This teacher... She might have some kind of job for you in this school, right? Teaching little kids seems fine to you. You proceed to ask her if she has anything that you can do.

“Um, I'm sorry... I'm afraid there's nothing for you right now. Although I'm sure you've learned all of basic curriculum, you'll have to attend school everyday, and you'll have a hard time communicating with children without your voice...”

Oh, right... The fact that you can't use your voice already kills the chance to get a job here. What a shame...

“Keine, another outsider?” Another woman approach both of you. She has long white hair, and is wearing red long pants.

“Yes... I'm afraid we'll have to delay our sightseeing today...”

“I have to escort him to Hakurei Shrine?” The woman observes you carefully, then she shrugs and looks back to Keine.

“No, he's living on Youkai Mountain. I have to check the children's math assignments...”

Wait, math? You can help her.

“Staying at Youkai Mountain?”  The woman now stares at you, clearly she doesn't believe what the teacher said. “I lived in Gensokyo for hundreds of years, and I still was shooed away from it, but they accepted this outsider?”

“He's living with the Moriyas, and communicated with the lord himself,” She hands her the newspaper. You use this chance to show Keine your notebook, telling that you could check the assignments for her. “Eh? But... No, this is my job, I-”

“What is it Keine?”

“He says that he will check the assignments for me...”

“I can't see the problem, outsiders should know kid's lessons. Show him the questions then,” she gives her opinion. Keine looks at your big grin, it seems you have a 'temporary' job now.

“Hahhh... You win. I guess it'll be okay if it's only math... Come with me...” She goes into the school, followed by you. She points to the big pile of books on a table, presumably teacher's table. She lets you sit, opens one book, and points out which answers you must check. Three thousand five hundred and fifty two times five, Ten thousand three hundred and thirty six divided by two... And there's an essay like 'if Itou has 1.000 Yen and he bought 3 apples that are worth 76 Yen, how much money he has now?'

“You can do it, right? Remember to check how they found the solution, don't just check the answer!” The teacher says. Heh, piss easy. You give her a thumb up. She smiles and goes away with the woman. “Goodbye, I'm depending on you!”

Good. Let's start this. You write down the answer of each question on your notebook before checking all the kid's homework, so you have to match the answers.

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Hours pass, and you finish the last text. Damn, checking the answers was easy, but it's really tedious to check around thirty assignments. After this, you'll respect a teacher's job more.

“Excuse me... Keine, are you there?” Someone knocks on the door. You stand up and open it, revealing a girl... Very young girl, with some woman behind her. “Good evening... Who are you?”

You quickly scribe that you're helping Keine checking the children's assignments today, and the person herself went with another woman in red pants.

“Ah, I see... Well, I'll go now. Say my farewell to-”

“Akyuu?” The person in question is back, with that white-haired woman.

“Good evening Keine. I didn't know you hired an assistant, it's about time I guess...” the girl turns to her.

“Him? No, he just helping me for today... Although I must admit having someone helping with my job is really relaxing...”

“See? I told you, one helping hand won't hurt. Anyway... Here's another record,” she gives a book to her. “I have to go, see you next time Keine.”

“Goodbye.” They both bow to each other, and the girl and her companion go away. From her way of speaking, she must be older than she looks. The real question is, how old? The teacher walks to you.

“And, let's check your work...” she gets into the school and opens an assignment. “Good... You put some corrections in it too. Maybe if you still had your voice I would've hired you...”

She goes to another room, and comes back with a handful of money. Ahhh... Finally.

“This isn't much, but take it... Thanks for your help,” she hands you the money. You smile and shake her hand in gratitude. “Now go back to the shrine. The way is dangerous at night.”

You look at the sky through the window; It'll be night soon. You bow to her and run away.

“Hold.”

You're stopped by the red-pants girl as soon as you leave the building. She takes some money and puts it in your pocket. Wha-

“My thanks for helping her and our trip. Now, go. The road will be swarming with youkai soon,”

She pats your back and walks away. Oh, hard work pays off. You'll definitely like this place...

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You walk following the road. Now, if the map's correct, you should take this way...

“Hihihi...”

Now there should be a sign here... where is it?

*Hop!Hop!Hop!*

The frog is hoping wildly on your shoulder. It also seems to be croaking, but you can't hear its sound. What ha-

*Whooosh!*

[b]HOLY SHIT![/b]

*Grab!*

You fall from what seems to be a cliff... Fortunately you grab a nearby branch before you fall far... What the hell just happened? Last time you checked, it was a road up ahead...

Forget it, you need to get back up... But how? You're hanging on a cliff now, alone... You have to do something...

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