Chapter 91
Chapter 91
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 91
Chapter Title: Sense of Discomfort
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While I was at work, sipping tea with the window open, I spotted Evelyn coming through the door with a beaming, grin-from-ear-to-ear smile on her face.
Her face was practically blooming with smiles, so she must have figured that massive onahole ordeal she'd gone through yesterday had been a roaring success.
Otherwise, why would she come over to me with that itchy-mouthed look, like she was dying for my feedback?
...Well, I figured it was inevitable that she hadn't considered every angle.
No matter how much a dick had sprouted on her, she couldn't possibly understand everything after just one or two tries.
I'd even hoped she wouldn't get too used to it, so demanding perfection from the get-go... it might come off as a bit harsh, like thief's greed.
Yeah, I get it. I totally get it.
So why was I feeling this pissed off and irritated?
My rational side understood the situation and insisted there was no reason to be mad. But something handling my emotions felt busted, like it wouldn't regulate properly.
Why was this happening? Had the pressure of being dropped into another world finally driven me insane?
For some reason, my gut was bubbling like a cauldron.
It felt like what it'd be like if a volcano erupted inside my body.
As Evelyn sat across from me with a faint smile, I calmed my churning insides with some tea and spoke slowly.
"...You're here."
"Yes, Teacher."
She was grinning like an idiot, clearly convinced she'd get rave reviews.
I just sipped my tea in silence, and she fidgeted, fingers twitching like she was burning up, before finally speaking.
"Um... did you test it out yesterday? How was it?"
I savored her words like digesting them before firing back.
"Did you test it yourself by any chance, Cadet Evelyn?"
"Huh?"
She looked a bit flustered. Maybe only then did she actually look at my face.
...Though I had no clue what expression I was making, so who knows if it even affected her.
Anyway.
Just as I thought.
If she'd even tried it once herself, there's no way she wouldn't have noticed this discomfort.
Maybe my face looked grim, because Evelyn quickly opened her mouth like she was making excuses.
"Ah, no, I mean... I couldn't help it! It, it wouldn't grow no matter what...!"
Her face flushed beet red, radiating this weird sense of injustice.
...Why was this happening.
Evelyn's words were perfectly reasonable. My head got it, knew it was unavoidable.
"...Well, I'm not really blaming you. I figured as much."
"R-right?"
She didn't have a dick to begin with... Yeah, yeah, that's obvious.
But why did it still rub me the wrong way?
Suddenly, my eyes felt triangular-sharp, and Evelyn looked utterly grating.
The problem was, even I couldn't understand why I was this pissed.
"...I tested it, and there were a ton of issues."
"R-really...?"
But I was a civilized person, so I didn't snap at Evelyn or yell.
I just listed out all the problems I'd felt, one by one.
That alone turned her face pale as a ghost.
...Kinda felt like it lifted my mood a bit?
Did I want to torment Evelyn? No? This wasn't torment; I'd just thoroughly tested the thing she'd begged me to try.
My head was a total mess.
If even El was saying that, then yeah... my condition was objectively weird.
But not knowing why made me even more anxious.
Had the Academy's Nightmare, Iris Plumeria, awakened inside me or something?
...No way.
Anyway.
I looked at Evelyn, who'd been smacked with facts and was hunching her shoulders, then sighed inwardly.
I hadn't raised my voice, but my low, measured tone must've felt pretty threatening to her.
So I decided to dangle a carrot.
"That's why I'm going to introduce you to someone who can help."
"H-help? C-can I even accept that help?"
"..."
...Had I gone too far?
Feeling a bit better after laying into her, I tossed her some carrots here and there to pat her on the back.
"You can handle it. You just didn't know, that's all. Now that you do, you'll do great, right?"
"...Yes."
She was still down in the dumps, so no time to rush her on shrinking those tits. At least not for her right now, all curled up like a pill bug— it'd just amplify the side effects.
...She might even whip up something that makes her lactate fountains again, suppressed by my words like last time.
Finally got it to stop leaking, and now it'd drip everywhere? No thanks.
Thinking about it fired up my temper again.
Before I could take it out on innocent Evelyn, I sent her packing.
...It was her creation, so I couldn't say it was totally unrelated, but she'd already paid the price.
After sending Evelyn off, I fully realized my state was off.
Truth be told, I'd been feeling this subtle weirdness for a while now. It just hadn't boiled over like today.
Felt like I was about to cause a huge mess.
Harsh to say to Evelyn, but she might've given me a preventive shot, in a way.
Soon Charlotte dropped by, and when I cautiously asked if she'd help Evelyn if she came asking, she nodded happily, thrilled to assist me.
She might freak if she learned it was fixing that onahole hidden behind the screen...
Nothing else special happened otherwise. Lucky for me.
That is, except right before quitting time, when Aika... no, Arin showed up.
I hadn't said anything, but she should've known she didn't need a 'diagnosis' anymore, so it was a little awkward.
Did that mean her attitude had completely changed? If you asked... nah.
Just in case, I checked her chest area, and sure enough, it was stable.
Normally, she'd button up and bolt from her seat, but for some reason, she stayed put, refusing to get up.
I wasn't in my right mind either, so I sat there blankly, clueless about her intentions.
Soon, Arin let out a tiny, ant-like voice.
"Um..."
"...Yes?"
"I heard that Teacher gives snacks to cadets whose treatment is done..."
"Ah."
...Yeah, that's right.
The cadets always looked wiped after 'that deed,' so I figured I'd at least stuff them with snacks or they'd keel over.
Like loading up on carbs and boosters before a workout, then chugging protein after. Sorta.
...Dunno if it actually helped, but nine out of ten panting cadets perked up with something sweet.
And the one-in-ten was Arin, sitting right in front of me.
She'd always shoot up and leave the second checkups ended. Half-dragon and all.
Well, yesterday was a bit different...
Her even showing up today was unexpected to begin with.
Yeah, snacks? Easy. That's why I stocked them.
I pulled out some snacks and tea from the drawer, and Arin sipped them with surprisingly elegant hand movements.
"...It's delicious."
"Glad to hear it."
Arin munching snacks with a somewhat dazed look was definitely cute. No ugly people in this academy, honestly, but she stood out even among them.
Must be that dragon blood working wonders, huh?
...But why'd she end up like that, unable to even accept what she deserved.
In the game, wasn't she the one who dies in the forest that day because no one helps?
Staring at her, it felt like something was on the tip of my tongue, but nothing clear came up. There was some dragon-related event, I think... but I couldn't remember.
Should've jotted it down ahead of time.
Maybe I'd underestimated how fleeting human memory is.
Then.
"Um... Teacher."
"Yes?"
Arin looked at me, squeezed her eyes shut, and mumbled.
"My... h-heart feels kinda weird again. Could you take a look...?"
"What?!"
Huh? It was fine a sec ago—what gives?
Forgetting my irritation, I jumped up and hurried over to her.
Just as I went to place a hand on her chest, Arin spoke up again.
"N-no need for that, I think. Um... like yesterday, if you just hold me a bit, it'll calm down..."
"Ah, um..."
After a moment's hesitation, I nodded faintly and pulled her into a hug.
She'd been hesitating but slowly reached out, wrapping her arms tightly around me.
It was warm.
Her body was nice and toasty. The tension in my rigid frame melted away.
The hug helped not just her, but me too.
...Her request wasn't without its awkwardness, but it wasn't incomprehensible.
Until recently, she'd come for heart issues, and hugs fixed her right up... so relying on that wasn't weird.
Like a jinx or something.
She'd have to get over it someday, but not today, so I quietly held her.
But then.
Suddenly, chills wracked my body.
I shuddered violently.
Feeling something was wrong, as I trembled, Arin murmured dreamily from my arms.
"...Teacher?"
"Ah, um... I'm fine. J-just... yeah, looks like I didn't get enough sleep."
"Really...?"
What the hell was going on.
My question got answered the next day.