My Taboo Academy

I stared at the beautiful girl in front of me.

"...Huh? What? I split it correctly, right?"

"No complaints at all."

It was cute how she still hadn’t noticed her own feelings were showing.

"Let’s clean up the gear, shower, then go eat."

"Sounds good. I’m starving."

I felt like I could put down two full bowls of rice soup the way I did last time. I never used to get this hungry, but this new body burned through calories like crazy. If I felt like it I could pile the rice into a mountain and finish the whole thing.

When we entered the locker room, other students who had finished their own runs were packing away equipment.

"Why don’t we just leave everything in inventory?"

"Academy rules say you shouldn’t walk around with Masugang-refined gear."

"Pretty sure almost nobody actually follows that."

"..."

Aria gave a sheepish little smile.

"It’s still the most reliable way to protect myself if something happens."

I unbuckled the belt and put the Glock into the locker.

The Python could stay in inventory as backup.

"Ren Asahi... are you a fan of the student council president?"

Aria’s eyes went wide when she saw the locker packed full of student council president merch.

"No... I just don’t know where to throw it all away."

"Then why did you collect this much?"

"..."

Yeah.

Maybe I should just keep it. If I properly finished the interested-student curriculum, no one would have the right to complain about me owning this stuff.

"The student council president’s figure really is something else, isn’t it?"

Do girls look at other girls’ bodies the same way?

Aria had said that while looking at a photo of the president in the student newspaper.

"Well... yeah."

It was extraordinary in several ways.

Even though her build was comparable to Elle’s, she never looked heavy or slow.

That meant her core was extremely well-developed. The way she walked was completely different. Remembering the feel of her body under my hands...

From the outside it looked firm, but the moment you touched it the softness was insane...

"If only mine were that big..."

"Yours are already plenty big."

"...Guys never seem to stare at me the same way though. Whatever."

Who said that?

You could easily be H-cup. That’s already huge. The problem is that this world runs on erotic-game logic.

Female students with anything over I-cup are rare.

And these weren’t just big, they were perfectly shaped, firm, and didn’t sag at all.

Our heroine had the kind of rare, world-class breasts that would turn heads anywhere. So of course a girl with already impressive size like Aria would still feel a little deprived.

It was honestly amazing.

"In the end you chose Elle..."

I flinched.

"Ah... sorry. That came out wrong. I don’t have any right to say that."

"If we start dating, you can get as jealous as you want."

"What? What did you just say?"

Was the harem moment happening right now?

The lockers formed a convenient wall, giving us a small pocket of privacy.

I took Aria’s hand firmly.

"Aria. Go out with me too."

"You’re not joking, right? What about everyone watching?"

"Forget them. We just need to be happy together."

Time to use the harem strategy Mira taught me.

As the pressure of the harem closed in, Aria’s eyes flickered rapidly.

"Aria."

"W-well... um... ah! There’s a ranking board over there. Let’s go look!"

Huh? Ranking board?

I had noticed a crowd in the hallway earlier. A large handwritten poster was pinned to the bulletin board.

Was it the weekly grade rankings?

"We’re first!"

"We really are."

1st place – 2nd Year Squad: Aria Nakamori and 2 others... 4,355 coins

Last week’s earnings were posted for everyone to see.

So they update it every Monday.

They were dead serious about ranking both combat grades and income.

"I kind of expected it, but still... I want to go again."

Mmm.

That golden dungeon had been something else.

I leaned in and whispered so only she could hear.

"If we added the money from the Fleshlights, the whole board would’ve flipped upside down."

Aria looked up at me. The ticklish feeling of the whisper didn’t seem entirely unpleasant to her.

"What’s shown here is only the reported income."

"Reported income..."

Ah. They only counted the official earnings.

"Should I report the rest too?"

"Is there even a clean way to do that? Getting scammed by a demon merchant is one thing, but you’re probably the only person who ever turned the tables and scammed them instead."

"...True."

There were deposit records on my student ID, so someday I might need to explain the source, but there was no law that labeled money taken from demon merchants as illegal gains.

I knew that from the time I bought sanitary pads.

Most people who got fleeced by those bastards never managed to flip the situation.

"Ah, look at this."

Aria suddenly pulled me closer, having spotted something interesting.

2nd Year, 8th place... Deherit Ade and 2 others... 588 coins.

"Pff!"

Aria burst out laughing.

I remembered exactly what that girl had said.

"Shut up. I don’t need your help. Just check the rankings later and see how much we made."

That unfortunate face came back to mind.

After all that effort cutting in line, this was all they earned?

"Why push so hard when you can’t even crack the top ranks?"

Right on cue, Deherit appeared.

What a snob.

"Aria. And the talentless D-class deadweight. Did you finally dump the girl who couldn’t keep up?"

"Your mouth is filthy."

"Why not join our squad instead? You must be sick of carrying him."

"...Heh?"

Aria let out a short, contemptuous snort.

"He’s way more useful than you."

Exactly.

What a reliable supporter I was.

"You do realize how fast an A-rank mage can clear a dungeon, don’t you?"

"Yeah, yeah. Sweep it all up."

"Are you picking a fight? Hehe."

Deherit’s eyes flicked to the leaderboard and her face twisted.

Oh, that had to sting.

We were sitting in first place while she was stuck at eighth.

Last week’s earnings differed by more than ten times.

With this many people watching, the humiliation must have been unbearable.

"Ahem."

Aria went on the offensive, finally getting payback for everything she’d put up with.

"Finding you was harder than expected. You were hiding so far down the list."

We already knew that. Deherit’s words reeked of inferiority from an eighth-place finisher, so they weren’t even worth answering. Honestly they just sounded pathetic.

"How... how is this possible? Some kind of trick?"

Laughter rippled through the crowd. Deherit’s composure cracked further. Strange noises "kkk," "hmm," "shh" spilled out of her as her fists shook.

"Thanks for cutting the line that day. Because of you, Ren and I found an amazing dungeon and made a killing."

Tears actually welled up in Aria’s eyes. It looked like she was finally releasing everything she’d been holding in.

"You... you bitch!"

I shot out a hand and caught Deherit’s wrist before she could swing. Aria’s eyes widened in surprise. Everyone else froze at the sudden move.

’A D-class uprising? No.’

This was more serious. Call it the gallant intervention of a devoted boyfriend.

Maybe it was the youthful body, but I couldn’t fully control the heat rising in my chest. A hostile tone I never expected from myself came out of my mouth.

"...What do you think you’re doing?"

"Ah... ugh..."

Deherit looked completely deflated.

"Let go...!"

*Kwaaaak.*

I didn’t release her wrist.

"Gasp...!"

’She’s a mage too.’

"A D-class piece of trash like you...!"

*Puffed up.*

The harder I squeezed, the higher her scream climbed.

"Argh! You bastard...! You think I’m easy prey...!"

*Whoosh!*

Flames burst from her free hand.

The air around us turned hot. Was she seriously about to use fire magic in the middle of the hallway?

I was startled, but for some reason I still couldn’t let go.

Aria was watching me.

’I can’t back down now.’

I couldn’t draw a gun here. Only one other option came to mind.

Soul Excretion.

’Should I?’

I wasn’t sure it would work as well as it had on the student council president, but even a light hit laced with Soul Excretion might be enough.

Enough to make someone writhe on the floor in complete disgrace.

Before those flames touched my skin... first!!

"Soul... "

"Ren Asahi!!, stop!"

The silver-haired absolute authority of the academy had arrived. The instant Deherit registered the student council president’s presence, she snuffed out the flames and bowed her head. I released her wrist and stepped back as well.

Cold sweat slid down my spine. It felt like the president had seen straight through what I was about to do.

"What exactly were you trying to do just now, Ren Asahi?"

As expected...

"Anyone who uses their abilities to harm or endanger others will be treated as a villain."

Her presence was a hundred times heavier than when she had dragged me into the student council office. Liliana was truly furious at the two students who had nearly started a real fight and revealed their powers in the process.

"Do you intend to become a villain right in front of me, Ren Asahi?"

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