Kagura Hikaru and Ai Cheng Hua Lian, who disembarked at the next stop, hurried back to school on foot, and of course, they were late.
Fortunately, the teacher on duty that day was Teacher Yamazaki, whom they had become accustomed to during the Sword Dao competition. He didn't give them too hard a time and let them into school after a few words of admonishment, even sparing them the need to be listed on the absentee record.
Kagura Hikaru and Ai Cheng Hua Lian parted ways in the stairwell, as their classrooms were on different floors.
When Kagura Hikaru slid open the rear door to enter the classroom, he saw a short-statured girl standing next to the podium, standing on tiptoes with her back turned as she wrote her name on the blackboard.
On seeing him enter, the teacher on the podium just glared at him. Kagura Hikaru got the hint, promptly shut the door, sat down quietly, and began to take out his textbooks from his backpack.
