Chapter 51: Therapy (4)

“This is quite troublesome…”

[It’s okay. I had some business in Trinity anyway, so let’s consider it killing two birds with one stone.]

I was now riding in Sensei’s car, heading to Trinity.

In my current state, I wouldn’t be able to handle it if I got caught up in trouble, so I decided to stay at Schale for a while, thinking it would be safer than returning home.

It’s true that Trinity’s security has been a bit unstable lately.

Of course, countermeasures for this have already been prepared, so I’m not too worried.

It’s just a little disappointing that executives like Hanekawa-senpai and Ichika-senpai, who are on the front lines, are having a hard time.

As for Kenzaki-senpai? Worrying about that person is more pointless than worrying about the Sanctum Tower suddenly being taken over by aliens, isn’t it?

Anyway, why Schale, you ask…Sensei intervened and suggested Schale as a solution during the argument between Mika-oneechan and Nagisa about who would take me.

Apparently, there was quite a bit of opposition even to that…I knew it, but I didn’t know it was to this extent…Honestly, I’m having a little, no, a lot of thoughts about what I should do.

Cheating is not allowed. But I don’t want to push them away either.

It’s not like I’m someone who can dare to push them away…and I also have feelings for them…ugh…is this the thinking of someone who commits adultery…I don’t know…

[You look worried?]

“…Yes…I don’t know what to do…”

[Because of what?]

“Don’t you know…?”

[…It must be a lot…]

“Yes…”

[Everyone is precious to you…and you can’t push them away, right?]

“Yes…”

It’s difficult.

So very difficult.

I want to embrace everyone if I can.

But reality doesn’t allow that.

It will become a wound to someone and follow them for the rest of their lives.

It won’t end with a happy ending.

If I push them away…that will also become a wound…to me…and to them…no matter which option I choose, it will become a wound to someone.

Even if there is also a saying that wounds can be overcome and grow further…I’m scared.

I’m afraid that it will no longer be the same relationship as before.

[…Judging from your expression, you’re seriously thinking about it?]

“….Yes…”

[Sigh…I’m envious~ If only I was that popular in my school days~]

“…Yes?”

I didn’t see him that way…is he teasing me when someone is seriously thinking?

Just as a bit of anger and disappointment were about to rise, Sensei spoke again.

[What do you want to do, Sora?]

“…”

A sudden question, but a question that I have been constantly thinking about and still haven’t found an answer to, is thrown at me.

“I’m thinking about that…”

Just as I was about to shoot back, thinking if he was joking or teasing me, an answer came back.

[Sensei…thinks it might be okay.]

“…Yes…?”

[I think it might be okay?]

An unexpected answer came from Sensei.

I thought that Sensei, of all people, wouldn’t recommend me to have multiple relationships.

It’s partly because of Sensei’s position, but also because Sensei is definitely a righteous person.

He definitely jokes often and I sometimes hear strange rumors, but Sensei was definitely someone I could respect.

He is the person who showed me what a teacher is once again, and a guide who showed me my path.

That’s why I thought you would be the first to object, but…why?

[You look puzzled?]

“Of course! I thought Sensei would be the first to object!”

[Hmm…well, can I explain this later? We’re about to arrive at Trinity?]

“Ugh…”

He’s a sly person.

He deliberately dragged out his words.

He must have calculated the distance between Trinity and Schale and started talking at the right time without me realizing it…what a bad person…

[Well then, I have some business with the Justice Realization Committee, so go ahead and go in.]

“Yes…if you don’t tell me later, I’ll be angry…?”

[Haha, don’t fall asleep again like yesterday~]

“0000!!!”

I was teased…I was teased again!!!

I guess I can’t help but fall asleep easily after becoming this body.

Just yesterday, I was catching up with everyone until the cafe closed, and when I started listening to Sensei’s story, I fell asleep quickly.

In the end, I couldn’t hear the story to the end…maybe the question I have now is a story that has already come out of Sensei’s mouth once.

I just fell asleep and didn’t hear it….

The car Sensei is riding in roars away with the sound of the exhaust.

And from behind…

“So~ra-chan!”

“Ah, Onee-chan?”

I heard Onee-chan’s voice.

Was she waiting?

Onee-chan, who always arrives at school around the time when it’s time to be on time, arrived at school earlier than me today.

It’s not like I was particularly late or anything.

I got a ride in Sensei’s car, so I was late compared to usual, but it was still dozens of minutes before the normal school arrival time, but she arrived first.

“You arrived safely…there were no particular problems, right?”

“Do you think Sensei is that kind of person? Nagisa?”

“Nagisa-sama…?”

Nagisa and Seia were also there.

It wasn’t strange because the two of them usually come to school early, but it was still a rare occurrence.

Generally, the work that the two of them do when they come early is done indoors.

“Hmm~ I couldn’t help but worry~”

“Did you come out because of me…?!”

“Yes!”

They’re really incorrigible…but…

-Thump-

A mysterious sensation touches the back of my head.

A little fluffy…ah, this bergamot scent, it’s Nagisa.

“…Don’t you think the sense of distance has changed?”

“It’s just your imagination.”

While I was talking with Onee-chan, Nagisa hugged me from behind.

If it were the old days, the atmosphere might have changed a little due to Onee-chan, but for some reason, the atmosphere didn’t change now.

“Reeaaally! Nagi-chan! Monopolizing is bad!”

Onee-chan and…no Onee-chan was always like this. Nagisa’s distance has become strangely close to me. However, what is different from usual is that this distance has been getting closer little by little.

“…Sigh…I’ll apologize first…”

“Seia…what’s wro…eh?”

Seia stood next to me and took my right arm.

Unlike usual, my height was a little shorter, so my arm went up slightly.

So I was completely surrounded by Onee-chan in front, and Nagisa and Seia behind and next to me…what happened…

[Fufu…]

“Oh? Was there something fun?”

[Ah, Ichika, yes, I just created a story like a novel.]

Yesterday, I heard the true feelings of three children.

Perhaps it was a sincerity that would break one of the many fixed values I had.

“Can’t you tell me?”

[Haha, it’s a story that Ichika might also know a little?]

“Ah…is it Sora-chan?”

Well, Sora seems to have already become quite famous in Trinity.

Since I heard that she was acquainted with Ichika before, it’s a story she might know.

“But can’t you tell me?”

[Haha, you’re curious, aren’t you? Well then…where should I start…]

“Yes..?!”

“Huh? Sensei…?”

Two intense gazes were fixed on me…

“Were you that kind of person?”

No, three gazes were intensely fixed on me.

A misunderstanding, a misunderstanding seems to have occurred.

If I answer incorrectly here, I will become a trash that will go down in history.

Why? Because a scumbag who tried to lay hands on a child, a person named Sensei who stands at the top of Kivotos, becomes trash, so it’s right to be trash that will go down in history.

[Wait! There seems to be a misunderstanding?!]

“Explain..”

It took quite a long time to clear up this misunderstanding…

“Ahem…I’m sorry for misunderstanding…”

“Ahaha….sorry…Sensei…”

“…I apologize.”

[No…at least I understood your feelings for Sora well…]

In the process of clearing up the misunderstanding, an accident occurred where I even told my personal preferences in detail…

anyway, the misunderstanding was cleared up…and the love for a child that is close to obsession…seems to need to be properly understood.

[…Suddenly…what do you think of Sora…? Can each of you tell me one by one? If it’s difficult to explain, that’s, um…something a little old is fine.]

“Hmm…”

“Ahaha☆ Can I explain first here?”

Mika’s explanation…started a little gloomy.

I had to hear from the beginning that a child who just chose the wrong option was collapsing.

If it had gone further from there, it might have been irreversible…

“Yes! That’s when Sora-chan caught my eye~”

The story of how that child was saved by another child began.

The beginning was the learning that I taught that child, so I felt a little proud.

It was even more so because it meant that that child properly understood what I had taught her.

“Yes…for me…it’s difficult to explain at what moment…yes…that person…”

Nagisa’s explanation…that child…is, as expected, overly mature.

There is playfulness, but that much playfulness can be easily found among adults.

Then what is the reason why that child feels mature? The answer was so simple.

Responsibility.

Responsibility even to the point of risking death, it is said that the child did not have such responsibility from the beginning.

From what moment was it…such a thing was not important up to here.

The important thing is that it is not one person who truly fell in love with such a person, and…it does not become a huge problem in this Kivotos.

It’s not like it was kept secret from each target, they know each other, and…

Gaze, the gaze may not be so good, but it is a level that can be overcome with fame or personality, and rather, in the case of Trinity,

it was a common occurrence for the high-ranking officials in the past, and rather, because Sora is concentrated on that side, the surroundings are rather waiting for when that incident will happen.

From what I heard, the rumors already began.

Do I have a reason to intervene in this?

The reason I was going to intervene was to mediate any unhealthy relationship.
If it is not that I no longer have a reason…

“Ahem….Sensei?”

[Waaaah?!]

“Ah?! Sora-chan?! Are you here?”

While I was talking to Ichika, a familiar voice was heard from behind.

When I turned around at that voice, I met the small Sora who was glaring at me as if to kill me.

Thanks to that, I was so surprised that I almost fell, but another Justice Realization Committee member next to me supported me so I didn’t fall.

“I see…that’s what happened…”

[Haha…I’m…sorry?]
Probably.

She is not pleased that I talked about her without telling her. Especially to her close senior.
And…I’m in trouble.

‘…Phew…”

-Thud-

“That…Sora-chan…?”

[Sora…?]

She put down the briefcase she was carrying with that small body on the table.

Because she was short, putting it up was also a fairly difficult task, so she put it down strongly on the table with a thud.

“Sensei? Ichika-senpai? These are documents related to the upcoming tactical exchange meeting…all of them…can you handle them?”

The briefcase Sora brought contained an absurd amount of documents…and it’s all the work that I and the executives of the Justice Realization Committee have to handle.

“Ahaha…that…Sensei? I’m sorry, but it’s time for patrol, so I’ll go…”

[Wait? Ichika? You can’t run away anyway? These documents require the executives?]

“Sora-chan is cruel…”

“Good luck?”

With the sound of the door closing, a death sentence was handed down to us.

I won’t be able to sleep today…