Why Is the Teacher Here?

Spoiler dogs deserve to die!

"Just kidding. How could I possibly spoil anything?"

Shuya looked calm on the surface and flashed a perfect smile. "I hate spoilers more than anything! How could I ever do something like that?"

His survival instincts had kicked in!

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The killing intent dissipated.

The aunties smiled again, and Shuya's back was drenched in cold sweat.

He managed to keep his spirits up long enough to humor them, then made an excuse about playing with the Quintuplets and slipped away.

Even playing in the mud with the Quintuplets was better than being mauled by the aunties.

Shuya focused on playing with the five little huskies, not daring to look at the aunties. He looked just like a student being called on by the teacher in class.

He didn't dare meet their eyes.

Once the Quintuplets had played enough, Shuya whisked them home at lightning speed.

After bathing with them, Shuya finally managed to calm down. He reminded himself to never casually spoil anything again, or someone might beat him to death.

After drying the Quintuplets' hair, he heard the front door open.

Shuya peeked out and saw that Rena had come home.

"Rena, you're home early today?"

Shuya asked curiously. He checked the time; it wasn't even seven yet.

Usually, she got home later.

"Mom!"

"Mommy!"

The five little huskies rushed out and hugged Rena's legs. Damn, he was so jealous!

"Mm. The other teachers all left early, so I came back with them."

Rena explained as she patted the Quintuplets' heads.

She looked helplessly at the girls all around her. She wanted to go inside and put down what she was carrying, but clearly, she couldn't.

She'd just gone grocery shopping on her way back.

"I'll get it."

Shuya hurried over to earn some brownie points.

He eagerly took the bags from her, and Rena smiled. "Thank you."

Shuya's mood instantly improved.

He set the groceries on the living room table. After a while, Rena changed into her house clothes.

It was time for Shuya's favorite activity: admiring those long, pale legs.

Rena started cooking without taking a break, making enough for Shuya, too.

Lately, Shuya's spendthrift parents either didn't come home or came home late, so Shuya didn't need to tell them not to save him any dinner.

The reason Rena had come home early was simple.

While she cooked, she told Shuya that the other teachers had all hurried home to watch the anime.

After more than two months on air, Alien Baby Hikari-chan had won over its viewers with just ten episodes.

The results were impressive.

The tenth episode had ended at such a tantalizing point that everyone wanted to see what would happen in episode eleven.

It was probably that sort of feeling: I'll die if I can't watch Alien Baby Hikari-chan.jpg.

Rena finished cooking, and Shuya ate with her and the girls as they watched TV, just like countless other families at that very moment.

Alien Baby Hikari-chan was also airing simultaneously in the Great Hua Administrative District.

It was fair to say the show was a huge hit.

(If you really don't want to read this part, feel free to skim it. If things don't make sense later, you can come back and look it over. But I can say I've always written with care; I'm not just padding the word count. Decide for yourself whether to read it.)

Alien Baby Hikari-chan, Episode Eleven

After Hikari gave him an affirmative answer, Uesugi Yuichi immediately took him outside.

He got on his bicycle and, following Hikari's directions, pedaled at full speed toward Yuzuki Sasaki's house.

After riding for nearly an hour and a half, Uesugi Yuichi finally reached his destination, panting like a dog.

Yuzuki's home wasn't an apartment, but a two-story detached house with a garden. It belonged to a relatively wealthy family.

"Sasaki..."

Uesugi Yuichi stopped his bicycle near the house and looked at Yuzuki's home.

From where he stood, he could see a light on in a second-floor room. A girl lay motionless over her desk, staring blankly. She seemed to be asleep, or perhaps just lost in thought.

"..."

The camera focused on Uesugi Yuichi. His eyes were distant as he sank into his memories.

"Die..."

A name slipped from his lips without him realizing it.

Huh? Countless viewers furrowed their brows, sensing there was a story behind it.

From the previous episodes, viewers knew that Uesugi Yuichi had been married, but they hadn't learned anything about his wife.

The name he'd let slip must have belonged to his late wife.

Had he gone through something similar in the past? Everyone began to speculate.

But the anime didn't stop just because they were curious.

Hikari heard Uesugi Yuichi sigh and asked, puzzled, "Da?"

He reached out his chubby little hand and patted Uesugi Yuichi's cheek.

"I'm fine." Uesugi Yuichi smiled. "More importantly, let's hurry over."

Getting up to see Yuzuki wasn't difficult.

Why not ask the amazing Hikari?

Hikari flew with Uesugi Yuichi to the balcony outside Yuzuki's room.

They landed without a hitch.

Holding Hikari in his left arm, Uesugi Yuichi gently knocked on the glass door between the room and the balcony with his right hand.

Knock, knock.

Yuzuki Sasaki heard the sound faintly and looked up.

"Mr. Uesugi?!"

Screee—

She sprang to her feet in shock, sending her chair scraping backward with a shrill screech.

"Oh no!"

"Ah!"

Uesugi Yuichi and Yuzuki both went pale, nervously staring at the open bedroom door.

Fortunately, Yuzuki's parents hadn't been disturbed. Her mother only called from a distance, "Yuzuki? Keep it down. Don't bother the neighbors."

"Okay!"

Yuzuki answered at once.

Then she carefully closed the bedroom door and quickly went over to the glass door, opening it softly.

"Um... good evening."

Uesugi Yuichi gave an awkward smile and raised a hand to greet her.

Hikari giggled and reached out to her, asking to be held.

Yuzuki Sasaki took the tiny Hikari from him and kissed his cheek before asking Uesugi Yuichi, "Mr. Uesugi, Hikari, what are you doing here!"

Yuzuki's little face was full of delight. Her earlier gloom had already vanished by light-years.

"Come in."

Yuzuki said as she carried Hikari back inside and sat on the bed.

"Sorry to intrude."

By this point, Uesugi Yuichi had stopped worrying about whether it was appropriate to enter a female student's room at night.

Before this, he had technically been trespassing.

Uesugi Yuichi took off his shoes on the balcony and stepped into the room.

He instinctively glanced around.

Yuzuki's room was simple, unlike those of other girls her age, which were usually filled with knickknacks.

Instead, it was full of art books and collections of illustrations.

There were no clothes or personal garments lying around, either. Yuzuki kept her room very tidy.

"Hm?"

The only thing that caught Uesugi Yuichi's attention was a sketchbook on the desk.

A pen and an eraser sat beside it.

Out of professional habit, he picked it up before he even had time to think about whether he should look inside.

"Wait! You can't look!"

Yuzuki cried softly, snatching the sketchbook away and hiding it behind her back.

"Huh? Oh, sorry."

Uesugi Yuichi was startled. He'd only seen a person drawn on the page before she snatched it away.

"It's, it's okay."

Yuzuki said softly, taking Hikari back as he curiously tried to play with the sketchbook.

She was too embarrassed to speak, and an awkward silence fell over the room.

Uesugi Yuichi felt thoroughly uncomfortable. Sneaking into a high school girl's room in the middle of the night—especially the room of one of his own students—would probably ruin him socially if anyone found out.

He decided to resolve the matter quickly.

"Um, Sasaki, about why I came here..."

Uesugi Yuichi got straight to the point and began talking to Yuzuki.

Yuzuki unhappily explained why she couldn't attend the art class.

Uesugi Yuichi laughed in disbelief. "I-it's really just because of that?"

Yuzuki let out a cute little sigh. "Yeah."

They looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.

But soon, their smiles froze.