misogynistic - naoya

chapter 22

naoya zen'in

"Ieiri, I'm sorry to have brought you here by night." "It's alright." Shoko was holding her fingers on her mouth, moving the cigarette towards it. "What did you want?" "I'll tell you when Satoru will arrive." She nodded and turned her head to the left. "Suguru, I bet, 7 minutes until he comes." Smiling at the empty seat, she got reminded by their constant guess games on how late Satoru would always be.

As she predicted, seven minutes later Satoru walked inside. "Oh, Shoko-kun." "I'm only one month younger than you, Satoru." "Honorifics are honorifics." He sat down next to her, looking at Yaga. "It's a mission, for you two, to exorcise a curse." "I don't do that." Shoko looked at him, raising an eyebrow. "Well, you two have been asked to do that. You two should take two of your students with you." "This is awkwardly alike with the situation ten years ago." "Shoko-" "Is my sister invited either?" "She's not." "Good grief."

Satoru just watched their conversation, wishing to know something, "A curse? What type of curse?" "That one curse. The one that you once fought again. The mountain lookalike." "Oh, that'll be easy." Shoko looked at Satoru and then back, "Why am I needed if Satoru can handle it himself? And the other two students?"

"It's an unregistered special grade, Shoko. As powerful as Satoru may be, he's still human." Satoru scoffed, hearing those words coming out of the old man's mouth. "Well, looks like there's no turning back. I accept it." Satoru stood up, looking at Shoko. "Don't be scared Satoru, I won't leave your ass alone. I accept it either then but I want Maki to come with us." "Then I am taking Megumi with me." Walking out of the room, Shoko's gut feeling was worse than before.

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Kayo woke up on Naoya's shoulder, looking at the sleeping man. His hair was messy and his clothes were all over the place. Stiff parts of his kimono were off, so he could lay there more comfortably. Hearing noises out of the kitchen, she stood up, walking towards that noise. "Nika?" "Oh, Kayo-san. I didn't want to wake you up because you were sleeping. I was preparing breakfast." Kayo scratched the back of her neck, "It's alright. I'm just not used to live with staff." She smiled, going back into the living room, taking a pillow.

"Wake up Naoya." She threw the pillow at his head, continuing to walk towards the bedroom. Changing into her usual clothings, she prepared her hair in the bathroom.

"Good morning." Kayo smiled at her husband, who just glared at her and walked into the kitchen. As everyone was ready, they all started to eat breakfast. "What are you going to do today?" "Shoko texted me that she and Maki won't be able to be reached today, so I'm planning on going to the port tonight. There are a few things I need to get."

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Meanwhile, Yaga was talking to the two students, "Your two teachers are going on a mission today. Fushiguro and Maki, you are there as support and to learn. If anything doesn't go by plan, you either contact me, any other special grade sorcerer or in the last situation, the very last situation, you contact Kayo Ieiri." "Why are we contacting my sister?" Shoko entered the room. She normally didn't care much but she didn't want to be a burden for her sister who was still living under the pressure of her past, loss and other reality, she was living in. "If everything goes bad we will contact her." She just scoffed and left the room.

"Sensei, where are we going to go to? Where will this curse be?" Megumi asked the principal. "The port."