205 – Host (2)
The opponent is not easy. I don’t know about Trisha, but there’s no way a talented person like Luna would be absent from the mission.
It’s not just the theater department that we deal with. There is also a dance department that has a talent pool comparable to that of the theater department. In addition, you have to deal with prominent second years, including Shion and Cecil, who belong to other departments.
Lilith had a question.
“Is there a reason you must win? If you have donations… There must be no shortage of funds for the field trip. “Our family has also decided to send donations soon.”
“The amount is not the problem. “The important thing is that if you win there, you will be allowed to go on an external group field trip during the semester.”
“Well then….”
“If you go after the mid-term evaluation, there will be no problem. How about it, is there enough reason to win?”
There, I also had a question and intervened.
“Is there any reason to go to the City of Magic?”
Haley blinked as if she had never imagined such a question.
“That’s an unexpected question. Claridium, the city of magic, is the pinnacle of civilization. An artificial human created through the use of magic, sorcery, and alchemy. The first stitch, the flying ship, all can be seen at Claridium. “You still don’t want to see me like this?”
“….”
These are things I encountered in books. However, all artificial human experiments have ended in failure, the flying ship is an ancient relic and has never flown because its working principle is not known, and Stitch has become so common that the meaning of ‘first’ has faded.
And, since Erzebet, the pinnacle of magic arts, is protecting Eternia, is there any reason to go and waste power? Too much time is wasted to travel for entertainment.
Haley shouted as she saw my blank reaction.
“The new recruit is disappointing.”
“….”
Haley may just want to go without worrying about anything else.
Because he grew up in a strict family, he never went anywhere on his own, which may have played a big role.
Haley expresses her emotions strongly once again.
“Disappointed! Disappointed!”
“….”
Lilith clearly took Hayley’s side.
“It’s great. “I really want to go.”
“Right? And I want to set an example for the theater and dance pigs so that they don’t ignore them because they are on the outskirts. “We are not easy opponents.”
“Then…” How is the art department’s strength?”
“We are an elite few. The art department executives will handle the 3rd and 4th year assignments well, but the 1st and 2nd year assignments are problematic.”
Because several first-year students in the art department left, there are now about ten people left. I know there are fifty people in the theater department and about the same number in the dance department. The second year is not much different.
The talent pool is ridiculously inferior.
Moreover, I am the only first-year member of the combat club. The Ministry of Magic has three people, including Lilith. When a combat mission comes up, you may have to go out with a very small number of people.
“Then…” “Have you completed your mission?”
Haley tapped my shoulder and said.
“The announcement will be posted around lunch, so I’ll see you at the student plaza then. See you later!”
***
Several groups were buzzing in front of the large bulletin board placed in the student plaza.
Lilith came first to the appointed place and was waiting.
She looked at me and waved her hand awkwardly.
“Should I say I used this well? Ah! No, I stayed warm thanks to it.”
Then she placed the beeper neatly in her hands and held it out to me. Her fur was neatly trimmed and a cute ribbon was tied around her neck.
I shook my head.
“It’s my spirit, but it doesn’t like to be with me. If you want to let it go, let it fly into the sky.”
“Ah, ah, okay, okay.”
Lilith raised her hands high in the sky, but she just sat comfortably on her quivering hands and enjoyed sunbathing.
“Ah, um, I’ll have to do this later.”
She had no choice but to place the beacon back on her shoulder.
Soon after, Hayley suddenly appeared and grabbed both of us by the shoulders.
“The picture is nice.”
“…You are here.”
“Buds of our art department. Shall we check the notice now?”
***
There was no special content in the notice posted on the bulletin board.
Participation in specialty competitions is limited to three per grade.
Only twelve participants are allowed in each division.
1St and 2nd grade missions are divided into 3rd and 4th grade missions, and detailed missions will be revealed on the start date of the competition, that is, tomorrow.
Haley smiled happily.
“Okay. If it is a group war, a certain group will have an advantage. The number limit has become tighter than last year. “If we do this, we have a chance of winning.”
As Hayley was about to continue her explanation, someone suddenly interrupted.
“Haley! “What are you doing with the kids?”
We all turned to where the sound came from.
Immediately, a sarcastic voice followed.
“Leave it alone. “The art department needs to lend a helping hand to the kids.”
“The picture is nice. Why don’t you move to the dance department as a group? “I’ll teach you one by one, starting with mopping the floor.”
Haley quietly whispered to us.
“It’s the dance club. Looking at it, only guys who have been kicked by me have gathered here.”
The dance club gathered in one of the student plazas laughed heartily.
I felt uncomfortable hearing sarcasm and ridicule without any hesitation.
Haley responded firmly.
“Oh, Riddigger? Did you call your friends because you felt unfair because you were beaten one-sidedly by me in the sparring evaluation? Would you like to get spanked one more time in front of your friends?”
“I think the art department doesn’t know what proper teamwork is. Power is ultimately decided through a power struggle. “The only thing you can gain from a one-on-one match is your stake.”
“Ha! I’m really looking forward to competing with the dance club. Do you know why? Because I’ve been given one more chance to legally beat you up. Ah! Unfortunately, I can’t beat you directly since you’re the same age as me but only a second year student, but my junior will take good care of you. “Just like you destroyed Ruskus, who was greater than you.”
The man called Riddigger looked at me in surprise.
I did not get emotional and politely bowed. I can understand his antipathy. Freshmen who beat up upperclassmen are never welcome. However, I had no intention of graciously ignoring the provocation. I will remember that name.
“The campaign was barely won by secretly stealing Ruscus’ weakness. I’m not interested in kids fighting because I’m wet. Don’t worry, Victor, who has better grades than that guy, will take care of it. Oh, Gale Varianne also decided to join us as a mercenary. “Do your best.”
“If you have discernment, you won’t be able to deny that there is a clear difference in skill. Besides, Damian is beating up even second graders, so why would he be scared of his classmates?”
“Well, if it’s Gale, it’s a different story. Did you hear that there was a rematch with the entire senior team recently and a draw? The burden must be enormous, junior. Let’s go, guys. “It’s a waste of time.”
It’s a rematch with all the chiefs. Is that really true? You drew with Shion, who uses a magic sword?
The dance club left as if running away, leaving behind only an uncomfortable feeling.
“Is the dance department doing that?”
“It’s because I look easy. “If you just look at me, do you think I’m scary?”
“Not at all.”
“Think about it, if he was a big guy with a big body and a hot-headed person who would occasionally pull out a knife and attack him, he would have been scared and curled up in a corner.”
“Is that so?”
“First of all, the problem is that the head of the art department is so thin and pretty. Is not it?”
“….”
“Hmm, aside from that, I’ve been too meek, and the art club has been too meek. They’re doing this because they think we’ll never be able to beat the dance department. We need to get out of the position of prey and become objects of fear. “You have to keep it in your mind that if you mess with it carelessly, you can get screwed. Don’t let those idiots get away with it.”
“I understand.”
“Ha, with Gale… Victor. This year is no easy task. I’m not saying you have to win. That… Because it is realistically difficult. “The only thing is that no matter what happens, you shouldn’t give it up easily.”
I nodded.
“Don’t worry about that.”
“Ah! And you have to cooperate with Fabella as well. She is also one of our valuable forces.”
***
Rilke, head of the 2nd year Magic Department, said.
“The dance department is the problem. And then… About the instrumental music department, which has the second largest number of members after us? “You don’t have to worry about the rest.”
All first- and second-year theater students were gathered on stage and holding a meeting in preparation for the competition.
“Who is in the instrumental music department?”
“Sion, Cecil, Hubert.”
“What about 2nd grade?”
“Oliver, Friedman, Fawlty.”
“Ah, Friedman, that crazy bastard… Even thinking about it now makes me angry. I don’t know about you, but I’m not someone you should take lightly. Between the instrumental music club and the dance club, which comes first…”
Icarus, a first-year student, suddenly spoke.
“I think we need to organize small departments first.”
“Hmm. For example?”
“The art department is also quite a nuisance.”
“Hmm, well. Damien, Lilith. It’s good up to that point. But who else is there? In the end, there are six people who need to be selected. “Two people can’t do anything.”
“There is also a favela senior. “Didn’t you do quite well in the sparring with Luna the other day?”
Rilke, the second-year representative, said while rubbing the back of his neck.
“Favela has been in the middle of the rankings since last year. The Dalian evaluation was fortunately achieved due to the external environment converging. Well, anyway, let’s say it’s included. But what are the three of us going to do? “I can’t do anything.”
No matter how talented those three people were, they would not have the talent to overcome if six equally skilled people came together and attacked them.
But few people agreed with her words.
Louis, a member of the second-year combat club, said.
“I also believe that the art department should be eliminated first.”
Rilke looked at Icarus and Louis alternately. Is there a reason why she chose the art department? She recalled her memories. Icarus asks Trisha to dance, but she turns him down. And when Louis asked Luna to dance with her, she didn’t even hear the refusal and was ignored.
Looking at the subtle obsession in their eyes, it seemed clear that personal feelings were involved in singling out the art department.
“I’m also reluctant to join the art department.”
“Me too.”
Soon, agreeable opinions began to emerge one by one. They were all male students.
Rilke spoke directly without going around in circles.
“… “Is it because of Damien?”
Then Louis answered.
“It’s not like that.”
“Why do you hate it so much? Just be honest. Don’t scold me. “It’s actually a good thing because bad feelings can become ingredients for competitiveness.”
When Rilke begged, Louis hesitated for a moment and then opened her mouth.
“Not only was he rude to his seniors, he even disrespectfully punched Ruscus during the sparring evaluation. It’s annoying that he approaches and bullies on the girls in the theater club for no reason. “The theater department is our territory, right?”
“Area? “What kind of females are we that you have?”
“Why are you talking like that?”
Rilke knew the truth. Also, the female students in the theater department had no ill feelings towards Damian. Some people not only secretly admired him, but occasionally expressed their opinion that Damian should be recruited next semester.
When he came, the ones who had to leave were the male actors in the existing theater department, so they reacted sensitively. The attention that should have been given to the main and supporting actors was given to the audience rather than the extras, so it was worthy of antipathy.
Moreover, the fact that Luna and Trisha, who were the most popular in the theater club, were Damian’s close friends also played a big role.
Another male student expressed his opinion.
“It’s bothersome that they’re not even in the theater department and they’re being rude around our theater department. “If you were interested, you should have come in when the offer was made. Doing so now is unseemly.”
Rilke turned her head slightly and asked someone else.
“What do you think Luna?”
Luna showed a brief look of confusion at the question that came to her so unexpectedly.
“… What… yo. This?”
“The art department should be targeted first.”
“I am different. “I think we should avoid contact with the art department as much as possible.”
“Why? This is technically a competition. “You can’t do this just because you have a friend there.”
Luna shook her head.
“It’s a purely strategic decision.”
“Why did you make that judgment?”
“…Strong. The art department.”
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Louis suddenly interrupted her and urged her as if he was giving a sermon.
“Luna, I think you don’t know, so I’ll explain. The art club is not good enough for the instrumental music club, let alone for us. Their main strength is first-year students, and our theater club has Rilke, a second-year magician who is the top student in the magic department. There… “I am there too.”
“….”
Luna was silent and looked away, pretending not to hear. No one could tell if she just cared about her words or if she didn’t want to mix her words with Lu Yi.
In this way, Luna’s opinion was not accepted. Rilke summed up the situation.
“Hmm… I think there are different opinions. How should we proceed with the vote? I decided to eliminate the art department first.”
At this, most students raised their hands. Rilke counted with his eyes and stopped midway.
Since the majority of students had already voted for the first vote, there was no need to proceed with the next vote.
“Okay, the first goal has been decided. Eliminate the art club as quickly as possible.”
And as a result, the theater department was eliminated first…