Chapter 10: Scathach
[You were brutally punished by Scathach for a full hour.]
"Speak,"
Scathach's alluring and beautiful face coldly sweeps across everyone present.
"Who is the one behind the scenes manipulating you?"
In her hand is the sharp Gae Bolg, reflecting a dangerous gleam under the dim lights of the teachers' office.
"Haven't we already answered that?"
Eikou says without the slightest hesitation,
"It's all because of that disaster Tristan over there. He's the one who started everything!"
"..."
Tristan trembles violently, swallowing hard in fear.
"You can kill him however you want, kill him as many times as you like, just let the rest of us go. If that's still not enough, then at least please spare me alone!"
Eikou shouts loudly,
"Please, the others—you can slash or kill them however you want! Don't worry, I'll try my best to find SQ to summon them back afterward!"
"Eikou, it seems you didn't listen carefully to my question just now..."
Scathach tightens her grip on Gae Bolg and continues in a voice filled with pressure.
"I'm not asking who directly caused the incident, but who planned everything behind the scenes. The one who knocked down Babbage and the guests was indeed Tristan, but who exactly gave you the guts to use those random riffraff as fake teachers to attend an Open Class? Who invited the students from the neighboring France Class over? Among you, there must be someone acting as the mastermind, right?"
"..."
No one dares to speak, and the atmosphere instantly falls into silence.
"As long as you reveal that person behind the scenes, the rest of you may leave."
Scathach adds indifferently.
Whoosh!
Eikou is the first to point at Tristan, but everyone else simultaneously points at Eikou instead.
"Eh..."
His heart tightens.
"You bastards, you actually dare to sell me out? I haven't done anything to wrong you!"
"Shameful, Sir Eikou. In the blink of an eye, you've already forgotten that just now, you were the one who sold all of us out first."
Tristan says in shock.
"'If we get found out, at worst we'll just get beaten up by Scathach. I'm used to it already.'"
Gawain says solemnly,
"That's exactly what Sir Eikou told us earlier, Scathach-sensei."
"Oho?"
Scathach's deep and beautiful crimson eyes sweep over Eikou.
"So that's how it is. The rest of you may leave. Mochizuki Eikou, stay behind."
"Obeying your orders, madam!"
The others, upon hearing that, felt as if they had been granted amnesty, and immediately fled the Teachers' Office in a panic.
NO!!! YOU DAMN TRAITORS!!! (with Eren's voice)
Eikou screamed unwillingly in his heart.
It's over, this time I'm really dead without a whole corpse!
Is there anyone who would stand up to say a few words for me, or plead on my behalf?
Just at this moment, as if sensing Eikou's plea, Roland beside him suddenly stopped, straightened his posture with righteous dignity.
"Roland, you…"
"A soul naturally seeks pleasure, consciously or not!"
After saying that, Roland turned around and ran off without the slightest hesitation.
Why is this guy still role-playing as Gilgamesh?! And is that line even used in the right situation?!
[Those involved hurriedly flee.]
[In the vast Teachers' Office, only you and Scathach remain. After everyone has left, she immediately reaches out and locks the door from the inside.]
[What awaits you is an overwhelming pressure, like a storm about to descend, from the Queen of the Land of Shadows…]
Click.
A soft sound rings out as Scathach turns her hand and locks the door.
"Alright, now there are only the two of us left…"
She speaks slowly, her tone carrying an ill intent that makes one uneasy.
Eikou's heart instantly jumps up to his throat.
"I have only one question. You must answer honestly."
Scathach says this while stepping closer to him, her high heels striking the floor with sharp, forceful sounds.
"What question?"
He asks.
She bends down slightly, her full and supple body unconsciously revealing its alluring curves.
Today, the Queen of the Land of Shadows, Scathach, is wearing a mature, well-fitted office outfit. The tight white blouse cannot conceal her ample chest pushing upward, the buttons stretched taut to the point of revealing a deep, close cleavage, looking extremely seductive.
Her narrow, long crimson eyes stare intently at Eikou. Not only is there no anger in them, they even carry a faint, meaningful smile.
"You caused chaos in the Open Class because you wanted me to come back and continue teaching you, didn't you?"
"?"
Eikou freezes.
Shishou, that interpretation of yours really is Lostbelt-level thinking!
Wait, but from her point of view, it actually seems completely reasonable.
Judging from what happened on Scathach's side, during the long break, because of being busy with work, she temporarily canceled her appointment with him. Right after that, Eikou caused trouble during the important Open Class—no matter how you look at it, it seems like he did it deliberately.
Impressive. Just like that, everything neatly closes into a complete chain of logic.
Eikou subconsciously lets out a sigh of relief. He didn't expect he could escape danger from such an angle!
As long as he follows along this line of thinking and makes Scathach happy, maybe everything will be settled.
But…
Eikou slightly furrows his brows.
That strange yet serious sense of morality rises up again. Saying only pleasant words without any substantive action is, in essence, still evading the issue.
"…Sorry, Shishou. In the end, I still want to take responsibility for what I said, so things aren't like what you think. After Tristan caused trouble, we were already doing our utmost just to survive, and never once thought about deliberately stirring up chaos."
Eikou answers honestly.
"Is that so? But this was also within my expectations."
Scathach's eyes narrow slightly, and a trace of displeasure appears on her beautiful, radiant face.
"But if you ask whether I want you to come back and continue teaching, then yes, I do want that. I don't like your overly strict teaching style, and I don't like how you take over all my break time and elective classes. If we're being honest, Finn-sensei's teaching is gentler. But…"
Eikou looks seriously into her beautiful red eyes and replies:
"I like you as a person. Because of that, I also like those actions that trouble others. That's why I can persist in attending your Special Training every day, and finish every single serving of that nutritious sea cucumber meal."
"Hmph…"
The Queen of the Land of Shadows merely raises her brows with elegant composure.
"So after saying all that, in the end, do you still want me to come back and teach you?"
Eikou thinks for a moment, then answers:
"In the end… I still don't want you to come back."
"Afraid I'll continue tormenting you?"
She lowers her thick, long lashes slightly, looking helpless.
"Cowardly disciple."
"That's only part of it. The other part is that my possessiveness is actually quite strong…"
His hands gently wrap around Scathach's beautiful back, holding her in his arms softly yet firmly.
"To put it bluntly, from now on I only want you to teach me alone. You only need to have one student."
His words dissolve into the very close distance between them, their breaths intertwining, like two currents of wind lightly touching each other.
[Scathach is very satisfied with your answer. Affection increases greatly. Receive an Encouragement Dice.]