Shinichi stood in front of the table, looking at each other with the frog-faced doctor.
"Sorry, what did you want to tell me? Class will start soon, please keep it short."
Even though he wanted to be as polite as possible, the other party's distorted expression made him feel a little unstable.
"...Haaaa."
The other party sighed.
"At first, I wanted you to stop infecting others with your seriousness like a virus, but in the end, it seems like that was just my wishful thinking, right?"
"It's good if you understand."
Although it was a bit confusing, in order to avoid more disputes, Shinichi decided not to care too much and used words to urge the other party to let him go quickly.
The frog-faced doctor suddenly coughed in embarrassment.
"By the way, Nakano-san... Yotsuba-chan and you are a couple. This must be my misunderstanding, right?"
Shinichi's calm expression froze slightly, then replied in a serious tone: "Yes! You shouldn't say strange things to Yotsuba?"
"Don't worry, the kid was in a hurry when she came to the infirmary to help. I don't have time to discuss your affairs with her."
"I've said it before, I'm not interested in young adult romantic comedies."
The doctor snorted. When he glanced at the curtain covering the resting area from the corner of his eye, he became serious again.
"But... Your attitude towards the two children really makes people doubt whether you want to be in two different places. After all, having twin lovers is every man's dream."
Shinichi: "😐"
(Didn't you say you weren't interested?)
(Aren't you as gossipy as middle-aged women?)
(As a frog, is it okay to care too much about human emotional life?)
However, because the other party asked the person's privacy directly, Shinichi no longer maintained respect for the old man, and answered directly.
"Don't worry, I don't have any plans to fall in love yet!"
"Tsk, if it weren't for Yotsuba-chan looking so much like my unborn granddaughter, I wouldn't care whether you wanted to fall in love or not."
The toad-faced doctor said disgustedly.
"Okay, it seems I'm quite annoying as an old man. You can go back to class."
Shinichi bowed, and turned to leave.
"If you don't talk, you'll be quite popular with the kids."
"Oh, that's so cool…" The frog-faced doctor looked towards the door of the room and shouted back with a clearly displeased expression on his face.
This person is very interesting...
Leaning back in the chair, the frog-faced doctor looked towards the rest area.
Two similar-looking photos were juxtaposed on the screen behind him, with their names written in two lines of large characters, "Nakano Yotsuba" and "Nakano Itsuki" beneath them.
Some information that can only be accessed by administrative staff is neatly displayed on the side, including the various deeds of the five brothers who formed the forest school committee with Shinichi and received historic praise.
"Not sisters, but a teenage romantic comedy about beautiful quintuplets and a sickly boy?"
"Even an old man like me can't help but be interested..."
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Returning to class, Shinichi continued his class.
On second thought, he still didn't plan on telling the other quintuplets about Itsuki's rest in the infirmary, lest the consecutive visits disturb his rest.
After the second class, he went straight to the office and waited for a while at Mafuyu's desk.
Soon, Mafuyu had finished taking another world history class, walked in and was a little surprised to see him.
"Visitors are rare. What is it?"
"Sensei, you gave Itsuki yesterday…" Shinichi thought for a moment, then suddenly changed his explanation.
"Yesterday Itsuki dared to act and ignored your warning. She wanted to understand all the information before sleeping. As a result, she stayed up until morning. Now she is in the health room to rest because she is not mentally healthy. She also couldn't attend morning classes."
"I'm here to tell you about this and help her apply for leave."
"Itsuki-san, she…" Mafuyu immediately showed an expression of dissatisfaction.
Mafuyu placed the lesson plan in her hands, a little too hard.
"Of course. She felt this way when she asked me for information. I told her not to rush into success, but she still does this…"
She sighed and looked at Shinichi.
"She's just mentally weak, there's nothing wrong with it, right?"
"If she eats a big meal after waking up, she will definitely be more energetic than us." Shinichi smiled, and his joking attitude made Mafuyu's worries disappear, and her expression softened for a moment.
But after that moment, a layer of frost covered her beautiful face.
"After hearing the details from her, Asada-kun, you should have made up your mind?"
"It's only the first day, and Itsuki-san fell because she disobeyed orders and overestimated her own abilities. What about seven days later?"
"I gathered this material during summer vacation. Does she want to read it all in a week? Is she planning to exhaust herself enough to send her to the hospital?"
She said seriously to Shinichi.
"In conclusion, Itsuki is not the right time to get involved in our work, that's a clear fact."
"If she wants to improve, her should start with simple activities. It just so happens that the second semester is an eventful time, be it sports competitions or student council elections, there is always a place where she can practice her skills."
"If she really can't find any, I'll introduce a few more to her. If she doesn't want to give up, it's up to you to convince her..."
"After all, she seems to want to work by your side, so she should listen to you more. "
Her tone was serious, but one always felt that Mafuyu's gaze seemed a little sharper.
"…I understand, Kirisu Sensei."
Ignoring the illusion, Shinichi looked back and spoke with warmth and a volume that the teacher next door couldn't hear.
"You're worried Itsuki might be sick, and you'd rather save your pride and help her find another activity to participate in than make her work too hard, right?"
"I will say this to Itsuki."
"…"
Mafuyu looked at Shinichi with a frightening gaze as if facing a very hated enemy.
"Violation. Asada-kun, even though I asked you to be my supervisor, that doesn't mean you can repeatedly tease Sensei with your words at school."
"Let me check your attitude carefully and repeat what you just said!"
"Attitude..."
Shinichi wasn't afraid at all.
This cold-faced teacher would use this scary expression to cover up her embarrassment whenever she was told something she didn't want to say, for fear that her good intentions would be discovered, making the students think she was a good teacher.
Maybe it's because she's not good at being treated well, or maybe something happened in the past that forced her to maintain her identity as a strict teacher and distance herself from her students...
But this has nothing to do with Shinichi.
He deliberately used this statement to make her angry, just to avoid words and make it easier to accept next request.
"Kirisu Sensei, please continue to help Itsuki get to know the work of the exchange meeting."
The anger stopped, Mafuyu looked at him in surprise, then crossed her arms in front of his chest and firmly refused.
"No changes. If this continues, it will only make her make the same mistakes again. As a Sensei..."
Shinichi interrupted her.
"So helping her won't get in the way of your work, and you didn't reject her because you hated her, right?"
"How many times do you want me to say this…" Mafuyu flushed with anger.
"For her physical condition, leaving here and looking for another place is the best choice!"
"She would be very reluctant."
"Keep going?"
Shinichi smiled.
"So I will help her."