227. Squid games (2)
The night enters wet with the moon.
The cadets, who have not heard of the resurrection of the demon king, spend a normal day.
Most of them studied overnight in preparation for final exams, and cadets who were not interested in grades sat at a bar and enjoyed their youth.
But here, there are also students who know the news of the resurrection of the demon king and are not interested in grades.
It seems that there is no countermeasure to the extent that it is okay to do this, but if you think about it a little, it is rather understandable.
I risked my life to subdue the demon lord, but will the test results be noticeable?
Moreover, I will be taking a leave of absence next semester unless there is something special.
Since they had to go on an expedition to subdue the demon king, it was an issue that had already been agreed upon. After completing all their duties, they intended to properly attend the last semester.
Given this situation, Hoya’s love story was more important to them than anything else.
“Well… … .”
The three pairs of eyes focused on Aren.
Setting aside everything else, Hoya’s decisive question!
―So how do you do that! let me know please!
Hoya pleaded, swallowing tears and runny nose instead of alcohol.
How can I steal a woman’s heart?
At that vague and difficult question, Aren fell into trouble that he hadn’t even thought about.
“How did you become friends with Siana?”
I think back to my first meeting with Sianna. I made a clumsy greeting, and there are gyaru cats… … Also, um.
To be honest, it wasn’t a very good meeting. When I think back, only bad memories haunt me.
At least the way Sianna and I bonded was not normal.
I’m still not quite sure why Shiana was interested in me in the first place.
“I don’t know.”
“Well. Woe, sure. Certainly, Cyana has a unique side.”
“Uh… … ! right. Shiana is, well, unusual! ha ha ha!”
Ackerman immediately agreed. Looking at Hoyana Ponte’s expression, as soon as the word ‘Cyana’ came out, she got scared.
At the beginning of the story, you can see how much these guys have suffered from Siana.
‘Siana passes.’
The next example is Cain.
“Cain is.”
When I realized that I belonged to the Blackfire family, I remember the enemies of my ancestors talking about something.
It was young Cain.
He must have been thinking about the pride of the Abella family for a long time, and he was anxious to look good to his father.
Cain, who burned with a sense of justice, suddenly understood the sudden acceleration at that time.
But it seemed like there was no need to talk about it.
“ah. I remember.”
“What!?”
Hoya’s eyes twinkled and he took a straight posture.
“training. I think I became close with Cain while training early in the morning.”
As I search for memories one by one, memories other than those with Cain come to mind.
It was the two of us who woke up faster than others and sweated in the gym. It was awkward at the time, and he didn’t even say hello properly, but it was clear that it was an opportunity to become close anyway.
“That was me too.”
At that time, Ponte, who had been silent, protested.
“yes?”
“From the second semester of my second year onwards, there were times when Cain and I would train alone.”
Fonte was speechless. However, he said that although he had the opportunity to train alone like I did, it had no effect on the development of the relationship.
“Come to think of it, me too!”
Ackerman also intervened.
Since they are top-ranked combatants, it must have been that they had a lot of experience training in separate gyms.
“But after saying hello to Cain for a while, there wasn’t much of a difference. Aren. I don’t think it’s okay to just laugh and talk with Cain like you do?”
Ackerman scratched his red hair and showed regret.
“… … Is that so?”
I thought I might have caught a hint, but I feel like I’m falling into a labyrinth again.
If it was me and they couldn’t, it wouldn’t have been the correct answer either.
“How the hell did you seduce the candidate saint… … Whoops!”
The moment Hoya shouted urgently, Ponte’s palm the size of a pot lid hit the guy’s snout.
“Cover your words and do it. Hoya. It is blasphemy.”
“Ah, ah. sorry. How did you get the saintess candidate’s anger and favor?”
Hoya asked while wiping his chapped lips with his sleeve. No, are you sick? Is that more important than a lip injury?
It was such an obsession that it really made me stick out my tongue.
No, this is too burdensome.
I felt like I had to live up to these guys’ expectations even a little bit, so I worked harder.
This time it was Bell Yirushi.
My first encounter with Bell was at the Vatican. Cyanna was in critical condition, and the person she ran into was none other than Bell.
“The saintess candidate… … . It was the first time we bumped into each other while passing by at the Vatican.”
“Oh oh-!”
“That sounds like a romance novel! Destiny, what is it!”
Ignoring the fussing guys, I muttered, recalling the situation at the time. I still regret leaving without an apology at that time.
‘It wasn’t something I would do as an aristocrat.’
After that, we got a little involved with church work, then we took the test as a team. I took the test, obviously I took the test. I remember this far.
… … uh? is that all?
No matter how much I roll my head, I don’t get the point of Bell’s crush on me at all.
“After that, all we did was take the test together.”
“Is it over?”
“But no matter how much I think about it, nothing special happened.”
I thought about whether there was an action or comment that would make the opposite sex fall for me, but what came to mind was like a blank sheet of paper.
“It’s nonsense, that is.”
Hoya denied the reality. His expression was infinitely cold.
“exactly. Nothing happened. We just took a test together, and we fell in love? Where is that!”
“you. Is it because you don’t want to tell me!? uh!?”
Ackerman also played a part.
“Really. There has never been a grandiose episode where you risk your life to save the princess.”
If there was such a thing, ‘Me too.’ and would have understood But really not?
Ackerman shut his mouth as if he had been stabbed in the back by the story of the princess.
“Mo, do you have to save your life… … ?”
Hoya’s hand holding the glass trembled.
It seemed that he thought the cut-off to get love was too high.
“Was love really that difficult?”
It was chaos of chaos. If it dragged on for more time, Hoya’s heart would break.
“sorry. Hoya. To be honest, I don’t know either. Why do they like me?”
So, I immediately went to work. It was said with an honest heart. really couldn’t figure it out.
“What, what!?”
“Aren, you too!”
-Huh, I knew that.
Hoya, Ackerman and even Acheron sighed in disappointment. No, but Acheron, why are you disappointed?
Only Fonte remained silent.
The moon is full.
However, the men’s conversations did not develop at all.
Hoya stared blankly into space. It was such a face that all hope had disappeared.
“I-I’m done.”
“hey. It’s still too early to give up. Let’s find another way.”
Hoya suddenly starts blowing the bottle. Ackerman comforted him by tilting his glass as if he understood his feelings.
‘ah. This is real.’
Seeing Hoya despair like that, it wasn’t usually uncomfortable. If you’re crying like that, it’s like I’ve done something bad.
Slightly impatient, I frowned and fell into deep trouble.
Sianna, Cain, and Bell. I can’t guess why these three are interested in me.
But I have temporal knowledge.
It’s because I’ve picked up a lot of dating tips on the Internet!
‘okay. Let me give you that tip.’
Practical dating tips preached by self-proclaimed dating masters. I clearly remember that
“hey. Hoya.”
I look at Hoya with a confident smile. Hoya’s eyes shook anxiously.
“I remembered.”
“What?”
“I’ll let you know in class tomorrow.”
* * *
While the men of the hero’s party suffered from headaches, the women’s side was bloody.
The atmosphere had intensified to the point where it wouldn’t be strange to grab hold of his hair and fight.
“To be honest, I don’t like you guys clinging to Aren.”
The title of honor for the saintess candidate has long since disappeared. Bell agreed. Right now, we are fighting apart from age, status, and rank insignia.
“I don’t like you either? But Aren is in trouble, so I’m holding back!!”
In response to Cain’s sharp comment, Siana did not hold back and responded.
Siana’s hands were shaking. At the thought that Aren would be taken away if I resigned from here, I couldn’t help but feel anxious.
“Hey, sisters?”
As the two fought sparks, Belle drew attention by crossing her legs leisurely and tucking her light purple hair back over her shoulder.
Bell is a candidate for a saint, so she shouldn’t step forward in terms of dating, but she hated seeing Aren handed over to another woman for that reason.
‘If I can’t have… … .’
no one should have
Belle was afraid of herself.
If my feelings continue to grow like this, then I’m afraid I’ll really give up my saintess position.
But now it was too late to stop.
At Bell’s call, Siana and Cain’s eyes widened. And Bell’s relaxed smile spreads heat.
In terms of love, neither Cain nor Shiana are bright people. Cain is in a position to receive advice from Hina and Shiana from Lily.
Because they were such two, the fallen saintess, who even acted like a fox in her own way, was definitely the target of vigilance.
To defeat Bell, Syana and Cain will have to form a temporary alliance.
If the fallen saintess made up her mind and tried to seduce Aren, there was a good chance she would become an unstoppable runaway locomotive.
“Even if we fight like this, there will be no conclusion anyway, right?”
“What do you have to conclude? Anyway, I’m going to marry Aren. I also introduced you to my father.”
Cain was really prepared to see the end today. So, I took out the number of hidden treasures, Dad Chance.
“What, what is it!?”
The one that surprised me the most was Siana.
He knew that Aren was occasionally invited by the Cain family to visit Abella’s mansion, but it was the first time that they had talked about marriage.
Cain laughed with a conceited face. However, Cain’s smile immediately twisted.
“Me, me! Aren’s father and mother love him!!!”
“… … Father, mother?”
“Oh, my God.”
You would have thought that only you were making progress, but that wasn’t the case.
Cyanna had accomplished much more than Cain had thought.
Cain hadn’t said goodbye to Aren’s parents properly yet!
Bell also couldn’t keep her composure at the sound of her father and mother.
“Kuh… … !”
“Growl… … .”
They took out the daggers they had hidden from each other and fought, but there was no resolution. When Cain checked, it was like Shiana shouting general.
Bell looks at all of this as if it’s funny.
However, contrary to the relaxed expression, Bell’s inside was burning.
Compared to the two, who were relatively free in love, Bell had restrictions as a candidate for a saint.
In fact, it was forbidden for a saintess to love a man. There is no explicit law, but it is an issue that is followed like an unspoken rule.
For that reason, Belle couldn’t even dream of physical contact like kissing or hugging.
I am like this, but when I hear those two women say it, I feel like I am already far ahead.
‘It’s like this… … I’m no match.’
It’s an unfavorable fight.
The starting line itself wasn’t fair to Bell. The time spent with Aren is also markedly different.
For it to be a fight, the tables had to be turned.
“Sisters. Then let’s do this.”
While Cain and Shiana were fighting fiercely, Bell finished the calculations in his head. Under these conditions, there is a good chance of winning.
“What?”
“What.”
“Right before the final exams, the three of us asked out on a date at the same time.”
Belle once promised Aren a date. I made this suggestion thinking that if I asked him ahead of time, he would listen.
“therefore?”
“Even if we argue with each other anyway, senior Aren’s heart is important.”
Cain and Cyana gulped. Bell’s expression was so relaxed that he was figuring out what the hell was up with him.
“So. It’s for Aren to choose. Is that fair?”
Bell cleverly drew their starting line to his side.
“Oh, do you really have to do that?”
Siana asked in a slightly confident voice.
“right. Is there no reason why we should?”
Cain agreed.
In the first place, both Shiana and Cain were convinced that Aren was their man, so there was no need to take the risk.
“Being chosen doesn’t change anything. just… … I mean, let’s check Aren’s feelings now. Everyone is curious, right?”
Bell also predicted that they would reject them, and went on to say it right away.
It’s not that I’m trying to win right away.
Bell was clearly aware that this fight was a long-term race, and only intended to change the structure of the fight a little.
“anyway… … Aren’t we students who haven’t even graduated yet?”
give you peace of mind In this way, rather than being driven into a corner, the desire to win will burn little by little.
As Bell said, I was really curious about Aren’s heart.
“Oh. Aren’t you confident?”
Bell provoked her with a foxy smile.
“Ah no!? Are you completely confident!? yes! Come on! Aren loves me the most!”
Siana babbled and took one shot of the drink.
“huh… … . well, good.”
Cain also moved as Bell thought.
Cain crossed his arms and crossed his legs and used a lot of defense mechanisms, but it was a battle of pride started by Bell. It is not Abella who avoids the oncoming fight.
‘Hey, that’s enough.’
Bell laughed softly, singing joy to herself.
“Then shall we do this?”
Send text messages on the same day, at the same time, and with the same message.
The three women laughed and agreed.
* * *
“Now, naturally, hello.”
Hoya continued to recall what Aren had said earlier.
-I mean girls. I like natural things. Rather than being forced to do well and burdensome.
Aren’s advice was quite plausible.
In fact, when I look at guys who are friendly with girls, all of them casually say hello and are the only ones who intervene in conversation.
I’ve never actually witnessed Aren befriending girls that way, but it makes sense if you think of other examples.
Ackerman, who was by his side, listened to Aren’s words and actively agreed.
Fonte didn’t react at all, but well, Fonte is always like that.
‘I’m going to try… … !’
Hoya kept reminding herself of Aren’s advice and approached a female student who was warming up. Behind them, Aren, Ackerman, and Ponte were watching Hoya holding their breath.
“Oh, hello Moina!”
The girl Hoya greeted was Moina Estelle. He is a combat cadet who once took a test in the same class as Aren.
Aren was shocked to learn that Hoya’s target had changed again.
“… … ?”
Moina’s reaction was dizzying. She lifted her head tiredly at Hoya’s greeting and looked around.
“me… … ?”
Then he points at himself with his index finger and asks back. Hoya, is he pretending to know me!?
“Oh, yes! Yes, you. Moina!”
Hoya answered while sweating. I took care of the appropriate smile so as not to be burdensome as much as possible.
“Yes. Okay, bye.”
Moina accepted the greeting with a shy face. A very awkward air flow flowed.
Hoya’s mind went blank. The reaction I thought was not like this.
When Moina naturally greeted me, I was going to cast ‘Would you like to have lunch with me later?’, but it creaked from the start.
“That, it is. Moina.”
“… … uh.”
Moina looked anxious as if she was looking for someone to save her.
“Would you like to have lunch with me after the sorghum sorghum class… … ?”
Hoya was so nervous that he eventually stuttered. As soon as Aren heard that, he sighed and bowed his head.
“I? with you… … ?”
Moina made a face of disbelief. Hoya had a hunch that something was wrong.
It’s really ‘why me? Do I eat with you?’ It was the same callous response.
“Yes. why don’t you… … ?”
Hoya ended up making the worst comment. It was game over.
“yes? ah no… … It’s not that I don’t like it. Um, I’m going to have lunch with a friend… … ! Mi-sorry!”
Hurry up, Moina escapes from Hoya. That cheerful Moina was so downcast!
Ackerman, who had been taking classes together, was also surprised at seeing Moina for the first time.
Moina hurriedly moved.
In the meantime, I ran into Aren, who escaped from the crowd in embarrassment and sighed.
“Oh, Aren!”
“?”
When Moina saw Aren, she called him over as if she was happy.
“Long time no see! When will class 3 meet again!? I hope we can get together after a long time! It’s good to see something else. Anyway, let’s meet after final exams! yes?”
“uh? That, yes.”
Aren gave an awkward answer. It was a very ‘natural’ appointment.
No, it wasn’t even natural. It was just Moina suggesting that we meet first.
what.
what is it
It was very different from how he treated Hoya. What’s with that cheeky expression!?
Aren was so embarrassed that he couldn’t even meet Hoya’s eyes. This isn’t some kind of go-stop. It was a situation that I wanted to be too much for Aren and Hoya.
Ackerman and Acheron couldn’t help but be astonished. It was a truly shocking scene.
Hoya, who witnessed everything, thumped his knees! Kneel down.
He looked like he was about to cry.
“Whoa.”
That time when everyone was at a loss for words and lost their minds. Ponte, who had been silent, approached Hoya.
He patted Hoya on the shoulder and said.
“Hoya.”
“go away. Because I want to be alone.”
No matter what Hoya said, Ponte went on with his words.
“You know what a squid game is?”
“… … What?”
What the hell are you talking about, Hoya looked up at Ponte with a face.
“There is a saying in my hometown that ‘dating is a squid game’.”
“That, what is that?”
“The more you look like a squid, the more difficult it is to date. That’s a game called love. It’s a pretty unfair game.”
Hoya tilted her head.
“Tell me a little easier.”
“To put it simply. you are squid Aren is, um, a smart, good-looking, strong killer whale?”
“ah.”
Hoya was at a loss for words at Ponte’s heavy factual violence.
After a long silence, Hoya made a decision.
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Kaak– twee! this f*cking world.
He said that he didn’t need anything, and that he would judge the demon lord without fail.
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After all the fuss, class time came.
As usual, Gilliott started class with a booming voice.
“ah! There is news to be announced in advance of class. A very important story. You guys will probably be surprised too?”
The cadets were agitated.
If it was an announcement right before the final exam, I thought it was an important story related to the exam.
Can you give me some test hints?
When these thoughts run rampant—
“His Highness the newly crowned King himself said he would visit the academy and observe the final exams.”
Even more surprising news overturned everyone’s expectations.
The new king of the kingdom of Eonia, Odelia Braveheart, is coming to the academy!