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Just as Asakura was about to continue to manipulate the other party, laying the groundwork for the girl to join the Association Clubroom later, he noticed that Gokou Ruri began to appear somewhat distracted.
"What's wrong? Is there something on your mind?" he asked.
Gokou Ruri retorted, "What time is it now?"
"Around five o'clock," Asakura pulled out his phone and checked.
"Yes, it's indeed a little past five…"
"I have to pick up my younger sisters," Gokou Ruri said.
Although her family wasn't poor, it wasn't wealthy either; her parents were always working overtime to earn money.
As the eldest daughter of the Gokou family, the girl was responsible for her two younger sisters' commutes to and from school.
"I see, alright then…"
Feeling a bit regretful, Asakura didn't press the issue.
Since the other party chose the second option, there would be a considerable amount of time to get along in the future, so there was no need to rush.
He stood up, took off the witch hat from the girl's head, placed it aside, then walked to the wall and beckoned to the girl, "Come here."
The girl walked over in confusion, and then she was surprised to see a door emerge from the previously empty wall.
"Just a small security measure." Asakura watched the girl's astonished expression with satisfaction: "Although there aren't strict confidentiality requirements, it's best if people here don't casually reveal their special nature in front of ordinary people."
"What would happen if Mr. Magician was discovered by ordinary people?" Gokou Ruri asked curiously.
"Then I would have to leave Earth," Asakura said seriously.
"Are you a Giant of Light with a three-minute activity limit on Earth…?" the girl retorted, speechless.
"Just a joke, an M78 joke," Asakura continued, maintaining a serious expression.
"More importantly, you said earlier that I also have Magic inside me, right? Can I control that Magic?" Gokou Ruri asked with some anticipation.
"Theoretically, yes, but as you've seen, Magic is quite dangerous. I suggest you don't use Magic outside until you've fully mastered it," Asakura said. "You can practice while you're here."
"Will it cause you any trouble?" Gokou Ruri asked, a little worried.
"It's fine. I have a considerable resistance to Magic. Don't worry about it affecting me."
Asakura waved his hand dismissively.
The power of the Magic brought by the System, or rather, the nameless Grimoire, was incredibly exaggerated. Most people would be utterly helpless if they encountered it, but Asakura was an exception. He could absorb magical power through contact, meaning he could resist almost all Magic.
For him, a crowbar might pose a greater threat than world-destroying Magic…
"That's not what I meant… Oh, never mind…"
The girl mumbled softly. Asakura couldn't quite hear her words, but it seemed it wasn't an important issue.
After Gokou Ruri left the Association Clubroom, she looked around curiously: "Where is this?"
"Chiba Municipal Soubu High School," Asakura replied.
"Soubu High School… Oh, Mr. Magician is still a high school student?"
Gokou Ruri looked at Asakura with great interest, as if she had discovered a new continent.
"It's just a disguise," Asakura coughed lightly. "Let's go quickly, while there aren't too many people…"
It was just past 5 PM, which was when most clubs held their activities. Although there should be many sports club students near the sports field, cultural club members generally wouldn't leave their clubrooms. Walking through the side gate, which was closer to the old school building, shouldn't be a big problem.
...It should have been like that.
"Um, Mr. Magician, it seems someone is staring at us intensely," Gokou Ruri suddenly said as they left the old school building.
Even if she hadn't said anything, Asakura had already sensed an oppressive gaze.
He looked up in the direction of the gaze and saw a girl with long black hair standing by a second-floor window. She was looking down at Asakura with the eyes of someone watching a criminal.
Asakura immediately put on an expression of complete innocence.
He was just sneaking through the school courtyard with a beautiful middle school girl wearing his tracksuit. Even if the middle school girl was completely naked underneath and looked utterly exhausted, he had absolutely nothing to feel guilty about.
Hmm, probably not…
"It's fine, just ignore her," Asakura said cheerfully, waving his hand.
Gokou Ruri didn't say much in response, simply quickening her pace to leave Soubu High School.
After all, in her eyes, Asakura was like those hidden masters in anime who only appear as background characters. For someone like him, who was a great recluse in the city, being witnessed doing something a little strange by an ordinary high school girl was no big deal at all.
More importantly, she not only had to go home to change clothes but also had to pick up her sisters Hinata and Tamaki. Even if she did it as fast as possible, she would most likely be late. She just hoped Hinata and Tamaki could understand her a little and not make any troublesome demands.
After seeing off the sighing girl, Asakura silently returned to the school, intending to retrieve his backpack from the Association Clubroom.
However, halfway there, he was stopped by a certain beautiful, unmarried female teacher of a certain age.
"I heard from Yukino that you seem to have brought an unclothed middle schooler to school?" the other party asked Asakura softly, with a rare, gentle smile on her face.
But Asakura felt that this was more chilling than her usual blunt, harsh remarks.
"She wasn't unclothed at all!"
"So you did bring someone to school, then?"
"This is slander! She's slandering me, Hiratsuka-sensei! It must be that my recent diligent studies have made her, who was originally the top of the grade, feel threatened, so she's using such words to drive a wedge between me and you, Hiratsuka-sensei!"
So Asakura declared confidently: "And… even if I were bolder, there's no way I'd do something like that at school!"
"So it's okay outside of school, then? Speaking of which, you also said before that you were going to form some kind of group outside of school…"
Hiratsuka Shizuka gently stroked her chin, as if recalling something, and spoke calmly.
Asakura felt a tightness in his chest, having been cornered by his own words. How could something he said just to manipulate Hiratsuka Shizuka turn into a boomerang…
Looking at Hiratsuka Shizuka's half-smile, Asakura suddenly felt a headache coming on.
However, in the end, Hiratsuka Shizuka didn't continue to interrogate him. She just patted Asakura's head and told him to behave himself and not do anything illegal or disorderly.
Perhaps even Hiratsuka Shizuka herself felt that while Asakura was a mischievous student, he wasn't so bad as a person that he would bring a middle schooler to school to do strange things.
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