To be honest, Shimizu Yuu was a bit stunned by the sight. If possible, she even wanted to take a picture with her mobile phone and set it as the wallpaper.
However, she quickly came to her senses. She slapped her cheeks with a bit of force. Phew! She almost got bewitched by this guy's appearance! Shimizu Yuu, Shimizu Yuu, how could you be as superficial as those guys who judged people only by their looks! That's not right.
Shimizu Yuu, who boasted of having a noble heart, quickly broke free from the special artistic conception of this scene, so that she could look at the guy who dared to blatantly sleep in class with a normal state of mind.
Humph, actually, there's nothing special when you take a closer look. He's just sleeping. He must have stayed up late last night.
"Shimizu."
Shimizu Yuu, who was lost in her thoughts, was suddenly called by the teacher on the podium. She was startled at once. But as the runner-up of the national kendo competition in junior high school, her reaction speed was quite fast.
She quickly stood up and replied, "Yes."
"Answer the question just now." The math teacher who spoke was an middle-aged woman. Perhaps because she was used to the era when relaxed education hadn't been popular in Japan in the early years, she was strict and old-fashioned, which was exactly the opposite of the young and fashionable homeroom teacher who taught English. She was the kind of teacher that students liked the least.
Moreover, according to rumors, at the beginning of the semester, this menopausal math teacher had a big quarrel with the dean because she didn't get the position of homeroom teacher...
The moment her name was called, Shimizu Yuu's heart sank.
Let alone answering the question, she didn't even know what the question was.
Pouting her lips, Shimizu Yuu lowered her head and honestly admitted her mistake, "Sorry, teacher. I was distracted."
She had a good attitude and a sincere apology, but the menopausal woman didn't buy it. She glared and pointed outside the classroom.
Shimizu Yuu let out a small sigh and went outside the classroom to stand as punishment dejectedly.
At this time, the math teacher called out again, "Hoshino."
The classroom was silent. No one spoke, and no one answered. The scene just now obviously had the effect of warning others by punishing one. The previously loose classroom discipline suddenly became strict. But in this way, the guy who was sleeping became even more conspicuous.
"Hoshino!"
The angry voice echoed in the classroom, shattering that flowing oil painting-like scene.
Hoshino Gen opened his somewhat hazy eyes with different colors. He raised his face, looking confused for an instant, but soon realized what had happened.
He propped himself up on the desk with his left hand and got up. Silently, he met the teacher's gaze that was suppressing anger.
"Repeat the content I just taught." The teacher said.
Hoshino Gen had nothing to say. The angry teacher pointed outside the door. Hoshino Gen took a look over there and immediately understood what it meant.
Knowing it was his own fault, Hoshino Gen consciously left his seat and went outside to stand as punishment.
In the quiet corridor, Shimizu Yuu and Hoshino Gen were leaning against the wall side by side. Although Shimizu Yuu had guessed this scene when she heard the math teacher shouting "Hoshino" in the classroom, at this moment, seeing this guy yawning and coming out to lean against the wall for punishment, she couldn't help but feel a bit like laughing.
She looked at Hoshino Gen with a look of schadenfreude. Her big and beautiful eyes seemed to be saying, "You've got your comeuppance too."
Hoshino Gen also noticed the gaze beside him. He turned his face to look and was a bit speechless. However, he didn't care much. He habitually showed a polite smile to her and then shifted his gaze to look elsewhere.
This, on the contrary, made Shimizu Yuu feel a bit like she was making a fool of herself.
She pursed her lips, hesitated for a moment, and still couldn't help but whisper, "I've tried those talismans you gave me."
Hoshino Gen nodded. Although it was not clear whether it was a response to Shimizu Yuu's words or because he was sleepy.
But Shimizu Yuu automatically took it as the former. She moved a bit closer to Hoshino Gen and said a bit shyly, "Well, can I buy talisman papers from you with money?"
Hoshino Gen leaned his head against the wall, with his eyelids half-closed. He looked so listless that one was worried that he might fall asleep just standing there.
"How much do you think is appropriate for one piece?" Hoshino Gen's casual question made Shimizu Yuu speechless in an instant.
How much was appropriate? This question was a bit difficult. In real life, pricing an item was actually a simple thing. If one really wanted to buy or sell something, the psychological price might have automatically emerged in one's mind when one had the idea.
The reason was simple, because there was something for reference.
But now Hoshino Gen asked Shimizu Yuu to put a proper price on a talisman that could activate "superpowers". Shimizu Yuu couldn't do it.
If time went back three days, she didn't even know that there was such a thing in the world. Without any reference, how could she price something that didn't exist in the world... That was probably the difficulty of the question Hoshino Gen posed for Shimizu Yuu.
"I don't know. How much do you want to sell it for?" Shimizu Yuu asked in a low voice.
She thought Hoshino Gen would give her a very high price. However, Hoshino Gen just cast his gaze on her and looked her up and down thoughtfully.
Hoshino Gen's appearance made Shimizu Yuu feel a chill all over her body. Just when she was hesitating whether to punch this bastard in the eye, Hoshino Gen spoke.
He asked, "Your name is Shimizu Yuu, right?"
Shimizu Yuu looked suspicious but still nodded.
"Are you brave?" Hoshino Gen continued to ask.
"Sort of..." Although she didn't know why Hoshino Gen asked this, Shimizu Yuu still answered truthfully. After all, if she wasn't brave, she wouldn't be so keen on those horror novels with supernatural elements.
Having got a satisfactory answer, Hoshino Gen fell into thought again. He took a careful look at Shimizu Yuu and found that her hair was black, her skin was fair, her almond-shaped eyes were bright and clear, her lips were small and rosy. Most importantly, she had a slender and tall figure with slender and straight legs. She was a rare and genuine beautiful girl.
Hmm... She wasn't that intelligent, but she was quite strong, had a good ability to accept new things, and was brave. Most importantly, having her around wouldn't lower his status, and she was even a bit eye-catching——
All of a sudden, the idea that he had had before but gave up later because he was afraid of trouble came to his mind again.
Just when Shimizu Yuu was feeling goosebumps all over her body from being stared at, Hoshino Gen smiled and said, "I have a job here. Are you interested? The reward is the talismans you want, one piece a week."
Shimizu Yuu's heart skipped a beat. Hearing that she still had a chance to get the talismans, she almost agreed without hesitation. But just when the words were on the tip of her tongue, she suddenly remembered how Hoshino Gen had been staring at her body before. She folded her arms and asked warily, "What's the job?"