Academy's Flower: Club Activities

The bright sunlight greeted me as I stepped outside. For someone who'd just had a nightmare, it was a surprisingly refreshing morning. Maybe it was thanks to the grace of the Bellamore sisters' bodies, but my sexual appetite had dropped considerably. I felt genuinely wholesome as I started the day.

『We'll head out first~!』

『Then we'll see you at the club room later, Professor.』

Even after the night we'd spent together, the two of them looked far more energetic than me as they left first. They headed out with their hair still slightly disheveled, as if they could shower at the club room. The messy look was strangely erotic. I'd spanked their asses and ravaged their lower halves to the point that even I thought it was excessive, yet they seemed refreshed—like succubi who'd drained my life force and grown stronger from it.

'My back hurts. I have to walk around all day today. Is this going to be okay?'

After sending off the lewd sisters, I arrived a bit later at none other than the Club Building.

It wasn't quite on the scale of the Nasriya Trading Company, but countless shops lined the streets, and ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠the foot traffic was comparable. The buildings along the road mostly operated under names like "○○ Club," though many had grown far beyond what you'd call a simple club and were now full-fledged guilds.

So why was I here? Because this week's classes weren't the usual indoor orientation-style lectures. They were practical activities outside.

The Club Experience Week was an event where we took students around the club district. The teachers barely had any actual work to do. While the students joined clubs and experienced them for a few days, the homeroom teacher was completely free. On top of that, during my suspension, Professor Nora had shoved every attending student into various club rooms. All I had to do was wander around the club building and check if the kids were doing okay.

'It's convenient for me, but isn't this just salary theft?'

Leaving everything to the assistant teacher while the actual homeroom teacher slacked off. I muttered that I should give Professor Nora some kind of reward for working hard while I was resting, when a weapon suddenly caught my eye.

"Right, now that I think about it, she hasn't joined a club yet, has she?"

Tap. Tap.

『……….』

I tapped the iron wire hanging from my holster. Hazuki still didn't respond. There was no sign of her releasing her weaponized form; she remained an iron fan. If it wasn't my imagination, she had reacted briefly last night, but now she was completely unresponsive.

'Did something happen?'

There were ways to force her out of weaponization, but I didn't know what might happen if I did, so I decided to observe her condition for at least a day. Fortunately, I had plenty of time today.

As I wandered the city to memorize the academy's ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠layout, I passed countless clubs.

The club building was practically a city in itself. Naturally, it was full of bizarre clubs and research societies. Some I could vaguely guess the purpose of at a glance, while others left me completely clueless no matter how hard I thought about them.

Normally I would've gone straight to meet the students, but I was considering taking a moment to check out some other clubs when—

"Hm?"

"Professor Ludo?"

Two princesses walking past me suddenly stopped in their tracks. They were familiar princesses—or rather, the fact that I was already thinking of them as "the princesses" made it obvious they were students from my class.

A stoic female warrior with long silver hair and intense crimson eyes that suited her perfectly.

A beautiful but ill-tempered girl with purple twin-tails and sharp green eyes.

Princess Wilhelmina and Princess Silvi stared at me while holding snacks in their arms.

'They even have churros in this world, huh.'

It was such an unexpected snack for princesses to be eating that I missed my chance to greet them.

"Gehk!"

Princess Silvi reacted sharply. She bristled, sticking her prized twin-tails straight up as she spat out harsh words. No matter how I looked at it, she didn't seem happy to see me. Actually, what she said next wasn't something a princess should be saying at all.

"You were still at the academy?!"

Her first words weren't a greeting but practically a challenge. The two daggers in my pocket twitched, but I tapped them with my palm to calm them down.

"You damn brat, what the hell did I do wrong to deserve that kind of venom first thing in the morning?"

"Oh?"

When I returned her attitude in kind, she responded with a sneer.

"What did you do? You got put on suspension the moment you became homeroom teacher and dumped all the club stuff on Professor Nora. The new homeroom teacher disappears immediately and the assistant teacher has to do everything. What else were we supposed to think except that you got fired?"

"Urk!"

This was dangerous. I had no room to make excuses. So that's why she was mocking me right away—she had her reasons.

"Silvi."

"You know it too. Yesterday, someone saw this guy entering the vice principal's office, right? Weren't you the one who said that if he didn't show up today either, he might've really been fired?"

"That's not it. I was worried, but more than that, I was concerned about Professor Ludo's safety."

"Immediately?"

"It's not 'immediately.' He was suspended ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠right after the successful orientation. Something strange happened, and even Vice Principal Fea got involved. Her personality is famous for being radical, so I thought Professor Ludo might have gotten caught up in some incident."

"That's ridiculous. I'll give you that Fea has a difficult personality, but you think she would suddenly pounce on this idiot?"

Princess Silvi snorted with a "Hah!" but cold sweat ran down the back of my neck. Since I'd actually been attacked through Hazuki, Princess Wilhelmina's reasoning had hit the nail on the head.

"As you know, ever since he arrived here, Professor Ludo has constantly been dragged into incidents against his will. If someone like that got involved with Vice Principal Fea, isn't it natural to assume there's some circumstance behind it?"

"For someone saying that, those two sows from our class were grabbing their crotches and acting crazy from the morning. Suspension my ass—they were probably up all night doing perverted stuff with this lecherous teacher, weren't they?"

"That..."

Princess Wilhelmina lost her momentum for a counterattack and trailed off. I was grateful she was defending me, but just as Silvi said, I really had spent all night shaking my hips.

"Wait a minute. Hey, silver-hair. I think you're misunderstanding something."

"Misunderstanding? What misunderstanding? Don't tell me you're going to make excuses in this situation?"

"Excuses my ass. I'm fully aware that I'm acting like a male prostitute, so what would I need to make excuses for?"

"Oh? You're admitting it?"

"Of course I admit it. Like Professor Nora said on the first day, I became the homeroom teacher with that fact already public. It'd be ridiculous to criticize me for embracing someone now."

"What... what are you saying..."

Her words didn't continue. Instead, her pupils dilated. She must have remembered the day I first stepped into the classroom.

『Oh, of course it's perfectly fine if Lord Ludo gets you pregnant?』

『「「「「 !? 」」」」』

When Professor Nora introduced me to the class, she had clearly stated that I was also a candidate to be their husband. It was because of that that I'd dueled Elena and claimed the sow princess.

"That's right! I was granted permission to be debauched under the department head's name!"

"Hiiiiaaak!"

It was fine to nitpick me ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠for being on suspension. But when I countered that it was unfair to criticize me for something already permitted, she immediately pouted.

"Well, Professor Ludo is indeed one of the legitimate husband candidates. Moreover, he's a special species personally recommended by Principal Sekhmet. Scolding him just for rolling around with the Bellamore princesses does feel unreasonable. Especially when you consider you might end up like that someday too."

"Ugh, what nonsense are you spouting! This guy as my husband candidate? I won't accept it!"

"I never said you had to accept it..."

Princess Silvi was screeching, but this was just another form of WWE. I patted the daggers that were rattling noisily in my pocket to calm them down again, then took the opportunity to speak.

"More importantly, Princess Wilhelmina. Since we've run into each other like this, there's something I'd like to ask you two."

"Hm? Ah, right. The homeroom teachers of each class were supposed to tour the club rooms today, weren't they? If that's what you need, just follow me. We'll start with the club we're staying at and guide you to where the other students from our class are."

"No, I wasn't planning to go there myself. If it's alright with you, could you just tell me what the kids in our class are doing and how they're doing?"

"Huh?"

Princess Wilhelmina blinked her red eyes, seemingly unable to understand what I'd said.

"What do you mean, you weren't planning to go yourself?"

"I checked the schedule at the staff room and talked with the other homeroom teachers. I heard there's no real need to visit every single club room. Each club has its own supervising teacher, and the activities are mostly student-led. As their homeroom teacher, I plan to only check the clubs that might cause problems and then head home early."

Up to this point I just sounded like the worst teacher imaginable, but of course I wasn't planning to go home for no reason. Once I finished checking, I intended to head straight to the Exile District to persuade the students who still hadn't attended and encourage them to join clubs.

After hearing this, Princess Wilhelmina crossed her arms, her silver hair swaying as she nodded.

"True, there are still many students who haven't attended or joined clubs. Very well, I understand your thinking, Professor Ludo. As expected, you're a good teacher. With such good intentions, neither I nor Silvi have any reason to refuse."

"Don't casually drag me into this! I have no intention of helping!"

Despite what she said, she was the type who would help in the end. As soon as the conversation flowed, Princess Silvi made some "hmm, hmm" noises pretending to think, then pouted again.

"Never mind. If I don't tell him, this guy will just keep hanging around us, right? Hmph, I guess I have no choice! For the sake of you idiot, I, Silvi Ravenhurst, shall tell you where you should run off to right now!"

See? Both Vice Principal Fea and Princess Silvi were like this. It seemed the brats at our academy had a lot of tsunderes.

"Why are you making that face? I'm offering to tell you—is there some complaint?"

"No. None at all. I'm busy, so hurry up and spit it out."

"This bastard! You use polite speech with Wilhelmina because she's your superior, but your treatment of me keeps getting sloppier?!"

"You're the one who started picking a fight first. If you hadn't acted like a crazy bitch and behaved with some dignity, I would've been polite too. You ruined your own favorability and now you're mad at me?"

"This is just my personality, so it can't be helped! Anyway, if you don't start being respectful right now, I won't cooperate! Got it?!"

What a truly troublesome personality. With no choice, I rubbed my palms together obsequiously and asked in a servile tone.

"Yes ma'am, Princess Silvi. This lowly one was foolish indeed~. To this ignorant and presumptuous teacher who doesn't know his place and dares to talk back, could you possibly bestow upon me your noble wisdom, Your Highness~?"

"Uwa. That's disgusting. Just speak normally, you pervert."

"You fucking bitch!"

I raised my fist, seriously considering smacking her, which made her shriek "Kyaa!" But apparently embarrassed that she'd shown fear, she quickly raised her twin-tails like horns.

"Y-you insolent bastard... Just wait until I return to the royal family! I absolutely won't let you get away with this!"

"Oh dear. Is that so? Do you think some husband who can tolerate that monstrous taste of yours will appear before you graduate? Or wait, are you going to break off another engagement by rupturing someone's asshole again?"

"Kyaaaak!"

This time Princess Silvi's face flushed as if she'd taken a solid hit. Fortunately she didn't seem genuinely angry, as she fixed her protruding lips and pointed far into the distance.

"Ugh, fine! If you're going, there's a weird club over there called 'Traditional Body Painting' or something! Go there and try to stop the idiot who suits you perfectly!"

"Body painting?"

"She's probably referring to the Lumiante Forest Traditional Pattern Club. As the name suggests, it's the club where Lady Nia is."

It was strange how the word "traditional" was attached before "body painting."

"What kind of club is it?"

"Sorry, but I'd rather not say it with my own mouth..."

"Same here. You'll understand once you go. That mischievous princess doesn't listen to a word we say, so we'd appreciate it if you could handle her using your authority as a teacher."

Princess Wilhelmina looked exhausted, while Silvi wore a bitter expression as if she didn't even want to associate with it. I had no idea what was happening over there, but I already had a strong premonition of trouble.