CH 60

Chapter 60 - Restraint

“I’m s-slow?”

“You’re too slow, Lou-sensei. You don’t know what we’re feeling.”

“Feelings?”

“Hmm, it’s fine. Before anything else, please take over as our advisor, Sensei!”

Nadia said firmly and smiled mischievously.

“Look, look, don’t hesitate. It’s time for the staff meeting.”

After hearing Nadia’s urging, Lou had no other choice, so he decided to take on the role of the Student Council advisor.

But the talk didn’t end there.

Nadia’s assertiveness wasn’t half-baked.

“Let’s see, next is the date for our date. I’ve been doing some investigation, and you’re not engaged to the Headmistress, are you?”

It was true that Lou wasn’t engaged to Fran…

Apparently Nadia and her friends had been investigating Lou.

“Lou-sensei, I heard that you saved the Headmistress from being attacked by demons.”

When Lou smiled, Nadia went at him with a smile that said, Here we go!

“So she’s exactly the same as us. In fact, the demons are too different in rank. After all, this one was a great devil.”

“…”

“The devil was a hell lot of formidable as an enemy, right? He’s truly a big devil.”

Nadia reminded Lou and then licked her lips in satisfaction.

Lou folded his arms and couldn’t help but be troubled.

He couldn’t think of any reason to turn down a date.

There’s no helping it.

Eventually, Lou made up his mind.　

“I’ll go with you… on any day but this Saturday.”

“Huh? Do you have a date with the Headmistress on Saturday?”

When Lou told her that Saturday was no good, Nadia was quick to butt in.

“No, I’m going to have a Kumitewith Zeimon-san, the steward of the Countess of Dumer.”

“K-Kumite?!”

Giselle exclaimed in disbelief when she heard about the mock game.

“L-Lou-sensei! You’re speaking of Z-Zeimon, that monstrously strong steward in the mansion, are you?”

“Yeah, he’s been asking me for a mock Taijutsu match for a while.”

Giselle gulped when she heard about the mock game.

Then she took a deep breath, clasped her hands together, and approached Lou for a favor.

“Please! Lou-sensei, can you let me observe that match?”

Nadia was startled by Giselle’s unexpected request.

“Oh, come on, Giselle. Are you completely okay with such an arrangement?”

“Yeah, I love sword fights and martial arts where men use their strong physique to fight.”

“I see…”

Nadia chuckled and asked Lou for his approval.

It wouldn’t be a big deal to ask, even for Lou.

“Of course, I don’t have a problem with you visiting.”

Eventually, Lou nodded…

It never occurred to anyone that what Lou had so easily agreed to at that moment would change Giselle’s fate.

Now that Giselle’s wish was granted…

Nadia could set ‘her own schedule’ without worry.

“Then let’s go out on Thursday afternoon. Please let’s meet in the capital after the spring class…On a weekday, I can just pretend that I’m on your way home from school with my adviser-sensei.”

Pretend…

Lou lowered his head unconsciously.

It was all very amusing.

Speaking of which, Adelaide also agreed, which meant that she must be aware of Nadia’s intentions to some extent.

Adelaide was a person of deep discretion.

She might be intending to use this as a ‘stimulant’ for her beloved daughter, Fran.

Luu smiled helplessly at that thought.

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“Lou-sensei! We’ve been waiting for you.”

Kelturi’s sharp voice flew to Lou when he walked into the conference room.

All the teachers’ eyes fell on Lou as he bowed.

In the end, Lou was held back by Giselle and Nadia and was about five minutes late for the staff meeting.

“Now that we’re all here… Acting Principal, what’s on the agenda for today?”

“Right!”

At Kelturi’s prompting, Fran replied and stood up.

Then ――― half an hour later

The morning staff meeting ended.

The teachers went back to the staff room.

Perhaps Fran had heard from Adeline that Gisele had kidnapped him…

She looked as if she wanted to hear about it from Lou.

However, due to her position as Acting Principal, she desperately tried to restrain herself.

After the meeting, the teachers were naturally curious about the game in the Hunting Forest last weekend.

Lou was bombarded with questions, but he replied lazily and vaguely, telling them only that they had won the game against Giselle and the others.

An air of relief spread among the teachers.

The rumor that the two top members of the Student Council had shown a favorable attitude toward Lou also relieved the teachers.

It wasn’t that the teachers were afraid of the students.

They just didn’t want to be bothered by their disputes.

Before long…

It was 9:00 a.m., and Lou and Fran walked together to Class 2C.

“Um…Lou, I knew it.”

Fran regretted very much telling him to be nicer to Giselle and Nadia.

She was being petty, and she hated herself for it.

“Fran, it’s okay. Let’s go, the students are waiting for you.”

“Un!…Thank you!”

The two cuddled up and headed for the classroom.

As Fran walked, she felt that…

Even without saying anything, her feelings were conveyed to Lou.

As if wanting to convey her feelings even more, Fran grabbed Lou’s hand.

She could feel Lou’s body heat slowly flowing through her.

“Thank you so much, Lou.”

She expressed her gratitude to him, as if to confirm that he was still there.

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2nd year Class C classroom…

As soon as Lou and Fran entered the classroom, cheers erupted.

It seemed that the girls were informed about the game.

Because Michelle and Olga were in the Hunting Forest that day, the information was transmitted even faster.

Michelle and Olga came running up to Lou post-haste.

“Se-Sensei! Giselle-senpai apologized to me for bei

ng too strict.”

“She told me she went out of line this time, too!”

According to Michelle and Olga, Giselle’s face was devoid of sternness, and was replaced with gentleness, though she was still stern.

“Giselle-senpai said…she envies us! Because Lou-sensei is our homeroom teacher!”

And then Josephine interrupted her.

“That’s a given! He’s the one I’ve been eyeing, you know. I don’t think a top wizard in the royal court would fall behind a student at the academy.”

“Nyahaha!”

Lou and Fran forced a smile at the sight of Josephine, laughing resoundingly.