Chapter 286: Teacher Coco, the Guardian Angel in a White Coat

"...The weather’s gorgeous. It’s perfect."

The Noblesse courtyard was covered in a carpet of neatly trimmed, short grass.

On days as clear as this, you could usually find students out here having picnics.

But today, in the early morning light, someone was sprawled out on the ground, lying spread-eagle and soaking up the sun—it was the angel in a white lab coat herself, Teacher Coco.

"She’s incredible. She certainly doesn’t lack for confidence," Luna noted.

"...If anything, she has too much of it," I replied.

I was out on a scouting mission with Luna.

Cynthia and Lilith were likely keeping an eye on Teacher Chloe by now.

We’d agreed to share whatever information we gathered whenever we found a spare moment.

We’d been training all through the night, but we’d ended up here after spotting Coco by chance.

She occasionally took charge of classes, but for the most part, she stayed in the health office.

Since many of the lessons at Noblesse didn’t require training uniforms, the number of injuries was staggering.

Between the physical wounds and things like mana sickness—which was basically a nasty cold you couldn't do much about—she was probably busy around the clock.

The fact that she managed all of that on her own meant she had to possess an astronomical amount of Mana.

In the Original Story, she appeared near the end, just like Teacher Milk. However, her connection to Allen hadn't been particularly deep.

If I’d known it would come to this, I should have pored over every single word of the official fanbook, "Everything About Noblesse Oblige."

"—Sniff, sniff... Mmm, Vai-kun’s scent... I love it..."

Suddenly, a bizarre voice drifted toward me from the crook of my neck.

I spun around in a panic, only to find Luna’s face right next to mine.

We were so close we almost kissed—no, wait, forget I said that.

"What... exactly are you doing?" I asked.

"My apologies. My nose just... started moving on its own," she replied.

Her eccentricities weren't exactly a new development.

Since becoming friends with Luna, I’d gradually realized that something was... off about her.

After training sessions, she’d obsessively ask for my jacket, or try to drink whatever juice I was currently sipping on.

Sometimes, while I was training at the Academy, I’d feel a gaze fixed on me.

Is she actually watching me...? No, surely not.

"Vai-kun, Teacher Coco is...!"

I thought she’d finally made a move, but instead...

"Wait... is she sleeping?" I muttered.

"It... appears so," Luna whispered back.

To my utter disbelief, she was fast asleep, snoring away.

This is still a school, right?

Even if classes hadn't started yet, for a teacher to be... well, it wasn't technically against the rules, I suppose.

Suddenly, I felt like a total idiot for being so tense. I started walking straight toward her.

"Wait, Vai-kun?!"

Ignoring Luna’s surprise, I walked right up to her. She was dead to the world.

She had short black hair and was wearing a tight skirt.

Wait, won't her white coat get stained like that...?

Luna approached timidly behind me, but the teacher showed absolutely no sign of waking up.

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