Chapter 28: Supplementary Classes (1)

“In other words, the Eden Treaty is a promise to <stop hating>.

The long-standing hostility between Trinity and Gehenna. An agreement to end it.

In other words, a process of building mutual trust to resolve the hatred that can only accumulate because we cannot trust each other.

Simply put, it can be said to be a peace agreement between Gehenna and Trinity.

But with the disappearance of the General Student Council, this treaty became useless.

Eden is the name of paradise in ancient scriptures. I don’t know why they named the treaty that, but it’s probably the General Student Council President’s bad taste.

Do you know the seven koans that wander in Kivotos? The fifth of them is a question about paradise.

Can the truth of a person who has reached paradise be proven?

Like all koans, it’s a meaningless statement, but it’s also interpreted as a paradox about proving the existence of paradise.

If there is a paradise, the person who reaches it will never leave paradise in satisfaction and joy.

If one has left paradise, then there is no satisfaction, and it was not actually paradise.

Therefore, those who have reached paradise cannot be observed from outside paradise and cannot exist.

In other words, can the truth of a non-existent person be proven?

The fifth koan is a question that cannot be proven from the premise.

Is truth that cannot be proven worthless? What do you want to ask through such cynicism?

Eden is the paradise in the scriptures. Nowhere to be found, nowhere to be found.

In other words, a sweet but illusory image created by dreamers.

See, doesn’t this treaty seem to metaphorically represent that from its name?

Sensei. The story that will begin now may be a story that does not suit you.

In other words, an unpleasant, uncomfortable, and ultimately frowning story.

A cynical story that requires you to doubt people and doubt their sincerity.

A depressing, sad, painful, and ultimately bitter story.

But a true story.

Please do not turn away and check it to the end.

That is your duty………

No, let’s stop.

You and that child will surely turn the aftertaste of this story into sweet fruit, not bitter reality…

Those sweet fruits, the still unripe children who are making them, will grow up. You can turn it into just a happening that happened to the students.

So Sensei, please… Make this story a trivial happening…”

“I’ve brought him. Nagisa, Mika.”

“Thank you for your hard work, Sora.”

When I brought Sensei to the Tea Party office, Nagisa and Mika were waiting, seated in their chairs, with snacks and black tea set up in advance, and a new chair in the place where Seia’s chair was originally.

“Yahoo~☆ Sensei? Don’t just stand there, sit down?”

“Mika…?”

“Whoa… Sorry…”

Mika, as usual, lightly breaks the stiff atmosphere, and Nagisa glares at her. Seia wasn’t there, but it was the usual appearance of the Tea Party.

[Haha… Then I’ll sit down without hesitation.]

“Ahem… I apologize for the brief discourtesy. To start again… Hello, Seito-sensei. It’s nice to meet you.”

“And this is Misono Mika, a member of the Tea Party as well.”

“The Tea Party of Trinity meets Schale’s Sensei.”

“Hee~ So this is what a Sensei looks like. He’s not much different from us?

On the one hand, I like it~! What about you, Nagi?”

“Mika… I don’t think it’s polite to ask such a thing in front of Sensei…

It’s good to be full of love, but there’s a time and place.”

“Hee… Nagi, you’re so stiff… Isn’t a little icebreaker okay? Sora, say someth….”

“Y…Yes?”

Suddenly, Mika mentioned me, and Sensei’s gaze turned to me. It’s burdensome… I don’t have the talent to break the atmosphere like Mika…

“It’s the first time someone other than Trinity has been invited to the Tea Party, as far as I remember.

Usually, even ordinary students are not easily invited to this place, but…”

“Wow- Nagi… Are you ignoring me? And are you showing off?! Nagi? Wow…”

Nagisa naturally changed the subject and explained about the Tea Party to Sensei, while… Mika interrupted Nagisa’s words again. It was the usual appearance, but… Huh, Nagisa’s expression…

“Sigh… I didn’t intend to show off… Mika…?”

“Yeah…. Sorry. I’ll be quiet.”

Thank goodness. Thanks to the years Mika and Nagisa have spent together, Mika sensed the mysterious killing intent and quickly apologized. Honestly, I don’t trust Sensei yet…

But he’s still a guest, isn’t he? We almost showed a mess in front of a guest. No, Mika’s statement was already a mess, considering it was an official occasion.

“The reason we invited Sensei here is to ask for a small favor.”

[A favor..?]

“Ah~ Nagi. But, getting straight to the point?!

As I said before… A little more, that… Isn’t there an icebreaker? A chat to break the awkwardness…

The Tea Party is basically a place for socializing, isn’t it?”

Nagisa was about to get to the point… Mika started to stir things up again. Seeing that Mika’s expression was mixed with playfulness, I slowly started to back away…

“Even if you glare at me with such pretty eyes, this is about the etiquette of the Tea Party. I have to clarify… Wow!”

“Eh…? Ugh…”

” “

“W…Wait, Sora?!”

Feeling threatened, I was taking small steps backwards… I was caught by Mika’s arm and became Mika’s shield. Something was stuck in my mouth.

It’s hard to breathe. Something thick is blocking my mouth, and something sticky is going down my throat. My consciousness… is fading…

[…They’re lively children…]

“…Mika…? Expect it later… Please move Sora to the Aid Squad for a moment…”

…Yeah… Sorry, Nagi…”

Nagisa, whose expression became dangerous from some point, picked up a roll cake and threw it. It was also accurately aimed at the mouth of Mika, who was sitting in the opposite seat.

Mika also reflexively pulled Sora, who was next to her, by the arm and used her as a shield.

Sora was also taking steps backwards, sensing something like killing intent, but… Unfortunately, Sora’s mouth… Can that fit in one bite?

Anyway… A thick roll cake was stuck. It seemed that the student council presidents were more lively students than I thought, who had heard the rumors and thought they were a little stiff.

The cream was dripping from Sora’s mouth, who had the roll cake removed…

“Ahem… I’m sorry for showing you something unsightly. Sensei…”

[No, it was fun.]

“Yes…? Ah, no… Ahem, anyway, getting to the point…”

After that, it went by quickly.

It was about asking for help as a Sensei because problem children and failing students had occurred ahead of an important treaty.

Well, there’s no reason to ignore students who need help, so I readily accepted. It seems that Sora, who collapsed just before, was a surprisingly good student, so she was assigned as my assistant.

Well, it wouldn’t be bad to have one more person, it would be lively… Apart from that…

“…”

…There was a familiar name on the list I received.

“…! Vanilla!”

“Whoa?! Sora?! Are you okay?!”

My mind was awakened with the vanilla scent that remained slightly in my mouth. Mika’s face was in front of me, with an embarrassed expression and a voice that seemed to be worried.

Judging from the surrounding scenery, it was still inside the Tea Party building, the place corresponding to the lobby of the Tea Party building.

How much time has passed? It doesn’t seem like it’s been long since it’s still the Tea Party…

“How…long have I been out?”

“About 10 minutes now?”

“That’s a relief…”

As soon as I heard that the time I spent collapsed was not very long, rather short, I felt a little relieved and my mind calmed down.

As my mind calmed down, I felt something strange. Why was Mika’s face the first thing I saw when I woke up?

“….”

I look around. My gaze is lower than usual, but for some reason, it’s not excessively low.

My eye level and the height of Mika’s upper body are roughly similar. I look down… No, Mika?

“Could…you put me down?”

“…Ah! Sorry☆ But Sora, you fainted, you know? Since you have to go with Sensei anyway, I’ll carry you back to the office~”

Yeah, it’s the so-called [princess carry].

Now that I’m aware of it, it’s incredibly embarrassing. There are plenty of other Tea Party seniors around. Yuzuki-senpai was also staring at this side blankly from afar!

I could see that she was holding back her laughter, and some of the lower-ranking Tea Party members of the same age as me in different departments were sending girlish glances with a strange atmosphere or had nosebleeds!

“No, I think I’ll die socially…!”

“Ahaha☆ That might be fun in its own way?”

“Mika?!”

It’s no use. Mika’s expression is completely filled with 100% playfulness.

Certainly, at first, it was probably simply for the purpose of carrying me to the Aid Squad because I fainted, but it’s clear that a playful purpose was added as soon as she saw my reaction.

I became afraid to return to the Tea Party building after the Supplementary Class Club matter was over… In the end, I… was carried by Mika in a princess carry to the front of the Tea Party office door.

Showing that appearance to numerous seniors and colleagues…

[Ahaha, it’s fun.]

“Ahaha☆ But it doesn’t seem like it worked on Sensei?”

“…I’m going to quit the Tea Party after this is over…”

“Eh?! Why!”

“I think I’ll feel gazes every time I come to work…”

So, I was finally freed from Mika in front of the Tea Party office.

The problem was that Sensei came out of the office just as I was artistically freed…

From now on, I will have to work with and spend days, maybe weeks, with the person who witnessed me being carried in a princess carry by a same-s*x person who is similar in height.

“Mika…?”

“…Eh… Nagi?!”

I wonder if she heard Mika’s voice? Nagisa came out of the Tea Party office, opening the door behind Sensei.

In the end, Mika is dragged into the Tea Party office by Nagisa.

Mika wasn’t without her wits, so she could have shaken it off if she wanted to, but she was dragged in quietly.

[…The general attendant and the student council president are close…]

“…Please forget…”

[Haha! I think I heard that last time too?]

“…Will you shoot?”

[Sorry… But apart from that, I think it’s good that students are close without any hierarchy?]

“…You make it impossible to refute…”

So we chatted and headed to the Supplementary Class Club’s club room.

On the way to the abandoned annex where the Supplementary Class Club room was, we chatted and I could roughly tell that Sensei, although I still can’t trust him, is not a bad person.

Before Sensei entered the classroom, I glanced at the list again, and as soon as I entered, Ajitani Hifumi-senpai, who was supposed to be the leader of the Supplementary Class Club, was waiting, apart from me, who was Sensei’s assistant.

The reason why Ajitani-senpai came to the Supplementary Class Club was that although her original grades were average,

she was absent from the exam, and there was a rumor that she was the leader of a legendary criminal organization called the Swimsuit Masked Gang.

No, but this is nonsense no matter how you look at it.

Swimsuit Masked Gang? The name is strange from the start.

[Indeed. It was you!!!]

“Ahaha… Hello. Sensei…”

“Huh? Do you know each other?”

Sensei and Ajitani-senpai knew each other.

“Auuu… So, here, there are unavoidable circumstances….”

After hearing Ajitani-senpai’s explanation, not an explanation, my head got a little dizzy.

“So… Ajitani-senpai… You were absent from the exam because you went to a Peroro surprise performance…?”

“Ahaha… Well… I’d appreciate it if you could call me comfortably… Sora…”

Swim… what… was it?

“Ah… Yes… So… Sensei… I’ll run away even now… Hifumi-senpai’s original grades weren’t bad, so even if I’m not here…”

[Hahaha, it’s too late.]

So, clutching my aching head, we decided to go to the Justice Task Force to meet the remaining three members of the Supplementary Class Club.

“Oh! It’s Koharu!”

“Eh? Sora? It’s been a long time… But the two people behind you… Who are they?”

As soon as I headed to the Justice Task Force building, I ran into Koharu.

She’s someone everyone in the Justice Task Force recognizes for her sincerity, so I had a vague guess that she was working hard on Justice Task Force duties today.

I didn’t know because I quickly became close when we ate lunch boxes before, but Koharu is a shy personality, so if it was just Sensei and Hifumi-senpai, I wonder if it would have been a bit difficult to receive those people?

I introduce Sensei and Hifumi-senpai appropriately and bring up the main point.

“So… You came to find someone? A request from the Tea Party?”

“No? Ah, I guess it’s a request if you put it that way…? I heard that they were being detained here.”

“Detained…?”

“I heard it was… Public indecency?”

“Could it be…”

Koharu’s expression gradually rots, and her face turns red.

As someone who already knows who it is and why that person was caught, Koharu’s reaction is just fun.

“Did you come to find me?”

A person wearing only a swimsuit from behind, yeah, Urawa Hanako… She’s a senior, but I don’t want to call her senior… Anyway, Hanako revealed herself wearing only a swimsuit.

[?!?!]

“Eeeh?!”

“…Wh…what! How did you open the detention cell and come out?! I locked it properly!”

“Huh? It was open? It seemed like you were calling me, so I came out. But what’s the matter…”

Urawa Hanako answers that it was open to the statement that it was locked properly.

Koharu… Is she a bit clumsy? I saw Koharu after a long time, and I even saw a new side, so it could be said that I was lucky if I was lucky.

“Ah… Sensei. I see now. You’re an adult. Hello, Sensei. I see now. You’re with the somewhat famous knight of the Tea Party, so, oh my.

Supplementary Class Club?”

“Huh? I’m famous?”

It’s the first time I’ve really known this.

I knew that my name was spreading to some extent among the Tea Party and Justice Task Force members, but it’s the first time I’ve heard that ordinary students also know my name.

More than that, knight…? I turn my head to Hifumi-senpai and ask, but she just laughed… Then, I’m making such and such rumors in the Tea Party lobby with two famous people? I wanted to quit the Tea Party again.

“W, wait!! Don’t come out in that outfit!! Public decency!! Morals!!!!”

Koharu starts to run wild.

It’s not a bikini, but I also find it a bit hard to see a swimsuit in this kind of place… In the middle of the argument, not an argument, Hanako was imprisoned in the detention cell again.

After that, Koharu said that she was walking around in the middle of the square wearing a swimsuit… I think it’s right to detain her in the Justice Task Force, even if it’s not… Anyway, we were having a chat, not a chat…

“I’m back.”

“I’ve returned after completing my mission!! I’ve arrested the current offender, Shirasu Azusa!”

“Hello? Hanekawa-senpai? Mashiro?”

“Koharu, you did a good job… And Sora? It’s been a while!”

After a light chat and business conversation, I received Shirasu Azusa, who was wearing a gas mask… If there was a ton of tear gas, that means I had to endure that and subdue Azusa if I entered the Justice Task Force? It’s a good thing I didn’t…

“Serves you right! It’s a combination of a villain and an idiot? If it were me, I would have died from not being able to bear the shame just by being together! Ahahahaha!”

“Koharu… Sigh…”

She sighed and had an expression that said she couldn’t help it. Inwardly…

I burst out laughing. Koharu next to me, Hanekawa-senpai couldn’t hold back their laughter because they were genuinely amused by this situation.

Ah, I can’t stand it.

[Sora, this is the last person remaining, right?]

“Pfft… Haha.. Hahaha!! Ah… I can’t stand it anymore.. Yes, that’s right, Sensei.”

“…?”

“Koharu? The last member of the Supplementary Class Club is… Well….”

I bring my mouth to Koharu’s ear. And I whisper in her ear.

-It’s you-

“Huh…? Me?”

Koharu froze. As if she couldn’t accept this situation at all… She froze like a dead person and couldn’t move anymore.