episode_0241

“Ah. Welcome. I heard from Mr. Ferman.”

Shandroy welcomed us to the teachers’ office.

She was answering calls coming in from all over the place with a very busy face.

I left her behind and led Shine, Lane, and Appleton to the sofa to pick up some delicious chocolates.

“What happened?”

Seeing Shandroy doing something with an unusually serious expression on his face, it seemed like something had happened inside the school.

Maybe it had something to do with that teacher named Typhon?

As I was munching on the delicious chocolate, Shine sank into the sofa with her arms crossed.

“Hmm.”

Shine’s expression seemed to know something.

I unwrapped a small chocolate bar, put it in her mouth and asked.

“Hey. Does Shine know something?”

“Not yet. Not sure.”

“Really?”

As we were passing the time like that, eating chocolate, Shandroy came up to us with a hardened face and said.

“You must never come out of here.”

Instead of opening my mouth to answer, I nodded.

Because my mouth was full of chocolate, I couldn’t speak.

Shandroy watched us quietly eating chocolate, then left the teachers’ office.

In the empty principal’s seat, an unanswered phone was ringing sadly.

I told you not to go out, I never told you not to answer the phone.

I jumped up from my seat and went to sit in the principal’s chair.

The chair Shandroy always sat in was too comfortable.

So much so that if I close my eyes I fall asleep right away.

I reached out and picked up the receiver.

[Principal?]

The voice coming from the other end of the phone sounded familiar.

Carmel, a member of the Resistance.

It was one of our people.

“This is Jeff.”

[Oh, Jeff? You were there? Is Shandroi not there by any chance?]

“The principal just left?”

[Okay, I understand. Please don’t come out until we get there.]

“Why?”

Carmel began to explain what had just happened.

An emotional overload that occurs in an unspecified number of people.

It seemed that some people got into fights because they couldn’t control their anger, and some people even put themselves in danger because their abilities went out of control.

Fortunately, there seemed to be only a few people like that within the school, but the timing of the phenomenon was different for each person, so it was said that it was a situation where you never knew when or where a bomb would explode.

“Is it really dangerous? Is it their doing again?”

[I think so.]

After ending the call, I drummed my fingers on the desk.

Little Amy tapped my head with her palm, mimicking my actions.

“Stay still. Mom is thinking about something important.”

He muttered softly, blocking Little Amy’s tap on his head.

Judging from the information I got from Carmel, it seemed like this wasn’t just happening inside the school.

Upper area, close to here.

Sudden changes in people.

I started checking to see if anything had changed today.

Phagecic-!

While I was thinking about that, little Amy made my hair stand on end with sparks.

“Oh. I told you to stay still.”

I felt like it was stupid to have it sticking out in the middle, so I squeezed my hair, but little Amy was determined.

“Why on earth are you doing this?”

As I wrestled with little Amy by the hair, I could see that the spiked hair was pointing at Appleton.

Appleton?

Is there something about Appleton?

Appleton! Appleton!

Little Amy’s head bobbed excitedly, sparking as if she believed what I said.

I stared blankly at Appleton, then remembered that she had arrived later than usual today.

She said she was delayed today because of road construction.

The moment I remembered those words, I immediately took out my cell phone and called Grandpa Ferman.

[Jeff? What’s wrong?]

There was a lot of noise around my grandfather.

Since he seemed very busy, I told my grandfather the information I had found out.

“Excuse me. Was there any road construction going on around the school today?”

[Road construction? Hmm… Let me check for a moment.]

Grandfather’s confirmation was quickly completed.

[No. Road construction isn’t on the list of construction projects being held today.]

The area where this school is located was managed by Grandfather Ferman.

Are you doing road construction without permission from that old man?

It was truly amazing.

If they were to block the road itself, it would certainly not be a small undertaking.

“Appleton said. He said school was a little late today because of road construction.”

[Okay, I’ll check.]

My grandfather moved the people right away without even doubting my words.

I let out a sigh of relief at the voice I heard on the other end of the phone and ended the call.

“There seems to be something.”

Rain and Shine nodded as if they understood what I said.

Only Appleton did not understand what was happening.

“Hey, Appleton. Is that far from where they were doing construction today?”

“No? It’s not that far. If not, it’s just because I had to take a detour.”

“Really?”

Appleton said as he opened the map app on his phone and pointed to a spot.

The distance is not that far.

It was a distance I could reach in an instant if I used my abilities.

I fiddled with my phone, wiggling my butt on the chair.

Should I go or not? Should I go or not?

As I continued to ponder such thoughts, Shine, who was sitting with her arms crossed, frowned as if she noticed my thoughts and spoke.

“Jeff. No.”

“What, what?”

“I’m thinking about whether to go there or not right now.”

“Oh, no?”

“I know everything about Jeff.”

I kept my mouth shut at Shine’s words.

I debated whether or not I should go, but I probably wouldn’t have actually moved.

The only tools I have in my possession right now are a few commemorative coins.

I didn’t bring a single iron bar, which is a combat item.

The same goes for Rain and Shine.

“Now is the time to just wait.”

“Yeah.”

I nodded to Shine’s words and returned to the sofa to sit down.

Appleton, who had sensed something ominous in the atmosphere, kept his mouth shut and did not say a word.

Time passed in such an awkward silence.

What broke the awkward silence was a knock on the door outside the teachers’ office.

Shine Lane Appleton and I exchanged glances in silence.

Then, without saying who would go first, they both got up from their seats and walked stealthily toward the closed door.

“Who, who are you?”

When I arrived at the door, I asked who the person on the other side of the door was.

But the other person seemed to have no intention of answering and started knocking again.

dripping-

“Who are you?”

dripping-

“Who are you~”

Knock knock-

The knocking became faster and louder.

I was getting increasingly annoyed at the person not answering, so I walked up to the door and kicked it open with my small foot.

bean-!

“Who are you!”

Boom, bang, bang!

At that moment, the knocking sound became louder, as if it was angry at the sound of my footsteps.

I was startled by the momentum and quickly ran behind Shine to hide.

“Jeff. It’s okay.”

“Ha, but shine.”

Lane, Appleton, and I all flinched in fear at the loud knocking, but only Shine stood there with a calm expression.

She patted my head, which was hanging behind me, and walked towards the door.

“Hey, are you going to open it?”

“Yeah.”

I swallowed dry saliva, clinging close to Shine’s back.

She was unlocking the door, as if she really intended to open it.

And that was the moment.

Rain seemed to want to protect us, as he created numerous water droplets around us.

The bubbles of water rising up blurred my vision.

And then the door opened.

Rattling-!

The person standing on the other side of the door that had been pushed to the side was Mr. Typhon, whose face was like a tomato.

The moment he discovered us, he opened his mouth wide and-

He just collapsed.

He fell down with a thud and didn’t move at all.

He was still breathing as if he were alive, but Lane, Appleton, and I couldn’t even react to his sudden reaction.

“What, what is it?”

Shine walked over to the fallen Typhon, leaving us bewildered behind, and tapped his head with his foot.

“Hmm. It’s like this.”

“I, Shine. No matter how much I don’t like you, you’re still my teacher…”

“Yeah, I know.”

I grabbed Shine’s arm to stop him from kicking the teacher’s head with his foot, but he was stubborn.

Knock knock – He kicked my head again.

“Why did you fall down?”

“Well.”

Shine seemed to know why Typhon had fallen, but she smiled strangely, as if she had no intention of answering, and closed the door again.

After that, the incident was passed over in a vague manner.

Shandroy returned to the teachers’ office, as if the situation outside had been sorted out.

She was startled to see Typhon lying down right in front of the teachers’ office, but soon ordered others to send him somewhere else.

Because I was in the teachers’ office all day, I had no idea what was going on.

I hinted to Shandroy to tell her, but she never did.

I’m feeling grumpy.

I feel heartbroken.

Her lips were pouty and her cheeks were puffy.

“Why don’t you tell me?”

When I call my grandfather, he doesn’t answer.

All I get is an automated response saying I’m busy and will call back later.

“I want to know!”

When I returned to the classroom and pounded the desk in anger, Shine smiled faintly and said.

“You’ll find out later when you get back.”

“Really?”

“Yeah.”

Shine doesn’t lie.

I nodded, believing her words.

Classes continued, but it seemed like something had happened at school, as certain areas were now marked off as off-limits.

Due to the sudden absence of some teachers, certain subjects have been changed to self-study.

After class ended like that, we were able to return to headquarters smoothly.

“I’m back!”

We said hello to Amy, who was waiting for us as usual, but it turned out that she wasn’t the only one waiting.

Grandpa Ferman, Gene, Victor, and Amy.

There were four of them waiting for us.

Jin hovered around us as we crossed the warp, holding out a green glowing stone.

“There’s nothing wrong.”

I looked at Jin, wondering what on earth he was doing, and he smiled awkwardly and walked away.

“Are you sure there’s nothing wrong?”

“Yes, really.”

“Good.”

After Grandpa Ferman finished talking to Gene, he immediately opened his arms towards me.

When I saw that sight, I quickly started running towards it.

Not towards Grandpa, but towards Amy.

Because Amy was also extending her arms towards me.

As he ran to Amy and hugged her, his grandfather’s expression distorted.

“Did you have a good trip?”

“Yes!”

I answered Amy’s question and snuggled into her arms.