April.

The grass grows and the warbler flies.

The colorful promenade is full of students wearing the uniforms of Minejo University High School.

"Hey, Fujimoto, why does it smell of smoke?"

"Narita, my skirt is a centimeter shorter than normal."

"Sashima, if there's anything strange in your bag, check it for me."

The teacher on duty at the school gate was carefully supervising the appearance of the students, and on the side, Natsume Poetry, who was wearing the armband of the Discipline Inspection Commissioner, held a record board in his hand and looked at the students who poured into the campus.

There are many familiar faces, and there are many more unfamiliar ones.

"New semester......

Natsume muttered to herself.

I couldn't help but glance at the southwest direction.

Behind the sky obscured by tall buildings, Mt. Fuji no longer exists.

Even the Fuji Five Lakes are gone.

Today, Mt. Fuji is located in the original area of a huge bay, and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism re-surveyed and named it the Fuji Sea, which is one of the land seas.

As for the huge spear stuck in the middle of the Fuji Sea, it has been dismantled.

The Mt. Fuji area, which was once the most terrifying area in Wakuni, is now just a calm sea.

And the people who were in danger of the catastrophe are now going on with their daily lives, and as always, more of them do not know who they were saved by and how.

Natsume poetry couldn't help but sigh.

"Ah, it's Natsume-san."

At the door, a girl wearing a uniform at Minejo University High School recognized Natsume's poetry.

"Is it the Asano witch of Atsuta Shrine?"

Natsume Yuki also recognized each other.

The reliant of the Heavenly Cloud Sword, Asano Ariko of Atsuta Jingu.

"Congratulations."

Today is the beginning of the school year, and it is also the first day of school for Ariko, so Natsume poetry naturally sent blessings.

"Thank you, then again, did Natsume-san see the teacher?"

After Ya Lizi greeted her, she immediately asked about Qiao Qiao's whereabouts.

"I said I would take me to school, but it turned out to be ......"

She was resentful.

"Qiao San's words, it seems that they have already come before."

Natsume replied that of course she would not ignore the man, after all, he was the most dangerous person on campus.

"Ah, then I'll have to hurry up and find him."

Ariko was about to say goodbye to Natsume poetry and go to Qiao Qiaoqiao, when she saw a lot of students gathered outside the main teaching building.

"What's wrong?"

As a member of the Discipline Commission, Natsume Poetry naturally took the lead, and she and Ariko crossed the crowd and came to the front.

I saw that near the shoe cabinet at the entrance of the teaching building, it was sealed by a yellow cordon, and it was difficult to step into it, resulting in students not being able to change their indoor shoes and shouting noisily.

"What is this?"

Ariko didn't quite understand, but Natsume immediately realized the essence of the problem.

“...... Jossan, what are you doing again? ”

Hearing Natsume's words, Ariko hurriedly looked inside.

I saw that on one of the compartments of a row of shoe cabinets, there was a grayish, plasticine-like thing sticking to it.

On top of the plasticine, there was a short black pillar.

Two rows of cabinets away from this shoe cabinet, a young man in a school uniform shirt is hiding behind a desk that he got out of nowhere, holding a black remote control-like object in his hand.

"Everyone, please cover your ears and watch out for the impact!"

He shouted loudly, it was Qiao Qiao.

"Teacher?"

Airiko looked confused.

"I said, Qiao San, what's wrong this time?"

Natsume ignored the cordons and stepped over to the side of Qiao Bridge.

"Here's the thing, when I came to school this morning, I found that the mechanism I had set up on the shoe cabinet had been tampered with, which means that someone other than me had opened my shoe cabinet, and according to common sense, I thought it was a premeditated terrorist attack."

Qiao Qiao said seriously, and at the same time saw Ya Lizi who came with him.

"No one should do this now......

Natsume twitched the corners of her mouth.

Although it is true that the last time, uh, the last time the shoe cabinet was blown up because there was a bomb inside, most of the yokai have chosen to live in peace with humans, or have been forced to live in peace, because of the disappearance of Mt. Fuji.

Therefore, with the exception of a few resentful spirits caused by the simple deposition of Yin Qi, most of the strange events have disappeared.

It can't be a monster!

"To be on the safe side, I think it's reasonable to blast out the shoe cabinet, Natsume-san, Ariko, it's dangerous to stand there, it's safer to hide behind cover."

Qiao Qiao insisted on his opinion and shrank back into the table again.

The Asano shrine maiden also advised...... Alas? ”

Natsume's poetry also wanted Ariko to persuade Qiao Qiao, but she saw Ariko obediently hiding behind the table, and took the helmet that Qiao Qiao didn't know where to take it out.

“？”

Neither of them can be saved.

Natsume's poetry broke out in a cold sweat.

She was about to continue to persuade Qiao Qiao, when she saw a figure in a school uniform cross her and walk towards Qiao Qiao.

The man didn't pay attention to Qiao Qiao's actions, and went directly to the shoe cabinet and opened the shoe cabinet door covered with gray plasticine.

"Be careful!"

Qiao Qiao curled up and hid.

But with the opening of the cabinet door, nothing happened.

Of course, in the shoe cabinet, Qiao Qiao's indoor shoes are lying on the ground, and there are no threatening letters or pink love letters from unknown sources.

"Look, no problem."

The man said to Qiao Qiao.

"Okay, don't affect the opening ceremony, I'm still coming to class for the first day, I don't want to be delayed."

She came to Qiao Qiao's side and patted Qiao Qiao's shoulder.

It's Sayoko.

"Little, Sayoko?"

Natsume's poetry was also a little surprised.

Although the world is a lot more peaceful now, Sayoko's specificity has not disappeared, and it still seems inappropriate to transfer her negative emotions and injuries to other people, and come to school normally.

Natsume's poetry had never been heard before.

"I—I see."

Qiao Qiao came out from behind the table, looking like a child who had been caught by his parents and made a mistake.

"Hurry up and clean up here, no one else can enter the teaching building, and besides, they said they were going to take me to the classroom, but they disappeared in a blink of an eye......

Sayoko counted Qiao Qiao, to this, Qiao Qiao did not refute this, but honestly cleaned up the cordon around the shoe cabinet and the explosives placed before.

"I always feel that Qiao San is like a different person in front of Sayoko, and there is a feeling that he has changed from a military dog to an honest dog......"

Natsume poetry clasped her hands and watched the interaction between the two on the sidelines, and suddenly felt as if she had eaten a lemon.

“...... And Suzuka and Kiriya, why haven't the two of them arrived at school yet, are they lost on the road? ”

Sayoko looked around again and sighed.

“？”

Natsume poetry doesn't understand.

Forget about Sayoko, Suzuka and Kiriya, do you have to come to school?

Indeed, Natsume Poetry had heard about the plan for the peaceful coexistence of youkai and humans, and some of the youkai would live with humans in the pilot area.

In this way, the pilot is Fengcheng High School?

And by coincidence, it turned out to be the two ...... in Qiao Qiao's family

Natsume looked at Sayoko and Ariko beside Qiao Qiao, and suddenly felt that his next campus life might be much harder than before.

"But ......"

After all, it's spring, a new beginning.

Natsume poetry looked at the falling cherry blossoms and thought.

(End of book)