Chapter 142 – Rank War (2)
“Me and——”
Summer is approaching. Before half of the year passed, the girl told me. Almost white, azure hair, blue azure eyes. It was a girl who seemed to have retained the sunny sky and clouds of a summer day.
Although he himself was born in a snowy field where the sun never rises and blizzards blow all day long.
Hold on. The girl, Anna Kroychev, nervously clasped her own hands.
Even so, the eyes filled with determined will stared at me without trembling.
She continued her words without taking her eyes off me for a moment, as if she would never give up.
Her pronunciation was very smooth, as if she had stuttered.
“Please fight one more time.”
It was a declaration of war.
*
How did it happen
If you think about it, when you came back after fighting around outside the academy, the end of the semester was approaching before you knew it.
The Academy’s biggest event held at the end of each semester.
Rank match.
In particular, the ranking match in the first semester of the first year has a special meaning.
In addition, this year, the aspects of the first graders were splendid.
I of Chepesch.
Imperial Iris.
Kroychev’s Anna.
It is bound to attract public attention.
When excited cadets or people who can enter the academy gather, everyone gathers and whispers.
‘The strongest person is Duke Chepes anyway. Then what about the second?’
Such a subject is fashionable in the academy.
Anyway.
In the end, it was Iris and Anna who got the most attention, not me, so I, who wasn’t very interested in the ranking match itself, didn’t do anything special and was absorbed in spending time enjoying my dates with my lovers.
The reason why he was not interested in the ranking match was that he felt that he had to drop out of the academy sooner or later and move to prepare for the battle against the demon king.
Originally, the arrival of the demon king was next year. Besides, the center of most cases was also the academy.
Even considering that, I had planned to attend the academy faithfully, but the ‘original history’ that my sister and I remembered had long since disappeared.
Twisted development as already twisted.
In addition, because of the newly acquired [Clairvoyance], The demon lord became even more wary of my existence.
After spending a year at the academy leisurely, I could no longer hang out.
So.
In fact, in a situation where the only options I had to choose were ‘drop out after the Ranking match ends’ and ‘drop out before the Ranking match starts’, what I chose was ‘Spend time with my girls for now’.
Wouldn’t it be possible to choose the timing of dropping out a little later?
Still, it would be okay to take a break for a few days, at most a week.
I’ve been out of the academy for too long, and in Cristina’s case, I haven’t seen her for a lot longer than the other kids.
So, side by side with Cristina, whom I hadn’t seen in a long time, I went around the busy academy preparing for the opening of the Ranking Match.
Is it because I haven’t seen you in a long time?
I think he might be acting a bit chilly.
“How have you been?”
“Hmm.”
Is not it. Is it the same as usual?
“Did you get along well with the other girls?”
No pouted
Even though it was a smile on my face, as if a cold chill was dwelling in it, my spine felt chilly.
“Whoop, whoop. I’ve been waiting here, working alone…”
That buck Cristina took a step closer and covered my cheek with the palm of her hand.
“… My beloved is out with another woman.”
“I have work to do…”
“I did, I didn’t.”
“Work…”
“Not that.”
Instead of answering, I nodded my head slightly. Cristina, who had been glancing at me, slipped her palms around her cheeks, grabbed her collar, and lifted her heels.
“… You have to be good to me as well.”
Side.
He stole my lips and whispered.
I couldn’t help but nod her head.
Even so, the facts that other women know… The existence of demons and demon lords, and the fact that I am the nemesis of the demon lord, and what I have experienced.
I was thinking of talking about them.
Sister Letty, my sister, and Daisy, who knew about me from the beginning. And unlike Iris, whom I became involved with as a hero chosen by the goddess, Christina had not had the opportunity to talk to her until now.
But now.
“Christina.”
“Yes?”
A warm atmosphere that makes the viewer feel cozy. Voluptuousness, lithe gestures, closed eyes, everything.
Because it was something I had to protect.
“You know I love you.”
Cristina’s back trembled slightly as she leaned down lightly, cupped her lips on hers, and whispered to her.
“… Go, suddenly. In a place like this What are you talking about?”
Pretending like it’s not good.
Anyway.
Along with things I hadn’t said before, I thought I’d tell you that I was thinking of dropping out soon.
Why did you say it only now, I know you will be disappointed.
Perhaps, having learned everything, she will follow me instead of holding on to me.
Hugged her by the waist She obediently stroked the back of the woman who was hugging me, and spoke as if to soothe her.
“Are you free tonight?”
“Ah. Yes yes…”
“Okay. Kind.”
A voice that sounds like an adult. Cristina pushes me hard and glares at me.
“Don’t treat me like a child.”
“You’re right.”
“A thief.”
I touched it like a joke, but a strong counterattack came in.
I’m sure I’ve lived over a hundred years…
Cristina, who had been looking at me for a while, closed her mouth with a bit of regret, and then gently scratched her back with her finger.
“… Aren’t you mad?”
“I’m not spouting.”
“You’re pissed off.”
A puzzled look flickered in her narrow eyes. That look was also cute and admirable, so I smiled and patted her side lightly.
“Are you okay.”
“… That’s right? … Could you please stop touching her side?”
“Why?”
She relaxed her expression as if she was relieved, but she twisted her body slightly to avoid my touch and grunted at me. She smiled coolly at my question and stretched out her hand and pinched my cheek. .
“Eww.”
“It’s not okay to touch a woman’s side.”
Although not sick.
For no reason, she added a useless word here, but she nodded her head thinking that something big would happen to her. Seeing that I nodded her head obediently, Cristina smiled softly, put my cheek down, and gently caressed my cheek.
“Huh. Nice Are you careful with other women too?”
Somehow, it became a situation where I was being taught. I quietly accepted her hand.
Until just now, you told me not to treat you like a child. Now the situation has been reversed. It wasn’t bad though. Rather, I liked her warmth transmitted through her touch.
Still.
While obviously jealous.
Another woman… I smiled slightly at the way she cared about me, even her rivals, if I had to argue.
I’m sorry, but thank you again.
“Thank you.”
“Hehe… What.”
As if to show off her large breasts, she spreads her shoulders and smiles triumphantly. Then she relaxed her shoulders and put her forehead on my chest.
She kept her mouth shut for a moment before muttering in a small voice that only I could hear.
“Scarlett. Because this is all I can do for you.”
It’s different from other people.
At the next words, I kept my mouth shut. No matter how talented she was, she was inferior compared to the faces around me.
The Empire’s princess, warrior, grand spirit, and even the weapon master.
I do have a daisy though. Daisy is my shadow, and she herself was the next heir to a prestigious samurai family.
The slight trembling of her shoulders expressed Christina’s feelings.
I am.
“… It’s stupid.”
“… Yes?”
One action rather than a thousand words.
But if it is.
Wouldn’t it be best to do both?
“… It’s okay.”
I held her in my arms so she wouldn’t run away and whispered in her ear.
“You said you loved me.”
“… Yes.”
“Do you think I lied?”
“… Oh, no. That kind of thing…”
It was a pitiful voice. I had been thinking of her, that she had indeed made her lonely. Reflecting deeply inside her, he spoke to her in the softest possible voice.
“Who in the world would argue with someone they love about whether or not they are helpful to me?”
“… Ah.”
Looking at the dazed Christina, I laughed awkwardly.
Hurry up, it’s the demon king, I need to sort it out as quickly as possible.
Then wouldn’t it be safe to live happily with my girls?
*
Cristina and I decided to meet her for the night, and were on our way back after seeing her off.
While saying that they are my girls, reflecting on myself for neglecting them, I should go back and take care of Daisy and my sister a little more, while I was thinking the same thing.
I stopped when I felt a familiar presence on a quiet street corner without people.
“… Anna?”
“… Long time no see. S… Majesty…”
I hesitated while trying to call his name, let alone calling him ‘Your Highness’ again.
While I hadn’t seen her, her pronunciation became softer.
I wondered at the sight of Anna standing in front of me alone, without Sasha, who was always with her.
“What about Sasha?”
“Sasha is going to train to prepare for the upcoming ranking battle…”
Oh, I see.
It may not mean much to me, but to Sasha, an academy cadet, the first semester of her first year’s first semester’s rankings could be quite meaningful.
She has lived in the North all her life, and after she graduates, she will probably live in the North for the rest of her life.
“… Then what about you?”
If that’s the case, isn’t Anna the same?
When I asked with such a question, Anna’s light blue ponytail swayed. Her eyes quiver as if she is embarrassed. Anna pursed her lips for a moment, then opened her mouth.
“Me, Your Highness.”
“Scarlett.”
“Yes, yes he?”
She had the impression that she was asking me for something, so she jumped first.
At this point, I think it’s time to call her by name, but it’s a pity that she’s still in place.
“If you call me Scarlett, I will listen.”
“I-I haven’t even talked about this yet…”
If Sasha had been watching next to her, she would have stabbed Anna in the side to call her.
Anyway, I said I don’t know and looked at her with her arms crossed, so Anna closed her eyes tightly.
“… S, Scarlett…”
And then.
“Oh, oh, brother…”
… My brother can’t do it.
Is it Iris’ check?
“… So, what is your request?”
Once I did as she told me to, I opened her arms as a gesture of willingness to listen, and when I asked, her complexion brightened as if to say “Okay!” And she opened her mouth.
“With me.”
Like that.
“Me and——”
Her pronunciation was very smooth, as if she had stuttered.
“Please fight one more time.”
It was a declaration of war.
Before the sequence.
