Tanuki Rise of the Yokai Clan

Chapter 76: Early bird gets the worm

He was late, and Kirin understood that, yet the reason was... the bed was just too comfortable?

"...."

Kirin wanted to say something, but as a timid girl, she hardly had anything to complain to this teacher of hers.

"By the way, have you eaten breakfast?"

"Ah, um... I have a little."

"Then, do you want this strawberry milk?"

"Strawberry milk?"

"I made it myself, though."

"Eh? Really?"

"Do you want to try it?"

"Is that okay?"

"Sure." Tamazuki nodded and then gave the strawberry milk to Kirin.

Kirin was a bit nervous but also excited and curious. She took the tumbler before she sucked the long straw on the tumbler with her pretty, small lips. Instantly, her eyes shone brightly and excitedly, sucking all the milk inside the tumbler and finishing the milk without leaving anything behind.

"Is it good?" He was just quiet and watched all of this in silence.

"Yes, Sensei!" She nodded but also felt embarrassed since she didn't want to appear like a glutton in front of her teacher, but she had to say it was delicious.

Still, if he knew what she was thinking, he would say he didn't care. "You are still young, so you need a lot of nutrients. Eat well, sleep well, and train hard. That's what you need to do, especially when you have a lot of potential inside you." He didn't lie since, compared to the protagonist, this girl had more talent. The reason why the protagonist was able to win over this girl was that the protagonist had made this girl fall for him, so it weakened her.

However, that was the original story, and such a thing was impossible to happen in this story.

"Ye-Yes!"

She was quite flustered but enjoyed the pat on her head so much. As she was born into a family of martial artists and also had a talent for it, her life was rather harsh. When one was being spoiled, she needed to train hard, so she enjoyed his gentleness much.

"Ah, um, Sensei, what are we going to do now?"

"Let's start the training tomorrow. As for what we will do now, I want to get to know you better."

"Eh? To know me better?!" She blushed, wondering what it meant. Did he like her? Wait! Wait! They were a teacher and a student, so it should be bad! Yet... why didn't she hate it?

"Besides your name, your previous status as a rank one of the Seidoukan, and your relationship with your uncle, I don't know much about you."

"..."

Kirin sighed, but she quickly cheered up. "Th-Then, can I ask about you too, Sensei?"

"Sure."

Hearing that answer, she nodded with a bright smile. However, as expected, she was interested in his last attack since he hadn't explained it before, and it was hard to ask about it when Claudia presented.

"Oh, that one? That isn't pure swordsmanship, but you can say that it is my talent."

"Talent?"

"Well, you can learn it, though, but it is hard, so do you want to learn it?"

"Yes!"

Her voice had no trace of timidity, and she agreed without hesitation.

"I will tell you tomorrow about it, but in simple terms, I used your blindspot to approach you and cut you on the last battle."

"...blindspot?"

Did she have something like that? Her mind was fully focused on him, so it should be impossible for her to have a blindspot, right?"

He only smiled and said, "When we walk like this, you can see everything, right?"

"Yes."

"But did you notice the pebbles on the street when we walked before? Did you count the number?"

"...."

"Let's see, humans are nothing more than animals, and like a machine, they can't process all the tiny details that they see and hear, and the brain certainly can't consciously recognize all of those sights and sounds. After all, if they process and analyze everything they see and hear, their brain will burn out. Therefore, the human brain will toss low-priority information into the unconscious and abdicate recognizing them in order to ease the load on itself."

"Then..." Kirin widened her eyes.

"Yes, I used that mechanism to defeat you. As a result, even though you could still see me, you couldn't recognize that fact. Even though your brain and the eye could capture my movements, they couldn't be processed because the consciousness was classifying them as unnecessary information, to the degree that a life-threatening danger could approach little more than a blink away.

When I approached and defeated you, you just zoned out until everything was over, right?"

"..." Kirin turned speechless at such a godly technique. She could tell she could become stronger by mastering this technique, but was it fine?

"It's fine. It's fine. You are my student, after all, and I also want you to help me to create a new swordsmanship technique."

"Ne-New swordsmanship technique?!"

"Yes." Tamazuki nodded. "I have learned many swordsmanship techniques in my life, and now, it is time for me to use that knowledge to make the strongest swordsmanship technique." Of course, he was just saying nonsense this time, but he didn't lie since he wanted to make a swordsmanship technique, especially when he got a "Sword Talent" from Kirin.

Yet, for Kirin, she felt like his existence was even brighter. It was so radiant, yet it made her even more eager to follow him.

"....."

"Ye-Yes, Sensei! Please, let Kirin follow you!"

"You don't need to get serious. The morning is nice. Let's just enjoy the morning, okay?"

"Un!"

Still, he was quite curious why she was so into swordsmanship, which she answered with a bitter smile.

"I am clumsy. I am also not that smart, but even so, I have my swordsmanship."

In other words, her swordsmanship was the only thing that she could be proud of.

Yet when he looked at her profile, he was sure that many girls would curse her for saying something like that, but it wasn't his place to talk, and he just patted her head as they continued to talk about many things.

She talked about many things, like a chirping bird in the early morning, wanting her master to hear her beautiful voice. She also kept following him like a baby duck full of trust and didn't hesitate to tell him anything which he wanted to know.

Watching this girl, he was afraid that this girl might be deceived by a scumbag, so he thought that it was his duty to teach her that not all men were a good thing. A man was nothing but an evil wolf. Giving them a chance, they would devour a girl without leaving a single bone, and as her teacher, it was his duty to teach her that.

Covering himself in the sheep-like costume, he pretended like he was a gentle and harmless gentleman, waiting for his chance to put his fangs into the tender, soft skin of the young girl.

Wait, he wouldn't do that!

Still, as they walked, his nose twitched slightly. He knew this scent. No, he had deliberately registered this scent since he wanted to be careful with this person.

The protagonist.

He was sure that the protagonist was about to come in his direction, then, coincidentally, they met each other like before the story of love began. It was the basic ability of the protagonist. They could meet the heroines by any chance, anytime, especially at the moment of their crisis.

Frankly, he was helpless, but he couldn't deny it was a good ability, especially to seduce a girl.

Still, he didn't think the protagonist could do anything, even if they happened to meet, but he was too lazy to meet the protagonist.

The only thing which he was speechless about was why this guy walked in a place where no one would pass. It was as if this guy tried to search for a heroine in the crisis deliberately, making him annoyed, but it also strengthened his desire to take all the heroines around the protagonist.

"Well, it's almost time for us to go to school. Let's go back, Kirin."

"Ah, um, yes..." She felt reluctant to leave him, but it couldn't be helped since she had to attend school.

"If you don't mind, how about we meet again at lunch later? I want to talk with you more."

"Yes~!"

This might be the brightest smile that Kirin had shown him today.

As they parted, Amagiri walked into the place where they just stood, oblivious of anything.