"Yoo, friend Hajime-kun! It's a great morning too today!"
"Good morning, friend Hajime-kun! Ah, let me hold your bag for you until in front of
the classroom."
At the morning in February with its intense cold. Hajime who arrived at school was
greeted by his classmates Nakano Shinji and Saitou Yoshiki who was purposefully
standing by nearby the shoe rack, lying in ambush of him.
For some reason they were addressing Hajime like a close friend with amiable smile
that looked gross. In addition, they were calling him with his first name, something
that they had never done even once before.
Hajime directed a suspicious gaze at the smiling two. For the time being, he confirmed
that there was no ordinary student around who was watching…
"Kaori. Recovery magic please."
"Right, this looks like a serious illness. I'll go with the highest class magic. ――"Holy
Scripture"!"
Kaori who was going to school with him showered down the light of highest class light
element recovery magic "Holy Scripture" with pinpoint precision toward Shinji and
Yoshiki's heads.
*Flash* The two's head shined.
"Who are you calling seriously ill!"
"That's right! We are acting like usual right? Aren't we friends――"
This time a divine light showered down on the two's head. It was the age of god magic
that surpassed the highest class recovery magic――regeneration magic.
"Stop it, Shirasaki-san! Stop applying magic wordlessly like that!"
"I'll also said this in advance, stop looking at us with a pitying gaze like that as though
we are tremendously pitiful people!"
The two tried to brush off the radiance dwelling in their head by tapping their hair.
Hajime was sighing while changing his shoes.
"And? Why are you two coming at me with behavior that is inviting nausea like that
right from the morning? If you two are picking a fight, I'll respond with the harassment
methods that I had thought of until 108 types of them though…"
" "We are super sorry" "
Shinji and Yoshiki bowed their head with beautiful harmony. However, it appeared
they had some kind of objective, they were only moving their mouths mumblingly
without trying to talk.
"What's the matter with the two of them I wonder?"
"Who knows? Perhaps they picked up and ate some strange thing? More importantly
let's go quickly to the classroom."
Hajime urged Kaori to keep going looking terribly uninterested. Shinji and Yoshiki
were following after them slowly.
While they were going to their classroom, they were feeling a strangely restless and
nervous atmosphere and attention, especially from the first years. Hajime and group
getting attention were something regular, but this felt more than usual.
"? What? The atmosphere is strange somehow."
"H~m, you're right. I wonder what's going on… wait, ah, so it's that."
It seemed Kaori guessed something from the attitude of the underclassman girls.
"What's going on?"
"Ahaha, see, it's that. The thing that is also making Myuu-chan high spirited."
"…Aa, Valentine huh."
'I see', Hajime nodded. Behind him, Shinji and Yoshiki twitched.
"Yep. It will be tomorrow. Look forward to it, Hajime-kun. I'll make an extraordinarily
delicious one for you."
"I see. I'm happy to hear that."
From behind, *gan gan gan-* the sound of fierce collision resounded. When the two
looked back wondering what happened, there the sight of Shinji and Yoshiki bashing
their head on the corridor's wall looking like they were going to shed tear of blood
was…
Hajime and Kaori looked at each other and,
"Come to think of it, is your father all right? This is you Kaori we are talking about.
Surely you prepared one for your father every year right? Last year the event passed
through uneventfully because it was right in the middle of the returnee commotion
after all. Won't he hold expectation for this year?"
"Otou-san is really restless since the day before yesterday you know? It's so
embarrassing to watch him act like that."
They were conversing as though nothing happened while starting to walk once more.
From behind "You guys!? What are you doing!? There is blood coming out!? Like
waterfall!", the voice of a creeped out teacher could be heard, but it was like the BGM
of a boring morning.
"You know Hajime-kun, Otou-san casually left a valentine special edition magazine on
the table. And then, he kept sending glances from slightly far away, checking whether
I noticed or not. Geez, as a daughter, my father acting like that is something that I
shouldn't see, it's embarrassing."
"To, Tomoichi-san… Is it because of me, that he is feeling his share will be in danger
this year so he made that kind of preparation?"
"Right, perhaps so. Recently he is casually sounding me out everyday."
The backbone of Shirasaki family seemed to play his hand every day in order to obtain
chocolate from his daughter. Hajime let out a dry laugh saying "Well, I understand his
feeling".
While the two were talking like that, they arrived at their classroom.
From the discussion between the wive~s, it was decided that they would do "going to
school with just two of them" by turn, so Yue and others were already inside the
classroom.
"…Nn, Hajime, you safe? Kaori didn't do anything to you?"
"What do you mean by that I wonder!? I wonder!?"
Without even giving any greeting, it was Yue-sama's "Kaori bullying first thing in the
morning". Hajime headed to his seat while giving a brief glance at the two who were
starting their daily morning ritual with the usual 'gyaa gyaa'.
"Short time no see de~su, Hajime-san!"
"Good morning, Hajime."
While the classmates were saying "Good morning" at him one after another, Shia and
Shizuku were approaching him, one with a hop *pyon* while the other with a slow
walk.
After Hajime returned their greeting, Shia was hopping up and down *pyon pyon*
while pressing with "Please listen to me-, Hajime-san!".
"What's up? Did something happen on your way to school?"
"That's right. Surprisingly, a hero appeared after so long!"
"…? Amanogawa? How did he return to earth…"
If speaking of hero, then it was Amanogawa Kouki who quickly left school after
returning to earth and went back to Tortus doing "holy precincts' monster
exterminator". Now after more than a year had passed, the degree of freedom in
"opening gate" was increasing, and yet there should be no way that he was able to
freely return by his own power.
Hajime tilted his head looking puzzled. Shia shook her head left and right and
answered.
"It's not that hero, it's about the people who are confessing to me or Yue-san that
recently has decreased in frequency remarkably."
Hearing her words, the classmates who were nonchalantly eavesdropping were
making understanding face saying "Aa, certainly. To attempt to lay their hand of the
demon king's wife, they are indeed hero" in agreement.
About half a year after returning to earth, not to mention the students in this school,
even people from the neighboring schools, universities, and on top of that even
working adult were often doing "street confession" to Yue and co.
Although, they didn't just get rejected, in the middle of their confession, their words
were chopped down along with their love or their ulterior motive.
The number of people with their heart broken, or even their body crushed couldn't be
counted. The rumor spread and the frequency was gradually decreasing. And recently
due to their flawless attitude in their relationship with Hajime (there was also the
effect of the recognition obstruction artifact though), such heroes were vanishing
but…
"Seriously? Why is it happening again suddenly… Is it that? Are they in need of smash?
I'll pin down their location even right now using the compass."
The boys of the class all entered defensive stance for their crotch. Their motion that
was without the slightest disorder was truly beautiful. Their simultaneous shivering
from Shia's words after that "No no, if it's necessary then we will do the smashing
ourselves so it's all right", it also had a magnificent synchronization rate.
"It must be that. As I thought, because the valentine is close, there must be people who
take action with resolve."
"From the male's side? Normally it's the reverse… aa, I see. So it's just like Nakano and
Saitou."
If they were good friend with Hajime, they might receive leftover chocolate from Yue
and co. Such ulterior motive was transparent from the two. The people doing street
confession must be also taking action betting on the one in a million chances.
Although, there was no way unknown people confessing at this late would have any
chance somehow, but today, there were people doing street confession. Just what in
the world they were thinking?
Hajime tilted his head in confusion, however he immediately went "Hm?" and looked
around the classroom.
It seemed Shia's mention of "Valentine" caused reaction. The girls in the class were
strangely restless. They who had survived the scene of carnage in the other world
possessed guts and composure that were incomparable with normal high schooler
and the like, but now their atmosphere was somehow restless.
Among them, Miyasaki Nana who were talking with Sonobe Yuuka and Sugawara
Taeko threw a question casually.
"Hey hey, Shizuku-chi~. Shia-chi~. Sure enough, you two will give Nagumo-chi
chocolate right~?"
"But of course desu! Today, when we get back home, all of us will make chocolate
together with Myuu-chan too!"
"Yes. Although, this is the first valentine for Shia and others, so we won't just make
chocolate to hand to Hajime, but we are going to try making various things too."
After Shia answered "I'm looking forward to it desuu!" energetically, Shizuku replied
while glancing at Hajime looking a bit embarrassed.
The boys in the class were getting a faraway look seeing the two like that. They then
let out conversation that sounded like escaping reality "I think this year it will be just
from Kaa-chan
mother
again I think", or "Haa? What are you saying? Valentine will be
abolished from this year right?". or "Right right, if I'm not mistaken, it will be decided
as a violation international treatise in order to protect the dignity of male student or
something, so it will get abolished you know?", or "There was a large demo wasn't it?
Abolish this unfair system! or something", and so on. That was the conversation of
Tamai Atsushi, Aikawa Noboru, and Nimura Akito, those three.
Exasperated gazes from the class's girls were poured on those three.
When Nana heard what Shia and Shizuku said, she made a wide grin and poked
repeatedly on Yuuka beside her.
"You hear thaaat, Yuuka-chi. Everyone will give chocolate to Nagumo-chi they say~"
"So, so what?"
"It's not so what riight~. Yuuka-chi too need to work hard. Staying as just a mistre――"
"I'll send you flying, Nana."
When Nana was about to say something, Yuuka grasped her mouth *mugyuu* and
stopped her. Nana tried to make Yuuka let go with muffled 'mui mui*, but the fingertips
of Yuuka who was blushing faintly were displaying powerful grip like a vise and
wouldn't let go.
Taeko chuckled in amusement and turned the aim of the talk at Hajime.
"What do you think Nagumo-kun? Yuuka's chocolate. Yuuka is also good at making
sweets, that's why the taste is guaranteed you know?"
"Wai-, wait Taeko!"
Yuuka stopped her in panic, but it seemed she was curious about Hajime's reaction,
because she was sending him restless glances.
During that time, it seemed she was forgetting to manage the strength in her grip. Her
claws were digging into Nana's lips, causing Nana to turn teary saying "Hi, higih, it will
get shredded-!?", but Yuuka-chan didn't notice.
While the class's attention was inadvertently focused on him, Hajime was staring in
puzzlement before his gaze turned to empty space as though he had recalled
something.
And then,
"Come to think of it, yesterday, when I went to your restaurant to drink coffee
yesterday, you made me ate a test piece choco stick as freebie right? That was certainly
delicious. Like, the bitterness was exquisite or something."
"Wai-, Nagumo-, I told you to keep it secret!"
The classmates thought.
This girl, she damn stole the first move!, in their mind.
Yuuka more or less explained "It's a test piece and I don't know whether to put it into
menu, so keep it secret!" at the restaurant, but seeing Yuuka's absurdly flustered act,
it was highly possible that it was just her excuse on the surface.
'Doing something like giving it at the big day is impossible, but he came to the
restaurant at great timing like this… perhaps I should make him eat the choco that I
had secretly practiced to make', it was something like that.
Yuuka's shoulder was grabbed hard. If she turned around, that person would be there.
"Yuuka-chan?"
"Hih!? Tha, that's not it! It's a misunderstanding!"
From behind, Kaori-san brought her face closer *nuu* with a nice smile. Even though
she was making persistent exchange with Yue until just now, and yet unnoticed she
had stood behind her.
And then, Yuuka's two best friends withdrew from that place with similar "unnoticed"
speed.
Yuuka was making various excuses of this and that. Kaori stared at her while smiling
cheerfully. Everyone averted their gaze from those two and resumed talking as though
nothing had happened.
But, there, this time it was Ryutaro who dropped a bomb.
"Then, Nagumo. In the end, which one that will make you happiest when you received
it? Will it be the one from Yue-san as expected?"
"Ryu-kun!? Delicacy!"
The composed Ryutaro who would receive chocolate for certain this year, what's more
it would be a serious chocolate. The atmosphere of the boys in the class was like "This
bastard stealing a march like that" where it felt like they would spit out anytime.
Ryutaro didn't have even the slightest ill will when he said that, but for such a simple
question it was truly lacking in delicacy. The classmates, especially the girls were
candidly listening attentively.
Yue brushed up her fluffy golden hair with one hand *fuaasaa-*. The triumphant look
on her face was unsurpassed by anything. It seemed that she believed that she was
number one without even a shred of doubt.
'Say it! Now, Hajime, say it! Say the obvious and only answer!'
She seemed to want to say that.
Shia was going "Mumumu-. Hajime-san, it's fine to choose me as number one
sometimes you know?". Her unseen rabbit ears were flopping *myon myon* in an
appeal.
Shizuku was smiling wryly, but as expected she was sending him a gaze that was
slightly in expectation.
Kaori and Yuuka too were also stopping their small judgment and sent glances.
The boys got the premonition of carnage and gulped tensely.
Like that, inside the classroom that was visited with a strange silence, Hajime
answered.
Easily.
"Eh? The one from Myuu though?"
'Why are you asking something so obvious?', his puzzled face seemed to want to say
that.
In a sense, that answer should be just as expected. He wouldn't give vague answer like
"Everyone" or "Anyone". 1 or 0. White or black. The demon king's answer could only
be one!
Ryuutaro said "O, ou… I see" while his gaze was darting around. While he was doing
that, *thud* there was a sound of something collapsing.
"Yu, Yue-san!? Are you okay!? Yue-san falling on all four is super rare though!"
"Wait Yue! Get a hold of yourself!"
Yue was crumbling down on all fours. Shia and Shizuku rushed toward her in panic.
In addition, Suzu requested for rescue to Kaori.
"Kaorin! Recovery magic!"
"Heey, Yue♪ Just now, how do you feel? Yue who got her first position taken away by
her daughter after feeling convinced that she is number one, how do you feel about
that? Hey hey, heey I'm asking you♪"
"Kaorii, just because you are often get bullied, don't corner Yue-san by making full use
of this chanceee!"
Kaori was speaking provocation just like Miledy while walking around Yue with light
footsteps singingly *ranranra~n♪*. Yuuka was flustered while sending her
remonstrating words.
"…This is-, the taste of defeat! Ah, I'll call out Kaori behind the gymnasium later."
Yue-sama reflected upon the defeat while swearing vengeance toward Kaori.
As expected, Hajime felt a bit awkward seeing that and he made his justification.
"No, well, see. It can't be helped right? That Myuu, she is really getting into it. She is
making choco cake since around a week ago. And she even said something like, 'even
though there is quarters
four kinds in one
in pizza, 'it's strange that there is nothing like that in
choco cake'."
"Haa? Could it be she meant that? She want to make a whole cake that is made from
four type of cakes into one?"
Hajime smiled wryly and nodded at Ryuutaro's words that were meant to say"Oi oi,
Myuu-chan's concept is just too tricky there".
"She was working hard that wholeheartedly saying [Myuu will present papa with the
best quarters choco cake nano!] while there was chocolate cream stuck on her nose
tip you know? I thought I was going to die in agony there."
Understanding voices "Aa~" came from here and there inside the class. Indeed, it was
an overly powerful mental attack from the beloved daughter. Surely it inflicted lethal
damage to the father.
Yue also stood up while saying "…Nn. I too, when I was told [Myuu will present Yueoneechan with cherry as crimson as your eyes nano!], I got nosebleed" while
recounting about her dying experience. Color of understanding was gradually
appearing in her face.
Shia and others were also talking. According to their story, it seemed Myuu intended
to present each Onee-chan with chocolate cake that expressed each of their
characteristic trait.
"That's, it must be unbearable. Aa~, I also want Myuu-chan's chocolate now."
"Right? I'm thinking, that if it's for Myuu's sake I'll destroy the world."
"What are you going to do destroying the world"
"I'm wrong. If it's for Myuu's sake, I can pillage all the cacao and sugar in the world."
"No, that's not really different from previously."
Hajime displayed his doting parent quality. He could actually do what he said, so it
wasn't really a laughing matter. Ryutaro made tsukkomi at such Hajime. Not just the
classmates, even Yue and others were also showing exasperated face.
The morning of Valentine day.
"…"
Hajime was wordlessly sending a fixed gaze at the breakfast on the table.
On the plate that was plastic wrapped like onigiri, a very bizarre black object was
placed.
When he shifted his gaze to the side, there was a letter placed there.
[To my beloved son. It's valentine choco that is packed with plenty of love from mother.
Enjoy it as breakfast replacement. It's not a failed work you know? This is just a result
of not succeeding using this method.]
She was saying something like what Edison-san would say, but in the end it seemed
she was just pushing the cleaning up of her failed work to her son.
Them where was the success work?
"How passionate isn't it, ufufu."
Remia who seemed to be the one who was making the real breakfast arrived while
going 'my my ufufu'.
Hajime said thanks to her while taking his seat. He completely agreed with her.
The success work, that was to say the actual chocolate must be brought by Shuu
anyway within his bag so that he could it in his company while boasting about it, while
laughing loudly in front of his subordinates who were bachelor and didn't have lover.
Shia who was also coming out from the kitchen spoke cheerfully.
"By the way, we have given ours too, so Tou-sama
father
's bag is littered all over with
chocolates. That Tou-sama, it seems he will line everything up on his company desk."
"He is really planning to instigate everyone there. Even though some people were just
grumbling to him that they got dumped by their girlfriend or their wife return to her
parent's house…"
"It will become a scene of carnage there nano~!"
Myuu was sitting beside the exasperated Hajime while happily saying the words that
shouldn't be said, looking like she was really in enjoyment. Hajime-papa's cheeks were
twitching slightly.
After that, Yue and Tio also arrived and they began breakfast like usual.
"Papa, papa."
"Hm?"
Myuu who was stuffing her cheeks with the swe~et rolled egg exclusive for herself
called out to Hajime. There was a scrap of rolled egg stuck at the corner of her lips,
Hajime took it while tilting his head.
Myuu tensed her expression and spoke while having her mouth wiped.
"Today, come back home faster than wind, nano."
"Leave it to me. I'll even fly across space."
"No, let's just go back home normally. Or rather, it will be Myuu-chan who come back
later if Hajime-san get back that fast."
Shia's tsukkomi exploded.
Myuu had worked hard from yesterday evening until the night, so it appeared her
valentine preparation had finished. Myuu's specially made quarters choco cake and
the character choco for all the Onee-chan were slumbering slowly within the
refrigerator.
It was a rare chance, so today Kaori, Shizuku, and also Aiko would come to Nagumo
family house to accept Myuu's choco.
After finishing breakfast, for some reason Tio and Remia left the house first. Usually
the student group would be first, but were they busy today?
Even while thinking it was strange, it would be troubling if some bunches who were
still harboring ephemeral dream for Yue and others were to be crowding around them
nonchalantly, so today Yue and Shia, and even Myuu who would be going to nursery
school went out of the home together.
By the way, this year Myuu would enroll into elementary school. Hajime-papa had
finished producing a backpack artifact that was fully loaded with gimmick like missile,
laser, and the like. It could even be used to freely fly in the sky. The functions would
make even Tony ○tark-san's eyes snapped wide open.
Myuu was holding hand with Hajime while talking excitedly about the valentine party
tonight. Yue and Shia and naturally Hajime too were hearing her talk while feeling
warm and fluffy right from the morning.
Like that, the group arrived in front of the station. Originally they would ride the train
here, but Myuu's nursery school was at the other side of the station, so today they
would cross the street and went until the nursery school.
The heartwarming atmosphere of three high school students and a little girl caused
man and woman, young and old, going to school or to work to send them glances. Their
expression loosened as though they had that warmth shared with them slightly.
But, at that time, there were two silhouettes running toward them from behind the
cover of a large object in front of the station. It was two girls wearing sailor uniform,
one with black hair and the other one with emeral blond hair.
"Goshuji――Hajime-kun♪ I wish thee wouldst receive this valentine choco!"
"Uu, Ha, Hajime-san. Please accept this…"
The people at the surrounding opened their eyes wide in surprise at the sight of a
young man who was already accompanied by two beautiful girls getting valentine
chocolate from another two beautiful girls.
The females were half creeped out thinking "Uaa, would this become carnage? Or
rather, that boy, is he totally popular!?", while the other half seemed to be in
admiration, but the males were clicking their tongues in synchronization.
The heartwarming atmosphere until just now vanished. Now there was the air of
peevishness that seemed to really want to say "Fall to hell!". Naturally there must be
some men among them that also had fiance e or girlfriend, but for every man to be like
that without exception must be because of the appearance of Yue and others as
expected.
But, for Hajime it wasn't the time for that. Or rather, the people at the surrounding also
noticed something out of place in proportion to the degree that they paid attention.
'Eh? Somehow, those two… are they really student?', was in their mind.
"Ti, Tio. Remia… you two, what are you doing?"
Yes, the two who came wearing sailor uniform like adolescent youth, to be frank they
were Tio and Remia. It seemed this was why they left the house earlier.
Tio looked triumphant, while Remia looked so red he was worried that she might
explode at this rate.
"Just as thou couldst see, we art trying to have the person in our heart to receiveth our
valentine choco."
"I know that. What I'm asking is about this abnormal situation that make me want to
escape reality."
"We too wisheth to try experiencing the springtime of student for a bit."
*Sharara* Tio twirled on the spot. Her skirt fluttered gently. Her black hair flowed in
the air. *Wink* She finished it with a wink, then Tio-san asked.
"How's that? Mine "sailor uniform look", it's really tempting correct?"
Hajime grinned widely and said.
"It's really creepy, Klarus-san."
"I'm called with mine family name!? Klarus-san, that hurts though!?"
'That reaction is just strange!' Is what Klarus-san seemed to want to say.
'Rather, it's your head that is strange', Hajime wanted to say, but, well, this was Tio. She
was a pervert from the start. Blundering like this was her forte.
The problem was,
"Remia…"
"Please, don't say anything…"
Most likely, she got carried away by Tio's momentum and she thought that this would
be a display of her playfulness, but it seemed that when the time came to practice it
for real, she was so embarrassed she could die.
It was without a doubt that the uniform looked good on them in a sense, but the
atmosphere they were clad in was completely that of an adult, so no matter what they
looked like they were doing indecent cosplay. That point was the problem.
Even from among the people around, some were stopping still even though it was a
busy time in the morning and began to stare hard at the two. Such people continued
to appear from the crowd.
Remia wouldn't meet Hajime's gaze no matter what. Myuu briskly approached such
Remia.
"Mama."
"Myu, Myuu?"
Myuu looked up at her sailor uniform mother and *plop* she put her hand on Remia's
hand. She then spoke with an expression that looked really like a kind adult woman.
"Mama, you must be tired. Myuu will help out more, that's why let's take a bit of rest?"
Remia crumbled. She said "I want to return to sea!" while crouching and covering her
face with both hands.
"Oops, we wouldst be late if we doth not go soon. Then, Goshujin-sama, these art choco
from me and Remia. Please accept them."
"Aah, yeah, well, that's. Thanks."
Hajime's face was conflicted, however, it was more or less something prepared for him,
so he said thanks and accepted.
Tio said "Both of us wouldst send off Myuu. Now, let's go! Remia, Myuu!". She helped
Remia stood up and pulled her hand while carrying Myuu in her arm and rushed away.
"Wai-, please wait a second, Tio-san!? Don't tell me we are going to the nursery school
looking like this!?"
"Is there any problem?"
"There is nothing but problem! How will the teachers and other parents look at us!?
I'm begging you please let me change~~~~~e!"
The scream of Remia who was mercilessly being dragged away while demanding to
change clothes resounded in front of the station.
However, there was no way for seaman race to win against the physical strength of
dragon race. The mother and daughter were easily dragged away by the hopeless
dragon-sama.
"In a sense, it's Remia's figure like that that is rarer than the sailor uniform
appearance."
"Remia-san getting flustered like that cannot be seen that often after all."
"…Nn. A sad incident."
Hajime, Shia, and Yue, the three of them nodded to each other with half a smile. Then
they entered the station as though nothing had happened.
After arriving at school and going to the shoe rack, a booby trap was activated.
"Hajime-san, this is a really elaborate mechanism. My family will be in admiration
seeing this."
"…Nn. Recently, the technique of soul sisters is rapidly improving."
Seeing the trap that was prepared near the shoe rack, Shia went "Hohou" in
admiration, while Yue immediately thought of the perpetrator in her mind and made
a complicated expression. Hajime was staring fixedly.
He dismantled the trap, changed into his indoor shoes, and advanced toward the
classroom inside the school building that was filled with vague giddy atmosphere.
Then at the front he saw Aiko and the vice principal.
The vice principal had his back turned on Hajime and others while facing Aiko. Aiko
immediately noticed them and greeted with her gaze. It seemed that she was in the
middle of talking with the vice principal.
"――That's why, please focus your mind constantly in this kind of day."
"Ye, yes. That's, yes, of course, vice principal-sensei."
It seemed Aiko was receiving pointer. Like last time, Hajime and co erased their
presence and sneaked behind the vice principal.
"Especially, Hatayama-sensei. You have the tendency to be too close to your students.
Don't do anything like making ruckus together with them!"
Hajime took a fighting pose behind the vice principal. And then, he told Aiko "This
guys is always nagging on and on and on and on every day, let's send him flying at least
once!" using his strong gaze and provoked with punching gesture.
"That's obviously out of the question!"
"Wha, what? Ha, Hatayama-sensei! What do you mean by that!? Don't tell me, you. You
have also prepared that…"
By the time Hajime and co were approaching sneakily, the vice principal's talk only
entered from her right ear before going out from her left ear. Because of that she was
wondering what the vice principal meant by "that" and tilted her head.
If she remembered right, the gist of what the vice principal was talking about until just
now was about being careful so that nothing like illicit sexual relationship or the like
would happen because of the valentine day.
And then, because of the returnee commotion previously, the project of making a
manual that listed out the countermeasure for every situation carried out. The other
day, an instruction was given for the teachers to think of countermeasure that could
be put into the manual, about the correct way to deal with the students who would
enter a festive mood in this kind of eventful day.
Aiko was convinced "That's it!". She felt terrified of her own deductive ability!
"Of course, I have prepared it! There is no way I'll forget!"
"What, the!?… No, you must mean that. You mean, it will be for your fellow teachers
right? Well, if it's you being considerate…"
Aiko went "Uh" at a loss of words. "Fellow teachers" ――in other words, vice principal
seemed to be holding expectation that Aiko was having several ideas.
But, but still!
"I'm sorry… I only have one."
"What, the…"
Vice principal-sensei was shaken. His wig was already shifting. Behind him, Hajime
and co were watching the exchange between Aiko and vice principal with deep
interest. No, it was only Shia who slowly and quietly reached with her hand to attempt
righting the shifted wig. What a kind rabbit.
The vice principal pushed up his glasses twice or thrice and asked while getting
complicatedly self-aware of the surrounding. Of course, Hajime and co were also
continuously moving to his blind spot in accordance with the motion of his gaze.
"Hatayama-sensei. That's, I'll ask just in case but… that's, who are you planning to give
it to?"
To who? It was obvious. The one who gave the instruction to think of idea was the vice
principal. Then, the one she would hand it to would be,
"Obviously it's for vice principal-sensei!"
"!!?"
Mayday! Mayday! The wig is going to fall down even now!
The wig was sliding down in accordance with the heavy trembling of the vice principal
due to the great shock. The vice principal didn't even notice the danger above his head
while his mouth was opening and closing like fish, then,
"I said it before but… I have, a wife and a child alreadyyyyyyyyyy-"
"Eeh!?"
Vice principal-sensei turned around in a flash and ran away.
Hajime and co instantly retreated to the side, but Shia's finger that was trying to fix
the wig's position grazed the wig and became lethal instead.
The wig fluttered in the air…
The cool and clear morning sunlight was reflected with a momentary flash on the vice
principal's head.
"Se, sensei! Vice principal-senseii! Your wig-, your wig feeell! Don't enter into the staff
rooooom-! The atmosphere there will be unbearable agaiiiiiin-"
Aiko caught the wig midair and chased behind the vice principal. Her voice resounded
inside the building.
"…Nn. A sad incident."
"Even though it's valentine, there are a lot of sad incidents."
"Surely, valentine is made up with nothing but this kind of things that shouldn't
happen."
Hajime and co looked at each other with a really conflicted look before they headed to
the classroom together.
They entered the classroom and greeted their classmates, then immediately after that,
"Gooodd mo~~~rning! Onee-samaa! Your beloved step sister has come!"
The soul sister kouhai
junior
-chan made her entrance. The atmosphere 'she came as
expected' flowed inside the classroom.
Kouhai-chan clicked her tongue as soon as she saw Hajime and muttered.
"Chih. Damn senpai, you are tenacious. So you are safe."
"I can hear you there, kouhai who is making yakuza face right since the morning."
Kouhai-chan leaked out a murmur that sounded like a confession of being the
perpetrator of the morning booby trap.
But just when Hajime thought that, kouhai-chan made a cheerful smile and presented
a choco.
"It was only my passion surging out for a bit. Please accept this as my apology,
Nagumo-senpai."
*Murmur*, part of the boys――especially Shinji and Yoshiki were shaken. This man
could receive chocolate from even kouhai-chan who was considering him as her sworn
enemy!? Was what they thought.
Hajime stared still at kouhai-chan, then he put the bite sized choco into his mouth.
And then, after he chewed a few times, he spoke with an expression as though he had
just his expectation proved.
"Oi, kouhai. You put too much laxative inside."
*Murmur*, the classroom was stirred. *Pyuu~* Kouhai-chan was whistling with
feigned ingnorance. Shudder ran through the classroom at her terrifying act of serving
poison to the demon king.
Thanks to the "Poison Resistance", nothing happened to Hajime. He briskly
approached kouhai-chan. Kouha-chan ran away.
Without moving to cut off her path, Hajime pinioned her from behind!
"Wha, what is it senpai!? This is sexual harassment you know!?"
"Nn~, you, you still have some left right? Come on, I'll try sampling it a bit."
With a way of talking that was like a delinquent extorting someone, Hajime put his
hands on kouhai-chan's armpits and shook her up and down. A scream "stop iiitt~"
came from kouhai-chan, but of course, Hajime didn't stop.
"Where is it… hm? Is it here?"
"N, noo. Where are you putting your hand into――hyahn. Wai, don't go theree!"
The demon king-sama flipped kouhai-chan's shirt, thrust his hand around the stomach
area and groped around. Without even being able to escape, her raw stomach was
groped around. Kouhai-chan was writhing while turning red.
As expected, Shizuku couldn't bear to see the super sexual harassment that occurred
right in the morning and she cut in.
"Wait Hajime! No matter what that's overdoi――"
"Oo, there it is. This one is for Shizuku right?"
Saying that, Hajime took away a choco that was enthusiastically wrapped from
between her skirt and stomach. Was she warming it by Hideyoshi style…? It was
worrying whether the chocolate had melted or not. (TN: The tale of Hideyoshi warming
Nobunaga's shoes by putting it inside his clothes.)
Kouhai-chan went limp on the legs, her face was bright red while she was breathing
roughly. She was murmuring "My stomach that became squishy from sampling food
too much got toyed by senpai…".
Hajime mercilessly tore the wrapping of the chocolate for Shizuku and put the content
into his mouth.
"Aa~~~! The serious chocolate I prepared for Onee-sama's sake! How dare you! Even
if it's senpai, this is unforgiva――"
"As I thought, something is put inside. This is… aphrodisiac right?"
"I don't really understand what is senpai talking about there."
Shizuku's fierce gaze pierced kouhai-chan. Even the classmates were sending her
piercing gaze with creeped out expression that seemed to want to say "Uwaa, this girl
really did it".
Kouhai-chan was starting to trickle cold sweat a lot. Then she ran away like a darting
rabbit.
Demon king-sama circled around her. And then, he stuffed the remaining aphrodisiac
filled choco into kouha-chan's mouth, then pinioned her and blocked her mouth with
his hand to make her swallow.
'Muuuh, muuuh' kouhai-chan groaned, but her resistance ended up in vain and she
gulped. Hajime who saw that released her, then right away,
"I, I'll remember thiiiiss――, this damn brutish senpaiiii-"
She spat out a parting threat and ran away. Perhaps the medicine was a powerful one
with immediate effect. She was writhing strangely while walking pigeon toed. It was
truly a scene that made one went speechless.
"That girl, where did she get her hand on something like aphrodisiac?"
Atsushi tilted his head while saying that, then Noboru and Akito shrugged their
shoulders and replied.
"She is the female high-school student who has adventure everyday. Surely she got
involved with something again and obtained it at that time."
"It's troubling because that sound possible. That girl, it feels like one day she will get
a secret treasure that she picked up from somewhere."
'Certainly', everyone nodded.
After that, Nana distributed chocolates that the girls of the class made to the boys.
Shinji and Yoshiki wolfed down the chocolate while crying.
Actually, Myuu also had Hajime brought an assortment of mini choco for the
classmates, saying "For always taking care of papa, nano". The classmates whether
boys or girls ate it with relish.
Yue and others who didn't know it went "…Somehow, she is like a good wife", and they
made a slightly shuddering expression at Myuu's detailed attention.
By the way, about the chocolates that the girls prepared, other than the chocolates for
the boys, they also prepared "offering for demon king-sama". A single bead of
chocolate from each of the girl classmates, they were all put together inside a square
box.
No matter how the boys saw it, the dedication put into it was at different level from
the chocolate they received. Somehow it gave a "serious" atmosphere, it was an
extremely splendid chocolate.
The lightless eyes of Kaori and Yue looked around staringly at the girls, but the girls
averted their gaze quickly with a splendidly harmonious movement.
Also,
"Ah, this one is from me!"
The moment Suzu said that and pointed at one of the chocolates, it went without
saying that Ryutaro then challenged the demon king into a duel.
Of course, Suzu immediately presented him with the serious choco and the two of
them brought about an atmosphere that was unique to a couple where they began to
act shyly with each other, it was also went without saying that after that the boys
challenged Ryutaro into duel.
Also, at the corner of the roused up classroom, Tsuji Ryoko secretly handed over choco
to Nomura Kentarou. Hajime and others noticed that, but they pretended to not see
anything with a lukewarm feeling.
"? The choco that was over here, anyone know where it is gone to?"
Nagayama Juugo noticed that the mass produced chocolate for the boys that he had
secured for himself was gone and raised his voice.
"Ah, sorry. I ate it."
"Uoh!? Wait, Kousuke huh. So you are here."
"I'm here. I came normally. I was beside you for about ten minutes already."
Kousuke who was moving his mouth in chewing motion. With this everyone finally
became aware of Kousuke.
Right away, Shinji and Yoshiki were reminded of something and picked quarrel with
him.
"Oi, Endo. You bastard, why are you eating choco normally huh?"
"Eh? Wha, what's with you. Is there anything wrong with me eating it?"
"Obviously! You bastard, you have someone to give you serious choco already. Several
of them! Yes, several! These chocolates are for the boys who aren't blessed! Leave!
"Nonchalantly a harem bastard" like you, just leave! Abyss lord, vanish!"
It was as though he was driving away evil spirit.
Kousuke was overwhelmed and backed away while making justification at least.
"No, I haven't received any chocolate here. Rather, the plan is for me to be the one
giving the present."
A shock ran through the boys. Certainly, they had heard that the custom of "from
female to male" was uniquely applied in Japan. At abroad, the mainstream seemed to
be "the male conveying their love to female".
Although, for a friend of them to plan to practice it for real, from their point of view it
was a shock as though they were shown the difference of status between them.
"…So, so, this is, the nonchalantly the mankind's strongest."
"The demon king's right hand man… that title ain't just for show."
"The abyss of Abyssgate Lord… it's deep."
"Don't call me Abyssgate"
With this and that, Hajime and co were heating up until Aiko came for the morning
assembly. After that, they staved off the second and third attack from kouhai-chan and
her fellow soul sisters, Hajime got aimed by a strangely passionate male kouhai, and
the backbone of Shirasaki family who came until school to pick up his daughter after
school was over and got turned away by the said daughter. It was after all of those they
finally returned home safely.
Aiko and Kaori, Shizuku, furthermore even Liliana was taken away from the kingdom.
That night the house of Nagumo family was bustling with the valentine chocolate
party.
Myuu's quarters chocolate cake was made with splendid workmanship. It was a whole
cake, what's more it was huge. Midway Hajime got heartburn, but he finished eating
all of it with the support of chugging in espresso.
It seemed that Myuu obtained self-confidence in making sweets after seeing Hajime's
eating manner that was hearty and joyful. It felt like this would become her hobby.
This activity was very feminine compared to doing war game or having dogfight with
JSDF, so Hajime-papa praised himself in his heart that it was the correct move to finish
eating everything using guts.
"Hajime. Nice guts there, but wouldn't it be fine even if you shared it with Tou-san?"
"It was a cake made by Myuu for me. I won't give it to anyone."
Hajime who looked somewhat pale and Shuu who was making lifeless eyes.
Actually, in the company when Shuu grandly flaunted off the chocolates from his wife
and daughters-in-law with a triumphant look, the bachelor & no girlfriend
subordinates (+subordinate whose wife returned to her parent's home) snapped and
caused a coup d'etat. All the chocolates were plundered by them right in front of his
eyes.
In the end, he couldn't eat even a single one and returned home with lifeless eyes the
whole time.
Although Sumire said "I thought that would happen" and gave him a fondant chocolate
that she saved as reserve. After eating that, it seemed Shuu's mind was mostly
recovered.
And then, while hearing about the sad incident in the nursery school from one other
person who was making eyes like a dead fish, Remia, the valentine day of Nagumo
family kept going on.
"…Nine o'clock huh. When is Hatayama-sensei going to come to give the chocolate…"
Inside the staff room, there was only the vice principal alone. He was doing overtime
work until he had finished the work share for one week, but he still showed no sign of
going home.
He who was recently rumored to get strangely passionate with work after that was
finishing his work for the future one after another until he received a call from his wife
who had snapped.
The day he became the headmaster was near… perhaps.