I am a teacher at a girls' school in Tokyo

"..."

After staring at each other silently for several seconds, Hisada Masuki couldn't help but speak.

"Teacher Hirakawa."

"Yes."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa looked like a student admitting his mistake.

As a result, Hisada Maki didn't know what to say. The serious young female teacher looked at him and finally couldn't help sighing.

"Teacher Hirakawa... Why on earth would you, such a lazy person, want to become a teacher..."

After all, teachers always give people a sense of hard work. That's what she meant.

So Tetsufumi Hirakawa thought about it seriously.

"Well, it's a long story."

"Ok?"

"Maybe it's the inertia of the soul."

"What does that mean?" the teacher was puzzled.

He explained it this way:

"When I was very young, I went to a shrine and drew a fortune. The shrine maiden who was in charge of interpreting the fortune told me that I must have been a teacher in my previous life. So, I have wanted to become a teacher ever since."

Quite serious tone.

"Really?" The innocent female teacher seemed to believe it.

"real."

Nodding seriously.

"..."

"..."

After a moment of silence, Hisada Maki turned her head away, looking angry and ashamed that she had believed such a stupid thing.

"Teacher Pingchuan, please stop disturbing my work."

Like the little girl next door who said, "I'm never going to play with you again." She was the one who started the conversation.

After seeing this, Tetsufumi Hirakawa couldn't help but laugh.

But...why would he, who has always been lazy, become a teacher?

It's such a distant memory.

Chapter 13: New troubles at the beginning of the school year

On April 4, while students were still enjoying the last day of spring break - of course more people were probably rushing to finish their holiday homework - Tetsufumi Hirakawa's vacation was over.

As a class teacher, I need to go to school one day in advance to do some preparations for the start of school.

"Good morning, Mr. Hisada."

At the gate of Moriya Private Girls' High School, Tetsufumi Hirakawa met Masaki Hisada who also came.

"Teacher Pingchuan, long time no see."

The female teacher who was standing at the door and taking pictures with her mobile phone had to put it down.

"Photograph?"

“The cherry blossoms are beautiful.”

"Um……"

There are two neat rows of cherry trees planted on the walkway in front of the entrance of Moriko Private Girls' High School. When the school starts in spring, students can walk to school under the cherry blossoms.

But for Tetsufumi Hirakawa, so many cherry blossoms are a bit of a worry.

The female teacher, who was immersed in the scenery of cherry blossoms, finally noticed the mask on Tetsufumi Hirakawa's face.

"Teacher Hirakawa? This..."

"Well, there are too many cherry blossoms and I can't handle it."

Even though he was wearing a mask, Tetsufumi Hirakawa couldn't help rubbing his nose.

Cherry blossoms are the most famous ornamental flowers in Japan and are really everywhere. Of course, this is also why there are many hay fever sufferers all over the country.

Sadly, Tetsufumi Hirakawa was one of them, but fortunately his symptoms were not too serious.

"Is everything okay?" Hisata Moshu asked with concern.

"It's okay, but fortunately, the cherry blossoms only bloom for a week."

After answering this, Hisada Moki still stared at him worriedly, thought for a moment, and said.

"Then Mr. Hirakawa, please stay away from the cherry blossoms."

"..."

Such concern is very touching, but why does the tone sound so much like a teacher or parent? The tone of voice reminds us to "stay away from electrical appliances".

Maybe they treat him as a student or a child.

Looking at Mr. Hisata who was caring about him sincerely, Tetsufumi Hirakawa hesitated for a moment but still did not say out loud the complaints in his heart.

Mr. Hisada is really suitable to be a teacher. Even in daily life, he can't get rid of the image of a teacher.

"Okay, got it. Let's go."

"Ah."

So, the two of them walked into the campus from the middle of the road, as far away from the cherry trees as possible, and headed towards the office.

Of course there was some small talk along the way.

"Teacher Hirakawa, how was your vacation?"

"There's nothing wrong with it except that it's too short."

"Two weeks is already a long time... It's so leisurely and I always feel empty."

"That's not wrong."

Even though Tetsufumi Hirakawa always wants to relax, he won't allow himself to be idle for too long.

"So how did Mr. Hirakawa spend his time?"

"I went to Hokkaido."

"Hokkaido?"

"Yes. It's still snowing there, so you can ski as much as you want. It's also great to soak in an open-air hot spring on a snowy day."

"I see... I'm really envious."

"All of the above happened in my dream."

"Eh...?" Hisada Masu next to her blinked her innocent eyes.

"Traveling is too tiring, just think about it."

"…It's surprisingly in line with Mr. Hirakawa's style."

“But I still went back to my hometown in Akita.”

"Is Mr. Hirakawa from Akita Prefecture?"

"Yes."

"Hmm..." Hisada Maki thought for a moment, "When I think of Akita, the only thing that comes to mind is Crayon Shin-chan."

"Grandpa from Akita, right?" Hirakawa Tetsufumi laughed. "When I first found out it was Akita, that's what I thought of."

"Yes."

By the time they got to this point, the two had already arrived at the office, so the chit-chat came to an end.

The next step was a long and busy period. The teaching materials for the new semester, the list of second-grade classes, the information of the students... the office also had to be moved from the first floor to the second floor. If Teacher Hisada couldn't move it, he would help.

Anyway, there are a lot of things to do at the beginning of the new semester. When everything was almost ready, it was almost noon.

"I'm so tired." After finishing all this work, Tetsufumi Hirakawa naturally fell exhausted on the chair.

"Yes, thank you for troubling Mr. Hirakawa today." As a reward for his help, Hisada Masaki considerately poured him a glass of water.

Although the glass of water instantly brought back some bad memories for Tetsufumi Hirakawa, he quickly responded after eliminating the bad thoughts.

"Thank you, Mr. Hisata."

"You're welcome. But... Mr. Hirakawa, you still have a lot of things to deal with. You can't rest yet."

"..."

Anyway, the thoughtful teacher Hisata brought him a document.

"Teacher Hirakawa, as a homeroom teacher, it is your duty to get to know your students better."

"……Fine."

After sighing, Hirakawa Tetsuwen had to take the information from the female teacher. Some things can be lazy, but when it comes to the responsibilities of a teacher, Hirakawa Tetsuwen must restrain himself and cannot relax.

People always have to have some rules of conduct.

With this thought in mind, Tetsufumi Hirakawa started flipping through the document.

In Moriya Private High School, students are reassigned to classes every school year, and this document details the approximate family situation of the students in his class this school year, their past academic performance, the records of the previous tripartite talks... and other such information.

There are many familiar students in the information, such as Shinohara Shiori. This girl is still in his Class A - Hirakawa Tetsufumi is in charge of the Chinese language class in the science department.

"..."

So, studying finance in college or something like that... is most likely the fate that Shiori Shinohara cannot escape.

But is this a good thing or a bad thing? The girl herself is indeed unwilling, but in fact, this is a prominent family background that many people envy.

Anyway, it's totally unclear as to what's going on with this matter.

With an unknown feeling in his heart, he flipped through Shiori Shinohara's file and looked carefully at the information of those unfamiliar students.

The tuition fee of Moriya Private School is not low. It can be said to be an aristocratic girls' school. The admission standard is also very high, so most of the students are very good. At least there should be nothing for Hirakawa Tetsufumi to worry about.

It was good news. But the good news only lasted for less than ten minutes.

Mr. Hisata, who was also working hard at his seat, suddenly remembered something and turned around to remind him.

"Teacher Hirakawa, you may want to pay special attention to that student named Amamiya Ye."

"Amamiya-san?"

After repeating this, Tetsufumi Hirakawa started searching in the files and indeed found a girl named Amamiya Yo.

"What's wrong with this student? He seems to be fine."

"I don't know either. I never taught Amamiya-san. It's just that Mr. Yamamoto - Amamiya-san's first-year homeroom teacher asked me to tell Mr. Hirakawa."

"Is this... like this?"

After being warned like this, Tetsufumi Hirakawa always felt something was wrong.

What kind of situation would cause a teacher to remind him to pay special attention to a student?

Tetsufumi Hirakawa found the answer to this question a few days later.

After being late for several days in a row at the start of school, Tetsufumi Hirakawa had to find the girl named Amamiya Yo to discuss something.

Then--

"Teacher, please don't meddle in other people's business if you don't want to lose your job."

The girl standing in front of him said this, then turned around and disappeared from Hirakawa Tetsufumi's sight. When she turned around, her ponytail swept across his chest forcefully.

"..."

So what should he say?

Do these noble ladies like to threaten teachers with jobs? Is this still reasonable?