A Good Teacher and a Good Mother / Arms

He was the first person on this path of the Divine Soul, the founder. Yotsuya Miko was the second person on this path of the Divine Soul, and perhaps the last.

Thinking of the Yin spirit that would eventually take human form, Yotsuya Miko couldn't help but sigh.

As the creator of this Great Path of the Divine Soul, Zhang Qiudao was intimately familiar with its details and effects. For him, tampering with these realms wouldn't be difficult; in fact, it would be quite simple. Yotsuya Miko, who was initially unaware of cultivation matters, was powerless to change anything once she realized Zhang Qiudao's scheme. After all, how could a newcomer like her, who had only been cultivating for less than half a year, compare to an old demon who had lived for two thousand years and whose foundation was unknown? Even the things she used were given to her by this old demon.

She really doesn't have enough time.

The limit this world can accommodate is only the Golden Core realm. Once she steps into the next realm, either the world will collapse because it can't bear it, or she will fail to break through because the world can't contain her, or she will be forcibly rejected by the world. No matter what the outcome, neither she nor this world will be happy. As for the living beings in this world... needless to say.

Already in a precarious state of life and death, they are bound to face chaos when the world's rules break down.

This world is far too special.

Yotsuya Miko wanted to suppress her cultivation level, but that wasn't something she could control. Besides, the mutation was continuing, and it would gradually intensify as her cultivation level increased. This was precisely because her connection with the unknown, powerful demon from beyond the realm was becoming increasingly close.

Holding Yuria's hand beside her, and seeing that she was completely unaware of these things, Yotsuya Miko didn't say much.

She didn't intend to tell anyone about this, because even if she did, it would be a hollow truth that no one could change. She had already made a pact with this world to leave it on the day she would depart, before the next realm erupted, before the alienation completely devoured her.

As for what happened after that?

"Yuria, go."

Her gaze softened as she looked at the blonde girl beside her, leading her step by step to the two middle-aged men. Although the future was already set in stone, at least for now she could continue to accompany them, preserving a sense of nostalgia for herself.

Let's just say it was her personal wish as a dying woman.

Perhaps, this is a good ending, Yotsuya Miko thought.

Yuria walked silently to the two of them, still somewhat at a loss in front of her biological parents, until her birth mother hugged her tightly, at which point she finally realized that the people standing in front of her were her parents.

"... Mother?"

There was no response, only the sobbing of a mother. Her heavy weeping seemed to be an outpouring of all her regret.

The man standing there seemed to have changed his expression slightly. His face, which had been troubled, became even more bitter after witnessing what was happening before him. People began to gather, some lingering, others glancing at the scene before moving on.

The "Sandwich Attack" didn't know what to do, so it contacted the teacher and waited for the adults to handle the situation.

Yotsuya Miko silently walked to Yuria's side, her gaze falling on the middle-aged man. Then she lowered her gaze to Yuria, whose eyes were slightly red, and whispered something.

"It will feel better if you cry it out."

Yuria remained silent, her heart enveloped by another emotion. The past resentment and bitterness, however, seemed to dissipate considerably when she was held in her mother's arms and heard her mother's repeated confessions. In their place lay a deep sense of grievance, a feeling of "you only realize this now." She bit her lip, her heart overflowing with resentment.

But this precocious child stubbornly raised his head and closed his eyes.

She still couldn't let go, even with just a little bit left. Could crying really solve the problem?

"We were wrong, Yuria."

She opened her eyes, and what she saw was her father's bowed head. She couldn't see his face clearly, nor could she hear his voice, but that didn't matter anymore.

Tears blurred her vision.

She suddenly felt like she had been too pathetic. Was all she wanted from her parents an apology? Was that all it took?

"That's because you're a good girl, Yuria."

The voice that answered her question was all too familiar; it was the voice of Yotsuya Miku.

"You still love them, and they still love you."

Chapter 296 A Good Teacher and a Good Mother

The cultural festival continued, and these personal emotional matters had little impact on such a grand event.

When Yurikawa Hana arrived at the scene, the three of them were already quite upset from crying. She took Yotsuya Kyosuke's hand and silently walked to her mother's side.

The teacher, who had assumed there had been a dispute, rushed over. She glanced at the scene and immediately guessed what had happened. It was just another case between a student and a parent. Seeing that the three seemed to have reconciled, she didn't think much of it. After asking around about the cause and course of events, she understood the gist of it and tactfully left.

"It'll be our turn soon, Miko."

After all this commotion, the shift change time for the class was finally approaching. Hua looked at her phone; some classmates had already started reminding her.

"Yes, we should head back too."

Yotsuya Miko nodded, glanced at Yuria who had calmed down after venting her anger, and turned to leave. They could talk about it later; for now, they should leave it to Yuria and her parents.

"We should go too."

Yotsuya Touko glanced at the time on her phone, then at the three people beside her, and said nothing more.

"We've pretty much seen everything about this school festival. Although we didn't Miko your class, Mrs. Yurikawa and I think we should skip the haunted house."

"That's true, I really dislike haunted houses."

Mrs. Yurikawa did not refute, but nodded and looked at her daughter.

For some reason, she felt that her daughter seemed a little unhappy, but she didn't think much of it. She waved to the two people who were walking away (Part 3)?! Wu Qi slipped away/raised his hand.

"Make sure you have a good time at the cultural festival! Miko, Hua!"

Are you happy? It would be strange if anyone were happy after something like this happened.

Yotsuya Touko didn't share her optimism. Although she was involved in the whole affair, she seemed unaffected. Thinking about it that way, Hana had indeed inherited Mrs. Yurikawa's optimism and energy.

She held Yotsuya Kyosuke's hand and learned from Hana about the unfortunate thing that had happened to the child. Although she felt a little sorry for him, she wasn't too affected. Judging from Kyosuke's expression, this matter didn't seem to have a big impact on him. She could just buy him some treats to cheer him up later. Children are naturally quick to forget such unpleasant things.

As for those disruptive girls, as an adult, she couldn't really say anything. Besides, such things don't necessarily happen entirely out of malice, and it would be better to dwell on it too much.

"... Um, are you Kyosuke's mother?"

As she was thinking about these things and walking out of the school, two girls suddenly walked towards her. Behind them was a red-haired young man.

"Yes, who are you?"

She was about to ask, but from Yotsuya Kyosuke's sudden movement of hiding behind her, she probably already knew who the two girls were.

"These two are my students. Hello, Mrs. Yotsuya."

Tono Zen walked up to Yotsuya Touko from behind the two of them, and looked at the child hiding behind Yotsuya Touko with his red eyes. The child had never seen him before, and did not seem to be afraid as he had when he saw Morino and Yamazaki.

Tono Zen didn't know how to deal with children. He just glanced at the child and then belatedly smiled.

"Don't be afraid, I'm not a bad person. Rather, I'm here to apologize to you with these two bad guys, right, Morino and Yamazaki -san?"

The gentle words sent chills down the spines of the two students, who were even terrified when they heard their own names.

"Mrs. Yotsuya is aware of what happened at the haunted house, isn't she? I'm so sorry that my two unruly students have caused such trouble for your child; it's my dereliction of duty as a teacher."

As he spoke, he bowed deeply to Mrs. Yotsuya in front of him.

"And of course, this lovely little girl. I'm so sorry, those two were really outrageous— Morino- san, Yamazaki -san?"

After apologizing, he changed the subject and looked up at the two students behind him.

Morino and Yamazaki had no choice but to walk up to Yotsuya Touko with long faces and obediently lower their heads.

"Terribly sorry!"

Yotsuya Touko was somewhat surprised to see the two girls apologizing to her and Kyosuke, as well as the teacher standing beside them.

She gave Tono Zen a special look. She had heard a lot about this teacher from Yotsuya Miko. But when she actually met him, she was deeply impressed by the teacher's sense of responsibility that her daughter had described.

"It's nothing serious."

Yotsuya Touko shook her head.

"Thank you for your trouble, teacher. And... you two students, there was no need to go to such lengths. Kyosuke has already forgiven you, right, Kyosuke?"

As she spoke, she pushed out Yotsuya Kyosuke, who had been hiding behind her.

"Those two just wanted to play with you, they didn't have much ill intentions."

"Really?"

Yotsuya Kyosuke hesitated for a moment, glancing at the two girls who still hadn't looked up, then at the young man behind them, before turning his gaze to his mother.

Just as Yotsuya Touko was about to offer some words of advice, a girl with her head down suddenly pulled some candy from her pocket and handed it to Yotsuya Kyosuke.

"We really didn't mean it, we're so sorry, little brother. If you don't mind, please consider these candies as an apology!"

Having said all that, Yotsuya Kyosuke finally didn't hesitate. He accepted the candy and nodded solemnly.

"Okay, I forgive you."

This child...

Yotsuya Touko glanced at him, her initial plan to buy him a cake vanishing. She looked at the teacher watching from the side; although she wanted to continue chatting with the teacher, she had to go back.

"Since Kyosuke has said that, neither of you should take it to heart. Let's just consider it a thing of the past."

[Smiling] NI ten I?] I Shi Ling Er Er Si Ba Si Zhe looked at the two girls, grabbed Kyosuke's hand, and prepared to walk outside.

"Have fun at the school festival, Tono Zen... right? I'm so glad to see you. You're such a wonderful teacher, and it's Miko good fortune to have you as my teacher."

"Where? Meeting a student like Miko is my good fortune, isn't it?"

Tono Zen shook his head, seeing that the matter was almost resolved, and planned to take his leave to return to his office to continue organizing his lecture notes. He wasn't one of the teachers responsible for handling matters during this cultural festival, and he wasn't originally scheduled to be there today. However, he still came to school to prepare for the courses after the cultural festival. It was fortunate that he came; otherwise, things would have been much more difficult to handle after the cultural festival.

"Alright, you two go do what you were doing."

With that, he turned to leave. Touko also took Kyosuke's hand and they continued walking out of the school.

Just then, Kyosuke suddenly pulled away from her arm.

"Um... I'm really unhappy about what happened today, but can we play together next time?"

"Huh? But..."

"I know, big sisters, you didn't mean it. So--"

Yotsuya Kyosuke looked at the two of them and spoke his mind.

Please don't tease me next time, I don't want to be teased.

Well, it seems we still have to buy a cake. Mrs. Yotsuya smiled as she watched the scene unfold before her, exchanging a smile with Tono Zen was about to leave in the distance.

"It seems that Mrs. Yotsuya has done a very good job in educating her children."

"No, no, not at all."

Chapter 297 Arm

The cultural festival lasts a long time; the first half is for class projects, and the second half is for activities by various clubs.

Among these clubs, the music club is the most eye-catching. The current president seems to have a lot of guts; it's unclear how long he negotiated with the principal before finally obtaining the autonomy to hold a concert, and he collaborated with the school and the sponsors to organize a major music event.

With members of the music club as the headliners, and students from many other classes participating, the concert was quite a large-scale event.

However, this concert was held in the evening, much later in the day, and was the last event of the cultural festival. Like the music club members performing at the concert, it was the grand finale of this cultural festival.

The morning flew by, and after a hurried lunch, there were far fewer tourists for the afternoon's class activities. This wasn't just the case for the haunted house where Miko was; the activities for the other classes were also affected.

Around three or four in the afternoon, the class activities finally came to an end. The students began to tidy up the classroom, which had been carefully decorated for the activities, and changed back into their old clothes.

Around this time, club activities begin to take place, usually held in open spaces on campus.

Yotsuya Miko tidied up the drawings pasted on the corners of the classroom and looked out the window; it was quite lively outside.

Around 5 or 6 pm, tourists who have finished dinner will gradually return to the cultural festival site to welcome even more spectacular activities. These activities, organized by various clubs, are much better than class activities, but there's nothing that can be done about it, since the venues are different.

Compared to a small space like a classroom, the outdoors is definitely more suitable for holding events.

After returning the seal to the office, Hua went back to Yotsuya Miko's side and together they tore off the blueprints from the corner of the window. These blueprints weren't too troublesome, since they had considered tearing them off before buying them.

"Miko,"

Hua placed a sheet of paper on the table, put a layer of white paper on the chair, stepped onto the chair, and began tearing at the paper from the top. As he tore, he asked Miko, who was beside him, about his doubts.

"Regarding Yuria?"

After returning to class, the two resumed their busy work. During this time, Hua also went to the coffee shop in Yuria's classroom for a cup of coffee, but did not see Yuria there.

Yotsuya Miko, however, acted strangely, merely playing the role of Ghosts and showing no intention of resigning. After the students' attempts to persuade her failed, everyone accepted Miko's "overtime." To be honest, Yurikawa Hana was also a little confused as to why Miko was doing this.

This is something that probably only Miko herself knows.

"Yuria..."

Yotsuya Miko withdrew her gaze from the window.

After Yuria was reunited with her parents, a premonition suddenly arose in her heart. A monk's premonition never fails, it only fails to appear.

And without a doubt, such a premonition is malicious.

"She's probably still visiting the cultural festival with her parents, or maybe she's home for dinner."