The dignity of being a teacher

Seeing Ren who wasn't doing anything and just playing with his cellphone, Mafuyu kept thinking, and soon she thought of a possibility.

Could it be that he wanted to help her but was too embarrassed to say so?

The more Mafuyu thought about it, the more it made sense.

Ren is a student who basically doesn't talk much.

Therefore, even though he wants to help herself, but doesn't know what to say, isn't that normal?

If Mafuyu continued to think like this, the reason why Ren stayed would become clear, namely that she wanted to take the initiative to ask for help.

This way, he can help herself without speaking.

After careful analysis, Mafuyu was sure that she had understood Ren's true inner thoughts.

Was this his way of expressing his kindness?

She couldn't disappoint her student's good intentions.

But the problem is, it is very inappropriate if a teacher has to rely on her student just because of a minor injury.

If so, what would Ren say?

This puts it in a tangled state.

Mafuyu must find a way to get the best of both worlds, not only to maintain her dignity as a teacher, but at the same time not let her student's good intentions go to waste.

Why didn't she tell him she was fine and let him go first?

For a student who wasn't good at communicating, Mafuyu was quite confident in persuading him.

After confirming that what she said later would not hurt him, she was ready to speak.

At the same time, Ren received a reply from Fumino.

Furuhashi Fumino: [Yes].

Furuhashi Fumino: [Every time we encounter something, we can ask Sensei for help, then when Sensei needs help, of course we have to help Sensei, such as helping move something...]

After carefully reading Fumino's answer, Ren nodded.

Luckily, he didn't leave, otherwise he would behave inappropriately as an ordinary person.

Even though he didn't know how he could ask the teacher for help, he still wrote those words in Fumino's reply.

There was no reply from Itsuki, as if she had not seen the message.

But Fumino's answer alone was enough.

Ren answered "Yes", stood up, walked towards Mafuyu, and held out his hand to her.

"I'll take you home."

Based on the time and his current location, Ren concluded that the next step was to go home like him.

"No. I can go back by myself, no need to bother Kamikawa-san."

Even though she didn't understand why Ren was being so proactive, Mafuyu still firmly refused.

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Ren was stunned.

This was the first time he encountered a situation where he actively helped others and was rejected, which made him not know what to do.

Aren't humans among creatures who feel happy when someone helps them and approves of it?

Why did Mafuyu refuse?

The experience of the past few days gave him this illusion.

To confirm her statement, Mafuyu pushed the edge of the flowerbed with her hand and stood up unsteadily.

"Just that. I appreciate your idea to help, but no thanks."

"Um."

Seeing this, Ren gave up the idea of helping and turned to leave.

Seeing him leave, Mafuyu felt relieved.

This should be fine, right?

At this moment, she seemed to feel almost recovered, so she took a hesitant step forward, intending to see if she could walk back alone.

As a result, one of her legs lost balance and her body fell uncontrollably.

"It is over."

That was her last thought before she fell.

"Hah? What happened?"

She was mentally prepared to fall, but she was shocked to find that her body was supported by something.

Looking up, she saw Ren leaning half to the side and grabbing her shoulder with his right hand, which prevented her from falling.

"Not wise."

After realizing that it was Ren who saved her, Mafuyu felt a little embarrassed.

She just said that she didn't need his help and could go home by herself.

She didn't expect her lie to be exposed so quickly.

What a shame!

But it had reached this point, and there was no room for recovery, so she could only adapt.

"Please Kamikawa-san, please take me home."

After saying that, Mafuyu turned to the side, not daring to look at him again.

"Okay," Ren agreed.

Sure enough, humans are creatures who need the help of others, and he is not wrong.

In this way, Ren supports Mafuyu and begins their journey home together.

While walking on the street, looking at the silent Mafuyu, Ren activated his superpower [Healing] on her.

This superpower can quickly heal her wounds, and Ren helps others to the end.

To prevent her from realizing something was wrong, he also slowed down the treatment so that she thought that the injury would get better on her own.

"Hah?"

After walking for a while, Mafuyu discovered something unusual.

Just now she still needed Ren to hold her before she could barely walk, but now she felt like she could walk on her own.

However, after learning from previous experiences, Mafuyu did not choose to try.

If she accidentally fell like before, her pride as a teacher would be completely lost.

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Nishigahara Apartment, in front of room 204.

"Thank you, just send me here," Mafuyu thanked him seriously.

Although she wanted to invite Ren to her room for tea as thanks, she gave up when she thought about the sorry state of her room.

"You're welcome."

Ren let go of the hand that had been supporting her.

"You can go back."

Mafuyu took out the key and opened the door, but didn't push it open. She just stood at the door.

"See you."

"Goodbye."

Mafuyu suddenly opened the door and entered.

Then Ren also prepared to return to his room.

When Ren turned around, he heard the sound of something falling from Mafuyu's room.

"???"

Ren stopped and looked at the door again.

He always felt that something was happening inside.

So Ren stretched out his hand and knocked on the door.

No one answered.

He remembered Mafuyu was supposed to come in.

Could something happen?

If something happened to her, as an ordinary person, he should help Mafuyu at this time.

However, in order to respect the most basic human rights, Ren cannot enter other people's homes without permission, nor can he use superpowers such as [Clairvoyance] to know the current situation in the room.

So, he was at a dead end.