Part 2: Where Did All the Disappeared Affection Go, Part 6
“Dear Teacher Lou Ling, I’m back~”
I used my knee to push open the infirmary door and walked into the room, which had just been vacated, as I spoke.
Ling, who was sitting in her office chair, was drinking coffee. She turned her head to look at me and said, “What’s wrong? Did you get dumped and crawl back to me for comfort? I don’t give out comfort to useless…”
I walked into the infirmary, adjusted my grip on Yu Hui, then closed and locked the door from the inside.
Ling looked at me Speechless, while I once again picked up Yu Hui in a princess carry and went to the infirmary bed. I pulled back the curtain and placed Yu Hui on the bed.
“I’ll borrow the bed for a moment.”
“If you want to drug and violate a girl here, please go to the rooftop or the small grove behind the sports field. The gymnasium storage room is also an option, but I won’t lend you the bed in the infirmary.”
“I don’t want my workplace to become a crime scene.”
“Is it okay as a place for an affair?”
“Alleviating work stress is necessary.”
“You have stress on your first day of work?”
“Although I don’t think you’re as despicable as that, you believe acquisition by any means is justified for something you can’t have. In this urgent desire to achieve quick success, it’s not impossible to go this far. Do you want to forcibly possess her body first? Given Bai Yu Hui’s personality, I don’t think you’ll win her back with such methods.”
She had no intention of stopping me, and her words were simply advice.
If I really wanted to do something to Yu Hui, she would probably just stand by and watch. If I invited her to join, she might even participate.
Although that might be fun in its own way, I didn’t bring Yu Hui to the infirmary for some H-game scene.
Moreover, as Ling said, Yu Hui is indeed not the type whose heart can be possessed along with her body.
It’s possible it would even backfire, and she would hate me forever.
But don’t worry, I wouldn’t do anything that perverse.
“Although Lian Bing loves to mess with me when I’m sleeping, I have no interest in messing with sleeping girls.”
“Great An is indeed a man of principles?”
Her voice was sarcastic and playful, mocking me?
Then I won’t be polite either.
“I prefer seeing your expressions and hearing your voices during the ellipses, and that’s when I get off. By the way, I love seeing your awful expression of twitching all over, rolling your eyes, drooling, and grinning stupidly the most. And I love hearing you call my name nonstop because it’s so cute.”
Ling’s face flushed red. She spat and turned away, saying, “What’s wrong with men being perverts?”
“Nothing’s wrong. If men weren’t perverts, we women wouldn’t have to wear such flashy things just for you to see.”
As she spoke, Ling spread her legs and lifted the hem of her skirt, revealing her black lace panties to me.
You’re the pervert, right? You actually have an exhibitionist fetish, Ling.
I originally thought Ling didn’t have any special fetishes and was just an ordinary person. I didn’t expect her to have such a peculiar… Hmm, she’s quite good, and in this aspect, she’s very human.
“Don’t try to seduce me. I’m here to discuss serious matters.”
“Alright, it seems Classmate An has lost interest in me. Are you tired of me already? Well, after all, you’ve started collecting new ‘toys’ one by one. Naturally, you’ve lost interest in an ‘old thing’ like me who you’ve played with enough…”
“A-alright… Don’t be angry. I’ll make you a big meal when we get home tonight, and you can do whatever you want, okay? I really have something important to talk to you about.”
I sighed and could only offer benefits, sacrificing my body to compensate Ms. Lou Ling, who was still being difficult.
She must have been super unhappy after being interrupted twice.
“That’s more like it.”
This time, she didn’t act tsundere and finally agreed to listen to me properly. So, I explained Yu Hui’s situation to Ling.
“I see… Comatose?”
“Yeah, it’s happened before. This time, when I reunited with Yu Hui, she had already recovered. Yu Hui said that it was during this period of comatose that she recalled her memories from her previous life in her dreams.”
That’s why she recognized me.
“In dreams… I see, so that’s how it’s done.”
“Do you know what’s going on? Ling?”
“Yes, because the soul has a limited carrying capacity and cannot retain all memories. Therefore, these memories are stored in another way and then retrieved through a certain trigger. You’ve probably experienced something similar, right?”
“…Ah.”
I have experienced it.
In my previous world, all my past memories were stored in a butterfly-shaped accessory called the “Dream of Butterflies.”
However, I never managed to retrieve those memories in the end.
Besides that, Li Nai’s memories from her past life were also stored in that way.
“So, is Li Nai also in the process of retrieving her memories now? Where did she store the memories of her past life?”
“Isn’t it obvious? You just said it yourself.”
Storing the memories of her past life directly through dreams?
That’s amazing, she can actually do something like that.
“It’s likely through some special spiritual modification technique that allows memories to be stored in dreams. Storing through external objects still leaves traces… But these modification methods are quite dangerous.”
“If something goes wrong, it could lead to mental breakdown, or even rupture the spiritual electricity. But she still did it, which means she really values this memory. Ah…”
I never knew you were so…
“But she can’t retrieve them like this.”
“Huh?”
Can’t retrieve them?
Memories?
Why?
My expression must have been full of question marks. Ling saw through my thoughts at a glance and added,
“Because the rules of this world are like this.”
As soon as she said that, I understood. It wasn’t that difficult to understand.
And I was the one who set the rules.
This world is…
“It’s not… normal…”
If it were residual memories, it would be fine, but methods like storing them through abnormal means are absolutely impossible.
In the end, I was the one preventing Yu Hui from retrieving her memories. And I was excitedly looking forward to it, how ridiculous…
…I really want to kill myself.
“However, there is still one way for her to retrieve her memories.”
“Don’t tease me, just tell me directly.”
No matter what it is, I’ll do it.
“Actually, this is very simple for you. You took all her curses upon yourself before, so you just need to give them back to her. Give her back the curses.”
“Give Yu Hui’s curses back to her?”
I opened my collar and looked at my body.
Although I can’t see it normally, as long as I concentrate, patterns of hollow circles and lines will appear on my body.
That’s the curse Yu Hui placed on herself, and I accepted it.
I don’t know the content of the curse, but its intensity is definitely not something an ordinary person can bear.
“I know, so she needs to become able to bear it like you.”
“You mean, making Yu Hui also become like me…?”
Yes, it’s the only way.
Make Yu Hui become an ‘Eternal Holder’ like me.
But, arbitrarily making her bear that infinite time, and that eternal and irreversible Samsara…
“Let me consider it again…”
“Hesitating too much will make you a indecisive scum? Personally, I prefer you to be a bit more promiscuous rather than being unable to make a decision.”
“Does scum also get divided into likable and unlikable?”
“Men are all big leaky pots anyway, it doesn’t matter which one.”
Ling said, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear.
“As a woman, being rejected is one thing, but being strung along indefinitely makes me feel disgusted. Of course, the reverse is also true: I feel disgusted by women who keep men as backup options.”
“Oh ho, Ms. Ling is indeed fair and just.”
“In short, you’d better decide quickly, otherwise, if this continues, she will fall into ‘eternal sleep.’ If she can’t retrieve her past life memories from her dreams, she will be lost in them forever. If you want her to wake up, you can either clear her past life memories from her dreams or make her like you, as I just said.”
“Haa, you’re not giving me any time to hesitate at all. So strict, Teacher Lou Ling.”
Ling repeated the matter, not only emphasizing the importance of the issue but also urging me to make a decision quickly.
“I just don’t want to see a rotten big leaky pot that has gone bad and can’t be eaten anymore.”
“Thank you for your guidance, teacher. When I have an idea, I will tell Yu Hui myself. I won’t drag it out.”
“Then you can go back to class first. I’ll call you when she wakes up.”
“I’ll wait here for her to wake up.”
“Accumulating affection points again? However, her first impression of you was extremely bad. The difficulty level has risen to the highest!”
I grinned confidently and said,
“On the contrary, this difficulty is just right.”
…What…
…I forgot something…
There’s everything in dreams.
…Can’t recall.
Who am I? Where am I? What do I… need to do…
Opening my eyes, I saw the ceiling.
“Oh, you’re awake.”
A voice came from beside me.
It was that unscrupulous senpai.
“Here…”
Have I been…?
“I didn’t touch you. Teacher is still watching over there. If you don’t believe me, you can ask her. Ah, you don’t even believe her… Well, you can check for yourself when you get back if you’re still… (wipes nose)”
He really can say astonishing things.
I probably can’t see it myself, so…
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No, that’s not the point.
“Even if you didn’t do anything, I won’t fall for you. Please give up.”
When the senpai heard my words, he didn’t show any surprise. Instead, he suddenly said,
“I want you to retrieve your past life memories.”
“Ha?”
“Actually, we were lovers in our past lives, so I want you to retrieve the memories of your past life.”
I couldn’t understand what he was saying for a moment.
It’s so strange.
“A setting? Senpai, haven’t you graduated from Chuunibyo yet?”
“You could say that. It’s fine if you think so.”
He said with a very serious smile, not like he was joking.
“Without considering all sorts of other messy things, it’s purely my personal wish.”
“Your wish is to have me?”
“To put it bluntly, I want you to bear my child.”
“Senpai, that one sentence has lowered my impression of you from ‘disgusting senpai’ to ‘human scum’.”
“I’ve long been used to being scum.”
He’s even proud of it…
But I don’t feel disgusted at all…
Why…
This person is different.
How is he different?
I don’t know…
Do I… understand?
I don’t understand.
“In short, I want to have you again and make you recall things from your past life. However, the current situation is a bit special… I’ve thought about it carefully, and this is also an opportunity for a ‘test’ for me.”
“What do you mean? I don’t understand what you want to say, Senpai. What do you want to do?”
“…No, Bai Yu Hui.”
He, Senpai, Juncheng An, stood up and declared to me,
“Until you graduate from high school, if I can make you like me again, I will restore your past life memories and keep you with me forever.”
“…What if I can’t?”
“If you can’t, I’ll give you your freedom.”
Freedom—
From this day on, I was pestered by a strange senpai.
