My Taboo Academy

"You seem to have forgotten, I dislike you."

"...Yes, yes. The feeling is mutual."

Secretly I still wanted to get closer to this breathtakingly beautiful woman. Things just never went my way.

Even with the new Ren’s looks and charm, Liliana was not an easy heroine to win.

She refused to show any openings.

’Of course... if this were a pure erotic game it would have ended that day.’

It would have been the villain route for sure if I had made her expel the jelly.

"I have to do this whether I like it or not. If you want my stamp of approval."

"Yes, ma’am. Is there any chance of success?"

I couldn’t abandon academy life.

A hero... *sigh*. I really didn’t want to, but there was no choice.

I kept sighing heavily. The president asked if I was bored during the ride.

"Why do you hate the idea of being a hero so much? Is it because the pay is bad?"

"...That’s part of it, but... heroes are fundamentally about saving other people."

"True."

"I don’t think someone like me, who doesn’t have a strong sense of duty, should take on that role lightly. It feels overwhelming."

"Hmm."

For some reason Liliana was staring hard at the side of my face.

What?

Did I say something wrong?

"Continue."

"I like cute animals, but I’ve never kept a pet. The idea of carrying responsibility for another life is too heavy. I don’t think I could handle it."

"That’s why you avoid becoming a hero?"

"Yes. It’s a job that should be done by someone with real conviction and greatness."

"I never expected to agree with you."

Liliana murmured the words so quietly I almost missed them.

"I agree."

I wasn’t sure if my words truly reached her, someone who came from a world without heroes but at its core it was similar to being a firefighter, wasn’t it?

I always wondered whether someone like me could ever do that kind of work.

Firefighters drop their lives and run the moment an emergency call comes in. Could I do the same?

"Check your phone, Ren Asahi."

"Excuse me?"

An unfamiliar app was installing itself automatically.

"That’s the Hero app."

The screen read "Hero registration in progress..." My student ID had already been linked. It seemed I was being registered as a hero whether I liked it or not. I had hoped for an exemption, but there was zero chance.

*Sigh.*

While I was still feeling deflated, Liliana smoothly slid closer, her full hips settling near mine. Wow... that scent... A soft floral fragrance surrounded her. Perfume? No... it felt like her natural smell...

An almost irresistible urge to pull her into a tight hug rose up.

"Look at the phone, not at me. I’ll show you how to use it."

"Am I really becoming a hero?"

"The Hero app can only be installed with a recommendation from an existing member and a special code."

The "existing member" had to be Liliana.

With her recommendation the app installed without issue.

"Open it."

"It wants a photo?"

It felt exactly like the verification step on dating apps.

"Take a picture of your face."

I casually snapped a selfie and registered it.

[Registration complete]

[Welcome, D-class hero Ren Asahi]

"D-class here too..."

"Everyone starts at D-class. Now pay attention while I explain..."

*Swish...*

Liliana’s full breasts brushed against my arm as she leaned in.

The closer she got to look at the screen, the harder it became to suppress my rising arousal.

"What are you doing?"

"...Ah, yes."

"This screen shows current crime status and resolution rates. You’ll receive missions matching your rank, but..."

*Ding, ding.*

While she was explaining, message notifications kept chiming.

DMs from the Hero app.

"...You can also send direct messages. They’re people in the same line of work."

Messages from women started flooding in at an insane speed.

– Photo stolen???

– Is that really you in the picture?

– New hero?

– Hehe, what do you think?

Bababababababa...

The notifications kept stacking.

"To receive mission assignments..."

The student council president personally started blocking the flirty messages.

– You’re incredibly handsome.

– So sexy;;; where do you live? Let’s meet.

– I’m already wet. If we meet we can have sex hehe.

"The mission..."

"..."

A sharp glare.

Why are you looking at me like that...?

"You must have experienced different treatment based on gender, President."

"I received groups of perverts sending pictures of their genitals."

...Yeah. That tracked.

"I caught every single one and handed them over to the correction department."

"..."

Our president was more terrifying than any anti-obscenity law...

Apparently Liliana had received the same disgusting DMs when she was a rookie hero.

So what now?

Over 120 messages in less than five minutes. How was I supposed to deal with this...?

I genuinely hadn’t known there were this many women in the world ready for raw sex the moment someone called.

Was it because this was an erotic game? Right, Mira?

"Here... turn on the option to only receive messages from people you know."

Even while she spoke, more explicit photos of intimate parts and breasts kept arriving.

"...Perverts really don’t discriminate by gender."

"Indeed..."

It was a secret that I was getting quietly aroused by the flood.

Once the messages finally slowed, the student council president continued her explanation without missing a beat.

"Getting a full hero license normally takes a long process, but we’re skipping most of it this time."

"Special exception?"

"Think of it as a provisional license."

Hmm. So basically like interning at a company?

"What exactly am I supposed to do with this?"

"Build a record. Prove that your abilities can be used safely."

...Though I seriously doubted they would ever look "safe."

"Can I take any mission I want?"

"Read the details carefully. Ideally you only move once the villain’s general stats are visible. Knowing their exact talent would be better, but that comes with experience."

"Then something mild like this ’Street Cleaning Mission’ should be fine for starting a record, right?"

"No."

Liliana stopped my finger before I could tap the street-cleaning option.

Please just let me do some volunteer work and be done with it.

"Any insignificant villain is acceptable. Our actual goal is to eliminate villains."

"What if I shoot and they die?"

"Worst case, it doesn’t matter. The Hero Association will handle the aftermath."

Really? I could just shoot? When I thought about it, in countries where guns were legal, criminals could already be shot simply for reaching into a pocket.

"There’s one rule you need to remember as a hero. Never think of villains as people."

"Then what should I think of them as?"

"Obviously..."

The silver-haired student council president spoke with the calm authority of a goddess delivering a classic "true education" line to the heroine.

"They are social evils that must be completely uprooted."

She went on to explain the Villain Special Act. The laws on villains were harsher than most other countries; in extreme cases, on-the-spot execution was even permitted.

The reason was simple. Disasters caused by individuals with dangerous abilities were far more catastrophic than ordinary mass shootings. A single incident could affect anywhere from a hundred to a thousand people.

In Australia, hundreds of thousands had reportedly died because of awakened ability users.

"Plenty of people choose to become villains after already reaching high stats. Guns are mostly useless against them."

"How do you deal with those?"

"You said even a minor villain is fine for now. Either way... once you defeat a villain, your freedom gets a lot closer."

"...Understood."

In other words, simply cleaning streets would never get me out from under the student council’s watch. This was going to be a slightly harder form of community service.

"I’ll assist if it becomes necessary. I don’t plan on throwing you into anything truly life-threatening."

"That’s a relief. After you said you disliked me, I half-expected you to shove me toward certain death."

"I said ’if necessary,’ didn’t I?"

Did "if necessary" include the possibility of dying?

"This path is genuinely treacherous."

"I heard you want to become a proud older brother your sisters can look up to."

"That’s right..."

"Should I erase the remaining penalty points?"

"..."

*Sigh.*

There really was nowhere left to run.

"Your ability Soul Excretion is extremely effective against villains. I know from personal experience."

"...Yes."

"The higher someone’s stats and the stronger their talent, the harder they are to subdue. Your teacher holds your power in very high regard."

Teacher... did she mean Regina?

"I also believe there’s a high chance you’ll end up working in the correctional agency."

"You’re pushing me pretty hard all of a sudden."

Was this the classic "give the disease, then offer the cure" move?

Liliana stepped back, kept a clear distance, and spoke in a cool, upright tone:

"Your future depends on the choices you make. Whether you become a rotten criminal, worthless villain scum... or a proud older sibling that’s entirely up to you."

"..."

When we exited the subway, Liliana asked:

"Have you decided on a hero name?"

I startled.

"Uh... not yet."

"It’s better if you choose it yourself. Once other people decide for you, changing it becomes difficult."

"Is that so?"

"Yes."

White Devil.

That name hadn’t been chosen by the person who carried it.

What about me? Fleshlight Man? Soul Discharge Man?

None of the options sounded remotely normal.

I decided to think it over slowly.

’The odds of running into a real villain today should be low.’

"Kyaaaagh! Villain!"

I flinched hard.

Did I actually have to act? No way, right?

Gunfire echoed a few blocks away.

The student council president immediately headed toward the sound. I instinctively grabbed her arm.

"It’s dangerous! We should get out of here!"

"If I leave, who stops them?"

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