My Sensei is an Assassin from Another World!? Part 2-6

My Sensei is an Assassin from Another World!? Part 2.

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Commisioned by Ichypa

Wordcount: 1000

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Telling Nagisa-sensei about my crush was a mistake!

“Eh, Bell-kun, you’ve only been here for a few months, but you’re already in love?” I didn’t know how he did it, but he wiggled in a way that made his arms seem like jelly in the wind, whilst using his incredible speed to circle around me. Every time I caught onto his face, I found myself looking upon a smile, a smirk, a covered mouth, and a stern gaze. It felt like he was an entire crowd, while he surrounded me. “How cute! Tell your Sensei everything, because he’s a master at romance!”

“Sensei, stop it! I’m being serious! I really want Wallenstein-san to like me!” There was a part of me that wanted to quail and quiver at Sensei’s teasing. However, that only made me remember Wallenstein-san as she stood over me. She was amazing, beautiful, and skilled. Not only was she a beautiful woman, but also an Adventurer that I wanted to reach. She’s a Hero, like I want to be, not just a girl that I have a crush on. “I-if you don’t want to give me any advice… I’ll find advice from someone else!”

I’d asked Sensei about romance while we ate at one of Orario’s unused walls. Sensei prepared lunch boxes for us, which were filled with mostly grilled fish, but had a croquette thanks to Hestia-sama. Nagisa-Sensei’s meal plans were very filling, and I was sure that he was making me stronger through them somehow, but I appreciated the little treat of fried potato that Hestia-sama provided.

I expected that our lunch would be very awkward after I rebuffed Nagisa-sensei’s teasing, and I was prepared to apologize and eat in silence, but I was surprised by Nagisa-sensei as he looked at me in silence.

“Ah. Sorry. I suppose Sensei’s approach to romance did bother us all a lot back then, rather than help.” Nagisa-sensei crossed his arms and furrowed his brow as he thought deeply about my question. I forgot to eat, as I realized that my mentor decided he was wrong, apologized, and was now striving to help me without missing a single step. Without hesitation, he has changed course for me, after I told him what I felt. Truly, he is the most reliable Sensei I could count upon— “How about you try giving her a multi-hit deep kiss to convey your feelings? You’re dexterous, so you should be able to do at least eight hits. Thirteen, if you train.”

NEVERMIND, MY SENSEI IS ABOSLUTELY CRAZY!

“D-deep kiss!? Multi-hit!? What are you saying, Sensei!?” If not for my respect for food, and both my Kami-sama and Sensei’s hard work, I would’ve thrown my lunch up in surprise. Instead I placed it to the side, and then stood up with all the indignation I could after. I might be surprised and outraged, but I’ll never waste the food they’ve given me! “I-I c-can’t just k-kiss Wallenstein-san!”

At my words, Nagisa-sensei simply tilted his head in a surprisingly cute, but mostly terrifying way.

“Why not? You’re good at appearing innocent, and then bursting into action. Even with the skills of her compatriots, your Sudden Movement is good enough to close the gap and then… bam! You attack her with all your strength to seduce her completely!” Sensei, please, don’t state your crazy idea like its logical. You’re too convincing! I’m starting to think you have a point, and that’s very scary! “No matter how strong someone is, even if they’re a trained soldier, they can be surprised in an instant. I’ve told you this. So, all you have to do is make sure to have the proper weapon and skill at that moment… which in this case is at least an 8-hit deep kiss!”

I was about to protest, to say something that would return us both to normalcy, but Sensei decided to stand up as well and look at me with fire in his eyes.

“Bell-kun… you need to have confidence in yourself as an Assassin! These feelings of yours, worrying that you’re not good enough to multi-hit kiss Ais Wallenstein is holding you back!” Sensei, I really appreciate your belief in me, but please stop repeating yourself with such a loud voice about multi-hit kissing the Sword Princess, please! Don’t stand before me, with a fist clenched in determination and fire in your eyes with so much faith in me with those words coming out of your mouth! “You can do it! You’re a great, skilled, and capable student that can become a great assassin, something that even my Sensei would be proud of, so don’t ever think that you can’t do defeat a target such as the Sword Princess, okay!?”

I should’ve said no to Sensei’s words, but the fire in his eyes and sheer determination quashed any thought of rebellion, as he looked at me with a gaze filled with belief, trust, and faith in my abilities.

“O-okay.” The little piece of reason that I counted upon gave upon in the corner of my brain, while the rest of my consciousness rallied in support of my sensei’s words and accept his support. “I’m sorry for doubting myself, Sensei! I…I will have confidence in myself, in my training, and everything you’ve taught me!”

“Good, Bell-kun! That’s what I like to hear! We’ll start on defeating Ais Wallenstein and make her acknowledge you immediately!” The piece of me that tried to hide was found the rest of my sensibilities and carted off screaming into the unknown, while I met Sensei’s eyes and begun nodding and agreeing to him like a lunatic. “By the end of this week… you and Wallenstein-san will be couple, or I won’t call myself an assassin OR a teacher anymore!”

My brain and body cried out a grand “Yes, sensei, let’s do it!”

The part of me that wasn’t infected by Sensei’s infectious determination feared what was to come.

My Sensei is an Assassin from Another World!? Part 3: Interlude: Ais Wallenstein.

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Commisioned by Ichypa

Wordcount: 1000

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There are many foes ahead of me. My path is awash with pain and blood. Victory comes only from committing only all of myself, for the sake of my Familia. Mystery surrounds my origins, my parents are just a fading memory to me, yet my past somehow threatens all the family that I have ever known. I must dedicate myself to getting stronger, never accepting weakness, because I do all that I care for would perish before my very eyes.

But for now, all those things didn’t matter.

“O-once more, A-ais-chan!”

Bell stuttered again as he spoke to me.

Cute.

He reminded me of an Almiraj, with his red eyes and white hair. However, he is not like those monsters. He is cute, innocent, and determined. I knew him because I saved him, and when we met again, I found his armor worn and him stronger. Somehow, while I fell to despair and violence, he has grown only purer and more innocent as he continued to grow strong.

I wanted to protect that, so I trained him.

“Okay, but first… rest.” Riveria’s lectures, which reminded me to take things more slowly and carefully, came forth. Even though I didn’t follow them very well, I didn’t want him to do the same as me. “Let’s eat and rest first.”

“Oh… oh right, lunch!” Bell looked at the sky. It was noon already. His eyes widened and a blush spread across his face. Embarrassment. It was refreshing to see. He went over to his backpack, sitting in the shade, and took two boxes from it. “Here you go, Ais-chan! I hope that you like it… I… I tried really hard to make it!”

He looked up at me with wide eyes and a blush upon his face, as he offered me the box. He struggled to meet my gaze.

Cute.

“Thank you. I’ll be sure to enjoy it.” I will enjoy it, even if I must suffer to do so. “Let’s eat together.”

A smile, bright and wide took over Bell’s face.

I said those words, because I didn’t know what to say, but now I cherished them forever.

“Okay! Let’s!”

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I finished the meal.

“W-well? Was it good, Ais-chan?”

“…make it for me again, please.” Jagamarukun with bacon and curry. The curry was light. The potatoes fluffy. The bacon cubes crisp on the outside and chewy within. “I need to eat it again.”

The words left my mouth before I could hold them back.

I feared that Bell would think of me as a glutton.

Instead he smiled widely and his back straightened.

Cute.

“Of course! I’ll make it for you as many times as you like.” Everyday, please. “Why don’t I make it for you every time you come to train me… or when you come back from your expedition?”

The offer was too enticing.

Returning to Orario usually meant less Excelia, Valis needing to be spent, and my stats rising very, very little.

Bell offered wonderful food and spending time with him.

I couldn’t refuse.

“Yes. That would make me happy. Thank you.” Smile. I remembered that I should smile, but I forgot. Still, Bell’s grin widened and he pumped his fist. He was happy to have something to give me that I liked. Feelings that I couldn’t describe, and didn’t know I had, welled up inside me. Cute. The word didn’t seem like it was enough. “It is nearly time for you leave. Would you like to train again?”

I regretted my question, as Bell suddenly froze.

Did I ruin the moment?

Did I do something wrong?

I was afraid that I did both those things, until Bell scratched the back of his head and nervously laughed.

“Ummm, uhhh… Nagisa-sensei told me to try a new technique against you. It’s… it’s kinda unfair, so I… I wanted to get your permission to use it before I did.” A calm came over me as Bell uttered those words. It was simply a dangerous technique that he worried would hurt me. I didn’t do anything wrong to make him sad. “It’s fine if you say no—

“It’s fine. Attack me with all your strength.” I stood up and took my practice sword. Even if I am hurt, I have potions. It should be perfectly fine no matter what happens. “Come.”

Bell fought in a distinct manner. He distracted his foes, then used overwhelming strength to defeat them. Many who followed those two steps would fail after being stopped once and forced into a duel. However, it isn’t the same for Bell.

Someway, somehow, he is continuously capable of regaining the element of surprise again and again in battle, and using that to his advantage.

However, after having fought him many times, I’ve began to expect those moments.

But he has since begun to space them out, fighting normally, before suddenly switching to his own fighting style. It is a good way to fight, a way that risked nothing, and devastated any opponent that could be caught off guard.

Just like me.

I expected him to say something.

I expected him to pick up his practice weapon.

He used those expectations, which I grew accustomed to without my own knowledge, and used them against me.

In an instant he was inches away from me, capable of landing a single blow upon me, before I could even bring my sword against him.

I expected a strike to my temple or my neck.

Instead something else happened.

His lips pressed against mine for a second, and as shock overtook my senses, his right hand gently took hold of my wrist, and his left pressed against the small of my back and brought us closer.

Bell’s lips were soft, his breath warm, and his embrace gentle.

I almost let go my sword, until I realized this was an unfair attack.

Rage began to build within me, as the thought hurt and angered me immensely… and then his tongue darted forward and bypassed mylips, as he tilted me back and pressed against me, making me acutely aware of his entire body against mine while… while… while his tongue did things that I didn’t know was possible and kept going, and going, and going, and--

H-huh is... is my vision fading...

My Sensei is an Assassin from Another World!? Part 4.

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Commissioned by Ichypa

Wordcount: 1000

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Hestia-sama was trembling as she held the paper which had my Status on my hand.

“Bell-kun.” Hestia-sama’s voice was sweet and melodic, yet I felt a child go down my spine. Nagisa-sensei told me to be aware of killing intent, to be able to perceive it from any direction, so that I could react. My Kami-sama’s killing intent wasn’t very strong, but for some reason that made things far, far worse. “Can you explain this Development Ability to me?”

She turned the paper toward me.

I saw that I was Level 2, and that my stats were no longer “maxed out” as Nagisa-sensei said they should be, but my stomach dropped as I looked at my Developemental Ability.

Right below one that was called “Argonaut” was another that captured my Kami-sama’s interest more.

It was called “Lady Killer.”

“What is this, Bell-kun? Why do you have this Skill after spending afternoons with Wallenstein? Why did you Level Up after one of your “training sessions” with her in your arms?” Ais was above us. Nagisa-sensei helped us renovate the abandoned church a lot, giving it all furniture and rooms, but below the church was where we still stayed. I was glad he did, because I was sure that if Wallenstein was laid on our couch, I would survive this. “Hmm? Why is that? Huh? Why can’t you tell me, Bell-kunnnnnn.”

Hestia-sama decreased the distance between us until I was pinned between her and the wall. Some parts of me were very happy, since my Kami-sama was amazing and pretty, but I couldn’t help but focus on the paper that was centimeters from my face… and her face half-hidden behind it. The words “Lady Killer” were being burned into my eyes.

“Bell-kun…Bell-kun… Bell-kun…” Hestia kept saying my name, and I couldn’t help but think she was spending too much time with Nagisa-sensei. She used to be very calm, and sometimes childish, but after spending time with him she started getting scary sometimes. It was something about being a “manager” and “controlling subordinates” which assassins were trained in. “Your Kami-sama would like to know if you defiled the star of one of the strongest Familias in Orario.”

When Hestia-sama said that, I couldn’t help but tell her the truth.

Even if I wanted to keep certain things a secret, I couldn’t if it meant Hestia-sama and I were going to be made enemies of the Loki Familia.

“I kissed her! Nagisa-sensei told me to confess and show her my feelings, and I kissed her while we were fighting!” Somehow, even though I already did it, saying what I did aloud made heat rush to my face. Remembering what happened there and then didn’t just excite me, it also made me unable to look at anyone in the face, as I kept remembering Ais-chan’s… amazing reaction to everything I did. “I’m sorry, but I wanted to do it, because I liked her! I’ll take full responsibility for my actions!”

Hestia-sama was quiet for a second, lowering the paper, and hiding her face beneath her bangs.

Her shoulders quaked for a second, before she suddenly looked up and grabbed me by my shoulder and began demanding answers.

“How long?”

“T-thirty seconds!”

“How deep?”

“B-back of her th—

“Where did you touch!?”

“Only her waist!”

“Tell me the truth!”

“ONLY HER WAIST!”

Hestia-sama’s eyes were narrowed for a second, as she searched me for any lies, before a smug smile suddenly crossed her lips.

“I see, I see… so that little girl up there went down from just that. Pfft.” Uhh, Hestia-sama, why are you pressing yourself against me that way? When did we get to the corner of this room? Why are your trapping me with your body against this corner? “Well… then… Bell-kun… I’ll just have to do my best to outdo her, no?”

The only warning I had, before Hestia-sama’s lips met mine, was the light blush on her cheeks as she approached.

I stood no chance, as she devoted herself entirely towards teaching me a lesson, until she felt satisfied.

And, I was slumped in the corner, breathless, and ravaged.

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Nagisa-sensei threw confetti on me as soon as I entered our training area.

“Congratulations, Bell-kun, on taking the first step to having a harem! Hooray!” My teacher had a large grin on his face, as he continued to throw confetti out of the basket in his hand. “I can’t say I approve of your goals, but as a teacher, being there for my students is a must! Hooray!”

I was embarrassed by his declarations, more so than I was when Hestia-sama and Ais suddenly squared off after breakfast after declaring war on one another.

“Sensei… you set this up! You trained Hestia-sama, too!” I did my best to stop blushing, but Nagisa-sensei simply laughed, and kept throwing confetti my way.

“Of course, I did! Didn’t you hear what I said? I’m here for you, my one-and-only student, through thick and thin!” Nagisa-sensei suddenly moved away, faster than I could see, and began to wriggle his arms and legs in a manner that reminded me of an octopus. “Hee-hee, that mean helping you, pushing you forward, and challenging you to be the very best you can possibly be!”

Nagisa-sensei grinned widely, as I could only flush at his implications.

“If a girl likes you, but if they’re too shy, I’ll give them confidence! If they’re too strong, I’ll make you stronger. If they can’t get along… well… I’ll teach you how to make them really fall for you!”

Nagasa-sensei laughed a little, before outright chuckling.

“I have to admit, it’s a little silly, but I can’t help but like it! You’re quite the fun student to have, Bell-kun!” Nagisa-sense grinned at me and shook his head, before once again reaching for confetti. Suddenly, the atmosphere changed, and I ducked on instinct. A knife sailed over my head, and then a small, ignited bomb was rolling towards me. Both from his basket. “After all… every teacher wants to have a student willing to devote themselves to learning all they can!”

“My entire life is going to be a lesson!?”

“Of course!”

My Sensei is an Assassin from Another World!? Part 5

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Commisioned by Ichypa

Wordcount: 1000

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Viridis-san glared at me.

“H-how dare you do something like that to a young woman, Cranel-san! I thought that you were Ais’s friend!” The Elf had approached me, and I knew that she had something to say and no ill intent, so I let her. Sensei waved us goodbye with a smile, and left me to confront the pink-and-white clad Elf. “You… you must apologize to her immediately!”

As Viridis-san glared and looked at me, I couldn’t help but remember Grandpa’s lessons.

“Bell, if a girl tells you to apologize to another girl… they’re really asking for an apology for themselves. So… kiss them with all your might, bwaahahah!”

Grandpa’s advice never worked before, so I disregarded them, even though they made me blush before I could forget.

Viridis-san took that as an opportunity to take a step forward and poke me in the chest.

“I’ve seen you flirting with other women! The waitress in the Hostess of Fertility, that girls you’ve saved in the Dungeon, your advisor, your goddess, and… and so many girls! Ais knows this… and you still had to gall to… to… to kiss her so thoroughly!” Viridis poked me in the chest several time in rapid succession, and Grandpa’s advice kept flaring up in the back of my head as the accusations kept coming. I decided to rely on my Sensei’s teaching instead and gathered information as my back touched the wall. “I thought you were a good, honest person… but all you’re doing is flirting and flirting with girls!”

I searched her eyes for anger.

There was none.

I searched her stance for any sign of imminent attack.

None.

I searched her for killing intent.

Again, none.

Each time I searched for motive, all I could hear was Grandpa’s echoing laughter in the back of my head, and I had to keep myself in check before I did something very dumb.

Because… because I definitely couldn’t find any interest in my in her eyes whatsoever.

Instead… instead I was seeing someone who wanted the very best for her friend.

Sensei told me that sometimes people were willing to give up on themselves for others. This was definitely it. Viridis-san was giving up something by coming to me, confronting me, and telling me that I’m wrong and that I need to change.

The moment that thought came to me, Granpa’s laughter faded, and the pieces fell into place like Sensei said they should.

She wants me to focus on Ais-chan and ignore everyone else, even though I might hate her, and tell Ais-chan about what she did.

Viridis-san was doing this all for her friend.

So… reached out and held her by the shoulders.

She blinked as I didn’t do anything besides that.

“Viridis-san… you’re a very good friend for Ais-chan. I’m happy that she has someone like you.” Sensei told me that people like Viridis-san are very rare. There are fewer people who’d take the fall, who’re willing to be hurt, so that those they care for are happy. He told me that I should do my best to be friends with them. “I understand. I’ll do my absolute best to make Ais-chan happy. I’ll go to her right now.”

For a moment, Viridis-san was relieved… until I reached the end of the alleyway and she realized what I didn’t say.

“H-hey, wait a minute! What about all the other girls you’re flirting with, Cranel-kun!?” She chased after me, and I caught a glimpse of Sensei’s face, blue hair, and thumbs-up in the crowd before he vanished. He was making me escape a Level 4, meet with Ais in the Loki Familia stronghold, and live after our excursion in the dungeon. He was the one who also told me to start using what he taught me to seize my dreams. This… this was all his fault! “Cranel-kun, why are you running away!?”

“I’m sorry, Viridis-san!” She was gaining on me. I barely got ahead by using “parkour” and traversing upwards as fast I could by using my Stats. Her Agility alone allowed her to keep up with me without breaking a sweat, while I was pressing forward with all my might. It was my Skill vs her Level and we were only evenly matched because Orario had many winding roads and alleys. “I swear that I’m a good person… it’s just that I really, really want to fulfill my dreams!”

“…how dare you say you’re taking care of Ais-chan, but not giving up on your… your perverse desires!”

“It’s not perverse! Heroes are supposed to save cute girls and make them happy!” My Grandpa told me this. He said that if I wanted a family, I would have to make it myself, so that I would never be lonely. He told me to have lots of kids with the girls who truly loved me, just like all the other heroes in all the stories! “And, I want to be a hero! And to do that I need to make girls happy!”

“T-that’s the most ludicrous idea I’ve heard, Cranel-kun!” Oh, Viridis-san was getting frustrated. It was good and bad at the same time. Bad because I wanted to be her friend, since she was good person. Good because I could now get away, because she was distracted. “Stop running away, so that I can talk sense into you—EH!?”

She stopped in her tracks, because she lost track of me.

When my words frustrated her she’d closed her eyes and shook her head.

I took that moment to go completely still, invert my coat, and pull up my hood.

Disappearing from her in the crowd.

I walked away as calmly as I could as to not arouse suspicion, just like Sensei taught me, towards the Loki Familia household as she caught a glimpse of white hair and ran after it.

“CRANEL!”

Now, it was time for me to talk to Ais-chan about our relationship.

My Sensei is an Assassin from Another World!? Part 6

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Nagisa-sensei looked at me.

I looked back.

A dreadful smile spread across his face, as he shook his head, and held out his hands.

I shuddered at the sight.

“Sorry, but I don’t know how to help you with your love life, my student. Your Sensei’s experience with romance lies only with seduction… and I know nothing about maintaining relationships!”

Sensei gave a thumbs up at his words, while my insticts overtook my self-control.

“That’s not something to be proud about, Sensei!” I felt tears start forming in my eyes. Sensei’s teachings… I used them as I’d wished and now my dream was in sight. It might still be in horizon, but since I was growing stronger, getting more attention, and gaining the affection of wonderful people, I could easily say that I was truly moving towards my goal. However, there was a key issue. “Please, Sensei, is there anything I can do to make my relationships work!? You must know something!”

I can see it coming in the distance, like a tidal wave that I was going to attempt to brave with a rowboat.

Sensei said it himself.

I knew how to seduce, to charm, and to entice… but I didn’t know anything about maintaining a relationship with multiple people!

Sensei pursed his lips, making it look like he was worried, but I knew him well enough to say that… without a doubt he was trying hard not to laugh at me.

“It’s not funny, Sensei!” It was still far in the future, but I knew better than to leave things to chance. I was spending time with those I cared for and wanted to be with. Out of my schedule of training, going into the Dungeon, and studying whatever new book Sensei was going to test me on, I had very little free time outside of sleep. Nagisa-sensei would punish me if I missed out on sleep, but I spent all the rest of my time that I could nurturing my relationships. “I can’t let them down. I need to be more than just a great Adventurer who attracts attention!”

Grandfather told me “woman surround strong, famous men naturally,” but after a bit of research I learned that what he talked about wasn’t what I wanted. Lots of famous Adventurers had lots of partners, but they were often brief moments, and only a few actually raised large families under the same roof as the people they loved.

I wanted that.

Not just casual flings.

I wanted a large family with people who cared a lot about me and each other.

And, the more I thought about it, the more my goal in the distance seemed to waver.

Or, worse, I felt that I would reach that goal one day, only to see it fall apart.

I didn’t want that, so I turned to the smartest, best person that I knew.

And, soon enough, even though he was acting super cool and aloof… Nagisa-sensei sighed and shook his head.

“That look of yours won’t work on everyone. Those puppy-dog eyes work on me because you’re my student.” Nagisa-sensei sighed and shook his head. He took a seat on one of the old pews at the church, and patted the seat next to him. “Like I said, Cranel-kun, I don’t have much experience with maintaining relationships… but I do know how to break them apart, so that I could take advantage of the situation.”

The words that Nagisa-sensei said were terrifying, especially as he gave a calm, beautiful smile that made me worry about Ais a lot for some reason. The dread that formed in my stomach passed when he sighed, shook his head, and looked disgusted.

“I think teaching you the ways to make sure that doesn’t happen to you will help you, since the best against an opponent breaking down your relationships is making those relationships strong.” Nagisa-sensei’s explanation made sense. It was the same as preparing a battlefield against a foe, except with people. The foe must be disadvantaged or outright incapable of breaking through the defense. “So… first lesson: making strong, powerful friendships with lots of communication, so that those who care about you can’t be fooled by anyone else about you.”

Just like with every single one of Nagisa-sensei’s lessons, my heart sank as he went into detail.

“Sensei… that means…”

“Yes, Cranel-kun, it means you need to tell the truth, be rejected by those who don’t accept it, and be only accepted by those that do.” Nagisa-sensei met my gaze and I couldn’t look away, despite my sudden wish to look only at my feet. His eyes were kind and filled with care. I felt like it would hurt him if I looked away, so I didn’t. “Doing otherwise will mean making those you care about unhappy, right? And, didn’t you say that you’d make your family as happy as possible?”

I did.

I said that.

That was one of my justifications for my different path in pursuit of my dream.

And, I would be going back on my word, if I didn’t tell anyone anything besides the complete truth.

Sensei placed a hand on my shoulder.

“That’s your only choice, if you want everyone to be happy, Cranel-kun. You need to find people who want the same as you, who accept what you want, and will be happy living the same way. You’ll be rejected… a lot… but if you keep looking, if you stay truthful, and if you do everything right… I’m sure that you can succeed.” Sensei smiled in that gentle way he did whenever he watched me struggle. It was an encouraging smile that made me want to do better, to achieve more, and to continue with the newest lesson he wished to impart upon me.

He only told me this because he knew that I could do it, that I could preserve, and so I took a deep breath, nodded, and met his encouraging gaze.

“Sensei tell me everything you can. I’ll make sure to do everything perfectly.”

The challenge was monumental, and I was afraid of all the failures and rejections ahead, but I won’t give up.

Not with such a wonderful teacher at my back.