Sensei 17: Before A Glorious Day

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A day has passed since we reunited with Nagumo.

Not much is needed to be said, but things were not that different from what I expected. No troubles were present, I interacted with my clone and he gave me some of his memories.

Oh, and regarding my clones, I don't bang my clones. I'm not into selfcest, because I know every single clone that I made using a soul signature that seems different from mine, but is actually mine.

Some of the memories that my clone shared with me through a single handshake were pretty interesting.

He had been through some adventures with Hajime, including the fact that the clone Kouki managed to convince the elders and the leaders of Verbergen carefully and with enough friendliness, and with a few causalities from the tigermen tribe for their own rash actions, had also gained their trust and.... actually seduced the current princess of Verbergen and gained her support and she became the next person to know his face.

Then, I saw that he also helped conquer a labyrinth and gained a magic that seemed quite familiar. Although, I can't help but feel a little apologetic to the girl that ruled the labyrinth.

After sharing a few more memories, we left each other alone just in time before he left with Nagumo.

Right, time to go ask Aiko out then.

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Aiko looked at the massive lake, deep in thought.

The petite teacher curiously wondered about Satoru, thinking why he hasn't proposed to her once, yet still treated her as her closest friend. Of course, there were times that looked as if he wanted to confess something to her, but he also looked annoyed and turned around.

Wait....

Was he actually trying his best to confess to her all those years ago...?

Aiko's cheeks became bright red once she realized this. Her heart was beating fast, and the realization that she might have been oblivious to his advances slowly filled her with dread.

"... Uuu.... Stupid Aiko...." She blurted out while shaking her head side by side before slamming her palms towards her cheeks.

And then, she felt a hand on her shoulder.

"Aiko, is something wrong?" Satoru asked, bringing her out of her thoughts. Aiko looked at him with dread on her eyes and glanced away.

".... I'm sorry." She muttered as tears were about to form on her eyes. But then she felt his hand on her little head.

"Sorry for what? Look here, Aiko. You have nothing to apologize about, trust me. Although, it might have been my fault if I confessed to you too much and you decided not to accept my confession." He said as his aura was radiating pure confidence and charisma.

It was enough for her to stop doubting herself and also stop herself from actually crying, as Satoru's wide smile was in fact, enough for Aiko to gain comfort.

"Alright! Now that you have calmed down, what do you say about sneaking out of the town for a worthwhile walk?" This question seemed to have broken the current atmosphere around them.

"What?"

"I said, let's just go out to the mountains for a walk. Don't worry, we'd be back after less than a week~!"

"Wh-what about our students? A-and this town?! Shouldn't you be worried about it and it's inhabitants?"

"We can worry about them later~!"

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Two cloaked men sneaked between the trees, seemingly following three figures that were approaching the mountains.

"Are you sure that we need to go with the backup plan?" One of the cloaked men asked.

"Yeah. Kill them all, and leave the Goddess of Good Harvest alive. More so without injury. Our prince requires her to support his faction's food supply. We're all glad that some of our prince's critical plans hadn't reached the ears of the other kingdom yet." His partner replied, determined to launch his prince's plans.

They were all going to the same direction that Satoru and his current companions were, until one of the cloaked men realized something.

They were literally just going in circles rather than going to where the person of interest was.

"Now what did you both say? Kill me and kidnap my girlfriend, right?" A voice behind them said, forcing them to stop and turn around.

"Sadly, you ain't gonna do that. But I'm not going to kill you so easily yet. I still have uses for you...." Satoru grinned evilly, exuding an aura so powerful that the cloaked men could not move at all.

".... give me all the information I need. Or do I need to break your minds just to gain the information?" He continued, walking slowly towards the cloaked men.

'..... This is not a human! This thing is a demon! Heilig Kingdom summoned a wolf under sheep's clothing!' One of the cloaked men thought in terror, though his bladders were not given permission to open up.

It was safe to say that these assassins were practically good enough to be forced into subordination and were forced to become part of Satoru's smaller plans. Basically: they were forced to become pawns for him to sacrifice.

Meanwhile....

"Satoru? Where have you been?" Aiko asked under the shade of several tall trees as Melusine glanced around to see where we're the great fishing spots near the mountains.

"Taking a piss. What else?" He replied bluntly, causing Aiko to forget asking that.

They both know that the students and the knight squad would be looking for them after a sudden disappearance, and if anything bad happened to them when they return, she might blame Satoru for those.

Likewise, they continued their temporary journey to the mountains while Satoru started to smoke on his cigarette.

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