My Protect skill can take my life but it can also help me flirt and make love with cold beauties!
Chapter 1: Different world inside locker

Third Year of High School

The May Sports Festival has ended, and this is the time when couples could be seen here and there making the last memories of their high school days.

After school, in the classroom, I couldn't help but look at them with envy as they were happily discussing their future plans.

My name is Kazuya Nambu, a fat guy who's not good at any sports. In addition, my school grades are also just above average.

I like anime and manga, and to put it bluntly, I am the type of loner guy that girls tend to avoid.

I said I like anime and manga, but it's not like I'm not interested in real women. There is also a girl in my class with whom I plan to develop a close relationship. She is a quiet female student who always has a book in her hand and prefers to read it alone. She has long, flowing black hair, and wearing glasses, she gives an impression of a serious student.

Her name is Fujikura Sayo. I have had a faint crush on her since my freshman year of high school.

She is slender and has a lovely face. Although being from the same humanities major, there is a clear difference between us.

I doubt I'll see her again after high school. I wanted to flirt with her at least once.

I let out a sigh and left the classroom.

This week, my team was in charge of cleaning the science lab, but I’m the only one who is here.

One team consists of six people, but the five other than me were not in the classroom and had already left. It’s bad if I had to do all the work by myself, but if it's just cleaning, I'm fine with it.

Even if I told them not to skip these cleaning duties, I don't think they will help me with the cleaning. In this case, it is easier for me to do it alone.

Anyway, I'm not even involved in any club activities, and all I have to do when I get home is to prepare for the entrance exam. For me, this alone time is a time of relaxation.

Finishing the sweeping easily, I put the broom and dustpan away in the locker. After that, I’ll return the key to the science lab to the staff room and call it a day.

With this in mind, I was strolling alone through the lonely corridor at the end of the school building, and I could also hear the voices of sports club activities from the ground. Even though it's after school, the sunlight streaming in through the window is still extremely bright, indicating that the season has changed to summer.

While I was lazily thinking about having a cold drink, a boy came racing through the corridor at a great speed… no, to be precise, at his full speed.

That's definitely a boy from the same class as me... He looked familiar, so I thought I'd talk to him, but he passed by without even giving me time to do so.

What on earth was that? I wondered and was about to go down the stairs to the staff room when I heard the noisy discussions.

"Wasn't that Nambu from our class?"

"Only Nambu would peek in on us!"

"The girls also said that he was peeping in the changing room too."

"I’ll never forgive him."

If you look closely through the gap in the handrail of the stairs, you can see girls in swimsuits gasping. The fact that they are wearing swimsuits even after school means that they are from the swimming club, and these girls are also in the same class as me.

But, aren’t they talking about something disturbing? Someone is peeking at girls?

Wait… Why are they saying Nambu...? My last name is Nambu, and I should be the only person with Nambu surname in my class.

No way! Am I being accused of peeping?

Wait!!! It’s true that I have a stronger sex drive than most

people. I also admit that I love erotic scenes of such a degree that I can’t really talk about, but the ones I enjoy are all fiction.

I absolutely refuse to engage in criminal acts of causing trouble to other people, much less peeping at girls.

"Did he run upstairs?"

"Yeah. Let's chase him!"

Oh, no! They are coming this way.

But I have nothing to prove my innocence. In retrospect, I even passed through someone who seemed to be the real culprit. If I insist on being innocent in an open way… no… I can’t think of a vision where they’ll listen to me.

They’re the kind of people who would assume that I’m the culprit without any solid evidence. Even if I run away home, it will only amplify the suspicion. For now, let’s get past this place and have them listen to what I have to say when they’ve regained their composure.

I quickly rushed back in the direction I just came from and try to hide in the science lab.

Clatter!

However, the door won’t open!

Oops! I forgot that I just locked it a moment ago.

I desperately take out the key and try to unlock it. Ah! How frustrating! My hand is trembling at the moment and the key also doesn’t fit properly in the hole.

Clang!

Finally, I unlocked the door and ran into the science lab. Did I manage to hide in time?

"Ah! Someone just entered the science lab!"

Nooo! I didn’t!

I immediately locked the door, but I could still hear the footsteps of several people approaching. The doorknob was turned with a clatter, and the sound of banging on the door echoed through the science lab.

"Nambu! I know you're inside!"

"Open the door!!"

The resounding banging was nowhere to be stopped and the door was also shaking violently. Is this really the power of those slender girls?

"Damn it!"

"Senpai, I’ll get the key from the staff room."

"Yes, please."

After the girl said this, I heard light-receding footsteps.

Not good!… I have the original key to this room, but there may still be a spare key or a master key in the staff room. I'm running out of time.

I looked around the room to see if there was any way out. There is another doorway at the back of the classroom, but it seems that girls are waiting there as well. If so, can I escape through the window? Of course not! This is the fourth floor and even my fats won’t be able to save me.

The door of the preparation room is also locked and I don’t have its key. It doesn’t look like I can escape from anywhere.

Should I come open and try to convince everyone that I am not the culprit? No, I can't play that card anymore. The persuasion card lost its effect when I played the escape card.

"Everyone, teacher is here."

"Someone was peeping?"

"That's right!"

In the distance, I heard the voice of an adult woman and the door become noisy again. Time is finally running out.

At that moment, what caught my eye was the locker where I had thrown the cleaning tools earlier.

I know that hiding in a place like this is not going to solve anything. However, even if I know that, I still jumped into the locker. It's too small for my body type, but I twisted my shoulder and forced my whole body into it.

Finally, I’m in!

The moment I thought that... my body fell forward and a strange scenery appeared before my eyes.

“Hii~i!”

What happened? I’m still inside the locker, right?

“Pow~ Pow~ Pow~ Brave Hero! Welcome!”

An even more confusing voice rang out from above me with question marks floating around my head.