I became a heart-stealing thief in Azure Files

“I might be able to comment that other students’ work is cute or unique…”

"But Huaye, if you do it this way, then that's a different story."

Hua Ye: "..."

With her eyes narrowed slightly, she pondered the meaning behind Amamiya's words and immediately became displeased.

"Sensei..."

With puffed-out cheeks and her ahoge (cowlick) swaying as she stood up, Hua Ye said with dissatisfaction, "Are you questioning my charm?"

Amamiya waved her hand: "I'm not questioning Hanaya's charm, I'm just saying... Hanaya, you give me a feeling of... 'not interested'."

"?!"

Hua Ye gritted her teeth and let out a muffled sound that was hard to decipher.

“Sen~sei~!”

"I'm just a little flat-chested, so I'm definitely not as well-endowed as Rin in that respect. Other than that, I'm still considered one of the best in the Federation Student Council!"

"How dare you speak so maliciously!"

"is it?"

Amamiya crossed her arms and shrugged slightly.

"Anyway, I don't plan to have any expectations for Huaye... I only took Huaye in out of a past favor and out of my responsibility to Xialai Sensei."

"As long as you don't think about those unnecessary things, Huaye can stay here as long as she wants."

【~???~】

'...'

Huaye fell silent again.

Such warm greetings, devoid of any self-interest, are actually so...heartwarming?

[I sensed a change in Hanaya...]

You are me, you are me.

"Here you shall break the chains of desire and be reborn."

"Holding onto wisdom to preserve hope is commendable."

"Burning away desires restores purity, revealing a clear and discerning mind."

"You deserve the stars to illuminate your path."

"I grant you the power to seek hope..."

[Coopation Changes!]

【Desire (XI. The Hung)】→【Star (XV. The Star)】

[Title Updated!]

[The buffoon of the Federal Student Council] → [A star chasing after sins]

[Bond Skills Unlocked!]

[Bond Skills: ★2·Repentance of Sins; ★4·Cleansing of Sins; ★6·Elimination of Sins; ★8·Bearing of Sins]

Looking down at her relatively thin frame and confirming her various advantages, Hua Ye was still somewhat unconvinced.

"Sensei, don't I have anything... that interests you at all?"

Amamiya replied expressionlessly, "No."

"..."

Hua Ye tried to unbutton her shirt, pressing closer and closer.

"Really...not at all?"

Amamiya answered decisively, "No."

"Really? I don't believe it. Otherwise, why wouldn't Sensei run away or avoid me when I'm like this..."

"We absolutely have to try it..."

Chapter Twenty-Seven: Sensei, why are you hiding from me?!

"Damn it, damn it...!"

In the attic late at night, the girl who lived there lay on her bed, tossing and turning, clenching her teeth, and rubbing the pillow in her hands until it creaked.

"Sensei actually..."

Recalling Amamiya's almost undisguised disdain and avoidance, and that 'stay away from me' expression, Hanaya felt that some things... were particularly hurtful in retrospect.

As the saying goes, "A lie won't hurt, but the truth is the sharpest knife."

Faced with her already posed self, Sensei's first reaction was to take a half-step back in astonishment, followed by an expression as if she were disgusted...

Are you serious about taking half a step back?

Sensei, if it were another student with whom you had a close relationship, you might have already started exchanging sweet words, right?

Why do you start using 'professional ethics' and other such excuses to brush me off when you're facing me? Compared to other students... where exactly am I lacking?

Sensei also won over Yukino, who has a similar figure to me!

Am I not as cute as Yukino?

Why...why are you avoiding me?!

"Am I really completely unattractive?!"

"Why is that...?"

"Hey, forget about becoming a superhero, you've never even been liked...?"

"..."

"……never mind."

"Sleep, sleep..."

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became, so she buried her head in the blankets.

After a moment of silence, suppressed sobs began to echo from the attic room.

"Woo..."

"How can you bully people like this..."

The joys and sorrows of pink-haired girls are not shared.

Some pink-haired girls would snuggle in their unfamiliar yet familiar blankets late at night, sobbing softly until their eyes were red, while others... would indeed toss and turn all night, unable to sleep, but not because of this.

Mika, who also lived in the attic, had already taken a bath and changed into thicker pajamas for autumn and winter.

With a nonchalant expression, she leaped forward, kicking off her high heels while lying on the bed hugging a pillow, rolling around on her bed with a flushed face.

'Establish a relationship with Sensei...'

'Should we tell Nagisa and Seiya about this...?'

'The feeling of holding Sensei, the sound of my heartbeat when I leaned against Sensei's chest, and...'

'The feeling when Sensei hugs me...'

She rolled around with her legs crossed until the bed started to shake, before finally realizing what was happening and stopping, still wanting more.

"call……"

"Calm down a bit..."

"Calm down, Weihua, you need to calm down..."

"Hmm~ Should I invite Sensei to go out with me at the school festival? Sensei... shouldn't dislike a 'Cinderella' like me, right?"

"I wonder what exactly was going on at that 'secret meeting' held by the nuns that Sensei participated in... I regret not having looked into Sensei's movements in detail..."

With her face buried in the pillow, a feather suddenly drifted down into the girl's sight as she fluttered her wings.

feather……

Oh, right, feathers.

Winter is almost here.

Whether the feathers shed naturally or are molted during growth, they are all carefully preserved...

Perhaps, you could make warm clothing from your own feathers and give it to Sensei as a gift?

'Imagine Sensei wearing warm clothing made from her own feathers...it feels so wonderful...'

Envisioning the future, excited to the point of sleeplessness, Mika staggered to her feet and went to a special container for storing feathers. She gathered up the latest fallen feathers and glanced at the feathers that were now almost full.

There shouldn't be a problem with the feather reserves; it should be enough for making clothes or personal items like pillows...

So, all you need to do is find a reliable fashion designer...

No, I'd better learn it on my own.

After all, such sentiments are most genuine when expressed wholeheartedly.

However, if you make it yourself, the craftsmanship will definitely not be as good as some of the famous brands from Trinity...

Even so, as long as the intention is good, Sensei shouldn't mind, right?

After all, Cinderella's beauty was only meant for the prince...

Some pink-haired girls are consumed by the shame of failure and can't sleep all night; others are overwhelmed by their romantic fantasies and are immersed in their own world.

While Kivotos has many strange 'pink hair' characters, there are also some serious ones who are currently contemplating the future.

"Has Hikari Shiranui's 'repentance' truly ended today...?"

The Fox team members, who were temporarily detained in the detention center as witnesses, felt a sense of relief upon hearing the news delivered by the Rabbit team members during their "prison visit".

Compared to Huaye... Fox Team did make a mistake, but it wasn't to the point of being 'irreparable'.

Their main mistake was that, under Huaye's instigation, they attacked key members of the Federal Student Council.

Although Huaye was primarily responsible, the Fox team also couldn't escape being 'purged' during the post-incident reckoning.

Therefore, the Fox team has recently been under near-house arrest in a detention center.

Compared to Ye Zhu and Hua Ye, their level of freedom is quite considerable.

Apart from not being allowed to leave the detention center and having their weapons confiscated, they are completely free to move around within a limited area.

The pink-haired, fox-eared girl, wearing white stockings and winter slippers, breathed a sigh of relief as she put down the mop.

Reaching the window, she looked out through the iron bars and saw the night sky – the clouds parted and the moon shone brightly.

Previously, this had caused me turmoil and made me feel lost about the future...

Now, it's completely gone.

The future of Fox Squad is becoming clearer.

Fortunately... the Fox team did not disgrace SRT's glory.

Indeed, the Fox team did some 'abnormal' things under Huaye's orders... but the Fox team is a 'weapon'.

Does that mean that if a student causes a lot of damage with a gun, the blame will be placed on the weapon rather than the student during the reckoning?

If a weapon lacks self-awareness, then it naturally won't work.

But if weapons have self-awareness, then it is necessary to share the blame.

They did do some stupid things, but these stupid things will not be attributed to 'major mistakes made by the Fox team'.

"Next, we need to consider joining Xia Lai..."

Muttering to herself, Nicole strolled back to her single dormitory room during her rest period.

Thanks to her exceptional hearing from her fox ears, Ni could keenly detect the strange little noises that occasionally emanated from the dormitories next to hers.