"Mythical zoology requires contemplation. After I touched your back... I began contemplating over whether you're sick, or if you are some special creature. I just needed to know... don't hate me for this." ― Balam Shichiro
Balam's Class (バラムの授業 Baramu no Jugyō?) is the sixty-third chapter of Osamu Nishi's Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun.
Summary[]
Shichiro starts his lecture by saying that creatures such as imaginary beings have been written about throughout demonic history and that the research of mythical beings is a study of beliefs. He also explains that the Demonic Realm is vastly unexplored, so it is possible new species exist, and then he asks if anyone knows what imaginary beings eat before going back to writing on the chalkboard. All the while, Iruma begins to understand why others run from him. Alice explains that Shichiro has a touch addiction called "skinship," and he will touch anything that breathes because of it, though he doesn't know if it is because he is in charge of imaginary beast research. Another student tells Iruma and Alice that Shichiro supposedly touches people to see if they are suitable for him to experiment with, which terrifies them even more.
Shichiro then turns his attention to talk about humans. He asks what one would do if a human was before them, and some say they would eat them because they think they are delicious. Shichiro admits humans are masses of greed and a source of nourishment for demon folk as one student asks what he would do. Shichiro starts touching the human dummy he used in his example as the students think he wants to experiment on them. Shichiro then says if he saw a human, he would want to know how they lived because he believes humans and other imaginary beings are weak compared to the creatures of the Demon World due to living in different environments requiring certain traits. He goes over to Iruma and touches his back while continuing his lecture but becomes unnerved. He immediately grabs him and runs off, telling the students to return to their classrooms.
Shichiro meets with the staff and reveals that Iruma has no wings, nor does he have any wing roots either. They lift up his shirt to see for themselves. As Iruma panics, he will be found out. To his surprise, though, the teachers see a pair of wings on his back, even though they are tiny. Alikred was morphing his hand to make it look like wings to cover for him. The teachers decided they couldn't feel them because they were so small, and Shichiro and Iruma were thrown out to resume their lessons.
As the two of them walk back to the classroom, Iruma wonders if he should ask Shichiro any questions because he doesn't know if he is dangerous. Just as he starts to leave, Shichiro grabs him and says to him that judging from his back, either Iruma has a serious illness or he is a peculiar being, and it was in his nature he couldn't help but check to see if he was human or not since he believes in imaginary beings. He asks Iruma to not hold any grudges against him for dragging him away like that and takes off his mask, revealing his mouth is deformed. He then says the two are buddies as he puts his mask back on.
Iruma is confused by what happened, but Shichiro explains his jaw got peeled off in an accident a long time ago, so his fangs look so scary. Shichiro reveals he loves all living things, but they run from him in fear, so his habit of touching things arose because he wants to touch something as much as he can before they run off. Iruma asks why Shichiro is telling him this, and Shichiro answers that he thought Iruma was upset when everyone saw his tiny wings. He apologizes for the sudden action and wants to make Iruma feel better by showing his deformity in addition to his apology. This leaves Iruma surprised at how kind Shichiro actually is, and even though he brought him into his study, where it is just the two of them, he doesn't feel afraid of him.
As Shichiro makes some tea and gives it to Iruma to drink, Iruma, completely caught off guard by his kindness, confesses that he is human.
Characters by Appearance[]
- Balam Shichiro
- Iruma Suzuki
- Asmodeus Alice
- Valac Clara
- Buer Blushenko
- Marbas March
- Bars Robin
- Morax Momonoki
- Alikred
- Lord Sullivan (flashback)
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