I want to rest a bit - 13

Now, there's a robber in front of me.

 

 

 

"Here, water..."

 

 

 

"Ah, thanks."

 

 

 

I'm sitting across from the robber, with a table spread out on the floor.

 

 

 

"So... you're from Abydos...?"

 

 

 

"Yeah."

 

 

 

It's ridiculous that she didn't just happen to be riding by, but instead biked all the way here from Abydos just because she had a feeling...

 

 

 

"By the way, why are you still at school at this hour...?"

 

 

 

Right.

It's past 9 PM now.

School should be long over, and diligent children in a new country should be asleep.

 

 

 

But even if Abydos is far from here, school shouldn't have even started yet, so why was she still here at this time?

 

 

 

"Oh, that's right."

 

 

 

"...?"

 

 

 

"I'll be going now. I just remembered I have things to do..."

 

 

 

"Ah, okay... See you..."

 

 

 

And with that, Shiroko left.

I didn't expect her to leave so easily, which makes me even more uneasy.

 

 

 

I need to sleep soon.

I have to grow even a little bit.

 

 

 

I have no intention of joining the shorty line completed by Hoshino, Hina, Neru, and Cherino.

 

 

 

I still believe I can grow.

Though I still don't know how old I am...

 

 

 

So I went to sleep.

 

 

 

I was so mentally and physically exhausted that I fell asleep easily.

 

 

 

I liked the feel of the soft cat doll beside me.

 

 

 

Chirp-chirp-

 

 

 

Morning came.

 

 

 

"Ugh..."

 

 

 

Stretching and enjoying the refreshing sunlight...

 

 

 

"Agh! My eyes!"

 

 

 

It was so bright that I immediately closed the curtains again.

 

 

 

Today, I'll be having my first lesson with Sensei.

 

 

 

It seems like it'll be mentally draining, but let's see how I can endure it.

 

 

 

Even though I'm not a full time student.

 

 

 

I chose the most comfortable clothes from the ones I bought yesterday and headed to the Sanctum Tower.

 

 

 

I arrived at the Sanctum Tower and tried to enter.

I tried to enter, but...

Do I still not have permission?

 

 

 

Buzz-!

 

 

 

-I've set your access rights this morning!

9:01 AM

 

 

 

I finally got the access rights...

 

 

 

[Aoi Nito, access rights confirmed.]

 

 

 

So my last name is Aoi.

 

 

 

I learned a surname I didn't even know I had.

Passing by Sora, who was preparing to open Angel 24 (she had a really bright smile on her face when I greeted her), and happily opened the door to the Schale office and went in.

 

 

 

But it wasn't just Sensei inside...

 

 

 

"Eh?"

 

 

 

"Huh?"

 

 

 

"Oh, you're here, Nito."

 

 

 

Yuuka was there too.

Why is she here...?

 

 

 

So, now,

 

 

 

"Sensei? Who is this...?"

 

 

 

"Ah, right. Let me introduce you. This is Aoi Nito, whom Schale is taking care of. She hasn't even entered high school yet, so please be kind to her."

 

 

 

"Ah, hello Nito."

 

 

 

"......"

 

 

 

"Haha... Nito seems a bit shy..."

 

 

 

Yuuka looked downcast.

Poor thing.

It's a bit strange for the person who caused this to think that, though.

 

 

 

"Ah! Then..."

 

 

 

Sensei suddenly seemed to have an idea.

 

 

 

"Yuuka, could you help me?"

 

 

 

"Yes? What is it...?"

 

 

 

"I need to give Nito some lessons."

 

 

 

"Um... Okay..."

 

 

 

She doesn't seem confident.

It seems she's bothered that I didn't respond to her greeting earlier.

 

 

 

It was just that I was surprised...

Seeing her so disheartened makes me feel terribly sorry.

 

 

 

"Nito, is that okay?"

 

 

 

"Yes, no, yes. It's fine."

 

 

 

Yuuka's expression brightened compared to before.

That's a relief.

 

 

 

She feels a bit more at ease now.

 

 

 

As the lesson began...

 

 

 

"Here, you need to apply this formula and transform it like this."

 

 

 

"Ugh..."

 

 

 

"For that problem, it's easier if you substitute the given numbers."

 

 

 

"Blegh..."

 

 

 

It was hell.

There's really no time to breathe.

 

 

 

The president is smiling.

She's smiling very, very brightly.

 

 

 

I know that Yuuka is an elite among elites, a model student who's good at studying and handling tasks.

 

 

 

So I expected the lesson to be somewhat difficult.

 

 

 

But... this is too much.

 

 

 

After explaining a concept, Yuuka creates problems on the spot and gives them to me, each one high-level.

 

 

 

It's not that I can't solve them, and if I rack my brains and think hard, I can, but it's driving me crazy.

 

 

 

"J-just... let me... rest a bit..."

 

 

 

"No. Let's just finish this part and then rest."

 

 

 

Sensei looked at me sympathetically.

I looked at the piles of documents next to Sensei with a look of shared understanding.

 

 

 

"Haa-" "Haa-"

 

 

 

We sympathized with each other's plight but realizing that we were both in the same boat, we sighed deeply.

 

 

 

"Okay, so this part..."

 

 

 

After the sigh, only the sound of Sensei processing documents and Yuuka diligently teaching remained.

 

 

 

"Sensei, I'll be leaving now. Goodbye."

 

 

 

"Okay, see you, Yuuka. Nito, you should say goodbye too, right?"

 

 

 

"Ugh... bye..."

 

 

 

I slumped onto the sofa, exhausted.

 

 

 

If I have lessons like this in the future, what will I gain?

 

 

 

Nothing but escaping that suspicious president.

 

 

 

Even then, it's not much different from listening to the lessons next to an even worse Sensei.

 

 

 

"Yaaawn... Teacher, I'll be going now..."

 

 

 

"Oh, okay... See you..."

 

 

 

"Yeah..."

 

 

 

Ah, I should buy some bullets and snacks from Angel 24 on the way.

 

 

 

"Euuugh... haa... I didn't expect to have lessons all of a sudden... But Nito was really cute..."

 

 

 

Huh?

Yuuka is in front of me.

 

 

 

She's saying something, but I can't hear it well.

 

 

 

Is she on the phone?

No...

 

 

 

"Yuuka...?"

 

 

 

"Wah?! Nito?!"

 

 

 

"What were you doing there...?"

 

 

 

"Huh?! Nothing!"

 

 

 

Nothing?

Hmm...

 

 

 

"Really...? Then I'll be going."

 

 

 

"Yeah... See you, Nito..."

 

 

 

I passed by the standing Yuuka and went to the convenience store.

 

 

 

When I told Sora I didn't know what kind of bullets to buy, she took my gun and brought out the right bullets from the storage.

 

 

 

I also bought a regular cup of ramen and headed home.

 

 

 

The streets on the way home were already tinted with the orange hues of the sunset.

 

 

 

Today was a pretty good day.

I learned some things about myself (though I suspected it to some extent, finding out I'm a middle schooler was truly awful),

I got lessons from the legal wife Yuuka,

And I found out what kind of bullets I use.

 

 

 

My steps home were light.

 

 

 

Buzz-!

 

 

 

-Nito! It's me, the one you met at the game center...

6:45 PM

 

 

 

Oh, right.

We exchanged contact information last time.

 

 

 

-Yeah, I remember. What's up?

6:45 PM

 

 

 

-Actually! There's a Kivotos game expo coming up, want to come? The entrance ceremony is next week!

6:46 PM

 

 

 

There's something like that...

Wait, the entrance ceremony is next week?

But I'm a middle schooler, not a high schooler this year?

 

 

 

-Yeah, okay Momoi. Where should we meet tomorrow?

 

 

 

Anyway, I agreed since I didn't have anything else to do that day.

 

 

 

I could feel Momoi's excitement through Momotalk.

 

 

 

I have a feeling something will happen tomorrow too, but if it's going to happen, I hope it's something harmless and fun.