The sound of rain was light at first, but soon it got heavier.

She didn't bring an umbrella today, so it would be troublesome for her to go back later.

Wait a little longer until the rain stops.

Kirishima Ai thought so, but the rain did not stop.

"…………"

She waited like this for about half an hour, but Miss Lily didn't come.

It suddenly became a little cold in the materials room. She shivered, sneezed, and her head felt dizzy. She felt uncomfortable all over.

Kirishima Ai realized that she might have a cold today.

Come to think of it, today doesn't seem to be her duty day, so Miss Lily might only appear on that day.

And it's raining today, so Miss Lily probably needs to go home.

Kirishima Ai's eyes were a little dim.

Suddenly, the door of the material room was pushed open. Kirishima Ai was stunned for a moment, then looked up towards the door with a little happiness.

However, the person who appeared at the door was not Miss Lily as Kirishima Ai imagined, but a woman with a similar figure to Miss Lily, but wearing glasses and with a gloomy and cold temperament.

The woman looked at Kirishima Ai in the corner.

"What are you doing?"

It's Mr. Huihara.

"I…………"

Kirishima Ai didn't know how to explain.

But why did Teacher Haibara come to the materials room?

Mr. Haibara didn't wait for her to come up with an explanation.

"Whatever you are doing, I'm going to lock the door, go home quickly."

Teacher Huihara stood at the door of the dim materials room, shaking the key chain in her hand, looking impatient as if she wanted to chase someone away.

It seems that she came to lock the door that she forgot to lock.

Kirishima Ai sat up from the ground, but when she was halfway up, she felt her body was a little heavy, and she didn't stand steadily when she stood up.

She followed Teacher Haibara out of the materials room and found that Teacher Haibara was looking at her.

"Your face is red, come here."

Although Kirishima Ai didn't know what was going on, she still moved a little closer.

The other person's not-so-warm hand covered her forehead, then let go after a while.

Huihara just looked at her.

"You have a fever. Is this how you spend the whole day today?"

Kirishima's face was still abnormally flushed, and she nodded in confusion.

Haibara looked out the window. The rain was still falling heavily and there was no sign of stopping. In the morning, Kirishima Ai's hair was soaked.

After a brief recollection, Kirishima Ai seemed to live alone, and quite far from the school, and usually went to and from school by bike.

"How are you going to get home today?"

After locking the door, Haibara hugged her arms and looked down at Kirishima Ai, who looked in a terrible state.

“…riding a bicycle.”

Kirishima Ai didn't look at her and spoke with her head down.

Gray said coldly:

"Call your parents and ask them to pick you up."

The teacher's tone is still as bad as ever.

Kirishima Ai didn't know how to answer. Normally, she would probably just brush it off, but today she just turned her head and said in the same cold tone:

"I won't come to pick you up..."

Hearing Kirishima Ai's answer, Huibara frowned.

The atmosphere was a little cold for a moment.

After a while, Huibara picked up her cell phone and seemed to be typing, or maybe sending a text message to someone, while Kirishima Ai stood there, feeling increasingly weak.

She didn't feel anything before, but now, she seems to have a real fever.

She suddenly heard Huiyuan say:

"Where is your home? I'll take you back."

Kirishima Ai raised her head, her expression revealing confusion and bewilderment.

She shook her head:

"I can just ride my bike back..."

Huihara ignored her and just acted like an adult.

Kirishima Ai didn't look like she had a low-grade fever, and she didn't have an umbrella, and she had to ride a bike home. Even if nothing happened on the way, she would basically not be able to go to school the next day.

And when she had a high fever, she was the only one at home. Huihara had experienced this many times before and didn't want to go through it again.

"Don't act like a child, I'm not your mother."

Taking care of students is her duty as a teacher.

She still has plenty of teacher ethics left today.

"…………"

Kirishima Ai remained silent.

Her mother doesn't care about her.

…………

At the entrance of the teaching building, a teacher and a student stood there. In front of them was the school shrouded in rain. It was empty and quiet. The only sounds were the sound of rain that drowned the entire city and the horns of cars on the street.

Haibara slowly opened the umbrella, covering herself and Kirishima Ai, and tilted it slightly towards Kirishima Ai to ensure that the little girl would not be wet by the rain.

"Stay close, don't get wet, you should be able to hold out for a while."

Rentals in Neon are quite expensive.

It costs a lot of money to get from the school to Kirishima Ai's home.

So she borrowed a car.

After a while, Kirishima Ai leaned towards Haibara, and because of her height, she was basically clinging to Haibara teacher like a snuggler.

At this time, Kirishima Ai suddenly realized that Teacher Haibara was really an adult.

Mature and reliable.

Although usually cold.

The two of them slowly walked through the rain and arrived at the school parking lot. Although it was a bit cold, Kirishima Ai was hardly wet.

Kirishima Ai saw a car that seemed to be of a good brand.

This one looks familiar.

It seemed to be the car of their very young and beautiful female principal.

Although she was a little confused, she was feeling so uncomfortable that she didn't think about what was going on.

Haibara took out the car keys and unlocked the car, then opened the back door and let Kirishima Ai go in first.

Afterwards, Huibara got into the driver's seat herself, inserted the car key unskillfully, and started the car step by step.

As the engine started, Huihara waited for a while and then looked at the various equipment in the car.

"…I haven't driven in a long time, you'd better pray that nothing happens."

Kirishima Ai thinks that Teacher Haibara is actually quite humorous sometimes.

But she wasn't in the mood to laugh right now.

The car started moving quickly. Although he was not very skilled, it took him a long time to find the wipers to wipe the windshield. But no raindrops fell on Kirishima Ai.

The car seemed warm.

Huihara drove the car, facing the dripping rain, slowly moving forward in the crowded and chaotic streets, and after a while stopped because of the traffic light.

Kirishima Ai was in the back seat and could see Haibara's back. She could also see Haibara's face, which showed almost no emotion, through the rearview mirror.

And the rain continued to fall.

I don’t know when it will stop…

Chapter 44: Orphans and Widows

After being stuck in traffic for more than ten minutes, the two arrived at where Kirishima Ai lived now. She got out of the car first, opened the umbrella, then opened the door of the back seat and found that Kirishima Ai had fallen asleep inside.

Haibara patted Kirishima Ai gently, and Kirishima Ai woke up and saw Teacher Haibara holding an umbrella outside the door.

Once again hiding under the other person's umbrella.

Finally, the two came to where Kirishima Ai lived now.

Kirishima Ai took out the key and opened the door.

After the door was opened, it turned out to be a small rental house. It was relatively clean, but it seemed a bit crowded because there were a lot of sundries piled up.

It is much smaller than where Haibara lives, about the size of two university dormitories.

Kirishima Ai usually lives in a place like this.

After entering the room, Kirishima Ai lowered her head and opened her mouth, but she didn't say anything. After a while, she whispered:

"Um... Teacher, thank you."

“Do you have any medicine at home?”

Haibara looked at Kirishima Ai.

"……No."

She rarely gets sick, and even if she gets injured, she will recover quickly because she is a magical girl.

Only this time, I got a fever because of being caught in the rain.

"What are you planning to eat tonight?"

Normally, Kirishima Ai would cook for herself, but she wasn't in the mood to cook for herself today.

I'll probably be hungry all night.

“There are leftovers.”

Kirishima Ai shifted her gaze.

Huiyuan glanced at her.

"lie."

This is what the child looks like every time he says he forgot to bring his homework.

"You stay here. Is there a pharmacy nearby? I'll go buy you some medicine."

"........."

Kirishima Ai opened her mouth, feeling a little embarrassed to speak.

But I remembered what Mr. Huiyuan said before...

"… probably just a little way to the right when you go out the door."

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