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

Since he had already said so much, Eriko Miyajima couldn't refuse and ultimately accepted Makoto Asano's suggestion.

So, Makoto Asano immediately got up, ready to go home and get the sake.

As he turned around, with his back to Eriko Miyajima, the triumphant smile on his lips could no longer be hidden.

At this point, most of his plan was complete, with only a small part remaining.

...

After Makoto Asano walked out of the room, Eriko Miyajima also went to the entrance.

However, her flushed cheeks, staggering steps, and somewhat cloudy eyes all indicated that she was quite drunk.

Earlier, when Makoto Asano came home, he brought two large bottles of sake, just enough for one bottle each.

Under his deliberate guidance, the bottle given to Eriko Miyajima was quickly emptied.

Women are generally more prone to getting drunk, especially considering that the bottle she drank was a version specially 'enhanced' by Makoto Asano.

Don't misunderstand, this 'enhancement' wasn't anything strange, it simply meant that he had added a little bit of other high-proof alcohol to the sake Eriko Miyajima was drinking.

So, it was inevitable that Eriko Miyajima would get drunk.

However, even drunk, she didn't act like her boyfriend, Yuta Yamada, who would get very excited, make a lot of noise, and then collapse on the table; instead, she tried her best to stay awake and insisted on seeing Makoto Asano out the door.

This is understandable, after all, what would it be like for a woman to be drunk at home, with a man who wasn't too familiar still there? What if he did something to her?

Eriko Miyajima's concern wasn't that she suspected Makoto Asano was a pervert who would take advantage of her while she was drunk, but simply the natural vigilance of a woman.

Not to mention that her level of trust in Makoto Asano wasn't high enough yet, so she was even more unwilling to expose her defenseless appearance after getting drunk in front of Makoto Asano.

However, although understandable, Makoto Asano thought Eriko Miyajima was overthinking things.

After all, the legal consequences alone were enough to suppress any less-than-honorable thoughts he might have.

Moreover, his purpose in coming this time was originally just to get Eriko Miyajima drunk so she would fall asleep early, and then enter her dream.

In other words, Makoto Asano didn't plan to do anything else to her at all.

Chapter 40: Not a Loss After Three Years?

In fact, if Makoto Asano really wanted to do something to Eriko Miyajima, he would definitely have a good chance of success.

Because Eriko Miyajima, as a woman and also drunk, would definitely be unable to resist him.

But then, he would definitely be sent to jail, for at least three years.

For him, there was no such thing as 'not a loss after three years'.

Once he was in prison, he wouldn't be able to complete the tasks issued by the system, and the nasty punishments alone would be enough to give him a headache.

So, unless it was the last moment of the task deadline, he still planned to conquer Eriko Miyajima in the way he had originally planned.

For example, slowly cultivating a relationship with Eriko Miyajima, and finally merging into one with mutual consent, or something like that.

Besides that, there was another reason that even he himself hadn't noticed: he was unwilling to obtain Eriko Miyajima in this way.

So, after completing the original purpose of 'getting Eriko Miyajima drunk and making her fall asleep', he directly said goodbye to Eriko Miyajima, left there, returned to his own home, and slowly closed his eyes while lying on the bed.

And when he used his skill and opened his eyes again, the surrounding environment had undergone earth-shattering changes.

...

The memory that Makoto Asano chose for constructing this dream was from a time period before the last dream.

To put it bluntly, it was actually the sports festival where Eriko Miyajima and Yuta Yamada met in the infirmary.

However, unlike Eriko Miyajima's memory, this time she had no chance to slack off.

After entering the dream, Makoto Asano, as the homeroom teacher, forcibly required her to participate in this sports festival, and signed her up for several events at once, not planning to give her any free time at all.

In short, Makoto Asano's main purpose in entering this dream was to separate her from Yuta Yamada.

As long as he could achieve this goal, it wouldn't matter even if he wasted a dream entry opportunity.

However, perhaps due to the convergence of the world lines, Eriko Miyajima still went to the infirmary—she was injured while running.

Looking at Eriko Miyajima, who was lying on the plastic track in a dog-eat-mud posture in front of him, Makoto Asano couldn't help but shake his head while supporting his forehead with one hand.

He really didn't understand why someone could fall down on a flat track with no one in front of them without any warning.

After sighing helplessly, he prepared to use his skill to reset this dream and let her continue the competition.

However, in the second before he was about to act, Makoto Asano suddenly stopped.

He thought of something.

The reason why Eriko Miyajima and Yuta Yamada got together was because they both chose to slack off in the infirmary during the sports festival, got to know each other, slowly became familiar, and finally got together, this was indeed true.

But that was in an unsupervised situation.

In order to treat students injured in the competition in a timely manner, the health teachers went to the venue, and the infirmary during the sports festival was generally unattended, so the two had the opportunity to slowly get to know each other.

But this time, wasn't he there?

If he was there to stop them, then these two would basically have no chance of getting to know each other.

And maybe, he could...

Thinking of this, Makoto Asano simply abandoned his original plan.

He quickly ran to the middle of the track, squatted down, and then put his hands under Eriko Miyajima's neck and the bend of her legs respectively, picking her up.

Seeing his actions, exclamations instantly rose around the playground, with whistles and screams ringing out.

Hearing these sounds, Eriko Miyajima, who was still a little confused after being suddenly picked up, instantly blushed to the roots of her ears, and hurriedly said, "Teacher Asano, quickly, quickly put me down!"

Because she was too nervous, even her speech became a little stuttering.

However, Makoto Asano ignored her request, instead slightly shifting his hands upwards to prevent her from falling, and then walked firmly towards the infirmary.

Seeing Makoto Asano being so unreasonable, Eriko Miyajima's face turned even redder, and she prepared to continue saying something to make Makoto Asano put her down.

But just then, she suddenly noticed Makoto Asano's face, which was mixed with worry and a serious expression, so she couldn't say the words that had reached her lips.

It was just that the jeering sounds around her were too embarrassing, so she couldn't bear the bursting shame any longer, and simply covered her face with her hands and buried her head in Makoto Asano's chest.

At this point, Makoto Asano finally showed a smile on his face after noticing her actions.

...

"Eriko, the teacher will help you take off your shoes and socks first to see how your injury is."

Makoto Asano put Eriko Miyajima on the bed in the infirmary, then squatted down and looked up at Eriko Miyajima.

Seeing him stretch out a hand to grab her injured right foot, Eriko Miyajima only felt her face burning as if it were on fire, and hurriedly shook her head, refusing, "Teacher, Teacher Asano! I'm really okay, you don't have to worry about me..."

"How can that be! You're injured now, you must get treatment quickly."

"Ugh~~~~"

Listening to Makoto Asano's righteous and somewhat forceful words, Eriko Miyajima could no longer refuse.

After struggling for a while, she blushed and slowly raised her right leg, hesitating slightly as she placed her foot in Makoto Asano's hand.

"That's a good girl."

Seeing her give in, Makoto Asano smiled slightly, gently took off Eriko Miyajima's shoes, and then took off the white coral fleece socks that were on her feet.

Noticing Makoto Asano's actions, Eriko Miyajima forcibly endured the strange feeling in her heart, trying as much as possible to restrain the thought of retracting her foot.

However, she could barely endure it when Makoto Asano took off her shoes, but when her socks were removed and Makoto Asano's slightly cool hands grabbed her bare little foot, she couldn't bear it any longer.

At the moment Makoto Asano's palm touched her, she subconsciously tensed her calf and suddenly retracted her foot.

However, Makoto Asano's reaction was heaven-defying, and after noticing Eriko Miyajima's actions, he immediately grabbed the other party's calf, not allowing her to retract her leg.

Realizing that she couldn't escape, Eriko Miyajima said weakly, "Teacher... maybe, maybe we should just forget it, I feel like this..."

She hoped that Makoto Asano would stop bothering with her after hearing her words.

Because she knew how powerful Makoto Asano was, and also knew that her body seemed to react a little too sensitively to Makoto Asano's touch.

Like the last time she was spanked, she even felt like she was about to...

So, she wasn't sure if Makoto Asano would make her look as strange as before this time when he treated her foot injury.

However, she was destined to be disappointed.

After hearing her words, Makoto Asano just smiled lightly, without saying anything or showing any intention of stopping.

He even gently pinched Eriko Miyajima's sole, as if to say: Don't worry, the teacher won't let you go!

Chapter 41: Caught in the Act

Teacher, it's okay to just ignore me!

Although Eriko Miyajima really wanted to say this, it was impossible, she couldn't say such cruel words.

She has always been unable to refuse other people's enthusiastic help.

And Teacher Asano brought me to the infirmary this time to help me with treatment because he was kind, so...

Thinking of this, Eriko Miyajima couldn't help but recall the worried expression on Makoto Asano's face when he carried her in his arms earlier.

She subconsciously lowered her eyes, not knowing what she was thinking.

After a while, it seemed that she understood that she really couldn't escape the fate of being treated by Makoto Asano this time, so she simply lowered her head and didn't say a word.

This kind of evasive behavior naturally fueled Makoto Asano's arrogance even more.

Taking advantage of the situation, he directly grabbed Eriko Miyajima's calf and pulled her jade foot over, then began to slowly appreciate it.

Eriko Miyajima's foot shape is really beautiful, delicate and white, smooth and tender, with five crystal-clear and round toes neatly arranged at the tip of her foot, the nails slightly translucent with a hint of red under the light, looking even a little tempting.

It can only be said that this little foot is very much in line with Makoto Asano's imagination of the word "jade foot", but the slightly raised redness at the ankle somewhat spoiled its beauty.

So, after a simple appreciation, he began to fulfill his duty as a "temporary health teacher", gently massaging Eriko Miyajima's ankle with his hands.

However, the moment Makoto Asano put his hand on Eriko Miyajima's ankle, she couldn't help but groan.