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◎Too petty! ◎

"How was breakfast?" Wasn't that a question I asked this morning?!

She already praised her, so why ask again here?!

Sensing that the two people beside her had clearly froze, Yuuki Matsuna suddenly realized something.

Is he showing off?

"What's wrong, Yuuki? Why aren't you replying to the teacher?" Gojo Satoru put his arm around Yuuki's shoulder, then slowly greeted the other two, "Megumi, Otsutsu, what are you doing here?"

I understand.

Following the typical formula of otome manga, this is the male protagonist A provoking the other male protagonists, trying to deliberately provoke their anger by showing off, hoping to make them back down.

This kind of plot can be summed up in two words: fierce competition.

"Teacher, we're asking where Matsuna went last night." Yuta Otsukoshi replied with a smile, "Matsuna didn't come back last night, and I was very worried."

“Oh~” Gojo Satoru put his arm around Yuuki Matsuna’s shoulder and replied with a smile, “Then Otsuko doesn’t need to worry, because Yuuki has me, the strongest, by her side.”

What a powerful statement!

He demonstrated the gap between himself and his opponent through his strength, and also showed how intimate his relationship with the girl in his arms was through ambiguous words and actions. If he hadn't been dealing with someone who was also playing the male lead, he would have won completely!

No wonder he's a 28-year-old man!!

but--!

Yuki Matsuna suddenly changed her expression, pushed Gojo Satoru away, and broke free from Gojo Satoru's embrace.

Gojo Satoru hadn't expected her to do that, and raised an eyebrow at her, using this gesture to ask what she was going to do.

“Teacher, you can’t do this.” Yuuki Matsuna frowned and criticized, “Although you are very handsome and strong, and a strong candidate for the first wife, you can’t be the first wife if you are so arrogant and domineering.”

"Teacher, you are too narrow-minded!"

Gojo Satoru was silent for two seconds, then asked in a somber voice, "...Capacity?"

“Yes, magnanimity!” Yuuki Matsuna raised an index finger and began to lecture, “If you want to become my first wife, you must have the magnanimity to tolerate other boyfriends. For the first wife, looks and strength are secondary, magnanimity is the most important.”

"If someone lacks magnanimity, making such a person the first wife would only throw my harem into chaos, which is absolutely unacceptable."

Yuuki Matsuna nodded to herself and said, "So, you can't become my first wife, teacher. Compared to you, Yuuta or Megumi are better."

The three people present fell silent at the same time.

Yuuki Matsuna, however, hadn't yet noticed the change in atmosphere. She blinked and asked, "What's wrong? Why aren't you all saying anything?"

"Heh." Gojo Satoru suddenly sneered.

He suddenly pressed down hard on Yuuki Matsuna's head, forcing her down. The pain from the top of her head made Yuuki Matsuna cry out softly, "Teacher, let go! It hurts!"

But Gojo Satoru remained unmoved. Not only that, but the two people next to him, including the usually gentle Otsukotsu Yuta, did not stop Gojo Satoru's actions.

Gojo Satoru pressed her head down and asked with a sneer, "Yuki, do you need your teacher to help you pry your head open and see if it's filled with brains or water?"

*

Matsuna Yuuki's head still hurts a little.

"Sato, come here quickly and rub my head. Check if my brain is damaged." She covered her head and called out Sato's name.

Sato stepped forward to rub her head, but Gojo Satoru stopped him.

“No need to look, Sato.” Gojo Satoru said coldly with a smile, “Yuki’s brain should have been broken long ago. The headache she’s experiencing now is a sign of recovery. You should be happy that your young lady has regained her brain.”

"How can you say that!" Yuuki Matsuna exclaimed, her eyes wide. "What the teacher said is going too far! I'm a human being, and a human head naturally contains a brain, not water!"

"Besides, my brain isn't damaged; it's always been healthy!"

"That's not necessarily true." Gojo Satoru scoffed, stood up, suddenly grabbed Yuuki Matsuna by the neck, lifted her into the air, and said, "Let's go, it's a rare weekend, let's go on a mission with the strongest teacher~"

"Why do we have to go on a mission on a rare weekend?!" Yuuki Matsuna complained. "And can we change positions? It really hurts to have my neck pinched like this!"

In shoujo manga, the female protagonist is always carried in a princess carry by the male protagonist; there's never a female protagonist who's been lifted up like a small animal.

"Teacher, I want a princess carry! This just doesn't satisfy my girlish heart!" Yuuki Matsuna looked up at Gojo Satoru and said, "For the heroine of a shoujo manga, a princess carry is the standard!"

“You’re not the heroine of a shoujo manga,” Gojo Satoru said mercilessly.

However, he still reluctantly changed his posture.

Although it's still not much better.

Gojo Satoru put his arm around Yuuki Matsuna's waist, lifting her up to her waist so she could naturally sag, and asked, "How was it? Isn't the teacher very considerate?"

“…Teacher, are you serious when you ask that question?” Yuuki Matsuna had already given up. She sighed and muttered, “At least Yuta was holding me when he took me on missions.”

"What—?" Gojo Satoru raised his voice and shouted, "Yuki, what are you saying? The teacher can't hear you—!"

How could you not hear it!

This was clearly done on purpose!!

Gojo Satoru instantly brought Yuuki Matsuna to the mission site. He walked step by step on the smooth ground in his leather shoes, showing no sign of nervousness whatsoever.

He even casually asked, "Yuki, can you sense where the cursed spirit is?"

Yuuki Matsuna closed her eyes, trying to sense the location of the cursed spirit, but she couldn't feel anything.

She shook her head and said, "I can't feel anything, teacher."

"That's a real shame." Gojo Satoru sighed, pretending to be surprised. He pulled off his blindfold, located the direction of the cursed power, and instantly teleported behind the cursed spirit.

The special-grade cursed spirit turned its head in surprise, about to jump back, when Gojo Satoru suddenly grinned and said, "Oh dear, I sometimes want to show off a little in front of my cute students."

He moved to the side of the cursed spirit with incredible speed, stretched out a leg, and kicked the cursed spirit away.

"Ah, it seems you're not good enough for me to show off." Gojo Satoru shook his head and said with some regret, "I really can't muster any enthusiasm, you're so weak."

No, no, no, it's not because the opponent was too weak at all, it's simply because you, teacher, are too strong!!

Watching helplessly as a top-tier cursed spirit was kicked away, Yuuki Matsuna stared wide-eyed in disbelief.

She mechanically turned her head, raised it, swallowed, and said, "Teacher, please don't press my head down next time. I... I'm afraid I might accidentally crush it."

"Huh?" Gojo Satoru raised an eyebrow, pretending to think seriously, and said with a wicked grin, "Maybe I really will do that, Yuuki, you'd better watch out."

He easily dealt with that top-tier cursed spirit.

Having witnessed two top-tier sorcerers defeat a top-tier cursed spirit with his own eyes, Matsuna Yuuki swallowed hard, thinking to herself.

Are all top-tier sorcerers this powerful?

The tent disappeared, and Gojo Satoru shrugged, saying, "How boring. I thought I could show off in front of the students."

He looked down at Yuuki Matsuna, who was staring in disbelief, and said with a smile, "Yuuki, let's go buy some dessert~"

Just as Yuuki Matsuna was about to answer, she suddenly sensed danger.

Even she could sense the danger.

Gojo Satoru naturally sensed it too. He looked up at the person who had suddenly appeared from the shadows, narrowed his eyes, and said, "...A curse master?"

"What does the Cursed Master want to do here?" He chuckled and mocked, "He doesn't think he can defeat me with his own power alone, does he? He can't be that stupid."

A bald man stepped out and looked at Gojo Satoru. Behind him was a cursed spirit.

The cursed spirit was completely disfigured, looking ugly and terrifying, making people want to vomit, but for some reason, it was willing to obediently follow that bald man.

“Looks like I’m not the target.” Gojo Satoru said, narrowing his eyes.

What's the meaning?

The target isn't Ms. Gojo, but rather her?

Although she was usually quite unconventional, in that instant, Yuuki Matsuna's mind raced, and she quickly realized that the other party's target was her.

But why?

Could it be that the person who wanted to kidnap her has changed from an ordinary person into a curse master?

“T-Teacher…” Yuuki Matsuna swallowed hard, clinging tightly to Gojo Satoru’s body, pressing her entire body against him, and said, “I believe in you. You take care of them quickly and neatly, then we’ll go buy some dessert.”

"Yuki is actually afraid?" Gojo Satoru chuckled a few times, showing no sign of nervousness at all. "I thought Yuki wasn't afraid of anything, but it turns out he's still afraid of dying."

“There’s no such thing as someone who’s not afraid of death, okay? Everyone has a fear of death!” Yuuki Matsuna hugged his waist tightly and said, “Teacher, you’re my personal bodyguard, so you have to protect me.”

“Hmm…” Gojo Satoru stroked his chin and suddenly said something inexplicable, “It’s not good to kill in front of students. It will leave your lovely students with nightmares that are hard to forget.”

What--? !

Is now the time to consider these things?!

"It's okay, I'm perfectly fine, teacher, you don't need to worry about me!" Yuki Matsuna hurriedly said, but as soon as she finished speaking, she saw Gojo Satoru lower his head and give her a smile.

Yuki Matsuna suddenly had a bad feeling.

"T-Teacher, what are you going to do?" she asked in a trembling voice.

"Hmm... let me think." Gojo Satoru forcefully pried her hands apart, ignoring her resistance, grabbed her by the neck and put her on the ground.

Yuuki Matsuna stared wide-eyed in disbelief, gritted her teeth, and said, "Teacher, if you leave me here, I'll curse you even if I go to hell."

Gojo Satoru remained unmoved. He patted Yuuki Matsuna on the shoulder and said with a smile, "I've heard that people can grow and unleash their potential more in adversity. Yuuki, you'd better keep it up."