Chapter 416 – Episode 46. The Burden of Being a Teacher Is Not Unusual.
Every weekend, I left Miyashi and went to Tokyo or Seoul, but this week I decided to take a break. As the exam period arrived in October, I had to write exam questions quickly, so I stayed at home and checked past Korean language exam questions and checked the key points to prepare exam questions.
Since I was not a teacher to begin with, it was a very time-consuming task as I had to check each and every detail.
Still, since I didn’t have to go through any more trouble if I just did it this weekend, I sat down at my desk and submitted questions despite the inconvenience, even today, which was Sunday, following Saturday, yesterday.
Ding dong~♬
As he was answering the question with a bored expression and a pen in his mouth, the bell suddenly rang. Who is it? I didn’t even order food…
“I’m going~!”
I got up from my desk and went towards the front door. After looking at the intercom screen installed next to the entrance, I couldn’t help but make a puzzled expression.
Kirie Kurayamada was standing on the intercom screen. These days, for crime prevention reasons, I was able to see visitors from various angles because they might be holding weapons. When I checked, I saw that they were holding something that looked like a shopping bag in their hand.
It’s a little creepy… ? How do you know my house? And why are you standing in front of my house? Various questions passed through my head.
I opened the front door with many questions in mind. Kirie Kurayamada was still standing looking at me with sharp eyes. She looks at me and bows her head slightly as if it were a greeting.
“Mr. Kurayamada, what happened…?” ?”
“… I want to give you a gift.”
Kirie Kurayamada quietly answered my question. Why a sudden gift? It appears that the shopping bag checked over the intercom was a gift. There’s something suspicious…
“Oh, please come in first.”
Since we couldn’t leave it standing outside forever, we let it come inside. Once I had Kirie Kurayamada sit on the sofa in her living room, I brought out coffee and cookies for a snack.
“Please at least have some coffee.”
“Yes, this is a gift.”
Kirie Kurayamada hands me a wrapped gift box. I don’t know what the gift was because it was a fairly large box. I can’t open it now, so I’ll have to open it later.
“But how did you know about my house?”
“Oh, I happened to go out on Friday and saw Mr. Yamashiro coming home from work…”
For some reason, the answer seemed like a lie. Kirie Kurayamada left work much earlier, but it was such a big coincidence that she happened to see me leaving work much later. I didn’t know where Kirie Kurayamada’s house was, but there wasn’t anything special around here. If there was one, it was her coin laundromat.
“Okay. I was writing a test question, but what about the Japanese classics test?”
I couldn’t really say anything if I had any doubts, so I asked about the exam questions.
“The test was originally given by Azusawa, a Japanese classics teacher, and he highlighted the items on the test in my textbook. “Be sure to emphasize this when teaching special class students.”
“Oh, I see.”
But… It’s strange to ask a student who has only been here for a day to write an exam. It was correct for the teacher who originally taught the questions to be the one to ask. I’m having a hard time right now because I’m an officially appointed teacher, not a student.
“I heard that Ms. Kurayamada also attended St. Francis Girls’ Academy?”
“Ah… Yes. So yesterday, I visited the teachers I had at school and gave them gifts.”
Ah, it seemed like he came to give gifts to teachers he had had since his school days and then left to give gifts to me as well. It wasn’t strange that I brought a gift.
After talking a few things about Miyashi and St. Francis Girls’ Academy, there was nothing more to say. Kirie Kurayamada was a bit quiet, and while she was talking, she kept looking at me and seemed to be thinking about something else, so she kept interrupting her conversation.
“I’ll go now. Thank you for your continued support, Mr. Ryuta…”
Kirie Kurayamada stood up from her seat and suddenly called me by name and bowed her head. Kirie Kurayamada left, and I unwrapped the gift.
It was a chocolate gift set made with Uji matcha, a specialty product of Kyoto, where the Kurayamada family is located. It’s matcha chocolate… It looks pretty delicious.
Tuk.
When I open the box and am about to grab a piece of chocolate, an envelope that looks quite expensive falls out. What? Did you even write a letter? I opened the envelope without thinking.
I opened the envelope without thinking, but I couldn’t help but frown when I saw the contents.
Dear Ryuta Yamashiro.
Thank you for welcoming me as an educational trainee. Thank you for your continued support.
I am curious about your journey from Tyra Group Human Resources Development Center to St. Francis Girls’ Academy.
If you don’t mind, I’d like to hear the story in detail.
I hope you will listen to my stories from now on.
Uploaded by Kirie Kurayamada.
Is this a threat? But how did you know I was from the Tyra group… ? Looking at the content, I can see that you are from Tyra, so I think I’m telling you to listen carefully to what I say…
I took a hit unexpectedly. However, seeing that it said “Ryuta Yamashiro” Written on it, it seemed like even though he knew that I belonged to Taira, he still didn’t know my true identity. If I had known that I was Taira Ryuta, I wouldn’t have threatened me with a letter like this.
Ding dong~♬
I hear the ringtone again. It’s unlikely that Kirie Kurayamada, who left, has returned… Who is it this time?
I checked the intercom and saw the masked woman, Rena Sakagami, standing there. How does he know my house?
Surely if you search for Ryuta Yamashiro’s house on Googol, it will come up right away?
I opened the door while thinking nonsense.
“Sakagami, what brought you to your house?”
“… Excuse me.”
Rena Sakagami looked around and entered the house without even asking her to come in. Why is he doing this again? . Even the reticence resembles Kirie Kurayamada.
“Sit.”
This time, I served coffee along with matcha chocolate that I received as a threat and gift from Kirie Kurayamada. I sat across from Rena Sakagami, unwrapped the matcha chocolate, and put it in my mouth.
I could feel the sweetness of chocolate along with the unique bitterness of matcha. Rena Sakagami took a sip of her coffee and looked into my eyes.
Rena Sakagami’s purple eyes were looking at me as if they were penetrating me.
“You may know this, but the Sakagami family is a ninja family.”
A sudden ninja coming out. By the way, when I looked at the information written by the Taira intelligence team, I thought it was a family that has been good at intelligence since long ago, so aren’t they ninja? I did it, but it was a real ninja family.
“Usually, ninjas of the Sakagami family live within the Sakagami family for their entire lives, but when they become chunin (intermediate ninja), they are given the opportunity to choose another lord.”
I never thought I’d hear the word chunin in real conversation. So what am I? When the look in her eyes urged her to tell the next story, Sakagami Rena opened her mouth again.
“Rena Sakagami, the 31st generation of the Sakagami clan, as a chunin, I would like to use my right to choose my lord to Ryuuta Taira.”
I was drinking coffee and almost spit it out without realizing it. Today is the second time my identity has been discovered. Kirie Kurayamada doesn’t seem to know my last name exactly. Since Rena Sakagami is a ninja, she seemed to have obtained some information and figured out my identity.
“Why me?”
Actually, I’ve never really had a conversation with Rena Sakagami. This was because Rena Sakagami was a girl who spoke very little, and she wore a mask or mask as if to block people’s attention.
“Other than her family, you are the only person who cares about me. They were sincerely concerned even during our picnic…”
If it’s a picnic… I think it was probably when they told us not to wear masks on the beach. Was that that touching? Clearly, a ninja would be able to put Rena Sakagami to good use.
“If you really don’t regret it, I will let you be my master.”
“Really?”
As if she wasn’t expecting much, Rena Sakagami opened her eyes wide and seemed happy when I said something positive. And then he kneels in front of me and bows his head so that I can’t say anything else.
“I, Rena Sakagami, will take Taira Ryuta as my lord and offer her lifelong loyalty.”
“As my lord, I will also try to become someone can emulate.”
I didn’t know what to say to Rena Sakagami’s pledge of loyalty, so I just answered whatever came to mind.
As my lord, should I give some first orders? Rena Sakagami was looking at me like a puppy wagging her tail and waiting for me to throw the ball. Suddenly, the mask covering half of Rena Sakagami’s face appeared in her eyes.
The reason he was impressed by me at that time was because he said something with his mask…
“As master, I will give you my first order. “It may be unavoidable when working, but in normal times, take off your mask and don’t cover your pretty face.”
At my first command, Rena Sakagami took off her mask. Her pointed nose, which was covered by her mask, was revealed, and her mouth, which was hidden by her mask, was smiling happily.
“Yes, I follow your orders.”
