Motokano Sensei (Ex-girlfriend Teachers Want to Nurture Love by Making Slightly Naughty Visits to Your Home) - Volume 1 Chapter 5 Part 2
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I was following my precedents and the likelihood that I would be expelled from school was great.
But even then —-
“Is that so…”
What leaked out of my mouth was such a careless line.
Of course, being expelled from school was a great shock.
But the shock didn’t make me faint.
It was just that, as I was feeling kind of relieved, all sense of tension escaped my mind.
My punishment has been decided, but Akari, Kohaku, and Mashiro-san wouldn’t be punished.
I felt sorry for the three people who tried to protect me from this very outcome, but… I didn’t regret what I did.
If I hadn’t moved at that time, Mashiro-san might have been attacked with even worse words and she might have suffered a deep wound in her heart.
If the vice principal had seen Akari and Kohaku making moves to protect Mashiro-san and arguing with those pick-up artists, they might have been labeled as problem teachers and their teaching careers would have ended forever.
[TL: This is what education teaches us… get yourself killed if someone comes to kill you. Just so that you aren’t killed socially. Hilarious. The very reason why generally no educated person is happy.]
But I was able to protect the three by taking action.
Even though I was going to be expelled from school, I was able to protect my beloved ex-girlfriends and friend.
There should be no regrets whatsoever.
“I apologize for causing such inconvenience this time!”
Accepting the verdict of expulsion, I bowed my head deeply in reverence before exiting.
“You seem to be misunderstanding something over here.”
“… Eh?”
I raised my head while still being puzzled by the words that suddenly came out from the principal.
“A misunderstanding… like?”
He nodded his head.
“I have no intention of expelling you.” Saying that, he smiled.
“… Umm, then will I be forgiven with suspension?”
“No, I won’t even be suspending you.”
“Huh? Why is that?! Even though I did the same thing as the two who were expelled from the school previously…”
“Is it the same thing? The two men I expelled picked up on a junior high school girl while shoving her boyfriend aside. Even though the police didn’t turn up at the scene at the time, I couldn’t let the violent students from my school go unnoticed. That’s why I gave them the most severe punishment that I could at that time from my end.”
The principal’s originally grim face instead turned gentle.
“But on the other hand, you fought to protect the self-respect of your fellow students and teachers. Furthermore, it was the other party who pushed you into a fight, so they provoked you. It’s true that you got involved in a fight, so I can’t praise you out in the open. But, luckily it’s just you and me who are present in this room. So, taking this opportunity, I’d like to thank you for standing up and showing courage to protect the self-respect and honor of our teachers and students.”
Are you telling me, I won’t be punished at all?!
And on top of that, I was getting thanked by the principal at that…?!
“… Is it okay for me to continue coming to school?”
“Yes, keep working hard on your studies.”
My heart was filled with joy as he told me this with a smile on his face.
“Yes! Thank you! I will study hard so that I can graduate safely!”
It was just when I declared this out loud that the door opened and three people rushed into the room.
“I just heard you thank the principal right now! So, if you said thanks just now, it means that you are forgiven, correct?!”
“It’s a given that he’s forgiven. He’s done nothing wrong in the first place.”
“It’s strange to get expelled from school just for protecting us girls from bad people. I’m sure the principal also understood this as fact as well.”
[TL: It’s just that we live in a world where such things can as well happen, like what happened to Karma-kun in Assasination Classroom.]
The three of them were looking at me with expectant eyes.
The principal nodded majestically.
“He’s blameless. There’s nothing for you to worry about. So go to class. Soon —“
And as he was saying that, the school bell rang.
The three of them left the principal’s office with big smiles on their faces.
“I’ll excuse myself too.”
“Wait right there. Before you go, there’s one thing I need to confirm with you.”
His face was even more serious than it was before.
I couldn’t help but look away instinctively.
Soon, my eyes settled on a Japanese sword hanging on the wall!
The episode I heard from Mashiro-san just the other day crossed my mind as a prophecy.
T-That’s, that’s an imitation sword, right? It wasn’t the real thing right?!
“Hou~. Are you also interested in Nihon-tou?”
[TL notes: Nihon-tou = Katana]
As he saw me staring at the sword, the principal said this in a rather delighted tone.
“W-Well, I’m somewhat interested…”
Specifically, more on how you’re planning on using it.
After learning that I was dating Kohaku, you wouldn’t go and slash me with that, right?
So I wanted to ask, but since it was a suicidal act, I decided to stop right there.
Instead, I asked, “Why are you keeping a sword in your office?”
“I used to practice kendo when I was a student. So when I look at the sword, I always feel firm and righteous. Of course, you could say that I kept it in the office because I love Nihon-tou in the first place. But for me, as a follower, I embrace the virtue that it brings with it. I keep it in my office as a reminder of all that.”
“I-I see, so that was the reason behind it.”
It seemed that the whole incident earlier was just Mashiro-san’s own misunderstanding. As it turned out, he didn’t threaten the male teacher who made advances on Kohaku with that very sword.
“Especially for the teacher who was courting my daughter with ill intentions, I showed him the blade of that up close.”
You’re seriously threatening me right now, sir!
“Well, with that in mind, I’d like you to ask—”
The principal said it with the worst preface ever.
“Y-You’re not dating my daughter, are you?”
HE IS ABSOLUTELY SUSPICIOUS OF ME!
HE IS DEFINITELY SEEING ME WITH SUSPICIOUS EYES!
No, no! Calm down me! If I faltered over here, it was like admitting that in the first place! Don’t be stupid!
“Huh? Daughter? Which one?”
“Obviously, I’m talking about Mashiro! Don’t tell me, are you going out with Kohaku?!”
That principal was grabbing hold of the Katana at this moment!
“Obviously that’s UNTRUE! We only have a teacher-student relationship in the first place! Of course, I’m not dating Shirasawa-san as well!”
“You don’t need to deny that to such a degree. Are my daughters not attractive?”
“Absolutely not! They are incredibly attractive! Incredibly cute!”
The principal was happy. He let go of his hand from that sword in reaction to my words.
“Isn’t that right, isn’t that right? Both of them are my proud daughters whom I raised with the utmost care. I have no intentions of giving them to a man of whom I have no understanding about in the first place.”
[TL notes: The last line, in purity goes like this, I have no intention of giving my daughters to a man, whom I don’t even know is the bone of which horse in the first place. A Japanese idiom basically.]
Even then, the principal gritted his teeth in disgust as he continued, “There’s a chance that Mashiro is in love with a man with a loose character!”
“Eh? Shirasawa-san?”
I think that’s definitely a misunderstanding on the principal’s part… Mashiro-san seemed rather distrustful in general toward men. Furthermore, Mashiro-san to be in love with a man who flirted and has a loose character… isn’t that the exact opposite of her preference…
“You probably haven’t seen it before, but Mashiro had such beautiful black hair before. It was to the degree that it wasn’t even strange for shampoo companies to ask for her to appear in commercials! But she dyed her hair blonde. I can’t help but think of it as an influence from a man who flirts and has a loose character!”
“Did you hear that from the person in question?”
“No matter how many times I call her in the principal’s office and even ask her questions, she would always evade me, saying 『Well, I wonder if that is so?』I’m already just so worried sick about Mashiro right now…”
Now, I know why Mashiro-san dyed her hair blonde.
It was presumably because she wanted to pull all the attention of the principal onto herself so that —- Kohaku would be able to escape the principal’s hawk-like scrutiny. By putting all the attention on herself, she was able to keep Kohaku out of trouble.
Of course, she might just be trying to be fashionable, but… if it was all as per my deductions, I think Mashiro-san was a really kind girl who wholeheartedly cared about her Elder Sister.
“I’d be fine with a man with a strong sense of justice like you, but I’ll never accept a man who has a flirty and nonsensical character to deprive me of my pure Mashiro-chan!”