Perhaps in the future, she would come to like this feeling very much.
But right now, there was nothing between her and her teacher at all!!
Should she just bite down, then slap her teacher across the face?
That seemed reasonable too.
But was it too heartless to treat someone whose fate was intertwined with hers like that?
Accepting it was right; fighting back was wrong.
Fighting back was right; accepting it was wrong.
Completely different courses of action clashed fiercely in her mind.
Her mind was such a mess that she could only forcefully break free from that man's embrace and stagger backward.
No, that wasn't right.
She panted heavily, her cheeks burning red.
Looking around, she saw the stunned rabbit girl, the dejected cat girl, the shark who seemed increasingly excited, and the demon girl whose face had gone ashen, all staring at her.
The man who had kissed her was looking at her too. His gaze was especially profound now, as though he wanted to see through her body and directly peer into her soul.
"...I-I know that was an accident..."
"Everyone, continue taking pictures. Rest once you're done."
She struggled to dismiss everything as an accident, weakly waving the camera in her hand.
But everyone around her was merely staring at her lips.
"Elysia, congratulations."
The cat girl, who seemed somewhat downcast, said those words.
"...The ecology of Shapeshifter subspecies really is fascinating."
Miss Shark looked exceptionally pleased.
"..."
The demon girl looked especially despondent.
This wouldn't work.
There was no way to explain this clearly!!!
Elysia habitually looked toward Russell, then immediately wanted to slap herself twice.
This was hopeless.
She absolutely couldn't count on her teacher for this.
No, that wasn't right.
Why did she think her teacher could help her with something like