episode_0183

“How was it?”

“Hmm… I don’t think it’s a very good school.”

“If Ferman heard this, he would be sad.”

“Of course the facilities are good, but…”

I let out a small sigh as I answered Shandroy’s question.

It was now lunchtime.

After class, we all came to the teachers’ office together to eat lunch at Shandroy’s call.

“The school atmosphere is really weird.”

“Everything is the result of the students’ work. Our teachers are not involved in that at all.”

“Umm…”

Shandroy asked me, Shine, and Lane various questions.

“What do you think, Rain? Is there anything different from when you came here in the past?”

“n, yes?”

Lane, who was munching on a large steak, asked back in surprise.

The area around her mouth was glistening with sweet sauce.

I picked up a wet tissue and wiped the area around her mouth.

Lane acted as if he was very used to having someone wipe his mouth.

Looking at the way he slightly closed his eyes and stuck out his mouth, he looked more like a child than Shine.

“It doesn’t seem like much has changed… I would say the atmosphere has become more subdued.”

As he spoke, Lane seemed lost in thought, rolling the tomato around with the fork in his hand.

Could it be that he is doing that because he doesn’t like eating tomatoes?

“Mr. Ferman hopes the girls have a fun school life.”

“Umm…”

I let out a small groan at Shandroy’s words.

Judging from the children’s reactions, it didn’t seem like they would be having much fun.

Would things change if we all became friends?

With that thought in mind, I glanced at Shine.

Shine was slicing meat and eating it with a bored expression, seemingly uninterested in what Shandroi was saying.

While I was looking at Shine like that, a knock was heard from beyond the door of the teachers’ office.

Knock-knock-knock-

A sound that repeats at a regular beat.

Then Shandroy opened his mouth and answered.

“Come in.”

The person who opened the door with a creaking sound was Carmel.

A person who is Rain’s junior.

A person who showed off his majestic appearance.

The moment Lane opened the door and saw Carmel coming in, he dropped the fork in his hand.

A fork fell with a clank, and a tomato fell off the plate and onto the floor.

When Lane’s tomatoes became inedible, I put mine on her plate.

Rain made a sad face.

I blinked and looked up at Shandroy at Carmel’s sudden appearance.

While Shandroy was having a meal with us, he turned away every teacher who came to visit.

So my doubts were natural.

“Don’t worry. He’s one of us too.”

At Shandroy’s words, Carmel bowed her head and greeted us.

It was a completely different atmosphere from what I had seen in the hallway earlier.

He handed the documents to Shandroy with a serious expression on his face.

“Here is a report on this week’s awareness changes.”

After receiving the report, Shandroy put it aside and spoke to Lane.

“I heard that Rain is Carmel’s senior. But I thought it would be easier to act with people who are familiar with each other, so I chose Carmel as your teacher.”

“What is a homeroom teacher?”

“Our school does not have a teacher in charge of each class. Instead, teachers are in charge of individual students. Based on each student’s personality, we assign the best teacher and gradually change their behavior and thoughts.”

“Change your thoughts and actions?”

“Yes. We are part of the resistance. The goal of the group is to liberate all capable people from oppression. That is why we are changing people’s perceptions from the bottom up.”

I kept my mouth shut in silence.

My mouth is dry.

I thought it was just a school established as a hobby by my grandfather, but I had no idea that such a large-scale project was underway.

“Mr. Ferman has high expectations for the girls. Since students have a greater influence than individual teachers, he expects Jeff and Shine’s actions to have a great influence on this generation.”

Shandroy looked at me and Shine and smiled slightly.

I felt a little uncomfortable with his smile, so I slightly averted my gaze.

Shandroy continued,

“Carmel here will be assisting the ladies from today. Most of the things you are uncomfortable with or want can be resolved through Carmel.”

As soon as Shandroy finished speaking, Carmel bowed her head and greeted us.

I was speechless at how much he had changed.

I didn’t get along very well with people who could change their personality so quickly.

I felt uneasy, as if someone buried in my hazy memories was coming to mind.

“I hate it!”

Rain, who had been listening to the story silently, suddenly shouted and jumped up from his seat.

Even though he was standing up, he looked shorter than when he was sitting.

It was because the sofa was longer than her legs.

“Senior…”

Carmel looked at Rain’s words with a regretful expression.

But Lane shuddered as if he had heard something terrible at the word senior.

“Why don’t you like it?”

“Ugh.”

“If you have a good reason, we will change the teacher in charge. In addition to Carmel, there are many teachers from our school.”

“They too… are graduates of this school?”

“Of course.”

“No way. They’re all my juniors…?”

“Of course.”

Lane’s face turned bright red at Shandroy’s words.

The trembling shoulders are not normal.

I got up from my seat and hugged Rain tightly.

“I’ll just… I’ll just do Carmel… since she treated me like a senior…”

Shandroy nodded to Lane’s words.

She said, picking up the papers placed next to her and standing up from her seat.

“If you have any business with me, please call me through Carmel. Since Carmel is the teacher in charge, no one will find it strange that Carmel and the girls are working together.”

After saying that, Shandroy left.

In the teachers’ office, Shine, Rain, and Carmel were left.

Carmel’s expression softened and her shoulders slumped as Shandroi left.

The atmosphere I saw in the hallway a little while ago has returned.

“Senior.”

“Yeah…”

“It doesn’t look strange.”

To Carmel’s words, Lane responded.

She began to look up at him, lifting her head which had been bowed down.

Rain’s eyes were sparkling with tears.

“Really?”

“Yes, really. You two look so good together. I don’t think anyone will find it strange.”

“Really…? Really? You’re not treating me like some weird person who cosplays as an elementary school student at my age, are you?”

Carmel answered Lane’s question with a small laugh.

“Absolutely not. If I took a picture of my senior right now and uploaded it to the internet, wouldn’t anyone think it was strange?”

Rain nodded, seeming slightly calmed down by his words.

Still, she couldn’t seem to cheer up.

She looked down at her uniform and sighed.

“I should have just come in as a teacher…”

“Are you a senior?”

“Why?”

Carmel kept her mouth shut at Lane’s question.

It seemed as if he couldn’t answer in front of the red-hot rain.

I also had a hard time imagining Rain being a teacher.

Let’s say you enter the classroom with these short legs.

It will take quite a while to even get to the podium.

If I were to run like that, the sound of my thumping footsteps would echo throughout the classroom.

To be honest, it was definitely not easy to hold back laughter while looking at that sight.

And standing at the podium was also a problem.

She is short. Very short.

Since she is smaller than me, I wouldn’t be able to see her even if she stood in front of the desk.

In that case, we need to prepare a foundation below.

This is the platform that Shine and I use.

The step stool that Amy had prepared under the sink was something that Lane also often used.

“Anyway, let me introduce myself again. My name is Carmel. I work under Shandroy. I am in charge of assisting the ladies, so please take good care of me.”

Carmel said, pushing back her platinum hair.

Because my shiny forehead seemed too burdensome, I slightly pushed my rain forward to hide my appearance.

I imagined Rain as a teacher, then shook my head and shook the thought away.

It didn’t look very good.

“Okay, Carmel. I have one order.”

“Yes.”

Shine already treated Carmel like a servant.

And Carmel accepted it as if it were a given.

“Bring some cokes for me, Jeff, and Lane.”

“What kind of cola would you like?”

Carmel responded with a smile to Shine’s command, which may have sounded unpleasant at first glance.

Shine looked at him and answered.

“Red Star. Jeff’s favorite brand. Don’t forget it, it’s important.”

“Yep.”

Carmel answered cheerfully and left the classroom.

There’s a person who brings me a cola just by asking.

So, the three of us were left alone in the teachers’ office.

I checked to make sure there was no one else here and then hugged Rain and said.

“Excuse me. Rain. Can you tell me more about what you said earlier?”

“What?”

I asked her, recalling the conversation between Lane and Shandroy.

“From what I heard earlier. It seems like there are quite a few people in this school who graduated from the same generation as you, other than Carmel.”

“Ugh…”

“Everyone said you were their juniors, right?”

“Yeah…”

To my question, Rain answered as if he was not sure.

She said she was clearly remembered by her juniors as a dignified senior.

But looking at Rain’s reaction, it seems that’s not the case.

She just blurted out the words in passing.

At least Carmel treated him like a senior.

So, are you saying other people are different?

I couldn’t stand it.

From now on, they had to be able to see Rain’s majestic appearance.

“I want to meet you all later.”

“Is it really necessary…?”

“We’ll definitely meet. Call everyone.”

“Uh… Yeah. I’ll tell Carmel.”

I hugged Lane tightly as she nodded and answered.

Absolutely no one could make fun of Rain.

Because she is my teacher.

It always had to shine the brightest.