It’s meant to be put in the mouth.
The outer rubber strap is to help it stay in the mouth better.
The hollow holes are to let saliva flow out easily.
Overall, this thing is a toy, and an indoor toy at that.
It’s not really suitable to be shown off in public like this.
Let alone used to ask a friend of the opposite sex for identification.
Embarrassing.
Exceptionally embarrassing.
The air around them seemed to freeze.
At this moment, Ziteng Sayaka just wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
How could it be that kind of thing?
But thinking about the identity of the person who gave it to her, everything suddenly seemed to make sense.
As expected, none of the villainous executives are any good!
There was no time to curse Yeyan in her heart.
The girl had to start doing something to salvage her reputation right now.
“Student Hoshino Gen, it’s not what you think…”
Ziteng Sayaka explained, her face flushed.
Hoshino Gen quickly nodded.
“I understand. You were just curious, right?”
If anything, in a setting similar to Japan where such toys and related industries are so developed, it would be more unusual if a girl didn’t know what this was.
Ziteng Sayaka breathed a sigh of relief.
She believed Hoshino-kun was a healthy, normal boy who wouldn’t think in strange, perverted directions.
However, Hoshino Gen suddenly changed the subject.
“But I am quite curious about what you said earlier. What did you mean by ‘if it works, I might not be able to do without it later’? What specific effect does it have? Why wouldn’t you be able to do without it?”
Oh no!
Her heart, which had just settled, was now in her throat again.
She had said too much when she was begging him earlier.
Was this the consequence of talking too much?
Ziteng Sayaka regretted it so much her intestines were turning green.
If she could do it over, she would rather suppress this question and wait until the next time she saw Yeyan than ask Hoshino Gen about it.
“This… this…”
No matter how quick-witted Ziteng Sayaka was, she couldn’t think of how to answer these questions on the spot.
The look Hoshino Gen was giving her now was like he was looking at a stranger.
She seemed independent and strong on the surface, but secretly she was a promiscuous woman who could use such a toy.
She probably already had a master…
‘It’s not like that! It’s really not like that!’
In those few seconds, she thought of countless explanations, but every single one inevitably circled back to the topic of “Magical Girls.”
Ziteng Sayaka stammered, “I-It’s… it’s a friend playing a joke on me. Only after hearing your explanation, Student Hoshino, did I realize I was being pranked.”
Hoshino Gen quickly pretended to have a sudden realization.
“Oh, I see. Then that friend of yours really has quite a… unique sense of humor.”
If he didn’t immediately smooth things over, Ziteng Sayaka would probably run away in shame every time she saw him from now on, and they wouldn’t even be able to remain friends.
Even so, Ziteng Sayaka was still very uneasy and asked weakly, “It was all just a misunderstanding, Hoshino-kun. You… you won’t tell anyone about this, right?”
Hoshino Gen said, “Of course not. Let’s treat this as a little secret between the two of us. I absolutely won’t tell anyone else.”
A little secret between the two of them?
Those words were clearly meant to reassure her, so why did they suddenly feel a little… thrilling?
“Then… then pinky promise with me.”
Ziteng Sayaka extended her little finger.
“Okay, pinky promise it is.”
Hoshino Gen also extended his little finger, and the two hooked them together.
Their eyes met.
Looking into Hoshino Gen’s clear, sincere gaze, an inexplicable feeling arose in Ziteng Sayaka’s heart—this person would definitely not deceive her.
“Whoever lies has to swallow a thousand needles.”
After reciting the “spell,” their thumbs pressed firmly together, completing the ritual.
Ziteng Sayaka took the thing back from Hoshino Gen’s hand, crumpled it into a ball, and simultaneously opened the classroom window.
She assumed the stance of a javelin thrower preparing to launch.
Hoshino Gen asked curiously, “What are you doing?”
Ziteng Sayaka looked out the window at the sky.
In the infinite distance, the face of that villain Yeyan seemed to appear.
She just wanted to hurl this thing back at him with all her might.
“I would never use something like this! Get as far away from me as possible!”
The girl shouted, as if venting all her embarrassment and shame, and threw the object in her hand with all her strength.
It vanished from sight instantly.
With the physical abilities of a Magical Girl, something thrown with full force was gone before Hoshino Gen even had a chance to see a blur.
The Magic Power Controller he had gone to such lengths to have Kunimitian research was just…
Gone.
After all, Hoshino Gen wasn’t a mad scientist himself.
He could only order his subordinates to make things for him through certain methods.
It couldn’t be helped if the resulting products carried a strong personal style.
Hoshino Gen was a pragmatist himself.
Who cares what it looks like, as long as it works, right?
Oh well.
He’d just have to find time later to ask Kunimitian to make another one.
Hopefully, the next Magic Power Controller wouldn’t be such an outrageous thing.
Considering Kunimitian’s usual style…
The chances weren’t great.
—
Kurosawa Shizuka walked on the path to school, holding teaching materials in her arms, which blocked her ample chest completely.
Her high heels made crisp sounds on the stone pavement.
She was still wearing professional attire, but it was a new set, slightly more form-fitting than her previous one, and the pencil skirt was shorter than before.
Just the sight of her walking from behind could inspire endless fantasies.
A woman dresses up for the one who appreciates her.
Having found a goal to pursue in her heart, Kurosawa Shizuka naturally had higher standards for her own appearance.
However, Kurosawa Shizuka hadn’t been very happy lately.
She had discovered that the precious little otaku she liked wasn’t staying holed up at home anymore—he had actually started attending school.
And not just any school; he had entered the high school division of the very school where she worked. Getting into that high school division wasn’t simple.
You either had to be exceptionally talented or come from wealth and privilege.
She knew Hoshino Gen’s family background, so it could only be the former.
Kurosawa Shizuka was first happy, pleased that she hadn’t misjudged him.
To get into Chiyu Academy High School Division, Hoshino Gen was definitely an outstanding person.
But soon, she started to worry.
The first point of worry was that once Hoshino Gen started school, he would come into contact with many more girls.
She would have many more competitors without even realizing it.
And what if some unscrupulous, heartless girl deceived him a second time?
The blow to him would surely be even greater, right?
The second point of worry was that teacher-student relationships were strictly forbidden in any school, even between a junior high teacher and a high school student.
When Hoshino Gen was an otaku, her pursuit of him could still be called free love.
But now that he was a student at her school, pursuing him would be a completely different matter.
It would be a female teacher seducing a male student—the kind of thing that makes it onto TV news.
Although, as a junior high teacher and a high school student, even in the same school, the chances of them having any interaction were almost nonexistent.
But just the thought that Hoshino Gen might make new friends, especially new friends of the opposite sex, made Kurosawa Shizuka’s heart boil with jealousy.
This meant that during his high school years, she could only watch from the sidelines as Hoshino Gen was surrounded by girls, unable to do anything herself.
Damn it!
Was she supposed to just endure like this until Hoshino Gen graduated?
The more Kurosawa Shizuka thought about it, the more annoyed she became.
She kicked a pebble by the roadside with her high heel.
Suddenly, a sharp whistling sound reached her ears. Something was flying toward her at high speed.
An ambush?!
Thwack!
After all, she was a former Magical Girl.
Kurosawa Shizuka’s reaction speed was quite fast.
Almost instantly, a subtle surge of water magic gathered in her palm, and she snatched the flying “projectile” out of the air.
However, when she opened her palm and saw clearly what this so-called projectile was, Kurosawa Shizuka was completely dumbfounded.
Are you insane?
Who throws a little toy like this in broad daylight?
At Kurosawa Shizuka’s age, even if she hadn’t used one, she should have seen or heard about what various toys looked like.
Her university roommates used to play with all sorts ofèŠ±æ · back then.
It was then that Kurosawa Shizuka realized that compared to them, she was as pure as a baby.
Glancing in the direction the toy had come from, another wave of surprise hit Kurosawa Shizuka.
The toy had actually flown from the direction of the school.
Whoever threw it with that speed and force was definitely not an ordinary person.
In other words, it was highly likely to be a Magical Girl from the school.
Well, isn’t this a coincidence?
She had just been thinking about how to help Lord Yeyan, and here comes a pillow delivered just as she was feeling sleepy.
If she could identify the toy’s owner and quietly spread the word…
That person would definitely face social death, right?
They absolutely would, right?
Thinking this, Kurosawa Shizuka put the little toy away and continued walking toward the school.
Chapter 26 was skipped