A youth story of a passerby at the end of the world

And it was his own homeroom teacher from Class D! Isn't this a beautiful story from The Garden of Words?!

"..."

"Hey, are you listening?"

After a long silence, Uesugi Genshin looked at his phone screen and realized that the other party had already hung up.

He pressed his finger on the phone again and dialed the number.

The call wasn't connected; the other party simply hung up.

When Uesugi Genshin dialed the number for the third time, something unbelievable happened.

The other party's phone was unreachable; perhaps it was switched off.

As for that.

"..." Uesugi Genshin looked at the dark sea in front of him and couldn't help but shudder.

Oh, speaking of which, his clothes are still there.

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I lowered my arm and looked down; the blinding light overhead made me squint.

A sound came from the side, indicating that someone was there, but it wasn't Kiryuin, so it must be someone else.

here it is......

—Ah ah.

It's really possible for someone to get drunk and fall asleep outside.

"Awake?" Uesugi Genshin, who was leaning against the bed and sitting on the floor, noticed the movement of Chabashira Sae behind him.

"Wait a moment, I'll get you a drink right away."

Chabashira Sae looked at Uesugi Genshin with a blank expression, "Where's Kiryuin?"

"I'm going back first; she can't stay away from the dorm for too long."

Nodding knowingly, Chabashira looked down at her clothes.

Didn't you do anything to her?

Kiryuin left, but the other party stayed.

Because she didn't know who the people Kiryuin had brought were.

It couldn't possibly be just good intentions; could it be some kind of sugar-coated bullet?

Chabashira Sae felt a pang of emotion and made a plausible guess.

Why not just finish it while she's asleep? That would save a lot of trouble.

I didn't want to get entangled with this person any longer; I needed to get back quickly.

"Alright, please." Uesugi Genshin handed him the glass.

"This... isn't this sake?" After taking a sip, Chabashira Sae looked down at the liquid in her cup.

“When you’re drunk, you’re more likely to start complaining,” Uesugi Genshin said with a smile as he sat back down on the floor.

"...Did I say anything?" After a moment of silence, Chabashira Sae asked.

“You didn’t say anything specific, but I can sense that you’re holding it in.” Uesugi Genshin pointed at her with his finger.

"Haa..." Did she want to complain to someone?

Although she was aware that she was keeping things bottled up, the pressure and frustration kept building up, and she knew that this was wrong.

But I don't know if it will work. Should I just vent it out in order to regulate my emotions?

“There’s nothing interesting to say at all.” Chabashira Sae stared blankly, then downed the liquid in her cup in one gulp.

Should we let him hear a little about his life experiences?

"It's okay, just talking about it makes me feel much better."

Chabashira paused slightly, then looked up at the ceiling as if recalling something. "...I used to be a student at this school, in Class D, just like the students I'm in charge of now."

"Should I say I was surprised? I thought you, Chabashira-sensei, would be a better person, but you ended up in Class D, which is basically full of defective students."

"Heh... so you already know about this school. But things weren't as drastically different back then. It wasn't a three-way competition; it was more like a four-way competition. Until the third semester of our third year, near graduation, the gap between Class A and Class D was less than a hundred points. It was a very evenly matched competition, and the balance between the classes could be broken by a tiny mistake."

“Yes, it was a minor mistake.” She gave an indescribable, sorrowful smile. “It came suddenly. Class D was cast into hell because of the mistake I made, and as a result, becoming Class A’s goal and dream all crumbled.”

"This incident became a lingering regret for me for years. To get rid of it, I came here to become a teacher." She laughed self-deprecatingly at this point. "Every day and night I think about it, and I'm surprised at myself. I realize I haven't actually given up on Class A..."

Although it was only a little bit, I could feel that her eyes were a little moist, and I couldn't sense her usual indifference.

She spoke for a long time, and this heavy topic continued until she suddenly woke up.

Chashu Sae came to her senses, but then fell silent again as usual.

At that moment, she felt the warmth of the back of his hand; the man's large hand covered hers.

I guess I still have to do it...

Ah, consider it hush money and confidentiality fee.

She leaned her face closer.

Chapter 276: Unexpectedly, the child was underage.

Hold back!

Uesugi Genshin restrained his left hand; he had almost reached out to block it back, but that wasn't his intention.

He originally intended to play the role of a caring older brother, saying some comforting things.

He had just placed his hand on her in a comforting gesture, and words of encouragement were already on his lips.

But Chabazusa... could it be that she mistook him for a gigolo?

If he tries to stop it now, he doesn't know what to do next.

"...You're very stiff."

It was Chabashira Sae, who reeked of alcohol, who noticed his unusual behavior.

"That's because you're so beautiful."

Is it too late for him to say he didn't mean it that way?

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In the morning, Uesugi Genshin covered his face, which had been slapped yesterday, and still felt a faint phantom pain.

what is this?

How about a symbolic act of resistance?

If it were anyone else, he would have retaliated immediately, but her self-loathing behavior seemed pathetic to him.

After tidying up, he went downstairs to the first floor and saw Chabashira Sae sitting in the same spot as yesterday. He sat down next to her. There was breakfast on her table, which looked like she had made it herself.

Fried rice without eggs, but with all sorts of ingredients: minced fish, ham, potatoes, and some kind of bean.

"How are you going to get back?" he asked curiously, since it was impossible to swim back now.

Chabashira Sae bit down hard on the cigarette filter, glancing at him with indifferent eyes.

"Walk back."

From the bridge?

"Yes."

"Would you like to ride in my car?" Uesugi Genshin suggested.

"can."

"..." Unexpectedly, the other party agreed immediately, even though they had this expression on their face.

As if she could read his mind, Chabashira Sae exhaled a puff of smoke and turned her gaze to him. "Surprised?"

"is a bit."

She tilted her head slightly, closed her eyes, and let out a cold laugh. "To be honest, I was also very surprised. When I woke up this morning, I was even thinking about whether to take that dagger and kill you directly."

"Hmm." Uesugi Genshin silently turned his face to the other side. How scary.

Although he didn't think it would happen, the apocalypse might change a person, so it was best not to take things too seriously.

"By the way, have you ever considered changing your environment, leaving the Advanced Education University, and coming to my place?" He turned around and asked tentatively.

"What?" Chabashira Sae asked in confusion, not quite understanding.

“I am the leader of another group,” Uesugi Genshin introduced himself and briefly explained the situation of Chiba Sobu High School.

"I need to think about it." She flicked the ash from her cigarette into the ashtray beside her. "And I am a teacher at this school, for the time being."

"But more than half of the first-year students are willing to come with me, and a few students in Class D are also planning to leave. As for the rest, under Horikita Manabu's care, at least they are not having any problems surviving."

"There's still rice in the pot, do you want some?" Chabashira Sae didn't answer, but instead brought up another matter. What was she hiding by deliberately changing the subject like this?

"Yes." Uesugi Genshin nodded. To be honest, he was very hungry. He had just been thinking of getting something to eat from the car.

When he went to the kitchen, he found half a pot of fried rice left there. Was it a lot of leftover rice from yesterday?

He peeked at Chabashira Sae, and the next second she explained without any expression.

"I plan to take the rest back for lunch."

"..." He decided to believe what the other person said.

A whole plate of fried rice, scooped out of the pot, was placed on the table, and Chabashira Sae extinguished her cigarette. The two ate in silence, surprisingly harmoniously.

Near the end, there was still some fried rice left on the other person's plate, but they put down their spoon, seemingly having finished eating.

"Do you have anything to do today?" Uesugi Genshin asked, just to strike up a conversation.

"It's nothing." She reached for the cigarette pack on the table with her left hand, but didn't open it. She clenched it in her palm as if she was thinking about something, and then gently put it down.

"She was just spacing out in her room." Then she looked at Uesugi Genshin.

Ah, that look means, "I'm done talking, it's your turn now."

"As for me," Uesugi Genshin thought for a moment and said, "I will go to Haneda."

"What are you doing there?"

"Let's see how things go, see the Self-Defense Forces' situation and whether the government is still functioning." Uesugi Genshin reached for the plate and glanced at her reaction.

Chabashira leaned back to indicate that he didn't care, then poured the leftovers from the other person's plate into his own. Wasting food is not a good thing, especially at this time of year.

After a moment of silence, Chabashira Sae spoke up, "I'm also very interested."

"Do you want to come along? To be honest, I'd be very happy to have another person who can drive. By the way, you can drive, right?" Uesugi Genshin asked to confirm.

"Yes, I got my driver's license when I was in college." She fell silent again, as if thinking, then shook her head. "No, I'm not going. I want to rest well today and take a shower when I get back."

“Alright.” Uesugi Genshin nodded understandingly.

He put the clean plate, along with the other person's, into the kitchen sink.

"There's no need to wash it anymore," he said to Chabashira Sae, who had stood up. "Let's go."

"Ah."

The two walked out of the shop. The alley was unusually quiet during the day, but it lacked the eeriness of the night.

Uesugi Genshin couldn't help but sigh, "So this is what it's like during the day."

Of course, the mottled bloodstains that stretched all the way to the distance and became indistinct confirmed that a fierce battle had indeed taken place on this street.

Even yesterday's rain didn't wash it away.

He walked to his car, pressed the key, and unlocked it, while Chabashira Sae opened the door from the other side and got in.

She placed the weapon to her side and leaned back lazily in her chair, her eyes half-closed but not fully shut.

It looked like it wanted to close its eyes for a while, but it seemed uneasy.