"I'm sorry, Teacher Yoshino. Because Waka and I were organizing books at the Library Island until very late last night. On the way back to the dormitory, I saw Teacher Negi and Student Asuna trying to run somewhere. Seeing the panicked look on their faces, out of curiosity, I pulled Waka along with me to follow them. And then I saw Teacher Yoshino with red eyes fighting Teacher Negi and the others. This is all my fault; I hope you don't blame Waka. If there's any punishment, please punish me alone."
Yue Ayase stood in front of Waka Miyazaki, looking at Yoshino with a determined expression. Yoshino had just said that they had seen something they shouldn't have, and Magic was something that was not allowed to be spread in this scientific world. She knew that her curiosity had implicated her best friend, Waka Miyazaki, so she wanted to accept the upcoming punishment all by herself.
"No! You can't! Yue, this matter isn't your fault. It's my fault for not stopping you! I'm the one who should be punished!" Waka Miyazaki, who had been somewhat afraid, said anxiously upon hearing that Yue Ayase intended to take the punishment for her. She couldn't bear to let her best friend take all the punishment.
Then the two began to argue about who should receive the punishment, a scene that made Yoshino feel a little helpless. She hadn't even said she was going to punish them, so why were their imaginations so wild? Did she really look that much like a bad person? However, this also showed that their friendship was truly strong; they were willing to take all the blame for each other. Their pure friendship greatly increased their favorability in Yoshino's heart. Besides the members of Red Wings, she rarely saw such selfless friendship anymore.
"Don't be like that; I didn't say I was going to punish you. Although the matter of magicians really can't be known by people of the old world, as long as you cooperate with me, I won't do anything to harm you." Yoshino interrupted their argument, indicating that she wouldn't do anything strange to them. "I assume you won't tell anyone about Magic, right?"
"...Yes! We won't tell anyone." Seeing that Yoshino didn't seem to be lying, Yue Ayase nodded in response. In fact, when Yoshino called them out to talk, she was still a little afraid that they had discovered the secret of Magic, and that Yoshino had called them out to silence them. But because Waka Miyazaki trusted Yoshino, she was able to calmly face everything.
"Teacher Yoshino is indeed a kind person. (Whispering)" Looking at Yoshino, whose face was filled with a gentle smile, Waka Miyazaki lowered her head and whispered. However, her words were clearly heard by Yoshino and the others, who couldn't help but turn to look at her. She always felt that Waka Miyazaki's words had a special meaning. Although Yoshino didn't notice anything, Yoshinon keenly detected the suspicious points about Waka Miyazaki.
Seeing Yoshino looking at her, Waka Miyazaki knew Yoshino had just heard her words. Her face immediately turned crimson, and her eyes darted away, not daring to look at Yoshino. Yue Ayase, who was beside her, frowned when she saw Waka's flustered expression. To prevent Yoshino from noticing anything suspicious about Waka Miyazaki, she proactively asked, "Teacher Yoshino, how do you magicians usually deal with ordinary people who discover your secrets? Don't you lock them up, or..." As she spoke, she made a decisive slashing motion across her neck with her right thumb.
"No! No! We would never do anything so extreme. You're thinking too seriously, Student Ayase. We just erase their memories related to magic; there's no such extreme thing as imprisonment." "She really is at an age full of imagination, to immediately think of imprisonment. She really does have a friend who works in a Library."
"Then what about Student Asuna? Last night we saw her with Teacher Negi. Since they were together, Student Asuna should also know Teacher Negi's identity. Why wasn't her memory erased?" Yue Ayase, having returned to her usual demeanor, asked, her mouth forming a triangle shape.
"Ah, that. At first, Negi also intended to use magic to erase Asuna's memory, but she has a rare magic nullification constitution, so the magic didn't succeed."
"As a result, Negi's magic didn't erase her memory; instead, it erased his clothes, and even his panty was erased by Negi. Then Ryuudou just happened to appear before them and saw Asuna completely naked, and their fated bond was thus formed. Isn't that a perfect encounter? Hehehehe~" Although a magic nullification constitution is indeed a magician's nightmare, it's not her own nightmare. In the early stages, Kagurazaka Asuna suffered greatly because of her magic nullification constitution, her clothes exploding without warning. However, Yoshino believes it's more of Negi's protagonist halo, always providing him with benefits.
"Hehe~ Asuna certainly has it tough. But I called you two out for something else, Student Miyazaki, Student Ayase."
"Huh? Is there something else, Teacher Yoshino?" The two looked at Yoshino in confusion.
"Do you want to learn magic?"
"Eh? What did you just say, Teacher Yoshino?" Hearing Yoshino's words, Yue Ayase couldn't maintain her emotionless expression and asked with a hint of disbelief. Waka Miyazaki, upon hearing Yoshino's words, also covered her cherry lips in surprise, her little head struggling to process the current situation.
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