Maximum Efficiency with Minimum Equipment
Maximum Efficiency with Minimum Equipment
The noise created by human voices is hard to understand.
It's like hearing a different language even though it's the same one.
The only things I could make out were that these people definitely didn't gather for a good reason.
When we arrived, faces covered with the masks and hats we'd prepared, the area around the school gate was already packed with protesters demanding Cheon Hae-won's expulsion.
"W-wow, there are so many..."
"Is this for real?"
The protesters holding signs were in the middle of a standoff with the heroes and teachers.
It wasn't just ordinary people; there was also an Anti-Hero Group, all wearing the same uniform. It looked like they were using me or Cheon Hae-won as an excuse to push for stricter hero regulations while they had the chance.
Suppression my ass, especially when accidents can happen at any moment.
But as a player, I had no information and was running around blindly, so I didn't think I could convince them as I was now.
Even if I tried to argue that we needed to prepare for unforeseen dangers, a group like that wouldn't listen to reason anyway, so I decided to give up.
While watching from afar, a text arrived from Arnes.
[Arnes- Please come through the [Dormitory].]
She's telling us to take the long way around.
I guess it wouldn't be good if I showed up in the middle of the crowd.
"Let's go."
"Okay!"
It took a little while, but we arrived at the main building and met up with Arnes.
She was smiling seductively, but unlike yesterday, there were faint dark circles under her eyes.
Did she stay up all night cleaning up the mess...? Let's start with an apology.
"Haaam~ Hello, you two. I'm glad you arrived quickly, at least. Hae-won-gun wasn't even picking up his phone."
"... Sorry."
"No need to apologize~ People get drunk and cause trouble sometimes. You're at an age where you lack self-control, right?"
"Even so, we caused a huge scene..."
"Looking cute and lovely isn't a crime, is it? Everyone is harping on that person—Hae-won-gun's aggressive behavior, but well, this is within the range of what I can handle."
Arnes looked at me and Aisha closely, then nodded lightly as if she had made a decision.
"However, I need a little help from you two, is that okay?"
"Yes, absolutely!"
"Me too."
Aisha answered energetically.
She probably hates that people are badmouthing Cheon Hae-won everywhere.
Besides, she's attached to the boy she likes, so she wouldn't let him get expelled.
Most of all, it's better to stay close to keep the two of them together, so I decided to accept Arnes's proposal.
"Thank you, Doa-yang, Aisha-yang. Now, could you please hold out your hands?"
After hearing our answers, Arnes thanked us and flicked her fingers.
Pat-
I received the clothes that came out of the magic circle that appeared around her hand.
There was also a new artifact in my pocket to replace the one melted by the slime.
I held it up by the shoulders; it was an outfit with a black base.
'Why is there an apron attached? And a headband? Aren't there too many frilly decorations?'
"Wait a second, this is..."
"I know your sizes, so it'll fit."
I knew what kind of outfit it was without even looking closely.
I made eye contact with Aisha, who was having the same thought.
Arnes chuckled, pretended to cover her mouth, and wiped away some drool.
Before I could even ask if she had ulterior motives, she answered.
"Doa-yang, it's hard to keep a job for long if you don't enjoy it, right?"
"... Did you read my mind?"
"I happened to need an assistant, and the timing was perfect."
Seeing her confirm it with a smile, I couldn't help but make a face like I'd eaten a bug.
Strawberry panties weren't enough, and now a maid outfit?
...
The protest itself ended quickly.
The controversy regarding a hero candidate dating a minor, which had even hit Nutube's trending list, died down quickly once I revealed I was an academy student.
My drunken remarks were also downgraded from child sexual assault to just an 'inappropriate heterosexual relationship between academy students', so I guess it was a good outcome... should I say?
"Shit."
"Whoa, Doa, tsk, swearing is bad!"
"Don't you think I'd fucking swear?!"
I thought Chapssaltteok would freak out at the term 'heterosexual relationship', but I'm the only one suffering while holding back tears of blood.
Inappropriate.
Heterosexual relationship.
It's better than being a child sex offender, but the wording makes it look like I'm nothing more than a thug's fucktoy/onahole, so I just scrubbed the mop in frustration.
Anyway.
The first controversy was passed somehow, but as seen in the video, the fact that Cheon Hae-won threatened a civilian remained unchanged.
Therefore, the decision made by Utopia Academy and Arnes was demerits and reflection activities.
Why am I being punished along with Cheon Hae-won...? They said that even an Awakened with low durability and no drug resistance can be a threat when drunk and lacking self-control.
In other words, personal negligence.
It's sad enough to be weaker than a normal person, but now I have all these restrictions just because I'm an Awakened.
"The medicine bottles are heavy, I'll clear them."
"I can lift this much, okay? Ugh... huh?"
I tried to lift the wooden basket, but it wouldn't budge.
While Aisha cleaned the table, I just wiped the floor and windows until they sparkled.
"It's comfortable for a disciplinary action... but is this right?"
"Good things are good~"
The reflection activity I was assigned was to go to the Great Cathedral with Saint Candidate Aisha on weekends, and...
To work as an assistant to homeroom teacher Arnes Julius for this semester.
When I asked Aisha why she was doing it too, she said she just wanted to help.
"The pay is high too, much more than any part-time job elsewhere?"
"That... is true."
Getting paid is our own secret, as it didn't go public.
I wondered if this punishment was enough, but Arnes seems to be in a high position, so the Anti-Hero Group left the academy without much argument.
"That group is all bark and no bite. If you act like you don't care, they leave quickly."
So that's how it is.
Arnes seems to have a temper too. If Cheon Hae-won is sharp-tongued, Arnes is like a viper?
The quiet type that sneaks up and bites you.
'Anyway, clean up a bit, what's with this room state?'
Assistant work until lunch is just sweeping and wiping Arnes's lab.
Papers are scattered everywhere, unknown medicine bottles are rolling around, the thin monitor is covered in dust...
Maybe she read my thought about how the future husband (vice-homeroom teacher) will suffer, because Arnes's eyebrow twitched.
"I'm not the type to live in a mess, it's just because work piled up suddenly."
"I, I know, thanks for solving everything, but... we have uniforms, do we really have to wear this?"
"You wear work clothes when you work, right? Obviously, you should wear cleaning clothes when cleaning."
My common sense of cleaning clothes isn't a maid outfit, but goggles and rubber gloves.
"Work clothes or not, this is just personal desire..."
Since I'm short, I have to jump to clean high places. It's not pleated like a uniform, so the skirt flutters every time I jump.
Every time that happens, Arnes watches with a lecherous gaze and smiles contentedly. It's torture.
Aisha... maybe because she's a girl, she doesn't seem to care much.
"More importantly, why isn't Cheon Hae-won coming? Honestly, him causing the accident is the main problem."
"That's right, let's call him and clean together!"
You don't seem to want to call him because you're angry, but because you miss him?
"........."
"Teacher?"
"Oh, come to think of it, I forgot to give it to my two assistants first."
Arnes turned around, took a box from the shelf, and showed us the contents.
The item inside... a choker.
Mine is black like the one I'm wearing, but Aisha got a snow-white one like her Base Suit.
"It's the armor for the suit I mentioned yesterday. I made it efficiently considering your magical power, so it won't melt or disappear easily like yesterday."
"Wow, thank you!"
"Hmm..."
It looks like she changed the subject because Cheon Hae-won was mentioned... I didn't press her since he'd just be sarcastic anyway.
I don't know if I should wear it.
Arnes is the woman who put a school swimsuit on me and called it a Base Suit.
It doesn't feel like it'll be armor in the literal sense...
That's why Chapssaltteok is here, right?
"Aisha, try it on first."
"Okay! Then...!"
I thought a holographic band would appear, but Aisha's body was covered in light when she pressed the button.
A moment later, a magical girl appeared, lighting up the stuffy lab.
"Wahat, cute~~ I love it! Thank you, Teacher!"
"Oh..."
The skirt is short, but compared to the Base Suit, it's wholesome. Maybe because of the long stockings and gloves.
The outfit has a jeweled hair accessory and a ribbon on the chest. It suits Aisha well.
'I wonder if mine will feel like that...'
"Doa-yang, you try it too."
"Yeah, yeah! It'll definitely be cute!"
"I, I don't really want to be cute..."
Still, it's better than walking around in just a school swimsuit.
I pressed the button to activate the choker.
The light swallowed my body, then faded, and I checked myself quickly.
Unlike Aisha who has exposed sleeveless arms, I have snow-white armor covering my shoulders.
I stomped my feet lightly and heard a clanking sound.
My mouth curled up at the cybernetic design, not magical girl.
Nothing men love more than dinosaurs and transforming robots...
"Oh oh... Huh? Why are you all making those faces?"
Aisha covered her face with her twin tails.
Arnes... why is she having a nosebleed?
"Ah, um, uum... Teacher, how is the tail attached...?"
"It's a secret."
"Tail?"
Just when I was relieved that she properly gave me combat equipment, I felt fur brushing against the back of my thighs.
"......"
"Don't look at me with those eyes, as I said, considering Doa-yang's magical power, maximum efficiency with minimal equipment—"
"For that, you've attached something that shouldn't be there!!"
It's not like I'm half-dressed, it's just a few parts attached to the Base Suit.
It's worse than wearing nothing!
I'd rather fight naked!