It was quite surprising to hear this name, but after a second or so of contemplating, I found that it was actually quite understandable .
It's no wonder now that she had glared at me before, so she was actually glaring at what I represented and not what or who am I actually .
But I still couldn't help but look at the woman in front of me and say :
" How exactly did you come to make her open up to you and tell you about something this serious, if you don't mind asking, she was the one who told you about this, didn't she ? .
This question was completely meaningless because I already know that the woman in front of me was capable of acquiring this information on her own .
But just to stop her from raising any alarming flags, I needed to act completely oblivious about how could she possibly acquire such piece of information .
After I asked her this, her eyes hid a bit of complexity in them but I was still able to see that as clear as the day, her face on the other hand remained fixed as before, there wasn't even the slightest bit of fluctuation on the surface .
But whether was that her genuine reaction or a mask used to conceal what she was thinking, I had no interest in that, all I cared about now was to hear what kind of answer will she come up with .
She stayed silent as the second went ticking before she finally managed to organize her thoughts and said :
I don't want you to misunderstand me or her due to what I'm about to tell you, I was approached by her as a potential person she wanted to recruit, I told her that she should give me some time to think things over and here I am .
Even though I doubted this to be the only case here, at least no normal sane person could just come and say something like " we are from a shady organization that wanted to bring the school system down and solve the indiscrimination once and for all with the help of a criminal organization " .
Whether this was believable or not was not a current concern to me, what I cared about was what exactly was she asking me to do with this kind of info, I looked at her dead in the eyes and she faltered slightly, before regaining her calm after a little bit of struggle and with a grave blush on her face and I said :
" So what exactly are you asking me to do, I understood that you don't want any harm to befell her, this is completely understandable, but again, what exactly do you believe that I can do to let her be exempted from getting punished .
" You need to understand that even her father might get implicated in this situation, not only that, but she might go ahead and do something reckless the second she sense that you or me trying to talk her out of doing what she is thinking of doing .
" From that look on your face, I can somewhat tell that you hadn't thought extensively on this part, but again you were the one who approached me for help, so you most certainly have an idea in mind .
As I said one sentence after another, my words were to her like pointed sharp arrows piercing directly into her heart and for a few seconds there, she stayed completely speechless and fell into a state of deep contemplation, seeing her like this, I felt the urge to smack myself .
That woman had no clue about what she should or can do to dissuade Mibu Sayaka against the path she was taking, what was even more ridiculous was the fact that she was actually thinking of trying to dissuade her without worrying about the consequences of failing to do so .
What I suspected before to be an idea that might work out was nothing but a whimsical thought on her part, she truly believed that she might be able to persuade her so easily, I can't tell whether was she this cheerful and kind for real, or was she completely stupid .
I really can't tell, all I know was that she was truly thinking of doing that, this was apparent from the way she looked currently, her expression can only be described as shocked .
I felt that I should say something to catch her attention back, but just as I was about to say something, I saw her lowering her head and she started to say something, at first what she was saying was nothing but mere mumble, then her voice kept getting louder and louder and at some point she was already screaming at me, saying :
I am already aware of that yes and also aware of the consequences of failing to meet the expectations of my students, I'm here to help them with quickly settling in and solving any psychological problems they might be having, I'm also aware of how delicate the situation is .
But, but, but I can't just sit down and watch one of my students get hurt or end up endangering himself or the others, I had to do something, as for what I planned to do, initially I wanted to try and alleviate her own difficulties and make her more observant to the better of all things around her .
But the system in this school was designed to guarantee the comfort of the course 1 students and not a privilege that all the students in the school can have, so me trying to guide her towards doing something that might still give her some hope for the future, only ended up swarming her in a sea of hopelessness and helplessness .
This made her even create a distance between me and her, the consultation sessions she kept on asking me to book before, now had been completely cancelled, I thought that she might decided to talk it out with another consultant and was completely okay with that .
But as you might have already expected, not only she didn't consult another person on the problem she was having, but she was acting as if she was completely fine with how things were, strangely enough .
This made me more alarmed due to the fact and as I mentioned before, she already expressed that she will join hands with those who might from her point of view offer her the support needed to change the school .
Care to tell me what exactly can I do to prevent her from engulfing the whole school and herself in chaos at this point, I don't think that you are aware of how difficult it is for us teachers to reach those who need help without them allowing us to .
After she finished saying all this, she took a few deep breaths and averted my gaze to the side, even though I understood that she was working in this school as undercover agent, I still felt that she seemed to be quite passionate about this job of hers, what she was saying was indeed heartwarming and enough to make people convinced of her she wanting to help .
I nodded my head at her and even though her confronting Mibu Sayaka was indeed a wrong move on her part, I didn't antagonize her for it, I waited for her to calm down then said :
" So you don't want her to get hurt nor you want any other students to get hurt as well, but you want the problem to solve itself, well sorry for not sharing your optimistic opinion regarding this, but if I'm not wrong, these guys are already preparing to endanger the whole school and plunge it in chaos, saving everyone is noble goal, but that could only appear in fiction, don't you think .
" Are you ready to see her pay for the consequences of her actions, if she were to be the one who had decided that any aggressive actions she took are a need to a must, if you aren't even able to come in terms with the fact that she at some point or another in the future will need to be held accountable for what might she have done, then all I can say to you is sorry, I can't be of any help .
As I said this, I saw that at my cold, emotionless and mechanical like voice, her body shuddered slightly and she stood up from her chair while glaring at me, she was glaring at first, but once we locked eyes, her glare melted into a mix of confused and clouded pair of eyes before finally they regained their clarity and said :
I truly understand what are you saying, but my bet is still on Mibu-san just character and benevolent spirit, I don't think that she will ever commit anything that might endanger the life of her classmates, or the school in general .
Eventhough I understand where she was coming from, I felt a bit doubtful regarding whether will she even have the chance to argue once the orders were given, if before encountering those guys who were being hypnotized in the bathroom .
I would have very much accepted her assessment of Mibu Sayaka, but in this dangerous situation, hoping for the best case scenario was something that we can't afford to depend on .
Mibu Sayaka had problems yes, but so were all the students in this school, now whether the school liked it or not they will be held responsible for the consequences of the system they made .
Even though the situation might sound a bit chaotic, there was a brilliant hope of things getting changed around here, but I just wish that in the upcoming storm, there won't be more reckless and irresponsible decision that might agitate the situation further .
" You said that you have tried to talk her out of this, had she showed any weird signs after you start talking about this .
The agitated councilor just realized that in our heated discussion she forgot where we was slightly and was currently still standing up as if about to give a speech, she adjusted her clothes and said after coughing slightly :
Umm, she said that she wanted to be acknowledge for the effort she had put in training herself, not for a superiority assigned at birth, she said that she had suffered humiliation after crossing path with a girl her in the school that she quite adored .
" What kind of humiliation, had that girl bullied here or something ? .
I saw that she was hesitant to speak more about this and had to force a breakthrough through other means, so I continued to say :
" I know that you are trying to protect her, but I can't make any reckless and irresponsible promises unless I got the full story, maybe that girl would be the method which we could use to help Mibu regain herself .
After I mentioned this, the woman in front of me had suddenly regained hope and her eyes were blazing with brilliance as she said :
So, you are agreeing to help ? .
" After I hear the full story, only then will I be able to say for certain whether I can help or not, you have to decide the fate of the student you want to save right here and now .
After saying this, I felt that I had said it in a bit wrong way that made me look more like a villain, but since it worked, I didn't feel much of an obligation to say anything to clear the possible misunderstanding .
She told me that she had a chance to share a few words with an upperclassmen Watanabe Mari, the current Public Morals Committee president .
She asked her if she could give her some advice in her swordsmanship, but the latter had not only declined her politely, but she even said that she had no time to waste on her a person from Course 2 .
Hearing this from a person who you consider an idol might indeed sting a bit, but I felt something off about this, Mari-senpai can be quite bossy most of the time indeed, but I don't see her going against the morals committee code and her own morals to say something so meaningless .
" Are you completely certain that this was all that happened ? .
She nodded her head at my question and I couldn't help but wonder if there was something wrong going on here, the councilor continued to say :
So how exactly are you going to help ? .
" Well for starters... .
After I finished talking a bit more with the Phantom Lady, I was finally released by her, just in time for my class, on my way I happened to encounter a chilly and angry storm that was represented in someone I know, who or what made Miyuki this angry .
As she noticed me, the heavy storm receded a little as she directly approached me and said something that took me a few seconds to comprehend, she said :
Weren't you also present when the incident with Mibu-san yesterday happened, then why did she only invite my brother out ? .
Understanding what she was angry about was easy once she started talking about it, but then I felt my thoughts getting more and more obscured as I heard her question, I was aware of one of the reasons to why she approached Tatsuya and not me .
But Miyuki had but in a way that made this situation my problem, as if I wasn't good enough to be invited out at least from Miyuki's point of view, it left a bad taste in my mouth, but I decided to just bear with it for the time being and asked about what exactly happened .
After reaching our classroom, I had already acquired all the information I needed to confirm my suspicions, Mibu Sayaka was trying to recruit Tatsuya to their cause, which till this point wasn't clear .
She approached Tatsuya and Miyuki a few minutes ago and she used the excuse of wanting to thank Tatsuya for his heroic actions and him coming to her rescue earlier, then she directly asked him out shamelessly in front of his sister .
Trying to understand what happened from Miyuki point of view was like trying to dry a fishing net in the mud, but I kept listening carefully and quietly until I finally gathered enough info, I calmed Miyuki down saying that Tatsuya indeed had come to her rescue before I did, so it's understandable .
At least from my point of view it was, as for hers, well, I don't know for sure, she did kept writing Mibu name on the desk and stabbed it numerous time, so I guess she still wasn't content with this still .
Juvia also kept staring at me weirdly and only after the class was I able to find out the reason, she was smelling a suspicious female perfume on me .