Too late

Celebration party.

Unexpectedly, this was the reason why Kurono told him why she decided to stay in his room for a while. Yup, it was impossible for her to stay a night in his room, but it was fine for her to stay for a little while, considering how lonely he was. 

Isao was alone, after all, and he had just awoken his ability. 

If someone wasn't by his side, Kurono was afraid that something might happen, such as he might run away. Yet, to be honest, when they talked, she knew that Isao was a good boy, and she didn't think that he would do anything reckless like many of her students. 

"...you want to eat here?" 

"I haven't eaten anything." Kurono touched her stomach and sighed. "I have been busy from earlier. More importantly, you have a lot of food there." Naturally, she knew that Isao had gotten many foods from the eatery where he had previously fought Kuraudo. She felt that Isao shouldn't be able to eat all of them, so it should be okay for him to share some with her, right?

"Aren't you going home?" Isao asked with a doubt. 

"I am not." Kurono shook her head, feeling too lazy to go back. While she wanted to see her daughter, it was quite troublesome to meet her husband, especially when she knew that she had quite neglected them due to her work. Yet, what could she do? 

If she didn't work, who would take care of their needs? 

After all, her husband was a household husband; how could she rely on her husband? 

"Even someone with the highest position in the school can't take a break, huh?" 

"The society is like this after all." 

"With your power, you should be able to get a lot of money, right?" 

Time manipulation. 

This was the power of Kurono, and frankly, Isao could imagine that she could do a lot of things with this power, such as returning garbage to the previous state that gave value.

Or rather, even if it was just an appearance, she should be able to return women's appearance to their youth, right? 

In the simplest things, she could even rob the money of bad people.

As long as they had a will and creativity, Isao knew that those Blazers could make a lot of money with their abilities, but in the end, they were trapped in their box and thought that they could only work as a civil servant. 

But that wasn't a bad choice, Isao thought, as it was stable. 

The only problem was that those Blazers might die as they had to fight. 

"I am a mage-knight; how can I do something so lowly?" 

"....." 

Ah... woman. 

Isao shook his head, thinking about the fundamental difference between a man and a woman. Unlike men who didn't care about what kind of jobs they had, so as long as they could provide for their family, they would work hard, but women were different as they wished to be seen as better than others, so the choice of job was necessary. 

In other words, vanity. 

Being the director of the Hagun Academy would give her a lot of vanity. 

Nevertheless, he didn't bother to say anything since this was her choice, and they had just met each other, so it wasn't appropriate of him to say about her choice, especially when being a director of one of the Mage-Knight schools was a position that one couldn't get so easily. 

Still, the fundamental problem was that the school taught the Blazer to become the protector of the world, so this was what they did, and becoming a hero was their aspiration. 

Yet, this wasn't wrong since it was far better than those Blazers becoming criminals, right? 

'Hero...' 

Somehow, he started to think about many messy things in his head. His goal in this world was simple: to become stronger. The rest wasn't within his consideration, and he could think about those things later when no one in this world could become his opponent. 

"Hey, drink with me." 

As Isao heated up the food with the microwave and started to eat, Kurono somehow brought alcohol from her office and then brought it to his room. 

"...I can't drink." 

"What do you mean that you can't drink?" Kurono pouted and said, "You are a Blazer now. Unlike before, you are an adult. You can drink alcohol. Or rather, you can even marry if you want to." 

"...I am not sure what to say when you say that." 

Alcohol aside, what did she mean by saying that he could marry? 

Did she think that he would marry her when she divorced or something?

Kurono chuckled and decided to toy with him. Moving a little closer, she whispered in his ear, "Are you a virgin?"

"....." 

Isao glanced at Kurono speechlessly, wondering what the heck was wrong with this married woman, but in the end, he didn't intend to say anything and just ignored her. 

"Geez, you don't sulk, okay?" Kurono thought Isao was angry because she had teased him, but then she also knew that he should be angry as she had teased him as a virgin. This was quite unexpected, considering how handsome he was. However, when she thought about how honest and rigid this young man was, she felt that it was normal. 

'Even though he is so handsome...' 

Because he was so handsome, she could imagine there were many temptations around him, and it might make him frightened, traumatizing him by many women who wanted to make an advance on him. 

If only Isao had the ability to read a mind... 

Still, watching the handsome stillness of his face as he quietly ate his food, somehow, a mischievous thought appeared in her mind. 

"Do you want me to help you?" 

Frankly, such a sentence shouldn't have come out from her lips, especially when she was a married woman, but an impulse came to her mind, whether it was from alcohol, she felt sorry for him, or he just happened to be her type, she wasn't sure, or it might be the combination of the three. 

Nevertheless, those words stopped Isao as he looked at Kurono in a daze. 

Kurono also realized how wrong her words were, and she quickly apologized. "Sorry, I... might say too much." What the heck were you saying?! She thought she shouldn't drink for a while, but then she noticed Isao kept staring at her. 

"Isao?" 

As their gazes met, an ambiguous atmosphere was born between them. 

It was slow, but Kurono could see that Isao approached her softly and steadily, seemingly hesitant yet also filled with desire. 

'Oh...' 

Kurono blushed and didn't move, seemingly ready to accept his advance, but when he held her shoulders, ready to take her lips, she quickly remembered her family, which made her stop him quickly. 

"S-Stop... this isn't good...."

Kurono tried to push him, but her hands trembled, and she appeared like she couldn't exert her power. 

"Kurono-san..." 

His voice seemed so helpless, and he appeared so disappointed. 

More importantly—

Kurono gulped when she saw the massive thing inside his pants that was impossible to hide. While she hadn't seen it, she knew that he was huge, and she knew that if that thing pierced her...

She bit her lower lip, and her mind became even messy, so—

"Only my hands. Just be satisfied with that, okay?" 

This was her fault, so she thought that she should take responsibility. 

Unfortunately, their act didn't end with just a mere hand, and on that night, her ripened body was devoured by this young man, letting herself be taken over by her lust, and when she woke up, she realized that it was already too late.