AtE Arc 1: Chapter 3

AtE Arc 1: The Magical Girl’s Return – Chapter 3

Starting from the very next day, Kasamiya-san began to visit the staff room without any hesitation at all.⁽¹⁾

Though it wasn’t because of some pitiful reason like her being picked on for anything and everything. Perhaps because of the need to increase the authoritativeness of faculty members, the staff room became so frightening that she was unable to approach it. As such, she was previously unable to come to the teaching staff to ask about questions regarding lessons, and truly just came to me to ask questions about her studies.

“Mitsukasa-sensei, about this part……”

“An elementary composite technique, is it. This is……”

As a teacher who is often dispatched to settle disputes, I am honestly happy to be able to experience this sort of normal interaction between teacher and student.

In addition, I personally am a typical female that likes cute things. It doesn’t feel bad to entertain her, who is as sweet as candy. No, but I am of course, attending to students impartially. Isn’t it fine to just keep these feelings in my heart?

“……and so, it will become like this.”

“……I see. Thank you so much, sensei!”

“No problem. It isn’t like you aren’t keeping up with your classes. If you keep this pace, then I’m sure it’s possible for your grades to improve for this term’s exams.”

When I watched the delighted Kasamiya-san, I also felt warm and fluffy inside.

Iyaa, I also had a time when I was like this too. Oba-cha-……Onee-san misses it.

——Pipipipipipipipi

“Oh, excuse me.”

Upon reacting to the notification and looking at the screen, the orange characters displayed the letters for ‘emergency’.

A state of emergency. Danger level C class. I wonder if it’s a quarrel between students.

“It seems I’m being summoned. Kasamiya-san, please do not move from here until you receive instructions from another teacher.”

“Y-Yes. Um……b-be careful.”

“I will. Thank you.”

When I raised my silver-framed glasses and responded regretfully, Kasamiya-san worriedly lowered her head.

Now then. Perhaps I may need to give the bad child who interrupted such a quiet moment just a little bit of punishment.

——/——

Just kidding.

The place that I enthusiastically headed towards was the same courtyard where I met Kasamiya-san.

Several faculty members had already arrived by the time I got there, and were calling out to the problem student.

“Please stop using your abilities!”

“Shuddap! Don’t y’all get in my way!!”

What rose up from the problem student was shimmer of hot air.

That pointed head of orange hair was a hue so familiar that it made me want to sigh.

Collapsed behind him were students that, perhaps due to the usage of his fire ability, had fallen down due to oxygen deprivation. Naturally, they were students of the Magic department, but if you looked carefully, you could see the orange guy’s followers mixed in with the fallen. No really, what is going on?

“Mutsu-sensei. What’s the situation?”

The one who had summoned me was one of the teachers.

He was timidly at the back of the encirclement, and was one of the new teachers. One of the test cases who had graduated, a Tokusen alumni from the third class.

Even though he completely looks like a frivolous man at first glance, he is an innocent and friendly youth.

“Mi-Mitsukasa-sensei! He, Tezuka Hirosei-kun, suddenly flared up at the Magic department students who were in the rear garden, apparently. They were students who had quite a bit of ability, so it shouldn’t have been a situation that they couldn’t deal with, but……”

I see.

From what I can see, his efficiency in using his ability, as well as its power, has jumped up compared to before. The current him can definitely take down even a faculty member if their compatibility was poor.

That was why the faculty members who had responded to the call, couldn’t carelessly approach.

“However, at this rate, the students behind him are of great concern. Mutsu-sensei, I will be using force, so please make sure that he doesn’t notice me.”

“Y-Yes! ‘Phantom Coat’.”

Mutsu-sensei’s ability is completely of a support system.

By showing hallucinations, or making an illusionary barrier, you can become transparent. In addition, he can manipulate illusions that are effective against the body, as well as abilities.

And, I am a teacher of the Magic department, as well as a Magic User. Naturally, what I will be using, are Magical Arts.

“【Open Form. Physical Enchantment, Form Position: Leg.】”

Confirming the distance.

Grasp his line of sight as he intimidates.

Seize the sense of distance with the students in the back.

“【Ignition】”

I rolled up the cuffs of my pants suit, and tread forward in my leather shoes.

My strengthened body easily surpassed the limits of Tezuka Hirosei’s recognizable sight. He didn’t even give a single sign of noticing me as I went around behind him.

“【Set: Bind Ignition】”

“……?”

Without even giving him the chance to be shocked, I restrained his body with chains enchanted with magic containing an Ability-Blocking Art.

“Wha! You! Shit! What the hell is this!”

“I have confirmed the dangerous use of ability. Until a punishment is decided upon by the school, please remain on standby in the Reflection Room.”

While Tezuka Hirosei rolled around, the other teachers retrieved the fallen students in the blink of an eye. As expected of the teachers of “Tokusen”. They’re strangely used to it.

“Why! Why did it go like this! Ain’t it strange!?”

“Indeed, it is strange. Shall I ask just how, in this short period of time, you managed to obtain this degree of power?”

When I squatted down and looked down on him as he rolled around like a bagworm, he glared at me as though I were his parent’s killers. Oi oi. Even though the one that wants to glare is me.

“It doesn’t have anything to do with you, bitch⁽²⁾!”

“There’s no way it has nothing to do with me. As a teacher, I shall have you properly inform me.”

But well, if I leave it to a Mental System Ability User, then he’ll even expose the private secrets that he wouldn’t want to disclose! –you know. Here I should have a benevolent heart and persuade him——

“Shut up, you old hag! You’re noisy!”

——even if I don’t, it should be fine, right?

I froze up like a statue at his excessively abusive language, drawing in the pitying gazes of the teachers that heard his remarks as they dragged Tezuka Hirosei along.

Please stop. At the very least, please don’t pity me. Come on, laugh……!

“U-Um…erm——Mi-Mitsukasa-sensei is beautiful!”

The one who said that with a nervous expression, was the Mutsu-sensei that I had cooperated with.

“Um…your flawless obsidian-like hair is long, and pretty, and your eyes that are clear like the ocean are lovely. You have a cool look, and are the ideal onee-san, and…I! About Mitsukasa-sensei, I——“

“Mutsu-sensei, it’s fine even if you don’t flatter me. Well then, I have a student waiting for me, so…ha…hahahahaha.”

“——lik-…eh…Mi-….Mitsukasa-sensei?!”

Being comforted through flattery from my younger kouhai is unexpectedly tiring……

While trying my best not to think about various things, I left Mutsu-sensei behind there.

Ahh, I want to hurry up and talk to Kasamiya-san and be healed……

Translator Notes:

^ Actual meaning is that between the time of MC telling her she come to the staff room and her coming, Kasamiya didn’t take very long to go to the staff room (i.e. she came almost as soon as she could, more or less)
^ Adding a little bit of a swear word to emphasize on the rude way he uses to refer to the MC

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