191: Chapter 191 Mia's Back-to-School Season

As Mia stood at the gates of the Shinō Academy of Spiritual Arts, holding the hands of Rukia, Renji, and Toshiro, she couldn't help but cover her face and sigh.

"...Why do I have to wear a school uniform too?!" She tugged at the hem of her light blue uniform skirt, a look of disdain on her face.

Ryan, who had come to see her off to school, silently glanced at her fair thighs clad in black silk stockings and forced himself to look away with feigned composure. "Isn't this skirt too short? The absolute territory is showing."

"Shut up! One more word and we're having roasted whole wolf tonight!"

Tuaner laughed uncontrollably from the side. "Hahaha, Mia, you look great in that uniform! Now I don't have to rack my brains to pick out clothes for you."

Mia glared at her fiercely, then rubbed Rukia's head. "Remember to go to Kidō class with Yumichika later. Don't get too close to that bald brother; he'll be a bad influence on you."

Rukia blinked her big eyes. "But... Brother Ikkaku said he'd teach me how to fight..."

Mia: "..."

She could already foresee what kind of trouble these brats would cause in the academy.

The 11th Division is full of villains; even the kids carry a murderous aura. This school life was definitely not going to be peaceful.

I'm tired, let it all be destroyed. Or maybe I should just graduate quickly like Gin-ko. But I'm not a genius; I can't graduate that fast!

At the opening ceremony, while other Captains and Lieutenants stood on the stage, Mia stood below. She even saw Captain Unohana covering her mouth and giggling at her...

...Aizen's calligraphy class. (Part-time calligraphy teacher at the Shinō Academy of Spiritual Arts)

Mia sat in the classroom, resting her chin on her hand as she stared blankly out the window.

"Students, the theme of today's calligraphy class is—" Aizen's gentle voice came from the podium, "'Tranquility'."

Mia rolled her eyes.

Writing "Tranquility" in front of Aizen?? That's more ridiculous than snow falling in Hueco Mundo.

Furthermore, throughout her life as a man and her current female form, the only time she had used a brush was during a period in the Tang Clan. Her writing was legible, but it certainly wasn't good.

She lazily picked up the brush, dipped it in ink, and then...

*Splat!*

A drop of ink landed precisely on the back of Aizen's hand.

The air in the classroom suddenly froze.

"...Student Mia." Aizen smiled. "Do you have an issue with the Way of the Brush?"

Mia looked innocent. "Sorry, Teacher, my hand slipped." (I only have an issue with you...)

In the next second, the brush in her hand suddenly vanished. Looking again—it had been deftly snatched away by Aizen. His slender fingers toyed with the brush handle as he laughed softly:

"...Since you don't know how to use a brush, the teacher can personally teach you."

Mia narrowed her eyes. "Oh? How does Teacher Aizen plan to 'teach' me?"

Aizen leaned down with a smile, his palm covering the back of her hand, guiding her hand stroke by stroke to write on the paper—[Lies].

Mia's mouth twitched. "...This word suits you quite well."

Aizen let go with a light laugh. "The feeling is mutual."

No one else in the classroom noticed anything unusual; they only thought Teacher Aizen was patiently guiding a student.

Only Tuaner, sitting in the back row after seeing the students off, stared fixedly at that hand covering Mia's...

...Because her hand had been touched by Aizen in the morning, Tuaner remained unhappy. Mia took the three little ones to eat at the academy cafeteria and then took a light nap with them under a tree in the garden.

When she woke up, the first thing she saw were Isane's eyes, clear as water. Her height of over 1.8 meters gave this beauty a bit of an oppressive presence.

The first class in the afternoon was Isane's Kaido class.

Isane Kotetsu stood at the door of the medical room and announced with a smile:

"Today we will have a Kaido lesson! Student Mia and I will assist in the demonstration!"

Mia was stunned. "Wait, when did I—"

Isane grabbed her. "How can the 4th Division Lieutenant not know Kaido?!"

Thus, Mia was forced onto the hospital bed to become the "injured patient" for the demonstration.

Then, the whole class learned what "moans of pain" sounded like.

"Ah—! Mmm~" The shameful sounds made Mia's face turn bright red.

"Isane! You're doing this on purpose, aren't you?!" Mia glared at Isane's hands through gritted teeth.

Isane looked serious. "Kaido requires familiarity with the flow of Reishi. I must go 'deep' into your meridians."

"...You've definitely been corrupted by Captain Unohana."

"Thank you for the compliment. Oh, right, Captain Unohana said she wants to eat the Takoyaki made by Miss Mia..."

Lying on the hospital bed, Mia listened in despair as the students below took notes seriously:

"Did you hear that? The louder the patient screams, the deeper the Kaido is penetrating—"

"As expected of Teacher Isane!"

"Senior Mia is so dedicated; those screams sound so real..."

Mia: "Real my ass!" If this class continued, her reputation would be ruined!

When the day's lessons ended, Mia, exhausted and drained by Isane's torture, walked toward the 11th Division.

Mia looked at her weak and wobbly legs. If classes continued like this, she would die of shame and indignation from Isane's torture before she even graduated.

She hoped that tomorrow's Zanjutsu and Hakuda wouldn't have any nasty surprises...

...The next day, the news of Mia bringing three kids to school reached the Seireitei tabloids.

Headlines like "Who is the father?", "Why do the three kids have different hair colors?", and "Why does none of them look like the Mommy?" appeared.

Byakuya Kuchiki of the 6th Division bought all these newspapers and distributed them for free to various divisions and the Shinō Academy of Spiritual Arts.

Byakuya even caught the editor-in-chief of the tabloid, Nanao Ise, because of this matter.

Because of Shunsui, he could only give her a good talking to and let her go after making her reprint more editions of the newspaper about Mia.

Mia's black-stockinged older-sister image triggered the fujoshi traits Nanao Ise had inherited from the previous Lieutenant. Under the influence of Mia's passive skill [Charm], she was no longer that intellectual, rigorous, and considerate Lieutenant, which actually suited Shunsui Kyoraku's wishes.

Mia now had to guard against Tuaner's night raids and be tormented by Isane Kotetsu during the day. She felt that her shameful cries over these two days were more than in all her previous lives combined.

The worst part was that someone had secretly recorded them using a Sound-Recording Kidō. Who knew what they planned to do with it?

The teacher for swordsmanship was also an acquaintance—the recently promoted 7th Division Captain Sajin Komamura. Since they were old friends, Mia spent the whole class slacking off and planned to do so every day from then on.

She couldn't help it; taking care of kids at night was too exhausting. Among the three little ones, except for Toshiro who was mature and didn't need much supervision, Rukia and Renji were practically Mommy-destroyers... though Mia only allowed them to call her big sister.

At this moment, Mia was completely unaware of what kind of "surprise" awaited her in the afternoon's Hakuda class...