

Can this be blamed on me?

"What? That look in your eyes, are you doubting me? You must have been deceived by Makoto, so you don't realize the seriousness of the matter!"

"Let's not talk about whether I was cheated or not. According to what you said, you can't blame me for everything, right?"

Yazi said confidently: "If you had asked me to advise you, this wouldn't have happened! And it happened before the signing of the Treaty of Eden!"

… I think this is just going to make things worse.

"So, what happened?"

“Those guys from the Pandemonium…” Yazi waved his fist, “They unexpectedly informed us! They reduced our training volume this year by 20%! And they even specifically said it was all thanks to you, Sensei!”

I even reacted to make sure she wasn't talking about an increase: "Isn't this... a good thing?"

"But how could they be so kind!? They must be plotting something!"

Then, Ayako started to complain to me again, blaming all the recent misfortunes on the Pandemonium, believing that it was them who wanted to hinder her, Hina's most capable subordinate, through these despicable means, and then put the blame on me.

I silently accompanied her as she vented her distress until she finally showed a refreshed expression.

"Are you feeling better now?" I asked when I saw that she stopped talking.

"What are you talking about?" Ako glanced at me strangely and smiled confidently, "I will not be defeated by this level of setback. Otherwise, what qualifications do I have to assist Chairman Hinata and you, teacher? Well... But for the time being, I still want to thank you."

"That's good."

I also smiled slightly, and then took out the proof of my bond with Ako from my arms.

After seeing the familiar decorations, the girl's body trembled suddenly and her pretty face flushed lightly.

"What you just did doesn't count. Let's bet again."

As I spoke, I casually threw the coin I had just confiscated back and stared at the girl who was getting nervous when the time came.