I wonder if I'll get stabbed someday.

"Hey~, even a parasite brother does it for nothing, right?"

Reshford playfully nudged Hayler's shoulder with his elbow.

widely!

"Take away that unholy hand?"

Nadia, who had been walking beside Hayler, threw Reshford's wrist as if in a fit, raised her eyes with a gleam and snapped at him with barbed words.

"Teacher Nadia, why are you so aggressive? Aren't you a teacher like us? Is that how it is? By any chance...! Is this a push and pull?"

Nadia greeted Reshford with contempt as he acted with all his heart and soul in showing his compassion for her.

"Woah~~.."

When his confession was rejected, Reshford looked indifferent and scratched his head.

"Nadia Saint——."

chuck-.

"Please speak."

On the other hand, when Nadia's name came out of Hayler's mouth, Nadia immediately knelt down in front of Hayler, raised her hand in the air, and raised her voice in an affectionate and elegant manner as if she were escorting him.

"Wow, the temperature difference is really extreme."

From behind, Reshford's voice of resignation could be heard, but Hayler lightly ignored it and moved Shayler, who had collapsed due to the sudden surge of magical power, towards Nadia and answered.

"Saint Nadia, could you look after Shaylar for a moment?"

"....Tsk."

'Did you just click your tongue..?'

"To God's headquarters."

Snap!

Nadia, who accepted it rather roughly, hugged Shayla as if carrying a baggage.

'Just by looking at his expression, I can tell he really hates it...'

"Thank you."

"It's nothing special. It's actually good for you to be holding something like this, as it might cause trouble to the noble god."

Since last time, the spine on my back has been cold. Is it because of the knife that could fly in from anywhere?

'I'd like to avoid getting another injury on my back...'

"But where are we going?"

Kadri questioned Reshford as he watched them being led somewhere.

"Huh, you're the student body president, so didn't you hear that from other teachers?"

"yes..?"

"I heard a new swordsmanship teacher is coming."

"Swordsmanship..., teacher..?"

'Something feels ominous.'

With a heavy heart, Hayler had no choice but to walk towards Reshford.

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"The new swordsmanship instructor——."

Knock knock...

The ominous prediction was never wrong, or even if it was wrong, how could it be this unfortunate?

"Charles Echidna."

"Charles Echidna | You're fucked lol"

My body is screaming red signals that it's dangerous enough to give me goosebumps.

"eww.."

Everyone stumbles except Hayler, Shayler (fainted), and Nadia.

For Hayler, it's a familiar pressure he feels every day, so he can bear it now, but it doesn't seem to be the same for other people.

Resiford is dizzy from a headache, and Kadri is sweating as if he is not used to living.

'I was like that too when we first met...'

A feeling that it wouldn't be strange if I died at any time.

Even now, when I think about it, I can still vividly see that silver-shining blade.

More than that, how did Echidna get here? She seemed like she could knock out every single student in this academy.

'..Did you suppress it with money?'

The Lenin Academy loves money, so it's not entirely impossible.

"My fiancé goes to the academy, so I came here to visit the teachers."

'What, you're doing this tour so seriously, and with a teacher who's actually a teacher?'

"...."

Each——.

Echidna glanced sideways at Hayler, Nadia, Resiford, and Kadri next to him, then suddenly drew her sword.

"Hmm, is this the dogfight I only saw in texts!?"

While Resiford applauded Echidna's appearance as she drew her sword, Kadri looked at Echidna with a thoughtful expression and a blank expression.

"I don't like it already..."

"M.., what..."

"A fiancé is only for one's companion... but now you're using my fiancé like a cheap piece of cloth sold in the market."

"No, not really..."

chin.

“I didn’t realize that dark circles had formed under my eyes.”

Echidna's warm hand, which had entered without giving him time to explain, touched Hayler's cheek.

'I thought my palms would be as cold as my face, but they're surprisingly warm...'

"I'm fine."

"....."

"...Echidna Youngae?"

For a moment, the red eyes, which had turned black like a sliver of blood, were fixed on Hayler's neck, which had a red, flushed spot on it.

"Who is this?"

"Uh.., it was there when I woke up.., maybe I got bitten by a bug..?"

Seeing Echidna become extremely agitated by the scar on Hayler's neck, he threw away the sword he had drawn and took out a handkerchief he didn't usually carry, and wiped the skin on Hayler's neck as if he was about to tear it off.

"Ugh... it hurts..."

"Stay still, I'm annoyed right now."

Kwaaak...

'It hurts...'

Echidna's forceful attitude tightened around Haler, and her hand holding the handkerchief also became stronger.

Pitter-patter...

As Hayler's neck turned extremely red, Echidna quickly let go of the handkerchief she had been moving, and whispered softly, gritting her teeth with an expression filled with resentment and anger.

"Shayla Revanhardt...!"

All origins lie with that girl.