Twins (1)
“Teacher, do you have a moment again…?”
“Oh, ohhh, Sihyun. What are you curious about this time?”
“Nothing major… Teacher, what kind of food do you like?”
“Hmm… hamburgers?”
“Hamburgers… hehe, I see. Thank you.”
“…….”
That made fifteen.
Fifteen times Sihyun had come to me with questions, claiming she was drawing a hobby comic.
Of course, every single one of them had that same flavor.
‘What’s your ideal type…?’
‘What do you usually do in your free time? Any hobbies…?’
‘Have you ever had a girlfriend…?’
‘Have you wanted to be a teacher since you were little?’
And so on and so forth….
And now she was even asking about my favorite foods….
‘Every last one of them is that kind of question…!’
She probably wasn’t even aware of it herself.
She still hadn’t realized she had developed feelings for me.
She was almost certainly wrapping it all up under the excuse of ‘This is for the protagonist’s character settings….’
The problem was—
‘It’s so damn exciting, damn it—!!’
Even I, who needed to stay cold and rational, was getting a little shaken.
But there was nothing I could do about it.
I was the teacher and Sihyun was the student, yes.
But Sihyun was, at her core, a top-tier beautiful girl.
Pretty face, neat demeanor, good personality.
And a girl like that was taking an interest in me and asking all sorts of things?
What man on earth wouldn’t get flustered!
“Still, I have to be careful.”
I couldn’t forget the situation I was in.
My goal was to guide the students who triggered events down the best possible path.
Romance had no place in that process.
The romance route was a one-way ticket straight to a Bad Ending.
The one silver lining was that ever since she first asked about my ideal type, Sihyun’s Favorability had stayed completely stuck.
She had probably hit a soft cap after accumulating a certain amount.
Like how even delicious food goes down fast at first and then slows toward the end?
It was that kind of feeling.
Anyway.
About a week had passed since I completed Sihyun’s first event.
Aside from these little incidents, nothing particularly dangerous had happened.
And it wasn’t just Sihyun’s side—there had been good news as well.
“Alright! Member! Almost there! Thirty seconds!”
“Uwaaaaaaah!!”
Nearly a month had gone by since I became a teacher at Geumbit High School.
In that time I had trained in martial arts and worked out without missing a single day.
And the result!
Stamina has increased by 3.
Strength has increased by 1.
Agility has increased by 1.
Stamina: 32
Strength: 26
Agility: 22
Stamina has reached the required threshold.
An ability has been activated.
“Uwooooooh!!! An abilityyyyy!!!”
“Member, that passion is excellent!!”
Short Sleeper
「Even with only 4 hours of sleep, fatigue is fully restored to 0.」
I had finally unlocked an ability!!
“Heh… Short Sleeper…! Of course you need this one first before you can do anything…!”
Abilities, as the name suggested, were unlocked once a specific stat reached a certain threshold.
Along with gacha items, they were essential materials for clearing True Teacher.
And this Short Sleeper in particular was pure gold.
It literally cut sleep time in half and gave me more hours to work with.
My usual sleep had been around eight hours.
Half of that—four hours—was now free personal time.
I could pour even more focus into raising my other stats.
“Good work today. See you tomorrow.”
“Yes, Member! Hahaha! You’re always so dedicated—I love seeing it! Keep it up!”
And so, in that fashion, my first month at Geumbit High School was drawing to a close as I gradually settled in.
“Aahh~, I hate P.E.~, all that sweat and sticky feeling.”
“And yet you’re going to go all-out again, aren’t you?”
“I hate P.E….”
“Oh, as expected of the twins! Human sacrifice, huh!”
“…Human sacrifice?”
“You mean two hearts beating as one, right?”
“Yes! That’s it!”
Apparently our class’s first period today was physical education.
Everyone changed into gym clothes and poured out toward the field in a noisy crowd.
Among them I spotted Sihyun.
Not that I was tracking her with my eyes like some lovesick boy or anything.
With the twins and the foreign student right beside her, she simply stood out.
‘She hangs out with those kids a lot.’
For the record, I currently had a free period.
No classes.
So I was just wandering the school, killing time.
“Oh.”
“Ah.”
Right then, as Sihyun headed down the stairs toward the field, our eyes met.
“Just a sec.”
“Huh? Did you forget something?”
“Mm, just a quick errand!”
She peeled away from the friends she had been walking with and came straight toward me.
“Teacher!”
“Sihyun, weren’t you heading to P.E. with your friends?”
“Hehe, well… I spotted you on the way. What about you, Teacher? No class?”
“Ah, yeah, something like that.”
Why was she coming over all of a sudden…?
She didn’t seem to have any particular business.
Whenever Sihyun approached, I tensed up for no good reason.
You never knew when or where her Favorability might explode.
“So what’s up? Did you need something from me?”
“Huh?”
Whatever it was, I wanted to wrap it up fast and send her back.
That was the intention behind the question.
“I just came to say hi. Because I saw you….”
“…….”
Sihyun said it so casually.
A faint blush colored her cheeks, as if she felt a little shy.
No way… she was acting like this while still not realizing she had feelings for me?
Then once she actually became aware of them, just how….
“When I saw you… I just came over without thinking. …Was I bothering you?”
“No, no, th-that’s not it.”
“Heehee, good. …Um… there’s something else I’m a little curious about, Teacher.”
“Ah, the usual?”
“Yes. Can I ask now?”
“Well….”
If I were just an ordinary male teacher, I would have been secretly delighted by a cute female student’s behavior like this.
But things were different now.
Right now I had to draw a clear line with female students.
How the hell was I supposed to react to this…!
If her Favorability went up by accident…!
And if some Beomsu saw this and started stacking negative points…!
That was when—
“…What are you two talking about?”
“Eek!”
“Ugh?!”
Someone completely unexpected appeared from a completely unexpected direction.
One of the friends who had been walking to the field with Sihyun.
Her name was definitely….
Name: Han Gyeoul
Attendance No.: 29
Hobby: (No information)
Worry: (No information)
Respect: 5
Favorability: 1
Event Progress
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▶ Special Notes
Right. Gyeoul.
The younger of the twin sisters who often hung around Sihyun.
She had the exact same face as Bom, but her whole vibe was languid, and she was always wearing headphones around her neck.
“Do you seriously bring headphones even to P.E.?”
“Yeah… more importantly, Teacher and Sihyun. …What were you talking about?”
“W-we were just saying hello! More importantly, Gyeoul, why did you suddenly…!”
To the flustered Sihyun’s question, Gyeoul answered simply.
“…Message.”
“Huh? Message?”
“You’re this week’s P.E. committee member… right?”
“Ah!”
Apparently she had completely forgotten she needed to prepare a bunch of things before class started.
Hearing that, Sihyun jolted in panic and took off down the hallway.
“Sorry, Teacher! I-I’ll go first!”
In the end she left right after greeting me, and I quietly waved after her.
Whew… for a second there I thought I was about to get hit with another Favorability bomb.
Thank god Gyeoul showed up in the middle.
“…….”
“Hmm, but….”
“…….”
“Gyeoul, aren’t you going?”
“…Huh?”
For some reason, even after completing her mission, Gyeoul was still standing right beside me.
She just stared blankly down the hallway where Sihyun had vanished, saying nothing.
“…Teacher.”
“Ah, yeah.”
“…Do you like Sihyun?”
“W-what?! Why is the conversation suddenly going there?!”
“You’ve been hanging out a lot lately. And Sihyun keeps looking for you whenever she gets the chance.”
“That’s…!”
“Plus the art room the other day. …You were watching Sihyun from there, weren’t you.”
“Guh…!”
She saw that?
I was sure I had been stealthy about it!
…Well, I had locked eyes with Sihyun back then too.
Getting caught wasn’t exactly strange.
No—more importantly, calm down.
I was completely innocent, right?
If anything, it was Sihyun who liked me?
All I had done was answer a few questions from a student who kept approaching me.
So in this situation….
“Sihyun is a model student. …I just think she’s admirable.”
“Hmm….”
I stuck to the ordinary “teacher who cares about his students” concept.
How’s that! Nothing left to say, right?!
“…Teacher.”
“There’s more…?”
“…Tell me about your first love.”
“Huh, right now?”
“…Yeah.”
As if the whole Sihyun topic no longer mattered, Gyeoul suddenly asked about my first love out of nowhere.
I looked at her quietly.
Gyeoul met my gaze with those same sleepy eyes.
Could it be….
“You little brat, stalling for time, huh.”
“Ah, busted….”
“Aren’t you going to P.E. already?”
“Hiiing… I don’t wanna go….”
Looking closer, even the suspicion about Sihyun hadn’t been real doubt—just a conversation topic to kill time.
Once I saw through it and pushed her away, Gyeoul plopped down on the spot and clung to my leg.
……She hated it that much?
“Are you feeling sick? If you’re not well, just say so.”
“…Teacher’s so nice. …Gonna let me skip if I pretend I’m sick?”
“As if.”
“Hmm….”
It was so absurd I hauled Gyeoul back to her feet and asked her straight out.
“Tell me the reason. If you explain properly, Teacher might be able to help.”
“…Really? …I was half-joking.”
“I’m serious.”
“…Teacher… you’re really nice.”
Half-joking, she said.
For a half-joke she was clinging pretty damn hard—200% serious if you asked me.
Anyway.
Gyeoul thought for a moment at my words, then answered in a slightly subdued voice.
“…I get compared.”
“What?”
“…I get compared to Bom.”
“…….”
And then—
An event has occurred.
Target: Attendance No. 29 — Han Gyeoul
□ Objective
Confirm your student’s worry and guide her down the best possible path!
An event had triggered.