The surprising thing about what is called life, is that one day you can be very calm and the next day you feel that the whole world is against you.

It's not the first time I've gotten into trouble, of course in this world it was the first time something like this happened. After all, I always avoid any problems that may arise most of the time, and when that is impossible, I only reason as a college student would, so I have never had problems that have repercussions.

And this time it was not going to be any different, after all, how could someone of legal age be so irresponsible as not to predict future events according to the actions he performed?

But since I'm in the middle of the war, I can only join it, but in this particular case, instead of joining, I was going to do a one-sided slaughter. So, before squashing all their arguments and positions, I was going to play along and have fun. After all, I like to work things out my way.

After lunch a teacher came to pick me up to take me to the principal's office, I assumed that one of my possible theories had been fulfilled.

When I got to his office, I could see the 3 boys from yesterday, they had bandages and plasters on their faces, and each one was accompanied by their parents.

Quite a predictable result, I would say.

"Tsurumi, please sit down." Said the principal.

I could see the grim face of the principal.

"Tsurumi Raiden, you are expelled from school unless you can justify your actions."

I thought the principal would choose to make an early decision, but to my surprise, he decided to listen to the parties involved.

"These 3 attacked me yesterday, and I proceeded to defend myself, it was all in self-defense." After all, I only attacked when they came towards me so that's technically true.

"That's a lie.'' one of them exclaimed when he heard my version of events.

"He was the one who attacked us without mercy" said one of his friends.

"Silence please, I have already heard your version, now I want to hear it, and I also find it hard to believe that a student like him has attacked you for no reason."

The director was quite considerate of me, or perhaps part of his experience was dealing with cases similar to this one.

''Do you think my son is lying?'' The father of one of the idiots spoke up, part of his son's bad behavior is due to the upbringing at home, so seeing how his father behaves, it is not difficult to understand why his son is such an idiot.

"I guess listening isn't part of his genes, huh?"

I said this in a teasing tone.

During my university life I learned the means for a perfect negotiation, but currently I would not use it, so I could do things that you should not do in a negotiation, indirectly provoking and insulting the other party was one of them.

"Are you hinting at something!?" His father seemed quite angry, with a little more motivation, he would end this, and I could go back to my classroom.

"How scary." I could beat this guy without even trying.

"Are you making fun of me?" It seemed that at any moment he would approach me to try to hit me.

''Enough! Could you keep calm? If you continue with that attitude, I will give all the credibility to Tsurumi's version." The principal was upset. I suppose I accomplished part of my mission, but not 100%. After all, I will have to use that.

''So Tsurumi, you say it was the three of them who attacked you, and you defended yourself?''

"That's correct, I only exercised my right to defend myself, so I don't see anything wrong with my actions." Everything I said is true, so we just have to wait for what the director will say.

"If what this boy says is true, how can he prove it?" One of the mothers spoke.

I guess it's time to end this stupidity. Every time you do a business or a contract, it is good to have proof of it, and this case was no exception.

The office door was suddenly opened, it was the school secretary.

"Principal, someone came to see him, she says it is related to the topic they are discussing at the moment."

That one more participant is included is not going to change the result, after all, I would never do something irrational, and although sometimes I have to improvise, I try to do it with something in mind.

The person who enters is a woman. who had black hair tied in a small ponytail, her eyes were brown, and she could tell that she looked quite young.

She wore a black suit with a skirt, as well as stockings with black boots. The most striking thing was the type of scarf she wore, although all her clothes were dark in color, it was white for some reason, which made her stand out even more.

"Looks like they're having fun here, huh." Her attitude is very relaxed and joking

I could hear other footsteps coming from outside the door.

"Mother, I told you to wait for me to go together" It was Yumiko's voice.

(...)

Why was Yumiko here?

(...)

Wait, did she say mom? Is she, her mother?!

Now that I think about it, they had a certain resemblance before Yumiko dyed her hair blonde. But I did not expect that that woman who seemed so young was Yumiko's mother.

"You said we should hurry up to help Raiden-kun."

"Don't say such things in front of people." Yumiko looked quite nervous and embarrassed.

The principal coughed a little so that we could focus our attention on him.

"Could you tell me what business you have regarding the subject we are discussing?" The principal was very serious, I must say, an issue that was easy to solve was getting complicated.

"My name is Miura Emiko, I am Yumiko Miura's mother, and from what she told me, it was those 3 idiots who were trying to threaten her, but Raiden-kun got in the way and defended her, resulting in those 3 being injured.''

Raiden-kun? Yumiko's mother had a very peculiar way of referring to me, but I guess I can ask her later.

"That's a lie, we didn't do any of that." Exclaimed one of the idiots.

"I guess you have the guts that after trying to get my daughter to date someone like you with threats, now you try to deny everything. Can't you just behave like a man and face the consequences of your actions?'' The tone of her voice was terrifying, If I were on the receiving end of those words, I'm sure I would have been hesitant to answer.

One of the mothers raised her voice to counter Yumiko's mother, it would only take a few more minutes for everything to get out of control.

And I wasn't in the mood to be in a pointless argument.

I took my cell phone out of my pocket and looked for a certain file.

I banged on the desk to get everyone's attention, and it seemed to, work as everyone was staring at me.

I played the recording and put my cell phone on the desk.

Before anyone could speak, the recording I made yesterday played, of how that idiot said all that stupid thing to Yumiko, of course I only recorded the parts that made him seem more guilty, after all, I would not do anything stupid like hit someone with the possibility that this could backfire on me, so I put together this little trick in case something happened, and it looks like it's going to work.

A professional should always be prepared for anything, were the words of one of my university professors.

When finished playing the file, all eyes turned to those 3.

"I guess there is no question, right?" I said in an arrogant tone.

''Everything is clear'' The principal pointed to the 3 students. ''I will not allow that kind of behavior in my school, so all 3 are expelled!'' There was anger in his voice. I can't blame him as this had all been a waste of time.

Looking at Yumiko's mother, I noticed that she had a surprised face. Yumiko also looked surprised but happy in turn.

The principal is heading towards us.

''On behalf of the school, I would like to apologize for what happened, I will make sure that this type of situation does not repeat itself.''

I just nodded at his words, Yumiko's mother seemed to want to say more, but after receiving a look from Yumiko, she simply accepted the apology.

"They can withdraw, since I have to talk a little more with the parents of those involved."

I received a look of hatred from the 3 students, to which I only looked towards them along with a mocking smile, although I doubt that they want to do anything, after all, they already knew what could happen if they tried to do something stupid against me.

Sometimes I wonder why I get into these problems, I guess I have no answer to this. Sometimes I think that someone upstairs has something against me, after all, I just want to spend my time quietly, but this kind of thing does not stop happening, I hope that once I enter Sobu High this will calm down.

Both Yumiko, her mother and I left the office.

I should thank her mother, because even if it was unnecessary her help, Yumiko called her mother to help me in this situation.

If it were a normal case, I am sure that her help would have been essential to solve it.

"I want to thank you for their help." I said this, and then I bowed in sincere thanks for their help.

''You don't have to thank, Raiden-kun, after all I was happy that Yumiko came to me with this problem that arose. Of course, I would have wanted to make those 3 idiots suffer, but I guess you already took care of that, for which thank you for taking care of my daughter.''

A mother with a terrifying character when it comes to protect her daughter, and at the same time a sweet character to show gratitude to those close to her daughter, something worthy of admiration.

"You don't have to mention it, I just did what was reasonable." Of course, this time I didn't overdo it.

Although she looked somewhat dejected.

''I thought that if I could help you, you would end up owing me a favor, to which you would have to come to dinner with us.'' I could see for a brief moment a smile on her face, her words were just a way of creating the need to accept her invitation. So, I can see where Yumiko got her insight and terrifying side from.

Normally I would refuse because I have a bad feeling about this, but since she took the time to come to the school to help me, I guess I can't refuse. I hope Yumiko doesn't look like her mother in the future. I'm sorry for her future boyfriend.

''Raiden, you shouldn't feel obliged to go, and your mother, don't use that excuse to force him to go.'' Yumiko began to scold her mother. At this moment it seemed that the roles of mother and daughter had been reversed, something beautiful to see, in my opinion.

"Don't worry about it, besides since I was invited, I have no problem attending." I said this while I scratched the back of my head.

Hearing my words, Yumiko's mother perked up, I began to regret my decision.

"Then see you on Saturday night, since that day my husband will be home."

I should have refused deeply.

"Is it a bad time to withdraw my words?"

"How funny you are." Yumiko's mother said as her hand hit my back, I feel as if she had a lot of trust with me, but it's not that it's annoying to be treated this way by a beauty like her. After all, I can't deny that I like MILFS. Since I am technically 23 years old, and if we add my current age, I would not have a problem with that. But I must stop fantasizing about these things. After all, I'm only 15 years old now.

Yumiko's mother looked at her watch, and she seemed somewhat concerned.

"I must go back to work now since I said I would only be absent for a while." To which she proceeded to hug her daughter and head quickly towards the school exit. "I'll tell you the details through Yumiko, I'll be looking forward to that day." After saying that, she disappeared from my field of vision.

Right now, only Yumiko and I were in the hallway at the school, as the other students were in their respective classrooms.

"Your mother is someone peculiar." I feel like dealing with her would be a headache, and I also have to remember not to upset her mother.

"I guess so." Yumiko said, looking a bit tired.

"By the way, how did you know I was in trouble?" I said.

"After lunch, when I was heading to my classroom, I ran into one of them, specifically the one who was just watching the whole time, he told me that his friends as revenge had planned to expel you".

It seems as if he ended up betraying his friends, but why would he?

''He also apologized to me for everything that happened yesterday, he mentioned that he only obeyed them and that he never agreed with the plans they had devised.''

I guess this makes sense since every time I was able to observe them, I realized that he was the quiet one and just obeyed them.

"It was also amazing how you handled everything." Yumiko looked happy.

"It's nothing special, I just thought something like this could happen and came up with a contingency plan for it." After all, acting without thinking is stupid unless the situation warrants it.

"We should go back to our classes since it has been a while since we left the principal's office." Perhaps a teacher wants to take a pop quiz.

So, we said goodbye and went to our respective classrooms.

As I made my way to my classroom, I couldn't help but think about my dinner with Yumiko's family on Saturday. I just hope that her father is not overprotective of her daughter, as I feel that he did not will doubt to want to dismember me.

I could only sigh at my current situation, if there is someone upstairs who is looking at me, I hope they will make things easier for me during that day, although I think it will be the opposite.