Chapter 151: I'll Grow Stronger to Protect You, S-Sensei!
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"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.
"Don't let it bother you," I told her, "She is trying to grab my attention, but I have no reason to play along."
Shoko blinked at that, "You know her from before?"
"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."
"...."
"You know Thor? He's a popular God so you probably do. We fought and he ended up dead," I said.
"Ah." She blinked. "Like… really dead?"
"I think?" I titled my head. "I don't know how their Heaven and Valhalla work. I've heard that dead warriors end up in Valhalla so he might be there. Or maybe he is gone forever. I'm not sure about this, actually."
"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.
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.
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.
"Uh, he tried to kill me and my family," I usually had no reason to explain anything to anyone, but I could give that chance to Shoko. "I had no choice but to kill him."
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.
"Ah," she nodded. "Not that it matters to me. I… I'll always support you," she said. "Even if you decide to do genocide."
"…." I held myself back from giving her a weird look. I could tell she genuinely meant it.
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 my lap.
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 shaken last night, so I felt obliged to give her such soft treatment now.
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.
Shoko sat on my lap, her chest against me and her face sniffing my nape. My arms remained around her slim waist, pulling her body tightly against mine.
"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."
"...." She did so and closed her eyes as I approached her. I suckled on her lower lip for a moment and then placed my lips over hers. Shoko whimpered softly inside my mouth and suddenly giggled. She seemed to really like it.
"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.
I also realized who it was. My girlfriend.
Mai Senpai walked into view, pausing for the briefest second as she saw Shoko on my lap, her lips glossy near mine, as she turned around and began to walk away.
"Seems to be a bad time. I'll catch up with you later," she walked away.
…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 other later. For now, I let her go and returned my focus to Shoko.
We had to return soon after the bell rang.
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[Third Person Point of View]
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.
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.
She was definitely into him.
'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 class ended.
The ringing of the bell brought him back to his senses, as the Sensei said goodbyes to the students and walked over.
"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.
Issei ran out of the classroom 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.
He walked to the end of the hallway and took a turn, and that's when he paused.
The entire air in the area changed. Danger filled the air and the wind seemed to hum with music.
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.
She stared at Aqua in shaky silence as he approached her while putting his hands in his pockets.
"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.
"Be careful," he reached out a hand and gently placed it on her shoulder. "I'm not sure what you're planning but… it'll be a pity for you to end up dead."
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 slammed her down to his knees.
"Augh-!" She groaned in pain, falling to her knees, and he looked down at her in cold silence.
"S-sensei!" Issei shouted and rushed out of his hiding place to crouch by her side, "Are you alright?!"
Unlike last 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 glared at Aqua. "You arrogant bastard! Is this how you treat your teachers?!"
"...." Aqua stared at him in silence, "Hey, red dragon, advise your host to be wiser. I will kill him if he bothers me again."
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.
[Do not be impatient, friend. This Tiger is extremely dangerous.] The soft, feminine yet reliable voice of Ddraig warned him. [If you want to stand against him, you can do it later. You have to grow stronger.]
Aqua dropped his aura when neither Issei nor Rossweisse said anything. He began to walk and left them behind.
When he finally left the area, the air grew less tense and Issei sighed.
"Are you alright, Sensei?" he asked, his voice filled with worry.
"Y-yes," she said, but she didn't sound very alright.
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?
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?
"He's such a villain," 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."
Rossweisse looked up at him, a light of surprise in her eyes. A moment later, she smiled thinly.
That filled Issei's heart with resolve.
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Rossweisse felt bad. She didn't like using another, unrelated 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.
The main plan 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?
School ended for the day, and Rose reunited with Brigid outside school. They walked to a building not far from here, their apartment.
"This place is so shabby," Brigid entered behind her and commented as she closed the door and took off her shoes.
As a Demigod, daughter of Thor, she had lived as a princess. A battle princess, but a princess nonetheless. A normal apartment could never match her usual residence. However, she didn't complain for long. In her long life, she had lived in many shabby places too.
"How did it go?" Rose asked Brigid who grumbled.
"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 class in his classroom 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."
Rose noticed that too. He was… scary. It was embarrassing for a Valkyrie to admit that, but it was true.
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 plan, it's odd to assume it'd unfold on the first day. We should let him ease around us instead."
"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."
"Uh…" Rose wasn't really sure about the first part. She couldn't imagine him being scared.
"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 incoming weeks, I don't fucking know. I think he might be a lot more relaxed since it's a good thing for his sister. When he'll be in a good mood, we can try our luck again."
"Oh," Rossweisse was surprised that her friend was using her brain for once. It was always her who did it, instead. "Sounds like a plan. Let's go through it."
"Great," she smirked and nodded.
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.
He'll be all enchanted.
As a former mortal and new Demigod, he will never see it coming. And if somehow things went awry, Lady Freya said she could step in herself briefly.
The young man's fate was sealed.
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