Chapter 211: Swapping Positions (2/2)

However, that was only within the household.

In an academy, and not to mention this very classroom…

This was unnatural to the highest degree.

So that was nothing but foreign.

「Natsuno! What does she mean by Husband?」

「Lolicon! Criminal!」

「Getting a head start on us！」

「Whoa……So that’s what Natsuno-kun’s like」

「You know, Hayakawa-san and all that」

「Yeah……」

Once Katsuki said that, like a broken dam, voices cornering him resounded all around.

Straight disparagement flew at him from the boys, whereas he heard more roundabout, gouging words from the girls.

He had momentarily recoiled from the wavelike force of all his classmates’ words surging at him, but Taiyou soon put a rest to his discomposure.

「She’s my wife. Is there a problem with that？」

He answered with his chest puffed out.

In an instant, the whole classroom grew silent.

Taiyou had admitted it all too easily, so it was clear that their reactions were very much taken aback.

But that did not continue for long. Gradually, several of the boys began returning to themselves, proceeding to open their mouths to disparage him again.

「I wouldn’t have it any other way！」

One boy among them lifted a voice of commendation.

Unlike Katsuki, this was an invigorating voice full of resilience.

The gazes amongst the class focused on him simultaneously. This was Kazama of the track-and-field team who had unfolded a close contest with Taiyou prior to summer.

Standing up, he spoke while looking straight at Taiyou.

「That’s precisely why you’re my rival」

「Thanks. But I think you’re way more amazing」

「And in order to prove that as well……」

「……Is it cool if we hold the usual competition after school？」

「Yeah, I’ll be waiting at the sports ground」

The two nodded at each other, sitting back in their respective seats.

As if being swallowed up by the air emitted between the two of them, the classroom went back into dead silence.

Putting aside Kohaku, the others had witnessed Taiyou and Kazama’s close contest before summer break, so this had become quite natural.

That was how, thanks to Kazama, the noise calmed down for the moment.

「Come to think of it, where’s our teacher？」

Suddenly, one of the female students spoke as they remembered.

「Ah-」

「Now that you mention it」

「Just where is our teacher？」

Hearing that, everyone in the class looked at the podium with a start.

Kohaku had entered the room with quite the “I am onstage!” sort of vibe, making everyone aware of her existence, but if one were to calm down and think about it, the homeroom teacher that should normally be standing there had still not shown up.

It was commonplace, common sense for the homeroom teacher to enter the classroom beforehand, introducing their new classmate by saying “Today we have a transfer student coming”. However, Kohaku by herself came in, starting her personal introduction all by herself.

Which was why along with the people of 1-A, Taiyou found himself realizing this all of a sudden.

Kohaku answered the question that everyone had.

「Indeed, I shall introduce them. This be the new teacher in charge of this class」

「You are going to introduce them?！　And what do you mean by new teacher？」

「Come in, Hosokawa-sensei」

Lightly ignoring Taiyou’s retort, Kohaku called out in the direction of the door.

Immediately following, the door before the classroom was opened, and a woman in a suit entered.

No, not really a woman, but more of a girl.

Taiyou opened his mouth, dumbfounded.

Her long hair fluttering ever so slightly, she came in front of the podium, coming to a stop. Then, just as Kohaku had done earlier, chalk in hand, she wrote her name on the blackboard.

More than ninety percent of it was spelled with katakana; a type of name that they weren’t accustomed to.

「Everyone, it is nice to meet you」

And she had a voice like the ringing of a bell coming from her nicely shaped lips.

「I have been entrusted with this class from today onward. I am Leticia Hosokawa Kelaz」

The attractive, blonde-hair-blue-eyed girl spoke in the fluent “standard pronunciation”.

「I look forward to working with all of you」

Leticia made a refined broad smile.

With a smile from the peerless beautiful girl, several of the boys immediately became entranced with their eyes as if their souls had been taken from them.