I'm in a real religion, why are all the people who confess to me girls?

Amane glanced at the time on her watch and the 147 missed calls from Hayasaka that were displayed.

This was already break time as stipulated by the forest school, so all the clues combined meant that Hoshinomiya-sensei had secretly gone out alone to drink in this secluded place when no one was around.

Could it be... that you've broken up with your boyfriend?!

"Although I haven't heard any news about Hoshinomiya-sensei being in a relationship, the possibility is quite high. So that means... Hoshinomiya-sensei didn't run away just now because she was going to report me, but because she was drinking to drown her sorrows after her breakup and I found out, so she ran away?"

Tenon covered her face. If that were the case, she felt a little guilty. He was just hiding away to drink and drown his sorrows, but she caught him. Should she go and apologize to Hoshinomiya-sensei?

Wouldn't that make things even more awkward...?

Amane glanced at the bag full of beer, then at the direction Hoshinomiya-sensei had left in the distance. As if she had made up her mind, she picked up the bag and ran quickly in the direction Hoshinomiya-sensei had gone.

The main reason why Hoshinomiya invited Chabashira to drink in this place is that it is quite close to her residence, so that she can quickly slip back to her room if she is discovered.

So Tianyin didn't run for long before she saw a simple room with the words "Star Palace" written on the door.

This place was less than fifty meters away from where the second-year students were camping. When Tianyin looked at the beach and saw that it was covered with tents, her expression became extremely strange.

"Why would they be setting up tents on the beach when they have nothing better to do? That's really strange."

Tianyin was unaware of the physical fitness test. Her memories of the forest school were still from the first week. In her opinion, although sleeping in a tent in the forest would be disturbed by annoying things like mosquitoes, she still remembered that the forest school was a place where sleeping in a tent would be a place where mosquitoes and other insects would disturb her sleep.

The school provided mosquito repellent facilities and ointments, so it was barely acceptable. Camping on the beach might sound like a wonderful thing, but anyone who has actually experienced it knows how torturous it can be. During the day, the sand gets hot from the sun, even inside the tent. It's very difficult to take a nap or have a nap.

When the weather is hot, the entire tent becomes like a steamer, forcing people to stay outside. At night, the sand is so cold and damp that even when sleeping in a sleeping bag, you can feel the chill constantly creeping up your body.

Since there's no way to use electricity for heating on the beach, starting a fire becomes the only way to stay warm, but unfortunately...

Tianyin looked at the densely packed tents of various colors. If something went wrong with the campfire and the sea breeze blew it away, wouldn't it turn into a fire that burned down the entire camp?

That would be a problem that Smith and Marseille couldn't solve at that point.

Even adding red bean paste won't work.

The school had obviously taken this dangerous situation into account, so it strictly prohibited any open flames during rest periods. As a result, everyone had to sleep in sleeping bags on the cold sand, separated only by a mat.

Thinking about her life these past few days and looking at those tents, Tianyin suddenly realized that her life wasn't as boring as she had imagined.

Upon arriving at the simple room in the Star Palace, Amane gently knocked on the door.

"Are you asleep, Hoshinomiya-sensei?"

With her head covered and slightly drunk, Hoshinomiya vaguely heard a woman's voice asking her, "Are you asleep?" This immediately terrified her, and she began to tremble under the covers.

"I...I...I'm asleep...Please come again during the day!!"

Hoshinomiya, suppressing her fear, spoke to the door in a trembling voice.

As Tenon listened to Hoshinomiya's choked voice, which sounded like a sob, she became even more convinced of her judgment.

Ms. Hoshinomiya must have broken up with her boyfriend! And I even caught her drowning her sorrows in alcohol—how awful! I absolutely have to apologize!

However, if you come during the day...

The thought of being surrounded by second-year students if she showed up during the day made Tianyin sigh helplessly.

"No, I'll..."

Upon hearing that it was not allowed, Hoshinomiya, who was hiding under the covers, burst into tears. She knew that monsters and such could not appear during the day.

"I...I won't open the door!"

Seeing that Hoshino Palace's attitude was so resolute, it was clear that Amane did not want to forgive her. The reason for this was probably because she was too grief-stricken and lost her rational thinking.

If only we could ease Hoshinomiya-sensei's grief a little.

That's right! Let's sing a nursery rhyme to soothe Ms. Hoshinomiya!

cough cough.

Tianyin first cleared her throat, then tried to imitate a gentler, more maternal voice.

"Little bunny, open the door! I want to come in!"

Immediately afterwards, Tianyin heard a scream coming from inside the room.

"Ah! No!"

Chapter 165: Play Some Little Games with Me

"Ah! No!"

Hearing Hoshinomiya-sensei's cries for help coming from the room, Amane mistakenly thought that Hoshinomiya-sensei was in danger and, without bothering to sing any nursery rhymes, kicked the simple door directly.

With a loud bang, half of the door collapsed. Tianyin looked at the remaining half of the door with some surprise. It was surprising that the door of this house, which looked like it would collapse with a gust of wind, was actually quite sturdy.

However, time was of the essence, and Tianyin did not have time to think. As soon as Tianyin stepped into the room, she saw that the simple furniture and various facilities inside were intact. The only thing that was unusual was the large, unidentifiable mass on the bed.

"Teacher Hoshinomiya, are you alright?"

Tenon rushed forward and grabbed the blanket, but found nothing on the bed except for Hoshinoguchi, who was shivering.

So she was worrying for nothing. But if there was nothing unusual, why did Hoshinomiya-sensei shout for help just now?

"Hoshinomiya-sensei? Are you alright?"

Tianyin softly called out the name of the Star Palace.

Upon hearing that the monster who had pulled back her blanket knew her name, Hoshinomiya's already muddled brain made a decisive choice...

"Don't eat me! I don't taste good!! Waaaaah!"

No? What's going on here?!

Why would I eat you?

Amane's brain almost shut down after Hoshinomiya's words. Why would she eat people? Even if she did eat people... Hoshinomiya-sensei is so stupid, so forget it.

"Isn't it said that... monsters all eat people?"

Hoshinomiya covered her eyes and answered, her voice trembling.

"Yo-Yokai?! Hoshinomiya-sensei, you've gone too far! How did I become a yokai? Look at yourself properly!"

Normally, being called a monster is one thing, as Amane can at least console herself that it's a recognition of her strength. But Hoshinomiya's label of "monster" broke Amane's defenses.

Tianyin originally thought that although she wasn't exactly the sweet girl type, she was usually quite cute. So how did she become a demon in Xingzhigong's eyes...?

Wait a minute, why does it feel like Hoshinomiya-sensei is drunk?

Amane put the things on the ground, and then used both hands to forcefully pry open Hoshinomiya-sensei's hands that were covering her eyes.

The moment Hoshinomiya saw Amane, she clearly breathed a sigh of relief as if she had been granted a pardon, but the next second, after confirming that it was Amane she saw, her face fell again.

"I thought it was a monster, but it's just Miyako-kun... I'd rather it was a monster. Now that Miyako-kun is back, I'll have to work overtime again, sob sob..."

Ms. Hoshinomiya's pitiful appearance and her trembling mature body made one want to hold her in their arms and comfort her.

However, Tianyin had no such idea at all.

Tianyin's smile froze on her face.

She didn't understand why it felt like the sky had fallen when she came back after only staying away for a few weeks.

Hoshinomiya-sensei would rather have a monster come and kidnap her than see her. As for Hoshinomiya-sensei's talk about working overtime... what does that have to do with her? How could such a good Amane do something that would make Hoshinomiya-sensei work overtime?

I originally wanted to complain about Hoshinomiya's Amane, but after seeing how pitifully Hoshinomiya was crying because of working overtime, I decided to give up on complaining about Hoshinomiya-sensei's unreliability.

Ms. Hoshinomiya stopped crying after a few minutes. She had just been feeling sad about having to work overtime again, and couldn't help but cry a few times. After venting her emotions, Ms. Hoshinomiya finally showed the composure of an adult.

"Speaking of which, Tianyin, why did you become a monster?"

???

Finally, Amane couldn't contain her anger any longer and reached out to flick Hoshinomiya-sensei's head lightly.

"Ouch! That hurts..."

"That's right, it should hurt! Hoshinomiya-sensei, wake up! I'm not some kind of monster! I'm Miyako Amane!"

Amane pressed down on Hoshinomiya-sensei's shoulders and shook her violently a few times. Soon, she heard Hoshinomiya-sensei begging for mercy.

"Stop shaking me! I was just joking with you, Tianyin. If you keep shaking me, I'm going to throw up my dinner."

Once Amane was certain that Hoshinomiya-sensei could communicate normally again, she finally let go of Hoshinomiya-sensei's shoulder, who had been looking annoyed. Hoshinomiya-sensei, who had been shaking her head a few more times before returning to normal, looked much worse. It seemed that, just as she had said, if Amane had shaken her a few more times, she really would have been unable to hold back and vomited up all the food she had eaten that evening.

"Phew, I almost thought I was going to die."

As Hoshinomiya-sensei patted her chest, a slightly tipsy smile appeared on her face.

"Hoshinomiya-sensei, how much did you drink? How did you get so drunk?"

Amane knew that the Hoshinomiya-sensei in front of her, who seemed to be able to talk to her, was actually drunk and confused. Otherwise, how could she have mistaken her for some kind of monster and been so frightened?

Although I knew from Chabashira-sensei that Hoshinomiya-sensei usually likes to drink a little, seeing how drunk Hoshinomiya-sensei is, it's clear that a little bit of alcohol isn't enough to achieve this.

"How much did you drink? Let me... let me count... one, two..."

As Amane watched Hoshinomiya-sensei start counting on her fingers, cold sweat poured down her forehead. How much had she drunk? She couldn't even remember the numbers! If she remembered correctly, Hoshinomiya-sensei had thrown a whole bag of canned beer on a rock when she ran away, which she had casually retrieved.

As a result, Hoshinomiya-sensei counted on her fingers for a long time before finally holding up a two.

Tianyin's eyes widened immediately.

"Two bags? Hoshinomiya-sensei, are you crazy? You couldn't possibly drink that many cans of beer like water!"

Tianyin glanced at the shopping bag, which contained at least seven or eight cans of beer. If it was two bags, wouldn't that mean that Teacher Xingxingzhigong actually drank seventeen or eighteen cans by himself?

Putting aside the alcohol content, even if it were just water, you couldn't handle drinking seventeen or eighteen cans of water. No wonder she was so drunk she couldn't even recognize people.

However, this is quite different from what Chabashira-sensei said about not being able to hold his liquor. How can someone with such a high alcohol tolerance be considered to have a low tolerance? Could it be that Chabashira-sensei, as a teacher, is actually quite a heavyweight in terms of drinking capacity?

Just as Amane began to imagine the scene of Chabashira-sensei grabbing a two-liter pitcher of beer with one hand and drinking it heartily, she saw Hoshinomiya-sensei shake her finger.

"No, no, no!"

Hoshinomiya corrected Amane's mistake in a tone that sounded almost like she was being coquettish.

Seeing Hoshinomiya-sensei's proud expression, Amane's eye twitched.

"Teacher Hoshinomiya, you don't mean two boxes, do you?"

Although there are also smaller packaging boxes, Hoshinomiya-sensei is just a gentle and sweet health teacher. Even though she drinks alcohol regularly and has developed some resistance to it, drinking by the case is still a bit... giving people a sense of contrasting beauty.

"No, no, Little Tianyin really underestimated me."

Teacher Hoshinomiya proudly puffed out her proud chest, causing Amane to secretly swallow a few mouthfuls of saliva.

I never paid attention to Hoshinomiya-sensei's figure before, but today, when I paid special attention, I realized that Hoshinomiya-sensei's figure is simply amazing!

Now Amane seems to understand Chabashira-sensei a bit. No wonder Chabashira-sensei is always a bit cold towards the enthusiastic Hoshinomiya-sensei. Anyone whose colleague is a milk cow and the other is relatively barren will suffer an undeserved disaster.

It's not about who's bigger; it's about who's smaller and who feels awkward.

Just as Amane was losing some of her rationality due to Hoshinomiya-sensei's figure, Hoshinomiya-sensei's next sentence immediately silenced Amane.

"Oh? So, Hoshinomiya-sensei, just how much did you drink to get this drunk?"

"Teacher, I drank two whole cans!"

"Two cans? Are you sure?"

"Of course, I wouldn't have mistaken Amane for someone else if it weren't for the two cans... Eh? Amane, what's with that expression? It feels like... like you're looking down on me?"

Under the gaze of Amane, who seemed to be looking at a paramecium, Hoshinomiya-sensei couldn't help but shrink back.

You're already like this after just two cans? Could it be that you drank fake alcohol?

Anyone with a normal stomach could easily handle two cans, right? Amane knows that even Sakayanagi can easily manage two cans. For Hoshinomiya-sensei, an adult, to be defeated by two cans of beer... if you told others, they probably wouldn't believe it.

"Take my advice, Mr. Hoshinomiya, you should stop drinking in the future."

"why?"

"Because I'm afraid someone might kidnap you after you've been drinking, judging by your level of intelligence."

The drunken Hoshinomiya-sensei gives off an unreliable, extremely unreliable, and very unreliable vibe.

Amane even suspected that she could trick Hoshinomiya-sensei into going home with just a lollipop.

"Tianyin is always bullying me! Even though I... I can hold my liquor pretty well!"

That's a load of rubbish!

Is two cans acceptable?

Amane sighed, took out a can from the bag, opened it in front of Hoshinomiya-sensei, and drank it all in one gulp. Then she took out another can and drank three cans in a row before stopping.