Tanuki Rise of the Yokai Clan

Chapter 84: What is your wish?

During the lunch, he mostly spent his time with Kirin. It wasn't that he didn't want to spend his time with his classmates, but she came to his class as soon as the break started. It was like she was a puppy who wanted to be with her master all the time. However, she was cute, so it didn't matter, and it might take a while for him to get his hands on the other main heroines since they were so close with Amagiri, considering those two heroines were in the same class as the protagonist.

Maybe the reason why he got his hands on Kirin and Claudia was that they weren't in the same class as the protagonist, so it caused the protagonist's aura to be a little weaker.

The protagonist's aura could make the girls have a good impression of the protagonist, no matter how pathetic he is. Whether it was a failure, blunder, or cowardice, it wouldn't affect the feelings of the girls toward the protagonist, and moreover, the protagonist didn't have a competitor.

The heroines were always like this. Even if they were beautiful, the only guys that ever approached them were only the protagonist, and no one else approached them even if they were beautiful.

However, in the real world, such a thing was impossible, right?

After all, every guy was interested in beautiful girls. They were a rare resource, so it was normal for them to be favored by all the guys.

'Wait, don't tell me!'

As he had faced two protagonists, he was sure that the protagonist's aura was like a subtle mental inference ability. It would affect someone's mind when they didn't realize it, but it wasn't omnipotent, and it would only give a subtle change in the decision of someone, so they make inexplicable decisions, which they wouldn't make, according to their habits, personality, and their identity, so it would make them have a good impression of the protagonist and interrupt those who wanted to take advantage of the heroines and the protagonist.

Still, while this ability was troublesome, it wasn't absolute since it couldn't fully change the minds of someone like how the hypnosis app, which usually showed in the hentai manga.

However, while it might be late, it seemed he was also affected by this ability since he hesitated to choose the Seidoukan even if he got a special scholarship invitation from Claudia.

He knew the reward that was received from the main heroines was better than the side heroines, yet why was he hesitating to choose the Seidoukan? If he didn't hesitate and just accepted the invitation right away, then he could stop Julis and the protagonist from meeting each other. By then, he could also have a good impression of the protagonist's childhood friend.

However, he hesitated and joined the Jie Long tournament, causing him to waste much of his time. Even though he was able to get various rewards from the system through it, he knew that he had given the upper hand to the protagonist.

If he wanted to get his hands on Julis and Saya, he needed to make a different plan.

'Dammit!'

He felt angry at himself at this moment since he realized that he might have gotten too arrogant. If Claudia didn't stop him and made him join the Seidoukan, he knew that he would lose a lot of chances to get his hands on the main heroines as they had fallen to the protagonist.

Still, he knew that the protagonist's charm wasn't absolute. There was still room for a counterattack, and he needed to take down two of the main heroines as soon as possible since the longer he waited, the more their hearts would be taken down by the protagonist since as long as they were on the side of the protagonist, their hearts would sway toward the protagonist before they fell for him.

'I need to thank Claudia.'

While he wasn't sure why Claudia had fallen for him, he knew that it had something to do with Pandora.

'Pandora.'

Frankly, after he came, this guy was rather quiet and never interrupted Claudia's night. He had thought that this weapon would give Claudia a nightmare or something, but it seemed such a thing didn't happen. Frankly, he forgot to ask the price that Claudia had to pay to wield such a weapon, but it didn't matter since she seemed so radiant now.

To show how grateful he was toward her, he decided to give his reward, which made him able to make any wishes to the IEF to Claudia. He wasn't sure what her wish was, but he believed in her.

Yet, he had to say this protagonist's aura was troublesome, and once again, he had to thank Claudia since she gave him a good ability.

'I'm going to thank her a lot tonight.'

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"Achoo!"

Claudia felt her nose was itchy. "Is Tamazuki thinking about me?" She smiled, but then she felt a bit helpless since she realized that her body couldn't handle him alone, yet she had to say it felt so good, so for now, she was going to work hard before enjoying her night with him.

However, when she thought about her wish, she knew she had to compensate him in her own way.

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Yet, when he thought about Claudia's wish, he wondered whether Kirin also had a wish.

"Kirin."

"What's wrong, Sensei?"

"You followed your uncle before because you have a wish, right?"

"Yes."

"Then, what is that wish?"

Everyone who came to this island must have a certain wish in their heart, whether it was something mundane such as money, status, or even a woman, so he wondered what her wish was since she let herself be abused by her uncle.

His question surprised her, but she nodded with a bitter smile. "I... I want to save my father."

"What's wrong with your father?"

"Well..."

Kirin didn't hesitate and told him everything. When she was eight, she became a hostage of a terrorist, and to save her, her father killed the terrorist, and because of that, her father became a prisoner.

"It's not my father's fault. He did that because she wanted to save me, but... but... it is my fault... If I could do something back then... then... this wouldn't happen."

If only she could do something to that terrorist, then her father wouldn't become a prisoner, and she also didn't need to be abused by her uncle.

When he listened to her story, he had to sigh since he knew her father only did self-defense, but as her father was Genestellar, this led to the situation where her father became a criminal since Genestellar had always been discriminated against, but did she not realize that when her father was caught, there was no news her father was caught because he killed a criminal?

Kirin's family wasn't poor. Instead, her family was rich since she came from a prestigious samurai clan that had lasted for so many centuries. In other words, they had a lot of money, so to hush this type of news was extremely easy for them, including saving her father.

For the Toudo Clan, if they wanted to take Kirin's father out of prison, it was easy since in the world where IEF governed, everything was ruled by money. As long as the money was enough, it was easy to get Kirin's father from prison, but the Toudou Clan didn't do that; they only wanted to save the reputation of the Toudou Clan, so the news of Kirin's father being put into prison wasn't announced.

As for Kirin's father? He only needed to stay in prison for a while, after all, so there was no need to hurry to save him.

Nevertheless, he knew that everything was far from simple. Probably, because the Toudou Clan wasn't a monolith and not everyone was being controlled by her father, this incident probably gave them a chance, so they could take their hands on the leadership of the Toudou Clan along with all the business that this clan had over the span of centuries. Instead, it was better for them that Kirin's father stayed in jail as long as he could.

However, Kirin couldn't see that.

While he admitted that her disciple was an extremely talented swordsman, her head wasn't that bright.

"It's okay. It's your fault. It isn't your father's fault. It's the fault of the terrorist."

He wrapped his arm around her slender shoulder and gently caressed it as he comforted her. "Once again, it isn't your fault, Kirin."

"Ye-Yes..."

Her face flushed red, and her heart was beating so fast as he was so close.

Still, it made him wonder whether Kirin's mother was lonely without her father. It might be weird for him to think of Kirin's mother, but as her teacher, shouldn't he need to care about the well-being of her family?

However, he understood that her purpose in coming to Asterik was to save her father. By winning the Festa, she would be granted a wish, and she would use this wish to save her father.

"You don't need to worry. I will help you with the matter of your father."

"Eh?" Kirin was surprised.

"What? You don't believe in your teacher?" He looked at her softly as he gently tapped her small, pointed nose. "I will help him get out of prison. Believe me, okay?"

"Sen-Sensei..."

Kirin was already in tears. Not only had he taught her many of the secret techniques which he had learned and also made her days became radiant every day, but he also told her that he was going to get her father out of prison, which made her happy, yet she also felt complex since she didn't know how to repay him.

"But... but how should I repay you?"

"You are my student; why should you repay me?"

"But... but this isn't good! I haven't given you anything, Sensei... but... but you have given me so much."

"Then, will you be satisfied if I request something from you?"

"Yes! Please! If you have any requests, then I will help you with anything!" Kirin made a face full of determination.

"Anything?"

"A-Anything!" She was a bit nervous but also anticipated what kind of a request he was going to ask, but she hoped it could be a perverted one.

'Wait! Wait! You can't think of anything like that, Kirin!'

He smiled softly, causing her heart to beat even faster as she became shyer.

'As expected, when Sensei smiles... he is so handsome...'

She wanted to see him smile even more, she thought.

However, it might be because he had learned too much from the protagonist that during a critical moment, something had always interrupted him.

"Um... sorry, but can you give me a minute to talk with you?"

While Kirin was startled and hid behind him timidly, his eyes changed, smiling inwardly when he saw his target had bitten the bait.