Chapter 4: Serious Talk 

After being sent to the infirmary, Duente lay on the bed, intending to pretend to sleep for a while.

The gym teacher and Miqi saw that Duente had dozed off and went back to their own business.

Suddenly, Duente felt a wave of pain crash over him. 

His entire body felt as if it were engulfed in flames, yet he hadn’t suffered any injuries, and this was a safe infirmary.

He tried to call out but couldn’t make a sound, and his whole body was paralyzed.

He saw a winged demihuman—or an angel?—soaring through the sky.

He was certain he had fallen into a hallucination, because he should have been in the infirmary.

Turning his head, he saw an endless sea of fire beneath the sky. 

A pure white angel transformed into blazing flames and charged at him.

He couldn’t dodge, and he watched helplessly as the flames swallowed him.

“No!”

Duente gasped, finally breaking free from the illusion.

The school bell had already rung. 

Duente realized he had slept for a long time.

“Oh, you’re awake?”

A woman with purple hair, dressed in a white lab coat, white blouse, and a black pencil skirt, walked over to Duente’s bed. 

She sat down unhurriedly on a stool and gazed at him gently.

Thick black stockings covered her thighs, making her look even more slender, but they couldn’t hide the charm of her mature figure.

“Teacher Furmyna… I am…”

“You’re amazing. Being burned by heavenly fire and not even getting a scratch—you just slept through the whole afternoon.”

“Teacher? What are you talking about?”

“Your body’s pretty good, quite sturdy.”

Furmyna lightly stroked Duente’s chest with her hand.

Her technique was so skilled that Duente felt a tingling numbness.

“T-Teacher? What are you doing?”

“You’re already this old, and you’re still so shy? Looks like you really don’t get it, huh?” Furmyna’s gaze was hazy, her smile sweet.

“Get what?” Duente pulled the blanket up to cover his body.

“If you want to get it, I have some good stuff here.” Furmyna withdrew her jade-like hand, placed it in front of her lips, and put on a mysterious expression.

“Good stuff… is it new health education materials?”

“What new materials? It’s even more exciting than the materials!” Furmyna adjusted her gold-rimmed glasses and reached straight for Duente’s blanket, grabbing it tightly.

“Teacher! Don’t!”

“Be good! Let me see!”

“Stop it already! You horny pervert health teacher!”

Just then, Liweida landed a flying kick that sent Furmyna tumbling to the floor.

Furmyna rolled a couple of times before stopping, already unconscious.

Liweida pointed at her and cursed, “Don’t you dare touch my Duente!”

“Li-Liweida? Why are you here?”

Liweida immediately composed her angry expression, turned around, and faced Duente with the sweetest smile.

“Senior, I heard you were injured, so I came specially to keep you company.”

Liweida sat down on the stool Furmyna had just vacated. 

Her behavior was natural and very ladylike.

As expected of the most beautiful girl at Sky Dome Academy.

“I’m fine, but Teacher Furmyna… she isn’t dead from your kick, is she?”

“Oh, Senior, don’t worry about that perverted . If she dares to defile you, I’ll kill her anyway.”

“Huh?”

“Nothing, Senior. What do you want to eat? I’ll go buy it for you~”

Duente couldn’t help but feel that women were truly unpredictable creatures.

In his previous life, all his attention was on Ailisi. 

In this life, he realized that his childhood friend wasn’t just cute—her personality was also much more straightforward than Ailisi’s.

Something that had been tense inside him loosened.

Furmyna got up, leaning against the bed railing. 

Her glasses were crooked.

She steadied herself with difficulty and said to Liweida, “Little classmate, I have no grudge against you. Why did you attack me?”

Liweida shot her a hostile look and said with a fake smile, “I know you’ve been staring at Duente, haven’t you? I advise you to be careful, or I won’t let you off.”

“Little classmate… I’m just very curious about how he could resist the Innate Flames,” Furmyna explained patiently, holding her kicked waist. 

“Ailisi’s Innate Flames are flames unique to this world. No one should be able to escape them unscathed.”

“Then what was all that ‘good stuff’ nonsense? Weren’t you harassing my senior?” Liweida didn’t back down.

“I have medicine that can help him recover! What exactly are you misunderstanding?”

This time, Liweida was stunned.

“It… it’s like that? Ahaha…” Liweida wasn’t so much embarrassed as she realized she might have exposed something.

As a woman, Furmyna could see Liweida’s intentions at a glance.

Duente, on the other hand, had no idea what was going on between the two beauties.

He threw off the blanket, stood up, and said, “Teacher, since you have good medicine, you should have said so earlier. You made me misunderstand too.”

Furmyna gave a wicked, charming smile and said seductively, “Duente, I don’t dislike students with bodies as strong as yours, you know~”

Liweida clenched her fists tightly, barely restraining the urge to punch Furmyna.

Sensing her tension, Furmyna immediately said, “Hey, hey, I’m telling you, hitting a teacher is against school rules! I was in the wrong this time, so I’ll let it slide, but don’t you hurt me again!”

Duente felt that his impression of Teacher Furmyna had changed.

In his previous life, when he was still in school, he had been a frequent visitor to the infirmary. 

Teacher Furmyna had always been diligent, quiet, and gentle with students.

But in this life, Teacher Furmyna seemed much more talkative?

“Duente, don’t look at me with those strange eyes. I’m just interested in your constitution.”

Furmyna took out a blue pill and placed it in Duente’s hand, “Take this pill first, then come see me in a week.”

“Is this poison?” Duente asked without thinking.

“Of course not. I don’t want to lose my job. But you can trust me—this pill will help you.”

With that, Furmyna clicked her high heels and left the infirmary, leaving a trail of fragrance behind.

Liweida said with disgust, “Tch, perverted .”

“You seem to really hate Teacher Furmyna?”

“I hate every woman who gets close to my senior.”

Duente felt a bit overwhelmed and smiled wryly, “Isn’t that a bit exaggerated?”

Liweida immediately changed her expression and laughed, “Of course I’m joking~”

Seeing her finally cheer up, Duente felt relieved and returned to his usual demeanor.

“Let’s go grab something to eat. Then I have to have a serious talk with you about the ‘Black Tower Trial.'”

“Wait… Senior!” Liweida called out to Duente as he reached the infirmary door.

“Hmm? What’s up?”

Her face was red, and she kept glancing at Duente, looking very shy.

‘Could it be…’