Date A Live Encore - Volume 3 - Chapter 3

Natsumi Teaching
“Guys, pay attention!”

 
As she struggled to put a severe expression on her adorable childish face, the teacher in charge of Raizen High School class 2-4, Professor Tamae Okamine - nicknamed Tama-chan, said that.

 
Given the unusual behavior of the always cheerful and calm Tama-chan, supporting his hands on his desk, Shidou let out a suspicious voice.

 
“Did something happen?”

 
The rest of the students were also sending suspicious glances to Tama-chan.

 
... Everyone knows that tomorrow is the class open to the public, right, guys?

 
At Tama-chan's words everyone nodded. The sixth hour of tomorrow, during world history class, the class is open to the public — in other words, it’s Parents’ Day.

 
... Apparently, during that time, education superintendent Kuriyuu, a member of the Tengu

 
Education Committee, is coming to observe the class mixing with their parents and siblings. “Is the education superintendent... coming to observe the class...?”

 
All the students suddenly began to fuss. Shidou didn't know much about that organization or its jobs, but, in a way, he could at least understand that an important person was coming to see the class.

 
“Muh... I don't understand well, but why is that superintendent coming to see the class?”

 
The night-colored hair girl sitting next to Shidou, Tohka, tilted her neck. So, to answer that,

 
Tama-chan put a smile and said—

 
“It seems that certain strange rumors about one of our students reached his ears.”

 
“Strange rumors?”

 
“That's right... Apparently, rumors like a Raizen student had stripped his classmates in the classroom of their clothes; He reformed his house as Parents' Day is the day parents observe their children at school, made a ‘My Personal Zoo’ that forced innocent little girls to dress indecently...”

 
“Buh...?!”

 
Shidou spat suddenly. And at the same time as that, stares from all his classmates were pointed in his direction.

 
A Sticky sweat wet Shidou's back. As if to break that unpleasant tension, Tama-chan continued: “Apparently he will also send a member of the Special Committee on Life Reform in case those rumors are true...”

 
Hearing what Tama-chan said, the Ai-Mai-Mii trio put a complicated expression on their faces.

 
“What is that? It has a pretty striking name, right?”

 
“Member of the Special Life Reform Committee...? Do not tell me that...!”

 
“Do you know him, Mai?!”

 
..Mii asked with surprise. Mai continued after nodding, “Umu... I had already heard about it.”

 
“Come on, you know Aragami Technical High School, right? It is said that two years ago, the Education Committee no longer supported the misconduct of that school and sent a member of this Special Committee for Life Reform there.”

 
At Mai's words, all her classmates stained their faces with a dye of terror.

 
“—A-now that you say it, that school has recently become very quiet, right?”

 
“No, that cannot be described with the word ‘quiet’! It is said that in half a year it was practically transformed into a prison, and in a year, into a temple!”

 
“—I heard that all the students have a shaved head and the expression of being dead inside...”

 
“Rumor has it that they were brainwashed...”

 
“No, I heard they did a lobotomy...”

 
In response to such information, all the students swallowed their breaths.

 
“Whatever! If we have a normal class, there shouldn't be any problem! Guys, tomorrow, please behave...!”

 
Tama-chan bowed. Before that figure, class 2-4 showed, for the first time since classes began, a spirit of unity. No one wanted anything like a member of the Special Reform Committee of Life being sent, and above all, nobody wants Tama-chan to stop being the teacher in charge.

 
Well, in the middle of it, from time to time cold glances were directed towards Shidou, but he decided to simply ignore them.

 
♢

 
“...Muh...”

 
After moaning softly, Natsumi frowned at her eyebrows, which were already distorted as if she were bored, even more.

 
However, that was inevitable. Right now, inside his head a worry was spinning like a whirlwind.

 
That said, it is not that she was worried about things like her hair, impossible to fix even if she combed it with great care; or her thin, unhealthy physical constitution; or her face in a natural bad mood, as if someone was telling her something very boring, even if she was only acting normally.

 
... Actually, these are also worries, no doubt, but those are things that Natsumi has to always deal with. That is, they are passive concerns. What is now causing Natsumi to worry is a more active concern.

 
She changed the direction of her body on the sofa and stared at the direction of the kitchen.

 
There you could see the figure of Shidou, wearing an apron and working hard to prepare dinner. He is the owner of this house and the person to whom Natsumi is in debt. And also the person who, right now, is making Natsumi worry.

 
Natsumi was thinking about how to return the favor of having saved her before. Of course she tried different ways. She tried to give him some presents, she tried to clean Shidou's room when he wasn't there, she tried to prepare food instead of Shidou... and things like that. However, all of them ended as “attempts” and just that.

 
Thinking about it, a person who becomes happy for a gift chosen by Natsumi’s aesthetic sense doesn’t exist in the current human cultural sphere. If the way of life called Natsumi, whose existence itself is like garbage, were to clean without permission, on the contrary, the entire room would end up contaminated with dirt that could not be removed.

 
And not to mention helping out in the kitchen, which is something completely absurd. Only something like a hyena, after 10 days in which it could not obtain any food, would consider putting in its mouth anything kneaded by Natsumi.

 
“...Natsumi-san?”

 
“Hyah?!”

 
Natsumi, after hearing that voice from behind, raised a stunned voice and jumped.

 
Looking around, she saw that the girl who was sitting on the other end of the sofa - Yoshino, along with "Yoshinon", the puppet in her left hand, was tilting its neck.

 
She was an angel-like girl, who possessed soft, fluffy hair, unlike Natsumi, beautiful eyes, unlike Natsumi, and an adorable face, unlike Natsumi.

 
And besides, she wasn’t just beautiful in appearance. Her heart was also beautiful as a transparent sea, and in each of her behaviors and words you can clearly perceive kindness. Natsumi could feel her love, similar to maternal love, from the fact that she treats even her, an object as necessary as a dung beetle, with kindness.

 
More than “like” an angel, she was truly an angel. You can call her Yoshino Angel now.

 
»What's wrong with you, Natsumi-chan? Your face seems somewhat strange, you know?

 
“Yoshinon” tilted his neck. Natsumi shrugged her shoulders.

 
“A-ah... I'm sorry. Is nothing. Do not worry...”

 
“For real...? But—”

 
The moment Yoshino spoke, he began to hear Shidou's voice coming from the kitchen. “Hey! Yoshino, Natsumi! The food will be ready soon. Could you clean the table? When Tohka and the others arrive we will eat!”

 
“...Did you hear, Yoshino? We have to clean!”

 
“Ah... Y-yes.”

 
After nodding slightly, Yoshino began gathering the magazines, newspapers and other things that were on the table. Natsumi also began to pile the papers and photocopies that were scattered.

 
“Oh...?”

 
At that moment, Natsumi looked down on the content written on the paper that was left at the top, and spoke quietly.

 
“Notification of... the class open to the public...?”

 
♢

 
That night, Natsumi passed without stopping in front of her room, and instead visited Yoshino's room.

 
She rang the bell, and a few moments later, the door opened and Yoshino appeared, whose body was wrapped in adorable pajamas, along with "Yoshinon." Probably just out of taking a bath.

 
Her cheeks were lightly dyed red and a vapor of water was emitted from her body.

 
“Is something wrong, Natsumi-san? It's so late...”

 
“Ah... I-I'm sorry... There is... something that... I want to talk about...”

 
Natsumi looked away as he spoke.

 
“...You're right. I have no common sense, right? Now that I think about it, if I’m here now, you won’t be able to sleep, right? I'm so sorry. I’ll go die.”

 
“Na-Natsumi-san...?!”

 
When Natsumi was about to leave, Yoshino hurriedly took her hand.

 
“That's not true... This... That Natsumi-san comes to visit me... makes me very happy.” “Yoshino...”

 
Natsumi turned back with tears in her eyes at Yoshino's words full of love. She was no longer a being that could be placed in the category of angel. She was a goddess. “Yoshino Goddess”. Ah, this world is so beautiful. “If you like, come in, please.”

 
“Yes... Thank you.”

 
After nodding slightly, Natsumi took off her shoes and entered Yoshino's room. In order to not contaminate this consecrated ground, she thought about changing the socks for new ones she had brought with her, but since Yoshino stopped her, she gave up on that idea.

 
“Well... Is there anything I can help you with?”

 
After inviting Natsumi to the living room, Yoshino, who had sat on the couch, asked. Natsumi, who was at the other end sitting with her shoulders shrunken and hands on her knees, said in a somewhat hoarse voice:

 
“I... I have something I want to ask...”

 
“Yes, what is it?”

 
“Well... Tomorrow, are you free?”

 
“In the morning...? Yes, I have nothing planned...”

 
»Is it an invitation to a date? Kyahh! Natsumi-chan, how bold! “Oh, no, it's not that...”

 
After hearing what Natsumi said with sweat spilling from her forehead, Yoshino controlled Yoshinon with a “Hey!”

 
“Tomorrow... is something wrong?”

 
“Well, if you have no problem with it... do you want to... go to Shidou's school with me?” At Natsumi's sudden proposal, Yoshino greatly opened his eyes in bewilderment.

 
“Did you say... to Shidou-san's school?” »What are we going to do?

 
“Yoshinon” he asked as he twisted his body.

 
“Tomorrow, the class opens to the public... at Shidou's school, you know? But now Shidou's parents are on a business trip abroad, right? He said they are almost never in the house and practically never went to Parents’ Day class... So, well, I had thought about... giving him some memories of Parents' Day... between Yoshino and me.”

 
That was precisely the method to return the favor to Shidou that Natsumi came up with.

 
“Between Natsumi-san and I...?”

 
Yoshino tilted her neck for a few moments, initially not understanding what Natsumi was saying, but she quickly realized what those words meant. She opened her eyes wide in amazement.

 
“That... Natsumi-san and I... are going to pretend to be Shidou-san's parents...?”

 
At Yoshino's words, Natsumi nodded firmly.

 
If you think about it normally, that is impossible. After all, Natsumi and Yoshino are younger than Shidou no matter how you look at them. However - with Natsumi’s power, that could be changed.

 
Natsumi's angel, Haniel <Witch of Forgery>, has the power to modify the shape of one object into another. And even now that she has her spirit powers sealed by Shidou, thanks to destabilizing her mental state, she can still use that power, if only to a certain extent.

 
That said, Natsumi cannot be both his father and mother. That is why she came to ask Yoshino for help.

 
“What... do you think? If you don't want to do it, you can reject it without problems, yes?”

 
“That is not true. I think... it's something... wonderful. Please let me help you.”

 
“Yoshino...!”

 
After putting a radiant smile on her face, Natsumi took Yoshino's hand.

 
♢

 
The next day. Natsumi and Yoshino were walking down the path that leads to Raizen High School, still in their original forms.

 
The plan had been confirmed last night. When they arrived at Raizen High School, Natsumi would manifest her power somewhere without people, transform Yoshino into the father and herself into the mother, and they would go to the classroom.

 
Because they couldn't get a picture of Shidou's parents, the design will end up being a Natsumi original... But if they present themselves as Shidou's parents before class starts, they can at least let him enjoy that atmosphere.

 
They walked while they thought about those things, and after not much, they began to see a familiar school.

 
“The time has come... Yoshino, are you ready?”

 
“Yes... I'm starting to feel nervous.”

 
Yoshino nodded slightly with a slightly stiff expression. The pair entered a desolate alley.

 
Then, she took a breath and began preparations to recover a part of her sealed spiritual powers. If the mental state of the spirits becomes unstable, the spiritual power ends up flowing in the opposite direction. Because the stability of Natsumi's mental state is the lowest among all the spirits, just by imagining some negative fantasy, she can recover a minimum of her powers.

 
... The classroom of an elementary school. The voice of the teacher is heard.

 
“Guys, put together a group with the partner you want!”

 
Her classmates begin to pair up one after another. In the middle, without calling or being called by anyone, the only one left over was Natsumi.

 
The teacher spoke. Somebody put Natsumi-chan in their group. The class got loud. Finally, one of the boys spoke.

 
“But in that case, it would stop being a group with the partner we want...”

 
“Ah... Ah... Aaaahhh...!”

 
“Natsumi-san...!”

 
Then, at the moment when Natsumi's stress was about to peak, Yoshino shook her by the shoulders. Naturally, her concentration ended up being interrupted.

 
“Huh? Did something happen?”

 
“Please wait. Right now—”

 
Yoshino directed Natsumi’s gaze towards the empty road. There, a woman of small build with glasses was walking, who until a few moments ago was not there.

 
If she had exhibited her transformation power at this time, she would probably have ended up making a big fuss. Natsumi interrupted her fantasies, and waited patiently until the woman passed and left.

 
But at that moment... The woman suddenly collapsed.

 
“Huh...?”

 
“Hey...?!”

 
Natsumi and Yoshino held their breath at the same time and then quickly came running towards the woman.

 
“Hey, what's the matter...?!”

 
“Is she okay?!”

 
They both turned the woman upside down while they spoke to her, and the woman moved her mouth with a pained expression.

 
“I-I'm sorry... Yesterday I tried so hard to prepare everything... and I don't feel well...”

 
Natsumi brought her hand to the woman's forehead as she frowned. She had a big fever.

 
“...It's crazy to go out on the street in your condition... Go home without protesting and take care of your health.”

 
“I can't do that... Today the class opens to the public... and if I'm not...”

 
Natsumi opened her eyes wide, and after that the woman stopped talking suddenly. It seems that she had lost consciousness.

 
She held the body of the woman, who was completely exhausted.

 
“It seems we have no choice... We have to take her somewhere to rest.”

 
“You're right... But... she just said ‘class open to the public’...”

 
At that moment, Yoshino released a "Ah!" as if she remembered something.

 
“This person... I think she is the teacher of Shidou-san's class...!”

 
“Now that you mention it...”

 
After hearing that, Natsumi remembered. Before, when she transformed into Shidou and pulled pranks, she thought she saw this woman.

 
“That means... if this person is not going to work... Parents’ Day class is going to...”

 
“Eh... It will be... a free class, right?”

 
“That would be a problem!”

 
Natsumi shouted in a shrill voice. If that happens, he won't be able to make Shidou remember Parents’ Day.

 
“But... I think it's impossible for her to teach in the condition she is in...”

 
“Yes, after all, she's fainted.”

 
“Yoshinon” said as it opened its eyes towards the unaware teacher, imitating a doctor.

 
“No... There is still a way.”

 
Natsumi said that while clenching his fist tightly.

 
♢

 
Break after the fifth hour class is over. The classroom was wrapped in a slightly different atmosphere than usual.

 
But that was natural. After all, today's sixth hour, the class is open to the public. It’s an hour of vital importance that will decide the fate of this class. Everyone was nervous, but in a different way than a normal Parents’ Day class. At the back of the classroom, several of the students' parents could already be observed. Students who found a familiar face among them gave the feeling of acting more awkwardly than usual.

 
“Haha... For one reason or another, everyone is quite nervous.”

 
Shidou laughed bitterly as he glanced at the back. Then, Tohka, who was sitting next to him, began to speak looking extremely interested, while opening her beautiful eyes wide as crystals.

 
“Those are that superintendent? Yes there are a lot of them, right?”

 
“No, they are everyone's parents.”

 
What responded to Tohka's voice was not Shidou's voice, but that of a girl.

 
If you looked, you could see the 3 bustling girls of the class, Ai-Mai-Mii, standing there.

 
“Hey, hey, has your mom arrived, Tohka-chan?”

 
“Oh, I'm very interested in it.”

 
“Is this beauty something genetic? Or a mutation?”

 
The three approached Tohka with their eyes shining. Tohka simply groaned a “Mu...” sound; she didn’t have parents as a spirit.

 
“Ah... Tohka's parents won't be able to come because of their jobs.”

 
“Nuh... Umu... That's right.”

 
Shidou said that to disguise her situation, and Tohka nodded to corroborate what he said. The 3 girls complained about an "Eeh", seeming to be lamenting it from the bottom of their hearts. At that moment, Tohka raised his voice as he pointed toward the back of the classroom. “Hey, Shidou. Is that also a parent for someone?”

 
Shidou sent his gaze back following the tip of Tohka's finger - and froze his body in an instant. However, that was natural. After all, mixed between the parents in formal suits was a character wearing a black robe and a mask with its upper part ending in points.

 
“E-ehh...”

 
Shidou was unable to respond, but suddenly Ai raised her voice.

 
“D-dad...?!”

 
“Huh?!”

 
At that unexpected word, he opened his eyes wide. Ai turned red, walked over with heavy steps towards that suspicious character, and began speaking to him in a low voice. “...I thought I told you not to come dressed like that, right ?!”

 
“What are you talking about, Ai? In my Society, this is the traditional and honorable...”

 
“Stop saying those things! Go get that, fast! It's always the same with you, but today, it really won't end well!”

 
Seeing that, Mai and Mii put a dry smile on their faces.

 
“Ah... Haha... It's true. I think I remember that Ai's father is an important person in the Black Magic Society.”

 
“Although without these facades he looks like an ordinary person...”

 
“He is not a bad person, but coming with those facades, you see that he lacks common sense...” At that moment, Mai, who was in the middle of her prayer, saw the figure of a woman with bondage enter the classroom and interrupted her words.

 
“M-mom?!”

 
“Hey?!”

 
While Shidou was perplexed, Mai ran over to the woman and raised a voice of protest, red like a tomato.

 
“W-why are you dressed like this?!”

 
“Sorry, sorry. I was returning from work, but in the middle of the road I dirtied my clothes. And I only had this to change myself.”

 
“Doesn’t matter if it's dirty, go change! The first time they see you like this, we are liquidated!” Mai raised a hoarse voice. Sweat ran down Mii's cheek as she watched that.

 
“Ah... Mai has a hard time too, right? She is a dominatrix in an S&M club, so if she can't separate her work and her private life, then...”

 
At that moment, this time it was Mii who opened her eyes greatly and began to shake in panic.

 
When you look, you could see that there was a tall man standing at the entrance of the classroom. Muscles that are marked even over his white suit, a pair of sharp eyes like a razor blade and thick eyebrows like feathers of a bird of prey were his distinguishing features. He had a face that said a few people had already been killed. Incidentally, in his hand he held an M16 automatic rifle.

 
“Uncle?!”

 
Mii came running, looking panicked, at the man. Now that I thought about it, I thought I had heard that Mii's uncle worked as a hired killer abroad.

 
“Why did you bring that thing with you?!”

 
Faced with the more than accurate signaling of Mii, the man, however, remained speechless.

 
“In Japan, something like an assault rifle attracts a lot of attention, right?! Don't you think you lack awareness as a professional?!”

 
Shidou narrowed his eyes unconsciously and scratched his cheek with his finger... What can you say? They have... great individuality. Ai-Mai-Mii took the hands of their respective parents and left the classroom.

 
Then, a few minutes later, they returned, Ai and Mai bringing their parents dressed in normal clothes, and Mii bringing her uncle who had left the assault rifle somewhere... However, when he looked more carefully, the front of his bag, which had been closed until a few moments ago, was open, as if to allow him to quickly and easily pull out something that was hanging there.

 
“Muh... Shidou, Shidou!”

 
When Shidou was letting sweat run down his cheek, Tohka opened his eyes greatly looking surprised and hit his shoulder. “Nh? What's up, Tohka?”

 
“That... Is that a parent too?”

 
He said and again pointed towards the back of the classroom. It seems that once again someone had entered the classroom.

 
Thinking that after seeing the three previous people he would no longer be surprised no matter what guardian came, Shidou turned back - and froze his body.

 
Who was there was a beautiful woman. Long, slightly wavy hair, and eyes like sapphires. The line of her sensual body was like a magnet for the male students who were in the classroom, but her behavior, on the contrary, was reserved, reflecting the virtuous and chaste ideal woman.

 
However, what was even more characteristic of her was her left hand.

 
In it he had the puppet of a rabbit, which had mustaches like those of the sleeves and wore a double suit.

 
“Hey...? What is going on...?”

 
Shidou frowned in bewilderment.

 
Without a doubt, I didn't know that woman. However, what was in her left hand was clearly “Yoshinon.”

 
Also, as he looked more carefully, he began to feel that he had already seen the woman's face before. Hypothetically speaking, if Yoshino continued to grow, she would surely become this woman... She was such a beautiful woman that made him think that.

 
“This... Well...”

 
»First you have to say that.

 
“Yes...”

 
After the woman slightly twisted her body, as if everyone's eyes tickled her, she seemed to exchange those words with the puppet, and then swallowed with a *Glup*, as if she had decided something before raising her face.

 
“...thanks for always taking care of my son. I am the mother of... Shidou Itsuka.” »And his father!

 
They declared such a thing, facing the whole classroom.

 
Before the statement out of everyone's imagination, in an instant the classroom plunged into silence, before—

 
“EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH?!”

 
The next moment, she was engulfed in an incredible cry of amazement.

 
“That?! Itsuka-kun's mother?!”

 
“It's a joke, right?! She’s too young to be his mother, right?!”

 
“Don't tell me... A second wife?! Is she your stepmother?!”

 
“Why does that sound so erotic?! Only a forbidden relationship comes to mind!”

 
“More importantly, is that the father?! Do you really own rabbit genes, Itsuka-kun?!”

 
The classroom suddenly began to fuss.

 
“No... Well... This... Ehh...?!”

 
However, Shidou could not stop that. The reason was very simple: he, too, had no idea what was happening right now.

 
But, at that moment, a new visitor appeared in the classroom that had become bustling, and in an instant, all the students fell into absolute silence.

 
He was a man in his forties, who brought with him a woman who seemed to be a subordinate.

 
His perfectly straight back and perfectly closed lips showed his nature.

 
Before the appearance of this character, all the students held their breaths.

 
However, that was something totally natural. Yesterday everyone had seen his face in a photo. This person was the superintendent of education Shoutarou Kuriyuu, member of the Education Committee of Tengu.

 
“General, it has appeared...”

 
“We're going to show you what class 4 union is...”

 
“We're not going to let you fire Tama-chan...”

 
The students whispered in a tone inaudible to the superintendent. Their interest in the mysterious woman who presented herself as Shidou's mother had not yet died out, but the important thing for now is to get through this class.

 
... For his part, Shidou began to feel discouraged when he thought about the wave of questions that await him after class ends.

 
However, both Shidou and the rest of his classmates felt the same. None wanted Tama-chan to stop being their teacher in charge. And besides, you can't deny that, in the incident this time, Shidou is partly to blame. He decided to leave the interrogation on the matter of his mysterious “mother” for later, and, while exhaling slightly to calm down, he turned towards the direction of the professor's desk.

 
Coinciding with that act, the doorbell rang and the classroom door slid open. Today's main character, Tama-chan, made her appearance on stage... or not?

 
Shidou was stunned after seeing the figure of the person who entered the classroom. But that was something completely understandable. After all, the one who appeared there was not Tama-chan, the little Social Science teacher...

 
“Ufufu... Let's start class. Guys, take your seats, please.”

 
... but she was a beautiful tall woman, who sang that in an extremely sweet voice.

 
It was a woman in her twenties, with hair like silk, wet lips, and proportions that would make even a model envious. Her splendid bust seemed that at any moment she would escape from her blouse, which was unbuttoned until the third button. Her sensual thighs peeked out from the straight skirt, which possessed a deep opening. You may have remembered that she was a teacher, and that is why she wore thin lenses and in one of her hands she held a pointer. But all of them, at this point, looked only as items for some kind of game.

 
Before the appearance of this woman, who gave the impression of having the interpretation of the phrase "woman teacher" wrong, the bustle again invaded the classroom.

 
However, in the middle of all that, Shidou’s eyes were opened in a different kind of astonishment compared to his classmates.

 
“Na... Natsumi?!”

 
The teacher who had entered had the appearance of Natsumi transformed into an adult. Tohka, who had already seen that appearance before, also opened her eyes wide in surprise. Shidou’s brain, which was already in chaos at the appearance of the woman who had Yoshinon, plunged further into chaos. For heavens’ sake, what are these two doing? While Shidou was thinking about that, Natsumi sat on the teacher's desk tilting her body much more than necessary, crossed her legs provocatively and raised a finger along with a: "Shh!".

 
“Very good guys, keep quiet, please. Let's start with the class. The questions you have for the teacher, ask me after school, yes?”

 
Before that sensual attitude, the male students and some of the adult men swallowed their saliva with a *glup*.

 
However - everyone immediately rushed to sit correctly in their places. This was bad. They didn't have the slightest idea of what the hell was going on, but this was really bad.

 
They took a small look back. Then, they could see that Superintendent Kuriyuu was whispering something to his subordinate with a frown.

 
—...

 
Before that attitude, all of the students made eye contact with each other naturally.

 
(—-Hey! Who the hell is this teacher ?!)

 
(Wouldn't it be better to say she's not our teacher?)

 
(—But if we do that, wouldn't it be like Tama-chan skipped this important class to go to who knows where?)

 
(—W-so, what the hell are we doing ?!)

 
(Okay... )

 
After everyone reached a mutual understanding with just their blinks and glances, they adjusted their positions and turned to the teacher's desk.

 
That's right - All the students made the decision to continue to the end with the class as it was.

 
They did not know who this teacher was or why she was here. However, since the class had already begun, there were no methods other than to conclude the class in order to convince the superintendent.

 
A class is not something that only the teacher builds. The larger the noise produced by the ball when it hits the baseball glove, the more it will seem to be a fast and strong ball. It should be possible to create the illusion that this teacher's class is a wonderful class based on the reaction of the students alone.

 
(What kind of class will you give, Onee-san?)

 
(I'm going to play my best role as an exemplary student!)

 
(Everything for Tama-chan and our daily peace...!)

 
Then, Natsumi nodded with satisfaction, seeing the serious attitude of all the students, then took the chalk in his hand and began writing on the board.

 
“Health Class for Good Boys: Where do babies come from?”

 
After seeing what was written, all the students, including Shidou, froze at the same time.

 
(Did it have to be a sexual education class?!)

 
There was no need to exchange eye contact. You could easily know that each and every student was thinking about the same.

 
It was a class that nobody wants by itself to be done on Parents' Day.

 
In addition, today they are under the superintendent’s watch. And above all, the reason for this was due to a rumor about the extreme immoral behavior towards the opposite sex by a Raizen student. This was already like dancing on a field full of mines.

 
“...Ara?”

 
Apparently, at that time, Natsumi also noticed the change in the classroom environment. She set down the chalk, turned around, and gazed over the classroom.

 
Natsumi said that in a cheerful voice, but the students remained silent. The atmosphere turned darker with every passing second.

 
Then, Natsumi, without anyone knowing how she had taken that silence, clapped her hands as if he had just realized something.

 
“Ah! I'm sorry. I did not think of it before. Today is the long-awaited Parents’ Day, right? We are going to ask your parents to also participate in the class. Come on, come on, ladies and gentlemen, go to the side of your respective kids.”

 
(Did she have to make it even worse?!)

 
(What the hell is this Onee-san thinking?!)

 
(A sex education class with the participation of our parents?!)

 
(What kind of torture is this?!)

 
At this point, the students were pale and dripping with sweat. Their parents, showing some suspicion as well, went with their respective children. Naturally, the woman and the puppet who introduced themselves as Shidou's parents, walked towards him.

 
“...It's you, Yoshino... right?”

 
Shidou asked quietly. Then, as he imagined, the woman nodded slightly.

 
“For heaven's sake, what's going on? Why Natsumi...”

 
“T-the truth is...”

 
Yoshino briefly explained the situation in a low voice. More sweat began to appear on Shidou's forehead.

 
“Tama-chan passed out and Natsumi is replacing her...?”

 
“Yes... Natsumi-san isn't doing this for mischief or anything like that...”

 
However, the moment was the worst possible. Shidou took a small look at Kuriyuu and his subordinate who had been left in the back of the classroom. And at that same moment, Natsumi spoke to the superintendent.

 
“Ara... What's the matter?”

 
“I’m not a parent—”

 
“Do not say that. Come on, come on, don't be ashamed.”

 
Natsumi walked to the back of the classroom, took the superintendent's hand and led him to the side of the student who had no one standing beside him - next to Tohka.

 
“...I'm sorry. I'm going to have to bother you a little.”

 
“Muh? If it is okay.”

 
Tohka answered that with an attitude as if nothing happened, perhaps not quite understanding the meaning of what he said.

 
“Does your teacher always act this way?”

 
“Nuh? What are you talking about? That is not a teacher—”

 
“S-she is a teacher with a lot of humor! Friendly and very popular with students!” Shidou raised his voice to cover Tohka's words. The superintendent inclined his neck as if unable to understand.

 
He didn’t speak, but it was clear that the superintendent's impression was not good. Apparently, the other students also felt that and, although they tried to cover themselves with an air of tranquility, the edge of their eyebrows trembled slightly.

 
(This is bad... This is really bad... )

 
(If we continue like this, the member of the Special Committee of Life Reform will come flying...!)

 
(We have to recover anyway...!)

 
The students exchanged glances with each other in silence. Then, Professor Natsumi continued, with a beautiful smile on her face.

 
“Very good! Let's ask your parents how they did it!”

 
Before Natsumi's hopeless sentence, not only the students, but even the parents, shook their shoulders in surprise. (Tell me you're joking!)

 
(That's the last thing I want to know!)

 
The silent shout of all the students invaded the classroom. Shidou heard how the superintendent, who was standing to his right, cleared his throat moodily.

 
However, Natsumi lifted a finger and seemed not to notice it, and began pointing to the students. “Who are we going to ask?”

 
“Very well, first Yamabuki-san. Come up please.”

 
“Huh?!”

 
Ai raised a cry of disgust from the bottom of her heart. The superintendent's eyebrow moved slightly.

 
(Ai! No! Smile, smile!)

 
(If he comes to believe that we don't like the classes she gives, it's our end!)

 
Mai and Mii caught his eye. Ai put a clumsy smile on her face, but seemed to want to cry.

 
“Yay... It's a great joy to be chosen by the teacher! Go, answer the teacher, dad.”

 
“Mmh... I see that classes open to the public now touch on topics of great interest, right?” After hearing what Ai said, his father, who until a few moments ago was wearing a suspicious mask, put on a serious expression.

 
“You can't explain in a few words how you have a child since there are many patterns. But since the opportunity presented itself, I will tell you how we did it when we were blessed with Ai.” Ai's face turned red in an instant. However, his father continued with his words without any shame.

 
“One full moon night, I laid my wife on a magic circle drawn with goosebumps.”

 
“Hey, stop!”

 
Ai shouted and took his father by the neck. But it seems that he immediately noticed the look of the superintendent. He shook his shoulders in fright and put a stiff smile on his face.

 
“P-please, don't keep up with that, Dad. You're such a joker, right? Teacher, why don't you ask someone else?”

 
“Well, I think we're going to continue with... Hazakura-san.”

 
“...I-it's an honor...”

 
This time it was Mai who put a stiff smile on her face. It was a hell of questions and answers where no denial was forgiven. This already seemed like the seminar of some new religion of dubious origin.

 
When encouraged by Mai, her mother, who until a few moments ago was wearing bondage, began to speak.

 
“Well, let's see... To begin with, my encounter with that wretched disgusting pig, perverted to the core, was—”

 
“Wretched disgusting pig?”

 
“Oh, I’m sorry. I mean my husband.”

 
The students were all shocked. However, the mother continued without worry.

 
“Well... Originally it was our client. He gets very happy when I call him that. Basically he likes to feel pain. When I got pregnant with my daughter, I was hitting him with a leather belt, as always, but that wretch, without my permission—”

 
“—T-teacher! Why don't you ask other people too, to have more diverse opinions?!”

 
Mai raised her hand and voice, interrupting her mother.

 
“Umh... Really? That answer seemed quite interesting... But, well, that's fine. So, let's continue with Fijibakama-san.”

 
“No... Well... My parents were busy, so today my uncle came! I-it's a real shame!”

 
“There is no woman alive who slept with me.”

 
“Shut up!”

 
Mii covered her uncle's mouth, who said that without changing his expression.

 
You could see that a palpitating blue vein had appeared in the superintendent after seeing that series of questions and answers.

 
“Hey... Are the classes here always like that?”

 
“N-no... Well...”

 
Shidou didn't know what to answer to the superintendent, who was clearly in a very bad mood, and to make matters worse, this time Natsumi smiled slightly and looked at him.

 
“Very well, I think we're going to ask Shidou-kun and his mother now.” “What...?”

 
At Natsumi's words, Yoshino held his breath.

 
“Go ahead. How are babies made? Teach your child. I believe that parent-child collaboration is just what will become a memory of Parents' Day.”

 
Natsumi spoke looking, somehow, excited. Yoshino distorted her eyebrows in a "八" shape; troubled, but still opened her trembling lips.

 
“Well, that is...”

 
“Yes?”

 
“U-a man and... a woman... Well...”

 
“What are they doing?”

 
Natsumi approached Yoshino, walking with slow movements, and then gently lifted Yoshino's chin. Faced with that indecent action, his heart began to beat rapidly by reflex.

 
“Come on... teach him.”

 
Natsumi prompted her to continue with her words, Yoshino’s cheeks stained a deep red.

 
“Hey... don't you think you're going over...?”

 
As Shidou, with sweat falling down his cheek, was trying to stop Natsumi, a voice coming from the right side suddenly echoed.

 
“—Cut it once and for all!”

 
There was no need to say that it was superintendent Kuriyuu. His expression was tinged with anger, and his attitude said he couldn't stand Natsumi's excessively liberal class anymore.

 
“I've been watching for a while, but what do you think you’re doing?! Get away from that person! Are you not aware that you are a teacher?!” “Araa? Did something happen? This... Whose father is it?”

 
“Why do you play dumb?! Is this your level as a teacher? For starters, what are those shameless clothes you have on?! A teacher is not only limited to teaching. It has to be a model for your students! Especially here in Tengu City, an area frequently hit by spacequakes! Do you think that, with that attitude of yours, you will be able to protect your students if the time comes?!”

 
The superintendent raised a furious voice and Natsumi narrowed her eyes mischievously.

 
“Ara, ara... If you scream a lot, you'll just stress yourself out, you know?”

 
(—Don't provoke him right now!!!)

 
The inner shout of all the students echoed. The superintendent frowned with great disgust.

 
“I've had enough! Everything is very clear to me! With this attitude I'm not surprised that this rumor has appeared. —I will take this matter to the Education staff. And in the worst case, the member of the Special Life Reform Committee will be sent.”

 
Shidou opened his eyes wide and held his breath. But it wasn't just Shidou. An expression of despair surfaced in each and every one of his classmates at the same time.

 
Maybe because she felt everyone's attitude, Yoshino, looking hard, turned to the superintendent.

 
“Excuse me... I'm fine... And, well, I don't think the teacher had any bad intentions either.” “That's not the problem here, ma'am... Hm?”

 
The superintendent moved his eyes to Yoshino and put a suspicious expression on his face.

 
“...Excuse me, but she looks very young. Is she your parent?”

 
“Yes... Well... I'm the mother of... Shidou Itsuka.” »And his father!

 
—...

 
After hearing what Yoshino and "Yoshinon" said, the superintendent frowned in bewilderment. “Yaah... If you look at me that way, I'm going to be ashamed.”

 
Maybe he couldn't stand the silence anymore, "Yoshinon," with his mustache on, stung the superintendent's nose. Then the superintendent's face became serious.

 
“What do you think he is doing?!”

 
He took "Yoshinon" by the head and removed him from Yoshino’s hand. The latter held her breath with a "Hih".

 
“I'm not going to tell you not to play with dolls. However, I would have you learn that for everything there is a time and place. Don't you think it's disrespectful to someone you just met?”

 
“This is bad...!”

 
Shidou distorted his face with terror. Everything the superintendent said was correct, but it is ineffective to use that kind of common sense against a spirit, especially against Yoshino. She has a calm personality, but when she separates from her friend "Yoshinon", her mental state is immediately destabilized.

 
“Ah... Ah... I... Yoshi... non...”

 
“Yo-Yoshino, calm down—”

 
However, when Shidou tried to calm her down, it was already too late. Yoshino's body trembled and tears flowed from his eyes. Immediately after, the surrounding temperature dropped dramatically and then the school building began to make a noise as if it were cracking.

 
“What...?! What is this...?!”

 
The superintendent let out a voice full of panic. Shidou squeezed his molars tightly. He had already heard this sound before. The water that runs through the pipes of the water system, due to Yoshino's spiritual power, began to freeze, breaking the building materials of the building.

 
No... Probably not just that. The Raizen High School building, due to Tohka and the rest of the spirits, is placed under more daily stress than a normal one. Probably all the accumulated damages manifested at the same time.

 
Not long after, the building began to shake, and cracks began to open in the walls and ceilings. “Wha-what's going on...?!”

 
“Kyaaaaahhhh!”

 
“Run!”

 
Students and parents began to flee the classroom hurriedly. At that time, "Yoshinon" fell from the hand of the superintendent, was pushed by the wave of people, kicked by the students and ended up flying towards a corner of the classroom.

 
“Ah...!”

 
“Shidou!”

 
“Yoshino! This is—”

 
Tohka was surprised by the students in chaos. Shidou replied, still pursuing "Yoshinon":

 
“Tohka, you run away first! I’ll reach you as soon as I reassure Yoshino!”

 
“But—”

 
“Come on, you too, Tohka-chan! Quick!”

 
“This doesn't look good at all!”

 
“What is this?! The Gods’ anger?!”

 
Ai-Mai-Mii spoke one after another, took Tohka and left the classroom.

 
Shidou waited for the wave of people to leave, then picked up "Yoshinon" and came running next to Yoshino, who was sobbing.

 
“Here you are, Yoshino! Look, it's Yoshinon!”

 
He placed "Yoshinon" on Yoshino's left hand while saying that. Then, "Yoshinon" straightened his back and stroked his whiskers.

 
»Hi, I'm the father.

 
“I-Yoshinon...!”

 
Yoshino relaxed her expression with relief and hugged "Yoshinon" against her chest. "Yoshinon" was caught against her now voluptuous and fluffy chest thanks to Natsumi's transforming power.

 
»Kyaah! I can't breathe!

 
“I-I'm sorry, Yoshinon...”

 
Releasing a sigh of relief at such an exchange, Shidou took Yoshino's hand. They had all evacuated. There was absolutely no one left in the classroom. Many cracks could be seen on the walls and ceiling, and it seemed that they could collapse at any moment.

 
“Yoshino, we have to get out of here.”

 
“Y-yes...”

 
Yoshino nodded and squeezed Shidou's hand even harder. But—

 
“Uwah...?!”

 
“Kyah!”

 
The moment Shidou and Yoshino were about to leave the classroom, the ceiling collapsed, making a terrible noise, and blocking both their paths.

 
“Haa... Haa...”

 
Superintendent Kuriyuu, who had managed to escape the collapsing building, went out into the courtyard and finally released a sigh of relief.

 
“I have no idea what happened. The surrounding conditions didn’t look like an earthquake... Maybe it was some construction error or something.”

 
Students, teachers and parents alike, who seemed to have escaped from the other classrooms, were gathered there. It was as if a school assembly or something like that was taking place.

 
At that time, the teachers in charge of each class began to pass the list to check that all the students of their respective classes and their parents were there. The teacher in charge of class 2-4, who until a few moments ago had run a terrible class, also began to check, as though she had finally realized after seeing what the other teachers did.

 
“There are no Shidou or Yoshino!” Tohka suddenly raised a shout.

 
“I’m sure they are still inside! I'm going to help them!”

 
She said that and tried to return to the school building that seemed to be collapsing. Three students stopped her in a hurry.

 
“Y-you can't go back, Tohka!”

 
“It's very dangerous!”

 
“It could collapse at any moment!”

 
“Let me go...!”

 
Tohka struggled to free himself from the control of the three girls. But, at that moment, a hand was placed on her shoulder. It was the teacher in charge of her class.

 
“I'm going, Tohka-chan. You wait here.”

 
“Natsumi...?”

 
Tohka opened her eyes wide, and the teacher named Natsumi gave her a beautiful wink.

 
Then, she took off the high-heeled shoes she was wearing and opened her skirt further so she could move her legs more easily, and started running into the building.

 
“What...?!”

 
Faced with such unexpected behavior, Superintendent Kuriyuu opened his eyes greatly. It did not even cross his mind that this delinquent teacher would say such a thing.

 
“S-someone entered!”

 
“For real?! It's very dangerous!”

 
“Hey, it's collapsing!”

 
Someone shouted and, along with that shout, a heavy sound echoed around and a part of the school building collapsed. An incredible cloud of sand rose and the surroundings fell into chaos.

 
But the next moment...

 
“Uwaaaaaahhh?!”

 
“Kyah...!”

 
Such screams were heard from above, and then, from within the sand cloud, a shadow flew out. Looking more closely, one could see that it was Professor Natsumi, who carried a student on one side and on the other, that student’s mother. Apparently she jumped through a window the moment the collapse occurred.

 
Natsumi, who carried the two, landed in some bushes that were next to the building. A moment later, all the students who had been watching that, stunned, broke into applause at the same time.

 
“Amazing!”

 
“Hey, are you all right?!”

 
The students gathered around the three as they talked one after another. Then, as if to answer this, Professor Natsumi got up and showed them a peace sign with a smile on her face.

 
Apparently the two people who were sitting on the floor were also well.

 
Superintendent Kuriyuu had been thinking for some time while watching that scene. But finally, he walked over to the three with slow steps.

 
Then, he stood in front of Professor Natsumi and spoke, still in a bad mood.

 
“...Why did you do that? Didn't you think it was dangerous?”

 
“Huh? Why does it matter at this point? Everyone is fine, so no problem, right?”

 
Professor Natsumi replied as she shrugged. Kuriyuu continued while adjusting his glasses.

 
“No, that may have been the result, but didn't you think your reckless actions could have made the situation worse?”

 
“Well, today I am a teacher. Helping students is my job, right?” Natsumi replied as if nothing happened.

 
Kuriyuu, once again, fell back into silence for some time, but finally scratched his head and slowly turned back to Natsumi.

 
“...After all, this behavior presents problems. In the next few days I will send you a notification of a special seminar.”

 
At Kuriyuu's words, the students frowned.

 
“W-wait a moment, please!”

 
“The teacher did it to save Itsuka-kun and her mother—”

 
“—Please take the seminar and strive to provide an appropriate education to all these students.”

 
However, Kuriyuu continued and said that. The students, after a momentary scare, burst into screams of happiness.

 
♢

 
That day after school.

 
“...I'm sorry.”

 
“...I'm sorry.”

 
In the living room of the Itsuka residence, Yoshino and Natsumi, having returned to their original figures, found themselves bowing their heads deeply.

 
Having taken Professor Okamine to the infirmary who felt bad and wanted to do the class open to the public instead of the teacher was not so bad (well, to tell the truth, it is likely that she had thought about that was wrong), but Natsumi, who had become his adult version, ended up slightly surpassing himself in several things.

 
Shidou scratched his head with his hand as sweat fell down his cheek. Natsumi and Yoshino shook their shoulders in fright.

 
“I-I'm sorry... But Yoshino is not to blame. I invited her and nothing else. If you are going to get angry, do it with me alone.”

 
“That's not true... The school’s destruction is my responsibility... It's not Natsumi-san's fault...”

 
“Yoshino...!”

 
At Yoshino's words, Natsumi hurriedly shook her head in denial. She could not bear for Yoshino, who had only done her the favor of accompanying her, to receive punishment. The culprit was not Yoshino, but Natsumi. Trying to give some explanation, she moved his hands awkwardly.

 
However, Shidou, upon seeing these two, simply let out a great sigh.

 
“That you tried to give me memories of a Parents' Day class makes me very happy. Thanks.” “Ah... Y-yes...”

 
“But, even if it was not on purpose, that they ended up causing problems for everyone is not something commendable.”

 
After hearing that, the two shrugged. Shidou continued his words with his arms crossed.

 
“That's why, as a punishment for both of you — you are going to have to help me with today's dinner preparations.”

 
“...Eh?”

 
“Help... with dinner?”

 
At Shidou's words, Natsumi and Yoshino opened their eyes greatly.

 
“Come on, start! If we don't hurry, Tohka and the others are going to arrive too soon.”

 
“Y-yes...!”

 
“Yes...!”

 
Natsumi and Yoshino looked at each other for a moment and then answered in energetic voices.

 
A few days later, Professor Tamae Okamine, who had recovered from her illness, received a letter of thanks and a notification regarding a special seminar about which she remembered nothing. They ended up baffling her greatly... But that's another story.