I'm in charge of her now

　　"…You want to take over the task of guiding her from me?"

　　Mafuyu tried to guess the true meaning of his words.

　　But if that's what Shinichi thought, wouldn't he have said it before?

　　"Not impossible. You and her have a tacit understanding about working together in the forest school. If you watch her, she won't work hard to that point..."

　　Before she finished speaking, Mafuyu had an idea in her mind.

　　(So the problem is actually me failing to fulfill my responsibilities as a teacher?)

　　The differences are all for comparison.

　　She didn't do what a lead teacher should do. She forces Itsuki to study with her, but she doesn't give her proper guidance...

　　But Shinichi was able to lead them to overcome so many difficulties and achieve extraordinary results.

　　(...The person who overestimated his abilities the most was actually me?)

　　Nothing has changed from the past.

Mafuyu scoffed in her heart, and her expression dimmed slightly.

　　Shinichi looked at her with his head slightly lowered, then spoke.

　　"I ask Kirisu Sensei to continue helping Itsuki, don't make a mistake."

　　Mafuyu raised her gaze.

　　"What does it mean?"

　　She thought about it, but didn't know her true intentions, so she could only ask this.

　　"What is your purpose? You want Itsuki to stay at the exchange meeting, and you want me to guide her…"

　　"Yeah, that's it, very simple," Shinichi nodded.

　　"There is no change in the current situation. It's just that you need to consider setting a schedule for Itsuki, calling her every night to make her sleep well, and using the strictest attitude to help her gradually get used to work. "

Mafuyu was getting confused.

　　"Then can you do it? I—"

　　Shinichi bowed, his serious eyes closing in quickly.

　　At this moment, Mafuyu felt like she was a student and the other party was a teacher.

　　Then those aggressive words rang in her ears.

　　"Yes, let me take over your job and make Nakano Itsuki think that she was abandoned by Kirisu Sensei and completely betrayed your trust. Just because of my words she was able to persist and lose confidence and fall into despair?"

　　"You were the one who strongly opposed her being trained by me in the beginning, and you were the one who made her mentally prepared to work hard to the end… Are you sure you will just give up on her?"

　　Mafuyu's body stiffened, and there was an inexplicable pain in her chest.

　　"I..."

　　Mafuyu bit her lip and avoided his gaze.

　　At the same time, she held her breath so as not to be affected by the scent. She clenched her fists and forced herself to respond calmly.

　　"You are exaggerating..."

　　Shinichi followed her averted gaze.

　　"Can you promise not to overdo it? She was such a serious fool that she almost fell over. It's not an exaggeration to get a reaction like that."

　　"She..."

　　"So, are you sure you want to surrender to her here? Giving in to stupid students who can do nothing but work hard?"

　　The attitude has reached the point of questioning.

　　Her heart became angry. Mafuyu raised her head and stared unwilling to admit defeat, even ignoring that the distance between the two had reached a somewhat ambiguous level.

　　However, this tense atmosphere did not leave room for observers to misunderstand, instead they were worried that they would immediately start a fight.

　　"This is its own growth!"

　　"If you don't take responsibility for your own stupidity here and remember your setbacks, the future will be completely ruined, can you take responsibility? Will you be responsible for her for the rest of your life?"

　　The familiar cold voice issued a familiar question.

　　"Or do you want me to see what 'miracles after hard work' are?"

　　"…"

　　In response, Shinichi neither nodded nor shook his head.

　　But he still looked at Mafuyu seriously and said slowly.

　　"I made an agreement with her, and I want to be responsible for her"

　　"So, please give me a chance, I guarantee she won't work hard enough to pass out again."

　　"This week, you will lead her from the front, while I will be her support from behind."

　　"We brought her with us to end this exchange meeting perfectly."

　　Shinichi lowered his head slightly, and begged sincerely.

　　"This is my purpose, I hope you agree."

　　"…"

　　Mafuyu stared at him for a few seconds. In silence, her eyes underwent some emotional changes.

　　Finally, she closed her eyes and she returned to her usual calm.

　　With her arms folded across her chest, Mafuyu leaned back in her chair.

　　"...It is over. Class will start soon, please come back."

　　Shinichi was relieved and lowered his head.

　　"Yeah, I'm sorry. Do you have any help that needs help moving?"

　　Mafuyu didn't answer, and looked at the leaflets that were neatly bound and arranged by herself.

　　Shinichi naturally asked this question after he found it. After receiving approval, he took the flyer and left the teacher's office.

　　Mafuyu looked at the door, after making sure that she couldn't see him, she lowered her shoulders and lay down on the table.

　　"The method is the same, but much more mature than that day..."

　　After her anger subsided, she could see the difference between the present and past Shinichi.

　　Although the actual method was still not mentioned, his words gave people the feeling that "he could really do it".

　　Compared to his previous impulsive attitude, this time the 17 year old student chose to deal with it in a more indirect and precise manner.

　　...Of course, his provocation skills were still just as annoying.

　　(He can only say this...But what can I do for Itsuki-san...)

　　While thinking like this, the young male teacher next to her turned his head, showing concern.

　　"Are you okay, Kirisu Sensei? I don't mean to say that the student was too rude!"

　　"How dare he speak to Sensei in that tone? No matter how good his grades are, he still has proper etiquette in this noble school—"

　　Mafuyu pushed her chair away and stood expressionlessly

"He has done it all. So, people who don't understand the truth, please don't criticize it so lightly, Yamada Sensei."

　　There was no anger, but her voice was even more dissatisfied.

　　"Ummm..."

　　Teacher Yamada didn't know how to respond for a moment.

　　Mafuyu took the lesson plan and walked towards the office door.

　　Teacher Yamada thinks he has stepped on a landmine, which is why Mafuyu is so unhappy.

　　And now Mafuyu...

　　On the surface, she was strict and cold, but that was what she thought in her mind.

　　(By the way, does that guy only have female friends? The one sitting in front of him... Uesugi Fuutarou? He should have a good relationship with him, right?)

　　(Also, I remember seeing them chatting happily… He obviously has male friends, so why isn't he responsible towards them?)

　　(Hah, that's really weird)

　　Thinking about this, her heart filled with unhappiness for some reason, and her eyes became colder and colder.

　　As for who Shinichi talked to at the last moment, Mafuyu no longer cared about it.

　　△

　　Of course Shinichi didn't say this to Mafuyu without any plan.

　　With the lessons from the past, this time he didn't want to think about apologizing after refuting Mafuyu.

　　Of course, there might be some rule violations… But based on his relationship with Mafuyu, he shouldn't care too much about such trivial matters.

　　"Asada-san..."

　　The third lesson is world history.

　　 Fumino looked pale and said quietly with a trembling voice.

　　"Why is Kirisu Sensei in a bad mood during this class..."