"You-you-you-you-you..."
Tiara's voice was panicked and shy, so embarrassed she was stammering, yet her body was super honest. Her arms instinctively hugged Izumi Sora's neck, completely terrified to let go.
If she fell... it would definitely be very painful, right?
"Don't move around. Leaving the storeroom is the most important thing right now."
Izumi Sora's expression remained normal. He reached out with his other arm and scooped up Shikiya Yumeko as well.
Compared to the flustered Tiara, Shikiya Yumeko undeniably had experience. She wasn't nervous or squirming at all, but obediently leaned her head against Izumi Sora's shoulder, super cooperative throughout.
"We're heading out."
Izumi Sora, holding one girl in each arm, turned and took large strides outward.
"I-Izumi-kun is so amazing..."
Tiara widened her eyes, marveling inwardly.
She and the gyaru senpai were high schoolers after all. The two of them added together weighed at least a hundred kilograms. An ordinary person couldn't possibly carry them, let alone walk as if on flat ground.
(No wonder Sora could run a marathon carrying Mahiru-san on his back... In ancient times, he'd definitely be a fierce general capable of taking on ten thousand enemies, right?)
Amidst her wild thoughts, a cool breeze blew against her face, making Tiara comfortably narrow her eyes. But immediately after, the girl's sense of shame overflowed.
"W-We're out..."
This was the school sports field. If they were seen by classmates, they would definitely be misunderstood, right?
What do I do, what do I do?
In her panic, Tiara suddenly thought of an animal.
"That's right, an ostrich!"
"As long as my face isn't seen... I should be fine, right?"
In a panic, Tiara shyly lowered her head, hurriedly burying her face into Izumi Sora's neck.
"Tiara... passed out..."
The gyaru senpai's voice sounded nearby.
Tiara opened her eyes in shame and hurriedly denied it in a small voice:
"I-I definitely didn't pass out!"
"..."
Izumi Sora didn't stop his feet, walking towards the base of a wall not far away.
The sun was gradually setting in the west, and the area by the wall was full of shade, perfect for getting some fresh air and ventilation.
Upon reaching the wall, Izumi Sora set down the two girls in his arms, letting them sit on the steps:
"You guys sit and rest for now. Unbutton your shirts. I'll go buy you some electrolyte drinks."
"Thank you, Izumi-kun..."
Secretly watching Izumi Sora leave, Tiara quietly breathed a sigh of relief and shyly unfastened her top button.
A refreshing gentle breeze blew over, making Tiara comfortably narrow her eyes.
"So cool..."
A pleasant sigh reached her ears.
Tiara turned her head to look and instantly widened her eyes:
"Yumeko-senpai, y-you've unbuttoned too many!"
She had only unfastened one button, but Yumeko-senpai was exactly the opposite. She only had her last button fastened, and her bra was already exposed!
"Hurry up and button your shirt properly." Tiara's pretty face was flushed, her voice shy. "This is the sports field. Someone might come over, and Yumeko-senpai wouldn't want to expose herself either."
"No... so hot..."
Shikiya Yumeko's tone was breezy and indifferent, completely lacking the sense of shame a girl should have:
"School's been over for a long time... no one will be here..."
Hearing this, Tiara looked around and saw the sports field was empty. Indeed, there was no sign of any other classmates:
"Even if there's no one else... Izumi-kun will be coming back in a bit, right?"
"It's okay..." Shikiya Yumeko tilted her head to look over, her voice lethargic. "Just now... he already saw... everything..."
Tiara: "..."
Her blurred memories quietly became clear.
Thump-thump, thump-thump.
Tiara pressed her right hand against her chest, clearly hearing her own heartbeat rapidly accelerating.
(I-I remember now...)
(Just now in the sports storeroom, my outer shirt was completely taken off by Yumeko-senpai, leaving me in only my bra... Izumi-kun definitely saw it crystal clear, right?)
(S-So that means... I have no way to marry anyone else anymore?)
(I don't want that!)
The girl's sense of shame quickly surged forth. Just as Tiara wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into, a figure turned the corner and walked over.
"It's Izumi-kun." Tiara snapped back to reality, hurriedly raising her hand to cover her chest, her voice shy. "Yumeko-senpai, hurry up and button your clothes properly."
"No... strength..."
"When you were unbuttoning just now, you clearly had plenty of strength!"
"..."
The symptoms of heatstroke still lingered. Tiara felt terrible all over right now and truly didn't have the energy to take care of the slacking gyaru senpai. She could only shyly cover her own chest.
"I'm back."
Izumi Sora stepped over to the two girls. His gaze lingered slightly on the gyaru senpai, and then, his expression unchanged, he handed over two bottles of drinks:
"I just bought these electrolyte drinks. They're a bit icy, so you must drink them slowly in small sips. Don't drink too much in one breath."
"T-Thank you, Izumi-kun..."
Tiara's pretty face flushed crimson, stammering her thanks shyly.
In contrast, the gyaru senpai was completely uninhibited:
"My head is so dizzy... Sora, feed me..."
After saying this, Shikiya Yumeko tilted up her pretty face, parted her pink lips, and shamelessly waited to be fed water.
The corner of Izumi Sora's mouth twitched slightly, unable to resist complaining:
"Before you speak, at least button your clothes properly first."
"So hot..."
"You're exposing yourself, alright."
"Sora... it's okay..."
Hey, hey, what do you mean 'it's okay'?
You're a girl, have a little sense of shame, would you!
Under Tiara's urging, Shikiya Yumeko ultimately buttoned up a few buttons, but then she was so tired she was panting heavily.
"Hah... haah..."
Looking at the gyaru senpai, who was breathing rapidly and looked like she might pass out in the next second, Izumi Sora helplessly twisted open the bottle cap and handed the drink over.
Gulp gulp~
Shikiya Yumeko wrapped her lips around it and drank the beverage.
Tiara sat beside them, holding her drink in both hands, taking this scene in. For some reason, a subtle sour and astringent feeling suddenly swelled in her heart.
"That's about enough."
After feeding the gyaru senpai several mouthfuls of the drink, Izumi Sora decisively screwed the cap back on and looked at the girl with straight bangs beside her:
"The same goes for Tiara. Don't drink too much in one breath."
"I-I know..."
Tiara hurriedly averted her gaze, agreeing with a blushing face.
"Wait a moment, I'll go wet a towel."
Izumi Sora turned and left again. He took a towel from his schoolbag, wet it under the faucet on the sports field, and then had the two girls help wipe each other's bodies.
The electrolyte drinks, the well-ventilated, shady environment, plus the wiping with the wet towel—the symptoms of heatstroke were quickly alleviated. The two girls' complexions visibly improved; it seemed a trip to the hospital wasn't necessary.
"Finally, it doesn't hurt anymore..."
Tiara stood up, stretched her body a bit, her pretty face full of gratitude:
"Thank you so much for today, Izumi-kun."
Experiencing heatstroke for the first time in her life, Tiara clearly understood how terrifying it was. If Izumi Sora hadn't appeared in time, the situation would definitely have gotten worse, and in the end, her life might have even been in danger.
All in all, calling it a life-saving grace was not an exaggeration in the slightest.
Izumi Sora's expression remained calm as he got down to business:
"The reason the door wouldn't open is because someone wedged a broom in the door handles outside."
"Eh?"
Hearing this, Tiara widened her eyes, her expression inadvertently changing:
"Izumi-kun, you mean someone deliberately locked Yumeko-senpai and me inside the storeroom?"
After P.E. class, Tiara saw Yumeko-senpai picking up soccer balls, so she went over to help. Who knew that after putting the things in the storeroom, the door wouldn't push open anymore.
She originally thought it was an accident. She never expected it was actually someone's deliberate revenge.
"That's right." Izumi Sora gave a slight nod, revealing the truth. "It was those two delinquent upperclassmen who were punished by the school on the day of the Sports Festival. When I came out of the club activity room, I happened to hear them say they locked people in the sports storeroom. I was a bit worried, so I came over to take a look."
Hearing this, Tiara's pretty face grew taut, angrily clenching her pink fists:
"They went too far! I'm going to report this to the teacher!"
Izumi Sora: "..."
As expected of an exemplary student. After being bullied, the first thing she does is report to the teacher.
"It's useless..." Shikiya Yumeko shook her head, much calmer than Tiara. "We... have no evidence."
Tiara furrowed her delicate eyebrows in confusion: "Izumi-kun is a witness, right?"
Izumi Sora said calmly:
"I was also a party involved during the Sports Festival, so the effect of my testimony will naturally be greatly discounted. When the time comes, the teachers will just try to smooth things over again, turning big issues into small ones, and small ones into nothing."
Hearing this, Tiara bit her lower lip aggrievedly:
"Are we just going to let it go like this?"
"Of course not." Izumi Sora put his hands in his pockets, lowering his gaze. "Leave the rest to me. I'll have a good 'talk' with them."
"Eh?"
Tiara blinked, looking over nervously:
"Izumi-kun, don't do anything reckless."
The girl's sixth sense was quite sharp; she suddenly caught a whiff of danger.
"Don't worry, I definitely won't act recklessly." Izumi Sora looked up at the golden-red setting sun. "The sun is starting to set, I'll head back first."
Tiara and the gyaru senpai were already safe and sound. They didn't need continued care, so he could get busy with his own affairs.
Turning the corner.
Izumi Sora glanced at the 'air' beside him and said in a low voice:
"You can end the invisibility now."
The light twisted slightly, and a blonde loli appeared out of thin air.
"Idiot Servant, didn't we agree you'd wait for me in the hallway?"
Yamada Elf crossed her arms over her chest, lifting her chin, her pink cheeks slightly puffed out, not hiding her jealousy at all:
"Sneaking off was bad enough, but I worked so hard to come find you, and Idiot Servant was actually feeding other girls drinks. So mean!"
But Elf didn't dwell on it. Having sneaked over invisibly just now, she already knew the cause and effect.
"And those two delinquent girls! Doing something so terrible before and not reflecting on it was bad enough, but to actually dare to take revenge... that's too far."
"Wait until tomorrow, I'll go over invisibly and secretly record a video as evidence, and have the teachers punish them properly."
Izumi Sora looked at Elf and shook his head:
"Even if they are punished, they won't reflect on their actions; they will only harbor even more resentment towards others. When I heard those two delinquent girls chatting earlier, they personally said that not only Tiara and Yumeko-senpai, but also me, and the people close to me, are all targets for their revenge."
"What?!"
Yamada Elf instantly raised her volume, her small face rarely showing an angry expression:
"They actually want to take revenge on Servant?"
"Servant is my person!"
"Bullying Servant is equivalent to bullying me!"
"I'm really angry now!"
"I'm going to call my mom and have her teach them a lesson!"
"..."
Stop talking. Only little kids cry and go home to find their moms after losing a fight!
However, looking at Elf, who had turned into a bristling cat, Izumi Sora's gaze softened. He reached out his right hand and gently rubbed Elf's small head.
"Idiot Servant, don't touch my head, I won't grow tall."
Yamada Elf's small face flushed slightly, giving a tsundere hum.
While verbally expressing disgust, Elf's body was quite honest, not dodging in the slightest.
Izumi Sora said softly:
"We don't need to bother Auntie over such a small matter. We can take action ourselves and make them 'voluntarily' drop out."
"Eh?"
Elf looked up curiously:
"What do you mean?"
Izumi Sora didn't deliberately hide it, whispering his plan:
"Rumor has it that there are Seven School Mysteries within the academy."
"When a magic trick is realistic enough, it makes people doubt if magic actually exists."
"In other words, as long as the scene is realistic enough, school legends can also become reality."
Pausing, Izumi Sora looked down at Elf, whispering in her ear:
"Imagine this: you're in your room playing on your phone, when suddenly your vision goes black, and immediately after, you appear in a classroom. Bloody words emerge on the blackboard, an invisible, eerie laughter comes from outside the window, and everything matches the legendary 'Classroom of Death'. Would you still dare to stay at this school?"
Possessing the abilities of Time Stop, Teleportation, and Invisibility, Izumi Sora could completely turn the school mysteries into reality.
The only problem was that multiple teleportations might trigger side effects, so someone had to accompany him. Because of this, he didn't hesitate to tell Elf his plan.
Mahiru's heart was too kind, so he wouldn't tell her about this matter.
"Sora wants to do bad things?"
Yamada Elf's eyes sparkled brightly, a look of excitement appearing on her small face:
"Me, me, me! I'll help!"
Izumi Sora looked over speechlessly: "To be precise, it should be punishing evil and promoting good, carrying out justice on behalf of heaven."
"That's right, we are carrying out justice on behalf of heaven." Yamada Elf's small face was full of anticipation. "When do we move?"
"Tonight."
"Then let's hurry home, tonight we'll carry out justice together."
"..."
The two talked as they walked, unknowingly reaching the school gates.
"Where is Yanami?"
Izumi Sora asked for 'Inmate Eight's' whereabouts.
"After coming out of the club room, Yanami ran into a friend and went to eat ramen with her." Yamada Elf's voice was crisp. "Yanami told us to go home first."
"Let's go."
Izumi Sora nodded and headed to the train station with Elf.
On the train ride home, there was one more problem that needed solving: the home addresses of the two delinquent girls.
"...Yumeko-senpai, tell me the home addresses of those two girls."
Izumi Sora sent a message to the gyaru senpai.
As a student council member, obtaining home addresses was quite simple.
However, Tiara was super law-abiding. He had to rely on Shikiya Yumeko to be the 'inside man' for this matter.
The message quickly showed as read.
The gyaru senpai indeed didn't refuse, agreeing:
"Wait a moment..."
A moment later.
Two messages popped up on the phone; they were exactly the addresses of the two delinquent girls.
Immediately following, the gyaru senpai sent a message:
"Sora, I'll come help..."
You have to gasp three times after taking two steps, your physical constitution is even worse than Lin Daiyu's. Don't come over and cause trouble!
Izumi Sora silently noted down the addresses, and then flatly refused:
"Yumeko-senpai has worked hard today. It's better to rest well at home."
"..."
Immediately following, Izumi Sora sent a message to Kuroneko, explaining the situation and summoning a helper.
Unsurprisingly, Kuroneko agreed: "To actually dare to attack my contracted beast. This is the perfect opportunity to test my newly learned black magic on them."
Izumi Sora: "...Who is the contracted beast?"
Kuroneko: "Whoever is reading the message, that's who."
"..."
The journey was silent.
After the two returned home, Angel-sama had already prepared dinner.
During dinner, preoccupied with the 'carrying out justice' planned for the night, Elf was clearly very excited and expectant.
Although Mahiru was curious, she didn't ask much.
Time slipped away silently, minute by minute.
In the blink of an eye, it was 10:30 PM.
Yamada Elf sent a message from next door: "Idiot Servant, we should be able to move now, right?"
"It is indeed about time."
Izumi Sora shut down his computer and teleported to Elf's bedroom.
The next second.
A girl wearing a white dress with disheveled hair came into view.
"Uwaa~"
Yamada Elf curled her hands into claws, holding them up to her face, imitating a kitten hissing.
Izumi Sora was very speechless:
"What are you doing?"
"Scaring Idiot Servant, of course." Seeing that she failed to scare him, Yamada Elf was greatly disappointed. "There's so much blood on my white dress, why isn't Idiot Servant scared at all?"
"That's blood?"
Izumi Sora sniffed the air; it was clearly tomato juice, alright.
"A blood-stained white dress, disheveled hair styling—are you planning to cosplay Sadako?" Izumi Sora looked Elf up and down, hitting the nail on the head with his complaint. "The problem is, there's a huge discrepancy in one area."
"Eh?" Yamada Elf looked over curiously. "Where?"
"You didn't put on makeup." Izumi Sora told the truth. "Being that cute, even as a ghost, there's no way you can scare anyone."
In this era that judges based on appearance, as long as you're cute, being a pervert or a ghost is not a problem.
"Hehehehe~"
Hearing this, Yamada Elf's small face flushed slightly, but she wasn't shy. Instead, she put her hands on her hips and hummed smugly:
"Idiot Servant, you finally realize how cute I am. That's right, I am the world's number one cutest beautiful girl."
World's number one cutest is too exaggerated, stop boasting!
"Go change your clothes." Izumi Sora waved his hand. "There's no need to specifically cosplay Sadako. Just a little intervention is enough."
"I squeezed out so much ketchup, it's all wasted..."
Yamada Elf muttered in regret. With a grab of her hands, she directly pulled off the dress she was wearing.
Under the bright light, the girl's snow-white skin was completely exposed.
Izumi Sora remained expressionless, only the corner of his eye twitching slightly:
"Where is your underwear?"
"Oops." Yamada Elf playfully stuck out her delicate pink tongue. "After playing the piano, I just put the dress on directly and forgot to put on underwear."
Izumi Sora helplessly massaged his temples: "Go put your underwear on properly first, then we'll head out."
Yamada Elf blinked, a smug expression appearing on her small face:
"Is Idiot Servant worried about me exposing myself?"
"Actually having special possessiveness towards your master, small fry Servant Small fry, small fry"