Chapter: 106. A New Life in the Academy City
“Truly deserving of being… the protagonist of a galgame…”
In the early morning, sunlight streamed through the window into the room.
After waking up in bed, Nagi couldn’t help but let out a weak sigh.
It had been a week since the first check-up.
Last night was Nagi’s third check-up.
The check-ups themselves seemed to have become a spice in their calm daily life. Every night when Kanade brought milk to Nagi’s room, she would anxiously drink it, hoping to detect the presence of sleeping pills. If she could sense them, it meant it would be a “yes” day, allowing her to get a “reward” simply by pretending to be asleep.
Nagi had spent the past few days in such a way, drinking the milk every night with a mix of anxiety and anticipation, feeling like a little dog in training, and thinking that perhaps soon enough, just drinking milk would stir feelings within her.
Nagi realized she had underestimated Kanade, this pure-hearted boy.
She had initially planned to tease Kanade, to let him experience the feeling of sleeping with her through her acting, but it completely backfired.
The pleasure she derived from Kanade far exceeded what she could experience alone; she nearly couldn’t suppress her voice during the first check-up, and his skill was improving at an unimaginable speed.
During the second check-up, it seemed he had learned from the last experience, intending to finish quickly, but unconsciously began to explore her sensitive areas.
By the third check-up, he had completely mastered her body’s delicate and sensitive spots, finishing the check-up in less than a few minutes, and even made her—
That was what prompted Nagi’s initial sigh.
“This is the strength of a galgame protagonist… How many more times do I have to be checked…?” Nagi thought anxiously.
If this continued, someday her body would surely be trained by Kanade into something extraordinary.
Just thinking about such a future made Nagi reflexively tighten her now-lengthening legs.
That’s right.
After a week of time.
Hydra’s power gradually weakened, and Nagi’s body began to grow.
From the initial childlike form, she had transformed to a level that could be considered loli, probably around the fourth or fifth grade of elementary school.
At this pace, in less than two months, Nagi would return to her original appearance.
“Nagi-nee, are you ready~” At that moment, Yuki’s voice came from outside the door.
“Uh-huh, I’ll be right out.” Nagi replied while tying the ribbon at her collar in front of the mirror.
Today marked the reopening day of the Ark Academy.
After a week, the war-torn Ark Academy had finally completed reconstruction, with all facilities returning to normal operation.
For ordinary students living on the island, it was simply an unexpected week of holiday.
“Sorry to keep you waiting, Yuki-chan~” Once she put on the uniform distributed by Ark Academy, Nagi smiled and opened the door.
Seeing Nagi in her uniform, Yuki froze for a moment before giving her a thumbs up: “Nagi-nee, nice loli!”
“I’m going to be mad!” Nagi pouted, pretending to be angry.
In order to let Kanade experience the purest daughter-raising experience, Nagi had gradually adjusted her persona to that of a slightly rebellious elementary school student, the type that would say, “I don’t want my clothes washed with dad’s underwear,” but would sometimes sneakily lean on her father and watch movies together.
And this act was quite effective; Nagi could clearly see that Kanade often showed a bewildered expression as if he was struck down by her.
Even if they became lovers, that was just the beginning; maintaining the passion between them was crucial.
“Well then, let’s go! We have an early class meeting today, and being late wouldn’t be good,” Yuki remarked while glancing at the time on her phone.
As a result, more students were affected by the infantilization, leading to a significant increase in those transferring to special classes.
Thus, Ark Academy had to rearrange several temporary classes for the new students in the special program, placing newcomers in these temporary classes regardless of their grade.
This meant that Nagi, who was in the second year of high school, and Yuki, who was in the first year, ended up in the same class.
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In the second-year class of the special program.
“Hey, long time no see~”
When Kanade returned to the familiar classroom and his seat, Uemon immediately approached him to greet.
“Good morning.” Kanade replied somewhat shyly to Uemon’s enthusiastic greeting.
Ever since learning the truth from Ayako, Kanade had been troubled about how to face his former friend.
However, once he met Uemon, he realized perhaps he didn’t need to change anything.
After all, for him, there was no such thing as a “protagonist plan.”
Thinking this, Kanade instinctively turned his head toward another direction in the classroom.
Seeing this, Uemon followed Kanade’s gaze to an empty seat.
If it were the past, the girl who would have sat there would surely have smiled and greeted them; but now, this scene inexplicably felt lonely and desolate.
“Well, if it’s Fujiko, she’s probably doing very well introducing herself at another school right now,” Uemon comforted as he patted Kanade’s shoulder.
Transferring schools.
After that night, although Kanade learned from the disaster statistics that Fujiko was safe, he had been unable to contact her.
Just before the reopening of school, the last piece of news he received was that Fujiko had transferred schools.
Not only was he unable to obtain more information regarding the protagonist plan from her, but he couldn’t even thank her or say goodbye.
Was it the Special Circumstances Agency SEMA that discovered Ayako had leaked information to him, resulting in Fujiko being recalled urgently due to a breach of secrecy? Kanade wasn’t sure.
However, since Ayako was still able to stay at Ark Academy as a student in the special program, it might not be related to SEMA.
“…Yeah, if it’s Fujiko, she must be fine,” Kanade nodded, recalling the warm and energetic side of Fujiko he had seen before.
Amidst this slightly melancholic and lonely atmosphere, familiar footsteps entered Kanade’s ears.
With his newly enhanced senses, Kanade could clearly hear multiple footsteps approaching from the distant hallway into the classroom.
Kanade instinctively recognized the identity of the person coming—Rikudo Takayuki.
In the protagonist plan of the Special Circumstances Agency SEMA, he was positioned as Kanade’s rival.
Kanade turned his head toward the door that Rikudo was about to step into.
As expected, Rikudo entered the classroom through the back door, flanked by a group of lackeys, looking rather smug.
This time, Rikudo happened to glance up and made eye contact with Kanade.
He paused for a moment, then appeared intent to rush forward and say something to Kanade.
But he was interrupted by the teacher who had arrived in the classroom ahead of time.
The incident involving Maria Maki’s betrayal of Ark Academy had not been made public; the official excuse was that she had gone missing during the extraordinary disaster.
Consequently, the class previously overseen by Maria Maki, where Kanade was, welcomed a new homeroom teacher—
And it was someone Kanade was familiar with.
Class meeting time.
Standing at the podium, the new teacher picked up a white chalk and wrote his name on the blackboard behind him.
“Hello everyone, my name is Akira Kurokawa, and I will be your new homeroom teacher from today.” Kurokawa’s voice was low and calm, and the steady presence he exuded, combined with his handsome face, caused the girls in the class to squeal with excitement.
As an ACE-class esper, Kurokawa seemed to have received instructions from the Special Circumstances Agency SEMA to temporarily remain at Ark Academy as a teacher.
Meanwhile.
In the temporary class attended by Nagi and Yuki.
The students looking up at the stage included some who appeared quite young, all curiously wide-eyed and staring at the podium.
A beautiful girl with long hair shimmering like crystal slowly walked up to the stage.
“Hello everyone~ My name is Leah, Leah Hertzog. You can call me Teacher Leah, or Leah-chan is fine too~” she introduced herself to the students below: “From today on, I will be temporarily taking on the role of your homeroom teacher; if you have any questions about the curse or notice anything unusual, feel free to come to me at any time~”
“And just so you know, although today is the first day back at school for everyone, all the students in the special program will undergo assessments of their magical power and physical ability, and there will even be practical exercises, so please be mentally prepared in advance~”
