I Own A Brothel In Another World (Ch. 1-196)

Chapter 77 - Between a Teacher and a Student ❤❤

The cloaked person standing in front of me, who without even the slightest doubt is Shino Asakura, one of my students and a good friend, jerks a little at my clearly unexpected question and freezes solid.

"There's no need for this cover anymore. I've activated Hall of Serenity around this room. No one is going to hear us."

After a short moment, she reaches towards her hood and finally pulls it back, revealing a beautiful face of a purplish-eyed Japanese girl with a mighty black ponytail. Just the way I remember her. And she looks very surprised.

"How did you know?"

I shake my head with a smile. "Do you really think I wouldn't recognize the voice of one of my favourite students? I basically knew the moment I came down from the stairs. I must say though, you've given all of us a little scare with how you conducted yourself. But, that's not something you have to worry about. For now at least."

Shino rubs her hands in an awkward manner again and gazes down, but I can see how she takes very timid peeks back up at me with a tinge of curiosity in those charming dark violet eyes.

"It must have been hard for you to come to such a place just to meet me. You should have asked Ro—ekhm, the King to call for me to the castle and I would show up. So, what's the matter? Did something bad happen? Or do you need something from me as soon as possible?"

She stops sneaking glances at me and her eyes stay glued to the ground. I can see Shino's lips part and close a few times, but nothing comes out of them. The only thing that changes is the colour of her cheeks, visibly turning redder and redder with each passing second.

Oh, how I missed her moments of embarrassment. She's just so adorable during these that all you want to do is to step closer and hug her. But, there's a place and time for that and it clearly isn't now and here.

I take my hands off my hips, and as I turn my side to Shino, I wave at her.

"Follow me. This is not the perfect environment for such a sweet and pure-hearted girl. I'm really sorry for you having to force yourself to come here. Let's move to the garden behind the mansion. That should ease your nerves a little."

Finishing turning my body, I take a few steps and soon reach the door, grabbing the knob.

"I love you, Sensei! Please make me your woman!"

A sudden shout from behind stops me dead in my tracks. Not a single muscle in my whole body dares to move as my brain is dedicating all of its power and resources to countlessly analyse the words captured by my ears, making completely sure the message has been received correctly.

After a brief moment of silence, I let go of the knob and turn around to look at Shino. She's still standing in the same spot and with the same posture, but with her eyes tightly shut. Hearing my shoes scrape over the flooring, she lifts one eyelid to prod for my reaction and sighs in relief. I hope it's a relief. I'm not really sure how my face looks right now.

She then opens her other eye and tries her best to look at me, which proves to be incredibly hard and her gaze jumps away after just a second or two of eye contact. Her hands move to the material of her clothes and start squeezing it.

"I... I tried asking the King, but he didn't want to tell me any details... He said that he isn't sure if you are around or not on a trade run to another town... He wouldn't even tell me the name of your company or its address..."

I mean, I did ask Ross to keep these a secret between us, but I also told him not to overdo it if any of them would be clearly looking for me or were deeply interested in how I am doing. It seems like he decided to feign complete ignorance. And since I didn't get any urgent message from him, this must have taken place recently.