Endless Silver Machine

Last night, after Instructor Letika and Instructor Wilber sent the students back to the administrator's cabin, they sent Professor Cocona back to the research room.

Although Aika didn't know the content of Professor Cocona's work in the Imperial Capital, it would definitely not be as easy as she said. Aika thinks she should have a good rest today.

But if you say such words to her, she will probably be regarded as trying to be lazy and get angry...

Aika came to Professor Cocona's research room as usual and suddenly remembered the joke she told last night.

"Could it be that I'm really not allowed to enter the research room..."

However, it turned out that Professor Cocona was indeed just joking. The door lock passed Aika's magic ripple verification and the research room was opened to him.

Putting on her shoes at the entrance, Aika walked into the hall. Today, the ceiling of the hall did not extend to the stairs leading to the second floor.

Haven't gotten up yet? Aika looked at the room inside, but the door was still closed.

The mechanism that lowers the stairs to the second floor is in Professor Cocona's room, but the stairs can also be taken back directly from the studio on the second floor.

So, which room is Professor Cocona sleeping in now?

Aika found Professor Cocona's contact address on the PDA, but her PDA was closed and there was no way to contact her.

Whether it was the status of the teacher-student relationship or the almost age difference, Aika was hesitant to enter Professor Cocona's room without permission.

He walked to the door and knocked politely. If she were inside, she would have noticed a moderate knock on the door.

But contrary to expectations, a minute passed and there was still no movement in the room.

In that case, Professor Cocona spent the night directly in the studio on the second floor as usual.

Aika has reminded her of this problem many times, but she seems to only go back to the room to sleep obediently when Aika spends the night in the research room.

If Liuyin lives with her, can he control her? Aika thought this while turning the doorknob.

The room was unlocked, and Aika walked in cautiously. He had never been in this room before, and now he felt guilty and excited that he was doing something bad.

There is a machine with a very complex design placed next to the window on one side. Judging from the folded cloth on it, it must be a sewing machine or something like that.

Aika knows that Professor Cocona likes to make some different styles of clothing, but it seems that there are not many finished products in this room, or they have all been put away.

Bookshelves, wardrobes, these are just furniture configured in ordinary rooms, and the same is true for the administrator's cabin.

The backlit side of the room was a bed. Because the window curtains were closed and Aika didn't turn on the light, she didn't notice it at first.

It's okay if you didn't notice it. After Aika looked over, he couldn't help but make a useless sound.

In the darkness, an indescribable object was slowly moving.

"What is this!"

Fortunately, the light switch is right next to the door, and Aika can reach it with her hand.

The room with insufficient light suddenly became brighter, and the indescribable object revealed its true identity under the light.

It's just that Professor Cocona huddled up on the bed. She probably turned over just now because she heard the sound of Aika entering the door.

She didn't even change her clothes. She didn't care that the knee-length skirt full of lace and ruffles would cause wrinkles, and she was completely immersed in a sweet sleep.

Aika quickly looked away from Professor Cocona, ignoring the title of professor. She was just a girl of the same age as Lolo.

The sudden light seemed to stimulate Professor Cocona. She moaned and twisted her body, resulting in more and more exposed skin.

Alarm bells rang in Aika's mind. Should I run away while she's still awake? Escape is the right option, it should be said that this is the only option.

Now that Professor Cocona is dressed like this, and he has entered the room without her permission, no matter how he explains it, he will be regarded as having evil intentions.

Aika immediately turned off the light and backed away as silently as possible while paying attention to Professor Cocona's movements.

When he was about to retreat to the door, his feet suddenly stepped on something that was obviously not a wooden floor.

Aika managed to maintain her balance, but she kicked the door with her heel and made a loud noise.

"Aika?" It was impossible for Professor Cocona to wake up after making such a loud noise, "What are you doing here..."

Professor Cocona's voice was obviously not awake yet, so Aika thought she could fool him.

"I just……"

There was a "beep" sound, and it took Aika half a beat to realize that it was the sound of the PDA camera starting up.

In other words, Professor Cocona just took a picture of Aika even though she was still asleep.

"We have evidence of your night attack."

"It's not a night attack, it's already afternoon!"

"Evidence tells the truth."

In the dark room, even if the figure in the photo is not that clear, as long as Professor Cocona testifies that this person is Aika, his defense will become worthless.

"If you send this photo to them, what good things will happen to you?"

"I'm sorry, it's my fault for coming in without permission!"

"Good thing"? If it is really sent to their hands, the only good thing worth praying for is that there is no missing part on the body.

"...Well, it's really afternoon."

Professor Cocona, who had saved the photo, noticed the time.

"That's what I just said."

"Oh, by the way, class starts today."

"That's why I came in and lowered the stairs..."

"...I won't apologize."

"I would really appreciate it if you would just delete that photo."

"The photos will not be deleted, and the evidence must be well preserved."

So where exactly is this "evidence" going to be used... Aika no longer has the energy to continue investigating.

"...Why are you still here?"

"how……"

"I'm going to change clothes! Get out!"

Professor Cocona drove Aika out of the room without any explanation.

After closing the door of Cocona's room, Aika sat down tiredly on the sofa in the hall. While waiting for Professor Cocona to change clothes, he had nothing to do.

Professor Cocona seems to like to use herself to create topics recently, and it was the same last night.

It's not that Aika hates her doing this, it's better to say that this childish approach is a bit cute. What he doesn't understand is why Professor Cocona does this.

When she first met Professor Cocona, Aika felt that she was different from any of the girls around her. If I had to find someone to compare with her, it would be Qiu Ke.

She is somewhat similar to Qiu Ke in being able to express her thoughts directly and do whatever comes to her mind.

But Qiu Ke is both the squad leader and the student council president, and there are certain restrictions on what she can do, which does not allow her complete freedom. She should be very aware of this.

Professor Cocona has no such restrictions, so she can fully express herself.

Aika knew that the time she had known Professor Cocona was far from enough to understand her. This was just a vague impression of her after becoming her student.

Knowing this is enough, Aika thought.

Because there is no one who can fully understand the existence outside himself, or even himself.

The ceiling slides open laterally and a staircase descends to the second-floor studio.

Then Professor Cocona sent a text message from the room. She was going to take a bath and asked Aika to go to the studio to study first.

Can't you just come out of the room and tell yourself... But girls may have troubles that they can't understand.

Having just done something very rude to Professor Cocona, Aika didn't want to make her unhappy again, so she obediently walked up to the second floor as she asked.

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Professor Cocona's PDA can manage the entire research room. She watched the screen showing the opening and closing of the door to the studio on the second floor before standing up from behind the door.

Until Aika was introduced by Liuyin, Professor Cocona still lived alone in this laboratory and never had to worry about other people.

Although it was not enough to walk around the room wearing only underwear or nothing, it was not considered an immodest attire at all.

Professor Cocona was already drowsy in the car of the two instructors last night. Not only did catching up on sleep on the airship not relieve fatigue, it actually made it more difficult to open my eyes.

After the car stopped steadily in the vestibule of the research room, Instructor Letika thoughtfully woke up Professor Cocona, and she realized that everyone else in the back row had already gone back.

When she returned to the room, she threw her personal terminal on the bed. She didn't even want to change her clothes. She lay on the soft bed and slept until now.

"He suddenly came in and scared me..."

Professor Cocona didn't even know why she was busy taking pictures at that time. If she just wanted to divert his attention, there were many ways.

Just because the PDA is at hand. Last night when I was lying on the bed, my PDA slipped out of my pocket.

"You probably couldn't see clearly just now..."

Cocona opened the captured photo. It was completely dark and could not function as "evidence" at all.

She shouldn't be able to see her appearance clearly, so she breathed a sigh of relief as she didn't know that Aika had turned on the light.

I have never worried about this kind of thing before...

"Well……"

I always feel like I'm doing things I don't want to do...

Every time she made a joke, she felt that the joke was meaningless, but she would unconsciously choose the same approach the next time.

Do you care too much about him? Professor Cocona suddenly reflected like this.

If she really wanted to talk about it, she just felt that it would become more lively with Aika around. This lively feeling was new to her who used to focus on research, that's all.

If I take a shower again, there won’t be much time left for the afternoon class.

In fact, it is time-saving to let him go back now, or to go directly to teach him after changing his clothes.

But she was unwilling to accept either option. She wanted him to stay here first, but she couldn't stand in front of him like this, so she rejected both options.

OK, let’s go to the bathroom! If you still have time left, take advantage of it!

Making a decision secretly, Professor Cocona immediately acted on her own ideas.

While she was changing her clothes, she didn't notice the laboratory management program running in the background of the PDA, and the small window flickered.

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