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◎The child has temporarily won◎
The employer and the bodyguard were idly sitting in the same room.
Gojo Satoru lay sprawled on the sofa, it was unclear whether he was truly asleep or pretending.
"teacher--"
"teacher--"
"If you don't pay attention to me, I'm going to pinch your nose!"
Seeing that Gojo Satoru had not yet responded, Yuuki Matsuna puffed out her cheeks in dissatisfaction.
She acted decisively, reaching out to pinch Gojo Satoru's nose, but just as she was about to touch him, she was blocked by something she didn't know.
"Huh?" she exclaimed in confusion, unwilling to give up and wanting to try again, but no matter how hard she tried, she still couldn't get close to Gojo Satoru.
Unable to touch the other person, Yuuki Matsuna had no choice but to give up, complaining, "Why can't I touch Gojo-sensei?"
"Hmm... why?" Gojo Satoru finally responded.
He suddenly took Yuuki Matsuna's hand, intertwined their fingers, and asked in a low voice, "Why can I touch Yuuki so easily, but Yuuki can never touch me?"
The gesture of interlocking fingers is far too ambiguous; up to now, Yuuki Matsuna has only done this with her parents and elders.
A deep voice sounded in her ear, and for some reason, Yuuki Matsuna felt a little hot.
"Oh dear." The teacher, Gojo, who didn't know how to save face for her students, gently exposed her, "Yuki, your face has turned red."
Yuuki Matsuna quickly covered her face with her other hand and retorted, "I didn't!"
She couldn't bear to let go of her other hand.
Seeing her intention, Gojo Satoru laughed out loud, and then deliberately said, "You can't win over a teacher by being shy like this, so how can you make her your first wife?"
He guessed the girl would probably say something like, "I will keep trying" or "I will make the teacher understand how deep my feelings are."
Gojo Satoru began to find the game somewhat boring.
But the girl's answer was unexpected.
"I've already disqualified Teacher from being my first wife!" Yuki Matsuna's eyes suddenly turned serious. She said solemnly, "I'm now considering letting Yuta or Eri become my first wife. Gojo-sensei is out of the running."
She snorted and stuck out her tongue: "A mature adult loses to a kid you look down on."
"Oh?" Gojo Satoru chuckled and asked, "Why did you revoke my status as the eldest son's wife? Don't you like the teacher anymore?"
"No, no." Yuuki Matsuna shook her head and said sincerely, "Of course I still like Gojo-sensei. He's so handsome, who wouldn't like him?"
“The teacher is the most handsome person I’ve ever seen, but—” she changed the subject, “the teacher is just too much, he doesn’t deserve to be the first wife at all!”
"Too much?" Gojo Satoru's interest was piqued again.
“Yeah, that’s too much.” Through the blindfold, Yuuki Matsuna and Gojo Satoru looked at each other. “The teacher doesn’t like me at all. She keeps saying she wants to test my sincerity and makes me buy her desserts. She’s shamelessly teasing me like a fun toy.”
oh?
So you knew all along?
“But none of that matters, because I like Gojo-sensei, so I’m doing these things voluntarily.” Yuuki Matsuna frowned.
She held up one finger and said, "But most importantly, the teacher prevented me from getting closer to other people, which is not the kind of magnanimity that the eldest son should have."
"Compared to you, Yuta and Eta are so gentle. Even Inu-maki-senpai, whom I haven't gotten to know very well, is much better than you, Sensei." She withdrew her hand, stuck her tongue out at Gojo Satoru, and said, "Sensei has already lost his right to be the first wife!"
"Really?" Gojo Satoru's voice was gloomy and uncertain.
Matsuna Yuuki turned her head to the side and replied decisively, "Of course, I've made my decision."
"That's a real shame." Gojo Satoru pinched Yuuki Matsuna's chin and turned her head back.
He removed his blindfold, revealing his deep blue eyes and captivating features, and stared at Yuuki Matsuna.
Yuki Matsuna was completely stunned; her mind went blank.
Gojo Satoru smiled and asked, "Yuki, are you sure you've revoked my status as the first wife?"
We're doomed.
Gojo-sensei is not only a jerk, but also a jerk who knows how to use his face.
Faced with Gojo Satoru's beauty, Yuuki Matsuna's resolve crumbled, and the determination she had finally made was shattered.
Matsuna Yuuki clutched her chest, forcibly suppressing the frantic pounding in her heart, and said in a trembling voice, "I...I'm not sure."
Compared to children, mature adults are better at utilizing their advantages.
Gojo Satoru narrowed his eyes, then moved a little closer and asked, "Are Otsuko, Megumi, and Inu-maki really that much better than me?"
This...this is practically foul!!
Who asks a question with a face like that?!
Yuuki Matsuna swallowed hard, shook her head slightly, and replied hesitantly, "Teacher... is very nice too."
"No, that won't do." Gojo Satoru wouldn't let her off the hook, asking again, "Is the teacher as good as everyone else, better than them, or not as good as them?"
The girl was so embarrassed by him that she blushed and didn't know what to say.
Gojo Satoru suddenly let go of his hand, chuckled twice, and leaned back on the sofa, saying, "Kids shouldn't play these boyfriend-girlfriend games, Yuki. You'll never get a teacher like this."
Realizing she was being joked about again, Yuuki Matsuna regained her composure: "I'm not a child anymore. Mommy said that when you feel 'like' for someone, you're no longer a child."
"I've already developed feelings of 'liking' for many people, teacher, please stop treating me like a child."
“But isn’t that the problem?” Gojo Satoru put his blindfold back on.
Matsuna Yuuki didn't understand what that meant. She frowned and asked, "What do you mean by that, teacher?"
"What I mean is, your kind of liking can't be called liking." Gojo Satoru put his hands behind his head. "True liking doesn't involve feeling for several people at the same time. That's not liking, it's called having a crush."
"You've just developed feelings for several people," Gojo Satoru denied Yuuki Matsuna's feelings.
Being denied her feelings made Yuuki Matsuna inexplicably unhappy. She climbed onto the sofa, pinned Gojo Satoru down, and said, "It's not just a feeling of liking, I can tell the difference between liking and liking!"
"Is that so?" Gojo Satoru asked. "Then let me put it another way, Yuuki. When you realized you liked the teacher, what was your first reaction?"
"My first reaction would definitely be to tell the teacher and confess to her," Yuuki Matsuna thought Gojo Satoru's question was a bit strange.
“But when love comes, people’s first reaction is not to forge ahead, but to be afraid.” Gojo Satoru sat up.
He placed Yuki Matsuna on his lap and said, "Yuki, you're still a child who doesn't understand these things. You can't win over the mature Gojo-sensei."
The game with the children has come to an end.
“That’s ridiculous,” Yuuki Matsuna said, unconvinced.
She grabbed Gojo Satoru's collar, then reached out and ripped off his blindfold, saying, "Teacher can't just deny me like that."
“Daddy said that people are different,” she said. “Even though most people will feel fear at first, there will be exceptions like me.”
But the child didn't want the game to end; she grabbed the adult's hand, wanting to continue the game.
Gojo Satoru narrowed his eyes. He had already lost interest in the game, and no matter what the child said, he was determined to end it.
"But Teacher doesn't have any interest in dating," Gojo Satoru said with a smile. "Most sorcerers are single, you know, because they could lose their lives at any moment. If they were in a relationship, wouldn't that be very irresponsible to their partner?"
Matsuna Yuuki looked at him strangely: "But isn't the teacher the strongest? Is there a cursed spirit that can make the teacher lose his life? If such a cursed spirit really exists, humanity will perish, and sorcerers won't have to do it anymore."
This is getting a bit nagging; here are five insights.
“But you’re weak.” Gojo Satoru mocked in his usual way. “A sorcerer like Yuuki, who doesn’t even know what his own spell is, can be easily killed by a cursed spirit.”
He deliberately provoked, "Besides, Yuuki was kidnapped by an ordinary person, wasn't he? Doesn't that mean he's even weaker than an ordinary person who isn't a sorcerer?"
"Is the teacher deliberately trying to provoke me?" Yuki Matsuna's thinking is always on a different track from that of ordinary people.
She lowered her head and thought seriously, "So that's why the teacher said that to me, wanting me to become stronger. The teacher really went to great lengths."
Gojo Satoru suddenly realized that all he had said was a waste of energy.
Matsuna Yuuki clenched her fist and said with a determined look, "Alright, then in order not to let you down, I will work hard and become someone who can stand shoulder to shoulder with you!"
To become someone who stands shoulder to shoulder with the strongest?
Don't be ridiculous, this is the kind of talk only a child would make.
Just as Gojo Satoru was about to make another sarcastic remark, Yuuki Matsuna suddenly raised her head.
She looked at Gojo Satoru, her eyes filled with a hope that could not be easily destroyed.
Yuki Matsuna released the hand that was gripping his collar, grinned at Gojo Satoru, and said, "Teacher, you have to wait for me to get stronger. Before I get stronger, you can't let other women steal you away, okay?"
Whether it was because he felt it was wrong to discourage young people's dreams, or because of some personal motives, Gojo Satoru did not voice his sarcastic remarks.
He smiled and said, "Okay, then I'll wait for Yuki to get stronger so he can stand shoulder to shoulder with me."
Was this a joke, or something said seriously?
Who knows?
The children temporarily won the first half of the game, and the game continued, but the final outcome was still undecided.
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