“Huh? Is it... over!?”
Kuriyama Midori was startled when she saw Akitsuki Makoto appear.
She hurriedly grabbed a file that was lying on the table.
Oh no, what if I get caught slacking off by the teacher's lover as a worker?
“No… no, I mean, is Akitsuki-kun leaving?”
Kuriyama Midori saw the playful expression on Akitsuki Makoto's handsome face and stuttered in her haste.
Her face flushed slightly.
She wasn't sure if it was from nervousness or something else…
Her gaze was shifty and suspicious.
Kuriyama Midori wondered in her heart, doesn't he usually stay in the teacher's office for another twenty minutes or so?
Of course, she didn't know that Akitsuki Makoto had just specifically asked Hattori Eri to call Ran.
He had given himself a speed boost buff.
Today, he was leaving a bit earlier than usual.
Akitsuki Makoto's expression remained unchanged.
He could clearly hear Kuriyama Midori's low mumbling.
In fact, he already knew.
He and Hattori Eri's private game had been discovered by Kuriyama Midori months ago.
However, Hattori Eri, the brilliant lawyer who could keenly discern the loopholes in her opponent's arguments in court, seemed to have become overly relaxed in her office due to falling in love.
She hadn't realized that her secret had been exposed to Kuriyama Midori.
At that time, he wanted to leave, but his feet felt as heavy as lead and wouldn't move.
By some strange coincidence, Kuriyama Midori peeked at the content while blushing.
“I heard that, Kuriyama-san. What do you mean by 'over'?”
Akitsuki Makoto was bored and wanted to tease Hattori Eri's apprentice.
Watching Akitsuki Makoto approach her with an overwhelming aura, he looked like a great demon.
“Uh… I'm doomed.” Kuriyama Midori felt her brain go blank.
She cried out in despair, “I... I was heard!!!”
Am I going to be silenced?
No, no, no, considering how long this guy stays in the teacher's office every time.
He wouldn't do something to me before he kills me.
Or maybe he'll lock me in the basement and use chains to-
Over the past few years, she had been processing cases and clients with Hattori Eri every day.
Kuriyama Midori's mind was overflowing with countless plots and scenes as if from a spring.
She felt like her head was going to smoke.
“No! No! I will never tell anyone about your secret with the teacher…” Kuriyama Midori pleaded pitifully.
Akitsuki Makoto looked into Kuriyama Midori's fearful eyes, which revealed a clear kind of stupidity.
So what kind of strange things is she imagining?
He pinched Kuriyama Midori's face, a bit speechless, “Alright, I'm just messing with you. I'm not some kind of demon…
Some things will be known by others eventually.
But not now. Especially not Ran. She can't know.”
“Eh? Okay, okay!” Kuriyama Midori raised her hand to her mouth, making a zipper motion.
“I'll keep my mouth shut!”
Seeing Akitsuki Makoto leave the office, Kuriyama Midori let out a sigh of relief.
When she first joined Hattori Eri’s office a few years ago.
Kuriyama Midori naturally met Akitsuki Makoto who often visited Hattori Eri.
She had heard about Akitsuki Makoto's background and knew he lived with Hattori Eri.
Plus, Akitsuki Makoto was a very handsome boy.
Kuriyama Midori had always been friendly with Akitsuki Makoto.
Until a few months ago.
She was originally going to Hattori Eri’s office to give her a finished file.
Unexpectedly, the office door was unlocked.
Kuriyama Midori discovered their secret.
After all, the reason she chose to join Hattori Eri's office was because of an experience in court.
She saw Hattori Eri calmly and fiercely refute the defendant's lawyer, leaving him speechless.
That powerful, invincible Queen of Law image completely captivated Kuriyama Midori, a recent graduate.
She later successfully became Hattori Eri's assistant.
But what she saw outside the office that day.
The two of them were completely different in private compared to their usual behavior.
Akitsuki Makoto, who had always been a gentle little puppy in Kuriyama Midori's impression before that, was unexpectedly the one taking the lead, becoming a fierce little wolfdog.
It caused Kuriyama Midori to have insomnia that night back home.
She even had some strange dreams, and had to wash her clothes the next morning.
She almost got late.
Every time Akitsuki Makoto went to Hattori Eri's office afterwards.
Kuriyama Midori, the slacking worker, even started timing with great interest.
“Kuriyama-san?”
“Kuriyama-san!”
“Ah!???” Kuriyama Midori suddenly woke up and saw Mouri Ran and Suzuki Sonoko standing before her.
She jumped to her feet, nearly scaring the two high school girls.
“Excuse me, I was spacing out,” Kuriyama Midori apologized awkwardly to the two of them.
She couldn't tell them that her mind was filled with the unseen side of Ran’s mother.
“It’s okay, Kuriyama-san. Is my mother still busy?” Mouri Ran waved her hand.
“Ah… that…” Kuriyama Midori’s face turned flustered again.
What to do, Ran came to see the teacher.
Wouldn't the teacher have had time to clean up the office after playing with Akitsuki Makoto for so long?
Wouldn’t it be a mess now?
Maybe she's just collapsed on the sofa, disheveled and resting?
Kuriyama Midori couldn't help but start imagining again.
Ran and Sonoko opened the door and entered the office, only to see Hattori Eri like that…
Then the secret between Akitsuki Makoto and Hattori Eri would be exposed…
Although she was a little excited about such a grand scene.
But Kuriyama Midori still had to help Hattori Eri save the situation.
After all, if something happened, wouldn't Akitsuki Makoto think it was her who snitched?
“Yes, Attorney Hattori has a lot of work to deal with today.”
She forced a smile and said calmly, “You can sit for a while, I'll go tell the teacher.”
“It’s okay, Kuriyama-san, you go ahead,” said Mouri Ran, seeing the unfinished files on Kuriyama Midori's desk. She was thoughtful.
“We'll go ourselves.” Mouri Ran often came to Hattori Eri's office.
“Eh…” Kuriyama Midori was speechless.
After all, Mouri Ran would often go to see her mother by herself.
It would be strange if she kept stopping her.
She could only pray that the teacher had already cleaned up the scene.
“Mom!” Mouri Ran, with Suzuki Sonoko, went directly to Hattori Eri's office.
Then she opened the door to the office.
“Huh?” Mouri Ran and Suzuki Sonoko felt something was wrong as soon as they entered.
“There’s a very strange smell,” Mouri Ran and Suzuki Sonoko, the two girls, couldn't tell what it was.
Hattori Eri had just finished tidying up her desk.
She was startled when she realized her daughter, Mouri Ran, and her friend had come to her office.
She became nervous when she heard them talking about the smell.
Hattori Eri had been in the office all afternoon.
She was used to the smell and couldn't smell it for a while.
But Akitsuki Makoto had just left not long ago, so she only opened the window for ventilation for a while after he left.
Of course, there were still quite a few residual smells in the office.
Mouri Ran and Suzuki Sonoko had just arrived at the office, so naturally, they could smell this unfamiliar odor.
However, she had often faced unfavorable situations in court.
Hattori Eri was still very good at managing her expressions.
She smiled slightly, “Oh, there was a nasty big stink bug flying into the office just now, and I used a lot of insecticide.”
She secretly complained to herself, I’ll have to discipline Makoto tonight. He likes to make a mess in the office.
If Ran and the two of them had come earlier, their secret would have been exposed.
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