"Teacher Tomoe,you've learned why those students are put together in one class,right?"
"What do you mean?"
"They're not there because of any special abilities they have,they're there because no one wants them anymore. Or at least none of the teachers."
"Is that so,Student Council President,Futaba?"
Kurogame -for the first time in forever- was the last one to reach the school after the 2-week break. He saw everyone just staring at the sleeping Tomoe.
The fight destroyed what everyone had on them so they had to wear their usual school clothes.
"Is everyone already here?" Tomoe said while yawning.
"Probably." replied Kurogame.
"Then let's start class."
Everything seemed normal. Class was the same as it always was and Tomoe didn't mention anything about the fight. They even had a regular gym class. Only when the next day came,weird stuff started to happen.
"One of our main faults was our teamwork." Everyone was confused at Tomoe's words. It was early in the morning so most people were still half-asleep. "You think I'm gonna give up that easily? I'll fight them myself if I have too."
"Tomo?"
"Yes Otome?"
"What are you talking about?"
"Fighting the Deadly Sins. What else?"
The entire class gave a huge, "What?" and it also helped them to wake up.
"We were sent to the hospital because of that!" shouted Monzu.
"Not just the hospital. You almost died too."
"Is that really any better?"
"Slightly?"
"All our weapons broke! And my clothes were ripped!" Everyone agreed with Feta. "Do you know how much that's gonna cost?"
"Do you know how much money I have?"
"200k?400?500?!!" Nami was beaming.
"Enough to send half the pawn shops on this island in debt."
"What."
"All I had to do was show a few of the gems,refuse them for a bit and boom! Immediate 51 mil!"
The class was quiet. In case you didn't know,thanks to inflation 51 million yen would equal to about 50 million. 50 million yen in 2020 would be USD463.8 thousand or GBP378.33 thousand.
"Plus,I got doubles of all your clothes,here." Tomoe then threw boxes with the students names on them. Inside,their Neo clothes. "It should look exactly like your old clothes. The only difference is that there's some metal plating at the arms and legs."
"Really? It feels so light." said Futaba. "What did you use?"
"Titanium."
"...Tomo."
"Yes?"
"Anymore surprises and Otome's gonna have a heart attack."
"I'm f-fine..." He wasn't. "There's n-n-nothing wrong. Just con...continue." Everything was wrong and Otome looked like he was on Death's door.
"If you say so. Anyway,I have one last announcement,at the end of each day from this day forward-"
"Teacher Tomo! I'm sorry to interrupt but..." said Shuichiro looking worried.
"Is something wrong?"
"Please give Otome some time to rest or prepare."
"Like I s-said...I'm...I'm fine." He wasn't. It seemed as though Death has already opened the door,telling Otome to come in.
"I refuse. I have to start class soon."
"I have a bad feeling about this." Shuichiro's hunch was right.
"At the end of each day starting from today,I'll follow you home and talk with your parents/guardian."
The entire class gave a big, "Huh?" followed by a scream. Otome had walked inside Death's house. In other words,he fainted.
"Again? Shuichiro,check attendance and put class in self-study."
"Umm,yes!"
Tomoe then carried Otome outside and brought him to the main building. He was walking him to the nurse's office when he saw the Student Council President,Futaba and some other guy.
"Hey,Futaba. Who's this?"
"This is the Vice President,Giovanna."
"Oh,hello,GioG-"
"Please don't. I've heard that joke more times than I've eaten slices of bread." replied Giovanna interrupting Tomoe.
"...Team Rocket Leader?"
"I've never heard that before. But no."
"Tch."
"You're mad about it?!"
"You two seem to be getting along well. By the way,why are you carrying Otome again?" asked Futaba.
"He fainted in class again."
"Would you like me to help?"
"If you could,that would be great but...It seems like you're busy."
"Oh,not at all. Giovanna,you can continue patrolling first,I'll help the teacher."
"Are you sure?" asked Giovanna.
"Yes. Go right ahead."
Futaba and Tomoe walked together to the nurse's office. Once he got there,he gave Otome to the nurse to check if he was okay.
After they found out he was fine,Otome was left to rest there and they both left.
"I was planning on seeing Kurogame's parents first but looks like I'll have to say hello to Otome's first."
"You were going to meet Kurogame's parents?"
"Yeah. Well,all of their parents. Kind of like a parent-teacher conference I guess. But one-on-one."
"I heard Otome's parents are really nice."
"They are. I met them once. They're actually like angels compared to that nurse earlier. Their beds were so nice and fancy. And there was that nice air-conditioning. Yet she refused to let Otome stay there. Can't tell whether she was selfish or just evil."
"Neither."
"Hmm? You're saying she doesn't like Otome? Now that I think about it,not a lot of people like the students in my class. I kind of get Kurogame but Shuichiro is so nice and reliable. And Yuuki is so cute! I wonder why...Could it be that..."
"Teacher Tomoe,you've learned why those students are put together in one class,right?"
"What do you mean?"
"They're not there because of any special abilities they have,they're there because no one wants them anymore. Or at least none of the teachers."
"Is that so,Student Council President,Futaba?"
"At least.that's what I've seen."
"You're saying this because you're jealous,right?"
"What are you-?"
"You can use magic too,can't you?"
She was silent. "How did you know?"
"Unlike you guys,I've been using magic since I was a baby and can tell immediately a magic-user and a non-magic-user."
"And...how did you come to the conclusion that I'm jealous?"
"The headmaster told me that some magic students are not in my class since it was full. You wanted to learn magic,didn't you?"
"Am I not allowed to?"
"Not at all. Why don't we make a deal?"
"A deal?"
"You help me find the stray magic users and I'll teach you and them."
"I thought you can 'tell the difference immediately'?"
"It's kind of weird if a new teacher who's also a teenager to just come up to random students and tell them "Yer a wizard!" or that they know magic. It'll make me sound insane."
"And you want me to look insane?"
"I just want you to convince them. It'll be easier to convince people when you're the Student Council Prez after all."
"You're telling me to run around the school just to learn some magic?"
"You'll be learning as much magic as my actual students are and finding the missing students will be good exercise."
"Are you calling me fat?"
"HAHAHAHA!Hah! No,you can always be stronger." Tomoe was tearing up from laughing too hard. He laughs easily. "I meant exercise as in magical exercise. It'd be great if you could sense people's magic -or their aura- so then you can find them if they're hiding."
"...You're quite persuasive yourself. You have a deal."
"It'll be fun to teach you."
"Please teach me as much as you can!"
"Heh..."
"...What?"
At the end of the day,Tomoe met up with Otome's parents,explained to them what happened,apologized,and talked with them at their house.
Tomoe found out that day that...Otome's parents...are the nicest people on the planet.
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