Chapter 357 320 – The Girls Taking Sick Leave [BONUS]

An overly forceful master VS a dragon maid who had gone weak.

The beginning of that battle was like a fuse, setting off one powder keg after another.

Maria, Mio, Asia, and the others, who had originally been in the audience seats, were dragged into the fallout as well.

Even the three members of the Akizuki family next door, who had heard the commotion, could not help coming over out of curiosity.

By the next day, Takumi went to school alone, found Shizuka Hiratsuka, and asked for sick leave for six people in one breath.

As for Kayoko Akizuki's sick leave from work, he had already handled that before coming to school.

"Mio, Maria, Airi, Marina, all absent, plus Asia, the transfer student who was supposed to come today."

"And yesterday's Yukino too… You…"

Hiratsuka-sensei pointed at Takumi, wishing she could smash him to death with a mallet right then and there.

Was he a bulldozer?

No, wait, even a bulldozer wasn't this fierce, right?

And what kind of electric little cannon was this? There were already this many just counting the ones she knew about. What about the ones she didn't know?!

A lovely red sheen could not help rising across Hiratsuka-sensei's face, and her flickering gaze drifted downward.

But in the end, her ethics as a teacher allowed her to control herself.

They were still at school. She had to learn restraint!

That was what she told herself, but Hiratsuka-sensei still could not resist viciously rubbing Takumi's head.

She couldn't even care about the awe she'd felt toward him before. With the things Takumi was doing now, she simply could not feel any awe toward him at all.

"You're way too much. Just how decadent is your usual life? Can your body even take it?"

"Shizuka Cutie, you don't need to worry about that. Even a body of steel isn't as durable as I am."

Seeing Takumi respond with such a confident look, Hiratsuka-sensei took a deep breath.

I was criticizing you, not giving you something to be proud of!

"Go back to class already. I understand the situation with the leave requests."

After sending Takumi back in irritation, Hiratsuka-sensei dropped into her chair.

"If it weren't for that phone call, would I have had to take sick leave today too…"

Hiratsuka-sensei muttered quietly, the tips of her ears gradually turning red and hot.

She patted her burning cheeks, forcing down the embarrassment in her heart.

But matters like this were exactly the sort of thing where the more you tried not to think about them, the more you would think about them.

So angry she could hardly stand it, Hiratsuka-sensei simply threw her energy into handling this pile of sick leave requests.

The ones from her own class were one thing, but Marina and Yukino weren't even in her class.

Not to mention there was also the matter of a transfer student.

Takumi's wicked claws reached way too far!

Secretly cursing Takumi again, Hiratsuka-sensei's body was still honest as she took out the leave forms and began filling them in for him.

Meanwhile, Takumi, who had returned to the classroom, remained perfectly calm.

But when he sat back down, Hitagi Senjougahara's expression did not look too good.

"They're all absent, Pervert-kun~~ And you didn't even call me!"

Hitagi's expression was full of resentment, making her look exactly like a neglected consort.

Takumi smoothed her black hair and said softly with a smile, "There wasn't enough time. Besides, your body can't endure too much rough handling~"

As he spoke, he gently pinched Hitagi's slender waist, which was barely a handful.

That dense, delicate sensation immediately made Hitagi bend forward slightly.

Because she had been the first to fuse with a divine envoy chess piece, after Takumi evolved the divine envoy chess pieces step by step, hers had slowly evolved along with them. It was just that the speed could not compare with directly fusing with a completed one.

Back during the candlelit dinner, Hitagi's physical condition had still only been at an ordinary level.

After that night passed, if her health bar had been turned into data, one would have discovered she had a pile of debuffs hanging on her, with only a sliver of HP left.

She might look like she could move around freely now, but that was only compared to an ordinary person's standards.

Her "internal injuries" had not actually healed yet. At the very least, she needed another three days of rest.

"Still, Hitagi, I could heal your injuries with one recovery spell. Why won't you let me heal you?"

Faced with Takumi's confusion, Hitagi merely shook her head and happily stroked her lower abdomen.

"I don't want that. This is my most profound memento~~"

Takumi, who did not quite understand Hitagi's yandere way of thinking, could only silently offer her his blessing.

And after comforting Hitagi, Takumi discovered that this was only the beginning.

After three days apart, Karane Inda and Hakari Hanazono, who had been waiting eagerly, had missed him terribly.

As for Yuki Nonaka, his childhood friend, her gaze had been fixed on Takumi the entire time as well.

Aside from them, Takumi also saw Megumi Kato walk in, ignored by everyone else.

She blinked playfully at Takumi.

After confirming that Takumi could still see her, Megumi showed a gentle smile.

"That's great~ I thought you'd forgotten about me, Takumi-kun."

"Nothing like that, Kato-san. I've also thought about your situation, and I already have a plan in mind. But this isn't a convenient place to talk. I'll go to the library later. Let's talk alone there."

"Okay!"

Hearing that there was a way for her to recover, Megumi immediately left with delighted little steps.

"The library? Takumi-kun, are you going to the library?"

Takumi's voice had been very quiet, but Hakari, who had been deliberately paying attention to him, still noticed.

She immediately leaned closer, her full figure pressing tightly against Takumi's arm.

As for the gazes of the people around them, Hakari completely ignored all of them.

Seeing her take the initiative like this, the tsundere Karane's face flushed red, and she immediately could not sit still.

"D-Don't get the wrong idea! I just want to know where the library is!"

As she spoke, Karane squeezed in on Takumi's other arm, forming a confrontational stance against Hakari.

Hitagi, who felt like she was the "official girlfriend," stared straight at the two of them.

Watching the sweet atmosphere and the Shura field intertwine at the neighboring desk, even Alisa Mikhailovna, whose personality was as cold as Yukino's, could not help glancing over.

"I feel like he's gotten even more handsome somehow… but also even worse."

Alisa muttered, trying hard to ignore them, but Takumi's group was simply too conspicuous.

However, with Hiratsuka-sensei's arrival, the chaotic atmosphere finally came to an end.

"Ahem! In the classroom, everyone should still be mindful of how close they are when communicating."

Hiratsuka-sensei shot Takumi a meaningful glare.

She did not want anyone in the classroom engaging in "negative-distance communication"!

Knowing that his image in Hiratsuka-sensei's mind was already that of an indisputable scumbag, Takumi did not bother arguing anymore.

He silently chose to ignore it. Anyway, he would just pretend Hiratsuka-sensei wasn't talking about him.

The long-awaited class time, for Takumi, was simply a chance to relax.

He spread his thoughts outward and connected with Raynare and the others.

The results of the search had actually come out very quickly.

Even though Takumi had sent only a few people, under Raynare and the others' day-and-night efforts, they had still swiftly locked onto the enemy's base.

Now they were waiting for Takumi's next instruction and had no intention of attacking rashly.

Takumi was not surprised to learn this. On the contrary, he felt it had happened too quickly.

"With efficiency this fast, looks like I'll have to work overtime today."

The reason Takumi had not personally searched for them himself was, at its root, because he had been lazy and wanted to drag things out for a while.

But Raynare and the others had worked too hard, forcing him to get busy too.

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