[151] I’ll Grow Stronger to Protect You, S-Sensei!
<span style="font-weight:400">Chapter 151: I’ll Grow Stronger to Protect You, S-Sensei!
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<span style="font-weight:400">“I don''t like her.” Shoko sat beside me and said, We both had a burger in our hold, sitting outside on a bench, about to have lunch.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Don''t let it bother you,” I told her, “She is trying to grab my attention, but I have no reason to y along.”
<span style="font-weight:400">Shoko blinked at that, “You know her from before?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Not really, no,” I took a bite out of my burger, my eyes locked on the tree ahead. “But I know her family. She''s the daughter of this Nordic God I killed a few days ago.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“....”
<span style="font-weight:400">“You know Thor? He''s a popr God so you probably do. We fought and he ended up dead,” I said.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Ah.” She blinked. “Like… really dead?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“I think?” I titled my head. “I don''t know how their Heaven and Valha work. I''ve heard that dead warriors end up in Valha so he might be there. Or maybe he is gone forever. I''m not sure about this, actually.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“No, I meant if he''s really dead… but it''s fine, that answered the same.” She said, a short silence hovering in the air.
<span style="font-weight:400">I looked at her side and continued eating my burger. She''s a soft girl, so perhaps she was trying to connect to Brigid’s mindset in silence. Maybe she was justifying why the girl treated me the way she did since I did kill her father.
<span style="font-weight:400">In the end, Shoko was a normal girl who got pulled into this side of the world only recently. Death and murder were new to her.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Uh, he tried to kill me and my family,” I usually had no reason to exin anything to anyone, but I could give that chance to Shoko. “I had no choice but to kill him.”
<span style="font-weight:400">I wasn''t exactly lying, either. I''m far from a crazy murder hobo in this life, I''ve lived for 15 years yet my kill count isn''t even 15.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Ah,” she nodded. “Not that it matters to me. I… I''ll always support you,” she said. “Even if you decide to do genocide.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“….” I held myself back from giving her a weird look. I could tell she genuinely meant it.
<span style="font-weight:400">Seeing my silence, she put her burger to the side and pulled me into a hug. I had finished my burger already so there was no blockage between the two of us. I gently returned the hug and pulled her butt to sit on myp.
<span style="font-weight:400">I let her be like that for a few minutes, her face resting on my nape. “You should''ve eaten more,” I told her and she just shook her head. I could tell she was quite shakenst night, so I felt obliged to give her such soft treatment now.
<span style="font-weight:400">Our school campus was huge. We had a lot of students too, but the two of us were at one such part of the campus where few wandered. I didn''t mind a few kids seeing us, as long as they didn''t stare for too long or take pictures. My Jade Perception let me be notified about both of them.
<span style="font-weight:400">Shoko sat on myp, her chest against me and her face sniffing my nape. My arms remained around her slim waist, pulling her body tightly against mine.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Hey,” I gently called, but she shook her head. She thought I wanted to cancel the hug now, and rejected it. But that''s not why I called her. I gently pulled her face off my nape and looked into her eyes. “Part your lips.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“....” She did so and closed her eyes as I approached her. I suckled on her lower lip for a moment and then ced my lips over hers. Shoko whimpered softly inside my mouth and suddenly giggled. She seemed to really like it.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Wait,” we kissed for minutes but I had to push her back and stop. I sensed someone in the nearby vicinity approaching us. The odd part was that I hadn''t noticed her from the beginning, but only when she got near.
<span style="font-weight:400">I also realized who it was. My girlfriend.
<span style="font-weight:400">Mai Senpai walked into view, pausing for the briefest second as she saw Shoko on myp, her lips glossy near mine, as she turned around and began to walk away.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Seems to be a bad time. I''ll catch up with youter,” she walked away.
<span style="font-weight:400">…It wouldn''t look good to leave Shoko to chase after Mai Senpai. That would have two displeased girls after me. As she said, we''ll catch each otherter. For now, I let her go and returned my focus to Shoko.
<span style="font-weight:400">We had to return soon after the bell rang.
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<b>[Third Person Point of View]</b>
<span style="font-weight:400">Issei Hyuudo had a new crush. It was not the first time he had a crush on one of his Senseis, but a part of him felt this one was different.
<span style="font-weight:400">His tummy tickled with butterflies as he looked at her white hair dance in the air, as she tapped her chalk on the board, writing words that Issei''s eyes blurred out. Every so often, their eyes meet and she''ll give him a smile.
<span style="font-weight:400">She was definitely into him.
<span style="font-weight:400">‘No way, a teacher is showing interest in me… plus she''s a foreigner… ahh, look at her skin~’ Issei was drooling as he stared at her. In his fantasy, as he daydreamed about his future with her, he didn''t even realize how time passed and the ss ended.
<span style="font-weight:400">The ringing of the bell brought him back to his senses, as the Sensei said goodbyes to the students and walked over.
<span style="font-weight:400">“U-uh, wait,” Issei jumped up off his seat and rushed to follow her. He didn''t know what he''d tell her, but it only felt right to go say something to her. She was pretty, so the male teachers would be after her, and many other students would too. So he needed to stand out somehow.
<span style="font-weight:400">Issei ran out of the ssroom and found Rossweisse Sensei already at the end of the hall. He slowed down to follow her, unwilling to embarrass himself by running and possibly slipping, while keeping his speed up.
<span style="font-weight:400">He walked to the end of the hallway and took a turn, and that''s when he paused.
<span style="font-weight:400">The entire air in the area changed. Danger filled the air and the wind seemed to hum with music.
<span style="font-weight:400">The washroom was in that way, and from there, Aquamarine Hoshino walked with a wet face, running a hand through his hair. Issei paused, and in front of him, his new crush Sensei paused harder.
<span style="font-weight:400">She stared at Aqua in shaky silence as he approached her while putting his hands in his pockets.
<span style="font-weight:400">“What a coincidence to meet you here,” he said to Rossweisse, and Issei shivered as he peeked from behind the wall. It was the first time Issei sensed anger from the younger man. Even when he had his limbs broken by Aqua, he was calm, but now the anger in his voice was unmistakable.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Be careful,” he reached out a hand and gently ced it on her shoulder. “I''m not sure what you''re nning but… it''ll be a pity for you to end up dead.”
<span style="font-weight:400">That''s all he said, but he didn''t remove his hand from her shoulder just yet. He looked into her eyes, his cold blue eyes looking deep into her shaky blue ones, until he squeezed her shoulder hard and mmed her down to his knees.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Augh-!” She groaned in pain, falling to her knees, and he looked down at her in cold silence.
<span style="font-weight:400">“S-sensei!” Issei shouted and rushed out of his hiding ce to crouch by her side, “Are you alright?!”
<span style="font-weight:400">Unlikest time, he didn''t attack Aqua. It was rare for him to learn from mistakes, but he had done so this time around. Still, he raised his head and red at Aqua. “You arrogant bastard! Is this how you treat your teachers?!”
<span style="font-weight:400">“....” Aqua stared at him in silence, “Hey, red dragon, advise your host to be wiser. I will kill him if he bothers me again.”
<span style="font-weight:400">Issei felt a shiver in his heart as an aura of pure authority filled the area. Issei tried to open his mouth, but he found no courage to. He groaned and looked away, looking at Rossweisse to find her frowning at the floor with a defeated look on her face. That made something burn in Issei''s heart, but the voice of Ddraig kept him sane.
<b>[Do not be impatient, friend. This Tiger is extremely dangerous.] </b><span style="font-weight:400">The soft, feminine yet reliable voice of Ddraig warned him. <b>[If you want to stand against him, you can do itter. You have to grow stronger.]</b>
<span style="font-weight:400">Aqua dropped his aura when neither Issei nor Rossweisse said anything. He began to walk and left them behind.
<span style="font-weight:400">When he finally left the area, the air grew less tense and Issei sighed.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Are you alright, Sensei?” he asked, his voice filled with worry.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Y-yes,” she said, but she didn''t sound very alright.
<span style="font-weight:400">In truth, Issei remembered her. He had seen her with that Goddess Hel and also seen Aqua fight her. Was that the reason why she was so scared of him?
<span style="font-weight:400">How could he bully her like that when she wasn''t an enemy right now? Plus she was a woman! Couldn''t he be more gentle?
<span style="font-weight:400">“He''s such a viin,” Issei growled and looked at her. “Don''t worry, Sensei. I… I will keep you safe from him. Just give me a bit of time, I''ll grow stronger.”
<span style="font-weight:400">Rossweisse looked up at him, a light of surprise in her eyes. A momentter, she smiled thinly.
<span style="font-weight:400">That filled Issei''s heart with resolve.
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<span style="font-weight:400">Rossweisse felt bad. She didn''t like using another, unrted person for her own gain, but if there was anyone who could beat that monster, it would be the Red Dragon Emperor with his Boosted Gear.
<span style="font-weight:400">The main n was still seduction, but she had less faith in that than Brigid did. She needed a backup for the future, and who was a better choice than the wielder of the Boosted Gear?
<span style="font-weight:400">School ended for the day, and Rose reunited with Brigid outside school. They walked to a building not far from here, their apartment.
<span style="font-weight:400">“This ce is so shabby,” Brigid entered behind her andmented as she closed the door and took off her shoes.
<span style="font-weight:400">As a Demigod, daughter of Thor, she had lived as a princess. A battle princess, but a princess nheless. A normal apartment could never match her usual residence. However, she didn''tin for long. In her long life, she had lived in many shabby ces too.
<span style="font-weight:400">“How did it go?” Rose asked Brigid who grumbled.
<span style="font-weight:400">“You saw how it did, he won''t even talk to me,” Brigid crossed her arms. Rose, in fact, had indeed noticed that. She took a damned ss in his ssroom right after her encounter with Aqua in the hallway. Brigid continued, “When they told me that he loved women and that this would be easy, I thought he''d take pleasure in seducing the daughter of an enemy he has defeated. Turns out that he''s not that impulsive.”
<span style="font-weight:400">Rose noticed that too. He was… scary. It was embarrassing for a Valkyrie to admit that, but it was true.
<span style="font-weight:400">Brigid sighed and slumped on her ass on the couch. Rose also took a seat, sitting opposite her, and said, “Let''s not worry too much about that. It''s a long-term n, it''s odd to assume it''d unfold on the first day. We should let him ease around us instead.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Yeah, I think he''s scared of us, too,” said Brigid as she cleaned her ear. “After all, we are from a big pantheon even if we are using the banished story.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Uh…” Rose wasn''t really sure about the first part. She couldn''t imagine him being scared.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Yeah,” Brigid sighed. “We’ll take it slow for now. I heard his sister is training to be an Idol, and her big debut is going to be at this big idol event in the iing weeks, I don''t fucking know. I think he might be a lot more rxed since it''s a good thing for his sister. When he''ll be in a good mood, we can try our luck again.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Oh,” Rossweisse was surprised that her friend was using her brain for once. It was always her who did it, instead. “Sounds like a n. Let''s go through it.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Great,” she smirked and nodded.
<span style="font-weight:400">In the meantime, they''ll try to soften their way into his defenses anyway. The main part of seduction would happen in bed, as that''s when Lady Freya’s powers would go off in their bodies.
<span style="font-weight:400">He''ll be all enchanted.
<span style="font-weight:400">As a former mortal and new Demigod, he will never see iting. And if somehow things went awry, Lady Freya said she could step in herself briefly.
<span style="font-weight:400">The young man''s fate was sealed.
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