Chapter 15 A good father is one who admits his mistakes and corrects them.
'Jay, you're even more arrogant and complacent than Wu.'
The words of the Night Moth Path still seemed to echo in his ears. Xia Youjie looked at the bubbles rising in the sparkling water bottle in his hand, and his thoughts were like those bubbles.
Gojo Satoru sat down beside him: "Hey, Jetsu, still thinking about it?"
Xia Youjie glanced at him and asked, "What do you think of what Teacher Night Moth said?"
"What do you mean, 'what are you thinking'? So long-winded?"
"I mean what the teacher said, that I... and you, are both very proud of each other and so on."
Gojo Satoru shrugged casually: "So what if I'm proud? I have the right to be proud, so why can't I be proud?"
That's what they say, but Xia Youjie felt that this shouldn't be the case.
Akari's superior attitude towards non-magicians made him feel that this was wrong. But now, Moth-sensei was telling him that he wasn't much different from Akari.
Xia Youjie found himself caught in a contradiction. On the one hand, he believed that the weak were the dominant force in the world, but on the other hand, he was unconsciously looking down on those "weak people".
Xia Youjie was somewhat bewildered.
Seeing that he looked like he had lost his soul, Gojo touched the other man's face with the soda can in his hand, forcibly bringing him back to his senses.
"What's there to think about? Why think so much? Please, we're the strongest. If we can't be proud, then everyone in the world should be ashamed." Gojo Satoru said this as if it were the most natural thing in the world, because that's really what he thought.
"I'm definitely stronger than them, that's a fact, okay?"
Xia Youjie smiled helplessly: "You didn't listen to a word the teacher said."
Gojo Satoru still had that "I'm not afraid of boiling water" expression: "It's all just high-sounding principles, who wants to listen to that?"
Xia Youjie suddenly felt a little envious of Gotiao Wu's "I can throw my head around and nobody can control me" mentality.
He asked Wu Tiao a question: "Wu, what is your reason for saving people?"
"Why?" Gojo Satoru popped open his soda and answered nonchalantly, "I saved him because I wanted to. What's the 'why'? I'm happy to do it, is that so wrong? Who else would come up with so many grand principles to justify themselves like you? Ugh."
Xia Youjie: = =#
Even if it happened again, Xia Youjie would still want to beat this bastard up.
However, remembering what Teacher Yemo had said, Xia Youjie held back this time.
Gojo Satoru doesn't need many reasons to do things; you could even say he does it entirely based on his mood. But Natsume Yuuki is different; he can't do that.
He felt even more confused. He needed an answer, even though he couldn't explain why he needed it.
Then, Yuki Akahara got up, and the father had to immediately compose himself and go to teach his child, proving once again that parents have no time to contemplate life.
However, Ayaka Arakawa noticed that Natsumi Yoshiki was distracted.
She diligently practiced her handwriting for a whole page, then turned around and found Xia Youjie staring blankly at the math problems she had just solved.
Zhixue Yahuali:?
Are you kidding me?! I've been so seriously putting in this role-playing parenting lesson with you, and you're just zoning out here?!
Do you think you've done justice to all my hard work?!
In an instant, Ayaka Shiki understood the frustration of teachers and parents who were diligently teaching their children how to do problems, only to look down and see their children daydreaming.
She immediately called out to Xia Youjie, "Dad."
Xia Youjie: "Hmm?"
Karin Origami looked at him with a smile and asked, "Dad, what are you thinking about? Is it because you don't know how to do this problem? It's okay, Karin can teach you."
Xia Youjie: ? ? ?
What?
Then, regardless of what Xia Youjie wanted to say, Zhi Xueya Karin forcibly pulled him and explained those questions to him, using the same coaxing tone that Xia Youjie used when explaining questions to her.
Finally, she didn't forget to encourage Xia Youjie: "How was it? Did you understand, Dad? It's okay if you didn't understand. Ya Huali won't think Dad is stupid. Ya Huali can explain it to Dad again."
Xia Youjie: "..."
He forced a smile and explained, "Uh... thank you, Akari, but it's not that I don't know how, I just happened to be thinking about something else and my mind wandered off."
"That's not right of you, Dad." The child immediately put her hands on her hips and looked at him with dissatisfaction. "Ayaka is working hard on her homework, how could you be distracted when you're grading her assignments?"
She seized on this point and gave Xia Youjie a thorough dressing down.
Xia Youjie was genuinely embarrassed by his daughter's criticism. The 1.8-meter-tall man, feeling utterly ashamed, apologized to his daughter: "I'm sorry, Ya Huali. It was my fault. I won't do it again..."
Karin nodded in satisfaction, then stood on tiptoe to pat his arm, saying with relief, "It's okay, a good child is one who knows his mistakes and can correct them."
Xia Youjie: "..."
Is this the kind of thing you say to your own father?
But then again... why did he feel like what Akari had just said sounded familiar?
It's obvious that these words sound familiar, because Xia Youjie had said them before when he criticized Zhixue Ahuali for pretending not to know how to do the problems. Now, Zhixue Ahuali has brought them out one by one and returned them to him, mainly using the idea of learning from the barbarians to subdue them.
Suddenly, Gojo Satoru appeared at the doorway. Looking at the two of them standing in a slightly strange position, he asked, "What are you two doing?"
Xia Youjie straightened up awkwardly and coughed: "Nothing, what's wrong?"
"The moth said it had something to announce and asked us all to come over."
"Let's go then," Xia Youjie stood up and asked Zhi Xue A Huali, "Does A Huali want to come along?"
Of course, Ayaka Shiki was eager to join in the fun: "Yes!"
All first-year students, plus Ayaka Karin, were present. Masamichi Yagami announced the school's latest arrangements—
"After careful consideration, the school believes that we need to provide students with some psychological counseling, so we have invited a professional counselor for everyone. The counseling room will be located next to the infirmary, so you can go there to find Mr. Narita if you need help in the future."
Upon hearing this, Xia Youjie looked directly at Zhi Xueya Karin, only to find that Zhi Xueya Karin was also looking at him.
Not only Oriyuki Karin, but also Gojo Satoru and Ieiri Shoko turned their gazes toward him.
Xia Youjie: ? ? ?
Isn't it...me?
Why are you all looking at me?
Shoko Ieiri calmly turned her head and casually replied, "No, I just happened to be looking in this direction."
Gojo Satoru, on the other hand, was quite frank: "Only you need it, right?"
Zhixue Yahuali: "."
Well……
She blurted out instinctively, "January 1st is the first month of the lunar calendar, February 2nd..."
Xia Youjie: "..."
Gojo Satoru and Ieichi Glass: "Pfft."
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This psychologist was indeed someone that Ye Mo Zhengdao specially reported to the principal and invited after learning about Xia Youjie's situation. In order to conform to the current situation of their sorcery world, he invited a former sorcerer.
The other party was originally a commoner sorcerer, but later he didn't want to be a sorcerer anymore, so he became a psychologist, and happened to be invited by the principal.
Masamichi Noimo was worried that the students might think that seeing a psychologist meant they had a mental problem, so he specifically explained to them: "Well, inviting a psychologist here doesn't mean you have a mental illness. It just means that you might have some things in your daily lives that you can't figure out. If you can't figure them out yourself, you can ask Professor Narita."
Gojo Satoru immediately raised his hand: "Teacher, can I ask anything?"
His words immediately alerted Masamichi Yagami, who turned a hostile gaze to Satoru Gojo: "What do you want to ask?"
"I want to ask how to use [He]."
Everyone: "..."
Moth Masakazu's forehead vein throbbed: "That's a psychology teacher, not a sorcery teacher!"
Gojo Satoru scoffed, "Then you, as a jutsu teacher, don't know how either."
The Way of the Night Moth: = =#
He gave Gotō a sharp rap on the head: "Don't cause me any trouble here!"
Gojo Satoru (with a bun on his head): ": "
After Masamichi Yagami left, Gojo Satoru enthusiastically invited Ueka Iri Shoko and Natsuyu Suke to go to the counseling room together.
To be honest, Karin was worried for the school counselor, because Satoru Gojo's demeanor didn't seem like he was going to have a counseling session at all; it looked more like he was going to cause trouble.
Because he said, "Do you think Professor Narita has any way to translate the 'shushushu' sound of glass?"
Xia Youjie: "...I think we should find a language expert."
Ieiri Glass:?
"Xia You, what do you mean? I'm speaking a very simple language, Japanese. If you don't understand, it's because you two are not good at understanding, okay?"
As she followed the three people to the psychological counseling room, only one thought occupied her mind: a large wave of enemy weapons was about to arrive at the scene.
I wonder if Mr. Narita's hairline is as firmly established as that of Masamichi Nobi, otherwise... well... I wish him good luck.
Soon, the group met Mr. Narita. When they arrived, the so-called counseling room was still in a shabby state, with the interior decoration not yet finished. Mr. Narita was tidying up his things and seemed a little surprised to see them.
"Oh, hello. I didn't expect students to arrive so soon. I'm sorry, I'm not ready yet. Please wait here for a moment, I'll go next door and get you some chairs." Mr. Narita said to them with a slightly apologetic smile and gentle manner.
Xia Youjie quickly put on a gentle smile and said apologetically, "No, we've been too forward. No need to trouble you, teacher. We just heard there's a new teacher at the school and were curious, so we came to see. Is there anything we can help you with?"
After that, the few of them started helping to pack things up.
Besides the child, Karin Ooriyuki, she also got a special seat and received candy from Mr. Narita.
Origami Ayaka: It's so nice to be a child.
She felt that this Narita-sensei really didn't look like a sorcerer; he didn't have any of the feel of a gorilla.
He looks a bit like an adult version of Bone Bro.
While Gojo Satoru was helping to pack things up—or rather, adding to the chaos—he was still curiously asking the other person all sorts of tricky questions, and the other person answered them all one by one, while maintaining a very stable emotional state throughout.
The three women, Karin Oori, Suguru Natsumi, and Shoko Ieiri, immediately developed a deep respect for him.
Especially Yuki Ayaka, who was quite satisfied with this counselor. She thought that maybe the counselor could solve Jie's problem?
However, after helping to tidy up the things, Xia Youjie and the others planned to leave.
Mr. Narita told them that if anything happened later, they could come and talk to him. However, it seemed that Natsume Yuki had no intention of talking to him.
Her eyes darted around, and she raised her hand high: "Uncle Narita, can Akari talk to you?"
A note from the author:
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Since some lovely readers have raised questions before, I'd like to clarify first that our story is a continuous narrative. The later time travel will also take place in this world, so we need to solve the problems one by one. If we solve them all at once, there won't be any more issues later on.
Xia Youya Huali's task was simply to straighten Jie Ge; the problems with Wu Tiao, Brain Flower, Su Nuo, etc., were left to Huali in the back.
And it won't reveal your identity; the entire text will remain completely anonymous.
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