Shinmai Maou no Keiyakusha:Volume 4 Chapter 1

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Chapter 1

Part 1

Today, within the grounds of Hijirigasaka Academy, there was a lot of people gathered in a certain space.

The classes has already ended, but yet the audio-visual room was filled with noise and activity.

-Right now, in the AV room, the group of people that has been charged with the task has gathered.

The sports meet will be held next month, and they are the organizing committee. Before the fold-able table in front of the blackboard, was the seats for the committee made up of students. The purpose of the meeting, was the planning for the preparations that was to begin before the summer break, and for the consolidation of the information on hand that was to be handed to those who were at the table for the first time. With the meeting about to start, -

"Say... It seems really unbelievable. That proportion of the number of boys to the girls, that is..."

Sitting on the front left was Basara Toujo, who upon hearing that, let out a sigh.

Sitting on the opposite side of the room, looking at Basara's back, the voice just now had came from the back of the room, and it belonged to Aikawa Shiho that was in the same class as Basara. Following that, Sakaki Chika who sat beside also nodded in agreement.

"Hmm... It seems that those two never change"

With that, their sights moved towards Basara, or rather, his left and right sides.

And the two that was the cause for the state of the AV room said:

"They're giving it too much thought. It wasn't definite that we are the only reasons."

"Agreed, there probably isn't that much of a link between the two."

The ones who spoke so indifferently, were the two <Princesses> who were adored by the boys in Hijirigasaka Academy, Mio Naruse and Yuki Nonaka. However, their words seemed unconvincing in the light of the situation. Though joining in was just for fun, it seems that a lot who joined in too were boys, causing a great disparity in the proportions of the genders.

At the beginning, it was Basara, Yuki and Mio who volunteered to the the ones from class 1B to be in the organizing committee.

Originally, the ones to be on the committee were to be decided a few days ago, but no one came forward. Sakazaki-sensei, wishing to respect the individual wills of the students, had then dragged this matter on for a long time, and allowed the decision to made only until the morning of the day of the meeting. But still, nothing conclusive had came up. Hence, they had taken this opportunity and raised their hands together.

Because about the sports meet, they already had a discussion on the matter.

And hence the matter that had dragged on for days had ended here, with calls of 'ME TOO!' suddenly storming the place. In the end, Sakazaki couldn't stand it any longer, and after reducing the final number to five persons, the matter was concluded.

So, the ones who were chosen, were Basara, Mio, Yuki, Aikawa Shiho, and Sakaki Chika. Although there was the problem of the proportions of the genders, with drawing of the ballots was done in fairness, and with Sakazaki rejecting the rest, just like that, the ones to be sent were decided. But still, -

The news sure had spread fast...

Through communications with phones and the internet, it seems that within a few hours, the news that Mio and Yuki was on the committee had already spread around the school. Just then, Shiho wily smiled and said:

"Basara, turn around and take a look."

"Give me a break. From just now until now, the looks that are already on me are going to cause the back of my head to go bald."

Right now, the back of my head, was definitely more sensitive towards the looks from boys than the breasts of the girls. And this had somewhat implicated the safety of my life. From the bottom of his heart, He tiredly said so:

Hahaha... It sure is hard on you, Basara

With the look from Sakaki that was to gently comfort him, he then released another sigh.

Since a few days ago, he had been able to communicate with Aikawa from a distance, like just now.

Both Aikawa and Sakaki had their minds controlled because of Zolgear's plan, now they had forgotten about the events. But with part of their memories blurred and lost, they had become uneasy, and so on the next day when they had returned to normal, Yuki explained to them about the gap in their memories. With their number of chances for communicating increasing, they had become closer to Mio, and had closed the gap they had with Yuki.

However, since Yuki wasn't the type to chat, she was only caring about reading her book while Mio was talking and laughing together with several others. And since Aikawa and Sakaki knew clearly what her personality was like, they had felt that something was clearly wrong, and so they continued to chat with Mio. Not long later, since Basara lived with Mio and Yuki, he and began to start chatting with Aikawa and Sakaki. Thinking back on the changes in their relationship in the past few days, Basara couldn't help but to have look at Sakaki who was chatting with Mio from the side.

"Please, Basara... Look at me more often..."

When Sakaki's mind was controlled, she had said some things that had showed her affections towards Basara.

No one was sure of it was instilled into her during the brainwashing, or if it was really her hidden real feelings. Although there would be problems in letting people knowing the truth, it still wasn't an easy matter to pursue. Basara only know, that Sakaki was a warm and kind girl, and that since he was able to save the smile that she has right now, he was satisfied.

However, it seems that someone wasn't happy that Basara was looking at Sakaki.

Suddenly there was a hand on Basara's thigh under the table.

"- !?"

This sudden act caused Basara to stiffen his body.

"What's wrong?"

"No-Nothing... Really."

Mio had asked the question puzzledly from the side, and Basara had answered evasively. Though She felt that something was off, she turned back to continue chatting with Sakaki. And only then, did Basara turn to look at the owner of the hand on his thigh, Yuki.

Mio who was sitting just beside, and even Sakaki who was sitting in a row in front had their sight blocked by the table, and hadn't realized the events that just happened under the table.

-In days before and after the fight with Zolgear, Yuki, Mio and even Maria had all received Basara's kisses.

And since then, Yuki had become even more daring in her advances towards Basara.

"-"

When Basara gave Yuki a look for her to stop what she was doing, she instead looked at Basara's books in the pocket in the table, acting like nothing had happened.

Oi...! Yuki! Stop play around!

Reading a book authored by J. D. Salinger while secretly feeling someone else's inner thigh. Since when did Yuki become such a girl?

Hey, if you continue this, something will happen in my cornfield... Eh, what exactly is my cornfield?

Carefully in order to not let the other three realize, he grabbed Yuki's hand that was on his thigh. Yet Yuki took the opportunity to cross her fingers with Basara.

"…!"

It has already certainly become a dangerous situation. But if he managed to get his hand free, who know where she would touch next. And so, the helpless Basara could only surrender his left hand to Yuki's mercy. Just then, -

"- Hello, Princess Mio."

At her side there was suddenly a boy who said this to Mio, and then just directly sat down at the remaining empty seat just beside her. Mio then gave him a glance, and then said coldly:

"Senpai. Hello."

Even Basara knows that face. In the past when the fans in both Mio's and Yuki's camp had surrounded him behind the school building, the one in front of him right now was the leader of Mio's faction. If his memory serves him correctly, he was Shohei Donoe.

"...Wasn't it because that the year threes had to prepare to their further education, that the committee was to be made up of only year ones and twos?"

Mio hadn't even bothered to look at him when she asked this question.

"Basically you're right, but it wasn't said that it was an absolute rule. Since Princess Mio has come, how can we not?

He then turned behind to take a look, and there was a whole row of Mio's fans whom he personally knows.

"Princess Yuki..."

This time, another soft call came from the other side.

So it's him this time...

Hozumi Hashi, the leader of Yuki's camp who was in year three. But now, he had did it with much more respect than the other guy. And of course, the other Yuki fans were also at the side watching. Basara then carefully let go of Yuki's hand, in order to not be found out, and then, -

"We have also joined the committee. Gently guide us in our work, please?"

Yuki had the appearance of a model student and had a soft appearance. But then, with only a small glance at him, she let out a 'Humph~', expressing displeasure, and ignored him. Yet after seeing her reaction, Hozumi had a happy face, and then returned to the side of the other Yuki fans.

On the other side, in contrast to Hozumi, Donoe continued to occupy the seat beside Mio, refusing to leave.

"Of course I know, to you, coming here was equally as important as preparing for yoru future. So fine, the princess here right now will cherish her time spent with you.

He was indeed handsome, and those were some pretty nice words, but why did it sound kind of comical?

Basara thought this, yet he was glared at by him. Hence, he then moved away his line of sight. Right now, other than Mio and Yuki, Aikawa and Sakaki was also present. They seemed to be somewhat uncomfortable from being surrounded by fans from the Mio and Yuki faction, and trying to avoid conflict with them. Just then, -

"Oi, Donoe... It's about time you return to your own seat, or else how will we start this meeting?"

A saviour appeared. It was one of Basara's teachers, Sakazaki.

"This is the seating area for the first years. The seats for the third years are behind. The school had respected your wished in letting you participate, but, you still must follow the rules, being the role models for your underclassmen, right?"

Donoe's face then visibly changed, but he still maintained his hearty smile.

"Tsh... Fine fine, I got it. See you later, Princess."

Smacking his lips together, he then left Mio's side. Hence, -

"Thank you teacher... You were a really big help."

"Don't worry about it... You didn't do anything wrong."

With Basara expressing his thanks, Sakazaki had a bitter smile on.

"But teacher, what are you doing here? Supervising the committee, wasn't it the task of the gym teachers for the second years?"

"That was the case. But it seems that teacher Gotou had a hip injury, and since the other gym teachers are busy with another activity, the task has then fallen onto he, who was free.

"Haish~... Taking upon himself a task which no one will thank him for... Good grief~."

Aikawa then jokingly said to the helplessly shrugging Sakazaki.

"Can't be helped. This sort of job was to be done by rookies after all."

Finishing, Sakazaki then headed towards the student council members who were currently organizing the documents. After that, -

"You really were just saved back then, Mio... You too, Yuki. That is, even that teacher talked with you..."

Sakaki who had remained silent up till now, then expressed her concern for the two.

"Don't worry about it. That person, while I don't know who much self-confidence he has, it seems that he thinks that if he acts a bit chummy with me, he'll think that I'll be close with him. Really, what an idiot... There's got to be a limit, even for his stupidity..."

"I'm fine too. I have already to them in the past, that I have completely no interest in them."

"Woah... You two really are cruel.

"Was I? What I just said was just the truth only."

"Exactly. Isn't unneeded expectations from other people troublesome?"

Just as Mio and Yuki, in clear daylight, was making a clean break in their relationships with Donoe and Hozumi respectively, -

A female student wearing the student council armband then stood up from her position at the table before the blackboard.

"Please take your seats now. The meeting for the organizing committee for the first sports meet will be starting now."

With the announcement, the other council members also moved, passing out notes for the meeting. After confirming that everyone had received a copy of the notes, -

"I am the vice-president of the student council, Kajiura Lihua, the chairperson of the organizing committee for this year's sports meet. Please provide guidence."

Finishing her portion, the room then immediately filled up with applause.

-In Hijirigasaka Academy , the school party was held in spring, wile the sports meet was held in autumn. The school party was the biggest event for the students, and it can be said that it was the brainchild of the student organizing committee. Setting the school party in the spring, it was to let the third year students in the committee to organise themselves an unforgettable party. And on the positioning of the timing of the sports meet, it was to be as practice for the smooth preparation for the school party. Hence, the third years will not interfere in that, to allow the second years to let the second years accumulate experience. Thus, the vice-president Kajiura Lihua is the one responsibe for over-seeing this sports meet.

"The first thing to mention is, the committee member list that the teachers have given me. It would seem that, the number of volunteers this year are almost double from that of last year. But, -"

Kajiura said in a warning tone,

"Although having many volunteers is a good thing, I would like to give everyone a reminder. If there seems to be too many people in a single department, some people will be transferred to another department. And it would seem that selecting the leaders for each department would be harder than last year, and so, due to the sheer number of candidates, I can say that it would be likely that the overall quality of the overall management would rise."

With her firm announcement, a small commotion then started in the room.

...Heh, it was probably a likely reaction from the crowd.

Kajiura herself should probably already know, that majority of the people that have come had impure motives. Even Donoe and Hozumi of the third years had come, with their actions contributing to the abnormality of the situation. Hence, the overall-in-charge, Kajiura, was bound to need quite considerable mental preparation and determination to perform her duties well.

"With this, we shall begin to have the volunteers to choose their desired departments. On the second and third pages of the notes given out, are the details on the respective departments. You have ten minutes from now, so please take this time to know about the responsibilities of the different departments, and decide which department is the one that you want to join"

And Kajiura sat down after saying a 'Please begin', there was uproar in the room.

"-So, what shall we choose?"

Aikawa who sat in the row in front of them, turned around and asked, and the Mio who was beside Basara lifted her line of sight, and asked:

"Um... What shall I choose... What about you, Basara?"

"About that..."

Receiving this question, Basara then flipped the notes again.

<Overall planning and management> : In charge of planning the competitions and the itinerary

<Advertising> : In charge of the production and updating of the information on the flyers

<Equipment management> : In charge of preparing the applications for the equipment needed for the sports meet

<Accounting> : In charge of the management of the budget allocated, and the auditing of all transactions

<General Auxiliary> : In charge of the making of the archway over the main entrance, setting up of the decorations, and assisting in the assembly operations of the equipment

Usually, following the usual trend, the hottest department would be the one in charge of the overall planning and management, followed by the one in charge of the equipment that has the least work, which is then followed by the advertising department.

And the most worrying thing, is that the <accounting> department and the <general auxiliary> department would undoubtedly be the ones that mostly need more manpower. And so, it is likely that most of the ones here in the room would be then sent to either of the two departments. To Basara, it would be fine by him if he got redirected to the departments in need of manpower, but, -

...If any trouble comes up.

While knowing that some people would come just because Mio and Yuki came, he had never expected either Hozumi or Donoe from the third years to be one of them. If he were to be sent to the same department as one of them, it would result in a bad atmosphere. But if he were in the same department as either Mio or Yuki, while them were in some other department, it would undoubtedly bring about resentment.

But what Basara would want to avoid most of all, was them all being in the same department as either Mio or Yuki, while he himself was in some other department.

If anything goes wrong, it would cause the committee a lot of trouble. While he was in serious thought,

"Umm... May I interrupt you for a while?"

A voice came from beside, causing Basara to raise his head confusedly, and then, -

...Weird?

When Basara saw who the owner of the voice was, his mind suddenly went into a state of confusion. The owner of the voice was, a female student who was considerably cute; sporting short hair, with big eyes under her glasses, giving the feel of a timid puppy, causing people to have the urge to protect her. There were no problems from him with this. The problem was, that the uniform that was being worn, was the same as Basara's, a male school uniform. Amongst the four of them, their expressions were like Basara, full of confusion. While everyone had no idea on how to respond, --

"Eh... Why are you wearing the boys' uniform?"

Aikawa bluntly said out loud the conflict in everyone's hearts that had gotten their tougnes.

"About that... I apoligise, for causing misunderstandings. I am really a boy."

He answered while scratching his face in embarrassment,

"I am Tachibana Nano from the student council. Umm, you are Basara, and you are Mio Naruse and you are Yuki Nonaka, right? Sorry for disturbing you while choosing a department."

No matter from which angle you look from, his body is filled with feminine charms.

"Our vice-president would like to talk to you three about something, is it fine with you?"

After that, they then followed Tachibana to the preparation room next door.

The room was approximately four pyeongs large, with the shelf by the wall densely packed with different equipment and lots of documents. Vice-president Kajiura was standing in the center of the room waiting for them."

"I have brought them, vice-president..."

"...Thank you, Tachibana."

After thanking Tachibana, Kajiura thenlooked towards Basara and the others coldly, and let out a slight sigh.

"There isn't much time, so I'll say it quickly. Are you not planning to leave the organizing committee?"

And told them her reason for wanting to see them without hesitation.

...Ah, That was probably it.

Basara wasn't particularly surprised, when Tachibana told him that Kajiura wanted to see him, since he had already guessed what it would be about. After that, Kajiura then suddenly lowered her eyes, and said:

"Sorry... I didn't mean to blame you. But as I've said before, this time there are too many volunteers, and there are already enough problems brought about by the sheer number of people. However, the motivation of over half of the volunteers were totally unrelated to the sports meet itself, and additionally, even the third years are present. Although there isn't a way to not let the crowd go out of control, we can't really afford to expend the extra effort."

"....I see."

Originally, the organizing committee shall be comprised of only year one and year two students. This is because the sports meet was organised and executed under the directive of the second years, in order to create an environment to ensure the smooth handover of orders within the organizing committee, to smoothly integrate everyone into the committee as a whole. But if the third years join in, and with ulterior motives to boot, it would cause confusion within the chain of command within the committee, leading its collapse.

Kajiura and Tachibana and the other members of the student council were different from the normal organizing committee members, beginning the preparations before the summer vacations. For organizing a successful sports meet, they would even continue to work on this continuously over the vacation.

...I had really wanted to stay, but it seems to be impossible...

Basara thought to himself, that he didn't want to cause any trouble just because of Mio and Yuki, and Mio and Yuki would likely be thinking the same way. Hence, -

"I understand. Although it would be a pity, -

Just as Basara was about to express his intention to voluntary leave the committee, the door of the room opened. The one who then came in, was Sakazaki.

"What's wrong, Kajiura, it is almost time... Wait, what's wrong?"

He had then realized the strange atmosphere in the room, and had asked surprised.

"Teacher, I apologize... It was regarding the students from your class."

Kajiura had no intention to hide it from Sakazaki who was from the supervising committee, and told him of the request for the trio to withdraw from the organizing committee. Sakazaki then scrunched his eyebrows while in thought, and said:

"Perhaps while this method may make those who came just because of Mio and Yuki to withdraw... But the organizing committee is also one of the extra-curricular activities, it would be problematic for me to allow them to withdraw."

"But if this continues..."

"Additionally, this action may also give the others an excuse to quit the committee."

Kajiura had raised objections from the student's perspective, and Sakazaki raised points from the perspective of a teacher.

"The members of the organizing committee from the various classes, amongst them, there are many who aren’t as willing as the three here. It was due to voting within the classes that they are here. If there were an opportunity to withdraw, they would immediately take the chance."

"Then at least..... -! ….Forget it, forget that I had said anything."

Kajiura then suddenly withdrew back her words, and bit her lip and lowered her head. What she wanted to say was, in fact, ' Then at least we could ask the third years to withdraw? ' . But, Donoe and Hozumi were the leaders of the Mio and Yuki fan camps, and if they were to be too course in crying to get them to leave, it would undoubtedly bring about quite some resentment, prompting them to bring about trouble from sabotage.

"If it's like this..." Basara then chimed in:

"About that, Kajiura-senpai... If there's trouble with us withdrawing, how about we reverse the situation and use us instead? I guess it would make the preparations more or less smoother..."

".....That would probably bring about some situations that are against you."

Kajiura worriedly said that.

"That can't be helped. After all, we didn't join the committee to have fun."

"I-I... am also mentally prepared..."

After listening to the bitterly smiling Mio and Yuki's indifferent answers, Kajiura then lowered her head for a while, before mumbling "All right..."

"I would like to request Mio to join the <General Auxiliary> department, and for Yuki to join the <Accounting> department. Would it be fine? The more people there are in these two department, the better, and if you are there, there would definitely be enough manpower, If I remember correctly, there are two more girls from your class? If there were only each of you in each department, I'm afraid that something will happen, so I'll need to trouble you to ask them to join these two departments. Also, I would appoint people from the student council to be the chairpersons of the two departments, and will definitely not allow the third years to do as they wish."

After Mio and Yuki nodded to show their agreement, Kajiura then said while feeling terribly apologetic:

"Sorry... I will definitely try to keep my eye on them, and try not to bring you any trouble and embarrassment.

From her expressions, one could see that her request for the trio to withdraw, was in fact not for easier management of the organizing committee, but was in fact for their well-being. Hence, -

"Then I will join the other departments, to avoid unwanted confrontations."

Basara then said this to Kajiura, but in the end, -

"There is no need for that, Toujou. I would to invite you to join the student council, and assist in the management of all the departments."

"Joining the student council, and giving my assistance...?"

Basara then responded by repeating the question, unsure. Kajiura then nodded and said:

"Correct, joining the student council, to deal with things when things crop up. You wouldn't be interfering with the various departments' work. When the time comes, I will give you the orders, so you can put your mind at ease and go help Mio and Yuki

Part 2

After that, the separation of the volunteers into the different departments went as anticipated.

Mio had joined the <General Auxiliary> department, and Donoe and the others from the Mio fan camp followed her into that department; Yuki had joined the <Accounting> department, and Hozumi and the others from the Yuki fan camp also followed her in; Aikawa and Sakaki and listened to the trio's explanation when they got back, and had readily separated and joined the two departments. As most of the volunteers who had joined the committee only cared about the fate of only either Mio or Yuki, the announcement of Basara joining the student council to help had apparently went unnoticed. And now, the first meeting for the organizing committee for the sports meet and finally come to an end.

After that, Basara separated from Mio and Yuki, and went to the infirmary alone. It was because he had an unfulfilled agreement. The plan was that after Mio and Yuki were done with their work, the three of them will walk home together, but,-

...Today's really an inconvenient date.

Being eyed on the organizing committee, and letting the two of them into the limelight, who knows if they would be able to walk home together with a low profile again... Such behavior that would stimulate those in the surroundings, would definitely need to be avoided.

...After all, we had managed to remain in the committee with difficulty.

In Basara's heart, there were <special reasons> that caused him to want to make the sports meet a success.

Although he had wanted to make friends other than Takigawa, this was only his second try.

And so, he had to get onto the organizing committee no matter what, and persist until the end of the sports meet. Reviewing his determination while walking through the corridor, he then arrived at the door to the infirmary.

"--Excuse me for interrupting."

After a voice inviting him in had come through the door, what had greeted him immediately was a burst of soft and comfortable air.

--No matter how many times he came here, Basara would always feel that the infirmary was always the place that he can relax the most in.

To say whether was it particularly that the air was particularly fresh... Of course, the main aim of the infirmary was originally to treat injuries, so there would be equipment for air conditioning and air filtration. However, this was the place where the people that were sick or were down with injuries gather, and so the depressing mood that was supposed to be here brings about a heavy atmosphere, just like how most people feel that the atmosphere at the hospitals were not good. Even so, the infirmary waas yet maintained as a sacred place. But, -

" Weird....?"

Taking a looking around when inside, the owner of the room wasn't at the office table by the window; but was instead at the place at the sick bed near the door, who then pulled aside a white curtain.

"--This voice, is it Toujou?"

"Yes, it is me... Sensei, you can tell?"

"Is that strange? I had chatted with you quite often, so me being able to recognise your voice should be normal, right?"

"Eh... If you say so...."

This was different each homeroom teacher remembering the voices of their students... The teacher in the infirmary was responsible for every student in the school, so to be able to recognise a person from his/her voice just from a call from outside the door and from just hearing the student's voice, her auditory memory was definitely too good. In addition, -

"......Are you thinking of indecent things?"

"No, why would I?"

Her intuition was unbelievably accurate.. As Basara was thinking this, --

"Actually, you came at just the right timing. Toujou, I have something that I would like to have your help, so I'm sorry, could you come here for a moment?"

"? Eh, all right..."

His original thought was that help was needed to look after a injuries student---but that doesn't seem to be the case.

Hasegawa was alone on the other side of the curtain. If that's the case, did she need my help in changing the sheets? Once he went past the curtain,--

"Ah---?"

Once he saw Hasegawa who was inside, he could only stand there with a stupid look.

"--Eh? What's wrong, Toujou?"

Hasegawa had put on a dazed expression after seeing his reaction. What she was wearing, was a one-piece swimsuit, with a white coat over it.

He had seen Mio and Yuki both wearing dazzling one-piece swimsuits countless times, and had already developed a considerable degree of resistance to it. But still, that get-up that Hasegawa was in still managed to get Basara's thinking to instantly stop.

--Basara Toujou, he had never seen Hasegawa wear anything other than her usual clothing.

Still, he knew clearly that her breast size was definitely more majestic than Mio's, and the curves of her hips which were fuller was definitely more beautiful than Yuki's, and her body proportions were definitely amazing.

And yet, he couldn't understand, that how was the charms of a [mature woman] so strong. With his thinking paralysed severly, he then finally slowly understood the situation--

"Se-Sensei! What are you doing!"

His words were mixed with excitement and confusion.

"About that... There will be a class that will be having a swimming class, and in that class, there is a student who has a relatively weak body, and so I'm going to go there too."

She said without any hesitation.

"As usual, I had advised him to not participate, but it seems that he had wanted to join in no matter what. Since that student had wanted to join the class so badly, as I teacher I would've hoped to fulfill his hopes, so hence I allowed him to join in, on the condition that I'll be observing at the sides."

But still--

"It seems that there are currently no school swimsuits in my size... If I wear a two-piece like a bikini, then I might have been able to fit into it, but it seems that the dean had said that it wouldn't be good to wear that during a class, so with that, I could only have one custom-made from outside the school. And as for the product..."

Stopping here, Hasegawa then moved her hand towards her full large breasts, towards the zipper that was only done halfway in between the canyon of her cleavage, - -

"Unluckily, the zipper seems to be stuck, and it still wouldn't move even after I had pulled on it for a long time. Sorry, Toujou, could you help me pull down the zipper?"

"Eh... It probably wouldn't be a good thing. Even for teachers or students, it would be better if this kind of task was done by females..."

Other than in pornography, which teacher would ask a male student to take the swimsuit off her? No, one can only be surprised when she said that her breasts were so large that her swimsuit had to be custom-made.

But in the situation right now, Basara could only tentatively keep his line of side to the side, trying to avoid looking at Hasegawa.

"----!"

Only to see another thing which he shouldn't see. In order to put on the swimsuit, she had to strip off her clothes, and they were folded nicely on the sick bed by the side. That by itself would maybe be still fine, what the problem actually was, was the small heap that was beside that, the black lacy lingerie that could possibly cause one to think indecently. The teacher-in-charge of the infirmary that was wearing a white coat over her swimsuit, and with her lingerie in this confined space that was taken off not too long ago, this just seems so unreal. Just then, --

"I know that. It should be just like you said, to find another female for help... But my strength is already considered very strong amongst the females, so if even I couldn't move this stuck zipper, I seriously don't think that other females can do it. So with this, I can only ask a male for help, right?"

Ignoring a protest from him, Hasegawa then continued:

"It was a good thing that you appeared at this timing. Originally, I was even considering calling you for your help."

"Ah...? Wh-Why me?"

"It's for no special reason... - While thinking of looking for help, you had just naturally came to my mind."

Can't I, Toujou?

"Well, then I'll say it from my viewpoint. Since it's a request of this nature, of course I'll prefer someone I'm closer with."

"You do have a point, but still..."

Just why did it have to be me? Upon seeing Basara's confused and fearful look, --

"If you really don't want to help, it's okay..."

Concealing her disappointment, Hasegawa then said while pressing her hands towards her breasts:

"Then could you help me find another male to help me> I really can't take off this swimsuit by myself..."

Hearing these words, Basara then finally gave up on declining, and made up his mind--

"...........I understand. Let me help you."

And had replied like this after releasing a deep sigh. Everytime Mio had caused the curse of the master-servant contract to activate, he had always used the infirmary, and Hasegawa had helped him multiple times when he was in a pinch with his school life. Regardless of how the circumstances were, to be able to receive a request was an honorable thing, and since he has a chance to repay her kindness at this time, even if he had thought of reluctantly rejecting living up to her hopes, he couldn't say it out.

Besides,

Hasegawa had specifically asked for Basara's help, and to reject this request and find another male to fulfill the request, something just doesn't feel right with that. With his reply, Hasegawa smiled and said:

"Is that so. It is great that you are willing to help me."

"...It's nothing. After all, there isn't any other way other than doing it myself."

Basara then moved to the side of the smiling Hasegawa, and said before beginning:

"I will try not to touch any other parts of your body..."

"Thank you for your kind thoughts. But I'll prefer it if you just focus on unsticking the zipper, thinking about too many things may cause the situation to not have any improvements, so just be bold."

Basara then nodded, and proceeded to let her sit on the bed.

And moved to in front of her, observing the structure of her swimsuit.

........So that's how it is.

While it had an overall appearance of a one-piece swimsuit, there was no shoulder straps; the material covered the entire neck area, like a standing collar, with the zipper right in the centre of the front side. It seems like that it would be possible to first remove it off the shoulders, and then entirely removing the swimsuit by pulling it downwards.

"Umm... Sorry, but could you release your chest area? I'll like to see the condition of the zipper head."

"This...?"

Hasegawa's hands that were hugging her chest area, then slowly released. Upon seeing the overwhelming volume and softness, his heartbeat immediately rose wildly. He then inspected the zipper head that had then showed itself, trying not to touch her breasts while moving the zipper about to test it. It seems that the zipper head was really stuck, not even allowing it any movements. In order to try to resolve this situation, --

".........Please wait for me for a moment."

Saying this, Basara then left the side of the bed, and then took the bottle of milky soap by the sink.

"May I use this? I'll like to try lubricating the zipper."

"Of course... You can do what you want to do."

With the consent, he then pressed down the pump, spueezing some of the milky soap around the head of the zipper.

The whitish viscous liquid, then just ever-so-slowly spread onto Hasegawa's breasts. Not only on the outer visible surface, Basara then moved the head of the pump towards the swimsuit in between her breasts, and squeesed it carefully. Just then, --

"Lyah..!"

It seems that she had felt an itch, moving about while letting out a sound.

"!...S-Sorry..."

"Ah, don't worry about it, I had just accidentally let out a sound. Speaking of which, Toujou... While this will give the zipper some lubrication, wouldn't the head become slippery?"

Her question was definitely natural. And so he replied:

"Yes. But it would be fine, Because I wouldn't be pulling it."

"Is that so? Then how will you--"

The reason she had stopped speaking there, was mainly because that both of Basara's hands had then gripped the head of the stuck zipper from the top left and right sides. Then, --

"----I'm going to pull it now."

With that, as if wanting to pull the swimsuit into two pieces, he applied a large amount of force from his hands.

Probably because he had applied forces equally on both the left and right sides, the stuck zipper was then immediately pulled downwards. Hasegawa's breasts then showed themselves fully with that, with the overflowing breasts popping out boldly seemingly celebrating their freedom.

Ah...

At the same time, a gust of sweet aroma flowed into his lungs. It was probably the aromas detained while Hasegawa was stuck in the swimsuit , her feminine body fragrance.

"----!"

With that, he had already forgotten to close his eyes, and with his mind wandering, he gazed at the giant breasts in front of him. Just then,--

"...Your methods seems to be a bit more aggressive than I had expected..."

"S-Sorry!"

She had then nonchalantly said so while her breasts were seen bare. Basara then panicky moved his face, turning around so that his back was facing her.

"I wasn't putting any blame on you. After all, it was I that had asked for your assistance, and now, you fulfilled my request. And what had happened was just a minor unexpected accident."

A giggling voice had then came from behind him, and then she said mockingly:

"It was unexpected, that you would be so bold and aggressive in taking off a girl's clothes."

"Not really... I didn't mean to be so bold in my actions..."

With the condition of the zipper, and in order to save time, and to try avoid touching Hasegawa in the inapproiate place, he had made this decision, and chose the method he deemed most suitable.

"Well, thank you. It was because of you, that I didn't need to cut up this swimsuit that I had just bought."

"Aii... It's a good thing that I am able to help you."

" You did help me. Speacking of which, can you help me with another thing?"

"Wh-What is it this time...?"

Hasegawa then said to the very tense Basara:

"It's nothing. I just need your help, to bring over the wet wipes and towel from the medicine cabinet at the opposite side of the room."

She smiled again, then continued:

"After all, I am on a bed, with quite the amount of a viscous liquid on by breasts, just like that I had <used my breasts to do it with you>, and it just feels weirder as time passes by."

"I-I'll bring it over right now!"

Saying that, he then panicky moved to get the items. After a while,--

"—I've made you wait..."

Hasegawa then wiped clean her breasts, wore her clothes properly, and had pulled open the curtains.

With high heels on her, she went towards the office chair that Basara was sitting on, and sat down on the chair by her office table, raising her leg while turning towards him.

"Well then, what was the reason that made you come over today? From how you look, there doesn't seem to be any uncomfortableness, right?"

"Yes. It's that... It's the promise that was made with you before."

Basara stretched out his left hand. On the ring finger, was the tangled up bandage that was put on due to the ingury from the basketball game during last week's gym class.

"After you had helped me deal with the injury, I hadn't experienced any pain since then. So my reason for coming here was to ask you if it would be fine to take it off already."

"...So that's the case. It seems you had listened to me, and hadn't touched it yet."

"That... It's because it was a promise."

Actually the only reason why the bandage was still there, was that it was unexpectedly tough. After Hasegawa had wrapped it, it had survived the abduction situation with Zolgear, the fight with Takigawa, the event with Maria, and finally, the fight with Zolgear. The bandage done by her, had remained in one piece after going through so many events, and still remained on his fine on his finger.

Perhaps that it was her skillfulness that was great.

"—Well, It so okay now to take it off?"

"About that... There is no more need for it to remain on your finger, since its task had been completed."

Finishing, Hasegawa then undid the bandage on his finger, and used wipes to clean the ring finger, and asked:

"There isn't any pain with this, right?"

He nodded.

"Is that so... Then there shouldn't be any problems with it. But, even if there isn't any pain, it doesn't signify that it has completely healed, so don't put too much burden onto it."

She them released his left hand.

"All right. Thank you teacher."

Just as he was about to leave after slightly nodding, --

"Ah, Toujou... Do you have anything on later?"

"No, I'm planning to go straight home after this."

It was already almost six when he had come over after he was done with his stuff in the organising committee.

It was October right now, and the sun had already set quite a while age, so it should already be dark outside.

"Umm... Then please wait for a while, and accompany me. Is it all right?"

"Accompany you, teacher? Where are you planning to go?"

At the dumbfounded Basara, she giggled and said:

"—Have you forgotten? There was another promise between us."

Part 3

After the meeting with the organising committee ended, Naruse Mio and Nonaka Yuki had followed Basara's wishes, and had went straight homw without waiting for him.

On the way, the two of them stopped by a nearby supermarket. Because Maria had called, wanting them to bring some groceries on their way back home.

"All right... This should probably be enough."

"It probably is. Everything in Maria's text message is here already."

Yuki was pushing the cart beside Mio, and nodded after checking their mobile phone screens.

After waiting in line for quite a while and then finally leaving the supermarket, both of their mobile phones then simultaneously received a text message. Originally, when anything extra needed to be bought, the receiver of a text message would normally be Basara. With that, they immediately checked its contents. But, then they suddenly fell into silence.

"Did you get the same message on your side too?"

"...It probably should be the same one."

Something had suddenly cropped up, so he would be home late, hence there would be no need to prepare his share of dinner, and ending it with an apology. Looking at the contents, the both of them looked at each other, and let out a sigh. Just then, --

"—Hi, good evening to the both of you."

A familiar voice then caused them to turn around and look, and standing there was a male wearing the same school uniform as them.

"Takigawa..."

Saying out the person's name was Mio, and her voice sounded involuntarily stiff. Beside her, Yuki's expression also changed to that of being imposing, showing a bit of nervousness in her attitude. Seeing the situation, Takigawa bitterly smiled, and said:

"You don't need to look at me with those eyes. After all, I am not your enemy."

With Zolgear as my predecessor, I am currently Mio's observer; My real identity is that of an undercover agent sent by the current demon lord from the Moderates faction, with the name Lars. For helping Mio and the others hide in the human realm, this all that Takigawa knew when living in this realm. It was said that during the process of dealing with Zolgear, Takigawa had provided quite a bit of assistance from the shadows, told Basara about Zest's case as a modified organism, brought him into Zolgear's lair, and had even saved Maria's mother, just like Maria, keeping her in the dark while protecting her. Hence to Mio and the others, Takigawa should be called a saviour. But, --

"I have already said this before. While we owe you gratitude, there are still some things that I cannot forgive you for."

Takigawa had attacked Mio and Basara before. At that time, Basara was just a hinderance in his eyes, and hence had 'killed' Basara in front of her eyes, forcefully awakening Wilbert's power that was sleeping in her body, causing the Moderates faction to increase Mio's protection.

Of course, Takigawa was protecting Mio from the shadows as a demon from the Moderates, and at the same time serving the demon lord as an undercover agent, responsible for observing Mio, having his own viewpoint and concerns.

But, Mio and Yuki hadn't forgotten, that Takigawa had said quite a few things in their past battle about Basara's past, to cause quite the amount of damage to his heart, and gave him a big injury to the lower half of his body. And so, --

"If you want to hurt Basara again, even if it is just for revenge or to avenge, I will never forgive you, and will definately kill you a hundred times."

"Ah haha... to be hate so much..."

Takigawa had then shrugged at Mio's murderous intent.

"So... What are you here for? You had said that you would find a way to report to the current demon lord about the incident with Zolgear, and hence returned to the demon realm first?"

She then continued with a fierce expression, giving no heed to the people that would be entering and leaving the supermarket. There wasn't a lot of people who would mind other people's business here, so even if there were people who would eavesdrop, they would think that they were probably talking about a computer game.

"Yeah, what you had said isn't wrong..."

Takigawa then said:

"But for everyone's safety, I'll like to give you some advice first before I return."

"...Advice?"

Yuki then asked with an eyebrow raised, and with that, Takigawa nodded and continued:

"It's something about Basara..."

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