Please calm down, ma'am

The next morning, at the office.

Yuko set her things down by her seat and turned to ask, "Miyu, did anything happen on your way home yesterday?"

Ochi Miyu looked over in confusion. "No. Why do you ask?"

"Nothing. Just making conversation." Yuko took the lunchbox from her bag and placed it on Miyu's desk. "Here, this is your lunch for today."

"Ah, I told you, you don't have to." Miyu awkwardly scratched her cheek.

Yuko smiled faintly and was about to say something.

Just then, several knocks came from the door, followed by a calm, steady voice.

"Excuse me. Is Teacher Yuko here?"

Everyone instinctively looked toward the door, where a beautiful young woman who appeared to be around thirty was standing.

"Why are you here? I was planning to give that guy a piece of my mind." Yuko ran a troubled hand through her hair, then apologized. "Ah, sorry, Miss Katagiri. I'm not upset with you."

The visitor was Uryu Ishida's mother, Ryuken Ishida's wife, Katagiri Yuehui.

As a Mixed-blood Quincy, Katagiri Yuehui had lost her powers during the Saint Discernment several years ago. It could even be said that without Yuko's help, she would not have lasted much longer.

Although it had only taken away a Quincy's powers, it was undoubtedly equivalent to removing an important organ from a healthy person—something that could easily prove fatal.

If Yuko had been any later, Katagiri Yuehui might no longer have existed.

Katagiri Yuehui shook her head slightly, her bearing mature and polite. "Ryuken-sama was unable to come in person because of work. But if this concerns the parents, then as that child's mother, I should have the right to be scolded in Ryuken-sama's place."

Miyu's lips twitched violently twice. She turned away speechlessly. "What does that mean?"

"Why does