Hero Sensei: My students are fighting monsters, aliens, and mysterious organizations~ Vol. 1 - Chapter 5

Volu 1 - Ch. 5; The Forr Hero Becos a Teacher

“Kumagami-sensei was hospitalized?”

“Yes, that’s right. So I’m sorry, but I’m going to have to ask you to take over horoom for Class 1 for a while starting today.”

When I arrived at work the next day, Ms. Yamashiro, the assistant head of the second-year high school class, called in.

Ms. Yamashiro was a beautiful teacher of unknown age with her hair tied back in a knot and a sexy mole near her mouth. Rumor has it she is a mother of one, but she doesn’t look it at all. Incidentally, she is also my subject supervisor.

That’s all well and good, but this is a problem. Becoming the substitute horoom teacher is a bit inconvenient, but I was planning to casually ask Kumagami-sensei about the Aookuji case.

“I'm a first-ti teacher myself; will that be okay?”

“Yes, if anything happens, the assistant teacher from another class will cover for you. I won’t leave it all to you, so please don’t worry. But you're so calm that it’s hard to believe you're a new teacher, so I think it’s okay to leave you in charge, Aiba-sensei.”

“That’s a bit much… Is Kumagami-sensei seriously ill?”

“I’ve been told that it’s not life-threatening or anything like that. They just don’t know when he will be discharged.”

"I understand. I'll be attending horoom starting today."

As I picked up the handouts from Kumagami-sensei's desk, I was trying to decide whether or not to talk to Ms. Yamashiro about Aookuji.

When I went to horoom in the morning, all the students were there. When I told them that Kumagami-sensei would be absent for a while due to poor health and that I would be their substitute horoom teacher until he returned, the students had a variety of reactions.

Kumagami-sensei was well trusted by the students, and since he was ill, as expected, none of the students were particularly happy about the news.

They’re so well-versed in this area that I am embarrassed to rember what was. I glanced at Aookuji and saw that she too was acting as usual. Our eyes almost t, so I quickly looked away. This isn't good; if I observe her too much, strange rumors might start.

After I made the announcent and ended horoom, I was about to leave the classroom when one of the students ca up to .

"Aiba-sensei, I have this for you. I would like to request permission for an authorized absence for three days starting tomorrow. This is the application form."

A lively-looking girl with bright-colored hair in twin tails bowed deeply as she handed an envelope. Her na is Soutou Kagari. She looks like a cute and normal girl, but she is one of the girls who had a strong gaze at the opening ceremony.

“Oh, I’ll take care of it. The reason is for… family reasons. Did Kumagami-sensei know about this?”

“Yes, he knew. I think Professor Yamashiro probably knows too.”

“Okay, so it’s three days from tomorrow.”

As we were talking, I noticed that she was holding a book in her hands. Co to think of it, Soutou often reads books in her seat during recess.

“Soutou-san, you’re always reading books. What are you reading?”

“Eh, oh, are you interested in it too, Sensei?”

And she removed the cover of the book and showed it to .

“Special Forces Combat Manual?”

There was a title there that was too oblique for my imagination. Well, what is the right way to react to this? Even using my “Quick Thinking” and “Parallel Thinking” skills didn’t help co up with that answer.

For the next few days, I remained unsure of how to respond about Aookuji. Normally, I would have consulted with Ms. Yamashiro, the assistant head of the grade, but there was no way I could say “A student was killing monsters with a Katana.”

“Later, maybe even just once, I’ll try following… wait, am I a stalker teacher?"

As I was grumbling on the way ho, a voice ca from behind , and to my embarrassnt, I flinched. I guess my constant deploynt of my detection skills but ignoring the reactions of my students had backfired.

I turned around, and there she was, a beautiful girl with long black hair and a an look in her eyes.

"Oh, Miss Aookuji. It’s not like that. There’s a nasty cat near my apartnt. I was thinking of following it and finding its owner.”

The “quick thinking” skill is useful when thinking of excuses on the spur of the mont like this.

"Is that so? I thought you were planning on following students."

Aookuji looked up at with a stern look. I felt the sting of her eyes physically hurting .

“I would never do sothing like that. Do I look like that kind of person?”

“You can’t judge a person by their appearance.”

That's an indirect way of saying "You’re not stalking are you," right?

“You walk to school, sensei, but is your apartnt nearby?”

“Yes, it’s about a kiloter away. That’s close.”

“I see. There is nothing around here during the dayti, but it seems that so places are a little unsafe at night. I think you should be careful.”

“I see, thanks. I’ll try not to make any detours on my way ho late.”

Hmm, it would have been a normal conversation if I didn’t know about what happened the other day.

And then I felt a tingling sensation around my ear like an electric current…

Aside from skills, sothing that could be called a sixth sense cultivated through countless battles was telling that sothing was about to happen.

“Sorry, Sensei, I have so urgent business to attend to, so I’ll go ahead first.”

As if in response, Aookuji ran off. Does this an that the monster from the other day will appear again?

Well, I guess I'll have to try stalking her seriously now. If the mbers of the hero’s party found out that the hero was following a girl, they would have been extrely angry.