I became a heart-stealing thief in Azure Files

But because I almost overheard Abydos's story... it felt like we had already experienced many things together.

In that very short time, Xiaoyu confirmed the truth about the intense, burning emotions she felt for this 'clearly unfamiliar' young man.

I just like it.

Pure liking.

"call……"

Taking a sip of lukewarm water, the girl standing by the window slowly exhaled the white steam that gradually clung to the windowpane.

She stood up briskly, then walked awkwardly to the window and stood next to Amamiya.

“Um…Sen, Seni…”

"Ok?"

Amamiya turned her head to look over.

"I really want to stay with Sensei..."

"I hope I'm not disturbing you..."

Amamiya chuckled and shook her head: "No, no... I don't have any plans for tonight."

As soon as he finished speaking, Amamiya felt his right arm being wrapped around her.

'...'

'I spent some quality time with Xiaoyu...'

'...Because it was already very late, I ultimately escorted her back to the millennium myself.'

Chapter Seven: The Seminar - The Accountant 'Falls in Love'...?

"Sensei... open your eyes..."

"You still have a lot to do, so don't stay in bed!"

"I brought Sensei two boxes of strawberry milk, one of which is mine, and the other is also mine..."

After waking up to Alona's "on-time wake-up service" that changed every day and included two cases of strawberry milk per month, Amamiya got up, went to the window, and looked at the pale sky and the approaching dawn.

It has to be said... Alona really went to great lengths to get her favorite strawberry milk.

They even came up with the idea of ​​earning strawberry milk by offering a "wake-up service" because Amamiya often "couldn't get out of bed" and needed to be woken up...

Reaching his hand into the screen of the Shitei no Hako, Amamiya gently rubbed the AI ​​girl's smooth, slightly chubby cheeks through the screen before letting go amidst Alona's indistinct pleas of "Sensei, stop touching me!" and "Waaah, Sensei, don't be so rough!"

Starting today, for the next period of time... Xia Lai will enter a period of 'equipment acquisition and engineering renovation', where doing things well in the early stages is the most advantageous.

The Federal Student Union learned about this very quickly.

—When Rin applied for funding from the Federation Student Council's finance office through Amamiya, she already knew what Xia Lai was going to do recently.

Considering that it would be inconvenient to work during equipment replacement and renovation, Rin took the initiative to slow down the paperwork assigned to Xia Lai after learning that Xia Lai would be entering an engineering phase starting today.

After getting up, washing up, and getting ready, Amamiya began preparing breakfast and lunch for the girls in the engineering department.

Incidentally, Xia Lai does have a 'canteen,' but it seems to be doing quite poorly.

Amamiya, at least, had never been there. He usually either cooked for himself or went to Angel 24 to buy reasonably priced bento boxes, and had never been to that so-called 'Shalai Dining Hall'.

'PSONA... Hestia'

【Psona-Hestia (Arcana: The Pope)】

[Introduction: In Greek mythology, she is the goddess of the hearth and home, and one of the twelve Olympian gods.]

She is often mentioned alongside Athena and Artemis as one of the three virgin goddesses of Mount Olympus, considered one of the most sacred and ancient deities on the mountain.

In the relatively chaotic Olympian mythology, she is one of the few goddesses who remained pure and chaste. Perhaps for this reason, she received much favor and was often treated with great kindness.

Thanks to the blessing of the 'fireside goddess', Amamiya's breakfasts have become even more delicious and faster.

These breakfasts are even imbued with a kind of 'magical' glow.

[The Vessel's Breakfast: After consuming, enjoy the 'Vestal Goddess's Protection' state for the entire day. You become more focused and less prone to various abnormal states. The probability of accidents is reduced, and life recovery is significantly increased when injured.]

Speaking of which, Amamiya previously possessed a skill that was also named after 'food and beverage', but whose actual destructive power was terrifyingly high.

[Earth Mother's Dinner: Deals 9999 physical damage to all enemies, penetrating their defense resistance (ignores damage reduction from physical resistance and defense buffs)]

Simple description, ultimate effect.

(Human Asura: I'm not hungry yet. I have a dinner from the Earth Mother Goddess here. Please have some.)

After preparing breakfast for six people, Amamiya ignored the cute voices coming from the Shitei no Hako, such as "I want to eat," and ate one serving herself before packing the other five servings into separate bento boxes.

After waiting downstairs for a while, Amamiya saw a heavy transport truck bearing the Millennium logo drive into the restricted area of ​​the Charley Building.

The area around the Charlemagne building was very open, and Amamiya easily spotted the car in front of him. Its design was somewhere between a sedan and a sports car, and it looked like a 'company car' that members of the Millennium Seminar could use when going out.

The silver, streamlined design, the simple and unpretentious logo of the Millennium Technology Academy, and the understated yet luxurious ambiance...

In comparison, the heavy trucks brought by the engineering department felt like the base vehicles from the Command & Conquer series.

Seeing the unique design of the heavy truck and the many seemingly movable vehicle parts, Amamiya had no doubt that this thing could indeed be deployed like a base vehicle to become the main base.

As the vehicle approached, Amamiya immediately spotted the three members of the engineering department with three 'base vehicles' mounted on them.

After they parked the base vehicle in an open space, it actually began to disassemble and reassemble itself.

Three base vehicles were combined in a somewhat unbelievable way to form a temporary base loaded with various building materials, equipment, and other items.

After jogging over to Amamiya's side, Utahara stood up straight and greeted Amamiya with the utmost seriousness of a soldier standing at attention: "Sensei, good morning."

"……Good morning."

Even before seeing the girl's 'Pope' Arcana, Amamiya had already prepared herself for the possibility that she might do something strange in unexpected ways, so she wasn't too surprised.

After calmly greeting the other person, Amamiya handed them the still-steaming bento box, which carried the chill of the cold morning.

"Breakfast prepared for everyone in the engineering department."

【~???~】

After receiving the bento box with its futuristic, mechanical design, Utahara carefully sniffed the lingering scent on the outside before nodding earnestly, "Thank you, Sensei."

'Incredible... It smells like something out of a strange, protective feeling...'

'Is it not the sense of security that technology and engineering bring... but the heartfelt sentiment hidden in this breakfast?'

Afterwards, Amamiya distributed bento boxes to Hibiki and Kotori, each with a different design based on their personal style, featuring a halo pattern above their heads.

Actually... everyone in the engineering department had already had a quick and hasty breakfast before arriving here.

But... after receiving the steaming hot bento box, they became a little hungry again.

"Everyone in the engineering department can have lunch first, and we can start work after we finish eating."

So, the three girls from the engineering department naturally sat on the specially coated mechanical box of the unfolded base vehicle and began to unpack and enjoy this special breakfast.

'What a warm feeling... Is it this bento box I specially prepared for myself that's making me feel so comforted?'

【~?~】(from Kotori)

'It's delicious... I feel like eating this will give me energy...'

【~??~】(from Hibiki)

As they ate, the girls from the engineering department seemed to have the illusion that they were in a warm castle fireplace on a cold night.

The campfire in the fireplace sent sparks flying, and the firelight dispelled the cold night's chill and loneliness, bringing warmth to the bodies and souls of those gathered around it.

The snowy night outside the window was long, and the howling wind etched sparkling ice flowers onto the glass that blocked the cold wind.

While the three girls from the engineering department were enjoying their 'vest goddess's breakfast,' Amamiya focused her attention on the official vehicle that was traveling with the engineering department.

After the car came to a stop, the purple-haired girl, wearing the scarf she had just received yesterday and breathing in the chill of autumn and winter, immediately opened the car door and got out. She stood by the car door and waved to Amamiya.

"Sensei... Good morning."

Seeing that although her clothes were thicker, her skirt was still as short as ever, and she was still bare-legged, the 'cold-blooded Calculator' remained silent for a moment before smiling and waving to her as if nothing had happened.

"Yes, good morning, Yuka too."

The "scarf of the goddess of wisdom" that she provided made Yuka's "equipment" seem much lighter - after realizing that the scarf could ward off the cold, Yuka seemed to be very decisive and did not add any extra clothes that looked particularly thick for warmth.

Immediately afterwards, the driver opened the car door, and another white-haired girl got out of the driver's seat.

She had also changed into winter clothes and added some warm clothing, but her skirt was still flowing, and black pantyhose outlined the girl's shapely legs.

Although it's said that she's 'changed into winter clothes', it actually seems that only the material of the clothes has an extra layer of fine cotton velvet, while the thickness of the skirt and tights has obviously increased a bit.

“Sensei…” The white-haired girl stood quietly by the car door after getting off. She stared at Amamiya meaningfully for a few seconds before waving to greet her, “It’s been a few days, and Sensei has also changed into such ‘winter clothes’.”

For some reason, Amamiya seemed to sense a slight, very unique and strange 'possessiveness' from the white-haired girl's proper and elegant squinting smile.

Amamiya then realized that she hadn't given a gift yet.

Noah and Yuka are best friends... so naturally she would know that Yuka received many gifts from her... Is the reason she looks at her like that because she 'envies' Yuka?

Good morning, Noah... and Yuka.

【~??~】

Noah's polite smile seemed to deepen slightly. Then, she looked at Yuka, who was making the unconscious gesture of gently adjusting or touching her scarf every now and then, and smiled, "So... as originally agreed, is that alright, Yuka-chan~"

Yuka squinted, not daring to meet Noah's gaze, which was clearly smiling but also incredibly penetrating.

"Um……"

Did these two reach some kind of 'cooperation agreement' before they came?

"It's about the script for the 'Games Club'."

Yuka, who felt a little annoyed by Noah's ambiguous tone, quickly spoke up to temporarily stop her from creating that 'romantic' atmosphere.

"Previously, Sensei mentioned that she wanted to compile her action records into a 'story outline' to serve as the original game for the kids in the game development department. After Noah learned of this, he thought that as the secretary, she could help complete this task..."

'Hehe... Is Yuuka-chan in a hurry?'

'How interesting...that kind of reaction.'

Noah smiled as he looked at the hurried explanation in the email, and the expression on the other end of the line that seemed to want to stand between Noah and Amamiya to block each other's view. Some of his suspicions were gradually being confirmed.

'As expected... Yuuka-chan also fell in love at first sight with Sensei, and is gradually falling in love...'

"In short...!"

“Sensei, I will supervise the project carefully. If there is anything you need to do... please go ahead and take care of it.”

Yuka's behavior—as if she knew that 'the more she explained, the worse it would get'—made Amamiya chuckle to himself as she directly used work as an excuse to change the subject.

"In case you haven't had breakfast before you came... this is specially prepared for you."

"A breakfast that's a little different from the three in the engineering department... a breakfast exclusively for Yuka and Noah."

With a squinting smile on his face, Amamiya handed a bento box adorned with Yuka's halo to the girl who seemed to be getting a little lost. Then, Amamiya turned around and handed Noah a white bento box, also adorned with Noah's halo.

Even the styles were carefully designed according to the individual's personality and different clothing preferences...

Noah glanced discreetly at the engineering department, then thoughtfully turned his gaze to the brand-new white lunchbox in his hand.

'No wonder... Sensei made Yuuka-chan 'think about him day and night' so quickly...'

The girl slowly suppressed her smile and gently tousled her long, snow-white hair with her free hand.

“Well then…Sensei, let’s not delay.”

"Shall we begin right away?"

Chapter 8: Sensei's reputation and integrity.

“Well then…Sensei, let’s not delay.”

"Shall we begin right away?"