#100.1 Side story: Kanji Ike's Discovery

---(Ike's POV [few days before sports festival - irrelevant])---

*Beep* *Beep*

The sound of alarm woke me up from my wonderful dream where I became emperor and my harem consisted of more than 20 beautiful women...

*Beep* *Beep*

Ahh, that was a good dream. Unfortunately, I had to wake up from it and when I opened my eyes, I once again saw the ceiling of my shitty room. Well, not really shitty room, it wasn't that bad but there is no harem here waiting for me...Bohoo!! I really want to cry.

Well...5 more minutes won't hurt anyone. I thought and once again snuggled under my blanket and closed my eyes, ready to rest for a few more minutes before going to that annoying school.

...Well, I am practically at school even now because I am living in their dorms and we aren't even allowed to leave school grounds. Of course, they are extremely large but that doesn't change the fact that you are constantly at school!

*Beep* *Beep* *Beep* *Beep*

Previously, I didn't notice it but now I finally started hearing the beeping of my alarm clock which was getting louder each second. The special feature for someone like me who can easily fall asleep right after getting up.

*Beep!* *Beep!* *Beep!* *Beep!*

"Fuck, will-you-" I couldn't take it anymore and stretched out my arm and took the Alarm clock placed on my nightstand into my hand.

"SHUT-UP?!" Almost out of an instinct for hearing this annoying sound, instead of turning it off peacefully, I threw it at the wall opposite of me. This is not my usual morning...but hell, this annoying sound combined with my lost dream...I lost it.

"Shut your mouth!!! *Thud* *Thud*" The muffled shout immediately came out of the opposite side of the wall with a few hollow sounds of hitting the wall right after I threw my alarm clock and shouted a bit.

Oops!

"Sorry~!" I shouted to apologize and when there was no further reply, I finally sighed in relief.

Now I definitely don't want to meet with my neighbor. Hopefully, I won't meet him on my way to school. Well, I won't recognize him if it will be out of dorms so I don't care but I especially don't want to meet him right in front of my room.

"...*sigh*" I released a loud sigh and got up from my bed to take the alarm clock from the ground and give it back on its original place.

I hope it's not broken because I already am...I wouldn't be able to pay for a new one.

I looked at the number of points on my phone and I couldn't help but swear.

"Bah!" I put my phone back on my bed and went to dress up.

When I was finally done dressing up, I adjusted my hairstyle just in case Kikyo notices me.

I put my phone into my pocket and quickly grabbed the toast from the kitchen as a quick breakfast.

I will eat on the way there, I am already running so-so, I don't want to be late since our first class is with Chabashira-sensei.

That...demoness. I would call her the iciest of the iciest women in this world and it would still be too soft to describe her. Definitely don't want to come late in her class.

I left the dorms and thankfully, I didn't meet my neighbor so everything was going good for today. On my way to school, I quickly ate the toast. I arrived in our classroom a few minutes before start of the class.

"Yay! New record!" I couldn't help but exclaim with my fist held high when I saw the clock in our classroom.

"Yo, Kanji!" My friend, Haruki Yamauchi, immediately greeted me when I got into our classroom.

"Sup, Haruki!" I waved back at him and I approached my own seat.

...Aaah, now to endure a few hours of torture. I thought when I sat down while resting my head on my table.

"How was your weekend, Walker-kun?"

I raised my head when I overheard a certain conversation and I immediately noticed Matsushita with a few more female friends hanging out around Walker.

What a harem...Why is he the one who gets so much attention? Is it because of his handsome and somewhat cool face?

"Hm? It was nice, what about you?" Walker replied almost in complete indifference with just a few words.

...Bohoo!! How is that fair?! I get that Hirata is popular but why him? With his reactions!

The girls are practically lying on his table yet he keeps his composure like that...no, he isn't keeping his composure, he is simply indifferent!

...Don't tell me that he is...no...That's very unlikely...but definitely not impossible.

When the sound of closing the door resounded through the entire classroom, everyone stopped chatting and looked towards the door.

"Everyone, quiet down and take your seats." It was Chabashira-sensei with her usual indifferent expression and piercingly cold tone.

Haaah, here goes demoness...

The harem around Walker quickly dispersed and Chabashira-sensei finally started the first class of today.

...

This is soooo boring man. If I could, I would have already started playing on my phone but that would take away our points and I don't really want to damage myself. I am totally broke and need any points I can get.

I rested my head on the table and started observing everyone out of boredom, totally ignoring Chabashira-sensei's lesson.

?! What was that?

I have just witnessed impossible...When Chabashira-sensei looked to the right, her expression actually softened and her gaze became more...feminine. That's the word I would use.

However, it wouldn't be an exaggeration if I said that her gaze and expression became for a moment as if she saw someone she deeply loved in comparison with her usual icy expression...

Who is it?! That was the only thing I was interested in right now and I started to focus much more on her and the direction where she was looking at.

After a few minutes of observing her...

W-W-W-"Walker?!" I unintentionally exclaimed aloud and everyone immediately looked in my direction and the person in question, Walker, was also looking at me with a confused expression.

"He-he" I stood up and laughed awkwardly while scratching back of my head.

Eek! I almost pissed myself when I noticed how Chabashira-sensei was looking at me with her icy sharp narrowed eyes, waiting for an explanation.

"I am sorry! It won't happen ever again!" I bowed down as much as I could, not daring to raise my head to look at her.

"As I have already said..." Chabashira-sensei continued her class as if nothing happened and my entire body fell on my chair in relief.

Judging by everyone's faces, even they were slightly surprised that she didn't even reprimand me...maybe it was due to mention of Walker's name?

Let's observe Walker right now...

That's at least what I wanted to do but after a few seconds he turned in my direction and I had to quickly avert my gaze. It seems that he was able to feel someone staring at him...it's a bit different from a teacher who is drowned in stares of every student...

Although it was pretty hard, I was able to observe some things and one that shocked me the most was... When Chabashira-sensei looked at Walker with her softened expression he actually made eye contact and lightly smiled.

Don't tell me...As I thought, Walker isn't homo, he actually just prefers mature women. But...isn't she like 26 at least? Isn't that a bit too much? Usually, when someone wants a more mature girlfriend, they go after upper-class girls.

On the one hand, it feels a bit weird but on the other hand...He was able to melt that demoness. He can't be called a boy...he is a man. There is no way that there is anyone bolder than him...he is actually going for a teacher. Man, now I even respect him.

Hehe, now I know what I will do today! Haha!

...

After school ended I decided to secretly follow Walker but I already learned the hard way that he is very sensitive to the stares so I will keep maximum distance and just in case try to spy on him from inside the building.

After a while of following him and it definitely wasn't easy because he was constantly looking around with a suspicious look. I had to be extremely careful but my hard work has paid off!

I finally noticed Chabashira-sensei watering school's lawn and Walker actually decided to approach her.

Unfortunately, I can't hear anything but it looks like they are smiling so it must be a successful conversation.

?! Is- is she actually laughing?! I can't see clearly!

They were talking for more than 10 minutes before Walker decided to leave.

Are he and her...Are they actually together? No...they would have at least hugged each other but it's also possible that they don't want to do it in public even though no one was around them...maybe they don't want to risk anything.

Haha, what a discovery. Now I fully understand Walker's behavior and his ability to keep calm in front of all those girls. He is already aiming for our teacher so he isn't interested in them.

Well...let's go back to dorms. I wasted almost the entire day with spying a guy...I could have wasted it on my games.

I decided to walk out of the classroom and descend stairs.

"Ah, finally out of school!" I exclaimed while taking a deep breath when I exited the school building.

"Having fun~?" I heard someone's voice right behind me and I felt him putting his hand on my shoulder.

I turned around saw that person giving me a "friendly" smile.

"Eek! W- Walker-kun?! Ha-ha what a coincidence to meet you here!" I tried to keep calm but I was behaving too awkwardly.

"Yeah, really big coincidence. To meet you at school, especially after school already ended~" He said with a wide smile while looking at me with his red sharp eyes.

...Is he about to kill me? Even though I know that those vertical slit pupils are just the contact lenses, they still send chills down my spine.

"Ha-ha, you know...I forgot something in the classroom so I had to come back for it." I released an awkward laugh and explained myself while pointing with my finger behind him at the school's entrance.

"I see, I see...but why are you explaining yourself? I have never asked you anything." Although he said that, his grip on my shoulder only tightened and his smile widened.

"I- I-" I had no more excuses to tell.

"Did you enjoy your spying~?" He interrupted me and asked with a smile.

"W- what do you mean? Ha-ha Me spying on someone? Ha-ha" I pointed with my finger at myself and shook my head with a laugh.

"I have a quick question for you. Have you ever been on the 3rd floor of this school's building? I wonder how nice view it has since it's pretty high up, don't you think so?" He didn't even let me reply if I wanted to answer him or not and he simply asked me.

Eek! That's the floor I have used for spying on him! That's impossible, there was no way for him to see me!

"N-Never been there but it certainly must have a great view." I tried to play to be confused.

"Right?! Especially on that beautiful school's lawn, don't you think so~?" He asked with an excited smile and strengthened his grip on my shoulder even further.

BUSTED, definitely BUSTED!