“Sorry! Sorry! Sorry—!!!”
The office echoed with tearful apologies. Mia was kneeling on the cold floor, like a frightened woodpecker, frantically kowtowing to Sefina, whose clothes were slightly disheveled.
Each time her forehead hit the ground, it made a dull thud, showing her force and panic.
Mia’s face was so red it seemed ready to bleed, spreading from her forehead down to her neck, even the tips of her ears were like boiled shrimp.
Her blue eyes were filled with shame and guilt. She didn’t dare lift her head to look at Teacher Sefina’s face, using this method to express her immense sin.
Sefina’s cheeks weren’t much better. Even though the magic crest effect had faded, the residual physiological reactions and… the unforgettable memories made her face as if dyed by sunset, the blush lingering for a long time.
The image of a cool and composed teacher was now shattered on the ground.
Sefina lowered her head, her wine-red eyes staring at her own knees pressed together, her fingers unconsciously twisting her skirt, her whole body shrinking into the chair, exuding an unprecedented feeling of shyness.
In life experience and knowledge, she might be more experienced than these students, even having gone through life-and-death dangers.
But only in matters like this… inside this young body, there was ultimately a naive and innocent girl’s soul!
Those theoretical knowledge and calm analysis were utterly fragile in the face of a personally experienced storm.
Just a few dozen minutes ago, when the magic crest’s loss of control and the magic potion’s effect both peaked, their reason simultaneously collapsed.
Mia, temporarily bound by magic, broke free partially, while Sefina, affected by the magic crest, also lost some control of her body.
In chaotic instinct, they grabbed each other, and then…
What followed was like two drowning people thrown into the sea, grabbing each other in desperate instinct, and then some absolutely inappropriate intimate contact occurred.
When Sefina struggled out of the aftermath of the magic crest first, everything had already happened.
The process was blurry and burning, filled with sobs and moans…
When she came to, Sefina had already started tidying up the messiest parts of both of them as quickly as possible.
The office air was thick with a sweet atmosphere, and Mia in her arms was still unconsciously rubbing against her, murmuring her name.
By the time Mia also fully awakened from that state of confusion, everything could no longer be covered up.
However, what had happened could not be undone, and the traces could not immediately disappear completely. So, this scene came to be.
“I-I’m sorry… Teacher Sefina… I… I didn’t mean to… I really didn’t know… it was… the magic potion…”
Heavy nasal voice and crying tone. Mia was explaining incoherently while kowtowing, her voice trembling.
Her mind was like an explosion, all sorts of images and feelings churning.
‘What have I done?!’
‘And it was me who initiated?!’
‘I actually… actually did that kind of thing to Teacher Sefina?!’
‘Ahhh!!’
‘Too shameful!!!’
The scream inside Mia almost broke through her throat, but she could only suppress the shame deep in her heart.
She hit her forehead harder against the floor, trying to cover the overwhelming shame with pain.
In her panic, Mia’s gaze involuntarily shifted to the side.
There was still a small stain under the office desk that hadn’t been cleaned up.
Also, on Teacher Sefina’s originally clean white pantyhose, there were a few half-dry marks.
Mia felt her head was really going to explode, her cheeks hot enough to fry an egg.
She suddenly quickly looked away, again focusing on staring at the floor, as if by this effort she could melt into a crack and disappear from the teacher’s sight forever.
And Sefina, when Mia’s gaze swept over those traces, her body also trembled violently.
Of course she knew what was there. Even before Mia woke up, she had already seen the mess on her own legs, but at that time she just couldn’t deal with it.
Now being seen by a student, that sense of shame increased geometrically.
‘I actually did this with a student in the office…’
Sefina’s mind was frantically repeating this judgment, each word like a red-hot branding iron, burning into her teaching ethics and self-esteem.
‘This is wrong!’
‘This is wrong!’
‘This is wrong!’
‘This absolutely should not have happened!!!’
Reason was screaming, but the residual memory of the body stubbornly reminded her of what had just happened.
This split between cognition and sensation made her so embarrassed she almost evaporated.
Sefina could even feel the heat on her cheeks and earlobes, definitely red and impossible to show her face.
Where was the teacher’s authority now? Now she was just a shy woman at a loss because of an accidental boundary-crossing.
The office was filled with deathly silence, only the occasional dull thud of Mia’s forehead hitting the floor.
After what felt like an eternity, Sefina finally managed to pull out a bit of strength from the whirlpool of self-condemnation.
She closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, her wine-red eyes still held the watery light of shyness, but had recovered a bit of her usual cool exterior.
Sefina sighed as if resigned, her voice filled with deep exhaustion and helplessness.
“Forget it, you… you should go back first.”
Sefina’s mind was now in chaos, she urgently needed to be alone, needed time to digest this sudden accident.
At least, let her be alone for a while, get this damn heat off her face, calm down her pounding heart, and then think about what to do next.
However, when Mia heard this while still kneeling, her body stiffened suddenly.
Then, she slowly stood up, as if she had made a decision.
The next second, before Sefina could react, Mia stood up from the floor with whoosh.
Then, with slightly trembling steps, but a very serious expression, even with an air of facing death, she slowly walked to in front of Sefina.
Under Sefina’s astonished gaze, Mia reached out and grabbed Sefina’s warm little hand that was resting on her knee.
“Teacher Sefina!”
Mia’s voice was trembling with excitement and shyness, but her tone was resolute, each word like a promise squeezed between her teeth.
“Y-You… rest assured! I… I will take responsibility!”
“T-take responsibility?”
Sefina was confused by this sudden turn, her wine-red eyes widening slightly.
Looking at the student in front of her who was blushing deeply but with unusually determined eyes, she couldn’t understand for a moment what “take responsibility” meant.
‘Does she mean taking responsibility for today’s accident?’
‘Or…’
Mia nodded vigorously, holding Sefina’s hand tighter, as if afraid she would run away.
She took a deep breath, mustered the greatest courage of her life, closed her eyes, and with a tone that almost made her faint from shyness, shouted out that earth-shattering line:
“Teacher Sefina! I… I will take responsibility!”
“Th-that is… get married…”