After stopping by the infirmary to check on Leon, we went outside the academy as planned. Away from the academy, the students can live with a very small risk of getting attacked by monsters. However, there have also been times where the students have been attacked. Well, this time round, Beatrice-san and I are around, so the dangers of a monster attack are practically nil.
ăWell then, without further delay, let us begin. âŠwas what I want to say, but I donât know specifically what you guys should do.ă
ăBig bro! How âbout you fight against us?ă
ăFighting against you guys?ă
ăYeah! Thanks to you, Big bro, we can use magic. However, itâs still doubtful whether we can use them effectively in a battle. So I thought Iâd learn how to use magic in a real battle!ă
ăIn other words, muscle-brain mindset, to fight and memorize.ă
I didnât know why Blood bothers to rephrase Agnosâ words, but I did understand the reason.
ăIf you say so, Iâll gladly be your opponent. But I donât quite know the details of this In-School Tournament. So what is the format like ??ă
ăThe format of the match will be that the boys and girls are separated into two teams of fives, and the team that secures 3 wins first will be the victor.ă
When I voiced my question, Beatrice-san kindly answered me.
ăTeam of fiveâŠis it? Wouldnât that mean the boys will lack a member?ă
ăIf there are at least three participants, we can partake in the match itself. On the other hand, if one person loses, then the whole class will lose at that pointâŠă
ăLeon canât join after all. Ergo, thereâll be no problem if we win all the matches!ă
I have no idea what kind of conversation they had in the infirmary, but unfortunately, Leon it seems like he wonât be able to join the tournament.
ăI seeâŠThen, I guess Iâll only have to face against you guys one by oneâŠSo, girlsâŠrather, Saria and Rurune, what would you do? If Helen and the rest are going to participate, then there will be only one slot left âŠă
ăUun ⊠Rurune-chan, what do we do?ă
ăSaria-sama. Would you please leave it to me?ă
ăEh?ă
Wearing an atmosphere different than usual, Rurune said so with a frigid expression.
ăIf I were to participate in this In-School Tournament thing, I could blast those fellows who made fool of milord. I am Milordâs knight. In order to keep Milordâs honour, would you please let me handle it?ă
ăRuruneâŠă
Who the heck are you?
Youâre not the Rurune I know of. Whatâs with that Knight-ish attitude. Arenât you nothing but a glutton?
Even Olga-chan was surprised by Ruruneâs remark.
ăAnd after I win, Iâll go and have a meal with milord!ă
ăThought so.ă
In the end, nothingâs changed. Thatâs a reliefâŠNo, the fact that itâs weird for her to wish something other than meal itself proved that sheâs beyond saving.
ăFor that reason, would you please let me fight?ă
ăOkay~! Rurune-chan, do your best!ă
ăYes! In order to have meals with milordâŠAh, and for his honour too!ă
ăSo my honour is subsequent!ă
I knew it though!
âââ
After that, we continued fighting mock battles until it was the time for the In-school Tournament. Should I say that it was as expected? In a battle where they were using magic that they were not used to, it seems as if to me that they got weaker ever since they were able to use it.
Apart from directly applying magic onto their weapons, like wrapping their weapons in flame, their footwork deteriorates once they use magic.âŠ
Also, everyone had good compatibility with physical reinforcement, to the extent that I thought they could move several times better than without it. Wouldnât that alone do well enough? I pondered, but apparently this Magic thing was more powerful than I thought before, so evidently, it would be hard to win with only that. Meanwhile, it might be only my misunderstanding, but the air surrounding Agnos and the rest felt off. I could feel their burning spirit to pay those people back for they could use magic. But for some reason, their faces were clouded right now. I didnât know what was the cause, and when I asked them, they insisted ăPlease do not worryă to me.
Were they lacking the confidence to wield magic? I wondered, but apparently, that wasnât the case, the real reason remained unknown.
In the end, I couldnât understand Agnosâ and the restâs feelings until the appointed day for In-School Tournament approached.
âââ
It was a while after I began the special training for Agnos and the rest. On my way to the class Fâs classroom just, as usual, I saw a group of male students in the hallway and the figure of Rurune standing and protecting Saria. As I was closing in with a head tilted in wonder, the appearance of those male students became clear for me.
ă!ă
And then, I spontaneously stopped walking. The reason was due to the male students who stood before Saria and Rurune was Aoyama who rejected me from joining their group when we were about to be transported into this world as well as Ouki who announced to the whole class about how low my ability was, and the people who made me their gofer and hit me as their sandbagââIn other words, the heroes.
The moment I recognised them, even though my head kept telling me itâs all right, the fear of being bullied increased instead of being dispelled, which caused me to stop in my tracks
ăCâmon, itâs fine, isnât it. Weâre heroes, you hear? You know that?ă
ăYeah, yeah. We know it, unno? Youâre girls from that class F, arenât you? Then, isnât it better for your future if you get along with promising company like us?ă
ăWith that regard, letâs have fun together.ă
The man who was in the same boxing club as Kenji and gleefully punched me everydayââKobayashi showed a filthy smile while extended his hands toward Saria and Rurune. Thereupon, Rurune embraced Saria backed off and took some distance from him.
ăDonât get closer, trash. With just your breath, you are polluting the world. No, your very being is a great disgrace for this world. Go back to your motherâs womb.ă
ăHaah? Isnât that a little bit too cruel? Itâs not like weâll hurtâă
ăLike hell I care how you trash feel.ă
With a firm attitude, Rurune kept asserting harsh words while covering for Saria. Saria who was being protected, showed a puzzled look.
ăJust how long will you hold that attitude, hm? Thinking about that face melting in our own hands sure gets me aroused.ă
Exposing his lowlife nature, he licked Rurune and Saria all over with his gaze, and his smile widened even further. However, Rurune, who was facing such unpleasant gaze, instead showed a look similar to Saria for a moment, before turned her own eyes over the boys.
ăâŠBastards, donât tell me, youâre thinking of copulating with us?ă
Quite the blatant one arenât you, Rurune-san! As I reflexively retorted her in my mind, Aoyama and his gang burst into laughter.
ăCopulate!? GYAHAHA!! I like it! Datâs right, thatâd be so if you say it frankly! Thatâs why letâs just obediently follow what we say.ă
Intimidating them, Aoyama and his gang encircled them so they couldnât escape. For some reason, in that situation, Rurune looked at Aoyama and his gang pitifully then started talking to Saria.
ăSaria-sama. It seems like theyâre desiring us as females.ă
ăEh? Is that so?ă
ăYes⊠Most probably itâs their defensive instinct as a species. As a male, theyâre very inferior. It might not be exceedingly hard, but it may prove very difficult for them to leave offsprings.ă
ăUun ⊠Youâre right.ă
Saria admitted it too!?
ăFirst of all, they canât make children right? Their fertility is too low.ă
ăThatâs true. Also, they might simply canât satisfy females, however ⊠as expected, ignorance could be a bliss, could also be a sin.ă
Theyâre utterly being dissed about! Isnât this, like, theyâre completely being denied as a man!? Aoyama and the gang, who were absurdly being jawed at, popped a vein on their brow and opened their mouths.
ăYou sure are babbling as much as you want when we idled hereâŠwhatâs your basis for talking like that!?ă
ăăWild instinct.ăă
You said it nicely harmoniously! But they whoever didnât know the circumstances would be stupefied you know?!
ăWe can roughly tell if a male is excellent or not in a single glance you know~! Right, Rurune-chan? In that regard too, Seiichi is awesome! I purely love Seiichi more than that though!ă
ăThatâs right. If I think about it carefully, I may not have thought of Milord in that way⊠Regarding Milord, itâs not just about him being an outstanding male, or due to my instinct as a female, how do I say it ⊠maybe itâs more correct to say it as a feeling called love? This is the first time Iâve felt it, so I donât know much, however ⊠I feel refreshed just by being with Milord ⊠somehow, thereâs something very important in my heart.ă
ăUn un!ă
ăHowever, apart from that, we also have the good eyes for males in order to leave descendants. Otherwise, we wouldnât last in the wild. Well, at this point, itâs already more than obvious that milord is a superior male. âŠRather, how long are you planning to stand there? Donât bring more shame to this world any longer than this. Go back to the past and stop your mother from giving birth to you.ă
Maybe because they think Iâm not here, but Saria and Ruruneâs words make me both happy and very embarrassed at the same time! But, I see ⊠Saria and Rurune certainly lived in a harsh environment, so itâs necessary for them to leave descendants and so on. And even by leaving that aside, they said they loved me ⊠I myself donât think that Iâm an excellent man, though. That being said, itâs the first time Iâve ever seen someone got trashed so bad to this extentâŠ
As I involuntary broke into a strained smile, maybe because his patience finally run out, Aoyama howled.
ăI have no more sh*t to give! Since you have gone to that extent, Iâll teach you straight with your body, and see if we really are no good!ă
When I saw Aoyama and his gang reached their hands out to Saria and Rurune all at once and tried to touch their body, I got chilled in an instant.
âŠâŠOi, what are you doing?
My legs that were paralyzed till then due to the trauma of getting bullied started moving naturally. When Aoyama and his gang tried to reach out on Saria, maybe because she judged she couldnât evade it, Rurune positioned herself to kick them, at that moment, I jumped into the gap between Aoyamaâs group and Saria and Rurune, embraced both of them in my arm and slapped the approaching hands away from them, all in a single moment.
In order to save Saria and Rurune, I jumped into the fray and my hood went off. However, at that juncture, I no longer cared about that. No, maybe I should, but rather than letting them touch Saria and Rurune, Iâd be more than glad to deal with any annoying matter ahead.
ăEh!? Seiichi!?ă
ăAh, Milord!?ă
Both Saria and Rurune expressed their surprise at me appearing suddenly.
ăSorry, Iâm late.ă
I was about to make Saria and Rurune face an unpleasant experience just because of my own cowardice. âŠLooking at their attitude, far from having an unpleasant experience, itâs doubtful if they even regarded them as their opponent though. Either way, I canât forgive myself for being unable to take immediate action.
But, I donât have to worry about that anymore. Trauma can eat sh*t for all it wants.
Aoyama and his gang who suddenly lost Saria and Rurune, looking for their whereabouts, and found me instead opened his mouth in half anguish and half confusion.
ăCunt⊠who the fuck are you.ă
ăIâm class Fâs homeroom teacher?ă
ăI could tell that back from the stadium! Iâm asking, did you do that while knowing that we are heroes!?ă
ăI know, but so what?ă
Aoyama and his gang momentarily showed a befuddled look to my reply, but soon floated a nasty smile.
ăThen, would you hand your women before you tasted some pain?ă
ăPukkuku. Itâs fine to show off a little, but getting full of yourself will bring you disaster you know? Thatâs why just obediently give us those girls.ă
Kobayashi and Ouki said so with an agitating tone, but I showed a smile, thenââ.
ăI refuse.ă
ăWha!? You bitch, you seriously asking for some pain arenât you!?ă
ăEeh⊠I donât want to feel pain. Butââă
Why I acted like this now, I couldnât make the head nor tails of it, but I hugged Saria and Rurune, showing it to Aoyama and his gang, then declared it.
ăââThey are my women.ă
Wait, me!? Where did that sweet voice come from!?
ăSe, Seiichi⊠ă
ăMi, milord⊠ă
Ah, look, now Saria and Rurune got their faces all red! Iâm sorry! Itâs embarrassing, isnât it! But Iâm also got embarrassed, so please forgive me! Youâre not forgiven though, my body!
First of all, what the heck!? This line! Somehow, I feel like Iâve encountered something like this before⊠yeah, it also happened when I confessed to Al didnât it!? At that time too, lines that seemed like they were coming out from shoujo manga and otome games smoothly came out from my mouth didnât they!?
⊠Ah, donât tell me, itâs all ăThe King of Malesă âs fault!? ⊠Now I think that is the case!
Come on, why!? Just when I thought my body has finally starting to listen to me!?
Perhaps, donât tell me, body-wise, I considered it as the best course of action? If not, then doesnât that mean I have to act more cautiously in my everyday life!? Like hell I could bear spewing such dialogues so unreservedly! As I was agonizing it inwardly, Aoyama whose face was somehow as red as Saria prepared to hit me.
ăDo, DONâT KID WITH MEE!! MAKING FOOL OF US HEROEEEESSSSS!!!ă
Back on Earth, I had been repeatedly exposed to that sharp punch, but the current me could only see it at a snailâs walk, and most of all, for this body who had tasted Sariaâs and those clever monkeysâ ăInstantaneous Armă back in the ăForest of Endless Sorrow ă, it packed no threat at all.
Besides, since I couldnât predict what kind of lines that would come out from my mouth if I kept dealing with Aoyama and his gang, and, above all, because the class had started as well, I jumped out while still embracing Saria and Rurune in order to ignore them and move out to the classroom, but because apparently, my own remark had hurt myself more than I thought, I misadjusted the force I used to jump, and ended up with inadvertently stomping on Kobayashiâs face who was about to hit me.
ăBUGEH?!ă
ăAh, sorry.ă
It really was not intentional, but the apology that came out wasnât really sincere that even I was surprised of it, and because it would be painful to get involved with them again, while still holding Saria and Rurune, I moved to the classroom with the skill ăMomentă.
When we arrive at the front of the classroom, they both still blushed and dazed.
ăAno ⊠you two? Weâve arrived at the classroom⊠ă
ăă ⊠My women âŠăă
ăNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!ă
Thus, thanks to Saria and Rurune, I had able to conquer my trauma, but the cost was another mental damage that made me suffered in anguish for a while.
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