Chapter 171: The Nonexistent Character

“Phew… What a hassle.”

The next day, in the afternoon after classes, Yagi Miyuki came to the school’s basement level again, the location for the selection contest registration, listlessly noting down the names of girls on the form, unaware of the kind of opponents they were about to face.

Compared to yesterday, when Ninomiya-senpai was overseeing the place, which was nearly empty, now he was alone working here, and the number of registrations had noticeably increased. Although the queue wasn’t long, Yagi Miyuki felt mentally exhausted.

Ninomiya-senpai apparently had to go home early today for a family meeting, so she couldn’t come, leaving him to struggle alone.

“I hope… Narase doesn’t come~”

Remembering the fierce battle that unfolded here yesterday, he felt a stomachache, but what made him even more despondent was the so-called St. Cronia Miss Contest, which seemed to be turning into a battleground targeting him!

Sakura Manyu was already dangerous enough. If Narase also participated, he might really not escape this time. Not to mention being torn apart, at least several girls would pour their hearts out to him!

“Um… Yagi-kun.”

“Ah… Hello, sensei.”

Yagi Miyuki came back to his senses, looking strangely at the female teacher in front of him, who wore light makeup, had delicate features, a good figure, dressed in a small suit, and a gentle smile. He was somewhat puzzled.

Can teachers also register for the selection contest?

“Excuse me… sensei, are you here to register?”

Yagi Miyuki preemptively asked.

“No, no~”

The female teacher quickly waved her hand, coughed, and seriously said, “I’m here to register a student from our class. I’m the homeroom teacher of 1st Grade, Class E, Takahashi.”

“This…”

Yagi Miyuki’s heart skipped a beat.

1st Grade, Class E? Isn’t that the class of the foolish Narase? Could it be… No, I have to make it difficult for her…

Luckily, this teacher was at the end of the queue, and there was no one waiting at the moment, so he could spend more time trying to persuade her to leave.

Yagi Miyuki thought for a moment, realizing there was no rule against others registering on someone’s behalf, but still forcefully said, “Takahashi-sensei, to avoid malicious pranks, we prohibit proxy registration. The person themselves must come.”

Absolutely, he couldn’t let Narase get involved in this mess. He couldn’t even begin to imagine what would happen.

“Eh? Is there such a rule?”

Teacher Takahashi seemed troubled, rubbing her forehead and pulling out her phone, “Then I’ll call Fujihara-san now, hoping it’s not too late.”

Yagi Miyuki blinked.

Fujihara? Oh, then it’s fine.

“Cough… Teacher, although there is such a rule, it only applies to students. If you vouch for them, registering on behalf of a student from your class is allowed.”

Yagi Miyuki quickly changed his statement.

“Is that so? That’s great, Yagi-kun, you’re such a good kid.”

Watching Teacher Takahashi’s face, which had a familiar naivety and an easy-to-deceive simple smile, Yagi Miyuki’s mouth twitched.

So, she’s a silly sweet teacher like Narase? Sorry for troubling you just now.

“First is Fujihara-san, Fujihara Ayana-san, 1st Grade, Class E.”

“Fujihara Ayana-san, got it.”

“And then…”

“Wait, there’s more?!”

Yagi Miyuki abruptly looked up.

“Eh?”

Takahashi-sensei was taken aback, cautiously said, “No, can’t there be? Is there a rule that only one student per class can participate? Um… There’s no such rule, right?”

Yagi Miyuki broke into a cold sweat.

I’ve been careless.

Of course, it’s allowed. Which student is it?”

Yagi Miyuki’s face stiffened, holding onto the last sliver of hope, but it was soon ruthlessly shattered.

“It’s Narase-san, you know her, Yagi-kun. Oh, right, Narase-san told me you tutor her at her house after school every day. Is there any special teaching method?”

Takahashi-sensei looked somewhat disheartened, her head hanging low, “I really failed as a teacher. I couldn’t help Narase-san with her studies, but your tutoring has made her English improve leaps and bounds. Could you tell me what special method you used?”

You learn by bathing with me in a bikini…

Yagi Miyuki glanced at the teacher’s decent figure, his mind serene… compared to Ninomiya-senpai, she’s lacking so much…

“There’s no special method, just enough patience.”

“Is that so? I guess it’s just my lack of skill, unable to teach Narase-san.”

Yagi Miyuki, holding the pen, ignored the disheartened teacher. He was more upset than her.

So, what’s meant to come will come, huh?

Grinding his teeth, he slowly wrote Narase Mero’s name on the form, resolute.

Decided! On the third day of the school festival, he… would pretend to be sick and not come to school…

From any angle, this situation seemed like a no-return scenario!

“Well, that’s it.”

Takahashi-sensei took a deep breath and smiled, “I have something to do, so I’ll go first. Oh, and please take care of Narase-san. But you can’t do anything strange to her just because she lives alone.”

“Re…rest assured…”

Yagi Miyuki felt guilty, then as if realizing something, surprisedly said, “Alone? Teacher, Narase-san lives with her mother.”

Although he had never seen Narase’s parents, Narase had mentioned her mother many times. Speaking of which… he often went to Narase’s house but never encountered her family. Were they that busy?

“Mother?”

Teacher Takahashi was startled, frowning, “Yagi-kun, don’t you know? Narase-san is an orphan. Although I’m not very clear about it, it seems that her parents left her when she was very young. Now, her guardian is a distant cousin, but I’ve never met her.”

“Sensei… you’re joking, right?”

“How could I joke about such a thing!”

“This…”

Yagi Miyuki was stunned.

That’s not right, is it? He clearly remembered Narase Mero saying she was picked up by her mother.

Even if her mother wasn’t married, so she might not have a stepfather, where did this orphan story come from?

Yagi Miyuki vividly remembered the Mermaid-san mentioning her mother multiple times, like “Mother said not to show my fishtail,” “Mother said I’d be captured for research,” “Mother took me to buy many new swimsuits.”

These… surely couldn’t be his imagination, right?

If what Takahashi-sensei said was true, who was this guardian, the so-called distant cousin he had never heard of?

Was Narase Mero’s mother… a figment of her imagination?

This novel was translated on ShanghaiFantasy, https://shanghaifantasy.com/novel/an-extraordinary-girl-is-trying-her-best-to-ruin-my-daily-life/. If you are not reading on this website, it was stolen and aggregated

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