Staring at the last bite of rice in the bento box being sent into Gabriel's mouth, Vignette, whose fair face was already flushed with charm, quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
Finally over. This meal was truly tormenting.
Even though they didn't need to move their hands, just lightly open their mouths and Hachiman would feed them with his chopsticks, the physical and mental strain they suffered was more unbearable than the battlefield at Hachiman's house.
She didn't want to go through this kind of punishment again. From now on, she must never peek at others again. Even if Hachiman permits it and doesn't blame her, she should still try to avoid watching Hachiman's nightlife.
'Wait, no.'
She hadn't originally intended to peek at Hachiman's nightlife last night. Watching his daily school aid routine in the daytime was already enough. She and Gabriel were dragged by Raphiel into watching all night together. The next day, they were even too embarrassed to face Hachiman.
If they all committed the mistake together, then all should receive punishment together. Right now, only she and Gabriel were punished, Raphiel hadn't yet received any punishment.
"Raphiel...", Vignette looked toward Gabriel, who had just swallowed the last bite fed to her by Hachiman, and as soon as she said Raphiel's name, Gabriel silently nodded at her.
Now that Vignette had discovered the escaped fish, Raphiel, how could Gabriel forget the mastermind who led them into accepting Hachiman's embarrassing punishment?
If it weren't for Raphiel dragging them into watching Hachiman's household games until dawn, they, already aware of Hachiman's usual actions, wouldn't have felt awkward and avoided going to school to see him.
They couldn't be the only ones to suffer this utterly shameful punishment.
Raphiel must be made to eat until she's full under Hachiman's feeding in front of them.
Gabriel and Vignette's gazes collided, and they simultaneously passed judgment in their hearts on Raphiel, who was most likely hiding somewhere, laughing at them.
"Actually, you could've just denied the peeking thing. After all, Iris and I don't have any proof that you were spying."
Hachiman, seeing Vignette and Gabriel remaining silent and only communicating with their eyes, smiled while cleaning up the chopsticks and bento boxes.
"...", Gabriel and Vignette blushed and said nothing.
Both full from finishing the two large boxes of food.
'What's the point of saying this now?'
"Haha~"
Seeing they were still in the dazed state from being fed, Hachiman couldn't help but chuckle again.
Of course, even if they had known in advance what the punishment was and had a second chance, he knew they wouldn't lie or deny it.
Because what restrained them had always been their own inner principles.
They might be called demon and angel, but they were both little angels, otherwise, they wouldn't have become good friends.
"Now that we've finished eating, Hachiman, you and Vine can continue, I'll head back first."
Feeling that Hachiman's gaze toward her seemed to grow softer, Gabriel silently thought it was bad news and immediately planned to retreat to her room.
This is bad. Could it be that Hachiman, who likes her, had strange thoughts about her just from the feeding punishment?
Previously, they were just good desk neighbors and good friends, so she never thought that way.
But now she not only knows that Hachiman likes her and even became self-deprecating and fallen because of her, last night she even personally witnessed all kinds of shocking games in his house, her brain was now out of control.
What if Hachiman confessed to her on the spot?
How could she reject him without hurting him? No wait, she'd have to really hurt his heart to make him stop liking her, to make him stop sinking because of her.
But... now Hachiman's problem doesn't seem like something that could be solved just by making him hate her.
No matter how he slacked or gave up, he never stopped helping others. Hachiman, who skips class daily, seems like he's not taking school seriously, but in truth, he's just using his study time to help students in need.
From a student's point of view, Hachiman, who doesn't study seriously and skips classes with female classmates all the time, is fallen.
But from a societal perspective, he's not doing anything bad. In fact, tirelessly helping so many people, he's doing even better than angels in good deeds.
She originally just wanted to save the fallen Hachiman, how did things turn out like this.
Should she stop Hachiman from continuing to "fall," and help him return to being a serious student? Or should she just stand by and watch Hachiman continue to "fall" on the path of helping others?
How should she save Hachiman?
Gabriel was confused.
Training in the human world is this hard?
Or is it because she's this generation's top angel that the trials she faces in the human world are more difficult..
"Since I've already punished you two, let's put the peeking incident behind us. Now it's time to discuss your skipping class."
Seeing that Gabriel looked off and tried to sneak away, Hachiman reached out and grabbed her, speaking slowly.
"Is there another punishment?"
Gabriel, filled with confusion and wanting to return to figure things out, was stunned by Hachiman's words. Her pretty face immediately flushed, and she glared at him with a red face.
Has Hachiman become addicted to this? One punishment isn't enough, he wants to punish them again?
She's not like Iris and the others, who let Hachiman run wild without boundaries.
Vignette, hearing Hachiman's words, had a lot to say but stopped. Peeking deserves punishment, skipping class should also be punished, she had no objection.
But the earlier simple meal was already so shamefully unbearable, what was he going to feed them next?
Was Hachiman planning something super embarrassing?
If this continued, they might be too embarrassed to face Hachiman ever again.
However, under Gabriel and Vignette's flustered and helpless gazes, Hachiman merely shook his head at the two of them.
"I originally just wanted to discuss your truancy, but..."
Hachiman paused mid-sentence, his gaze falling on the front of Gabriel's white shirt.
This white shirt was Sobu High's uniform. Clearly, one wouldn't wear a school uniform at home.
Gabriel had probably planned to go to school in the morning, changed into uniform, but then didn't leave. She didn't take off the clothes either—just spent the whole day in bed, so the once neat and clean white shirt became loose and full of wrinkles.
"Ah? What about my clothes?", Gabriel blinked, looked down at her slightly open collar, then looked up at Hachiman, confused.
What was Hachiman looking at?
"Don't you think the neckline is a bit low? With so few buttons, aren't you afraid I'll see something?"
Seeing Gabriel still didn't get it after his hint, Hachiman found it strange. Thinking she was just being a bit careless for once, he pulled Gabriel to sit beside him and pointed at the buttons on her white shirt.
Gabriel naturally wasn't just wearing a shirt over her body randomly. The front buttons were indeed fastened. But unlike usual, they didn't go all the way to her neck, only just above the chest.
And because there was no tie, the loose shirt easily drooped.
With Gabriel's limitless potential figure, usually nothing would be visible. But just now when he was feeding her, to avoid food falling, she'd lean forward slightly, lower her head to bite the chopsticks.
Mm... unfortunately, Vignette's homewear was very conservative, he could only look at Gabriel just now.
"You, you could see my body?"
Gabriel stared at Hachiman, who pointed out her wardrobe malfunction, and suddenly showed a shocked expression.
"Why wouldn't I be able to see?"
Hachiman, seeing Gabriel's strange expression, was puzzled. Shouldn't she be shy?
He had even thought of snapping a photo of Gabriel's bashful face.
"I... You might not believe this, Hachiman, but I'm actually an angel from Heaven. Normally, you should only see my divine light, not any accidental exposure." [T/N: Auto censor. XD;]
Seeing that Hachiman really seemed to ignore the divine light, Gabriel hesitated for a bit and decided not to hide it anymore. She would directly reveal her identity to Hachiman.
There weren't absolute rules that angels and demons couldn't reveal their identities. It's just that for the sake of the training's effect, and because they'd be living on Earth for a while, they had to hide their identities and not use supernatural powers casually.
Hachiman wasn't someone who babbled nonsense. It was okay to tell him her true identity.
But those were all trivial matters. What really needed investigation was why Hachiman could ignore her divine light.
Although every angel had protective divine light, even in battle, clothes could be torn without worrying about exposure, and in some sense, the strength of divine light reflected an angel's power.
Every angel had protective light, but that didn't mean it was useless.
Hachiman was just an ordinary human. Even if his abilities in that area were unusual, how could he ignore her divine light?
Was it because she spied on Hachiman, and thus her divine light disappeared? Or was Hachiman innately gifted and Heaven sent her here just to bring him back?
Gabriel sorrowfully realized. Even if she didn't think about being seen, she still couldn't understand why Hachiman could see her body.
She was too shy to notice what was going on earlier. Now she wanted to figure it out, but it was already too late.
"Angel? Divine light? Then little Gabriel, show me again."
Seeing Gabriel actually reveal her identity at this point, Hachiman was momentarily stunned. He thought for a moment and replied.
He also remembered that Gabriel seemed to have divine light.
When they went to the hot springs, just a towel over the shoulders was enough. Their lines of sight couldn't penetrate the divine barrier at key parts.
Mm, that kind of shadowy mist only Satanichia, the unfamiliar demon, had. Gabriel, Vignette, and Raphiel all had divine light. Vignette's divine light was even enough to blind them.
Now that was strange, he didn't see any divine light earlier. Could it be Gabriel started falling?
But in the original story, even if Gabriel fell, her divine light didn't disappear.
"Wait! You can't look anymore!"
Seeing Hachiman about to reach out to verify if her divine light was still present, Gabriel instantly blushed and covered her collar, stepping back.
Even if she had divine light, she wouldn't deliberately let Hachiman see. Especially since he said he actually saw something.
That was an accident earlier, balancing out the truancy punishment. But now, it couldn't be brushed off as a mistake.
"Vignette!"
Gabriel, face red, quietly buttoned her collar near her clavicle, then suddenly looked at Vignette and reached her hands toward her shirt front.
"I've accepted the punishment for skipping class, now it's your turn!"
"Ah? How could this be?"
Also shocked that Hachiman could see through the divine light, Vignette didn't expect Gabriel to suddenly go mad and attack her, hurriedly dodging.
She acknowledged the need for punishment over truancy, but not this kind of punishment.
"You're a demon! Hachiman only ignored the angel's divine light, what are you afraid of?", Seeing Vignette unwilling, Gabriel chased her while trying to persuade.
Although she couldn't guarantee it, angels and demons were on the same level. Hachiman could likely also ignore a demon's protective powers. But just now, she didn't even know how many times she was seen by Hachiman, so what's wrong with Vignette being seen once?
"Still no!"
Vignette refused without hesitation.
Though she was a demon, she was actually protected by divine light.
If Hachiman looked, everything would be exposed, she definitely didn't want to end up like Gabriel.
"We just accepted punishment together! Why not this time too!"
"Either way, this won't do! I want a different punishment!"
"I didn't switch earlier! You're not allowed to switch either!"
Vignette and Gabriel ran around Hachiman. One fleeing, the other chasing. Within a short time, they had circled the room several times.
But neither could convince the other, nor could one outrun the other.
Gabriel thought since both were punished because of Hachiman, they should share the blessing and suffering. But Vignette disagreed, thinking Gabriel just wanted to drag her down too.
Although upon reflection, it was Vignette who first dragged Gabriel into the punishment earlier.
But that was just being fed by Hachiman. Now they were about to be fully exposed to him, she wouldn't accept this shameful punishment.
"Ahem, actually I just said we'd discuss skipping class, I never said anything about punishment. I skip class myself, how could I ask you two to be punished?"
Watching the two angels chase each other around in front of him, Hachiman finally cleared his throat lightly and interrupted their circling.
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