Hanamizuki, Because Flowers Are Not Just Beautiful
Chapter 4: The Alstromeria
“What?! Asking Riri Hanamizuki to be a member of the security forces?”
“Ya..his internship schedule is only 2 hours in flower magic class, after which he will definitely wander off. I want to give it activities by joining the security forces.”
“No, Miss Carnation! As chairman I can't allow!”
“I don't want to either, Miss Carnation.”
Simultaneously Typha and Alstromeria refused when Carnation intended to enter Riri into the security forces.
“I've guessed you guys definitely don't want.”
“It's clear! A fool and pervert like him where can the security forces be?!”
Carnation laughs. “Where did you hear that Riri-kun was a pervert? I think he's a good boy..”
“All men are perverted Miss Carnation!!”
“Alstro-san, please lower your voice.”
Typha nudged Alstro's arm because he spoke too loudly. Once I realized Alstro immediately lowered his head.
“M-sorry Miss Carnation, I just—”
“Tomorrow I will tell Riri about the security forces. You two get ready to welcome him. Understand?”
The flushed Alstromeria face held in annoyance, whereas Typha remained calm and simply nodded.
“Understanding, Miss Carnation.”
***
“Hoaaamm~”
I'm really bored. There was nothing interesting during my teaching at the academy, and again every day being stared at with such murderous gazes who would not be bored?
But I'm still curious. Oreanda and the girl named Foxglove yesterday. They both look for me. What is their purpose? What they plan to break back interracial war time 5 years yang—
DEGH
I'm holding my head. It hurt when I remembered that terrible war.
The war that made me a hero like this. Carnation-senpai was the only one who accompanied me all this time even though we were different races.
Not likely. I don't want that terrible war to break out again and thousands of innocent people will fall victim again.
No. gabe.
That's grisly. Memories I want to throw away.
That's why I put my foot in the wind. Until we got here.
I won't let it again.
“Spirit swordku....yet rise also yes..”.
I lift my palm up to the sky. Letting the sunlight through my fingers.
Sword spirit. Or the flower spirit.
What will they be shaped like?
Why am I the only one who—?
“Riri-sensei!”
“Whoaaa you surprised me!”
I was stunned when someone shouted my name, it was the fierce girl and her best friend Elder.
“Good morning, sensei.”
“Ahh, morning too. What are you doing this early in the morning and why is it here?”
The face of the fierce one or Amaryliss looking at me doesn't like. When will the boy see me that way?
“S-sensei himself what are you doing here? Is there nothing else you can do like learn new flower magic to teach us!?”
I chuckled at the fierce spray. It is true that all this time I have only taught some easy defense magic, and I emphasized them to develop Lilac defense magic.
“Oh yes..I think I can teach you new magic later in the day.”
“Really sensei!?”
The elder looked excited, and the fierce guy had his face reddened.
“I think I can adjust it a little with your thoughts that are still shallow”
“Sensei! Tega once said that to your own student!”
The fierce immediately sewot while puffing his cheeks furiously.
“Ahh the fierce, no need to be angry, because you still have shallow thoughts.”
I pointed out the book ‘seed that never existed’ in front of him, precisely it was the book that he dropped when he first met me.
“Ah! The book!”
“Starting today, I won't let you read a book like this. There are still many better books than this.”
I gave the book to the fierce one and stepped away leaving the two of them. Yep. There are still many better books than that.
***
Bring Riri hanamizuki into the security forces?
In any case, Miss Carnation's order can't be denied, but why should she? What was Miss Carnation planning to actually bring a freak like her into this academy?
And again, he looks unreliable.
“You why, Alstro-san?”
“I still don't want to accept Miss Carnation's decision to include Riri Hanamizuki into the security forces!”
“I don't want to either.”
“Then let's protest one more time to her, Typha-chan!”
The shorter-bodied girl shook her head quickly.
“Why?!”
“I don't want to, but I'm also curious about him.”
“EEh?!”
“Hm, that's the guy, right?”
I stopped my steps and quickly pulled Typha away from the window. Library window.
Right, that boy, I mean that weird teacher was there. So he really is a teacher? What's he doing in the library?
“Alstro-san, why hide?”
“Sstt!”
***
“Alright, learn this magic well, understand?”
“Sensei! Don't you want to teach us assault magic at all!?”
Amaryliss again protested, this was already the 10th time she protested at Riri who only continued to teach some defense magic other than Lilac magic.
“Hei fierce girl, this is already the 10th time you protest.”
Read Riri with a forced smile. Amaryliss replied with a bent face.
“If such defensive magic I have mastered it! All the defensive magic lessons you gave me I've learned, Riri sensei!”
“It's enough Amary-chan..”
Riri rolled her eyes at Elder to remain calm.
“If you've already learned it, then why don't you share it with us?”
Iris' words made Amaryliss turn her attention to her.
“I-it..”.
“Iris-san's right! Even though you yourself know that only Riri-sensei continues to teach defense magic, if you do have a lot of knowledge, why don't you share it with us? Basic stingy!”
Several other students followed the corner of Amaryliss, making her speechless.
“I-That!!”
“Amary-chan did not mean to stingy share with you guys!”
The elder tried to mediate.
“Then? What would she expect by taking this flower magic class if the stingy share? You want to get that seed alone? Basic selfish!”
“Sen--”
As Iris turned her attention to Riri, the silver-haired man instead slept on her desk.
“SENSEIII!!”
“Aahahaha..fighting girls is always interesting. I imagined you turning into little witches, clashing with each other in cute clothes. Aahhh very cute..”.
“BASIC PERVERTED!!!”
Spontaneous Amaryliss shouted with a reddened face, then she ran away from the classroom. Riri must be willing to get a more terrible look than the murderous gaze of all her students.
***
“What is Riri Hanamizuki doing in the library?”
“Because he's a teacher, Alstro-san.”
“Sst!!”
I wonder, how many books are there in this academy's library about that seed?
“Endless war, unrivalled seed, the time after the feud between races, the history—”
Riri went to a book called ‘history of seeds that never happened’ and opened it.
“The first interracial war for seeds occurs when the ancestors of all races in this world witness a dream. Dreams that are predicted will come true. Everyone back then believed him because he was the only great leader that had been trusted by the entire human race in this world.”
“He said there would be a seed that could change the world, that could spread all the races in the world. Without war, without evil, all live in peace. That was the seed he saw in his dream. In his dream he saw a diverse, colorful, beautiful flower kingdom, with no weeds around. Just a flower kingdom with a variety of different races into one.”
“Masing each race has a flower spirit that has been passed down for generations as the light of their path, as fighters and their protectors are already recorded in the sacred inscription that reads ‘flower spirit, as well, become a great sword spirit. Faithful to his master, loyal to his family, faithful to the wishes of all mankind. Eternal spirit, invincible, will not be easy to drop, that's flower spirit’.”
Riri stopped reading for a moment while reading the word ‘roh bunga’. He recalled that his flower spirit had not risen until these 20 years.
“If all races do have a flower spirit..then why me..?”.
Riri looked at his palm. Then continue reading the book.
“The spirit of the flower is a sword spirit, human-shaped, yet not a real human being. He is still just a spirit to protect his master from the threat of danger in order to gain peace by getting seeds. He will fight against other flower spirits in order to achieve his master's goal.”
Riri stopped reading again.
“So the flower spirit..indeed has a human form..”.
Riri remembers the flower spirit belonging to Iris the other day. The flower spirit belonging to Iris was the form of a sparkling blue-haired beautiful girl. But unfortunately Iris has not been able to control her flower spirit completely.
“Spirit flowers cannot be directly controlled by their master. He must be bound by an oath through a sword that will appear when it is time. Moreover, it needed skill for the sword spirit to be willing to obey the orders of its master. So the sword spirit did not just appear just like that and become his master's servant.”
Then when will my sword spirit appear?
Riri closed the history book and returned it again to the bookshelf. He sighed and looked at his palm again.
“Spirit sword...seed..interracial war...truly nightmare...”.
Afterwards he went out with one of the books from the library shelf.
Alstro who had been hiding had finally appeared after Riri disappeared at the turn of the corridor.
“What book did he read? I thought all those men were indeed..stupid.”
“But he doesn't look perverted, Alstro-san.”
“I didn't say pervert, Typha!”
Alstro clasped the handle of his sword on his waist.
“I think I want to challenge him to a fight before joining our security forces.”
***
“Hoo...Foxglove and Oreanda are really unreliable huh?”
“If you are angry because you still can't bring Riri hanamizuki here, we are also the one who got hit!”
“They both disappeared in the dimension made by that person, are they not going back?”
“I don't care about them.”
A blond man stood up from his chair violently. Pulling the sword that was on his waist with anger.
“Basic women are unreliable! That's why our organization will never be able to bring Riri Hanamizuki here!”
“Pacify yourself, Acacia.”
“Whisper old sir! You're the one who should be quiet!”
THE DAAKK!!
The quarrel came to a halt as a red-haired man rose and emitted a terrifying glare.
“Stop talking or slit your neck, stupid.”
The mood returned.
“So which one of us is going berserk?”
“I'm it.”
The red-haired man had not yet moved from his place. With a position that is still standing and a beam of eye light that makes the entire room cold.
“White color is easily tainted. It's just that we need to find the right way to make the stain lasting.”
***
What the hell did I say?! Because of Riri Hanamizuki, the words I didn't want to say came out!
I've been living in flower magic class. No one will look at me anymore.
Just like that time.
When I was exiled from my royal family. From rasku. Though me…
“Stupid...stupid..”.
I rushed to wipe away my tears that were almost dripping. The arrival of that person to this academy really brought bad luck. All men are bad-ass carriers.
“Kata-kata..yang I don't want to say..”.
I've been harboring all that for a long time. Since I entered this academy. That's why I'm one of the smartest students in flower magic class. All my grades have never been less than standard.
But with all that success, I felt something difficult to describe.
“Starting today, I won't let you read a book like this. There are still many better books than this”
I stared at the book, ‘seeds that never existed’. Riri Hanamizuki's words came back to my mind.
Does he believe so much with a seed? What makes him hate that way?
“Me.”
I was surprised to hear a voice other than me.
“R-Riri- sensei!”
I looked back angrily at the man. That annoying face really made my mood worse.
“Haah..the children of flower magic class do like to go out of class huh? It was Iris, and now you. Good thing you're okay.”
“What do you mean by-?”
The man was sitting next to me. He brought a book and showed it to me.
“I've read this and now I understand.”
“K-why do you have to be a teacher if you're stupid anyway!?”
“I mean understand here not the contents.”
Riri-sensei stood up from his place and took a few steps forward. At that time the sky still looked bright. He looked up.
“Hei girl fierce.”
“What!?”
“You saw the bird, free right?”
Dilangit indeed there are some pigeons that fly freely.
“About I don't have eyes?!”
“Aah is indeed a fierce girl..”
Riri-sensei showed her pinched face which I found annoying. What does he want to come to me when I want to be alone!?
“I'll just go!”
The moment I was about to get out of my seat, Riri-sensei's countenance changed, the look on her face with serious eyes.
“Why look at me like that!?”
“What you said in the class was not wrong.”
“…?”
“Know right..if it has a stingy nature of science. Because humans are basically greedy.”
“…”
“But only at certain times you can save the knowledge you have and reluctant to share with others.”
“What are you trying to say, sensei?”
The breeze that was blowing at that time shook my hair. It felt different when he saw the long hair on Riri-sensei's forehead that was slowly being blown by the wind.
Ah no, what am I thinking anyway!?
“Like that seed you mentioned. Just know his history and origin without knowing what it looks like, what services he has given to many people. Just like you are stingy. You must have had a reason to hide it. So, in certain cases, sometimes we do have to be stingy about science so as not to make others greedy.”
I can't speak. The words that Riri Hanamizuki uttered were as if locking my mouth.
“In order to make others not lazy to find out.”
Riri Hanamizuki walked past me.
“Back to class, your friends business let me take care, there is still 1 hour left before lunch~”
I turned my gaze around, looking at Riri-sensei's back who was slowly getting away.
In this world, there are men like him.
***
“T-thank you, Riri-sensei.
“You can bear the same ferocious chick, Elder-chan..”.
The blond girl who gave me a can of juice chuckled.
“Actually..formerly Amary-chan not so kok..she so since...uh..semenjak your arrival...sensei..”.
“So yes..”
My face turned grim. It turns out coming here really brings shit.
“T-it's okay kok sensei! Instead I thank you for being able to make Amary-chan like that!”
“Why?”
“Amary-chan is the smartest student in flower magic class..she only spends her time studying and studying, I worry that she will not have time to just take a vacation or take a break from her studies.”.
I'm nodding. Most of the learning is not good.
“If you're alone, Elder-chan? What do you think of the seeds?”
“Um...I have no special wishes..I just want to always be with Amary-chan to help her..”.
“Really? So you don't prioritize getting it?”
“As long as Amary-chan can get that seed..then I will also be happy to hear it..”.
“You're very close huh?”
“I..I owe a lot to Amary-chan before she was expelled from her kingdom.”.
“Eh-”
“Riri Hanamizuki, meet you.”
Suddenly a girl carrying a sword in her right hand and another girl behind her came up to me.
“You're the girl who slashed my shoulder, right?”
The girl's face was red. “L-forget it! I will definitely make you regret coming here!”
I gulped down the juice the Elder bought and stood face to face with the girl.
“Sorry? Hey little lady..since the beginning I never wanted to enter here tahu—”.
My eyes were on the girl behind him. If not wrong he almost stabbed me in the back with his little sword.
“Your silver eye will never be forgotten.”
“Pardon my attitude back then, Riri-san.”
“Typha! Why are you apologizing to her!?”
“Please explain what we mean looking for Riri-san, Alstro-san.”
“D-be quiet first!”
I just looked at them with a confused look.
“Hanamizuki River. I..I challenge you to a duel!”
Silent.
“HEEEE!? DUEELLLL!!!??”
“Why are you shouting so Riri Hanamizuki? Scared huh?”
Ah shit, my pride was instantly hurt because of this chick.
“I'm not afraid.”
Lying anyway.
“Riri-san, actually we are here to tell you that Miss Carnation asked you to join the security forces of this Hanatarou academy to fill your free time so as not to wander around.”
“Typha! Don't be told!!”
“What? What did you say?”
The academy's security forces? It was suicide! Stupidhead!
“The freak called me a lot of wandering huh... so?”
Both my eyes were fiery. That woman actually did everything to me to the point of wanting to kill me by getting me into the academy's security forces. It's like a criminal who just escaped from a cell!
“How dare you call Miss Carnation a freak! Hey Riri Hanamizuki! I challenge you to a duel! If I win then you cannot set foot here again!”
“Then if I win?”
“I'LL WIN!! HEAAAHHH!!!”
With a direct hit the girl I thought I heard her name was Alstro, running with the sword in her right hand.
“W-woi wait dong!”
TAPP!!
Again just as I first fought him, I stopped his sword with both hands.
“Do not be reckless so dong!”
“Terasir as I am right!? Get your hands off my sword!”
The tip of the girl's sword was still with my palms, and she started to rebel.
“Said wait a minute!”
His rebellion made the gloves I was wearing between my hands scratched and the sword escaped from my hands.
“HEAAAAHH!!”