Vignette didn't make the same mistake as Gabriel today, so there was no way to make the two of them accept his alternating feeding punishment. If he went to Gabriel alone and asked her to accept the punishment, she probably wouldn't even open the door.
Headache… This little angel seemed to have fallen, yet also seemed not to have fallen. Now he didn't even know what attitude to use toward Gabriel, should he treat her as a little angel? Or as a sloth angel?
["Ding~"]
["Mission trigger alert."]
["Do you wish to immediately teleport to Karuizawa Kei's side?"]
Hachiman walked out of the girls' swimming club, strolling through campus, preparing to leave school and go to Ijichi Nijika's house to find Bocchi-chan, to see how their rock band was doing. But at this moment, the system's prompt sounded again.
'Hm? Karuizawa Kei?'
'Does Karuizawa Kei have a mission on her?'
Logically speaking, the scar on Karuizawa Kei's abdomen had already been removed, and she had received his protection, so she shouldn't encounter any trouble, right?
It was after-school time now, and as a disciplinary committee member, Karuizawa Kei should be on duty patrolling in Sobu High.
Could it be that she ran into those delinquent gyarus who used to look down on the transfer students from the Advanced Nurturing Middle School track?
That doesn't make sense. Delinquent gyarus are just delinquents, not idiots. He had even deliberately arranged for Kaede to make Karuizawa Kei the disciplinary committee member of their class. Even if they didn't know her relationship with him, they should consider her connection to the student council president. How would they still dare to cause trouble?
Full of suspicion, Hachiman was about to teleport over to check the situation, but, he looked up at the recently installed cameras Kaede had arranged for people to add, currently scattering red light points indicating that someone was under surveillance, and directly followed the real-time location of Karuizawa Kei shown on the romance list, running over.
Fortunately, the distance wasn't far; otherwise, he'd have to immediately find a bathroom to teleport.
Hachiman suddenly started running in the campus. With his current physical fitness, even when suppressing his speed, he was still incredibly fast.
Students who hadn't gone home yet all looked toward Hachiman running toward the club building, curiously watching this boy who had been the center of so many rumors recently.
"What's up with President Hikigaya?"
"Running that fast… could it be something happened?"
Disciplinary committee members Sakurai Hana and Asai Saki, who were patrolling the campus, both saw Hachiman's swift figure flash by. They exchanged a confused glance and then looked toward the horn-headed Origamine Ouka between them.
As student council informants embedded in the disciplinary committee, they had been arranged by Student Council President Kaede to accompany the demi-human Vice President Origamine Ouka to patrol and supervise, assisting in handling potential demi-human problems in the school.
But right now, there was no demi-human problem. Instead, they saw Kaede's lover running wildly around campus.
They weren't stubborn like Kotegawa Yui, so of course they wouldn't unreasonably stop Hachiman. Just running a bit faster wasn't a violation of discipline. But with this vice president, they weren't too sure, Origamine Ouka seemed pretty serious and rigid.
The shrine maiden Origamine Ouka stared fixedly at Hachiman, who was involved with numerous demi-humans, until his figure disappeared into the club building, her gaze flickering slightly.
———
Karuizawa Kei was in an extremely good mood today; ever since she was bullied in junior high, she had never felt this happy.
Because starting today, she would go from an unprotected bullied victim to a protector of others and maintainer of school order, a disciplinary committee member.
Although when she woke up early in the morning in the student dorm arranged by the school and looked at the unfamiliar ceiling, it all felt surreal. She was deeply worried that the promised protection was just a dream, and that when she woke up everything would return to the way it was.
Only when she touched her smooth, flawless abdomen, no longer feeling the faintly aching scar, did she realize she wasn't dreaming.
After getting up, washing, and changing clothes, she parted ways with Matsushita Chiaki, Satou Maya, and other friends who had also been assigned to this dorm, put on the disciplinary committee armband, and patrolled the campus with Kotegawa Yui, issuing varying levels of warnings for running in the halls, overly intimate contact with the opposite sex, bullying the weak, and so on.
Once a bullied victim, now a protector of campus order, this reborn feeling made her all the more determined to behave and listen obediently.
Yes, she knew very well who had brought her everything she had now.
She knew her master Hachiman had many excellent girls around him, and she might not be very important in his eyes.
But she didn't think that was a bad thing.
After all, this was protection she had actively begged for, and her master had not despised her for her ulterior motives when offering herself. Instead, he had cared why she had done it, had given her shelter, had let her live with dignity as a disciplinary committee member, and had even let the elf princess help heal her abdominal scar perfectly.
She should cherish this hard-earned opportunity, enjoy all the wonderful things her master had brought her, and at the same time try her best to please him, to let him know she wasn't just a parasite who only knew how to take without giving back.
Only, she was a bit conflicted about how to please him. She had nothing, no way to help her master; even the only thing she could offer, her body, already belonged to him.
Although most of the girls in her class were very pretty, Matsushita Chiaki, Satou Maya, and the rest of her good friends looked great, her master would probably like them, but for no reason, she didn't think he would like her to do bad things. So she could only slowly find people who, like her, needed protection.
Preferably obedient, easy to control, people who would be happy to become her master's pets along with her.
Fortunately, Sobu High had many beautiful girls, far more than her old junior high. Even if she didn't find a suitable candidate in her class, she could search around the school.
As a disciplinary committee member who often patrolled the school, she believed she could quickly find someone with a weak and introverted personality, someone easy to bully and in desperate need of her master's protection.
She didn't want to go from a bullied victim to a bully.
Sobu High indeed had many disciplinary committee members, most of whom genuinely maintained campus order and wouldn't ignore bullying if they saw it.
But as a former bullied victim, she knew that no matter how tight the patrols, there were always dark corners they couldn't reach. And besides, disciplinary committee members could only manage things inside school, not outside.
Sobu High just had a high deviation score, not a high moral score. Among so many students, there were bound to be scum who wanted to bully others, and there were bound to be victims desperate for protection.
Those campus scum wouldn't fear rule-abiding disciplinary committee members. They'd only fear those who didn't care about rules.
And her master just happened to be someone who could ignore the rules. Helping someone find the master and receive his protection like she had, that was a win-win-win situation for everyone.
However, although Karuizawa Kei's idea of finding a pet girl for her master was beautiful, this good mood lasted only until after school in the afternoon, when her routine campus patrol was ruined.
———
Club building, at the door of the track and field club activity room.
"What are you trying to do? Move out of the way! I'm a disciplinary committee member!", Karuizawa Kei, with the armband of the Public Morals Committee on her arm, stood in front of a single-ponytail girl with a tense expression, looking at the three boys surrounding them and preventing them from leaving, and forced herself to scold them calmly.
Originally, she thought it was just an ordinary patrol. There were so many members of the Public Morals Committee in the school, and no matter how arrogant the scum outside the school were, they would never dare cause trouble inside the school.
But now it seemed that the reason why Sobu High had so many Public Morals Committee members and cameras everywhere wasn't just for show, there really were people doing bad things on campus.
When she patrolled to the door of the track and field club's activity room, she heard a noisy quarrel from inside. She thought it was just an argument, so she planned to do as Kotegawa Yui had taught her. Go in and stop both sides.
Who would have thought that after opening the door and walking in, she would find the situation inside beyond her expectations. Inside the track and field activity room were three boys and one girl; they didn't seem to be just arguing verbally but were emotionally agitated and about to get physical.
The single-ponytail girl inside was being approached by the three boys. After Karuizawa opened the door and drew their attention, she immediately took the opportunity to break free from their encirclement and ran toward the door, urging her to leave quickly.
Faced with what was most likely a case of campus bullying, Karuizawa Kei, who had just become a Public Morals Committee member, naturally also instinctively ran outside.
But these three boys were from the track team, with great explosive power. Karuizawa and the single-ponytail girl hesitated for just a moment at the door, and the three boys instantly got past them, blocking the way in front of them, sealing off both ends so they couldn't leave.
Karuizawa never expected that her after-school patrol would so quickly lead her into danger. This was nothing like when she had patrolled with Kotegawa Yui in the morning!?
"This is a bit troublesome..."
"Didn't the Public Morals Committee already patrol? Why is there another Public Morals Committee member?"
"Never seen this one before."
The three boys blocking Karuizawa and the girl looked at each other; in fact, they hadn't expected to be discovered by a Public Morals Committee member.
They had arranged for the girl to come to the activity room according to the patrol schedule of the Public Morals Committee, thinking they were sure to succeed this time and could catch that girl's weakness to threaten her. But the sudden intrusion of a Public Morals Committee member had disrupted them, and their target had escaped outside.
Now, not only had the Public Morals Committee noticed their activity, but the corridor cameras were filming them as well, they were in a position where they couldn't retreat.
It was well known that the Public Morals Committee members were united. Offend one, and the rest would cause trouble for you, especially with what they had just been preparing to do. If the committee members found out, it wouldn't just be a warning or a disciplinary action; even expulsion wouldn't be enough, they could go to jail.
The blond-haired leader, Banjo, glared gloomily at Karuizawa and the girl. Seeing Karuizawa seemingly forcing herself to act calm, her legs trembling slightly, her expression even more nervous and flustered than theirs, and her attitude toward them nothing like the strict, cold Kotegawa Yui or Usui Makoto, his eyes suddenly lit up. He immediately egged on his two companions.
"Since it's already like this, why not drag this Public Morals Committee member in too? Make her the same as that beach Yaegashi!"
He had never seen this Public Morals Committee member before. Probably a recently transferred student. Judging from her personality, she would most likely be easy to threaten.
"This... but she's a Public Morals Committee member..."
"How about we just stop here..."
The remaining two looked at each other, hesitating.
They had been egged on to do this. Banjo said that as long as they used a video to threaten her, Yaegashi Shizuku would definitely be scared into submission.
Now, with a Public Morals Committee member suddenly involved, and Shizuku having been brought into the corridor where the security cameras were filming their confrontation, their heated minds instantly cooled.
If they stopped now, it wasn't too late. Banjo was the main culprit; they were just accomplices. They might only get a warning or disciplinary action.
"Motherf**kers! If you back out now, the Public Morals Committee will still cause trouble for you! How could there be no risk in doing this kind of thing?"
Seeing the two lose their nerve, Banjo couldn't help but curse.
Wanting the benefits but not the responsibility, there was no such good thing.
Shizuku, as the track team's ace, had great physical ability. If she resisted fiercely, he might not be able to handle her alone, why else would he drag these two cowards in to deal with her?
Just moments ago they even tried to snatch her from him, and now, faced with trouble, they wanted to retreat.
"This..."
The two track team boys looked at each other, then at Karuizawa and Shizuku's beautiful faces, gritted their teeth, and prepared to risk it.
Public Morals Committee members were beaches too, they couldn't even have swimming lessons with girls, and confessing to a girl on campus would get them a warning.
Why could that first-year boy from Class F have such close relationships with Yukinoshita, Ichinose, and the Elf Princess without issue? The Public Morals Committee even supposedly had a blacklist and had a few members keeping an eye on him, but they couldn't see how it made any difference.
Just a first-year, yet flirting with girls from all classes all day long. They even heard he went into the girls' swim club.
They'd been at Sobu High for two years and had never heard of anyone getting that kind of treatment.
"Banjo, you'd better step aside! I've already contacted Kaede and the others with my phone! If you don't leave now, be ready to be expelled!"
The single-ponytail girl, Yaegashi Shizuku, who was standing behind Karuizawa, saw Banjo successfully persuade the two hesitant members to make up their minds to deal with them. She immediately shouted a warning.
Hearing Shizuku's words, and seeing that people from other activity rooms on this floor were starting to look over, Banjo's face grew darker, his fists clenched, and he slowly advanced toward Shizuku.
He liked Shizuku very much, but she completely ignored his feelings and even scoffed at his confession.
Since he couldn't get her, Banjo decided to destroy her by any means.
Now that things were exposed, those two cowards would definitely rat him out to get leniency, but before that, he wanted to drag this high-and-mighty beach, who wouldn't accept his feelings, down from her pedestral.
"Run! Run now!", Shizuku hadn't expected Banjo to keep advancing after her warning. Seeing his bloodshot eyes and predatory look, she immediately grabbed the dazed Karuizawa and ran in the other direction.
She didn't know this Public Morals Committee member, but the girl had just saved her. If she hadn't appeared and distracted the three, she never could have escaped from being surrounded in the activity room.
However, Shizuku had only just taken two steps when she suddenly saw a figure vault over from outside the railing.
Seeing the figure land in front of her, she was stunned and looked toward the corridor railing outside.
'This is the fourth floor?'
"Master!"
Still a bit flustered and unsure what to do, Karuizawa saw who it was, immediately let go of Shizuku's hand, and rushed into Hachiman's arms.
The instant she fell into his arms, a warm sense of safety filled her heart.
As expected, she still needed her master's protection.
As someone who had been bullied before, she still couldn't handle such incidents alone. She might even become the bullied again.
Seeing Hachiman's face, Banjo and the other two boys froze.
They might have been jealous of Hachiman's treatment at school, but they knew they could never provoke someone connected to the student council president, political heiresses, princesses, and idols.
They never imagined that this seemingly timid Public Morals Committee member would be connected to Hachiman as well.
"Uh...", Having just rushed up from downstairs, Hachiman hadn't yet spoken. Looking down at Karuizawa, who had buried her face in his chest and wrapped her arms tightly around him, he speechlessly glanced at the three stunned boys opposite him, then turned to the single-ponytail girl Shizuku to ask about the situation.
"What's going on now? Are these three bullying you and Kei? Or are you all bullying Kei together?"
He had thought that Kei had run into the delinquent gyarus she had mentioned earlier, the ones who looked down on the transfer students from the Advanced Nurturing High School.
But arriving here and seeing the three-boys-one-girl situation, it didn't seem like they had deliberately gone after Kei as a Public Morals Committee member. It was more like she had stumbled into their scheme and gotten targeted.
"I and this Public Morals Committee member are both victims. Even though Banjo and I are in the track team, the girls and boys often argue. Today, they called me to the activity room, and I thought it was another argument, but they suddenly tried to assault me. She happened to patrol by, opened the door, and saved me, but then they chased us out and blocked us from leaving..."
Looking at Hachiman's face, Shizuku's eyes moved slightly, she recognized him as the Class 1-F boy with countless rumors, and quickly shook her head to explain. As she spoke, a hint of relief appeared on her face.
She had warned Banjo, and the corridor cameras were filming, yet he was still so crazed as to continue going after her.
She couldn't imagine what would have happened if this Kei from the Public Morals Committee hadn't shown up to save her.
"I see... Kei, is that right? You're not hurt, are you?", After listening to Shizuku's account, Hachiman nodded thoughtfully, then looked down to ask Karuizawa.
"I don't know what happened before I came, but what happened after I arrived was indeed as she said. I warned them, but they still wanted to act. Mm, I'm not hurt..."
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