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"....Then the girl is useless, right?"

"How could there not be! Ah, but now Hoshino-chan is also a senior? You have to take good care of Shiroko, okay?"

"I know this without you telling me, but..." Hoshino looked at Bai Zi, who was silent and a little too quiet, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Because she has a bad personality and is not sociable, she really doesn't know how to get along with Bai Zi.

But Meng did not offer any advice. Instead, she observed her from the side, watching over her with a gentle and expectant look at this lonely junior who was worrying about how to get along with others.

Chapter 12: Baizi's Regret

The next morning.

When the three girls woke up, Mo Lu had already disappeared.

But there was some more money on the table, and a note left by Mo Lu, asking them to help take care of Bai Zi.

"...This guy is really bossy." Xingye glanced at the note and couldn't help but click his tongue. He also looked at Bai Zi who was silently bowing his head and asked, "He won't always be like this and leave you alone at home, right?"

"There's no way....The teacher is always busy with work."

"Work?"

"It seems like I found a job in Gehenna?" Baizi's answer surprised Hoshino: "Gehenna? So far? And that kind of place is more chaotic than here, right? What if I get involved in a gunfight..."

Before Hoshino could finish her words, Meng gently covered her mouth, signaling her to be quiet.

It was at this time that Hoshino noticed the worry on Baizi's face. Meng noticed the subtle change in the atmosphere, smiled and stroked Baizi's hair, comforting her: "It's okay~ Baizi-chan, there will be no problem with the teacher."

Xingye stood aside, his expression still complicated: "So, that guy is obviously an adult, he can't even take care of himself, how can he take care of a child..."

"Hoshino-chan..."

"...I know he's a good person, but this isn't good for the teacher and Baizi, right? Normally, we should ask for help... No, just pretend I didn't say anything."

Hoshino suddenly shut up in the middle of her speech because she remembered that Abydos couldn't even keep its main campus and was heavily in debt, so it had no facilities or money to adopt a child.

Other autonomous regions are also independent, so how could they possibly take in outside populations?

The embarrassing reality made Xingye speechless, and Meng just stroked her and Baizi's heads quietly, smiling with emotion and said: "...Teacher is such a kind person, there is also a share of the breakfast money for us."

"....You are such a nice guy, even though you are struggling financially." Hoshino muttered in a low voice with a complicated expression.

"Maybe he's just trying to play the role of an elder as best he can?"

"Hmm..." Bai Zi's expression changed slightly when he heard this: "Teacher has always been strangely persistent about strange things..."

"But Baizi-chan, you like this kind of teacher, right~?" Meng smiled and approached Baizi.

"Like?" Bai Zi tilted his head blankly, thinking for a moment before muttering softly: "I don't know, but now it seems... it's really not the end..."

She had always wondered why she had to live, since she would no longer have to suffer if she died, but...

"I don't want to die so badly now... It's really strange. Is this also due to the teacher?"

"Death..." Meng was startled and waved her hands in panic: "Don't talk about that kind of thing! How can you think about that kind of thing when you are still young?"

"...I can probably understand some of it." Hoshino closed his eyes, then reached out to rub Baizi's hair, watching the rare smile on the face of this junior, but he didn't say anything else.

However, Bai Zi was staring blankly at the direction of the gate, and no one knew what he was thinking about. The two looked at each other, and then they took Bai Zi to eat together, and took this rare newcomer to complete the admission procedures.

.....................

When Mo Lu finished a day's work and stepped into the narrow dormitory door, he immediately saw three girls still in the same room, studying at the table.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, Meng was the first to greet him with a smile: "Welcome back~ Teacher, we are all waiting for you?"

"Wait for me? Why?" Mo Lu looked at Bai Zi in surprise. She quickly took out the hot food from the thermos and then pulled him to the dining table. Her eyes showed a hint of joy and expectation: "Come, let's eat together."

"Uh..." This scene made Mo Lu burst into laughter, and he turned to Meng for an answer.

Meng shrugged helplessly and whispered: "....This child wants to eat with you no matter what."

"I think Hoshino will be very angry..."

"Don't think of me as an unkind guy!" Hoshino said very considerately, but his eyes were particularly sharp, and he glared at him fiercely.

"....Has this child always been this fierce?"

"Yeah~ He's very strict with seniors, but actually he's very easy to tame~? Do you want me to teach you this experience?" Meng approached quietly with a wicked smile and whispered to him.

"Although it sounds a bit criminal, I am also interested in taming a loli..." He pondered for a moment, then immediately leaned over and whispered, "Please accept me as your eldest disciple!"

"Taming a loli? Hmm~ It seems so?" After taking a look at Xingye, who was a high school student but still petite, Meng suddenly pretended to be pretentious and said, "Then! From now on, you are my dream sect's chief loli tamer~!"

"...Why does this name sound weird?"

"Don't worry about it~!"

"Well... that's fine."

If he could really learn some skills and build closer relationships with his students, he wouldn't mind. He looked seriously at the girl who wanted to continue the topic.

Meng pretended to clear her throat and said complacently: "Although Hoshino-chan is always angry, at this time, you just need to give her a big hug, bury her face in your chest, and use gentleness to dissolve her anger, and she will calm down immediately~!"

"....Hug her?"

His eyes unconsciously looked at Meng's chest, and he couldn't help but doubt whether he could really do this?

After all, he doesn't have a chest as big as Meng's...and with Meng pressing on his chest, it might not be as simple as letting him calm down, but he might die if he's not careful, right?

Thinking of this, he looked again and saw Hoshino who was obviously listening to their conversation and staring at him.

Although Hoshino didn't say anything, he could read a clear warning from Hoshino's eyes, which told him to stop thinking about Meng's method of taming the radish. He turned his eyes away silently and took out three puddings bought from the store from the bag he brought back:

"....The store happened to be having a promotion, so I bought three servings. You can have them as dessert after dinner."

"Oh~ Thank you~! I haven't had sweets for a long time~!" Meng took it happily without hesitation. Surprisingly, Xingye did not refuse and thanked him quietly: ".... Thank you."

"Where's Baizi?"

"...half each." Bai Zi took it silently and was about to use a spoon to divide it in half, but Mo Lu stroked her hair and refused with a smile: "No need, I'm an adult, how can I like sweets?"

"but....."

"Children should be a little greedy sometimes, okay?"

"..."

Bai Zi didn't say anything, but when he saw the loving and compassionate look in the smiling eyes, he suddenly felt itchy all over.

She didn't hate this feeling, but... quietly looking at Mo Lu, who had taken a shower after dinner, chatted with everyone, and then fell asleep with a tired face, Bai Zi always had an indescribable feeling in her heart.

The next morning, when Mo Lu's hurriedly departing figure disappeared from sight, Bai Zi felt a little anxious and couldn't help wanting to do something:

"But I'm still a kid, I don't even have a weapon... Even if I rob a bank, it would be hard to succeed..."

Bai Zi leaned alone on the balcony of the dormitory, looking at the figure getting farther and farther away, and couldn't help feeling sad for his own powerlessness.

After hearing these words, Meng, who was standing behind her, froze in place. The words of comfort were stuck in her throat. The only thing left in her mind was that she must have a good talk with Mo Lu - especially about educating children.

Chapter 13: Taking an unconventional approach? · The breakup between Hoshino and Yume?

Compared to what Bai Zi imagined, that Mo Lu worked hard to make money, the reality was a little different.

Although he is indeed working hard, it’s just that... running the store is not a big problem, and he is quite idle most of the time.

The most I could do was to learn from Prana how to fight, or more precisely, how to fight in close combat.

"I'm confused. Is it because of his previous failures? Now the teacher prefers to take an unconventional approach?" Plana, who was placed aside, looked at him swinging the alloy straight knife continuously, with a helpless look in her eyes.

"There's no other way. I can't win a shootout with these kids who use guns every day, right? If that's the case, I might as well just slash them in the face with bullets. Nothing will really happen anyway, and it can catch them by surprise, right?"

"...According to the common sense of the world that the teacher knew before, your behavior is no different from that of a criminal."

"A strict teacher produces a good student, a stick produces a filial son, and a sword will definitely produce a good student." He swung the sword with concentration and gave his reasons without thinking: "Of course, if possible, I don't want to cut students."

"...Please remember that my auxiliary ability is limited, and even if you have an aura, it will still hurt if you are hit by a bullet."

"I have already prepared myself mentally for this."

He stopped what he was doing, wiped the sweat off his face, then sat down on the counter and cast his eyes at the students coming and going on the street.

Perhaps it was the residual influence of the previous timeline that made him hate the situation of always hiding in the back, watching girls and children charge into battle while he himself needed to be protected.

"...Although I think it is not reasonable for a commander to go to the battlefield, I respect your choice."

"Commander? What are you talking about? Even if I am a top student in a top military academy, they have been playing with guns and learning how to fight since they were young. They are not really stupid or anything. Even if they are as good at commanding troops as gods... If they are not the legendary gods of war, the effect they can have is limited."

According to Plana, he was the commander in the previous timeline, but the so-called commander was not actually his advanced tactics.

Instead, I was given the identity of a teacher, or more accurately, the identity of an instructor.

This allows him to use an inexplicable ancient relic, the Shiting Box, a seemingly flat device, to guide the girls who have forgotten their "divine names" for a certain period of time and unleash the power they should have.

Although it is only a part, all five senses will be strengthened to a considerable extent, allowing you to defeat enemies faster and more accurately.

Students who don’t know would think that it was his extraordinary command art that allowed him to exert 200% of his combat power and made it easier for them to defeat their opponents, but in reality... they actually became stronger.

"...Forget it. Instead of thinking about these things, let's think about what to bring back for those kids today." Mo Lu didn't want to dwell on these things that had already been decided, so he looked directly at the shelves of the convenience store.

This made Prana sigh quietly beside her: "Teacher, you should have more important responsibilities. Why are you acting like a nanny now?"

"But Shirako is cute, and Hoshino is pretty interesting."

".......Sure enough, the teacher is very caring towards younger girls." Prana looked at him dumbfounded, and finally shook her head and sighed deeply.

This made Mo Lu even more dumbfounded than her: "I'm not saying anything bad about you. Didn't I tell you not to look at me through the lens of a future that has already vanished? I will definitely be better than the me you know."

"I don't think this is a shortcoming, but what the teacher meant is... that the girl you like is younger?"

"....We must continue this topic?"

"I understand. Please let me stay by your side and witness your future growth. I look forward to the possibilities of humanity that you mentioned before."

"I'm not saying....why do you talk like you're my elder..."

Mo Lu rolled his eyes helplessly, unwilling to continue this conversation that might hurt himself.

..........................

On Saturday, Mo Lu, who got off work half a day early, arrived at Abydos High School early.

Since it was still school time, the three of them should be inside the school... But while he was touring the teaching building and looking for the three of them, he unexpectedly heard Hoshino's angry roar:

"...A place like that in the middle of a desert! How could anyone possibly go there? Even if it's a dream, you should wake up now!!"

As soon as the words fell and Meng's timid voice emerged, they were drowned out by the sound of paper tearing and Hoshino's harsh accusation: "-This kind of thing is no longer necessary. If you want to do it, just do it alone! I will not accompany you anymore, and the student union is disbanded!"

At the end of his words, as the door was pushed open and then thrown back with force, Hoshino, with an angry face, walked straight past him and went downstairs without looking back.

Meng carefully opened the door and found him standing outside. She couldn't help but explain with an awkward smile: "Ah, ahaha... I'm so embarrassed to let the teacher see this..."

".... Did the taming stunt fail?"

"Because...Hoshino-chan was particularly angry this time." Meng shrugged dejectedly.

It was quite interesting to see the energetic girls in such a rare decadent state, but he was not going to add insult to injury. He took out the drinks he had intended to give them from his bag and handed them over to comfort them: "Tell me, what happened?"

"Thank you... Actually..."

Meng took the drink, lowered his head slightly, and shamefully told the cause of the dispute.

Just like the last time they wore swimsuits and dug holes in the desert, this time Meng also wanted to go to the desert to look for groundwater and the legendary treasures buried by former students in the big oasis.

Of course, as the desertification problem becomes increasingly serious, the oasis has long disappeared and we don’t even know where it is. As for whether there is groundwater or not, it is hard to say, but if we try hard to look for it, maybe we can still find it?

Well, the actual possibility is very low, but Meng is unwilling to give up that glimmer of hope and wants to find those things to recreate the "Sand Festival" in Abydos, hoping to attract many tourists to recover Abydos.

Hoshino, who always acted with her in the past, exploded for the umpteenth time when faced with an impossible goal, and the result was what he saw now.

Chapter 14 Tomorrow and Accidents

After Mengcai explained the whole story, he quickly regained his energy and looked at him with energy.

However, there was a lack of confidence on her face, and her eyes clearly expected him to agree, and she continued to speak:

"Hoshino-chan will surely calm down in a few days, but, but! If she really finds the treasure buried in the ground! She will definitely look at me differently, right?"

"Even if I say no... you won't give up, right?"

"Of course~!" Meng pulled up his sleeves and imitated a bodybuilder to show off his weak biceps: "Even if I didn't find it last time, I won't find it this time! I will definitely find it next time!"