Finished with my lunch, I ca to Erina’s lab with Alyssa and Iris.
[Unnn? Ahh, the three of you are here~~]
Erina, dressed in a lab coat, greeted us with a soft smile on her lips as she was reaching out for the lab equipnt in front of her.
[……You’re…… caralizing sothing…… again.]
[There are infinite possibilities in caral after all~~]
[No, I don’t think so…… You’re still the sa as usual, aren’t you, Eri-chan-sensei?]
Watching Erina making caralized stuff again, Iris and Alyssa chuckled. Watching her add carals to all the sweet she has, a thought suddenly popped out in my mind.
[……Arehh? Where’s the baby castellas?]
[Unnn? Baby castellas? Ahh, those sweets sold in festivals, right? They were tasty too…… I don’t get to eat them quite often though……. So, why did you ntion baby castellas?]
[Eh? No…… I wonder why?]
[Ahaha, Kaito-kun, you weirdo.]
That’s strange? Why did the word “baby castella” suddenly co up in my mind? For so reason, I imagined Erina heartily eating baby castellas, but I don’t rember seeing her like that.
However, I sohow feel like her eating baby castellas strangely fit her…… Seriously, what in the world is going on?
[Did the others arrive already? Like Riri-senpai or Liddy-senpai?]
[Hmmm, those two still weren’t here yet. Fae-chan is already here though.]
[Oya? Fae-san is here huh…… So, where is she?]
[……Unnn, she’s sleeping in my nap bed.]
[……I see…… I’ll go wake her up.]
[I’m counting on you~~]
The two senpais that Alyssa ntioned, Riri-senpai and Liddy-senpai, are senpais who belong to Erina’s lab.
Saigyouji Ririka-senpai, the winner of the national kendo tournant, is a young woman of great talents, and Liddy Quanette-senpai, an archery master and an exchange student like Iris-san.
Both of them are very kind and have helped in many ways. I an, Erina’s lab only has six mbers, so the mbers get along very well with each other.
[……Co to think of it, I know it’s too late to ask this now, but why does our lab have so few mbers?]
[Unnn? Ahh, there are lots of people who want to join but…… you see, I’m the youngest of all the professors. So, it would be a bit complicated if a novice had so many people in my lab. That’s why, I asked them to join other labs instead.]
[Heehhh…… So there really is such a thing as power relations between cliques……]
[Ahaha, they’re troubleso to deal with though~~. Well, for , it’s better to have a small number of people so that I can keep an eye on everyone.]
To put it bluntly, Erina is very popular in the university. She’s cute and kind, so it isn’t that surprising. However, as the youngest professors, she seems to have her own share of troubles, and she sotis cos to my ho to complain.
Well, it may not exactly be the sa as that saying where “the nail that sticks out gets hamred down”, but the young and talented Erina probably stands out in many ways.
[……Rather, our laboratory is quite famous in the university, you know? After all, we have “Yugaoka’s Three Great Beauties” and “Yugaoka’s Three Great Cuties”. Anyway, co on now, Fae-san. Please wake up already.]
[Umyuu…… Three…… years more……]
[That’s way too long!]
Alyssa ca back, pulling a girl with light purple twin-tails, a laptop on her chest, and large-sized casual clothes…… Fae-san.
[……Hello, Fae-san.]
[Uwaaahh? Ahh, if it isn’t Kai-chan and Ai-tan. Yahhoooo~~……]
After tepidly greeting with a sleepy expression on her face, Fae-san sat down on a chair in the lab…… or rather, Alyssa made her sit on it.
At that mont, Iris-san slightly tilted her head and turned towards Alyssa.
[……Alyssa…… That three sothings…… you said just now…… What was that?]
[Oya? Iris-san haven’t heard about it? In our university…… here in Yugaoka University, there are people who are called the Three Great Beauties and Cuties. Incidentally, the Three Great Beauties are Riri-senpai, Liddy-senpai…… and Iris-san.]
[……Eh? ……?]
[Yes. And the Three Great Cuties are Fae-san, Eri-chan-sensei…… and this cute !]
Iris-san tilted her head curiously when she saw Alyssa saying this with a smug look on her face. Well, Iris-san has a low self-esteem, so she’s probably thinking “Why ?”.
Looking at it objectively though, there’s no reason why Iris-san shouldn’t be counted in it……]
[……Everyone in it…… are mbers of the lab……]
[That’s right, and my guess is that…… this is the reason why our lab is insanely popular, and we’re flooded with applicants. Well, Eri-chan-sensei refuses to accept those people with such evil intentions though.]
[Hmmm, I don’t really like how they call that though. I’m an adult, so I’d rather they call a beauty…… Why is it that I’m not counted in the beauties?]
[……No, well, it’s because Erina is small, isn’t it……]
[……………….]
[Ah, no, I an……]
When Erina slightly puffed up her cheeks as she spoke this, I quickly answered her, but I imdiately regretted my mistake. Hearing what I said, Erina looked at and gently smiled. However, knowing her for a long ti, I understood that she was angry.
[……Kaito-kun…… You’re getting twice the howork.]
[……I’m sorry, but please don’t do that. Professor Kurosu is an attractive, mature woman after all.]
[If you understand it, that’s good. I’ll still give you more howork though.]
[……Eh?]
The cost of my careless comnt ca back in the form of increased howork. It was a very severe punishnt before the winter break ca.
[Ahaha, well, that’s why Kaito-san is quite the lucky guy. You don’t just have a flower in each hand, there are flowers all around you.]
[……Well, I won’t deny it.]
Indeed, as I’m the only man in this lab, I’m probably in an enviable position among my peers. Well, I can’t always keep up with the topics that only won can talk about, so it isn’t really all good……
[Ahh, since we’re talking about aliases, Kaito-san also has a na like that.]
[Eh? Seriously? I thought I was pretty ordinary though…… Heehh…… Is that so? I didn’t know that. By the way, what do they call ?]
I don’t know why, but I’m a little nervous. I thought I was average-looking, my grades were above average, and there was nothing special about …… but I also have an alias huh.
That kinda makes a bit happy……
[……”Yugaoka’s Scheduled Explosion”.]
[That’s not a very nice na, isn’t it!?]
I gained that alias because I’m completely resented by the sa gender!?
[Incidentally, regarding Kaito-san’s evaluation from the sa gender…… 70% say that they want you “to go explode”, 20% of them say “Well, he’s a good guy, so I’ll spare him the personal punishnt”…… and there’s 10% saying that “they want to go out with you”.]
[Wait a freaking mont! That’s the evaluation of the “sa gender”, right!? What the heck is with that last 10%!? Those were absurdly terrifying words, you know!?]
[……In fact, one of them is a good friend of Kaito-san…… Whoa there, saying anything more than that would be uncouth of .]
[Don’t stop there! You’re making really scared here!]
I just heard a terrifying fact that I didn’t want to know. I wonder what kind of face I should make when I et my male friends tomorrow?
Geez, how should I say this…… I’m worried about the future.
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