64 – Exchange Party (4)
The sound of a magnificent percussion instrument, presumably a gong, echoed and the dance competition began.
Because there were so many people who wanted to participate, a total of 36 people participated even though I knew they had filtered the numbers themselves before the competition.
Among them, those who appeared on both sides of the venue at the same time were cadets belonging to the 2nd and 3rd years, respectively.
The 3rd year is a gray-haired man with a serious look, and he is the first person to see it.
On the other hand, the man with light brown hair wearing a sophomore badge is a familiar face even to me.
“Ohh, it’s a Reverb. It must be fun to be a member of our student council from the very beginning.”
Lizerote, who was chewing on the squid next to me, introduced a person instead of the narrator.
As he said, the man on the right is a man named Reverick Solas, who is in charge of the student council’s accountant.
I also ran into it a few times while walking around the academy, and I know the face because it was a character whose face was reflected in an illustration at the time of the episode in which Lizerote was the main character in the original work.
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I remember that there was no mention of combat power in the original work, but since I am a member of the student council, I wonder if I should do the basics.
It’s a match I’m looking forward to. It was a good decision to go and watch the opening game for a while.
– Ladies and gentlemen! Long wait! The opening match of the martial arts competition, which will decorate the exchange meeting, has risen!
Watching the two figures gradually enter the stage in the center from both sides, the narrator finally opened his mouth.
For reference, the commentator is sitting right next to the president and the dean and other glamorous faces, but it doesn’t seem like he’s usually too thick-faced to brag with high tension without paying attention to the surroundings.
– Cadets who have entered the bleachers, please send words of enthusiasm and cheers to the players entering from both sides!
“Oh! 2Nd grade cheer up! Don’t be afraid of being a senior and give it a shot!”
“Hey, 3rd graders! If you lose to a 2nd grader, go out and die! You must be rude!”
As soon as the commentator’s voice, which heated up the atmosphere at the scene, resounded, voices, whether cheering or jeering, followed.
At least, the 2nd graders are usually in a cheering mood, but most of the 3rd graders cheered worse than not.
If I were that 3rd grader, I would have looked around and wanted to say something to shut up, but it’s amazing that I didn’t even move.
What a poker payson.
“Senior, which one do you think will win?”
I asked because I was in the same 3rd year, so I thought the person on the other side of Reverb would know, and I got a pretty unexpected answer.
“Anyway, in terms of skills, the 3rd year would have the upper hand. Even that cadet belongs to class A like me.”
“Ooh.”
I never thought he belonged to Class A.
My eyes widened at the unexpected information.
Of course, the gap between 1st year A class and 3rd year A class in this academy is quite large.
1St graders who passed only a simple test at the time of admission, were assigned to a class, and did not even take a relocation test, sometimes there are idiots even in class A.
On the other hand, being in class A in the third year also means that you are an honor student among honor students who received the best grades from the first year to the end of the second year.
The fact that he maintained such a high grade at Delos Academy, which is full of these monsters, means that he is a considerable talent.
Certainly, if that’s the case, it’s hard to predict a victory for Reverb.
“… However, in my heart, I have a strong desire for our student council executives to win. Even if it is a small hope.”
“Is that so?”
Well, crawfish are on the crab side, so Lizerote has no choice but to stand up for Reverb.
Anyway, seeing the student council president at the end of his second year with such a grown-up expression gives me a new feeling.
I thought he was just immature, but it seems like he took over as the student council president of the academy with his form.
I wasn’t popular for nothing.
“Even if we lose, we will fight well. After all, you’re a member of the student council that you trust.”
“Well, even if you don’t say that, I know! Don’t treat me like a kid!”
Wow, unlike me, the way he put his hands together and cheered for his juniors seemed admirable, so I ended up saying something pointless.
I have to focus on the match.
– We will hold a match between Cadet Reverek Solas, from Class 2 B, and Cadet Alvin Leinford, from Class 3 A, in Year 3. Yang players, forward!
This time, following the words of the referee in the middle, not the commentator, the two cadets who stood at the ends of the stage moved to the center.
Judging from the fact that Leverick didn’t pull out his weapon, it seems that he’s a master of magic, and the other one pulled out two swords presumed to be pet soldiers.
A long sword in one hand and a short sword in the other?
Unusual twin swordsmanship.
Whiik.
After confirming that the players on both sides had finished preparing, the referee threw something into the air.
If you look closely, you can see that the round orb-like object did not come down and remained floating, but you don’t have to ask what role it plays.
– Please start when the light of this sphere changes to white at the end after a total of three changes.
With those words, the referee stepped back and the light of the black orb changed to purple.
At the end of a total of three changes from green to yellow, the sound of everyone swallowing is heard.
Dig.
It emitted a stronger light than before and turned white, and at the same time, the 3rd year cadets grabbed the right to attack and rushed forward.
“Wowaaa!”
A thunderous shout resounded in the venue like a signal flare.
* * * *
Just because a martial arts competition is held doesn’t mean that many members of the academy will gather together.
Since the exchange meeting is the biggest purpose, there are 2nd and 3rd year students who are enthusiastic about club invitations even at this time, and many 1st year students go around here and there in response.
In other words, it means that it is an event that can be overlooked even if friends or acquaintances around you, whom you could normally assume would be somewhere, pop out from the wrong place.
“Huh? Wendy, what are you doing here?”
Leo, a male student belonging to Class 1 C who bumped into a classmate on the way back from a brief stop at a club room at the recommendation of a senior, blinked in a daze.
Certainly, I was surprised to suddenly run into a friend inside the main building who had been paying attention to the ballroom up until now.
Just from the shouts coming from outside, you can guess that the dance competition is in full swing, but I wondered if it was because I was in a hurry to go to the bathroom.
“I have something to do. What about Leo? Didn’t you say you were going to the club room?”
“I went there, but the conditions were pretty tight. I plan to look around.”
Leo shrugged his shoulders and looked around the hallway.
As he has feelings for Wendy, he wanted to prolong the time he was alone with her.
“What is more important than that? Can I help you if it’s urgent?”
Wanting to win Wendy’s favor even a little bit, Leo stuttered her words and opened her mouth.
She knows that she doesn’t like to cause trouble to others, but she was just asking her mind just in case.
“Really? Will you? I was just in trouble because my hands weren’t enough.”
But what does this mean?
She accepted her favor with a bright smile, as if Wendy, who had suddenly grabbed his hand, had found her light.
Unable to keep up with the situation that unfolded in an instant, Leo became as stiff as a stone statue.
She’s a pretty close friend, but Wendy’s not so assertive that she’ll easily hold the hand of her cadet, so this has never happened to her.
This is also why Leo was too stern and didn’t even think about trying to hold her hand pretending it was a mistake.
But will her fortune come after a long wait?
When Wendy’s side held her hand first, Leo felt as if all the hardships in his heart had been washed away.
Now, the courage and determination to be able to pick up the stars in the sky and bring them to me have welled up.
“Just say anything, Wendy! I will do everything I can to help you.”
“Thank you, Leo. Then will you follow me this way? There are a lot of eyes here….”
I didn’t understand why there were so many eyes on me, but my doubts were quickly dispelled by Wendy’s touch, as if she was trying to take me somewhere dark.
Men are living beings who are seduced even when they know that they did not mean that.
At the sound of his beating heart, Leo followed Wendy aimlessly, not knowing where he was heading.
That’s how we arrived at the classroom of Class 1 C, where the two live.
The air in the classroom, which was always noisy, felt particularly chilly and secluded today.
“Leo, I’m sorry, but could you turn your back for a second?”
“Oh, I will!”
Leo turned toward Wendy’s window, not questioning her at all.
Many thoughts come to my mind for no reason, perhaps because of the fact that I am alone with the person I like in a place where there is no one else.
The moment I try to gather them all together, put them in the trash, and press them down somehow.
Leo swallowed a handful of saliva as Wendy’s reflection in her window gradually drew closer.
Cheeruk.
At that moment, as Wendy’s hand touched his cervical vertebrae, something like a blue thread appeared, and Leo felt her consciousness blur as she felt something slipping out of her head.
“Wen, D… ?”
Kung!
Leo collapsed as he called his friend’s name in a questioning voice.
Wendy, who had been watching it with her emotionless eyes, opened her hand and took an action as if she was pulling something up.
Eventually, the blue thread that came out of Wendy’s hand turned colorless, and Leo’s collapsed body stood up again.
Wendy, who was watching this, shook her head and left the classroom at the same time.
As if Wendy’s business had already ended.