Stealing Spree

“Are you okay, miss?” Although I was holding Elizabeth closely after catching her, I didn’t react to her whisper and acted as if we’re not that close.

Upon hearing that, instead of being baffled, Elizabeth’s eyes glowed dazzlingly and her lips arced into a mischievous grin.

Before everyone’s eyes, she innocently hooked her arm to the back of my neck while acting as if she’s having trouble getting up.

And although she’s slowly moving, her act was believable enough that the parents and enrollees who were witnessing it had worry filling their faces.

That’s not the case for Sena though, she slowly shook her head while having a wry smile. She naturally saw through Elizabeth’s act.

Nonetheless, I still played along with Elizabeth's act to satisfy her.

“I knew my dark prince would not fail me.”

Elizabeth had a satisfied smile on her lips as she whispered this.

I tightened my hold on her as I acted to stabilize her feet.

Perhaps from the spectator’s eyes, I looked reliable at the moment. Through this act, Elizabeth helped boost the parents’ and the enrollees’ confidence that I might be a capable instructor.

Following that, she answered my question in a voice to not let those watching get the wrong idea. “Un… My deepest gratitude, reliable white prince. This princess missed her step.”

Although the way she talked was still that of a chuunibyou, the spectators clapped their hands starting from that mother who asked me a question earlier.

White prince, huh? Is it because I am wearing a white shirt?

Either way, I bowed towards them and told them that I’m just doing my job and it just so happened that she fell in my direction. However, they refuted it by saying that my reflex was amazingly fast. Even though Elizabeth’s falling direction was towards me, there’s still a bit of distance between us.

Well, since it’s all an act, I scratched my head and acted embarrassed by their praises.

After that scene, the anticipation of the training program was heightened. The enrollees, be it boys or girls, were all excitedly shaking from where they were sitting.

Since I would start with a lesson, I already had them sit cross-legged while we’re waiting for those who were changing.

Around 10 minutes later, Coach Ayu, Akane and the others returned to their training attire.

Among them, like Elizabeth, Aika was also wearing her tracksuit but upon reaching the area, she took the jacket off revealing a thin white tank top with her beige sports bra slightly visible. Akane, Yae, Miho, Yukari and Yua were also wearing tank tops and skin-tight pants for ease of movement.

Just seeing them in their current outfits was enough to ignite my desire for them.

And since most of them have long hair, they tied their hair to either a ponytail or sidetail.

Aika, who has short hair, only used a hair clip to prevent her fringes from covering her eyes. It’s a familiar sight. This was how she always was when she’s training at her club or when we’re running together during the mornings.

“Oh. How I missed my youthful days. I also have their figures before.” An enrollee’s mother commented upon gazing on Akane and the others.

Sena was one thing, they’re already aware that she’s a regular member here and Elizabeth was still wearing her tracksuit so… upon seeing Akane’s group in that attire, it probably invoked their youthful memories.

Nonetheless, that mother who talked already lost her figure. Although she couldn't be said to be fat, she already lost her curves. If there were any in the past.

“You’re right. We seemed to have forgotten to work out after getting married. My husband fell in love with me because of my hot figure during our youth!”

And another one agreed to her. She had the same figure and her eyes were truly enviously looking at Yukari’s curvaceous body and more importantly, at those ample breasts of hers. This particular mother only has a small pair after all.

“You two… Don’t you feel embarrassed to compare yourself to these young maidens?” Another one commented and somehow reprimanded the two.

However, she’s not like the other two… She maintained a great figure for a mother with her hips being her most noticeable part. If I could guess, she’s still young. Perhaps only two or three years older than Miwa-nee or perhaps the same age as my mother.

Well, considering my mother, Miwa-nee and even Aunt Akemi still had their figures that were further emphasized now that they’re mothers, a sexy figure for middle-aged women was quite common.

“Says someone who managed to maintain her figure. Hmph. Let us reminisce about our long-lost youth.” The first mother who talked crossed her arms and took her gaze away from Akane and the others.

“Mom, stop talking.” Her daughter embarrassingly said.

Naturally, I acted as if I didn’t hear any of that and just waited for all of the supposed enrollees to sit in front of me.

Because my girls were taller than most here, I rearranged the sitting arrangement and placed them all at the back while the grade-schoolers were at the front.

They didn’t protest against it but they still pouted because of how I acted like I’m not close to them at all.

With these many eyes, I could only act as the impartial instructor or it would be too suspicious.

In any case, I already planned on appeasing them later once this part-time job ended and knowing my girls, they all understood my position, it was probably just their way to get my attention.

As I scanned my eyes on my students for today… my eyes saw Coach Ayu at the right who took a seat to observe me and Hisa-jii near the doors whose eyes were intently looking in this direction.

Sena had her set of practice to continue but she’s still occasionally glancing at me and every time she did, she would appear as if she was re-energized.

Bringing back my gaze in front of me and focusing on everyone, I clapped my hand once to get their attention. Following that, I lifted my head to address the mothers who accompanied their children first. “Alright… Mothers, forgive me for saying this but… In future lessons, if your child continues to take this training program, I will have to implore you to wait outside. But today, I’ll let you observe it. You see. The first thing that I want to instill in their minds is that here, they have their freedom and they don’t need to think of what others will say. They only need to do what they can do. I will not force them to complete a task but I will encourage them to do so. If they take this lesson seriously, they will naturally learn. But if they don’t then I will at least show them how fun it will be to learn.”

Although I somewhat emphasized the word ‘fun’, it will only apply to the earlier lessons when one will not be hit yet.

“Fair enough, Onoda-sensei. However, since this will be our only chance to observe, can we be strict with our observation?” That sexy mother from earlier responded to me with a meaningful smile. Before I knew it, she’s already the representative of more than 10 mothers here.

I was expecting someone to complain about what I said but this was good as well. It’s better to have a critic than a complainant on how I run things.

“Definitely. Feel free to do so, Miss…?” I trailed my voice to inquire about how I should address her.