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Meanwhile, having crossed the administrative hall's first-floor corridor, Bokue quickly reached the infirmary entrance.
Knock, knock, knock.
The young man raised his hand to rap on the door before directly pressing the handle.
Creeeak—
The infirmary door wasn't locked. A gentle push opened it.
Looking in from outside, he saw a beautiful woman in a white coat behind the only desk against the wall, facing sideways from the door. She held a coffee cup, gazing somewhat distractedly at the greenery belt outside the window in the bright morning sunlight streaming through. Only when hearing sounds from the doorway did she somewhat recover.
"Ah, Bokue. You're here."
Seeing the young man appear at the entrance, Chisato Hasegawa's originally rather indifferent expression immediately revealed threads of gentle smile.
She set down her coffee cup and rose from the desk, raising her hand to point at the door beside Bokue, indicating he should close it.
"Perfect timing. Come in and we'll talk."
Hmm??
Bokue felt somewhat surprised.
Normally, even school nurses should follow school regulations. Like seeing students show up at the infirmary at this hour—if they didn't directly state physical discomfort, typically they'd ask why the student wasn't participating in field exercises.
He'd even prepared to do what he'd done earlier outside with that Sakazaki teacher—directly toss over a ten-mana mind control and be done.
But unexpectedly, Nurse Hasegawa didn't even ask. That worked out well—saved him trouble.
Thinking this, Bokue turned to close the door behind him.
Simultaneously, Chisato Hasegawa had already come before him.
The beautiful young woman with long black hair, glasses, and an intellectual aura raised her face to examine the young man before her.
"Not being able to meet all summer vacation—feels like it's been ages."
Then Chisato Hasegawa suddenly spread both arms. Just like that time back at Kuoh Academy, without any warning she directly embraced him with spread arms.
???
Bokue raised three question marks in succession.
Soft sensation transmitted through thin summer clothing. Chisato Hasegawa still wore her usual outfit—green knit sleeveless vest on top, short suspender dress on bottom with black stockings.
Since she wore a white coat loosely draped over her entire body, from external appearance you couldn't tell whether she wore undergarments inside.
But now with the two in chest-to-chest zero-distance contact, the feeling seemed to be...
"Hasegawa-sensei?"
Bokue was completely thrown off.
Though he wasn't the classic herbivore light novel protagonist who'd insist on pure friendship even with naked heroines standing before him, he definitely wasn't someone who'd eat anything without discrimination.
If he really ate anything indiscriminately, that wouldn't even qualify as gluttony—that'd be a pure slop bucket.
Normally, if a girl you were already fairly familiar with suddenly acted extremely intimately toward you, any mentally sound person should vaguely guess her reasons for doing so.
But if you were completely unfamiliar—relationship limited to mere acquaintance—yet she still threw herself at you, that made it hard not to suspect ulterior motives.
"Whew~ This scent... truly mysterious. Every time I see you, I feel an impulse to embrace you."
Without any intention of hiding, the beautiful school nurse who usually presented an appearance of desireless indifference tightly hugged the young man before her, deeply breathing in his scent.
That exaggerated?
Bokue mentally leaned back tactically.
But he still spoke up as reminder.
"So didn't Hasegawa-sensei arrange for a physical examination today?"
"Mmm..."
Having seemingly entered immersion mode, the school nurse whose cheeks grew increasingly hot even momentarily forgot to respond, only continuously breathing deeply with occasional perfunctory hums.
"That's right, it's... physical examination. I'm helping you with... examination... right now..."
Wait, seriously?
Bokue was getting somewhat speechless.
Surely this school nurse who appeared coldly aloof on the surface wasn't actually the perverted type underneath?
Even Kuroka at home wasn't this exaggerated usually...
Oh wait, she actually was.
But that was built on years of his continuous "irrigation."
In comparison, Rias and the others would never be this exaggerated. Though they'd immediately turn teary-eyed and flip to riding entertainment mode with slight effort from him, they wouldn't directly pounce on sight.
Moreover, he had no deep connection with this School Nurse Hasegawa. How could it reach this level?
Just as Bokue was about to fall into thought, the school nurse who'd been buried in his chest suddenly released her embrace, staggering back half a step somewhat unsteadily.
"?"
"Alright... that's enough. The examination shows... your body is very healthy, no problems whatsoever..."
As if aftereffects lingered, when Chisato Hasegawa spoke these words, her white coat's lapels still rose and fell violently. The flush on her face had nearly spread to her earlobes.
This made Bokue even more speechless.
So she'd called him over just to sniff him once?
Being catnip at home wasn't enough—had to be human-nip at school too?
What the hell...
"Meaning I can leave now?"
Bokue grew even more confused.
"Mmm..."
Chisato Hasegawa adjusted her glasses and pressed her lips together. Her throat moved noticeably.
"You may."
What the...
Without lingering a moment, Bokue directly turned to leave.
Really just called him over for one sniff and done? With this time, he might as well have gone to the office to visit a certain gothic girl...
"Whew~"
A few seconds later, as the infirmary door opened and closed, the school nurse still standing by the desk slowly exhaled heated breath.
Truly... hadn't expected that after just one summer vacation, he'd already grown this powerful.
That unprecedented strength—and likely never to be replicated—that even ancient gods had never possessed nearly made her lose control just now.
Though this worked out well. From now on, no one could ever hurt or betray you...
Just as Chisato Hasegawa closed her eyes, preparing to savor that feeling she'd experienced on the young man, rhythmic knocking suddenly came from outside the door.
Knock, knock, knock.
Hmm?
Clearly impossible for Bokue to return. Having recovered, Chisato immediately composed her expression and straightened her bearing.
"Come in."
The school nurse said flatly.
As her words fell, the next second the infirmary door was pushed open from outside again.
However, the person appearing outside was Sakazaki—who'd brushed past Bokue in the first-floor administrative hall earlier and should currently be supervising student exercises on the field.
He stepped into the infirmary and stopped before kneeling before Chisato Hasegawa.
"It's me, Lady Afureia."
"...Ornis."
Though before her should be Sakazaki—a former colleague from old Kuoh Academy—Chisato calmly spoke another name.
"Why are you here?"
"I've come to bring You back, Lady Afureia."
As Sakazaki spoke, his form also began changing. From his original human body, after spatial distortion-like flickering, he transformed into the "Heroic Spirit" appearance Bokue and others had seen in the Northern Territory—not building-sized but more solid and energized.
"Bring me back?"
Chisato remained unmoved.
"My mission isn't complete. I can't return."
"But it's been ten years!"
Ornis raised his face sharply. Though wearing that mask-like Heroic Spirit face that couldn't move or show expression, somehow one could clearly sense threads of... simp energy.
"Ten years ago, Lady Afureia, You chose to come to this filthy mortal realm to protect that brat, saying You'd let him grow sufficient to become one of us. But ten years have passed, yet he still hasn't been moved by Your sincerity. Isn't that enough?!"
"Ten years?"
Chisato said flatly.
"I don't recall when ten years became a long unit for us gods."
"But to me it is!"
Ornis grew more agitated.
"These ten years, every single day I've awaited Lady Afureia's return. But..."
"But what?"
"No, nothing."
Ornis suddenly calmed at this point. His tone immediately returned to tranquility as he shook his head and rose from the ground.
"I said I came to bring You back, Lady Afureia. The work You haven't completed—I'll complete for You."
"Oh? You mean you'll replace me in contacting him?"
As if hearing something she didn't particularly care about yet found somewhat amusing, Chisato lifted her lips in a half-smile.
"Fine then. Go ahead."
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