After school.
　As I put my materials in my bag and prepared to leave for school, Gran who was standing beside me spoke up in frustration.

"d*mn, those heroes. They're getting bigger and bigger by the day.

　It is true that in recent days, the behavior of the students of the Heroic Department has been unremarkable.
　It's not just me who's being harassed, it's all the students of the regular course. The teachers at the school warn them when they see their brutality, but there is still no end to the number of heroic students who do the same thing.

"Calm down. I thought you didn't like to fight.

"I don't, but that doesn't mean I can't.

　Gran says with anger.
　Gran was the best among his classmates, and he was relatively free from the harassment of the heroes. If that's the case, then his anger is probably not for himself, but for others. He doesn't like to fight, but he'll do it if he has to. A man with a strong sense of justice.

He's a man with a strong sense of justice. "Well, if it's that level of harassment, it'll be quicker to ignore it. It won't do any harm anyway.

　When I said that, Gran laughed.

I'm sure you'll be able to find something that will help you.

　When asked, he thought for a moment.
　As a junior member of the institution, I was harassed in no small number of cases. However, most of the time, if I decided to ignore it, it would disappear on its own, so what I just said is based on my own experience.
　One such harassment I've had to deal with in the past is .......

I told you about the work I did before I came to .......

Yeah, you're a street sweeper, right?

Yes, that's right. I had a colleague who was like a sister to me. She's also my boss, but one day I had a long assignment and we didn't see each other for a while. So when we decided to meet again after a long time, we promised to go out together, but ...... on the same day, I had an urgent job again. In the end, we couldn't meet that day.

"That's too bad. So?

"Well, we're a pretty busy family, so this kind of thing isn't unusual, and I thought at the time that he'd forgive me. But ...... apparently it was her birthday that day. According to my colleague, she had been looking forward to that day for days. I didn't know that, and she was very upset with me for being so casual about it.
　For a while after that, I was forced to work almost tirelessly under her direction. Just when I thought I had finished a job, another one would come in right away, or when I got tired and went to sleep, she would call me out of the blue as if she had been watching for the right moment. ...... I couldn't hold on to my strength, so I went to apologize to her and said, "Give me a break. I'm not sure what to do.　I'm sure you're not the only one.　So why don't you just work until you die?

......

In the end, I had to work myself to pieces for a month until she got back in a good mood. ...... I'd say this kind of thing is harmful. It interferes with life activities. Blood and urine flowed profusely. I don't want to have to go through that again.

"...... isn't that more than just harm?

　Gran said with some reluctance.
　At the time, I really thought I was going to be killed, too.

But compared to that, the harassment of the hero department is trivial. As I said at the beginning, if we ignore them, they'll eventually get tired of it.

I'm not sure what to make of it, but I'm sure it's worth it.

　I nodded to Gran's words and closed the mouth of my bag.

I'm not sure what you're talking about.

"After school?　I don't really do anything. ...... If I had to guess, I'd say I went to the school library the other day.

Library. I don't read a lot of books.

　Reading has been a habit of mine since I was in an institution.
　Originally, I was ordered by my instructor to start reading in order to improve my education, but I later realized that it was the best way to kill time in an institution with no playthings. Perhaps this was a common experience among the soldiers of the agency. I don't know about senior officers like Chris, but I and the other soldiers at the end of the line often read in our spare time.

　--Speaking of which, even though I've come to the academy, my days are still the same as when I was in the agency.

　Training and missions have been replaced by schoolwork.
　I wonder if I'm really living a normal life.

What's Gran doing after school?

Me?　I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do it, but I'm sure I'll be able to do it. ...... Even though I'm a regular student, I'm still a student at the prestigious Builders Academy. I'll be doing my own exercises regularly so I don't lose any credits. It's a good idea to have a good idea of what you're looking for.

"Pick up?

　It's not like a student to say that.

"Oh, what's that, Twite? Are you interested?

I'm not interested, but ...... is that something a normal student would do?

I don't know if it's normal or not, but I've seen a few other people picking up girls in the same place. I don't know if it's normal or not, but there were a lot of guys picking up girls in the same place as me.

　He had a look of satisfaction on his face as he said this.
　I have no experience in picking up girls. But I've started a new life as a Twite. I think I should actively experience something I've never done before.

...... I'll try it.



"Oh, great!　Then let's do it right now!　I'll show you how it's done!

　I'll show you how it's done!" I said to Gran with a reliable smile.