Madam, believe me, how can I be a minotaur?

Asano Makoto jumped out of bed with some excitement.

Just now, the system notified him that Yuna Kamino's favorability had directly increased by 60 points. He glanced at it and found that the number on her information panel had indeed changed from -100 to -40.

Although he couldn't get pure love points because her favorability was locked, he still couldn't help but wave his fist forcefully.

He didn't expect the effect of the "Dream Demon" skill to be so good. Although part of the reason was that some of her favorability had already hit rock bottom, making it easier to increase when it rebounded, the efficiency was still incredibly heaven-defying.

Looking at the expiration countdown of "21:15:43" on the experience card, Asano Makoto immediately decided to persevere and continue using this skill to farm favorability.

However, since it wasn't even four in the afternoon yet, and none of the three target girls were asleep, he temporarily shelved the plan and thought about whose favorability to farm with this last chance.

Yuka Konno's task had the longest remaining time, so it didn't matter if he put it aside for the time being, so he basically didn't need to consider it.

Yuna Kamino's task was easy to complete, but because her favorability was currently the lowest among the three, it urgently needed to be raised, at least to a positive number.

Eriko Miyajima's task was the most urgent, and the remaining time wasn't long. Moreover, because she had a boyfriend, the difficulty of the task had increased a lot, so her favorability also had to be raised quickly.

Just like that, Asano Makoto fell into a dilemma, thinking and patiently waiting.

He waited until eleven o'clock at night when he suddenly noticed that someone's name in the "Dream Demon" list had turned bright gold, and he immediately entered the system to take a look.

The person who was asleep was Eriko Miyajima. He didn't know what the situation was with Yuka Konno, but Yuna Kamino should be studying now, and it would probably take a long time before she fell asleep.

Thinking of this, Asano Makoto no longer hesitated about whose favorability to farm tonight and directly entered Eriko Miyajima's dream.

Chapter 33: Teacher, I hate lying bad kids the most

After waiting all night, Asano Makoto was already a little impatient, so this time he directly entered Eriko Miyajima's dream.

However, precisely because of this afternoon's wait, he had already thought about what he needed to do after entering the dreams of the three girls.

Moreover, practice makes perfect. He had already experienced the effect of the "Dream Demon" this afternoon, so after entering the pure white space this time, he immediately focused his mind and went to the place he had planned to go to before.

When he opened his eyes again, he suddenly heard a crisp and familiar voice in his ear.

"...Teacher? Teacher Asano?"

Asano Makoto raised his head and looked at the familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar figure standing in front of him.

Eriko Miyajima was wearing an ordinary sailor uniform, and her flaxen hair was simply tied into a ponytail at the back of her head.

It must be said that she had a youthful and immature aura in her dream. Just looking at her, Asano Makoto felt that he had become a few years younger—although he wasn't that old to begin with.

However, immature as she was, her body had already grown very well at this time. The ordinary sailor uniform no longer looked ordinary because of her figure, which didn't look like that of a high school student at all.

Asano Makoto couldn't help but take a few more glances before slowly getting into character and speaking kindly as a teacher: "Oh, Eriko, you're here."

Eriko Miyajima nodded nervously, as if she was afraid of something.

Seeing her like this, Asano Makoto gradually recalled the background of this dream he had constructed in his mind.

The time was shortly after the mid-term exam in October.

Eriko Miyajima was still a second-year high school student, and Asano Makoto had arranged for himself to be an ordinary high school homeroom teacher.

Recently, Eriko Miyajima's academic performance had declined somewhat seriously.

Originally, her grades were okay, but in this mid-term exam, the average deviation value of her various subjects didn't even reach 30, directly ranking her at the bottom of the entire grade.

As the homeroom teacher, Asano Makoto naturally had to call her to the office to find out what had happened to her recently.

In fact, Asano Makoto knew the reason for Eriko Miyajima's declining grades.

The first time he went to Eriko Miyajima's house to eat, he had heard Yuta Yamada mention this.

In the beginning, when she was in love with Yuta Yamada, because she had distributed her heart to love, Eriko Miyajima's academic performance declined very quickly.

By the time of the mid-term exam, her grades had plummeted, and she was called to the office by her homeroom teacher to ask for the reason.

However, at that time, she seemed to have successfully fooled her homeroom teacher and did not reveal the fact that she was having a puppy love with Yuta Yamada.

The reason why Asano Makoto constructed such a dream today was to prevent the two from continuing to love each other in the dream.

In fact, if he could, he even wanted to break them up directly.

Therefore, he did not construct a brand new dream, but used Eriko Miyajima's memory as it was, and then inserted himself into her memory, becoming the homeroom teacher in her memory.

However, despite his intention to prevent Eriko Miyajima from falling in love with Yuta Yamada, Asano Makoto, as a qualified teacher, still showed a kind smile and began to care about Eriko Miyajima's recent situation.

"Eriko, you should know why I called you here this time, right?"

Eriko Miyajima nodded nervously and said in a low voice: "I know..."

Seeing this, Asano Makoto comforted her in a very gentle tone: "Well, don't be afraid, the teacher just wants to simply understand the situation and doesn't intend to blame you."

Logically speaking, after receiving the teacher's guarantee that they would not be blamed, people would generally relax a little subconsciously.

But Eriko Miyajima was different. After hearing Asano Makoto's words, she became even more nervous.

Asano Makoto understood in his heart, but he did not directly mention the puppy love, but opened his mouth with a somewhat regretful and helpless tone: "Eriko, you also know that your original grades were not bad, and you may not be able to get into a good university, but if you continue like this, it is absolutely impossible to get into a university."

Speaking, he suddenly sighed, and continued earnestly: "The teacher really doesn't want to see you continue to degenerate like this, so I specially called you to the office to understand the recent situation with you and see if there is anything I can help with."

Hearing Asano Makoto's heartfelt words, Eriko Miyajima couldn't help but feel a little moved, and said with a tangled face: "But teacher, I..."

She had already opened her lips, but she couldn't say the sentence "I don't want to go to college at all."

Having been in high school for a year, she knew very well what her grades were like.

She knew that even if she put her whole heart into studying, she would probably only be able to get into a very ordinary university in the end, and she also knew that she was not the kind of person who could calm down and study hard.

It was also when she was feeling very troubled by this that she happened to meet Yuta Yamada at the sports festival, and then gradually became familiar with him, and finally fell in love with him.

Eriko Miyajima also got a perfect reason not to study.

So after some deliberation, she simply chose to give up completely and spent almost all of her free time eating, drinking, playing, and dating Yuta Yamada.

And this is the root cause of why her grades have declined so much recently.

But even though she knew very well what was happening to her, she didn't dare to say that she was dating Yuta Yamada.

Because the high school she was in strictly prohibited dating. If she was found out, a talk would be a light punishment, and she might even be directly expelled from school.

Therefore, even in the face of Asano Makoto, the homeroom teacher who had always been very gentle to her, she was not very dare to say her true thoughts.

So after hesitating for a while, she still bit the bullet and lied: "Teacher, I'm usually busy and don't have much free time to study, so..."

Hearing this, Asano Makoto nodded lightly and said in a tone that seemed to be very understanding: "So that's how it is."

Seeing him like this, Eriko Miyajima couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

However, at this moment, Asano Makoto suddenly said very seriously: "Eriko, I still hope you don't deceive the teacher and tell the teacher the truth."

Eriko Miyajima instantly became nervous again. She subconsciously retorted a little stutteringly: "I... I'm telling the truth."

"Sigh..."

Hearing her words, Asano Makoto couldn't help but sigh, and at the same time showed a very disappointed expression, and said: "Eriko, teacher, I hate lying bad kids the most."

Chapter 34: Punishment!

"Teacher, I hate lying bad kids the most... Eriko, are you that lying bad kid?"

Hearing Asano Makoto's rhetorical question, who seemed to be exuding a terrifying aura, Eriko Miyajima felt as if her heart had stopped beating for a moment.

"I'm sorry, teacher, I know I was wrong!"

Without even thinking, she immediately bowed her head and apologized subconsciously, looking sincere and extremely humble.

But Asano Makoto naturally wouldn't let her go like this, but asked again: "Then tell me, where exactly were you wrong?"

"I... I shouldn't have lied to you, teacher."

"Well, very good."

Asano Makoto nodded in satisfaction, and then asked again in the same gentle tone as before: "Then can you tell the teacher now why your recent grades have declined so much? Don't worry, the teacher will definitely not blame you, and will definitely not tell others."

"Um..."

Although Asano Makoto had already made a guarantee, Eriko Miyajima still hesitated subconsciously.

However, at this moment, she suddenly noticed Asano Makoto's gaze, which was staring straight at her, as if he could see through her heart.

Her delicate body trembled subconsciously, and she quickly said: "Teacher, actually it's like this..."

After that, Eriko Miyajima slowly narrated the story of what happened between her and Yuta Yamada from the time they met to the time they fell in love.

Asano Makoto listened silently like this, nodding from time to time.

Taking this opportunity, he actually learned some small details that Yuta Yamada had not mentioned before.

On the other side, after finishing her own affairs, Eriko Miyajima lowered her head and dared not look Asano Makoto in the eye.

Even though Asano Makoto had just guaranteed that he would not blame her, she still felt scared subconsciously.

No matter what, it was still a bit too much to have a puppy love when the school strictly prohibited it. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to be punished or even expelled from school for it.

However, at this moment, as if to appease her, Asano Makoto said in an extremely gentle tone: "Eriko, don't worry, the teacher is not such a rigid person, and I also came from student days. I won't let you break up with that Yamada classmate or anything."

Speaking, he sighed slightly, and said earnestly: "But, I still very much hope that you can think about this matter carefully, after all, it concerns your future."

Perhaps this sentence touched Eriko Miyajima's heart, and a somewhat tangled expression appeared on her face.

Asano Makoto knew that he shouldn't push too hard, so he immediately added: "Okay, Eriko, don't worry, you can think slowly. The teacher respects your thoughts, so I won't pursue the matter of dating Yamada classmate for the time being."

"If there is anything you can't figure out, you can also come to the teacher, and the teacher will definitely try to help you find a solution."

Hearing Asano Makoto's touching remarks, Eriko Miyajima's heart was filled with emotion.

However, before she could say thank you, Asano Makoto's next sentence directly stunned her in place again.

"However, we still have to talk about the matter of you lying to the teacher just now."

"Eh? What?"

"Huh? What? You don't think that the matter of you lying will just pass like this, do you? I can not pursue the matter of puppy love, and I can slowly improve your grades, but lying to me is a big deal and must be corrected immediately, so the teacher will punish you."

Hearing this, Eriko Miyajima's delicate body couldn't help but tremble slightly.

But perhaps it was in a dream, or perhaps it was because she had just increased a lot of favorability, her resistance to Asano Makoto was obviously reduced a lot.

So she didn't refute what Asano Makoto said, but instead asked: "Teacher, may I ask how, how will you punish me?"