Hanamizuki, Because Flowers Are Not Just Beautiful
Chapter 6: Rafflesia Arnoldi
“Hooam~”
It feels like lately the state of the academy has become calmer. The girls in the academy also did not look at me with evil gazes anymore, instead they when I accidentally looked at them, they bowed respectfully to me like a real ‘guru’.
“Hm..ada the strange..”.
“What's up, Master?”
“...It feels weird here..”.
“Do I need to accompany you?”
“No don't! I don't want to look flashy..”.
“Really?”
“iya...just relax, Camelyum.”.
I did make Camelyum into a pendant shape that I hid around my neck. Given that I am the only one who has 2 types of sword spirits, it must attract attention, and also I do not want those in this academy to think strangely about Camelyum.
“R-Riri sensei..”
“Oh?”
There are 3 girls who are not from my class teaching. They look at me shyly.
“Um..ada need what—”
“Sensei! Please let us join the flower magic class with you!”
“We beg!”
“Please teach us a lot of knowledge about martial arts!”
“A-anu..”.
“Please, sensei~”
“We beg~~”
Eeeh? How could this be?! Isn't it that all the students of this academy always look at me with murderous gazes?! How did it get like this…!?
Alright. I need to calm down.
“Can only.”
“Really sensei!!?”
“If you guys please buy yakisoba bread first for me ya~ daah~”
“Sensei!!”
Escape, I must flee, escape!
“UWAAH!”
Suddenly I hit someone while making a turn until we both bounced together.
“S-Sickness.....”.
“M-sorry! You're good well—”
“R-Riri-sensei?”
“Si fierce?”
***
“Precious.”
“Why in the world should there be a price?”
“What's the difference with worthless?”
“Same at all makes no difference.”
“I'll make you sorry.”
“I'm sorry to interrupt your precious time, Milord.”
A human figure with red hair and a body full of wounds. What a disgusting sight.
“What? You're saying my time is precious? On what basis do you say that?”
“I'm sorry, Milord.”
What a disgusting sight in my eyes.
“Why are you back, Ixora?!”
“Because I will always serve you, Tuanku.”
“Huh? Am I valuable to you?”
“Very valuable, very! My lord.”
“I'm no different from the flying dust out there.”
“No! Master is very valuable to me! Until battered though, I will always defend you, Mister!”
Is that what you call valuable? Risking lives?
“If that's the price definition for you, I'll forgive you this time.”
“Thank you for your generosity! I...i am sure..I will definitely bring him here soon!”
“Who do you mean?”
“One more time thank you for your generosity!”
The man just left without answering my question. Disgusting.
“I want to hear it from you, boy. What is price and why should there be price?”
I drew my sword and pointed it at the sky.
***
“Haah~~”
“You okay, Master?”
The state of Hanatarou academy is truly strange. The murderous gaze of the entire schoolgirls in this entire academy completely disappeared from me. I'm used to the evil gazes of all the students in this academy so I really feel that something is missing.
“Do I need to entertain you?”
“Do not! Stay there, I don't want you to look flashy.”
“Understanding.”
“But..”.
“Why?”
“If you want to entertain me...what will you do?”
I was currently lying under a large tree in the academy garden. Just looking at the white clouds in the sky. My teaching hours are still 2 hours away.
“Whatever your order I must do.”
“Toternly?”
“Of course, you are my precious Master.”
My cheeks were slightly flushed hearing Camelyum's words. His valuable master he said? Although Carnation-senpai was my babysitter since childhood and it was not strange that she would say such affectionate words to me, somehow the words from Camelyum felt different.
“Uh...shouldn't a flower spirit owner have to make a pact with the flower spirit itself in order to be fully controlled?”
“You do not need to do it Master, because I am destined to be your flower spirit until the goal is reached to get the seed.”
I looked at the Lily-shaped necklace around my neck. So yes to the seed. Even now I still do not know my purpose in pursuing the seed.
“Camelyum, you were someone else's Master before me right?”
“True.”
“Who is he? What's one of my family?”
“Unfortunately the memory of the flower spirit will be erased if the goal of its Master has been reached.”
“A-what?”
“What you don't know yet, Master?”
“You yourself know that my flower spirit has just risen at my 23rd year.
“I'm sorry, Master.”
“Loh why apologize?”
“Because of my existence, your flower spirit has a long time to rise.”
“Your whereabouts?”
“Ya, because—”
“Riri Hanamizuki!”
I jumped in shock when a screaming voice called out to me, in a hurry I hid the Camelyum necklace under my shirt.
“A-what the hell? Just make a surprise..”.
The one who shouted out my name in an angry tone was…
“Alstro-san, don't yell that way, if Riri-san was sleeping how was it?”
“A-I don't scream Typha-chan!”
Apparently they were the two people who almost killed me on the first day of entering this academy.
“What do you need? Just interrupt my semen..”.
“What I said, Alstro-san.”
“Absolutely you are a hermit using all meds?”
“There's what the hell~”
I showed a lazy face and returned to lying on the grass.
“D-listen to me dong Riri Hanamizuki! Our duel was not finished yet, right!?”
“Why? Wanna continue? I don't want—”
“No, I.. I admit defeat..”.
Immediately I jumped up and looked at the flushed face of Alstromeria.
“Kok suddenly?”
“P- Anyway I admit defeat! J-so..so you don't have to join the security forces of Hanatarou—” academy
“Hmm is fine, I'm also curious.”
“Eh?”
“Security squad sounds cool, if I come with you looking around there is okay right? Besides the word ‘melt’ keeps ringing in my ears lo.”
***
Amaryliss only muttered indistinctly while reciting the magic spell she had recorded in the academy library. The elder who noticed him only shook his head.
“Amary-chan..why do you look so upset?”
“It's okay, Elder-chan.”
“Long... Amary-chan has never been so careless except for the moment.Riri-sensei bumped into you on the first day.”.
Amaryliss stood up from her place. He looked at the Elder with a teary look.
“A-Amary-chan?”
“I think I can only tell you, Elder-chan..”
“Huh?”
“This morning Riri-sensei has returned to the academy.”
“Really?! Is Riri-sensei healthy?”
“I think so..”
Amaryliss squeezes her skirt. Lips vibrate.
“Amary-chan?”
“When I accidentally hit him in the hallway earlier, somehow I didn't dare to look at his face..The face...faces that....are very similar to...that person.
“J-don't-don't..”
“Mr Raflesia..”
Unknowingly tears dripped from Amaryliss's eye pellet.
“Someone whom I will never be able to reach..until he alienates my entire race...is such love..wrong? What if I like Mr. Raflesia even though he has alienated my entire race..do I....do forbidden love?”
The elder hugged Amaryliss tightly.
“Why is he..Why did that person come here? Why should he? why should he be the one who is similar to Lord Raflesia?!”
The elder hugged Amaryliss tighter and tighter. Slowly he opened his mouth.
“Although Riri-sensei and Mr. Raflesia have similar faces. Riri-sensei is a teacher and Mr. Raflesia a great king.so even though their faces are the same.heart they must not be so.
“In addition Riri-sensei and Mr. Raflesia are completely different, Riri-sensei is a pleasant person even though he looks ogah teach us as his student. But I can see that he is a reliable teacher.”
“Your words are indeed true, Elder-chan..but..”.
“But?”
“Didn't all men have perverted nature even though he's a teacher?”
“Eh?”
“That time, when I wanted to see Riri-sensei in the hospital, I saw a girl in bed with him! No, even though he's a teacher, still he's just a pervert!”
Elder laughs. “It looks like Amary-chan is eager to nag Riri-sensei huh? Means the fierce Amary-chan is back~”
“Ah Elder-chan! Why are you also saying me fiercely?!”
The elder shook his head while holding back a laugh.
“Sorry..Riri-sensei's arrival to this academy has indeed given a new color, right?”
Amaryliss stopped for a moment. He looked at a book he had dropped and picked up by Riri. ‘Seeds that never existed’.
“Then I am still curious what Riri-sensei wants to achieve by keeping us away from all theories about seeds and wanting us to pursue our real dreams.”
“Only Riri-sensei knows the answer.. ah no, it seems that Riri-sensei himself is still in doubt.”.
Elder shakes. “No.. So far I feel that Riri-sensei is still filled with doubts, when he fought with a stranger the other day as well. He looks like he is looking for an answer that doesn't even have a question.”.
“R-complicated once..”
“That is..um..one of the similarities with... Mr. Raflesia...”.
“As you said earlier Elder-chan.if Riri-sensei and Mr. Raflesia are different.”.
“So...have you felt better, Amary-chan? Today Riri-sensei has returned to class after 3 days in the hospital, so how about we welcome him a little?”
“E-eh?! Welcoming her how?”
“The announcement that Alstromeria-san had spread must have worked, so Riri-sensei did not need to be glared at with a murderous gaze again right?”
“M-where maybe they all just believe!”
“Already let's go!”
***
“Ha-hello..aku Riri Hanamizuki.so...”.
“So he's the one?”
“That has protected our academy?”
“Internship teacher in flower magic class?”
“Is it true he has great secret ability?”
“What is the magic of flowers very high?”
The eye-killing gazes of the entire girls in this academy completely disappeared entirely. While I was in front of the Hanatarou academy's security force members, they looked at me with sparkling gazes.
Oh my God, am I dreaming? If it's a dream, please don't wake me up!
THE PLAQUE!
“Sick..this is not a dream yes..”.
“Hanamizuki Riri! What the hell are you doing? Slap your own cheek?”
“At least call Riri-san as sensei, Alstro-san.”
“C-cheret!”
“Huh? Didn't Typha-chan also not call me sensei? How old are you?”
“Reclaration.”
“Hah?”
“Everyone, that's Riri Hanamizuki I told you about. You can ask anything about him. No need to fear him, he is the only man who will always protect our academy.”
“Great!”
“Riri-sama!”
“Teach us your greatest magic, Riri-sama!”
“Riri-sama!”
Not likely.
Carnation-senpai, I'll treat you to your favorite strawberry cake, for sure!
***
“So that's yes, the price you consider?”
“Will Master still not come out?”
“No, what a waste of time. I'll wait for you to die one by one.”
“No Sir! We... we swear..we will not let the dead Master precede us!”.
“So, so I'm very valuable to all of you?”
“Of course Mr!”
The conversation ended after the black curtain closed again, and the figure disappeared. The shadow figure who was the Great Lord.
Organization ‘Kuroi Uta’.
Whoever stands in his way to achieve the Great Lord's goal, he must die. That is the principle of Kuroi Uta.
“First Oreanda, then Foxglove, and now Ixora, good luck you can still return to this place.”
“I told you not to underestimate this great Ixora. My life has been given up entirely for the Great Lord.”
“Then what next plan will we do?”
Of the 12 seats lined up in the meeting room accompanied only by candlelight, 2 of the 12 seats were empty, meaning 10 more were left.
“My fight with that kid was really very interesting. And the most interesting thing is, slowly I can already master it, what weaknesses he has, what will make him helpless.”
“Basic suck, just get back battered so.”
“Whisper you Amaranthus! I'm your brother!”
“Fighting will not result in anything.”
One of those who sat in the 10 seats stood up. A big and sturdy man, with his sharp golden eye color.
“Do you want Daffodil?”
“Of course it's my turn, right? But I won't be as reckless as you are, Ixora.”
“What did you say!?”
Daffodil raised his wand and the tip was right on Ixora's forehead.
“Awas...you know the effect of my perfect magic wand right?”
“Nothing is as perfect as the Great Lord!”
“Ah yes...you are right too..but the ability of this wand can match the extraordinary ability of the Supreme Lord, curious?”
Ixora calmed herself down and returned to her place while grieving in annoyance.
“Nah so dong..it's new name good boy..khukhukhu.”.
“What do you want to do Daffodil?”
“Ah take it easy, before beating him up, I want to take him tea at my residence, while revealing ‘weakness’nya, how, good idea right?”
***
“You okay, Master?”
“It's okay what..I am weak when physical exercise..I feel like my pride really fell during physical training in the security forces earlier..new run exercise a few meters I was exhausted.”
“It does suck.”
“Do not mock me so—”
“Maaf—"
“GOODbye!”
As soon as Riri got into her class, she was struck by the sound of trumpets and congratulations from all corners of her class.
“A-what is this? Who's the birthday? My birthday is still 2 bu—”
“Riri-sensei! Don't get too detailed so dong~”
Iris who was near him immediately grabbed Riri's arm that was still confused.
“We are all very grateful that Riri-sensei has returned to this class!”
Riri turned to the Elder who brought the big cake towards him. He also saw Amaryliss behind him.
“A-anu—”
“Sensei! Is it true that the head of the Alstromeria security forces said?”
“Sensei has protected this academy?! How to?!”
“Means sensei can solve the old case dong!”
“Ah leganya!”
Riri was completely confused. After being surrounded by girls from the security forces, he was now surrounded by his students in class.
Riri took a breath.
“Master, do I need to remove them from your presence?”
“T-no no! Don't appear—”
“Sensei? Who are you talking to?”
“Ah no no! Ahem, first I'm really grateful to all of you for this surprise. You know..as an apprentice teacher who is still a beginner here, receiving warmth like this is really a great happiness for me.especially with cute girls like you.
“Aah!!! Still Riri-sensei is a pervert!!”
The sound of screaming from Amaryliss made all the disciples turn to him. Then they looked at Riri again.
But Riri wasn't there. I don't know how many seconds it takes until he's in front of Amaryliss.
“B-can you stop yelling at me ‘mesum’? It is a joy for me surrounded by cute girls like this lo, really—”
“B-not all men are?!”
Amaryliss answered him with a flushed face. Seeing his face which according to Riri ‘lucu’, he unconsciously stroked Amaryliss's hair.
“R-Riri sensei!!!?”
“If you can find proof that I am ‘mesum’, I will admit. For this time please don't yell at me like that? Okay well? Okay?”
Surprisingly Amaryliss did not fight back at all when Riri stroked her hair.
“Riri-senseeeeeeiii!!”
“No no! Let's start the lesson!!”
***
“Oh Riri? Tumben once you came here?”
“This is your favorite strawberry cake!”
Riri came to the Carnation room with a sparkling face. Seeing that face, Carnation immediately approached him.
“It's rare that you have that face, what happened?”
“I'm just so grateful you brought me here, senpai! Like my little dream come true!”
“He? What is it?”
“Of course surrounded by cute girls! Ah~ so remember the last time I watched the anime Mahou Shoujo Eriri-chan, why their studio did not make the next season anyway, I was curious!?”
Carnation laughs. “It must be Alstromeria who announced how great you really are right?”
“Ah yes, also true, I came here also want to ask about it, which I asked you at that time when I was in the hospital.”
“You want to read the time?”
Riri nodded. “When I woke up, my memories completely disappeared, all I remembered was a red-haired man called Ixora. After that I don't remember, how is Camelyum in my hands, and how can I have 2 types of flower spirits? Isn't that impossible?”
Carnation stretched out her right hand towards the door and gave the seal in front of her, closing all the curtains and turning off the lights. He replaced his illumination with the light from the flowers on his desk.
“S-senpai?”
“This is indeed a rare case, Riri, for that I temporarily sealed this room so that nothing would interfere from the outside. So you can get Camelyum out now.”
“I'm already here.”
Camelyum was currently standing beside Riri.
“So far, the case of someone who has 2 flower spirits there is only 0.1% of the entire race in this world. For that Riri, I quite understand so far why you are always in danger since entering this academy.”
“Eh? Am I always in danger?”
“Master?!”
“Well, it's only natural that Riri-kun, you are indeed too relaxed in the face of something to not realize that you are also in danger. I like Riri-kun like that~”
“Senpai!”
“Ah sorry sorry, regarding the mystery of 2 flower spirits, until now I also still have not found the answer.”
“So..”.
“But for your first request, you want to see what happens, you can ask Camelyum here.”
“Came..lyum?”
“I'm sorry, Master.”
Riri smiled bitterly. “Already...I don't think I need to remember it.. Right now I just want to know about the mystery about you, Camelyum.”.
“Master?”
“Oh yes one more, Riri-kun.”
“What?”
“Have you heard of the Kuroi Uta organization?”
“Huh? What is it?”
“I don't think it's time yet.no Riri, it's not time I told you about that now. I think it's better now that you're having a casual chat with Camelyum about her and everything. Since you got out of the hospital you haven't had time to rest, have you?”
“I have to find the right time for it..”.
“Hah? The right time?”
“Yah..because I want to adjust to this new atmosphere.”
Carnation turned the lights back on.
“Riri-kun.. Anyway you have to take care of yourself yes..don't involve yourself in danger..”.
“...”
“Oh I almost forgot! Riri-kun take it!”
Carnation threw a lock at Riri.
“This what key?”
“Sorry because you came here without a home. I have often seen you sleeping on your garden chair, hihi—”
“Huh evil once, why didn't you give me home in the first place?!”
“Sorry sorry! Cake from you I must have spent nothing!”