This is not the date I wanted.

Shaking her head with a hint of sarcasm, Kotori adjusted her mood.

"Isn't everyone's data very stable? What's the problem, Lingyin?"

Kotori asked, somewhat confused.

"here……"　

Lingyin slid the screen to the end of the page and clicked on a numerical chart that Kotori had never seen before.

"—!"

Qin Li's pupils suddenly contracted.

In the picture, a line suddenly rises at a terrifying rate in recent times, outlining a cliff with a huge drop.

——————————————————————————————I am the dividing line that diverts attention——————————————————————-

In the first and second periods of the morning, Class 2, Class 4 and Class 3 took turns to finish Modern Chinese and Mathematics. The third period was a physical education class for both classes.

"Huh... it's so cold~~"

Standing in the playground where the cold wind was howling, Mengyue couldn't help but shivering with her arms hugged.

"Surprisingly. Is Meng Yue afraid of cold?"

Xixian asked with some curiosity.

"Well, if I must say it's because I'm not used to it. Without the spiritual power to keep warm, I can't control how much to wear. Uh - I should have put on an extra layer when I changed clothes."

Meng Yue couldn't help but smile bitterly as she explained. Maybe it was a habit. She was afraid of bumping into other female students changing clothes in the locker room, so she changed her clothes before other students went to the locker room and came to the playground. But when she found that she was wearing too little, she looked back at the locker room that was already full of women and decisively chose to give up.

"Kuku, what an embarrassing gesture! My compatriots are actually shrinking from the cold. The name of the lightning priestess will cry."

"Humph! Yes, it's great that the Son of Wind won't catch a cold~"

Looking at Yejushi who was criticizing her with a smug look on his face, Mengyue rolled her eyes in annoyance.

Not long after, the physical education teacher came to the playground, divided the boys and girls into groups, and started the class.

By the way, the content of today's physical education class is a physical fitness test. Mengyue can hear Shidao's funny friend, Tonomachi, yelling to the girls to show off his masculine charm in this test, although Mengyue thinks there is no hope.

————————This is the dividing line for starting the test————————

"Liang Yi-san, 2.6 meters!"

"call……"

Hearing her classmates' counting, Mengyue couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"You're really amazing, Ryougi-san. Your grip strength and handball skills are both better than most men. Are you interested in joining a sports club?"

"Thank you, teacher. But I don't have that plan."

Mengyue smiled and politely declined the teacher's invitation.

(That should be fine.)

For elves with superhuman qualities, passing the physical fitness test is a piece of cake. But the real problem is that you can't get too much value to attract attention, and you have to keep the results within the range of common sense for ordinary people.

To be on the safe side, Mengyue also checked the situation of the others. Yakuya and Yui were the same as before, competing based on "who is closer to two meters and five" as the criterion for victory or defeat. Although Tohka used too much force and jumped over two meters and ninety, it was still within an acceptable range.

Then, as if to provoke Tohka, Origami jumped to a height of 2.91 meters.

Ah, let me correct you, it's not "seems", Origami is provoking Tohka.

"Enough is enough."

With a wry smile, Meng Yue tried to calm down Origami and Tohka who were starting to quarrel. Seeing that there was still some time before the next test, she turned her attention to the boys.

Unlike here, the boys' progress was a bit slow, and they only got to the handball test. It seemed that the metal fatigue of the gripper used to test the grip strength was caused by someone breaking the gripper, and it took a long time to replace it.

"Oh, it's Shidou's turn to pitch."

Tohka's voice instantly attracted everyone's attention. Mengyue saw that Shidou seemed to be drunk and staggered to the pitching position.

Seeing this scene, Mengyue couldn't help feeling a little uneasy.

"Tohka, is Shidota okay? He looks like something is wrong with his body."

"Well... I went to the health room before, and the teacher said there was nothing wrong."

Tohka replied. However, seeing the scene before her, her tone seemed a little unconfident.

"She is in poor health indeed. We must take her back to the infirmary immediately. Carry her like a princess!"

Origami said with some excitement. Just when Meng Yue was about to complain, suddenly——

The shot put thrown by Shidao's hand, like a ballistic missile fired from a gun, drew a straight trajectory in the air with a loud sound of breaking through the wind, then broke through the clouds and disappeared into the sky.

"........."

For a moment, the whole place was silent.

Perhaps due to the intense friction with the atmosphere, the wreckage of the lead ball was burning and shattering, and smoke trails could be seen in the sky. After an unknown amount of time, Meng Yue heard someone say as if jokingly: "Look... there's a plane."

"—!"

Meng Yue was the first to come to her senses. Realizing that the situation was not good, she did not hesitate, and moved her body, using a speed that was almost close to teleportation, raising the wind and a cloud of dust, and came to Shidao's side.

"Eh? Ryougi-san, why are you here?"

"Teacher, Gokawa-san seems to be feeling unwell."

Ignoring the surprised expressions of others, Meng Yue pointed at the shot put rolling not far away and made a plain proposal.

"Eh?"

Hearing Meng Yue's words, the students were stunned and could not help rubbing their eyes. They looked at the shot put on the ground, then looked at the clearly visible scratch in the sky, with a look of disbelief on their faces.

"Didn't Gokawa-san just throw the ball into the atmosphere?"

"What are you talking about? Itsuka-san didn't even throw one meter, okay? You must be feeling unwell."

Meng Yue answered in a matter-of-fact tone.

"Hmm... that's true! How could Itsuka-san throw the ball so far? Common sense tells me it's impossible."

"Yeah, that's right. There must have been some kids nearby setting off fireworks, and there happened to be traces of an airplane in the sky. All these coincidences combined together led to our misunderstanding."

"That's right! That's definitely the case. Sometimes what you see with your eyes may not be true."

"What? You scared me."

Due to Meng Yue’s overly calm attitude, everyone began to believe that the scene just now was just their own illusion.

However, in fact, the ball at Shidao's feet was secretly brought from his side by Mengyue while everyone's attention was still focused on the sky. If someone counted the number of balls at this time, they would soon notice the problem.

However, even if this is noticed, I'm afraid no one would doubt Meng Yue's words.

After all, sometimes people are more willing to believe a lie that makes sense than a truth that is unrealistic.

"Teacher, I think it would be better for Gokawa-san to leave early and go back to rest."

"Yeah... indeed."

Seeing that Shidao seemed to be unable to even stand steadily, the physical education teacher nodded and agreed to Mengyue's proposal.

"Wuka, you should go back today. You can wait until next time for the physical fitness test."

After receiving the teacher's permission, Meng Yue couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief and turned to Shidao.

"Shidou, I heard what the teacher said. Let's go back early today."

"No...it's okay. Mengyue...don't worry..."

However, Shidou himself did not seem to understand the situation, and shook his head, answering incoherently.

Hearing this, Meng Yue couldn't help but frowned angrily.

"Shidou, now is not the time to be stubborn. The longer you stay here, the more serious the problem may become. Hurry back to Ratatoskr to find Kotori..."

"Don't worry. Don't look at me like this... I, I have grown..."

Just like a drunk, Shidou didn't listen to Mengyue's advice at all.

"I still...ha——"

Afterwards, it seemed that the dust raised by Mengyue's sprinting hit his nose, and Shidao raised his head as if he was feeling uncomfortable.

"—!"

In an instant, a strong alarm suddenly sounded in her heart, and Meng Yue turned her head away without hesitation.

"--owe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Almost at the same time, Shidou yawned, and a violent hurricane whistled past Mengyue's ears, blowing the students behind her several meters away.

"Oh my god...I was almost killed by your sneeze."

This is no joke. Feeling the spiritual power contained in the sneeze, Meng Yue clearly understood the seriousness of the problem.

His right foot swept forward with lightning speed, and Shidao, whose steps were already unsteady, was naturally tripped by Meng Yue's kick.

"...Meng Yue?"

"Sorry, please get some sleep first, Shidou."

Immediately afterwards, Shidao felt someone hit him hard on the neck, and his consciousness gradually sank into darkness.

"Good! What a strong wind!"

"What just happened?"

"God's punishment?"

"Damn it, if only the girls wore skirts!"

There were such chaotic discussions around, but Mengyue didn't pay much attention to it. After signaling to Tohka Origami and the others, she picked up the unconscious Shidou and spoke to the teacher.

"Teacher, Itsuka-san seems to have fainted from a high fever. I am sending him home just in case."

"Hey, Ryougi-san, what do you mean by that?"

The physical education teacher asked in confusion.

"I'm leaving early too. Please decide on your own reason, teacher. If that doesn't work, you can just mark me as skipping class this time."

After saying that, Mengyue winked playfully, held Shidou in a princess hug, and left the playground amid the girls' screams of envy, jealousy and hatred (directed at Shidou).

Then the boys' side——

"…Why is that? Ryougi-san is a beautiful girl, but I feel like I'm attracted to a man?"

"""Um."""

As Tonomachi expressed this thought with a somewhat disgusting and shy expression, the male compatriots present all nodded in agreement.

02 Senior Management

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—Hot! Very hot!

It was as if a huge amount of fuel was ignited in an instant, and even the slightest breath seemed to become a raging flame. The blood flowing in the veins was as hot as magma, and his internal organs were in pain as if being burned by fire. Itsuka Shido even felt that he would be burned to ashes.

However, in contrast to his scorching hot body, Shidou felt an extremely chill.

It was not as strong as the ice and snow in winter, but it felt like being in the bottomless deep sea. A huge sense of oppression bound his body, and the coldness like poison seeped into his body through the skin, freezing and paralyzing his senses.

He couldn't see, hear, touch or smell... The dullness of his senses weakened his nerves, making his heart and soul grow cold without him noticing.

(I feel so… uncomfortable… How on earth…)

Shidou began to think hazily with the last bit of consciousness left.

(By the way, when I was in physical education class...)

It must be because he didn't take enough precautions against the cold today. During the physical education class, Shidao felt his body temperature suddenly rise. However, he didn't want Tohka and the others to worry about him, nor did he want to cause trouble to the teachers and classmates, so he decided to rely on his willpower to get through it.

(Come to think of it... what did I do at that time?)

He vaguely felt that something strange had happened, but his slow thinking made Shidao unable to even remember such things.

(Ugh… I feel so bad… I have a fever… Is this such a serious problem?)

The scorching heat and chilling cold tortured Shidao from both inside and outside, but he was not even allowed to struggle, and his consciousness sank powerlessly into the depths.