After all, the apartment would be turned into a communal apartment later, and she and Gabriel would definitely meet often in the apartment.
"Please don't do this! Enough, I already understand, you don't need to say more!", Hearing that Ichinose Honami still wanted to stubbornly explain those things, Gabriel refused without hesitation.
She had heard enough, there was no need to repeat it again.
Now she didn't even feel like settling accounts with Raphiel anymore, because before Hachiman found Raphiel, the one who would likely suffer first was her.
Vignette, who had personally watched how Hachiman hooked so many girls, was surely thinking the same.
Even though Hachiman was sinking lower and lower, skipping more and more classes, having more and more girls around him, and even dragging everyone to use magic to do bad things during class.
For some reason, the life essence in Hachiman's body was instead growing stronger. From being far stronger than a normal person to now where the aura he emitted alone was enough to expand and cover the entire school.
Even wandering resentful spirits without consciousness felt fear from afar and instinctively stayed away from him.
If this continued, perhaps not only human resentful spirits, even some evil demons would get burned by the life flames on Hachiman if they got close.
If one only looked at this ever thickening, expanding life aura on Hachiman, and only looked at the girls who had been helped by him, one would never be able to tell that Hachiman was falling.
Facing this situation, she truly had no idea what to do.
Even dragging Raphiel over would be useless, it would only add one more angel to suffer alongside her.
Hachiman's condition, perhaps only her big sister would know how to solve it.
And at this moment, Gabriel, who had completely run out of ideas, watched as Hachiman was surrounded in the middle by the three gyaru Yuina, Minami, and Rin, pressed down so badly he couldn't breathe fresh air.
"Little Hiki, why didn't you call us last night?", Yuina stood in front of Hachiman blocking the view of those around them, her gentle smile still on her face, only her hands weren't nearly as soft as usual as she poked his cheek hard with her finger.
"Yeah yeah, aside from Honami, even Ayano and China went. Why didn't you call us?", Minami, equally dissatisfied, puffed her cheeks out. Standing on the other side, she wrapped her hands around Hachiman's head, pressing him down with heavy force, not allowing him to breathe fresh air.
"Little Hiki, are you starting to dislike us?"
Rin sat on the desk, blocking out the last bit of light. Supporting her chin with one hand, she stomped hard on Hachiman with her bubble socks as she spoke viciously.
"Yuina, what are you three thinking? Yesterday it was mainly because Ichinose was embarrassed to face Yumiko."
Seeing the three crowding him like they wanted to bully him, Hachiman, who had already activated a barrier to isolate sound around them, felt a bit helpless. After enjoying Minami's heavy gyaru pressure for a moment, he slowly explained once she loosened her hold.
"If I called you three, should I have called Yumiko too? Not calling only Yumiko wouldn't be good, right?"
"You three come to my house after school today. I'll make it up to you properly."
How could he forget that although they were gyaru, in truth they were like bodhisattvas. Even if he forgot himself, he couldn't forget Yuina, Minami, and Rin's dedication to him.
Right now he carried abilities like the Service Aura, the Teaching Aura, Dependency Affinity, Absolute Taming, and many other powerful abnormal abilities, but what truly gave him endless motivation was still the Ever-Improving ability.
Even if he didn't consider Ever-Improving, Yuina and the others were already very close to him from the beginning.
"Actually, no need to wait until after school. We can do it now."
Seeing that Hachiman wanted to make it up to them, Yuina's tone shifted, her eyes burning as she stared at him.
"Hehe! I knew you weren't that kind of person, Little Hiki."
Minami unhesitatingly loosened the ribbon at her neck.
"Compared to your home, Little Hiki, I think the classroom is a better option!"
Rin jumped down from the desk, pushed aside Minami and Yuina, and sat directly on Hachiman's lap. Wrapping her arms tightly around his neck, she began demanding her compensation.
Actually, none of them were angry.
If they really thought Little Hiki didn't like them anymore, they wouldn't come looking for him to question him and embarrass themselves.
It was just that they really wanted to play with him, and the moment they knew he had time, they couldn't hold back.
"Don't rush. Let me tell you something. Recently I mastered a special learning method. During class today I'll tutor Yuina, Minami, and Rin."
It took a lot of effort for Hachiman to calm down the blazing-hot trio. He exhaled in relief while his hands kept working, preparing to use his Teaching Aura to give them special lessons.
He remembered the three of them weren't good at studying. Yuina had the best grades among them, but they were still not very high.
Now that he had the Teaching Aura, he had to improve their grades.
"Tutoring?"
"Let's not..."
Hearing that he actually wanted them to study, Minami and Rin both winced. Even Yuina couldn't keep her composure.
Wasn't this the perfect time to enjoy themselves? Why bring up something that gave them headaches?
"Relax. It's not a normal tutoring method. Once you try it, you'll get addicted."
Hachiman smiled without explaining, directly putting Empathy Bands on their wrists, letting his actions show what his personal tutoring course was like.
The temporary boost in learning aptitude granted by the Teaching Aura was strong. Problems of unbalanced subjects didn't exist under the Teaching Aura.
Before the Teaching Aura, everyone was equal. Even without innate talent, one could temporarily gain it. Anyone who experienced this sensation of knowledge being poured in would become addicted.
Unfortunately, the Teaching Aura correlated directly with the number of teachers and degree of teaching devotion. Right now, they needed enough intimacy with him for the Teaching Aura to take effect, so he could only tutor them individually.
Unless... Hachiman thought of Kirisu Mafuyu's desk neighbor in the teachers' office, Mizuho Kagami, who was as plump and mature as Hanamori Kotomi in temperament but lively in character, and the many young female teachers around them who were clearly all main heroines of the Inner World.
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'Strange.'
'Why is Hikigaya so quiet today?'
'The class's study atmosphere seems much better too. Is it because exams are approaching?'
First Year Class F, Kirisu Mafuyu lectured while surveying the students, especially the problem student in the last row, Hachiman.
Unlike usual when he often zoned out or bothered classmates, today Hikigaya was especially well behaved.
Even the students in the back row showed high enthusiasm for learning, rarely showing signs of drifting off.
Usually, even excellent students would daydream a few times during class. Staying fully focused for dozens of minutes was unrealistic.
Experienced teachers knew how to adjust the pace, letting students rest slightly before important topics so they wouldn't miss the key points.
But today not only students like Nijika, Gabriel, Ichinose Honami, Ichinose Ayano, Kotegawa Yui, and Sugisaki Kasumi, who always studied well, were attentive.
Even the rowdy gyaru like Kitagawa Marin and Yuina were quietly focused.
'What is going on?'
'Did Hikigaya alone influence the whole class's learning mood?'
It was already the last period before lunch. Normally students would be tired after a whole morning, but right now they looked like they had chugged energy drinks, showing no signs of fatigue.
Kirisu Mafuyu's gaze swept around again and finally landed on the last-row problem student, Hachiman, the most out-of-place one here.
Aside from Class F's strange enthusiasm, the only special thing today was that there was a Hachiman.
More accurately, a Hachiman who was studying hard.
Seeing him staring at her without blinking and listening seriously, Kirisu Mafuyu suddenly remembered the reward from yesterday.
To motivate him to study, Mizuho Kagami had agreed to Hikigaya's request: if he became first in the grade, she would wear a maid outfit and teach him housekeeping.
If he became first in her subject, she would wear the maid outfit.
Riiing~
"The test is tomorrow. Go home and prepare well. I hope you've all been studying hard."
The bell rang. Kirisu Mafuyu spoke the final notes of the lesson with a straight face, reminded the class of the test, and before leaving glanced once more at Hachiman in the last row.
Judging from entrance exam scores, Hikigaya's humanities scores were quite good, but Sobu High had many top students, even in their class. It was impossible for him to be first.
If he had studied longer she might worry he'd tie for first and she'd really have to wear a maid outfit to teach him housekeeping. But he skipped class every day. He had less than three days before the test.
It would already be impressive if he recovered his entrance-level grades, let alone become first.
Still, if he really boosted the entire class's learning atmosphere, then her long-standing strict attitude toward him had been correct.
If she solved Hikigaya, she solved the whole class.
Even if he didn't become first, she had to encourage him. Otherwise he might get discouraged and go back to skipping class and bothering everyone.
Of course, compared to these slower teaching concerns, what she should worry about right now was the teachers' get-together after home visits.
She didn't object to a female teachers' gathering to welcome new teachers.
But why did it have to be at her home.
Given that her apartment room was a bit terrible, Kirisu Mafuyu truly wanted to refuse.
But she couldn't reject it in front of everyone yesterday. Now she was stuck and could only find a way to deal with the weekend gathering after the home visits.
Even if she had refused, if the gathering took place in Hoshinomiya Chie's or Chabashira Sae's room, with so many female teachers attending, they'd definitely wander into hers too.
'Maybe... I should hire a housekeeper.'
Kirisu Mafuyu seriously pondered her slightly messy room and decided to rely on money.
As a proper working adult, how could she be defeated by a tiny problem like this?
But she had to find the right time to hire help.
Because not only Chabashira and Hoshinomiya lived next door, even some students who had transferred were housed in the same apartment. If someone saw a professional cleaner coming, it would be awkward.
After all, even Hoshinomiya, who was often drunk, wasn't at the point of hiring a housekeeper.
After Kirisu Mafuyu left the classroom, the back row that had been studying hard all morning returned to its usual noisiness.
"Hikigaya you jerk better not... cough! cough!"
Miura Yumiko hadn't noticed the barrier fading. Unable to endure any longer, she glared angrily at Hachiman, who had barely moved from his seat, but barely got out two sentences before choking again.
With Ichinose's comfort, she came to demand an apology, but Hikigaya's response had deeply displeased her.
"Yumiko, forget it, you don't need to be that angry for my sake."
Nijika noticed that Sugisaki Kasumi, who had never joined their class mini games, was also turning her head toward them, so she quickly covered Yumiko's mouth to stop her from blurting something that might reveal their relationship.
"Ichinose isn't mad, Yumiko, don't worry so much. Everyone's watching."
Kitagawa Marin had barely finished buttoning her uniform when she jumped off Hachiman's lap, hurriedly fixing her hair as she pulled Yumiko back to her seat to calm her down.
She and Ichinose both wanted to push Yumiko and Hachiman together, but with Yumiko like this, doing it in front of everyone was impossible.
They would need to find chances privately. Only when there were just a few of them would Yumiko stop being so angry.
Today they failed to get Hachiman to eat Yumiko, but the reverse was still possible.
Once she got more used to it, Ichinose, who already had experience, could take Yumiko all the way.
"Yumiko, don't be so hot-tempered. Didn't I teach you a lot today? I even taught you magic. I really didn't hold anything back."
Helping Yuina button her uniform on the other leg, Hikigaya turned to Yumiko, whose eyes were full of indignation and refusal to yield, and gave a helpless smile.
If he didn't understand Yumiko's personality, he would really think she was angry at him.
But... after spending so much time with Yumiko, Ichinose and Marin knew her personality well, so how could he be fooled by appearances?
Normally, Yumiko was irritable but very caring, like a fussy mom.
But the one involved, Ichinose, didn't blame him. Even so Yumiko was still fuming, refusing to listen to anyone.
Then eight or nine times out of ten she was faking it to hide her embarrassment.
When it came to handling tsunderes, he had plenty of experience.
"Then why is it that Ichinose and Honami can already use magic, even Yuina and the others can, but only me and Marin can't?", Seeing that her two friends didn't stand with her, Yumiko could only glare fiercely at Hikigaya and swallow the humiliation.
"You're treating us differently. Are you trying to force me and Marin to get bullied by you like Ichinose?"
Once Nijika loosened her hand, Yumiko again questioned whether Hikigaya was discriminating.
They were all studying together. Why were only she and Marin unable to use magic? Wasn't that exactly favoritism?
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