Hagure Yuusha no Kichiku Bigaku Vol 1 Chapter 3

Chapter 3 – Bonds of the Holy Water Part 1

Just the fact that Norn Screening had shown a already drew the attention of everyone before Akatsuki entered the school. But it was unthinkable that he instantly defeated the former A-cla.s.s Onizuka on his first day of school, then repulsed the Student Council Vice President Nanase Haruka, and even caused a racket in the Student Council Office. Although the matter about the Student Council Office was unconfirmed, it also added to Akatsuki’s legend, instantly making him the most famous person in Babel.

Currently, including Akatsuki and Miu, all high school division B-cla.s.s students were outside the cla.s.sroom.

They all came to a huge arena imitating the Roman Coliseum, which is Babel’s second arena.

The arena may be located indoors, but it is very wide in the inside. With a ceiling of 21 meters, it is equivalent to five or six floors in height. This further highlights the vast interior s.p.a.ce.

B-cla.s.s students came to the arena for cla.s.s. This was the special physical education course for Alternative World Returnees of Babel. Aside from specialized academic research cla.s.ses, while other students were required to take standard courses such as mathematics and language, they also had to take the combat skills training course.

All of the returnees had stayed in an alternative world for a limited period of time. It was almost impossible to fully grasp the ability they obtained from the alternative world. To allow them to master their special ability and make it as your own ability, the related courses occupied a large amount of Babel’s education.

For Akatsuki and Miu, this was their first combat skills training after entering the school.

Including the method of weapon usage, magic chanting, the use of basic tactics, formation layout command and combat simulation — it can be said that the combat skill training is all-inclusive. Of course, this course must have students with relatively same combat ability partic.i.p.ate together in order to achieve the most accurate results. This is one of the reasons why Babel place emphasis on student ability and qualifications when deciding the cla.s.ses.

Waiting for a chance to finally show their strengths, all the students were happily smiling.

However, among the students…one student’s face had no smile, that was Miu with a slightly shrinking back, looking uneasy and staring at the floor.

...What do I do...?

Miu looked down at her appearance. She was wearing the school issued sports clothes, both soft and flexible, with various functions such as being permeable to air and insulating. The special fiber material could withstand a powerful impact, achieving the effect of protecting the body. Although the texture was quite thick, it stuck to the body and fully emphasized the body’s curves. To describe it in a phrase, it was like a tight outfit with a covering that included the neck and arms. If it could have been worn properly, perhaps Miu might have been able to accept it. But why was Miu’s outfit worn differently from others—it was not because the objective conditions did not permit it, but rather the abnormal differences compared to ordinary people. The key was the zipper that extended from the neck to the stomach. For it to be easily worn and taken off, the sports clothes utilized a design with a zipper on the top and on the bottom. The place where they merged was in front of the chest. However, Miu’s b.o.o.bs were too voluptuous and the top and bottom zipper could not be merged, creating a diamond shape in front of her chest, leaving her white and tender skin plainly visible. As for the back, it was also a problem. Under the tight clothing’s constraint, her well-rounded a.s.s curves were even clearer.

“Oh wow, it is almost bursting apart.”

Akatsuki, standing in front, stroked his chin, looking at the embarra.s.sed Miu. Akatsuki has also changed into the sports clothes, but the male outfit was a one-piece which extended from the upper arms to the knees.

...So unfair.

Miu tightly bit on her lower lip, feeling unhappy. At this moment, she discovered that beside Akatsuki, all the males and females on the scene unanimously looked at them—everyone was attracted by Miu’s plump and s.e.xy body figure.

“—Hey, what is it?”

Chikage suddenly appeared as if she was especially concerned. Chikage stared at Miu’s face. She was obviously also wearing the sports clothes.

Her b.o.o.bs were also well-endowed, although her zipper could be pulled up, but like Miu, her curves are all revealed. Miu widened her eyes, and quietly whispered into Chikage’s ears.

“T..This sports clothing…”

Miu’s cheeks reddened and she issued a sound as quiet as a mouse.

“W…Won’t everyone be embarra.s.sed? W..Wearing this sort of clothes that emphasize body figures…”

“Ah? Haha…”

A wry smile dawned onto Chikage.

“At first there was certainly a bit of resistance, but after getting used to it, it’s okay. If you regard it as a swim suit, then you would not feel as embarra.s.sed.”

“But…”

Perhaps what Chikage said was correct, but wearing this sports clothing that emphasized the body curves made one feel quite ashamed. At this moment a small figure pa.s.sed by Miu’s eyes. This figure that was no different from a young girl was not an outsider, but was none other than the B-cla.s.s cla.s.s rep Doumoto Kuzuha. She not only brought back the person who caused trouble on his first day of school, Akatsuki, from the Student Council Office. Afterwards, she also showed Akatsuki and Miu around Babel, and could be said to have had a nice conversation with Miu. So Miu stopped Kuzuha and asked for her advice, Doumoto answered old-fas.h.i.+onedly:

“The more shy and awkward you are, the more you attract others’ attentions. Just don’t think about it.”

“Y..Yes…”

While Miu muttered, the school bell rang.

Shortly after the cla.s.s started, the combat skill instructor called forth Akatsuki and Miu.

His intentions were to explain the combat skill course main aspects.

“Oh!”

Akatsuki noticed that the combat skill instructor who called him out was very familiar, and immediately greeted him by a show of hand.

Apparently he was the male combat skill instructor that was responsible for testing Akatsuki and Miu on the entrance inspection day.

“h.e.l.lo, long time no see. So you’re our combat skills instructor?”

“…P…Pleased to meet you.”

Miu thought back to her knocking down the combat skills instructor during the entrance inspection and suddenly felt a little guilty. Upon seeing this, the combat skills instructor could not help but show a wry smile.

“Perhaps some people may think I do not have the qualifications to act as the combat skills instructor, but still, pleased to meet you.”

After the opening remarks, the combat skills instructor directly entered the topic.

“First is the method to use AD. Well, did you wear them on your hand?”

Akatsuki and Miu simultaneously stretched out their right hands. Both wrists were wearing a black wristband.

“AD — Arms Device matches the user’s abilities and talent. It will materialize a weapon that best suits the user.”

“How is it? Did you hear it from the other students?”

“No, it should be that I’ve seen its power before.”

…So it turns out to be this toy’s ability.

Akatsuki slightly smiled. A flushed Nanase Haruka’s face emerged inside his head.

The instructor nodded.

“Is that so, then there is no need to further explain it. Let’s now materialize your weapons. After having the experience once, the second time will be much easier. In the beginning, you may not be able to grasp the trick for imagination, but it is okay for it to slowly occur to you, there is no need to hurry.

“Imagination... This kind of description is too vague, is there a more descriptive method?”

Miu questioned.

The instructor nodded, showing commendable eyes.

“It is almost the same feeling as using magic. Magic activates by borrowing a G.o.d or elf’s powers. The intention of concentrating and chanting magic is for you to imagine that you’ve received permission to use magic from their hands.”

In short —

“The moment you use the AD to materialize the weapon is to imagine that you yourself have obtained the weapon, allowing your power to liberate from your own body. Thus, AD will naturally become a weapon specific to you.”

After listening to the instructor’s explanation, Akatsuki non-committally scratched his cheek.

At that very moment—

A sudden flash of light appeared beside him. He saw Miu closing her eyes, with both her hands stretched forward. Gold particles seemed to be collected on the palms of both hands.

The gold particles gradually shrunk and slowly took shape, and finally became a elongated object. The top was decorated with a red crystal ball, making it look just like a sacred mace. With teardrop-shaped decorations from both the upper and lower crystal ball, the main part of the staff was subjected to gold engraving. A magnificent gold holy staff formed in the hands of Miu.

“…”

Miu, who opened her eyes, violently waved, and a crisp metal sound spread around the surroundings. Although this action did not have any meaning, it made others admire her extraordinary talent.

“Wow, a success!”

Miu was shocked and surprised, and almost could not believe that she could do it.

The combat skill instructor nodded, revealing an pleased smile.

“You really have an amazing magic talent. First time materialization is not something that easy, but I can’t believe you succeeded on your very first try.”

In addition —

“The materialized weapon will disappear based on your will, or under the circ.u.mstances that you’ve lost consciousness, will it disappear. The feeling of the weapon disappearing is just like letting the weapon back into your body and being engulfed by your consciousness.”

“Let me try it out… Ah, really!”

Miu tried it out while following the orders, and the holy staff disappeared instantly. Afterwards Miu gently waved her hand, and the holy staff reappeared again. It looked like what the instructor had said was true—after succeeding at it once, future attempts were not a problem.

“— Now it’s your turn.”

The combat skills instructor turned and stared at Akatsuki.

Akatsuki’s left hand scratched his head and he looked at his empty right hand.

“Ahhh~ I can’t do it.”

“Do you not know how to imagine? Then when you use magic, how do you do it?”

“This… I can’t use magic.”

“Ah…”

Miu could not help but cry out. To people who were summoned to an alternative world, being able to use magic was the most natural thing. As the daughter of the Demon King of Alayzard, magic was also natural to her. However, magic was not a power that people in this world had, to people such as Akatsuki who can’t use magic; magic is a power of another world, at the same time, an unimaginable dimension.

“…So what should I do now?”

Akatsuki’s question made the instructor have a difficult time.

“Even for the students who know magic, there were some who took several times longer than others before learning how to materialize the weapons, but…”

But no matter what he says they were all people who could use magic. It was a completely different situation compared to Akatsuki.

“Unprecedented is it?...This could be a lot of trouble.”

Akatsuki clenched his empty right hand. Near the black wristband, not even the slightest bits of light particles were there.

Part 2

A crisp and loud bell sound spread throughout the Babel campus, which meant that cla.s.s had ended. Both the clock’s long and short hand pointed directly up, and the morning cla.s.ses came to the end.

Currently it was lunch time. B-cla.s.s students left the second arena in twos or threes, but Miu’s figure appeared inside the gym’s warehouse. Inside the warehouse it was extremely dark, and the air was filled with a damp mildew smell. Miu could not help but think back to Alayzard’s castle. This kind of smell was similar to the castle underground caves.

The warehouse’s interior was broader than expected, as expected of the second arena and first arena’s shared warehouse. The deeper you entered, the darker the light became, until you could not see the other wall at all, not to mention the volume of the place. Miu could not imagine how big this warehouse was. She only knew that everywhere inside the warehouse there were piled up weapons used for combat training and magic props, as well as cus.h.i.+ons of different sizes, iron b.a.l.l.s and bags filled with lime. It looked like equipment for the physical education courses was also piled up here.

As a mixture of the smell of her sweat and dust entered her lungs, Miu could not help but cough a few times.

“Cla.s.s rep, is placing it here okay?”

“Yes, thank you for your help.”

After the combat training course had ended, Miu stayed behind to help Kuzuha collect the equipment.

After obtaining the cla.s.s rep’s agreement, Miu placed the triangular cone in a corner of the warehouse.

“Ah that’s right, Ousawa-san. This door will automatically lock itself after being closed, there is no way to open it from the inside, so you better pay attention to it.”

“Huh, really?”

Miu heard it and looked back at Kuzuha.

“It can be opened from the outside, but not from the inside? Isn’t the design of this too problematic?”

“Just the opposite. This type of design where you can only open it from the outside is the foolproof security system. Inside the warehouse are very important magical props. If someone secretly snuck into the warehouse and moved the items away, wouldn’t that cause more trouble?”

“That’s true, the thief could not allow the doors to be opened while stealing stuff.” Miu suddenly understood. So the design of this warehouse was to capture thieves with evil intentions in their hearts.

Looking back, Akatsuki was still at the arena training hard.

—Miu had expressed her willingness to help Akatsuki materialize his weapon using AD, but the instructor turned it down. The instructor felt that this problem was something that Akatsuki had to overcome by himself, plus Miu had her own course she should learn from and should not waste time here. So under the instructor’s instructions, Miu and Kuzuha formed a group, with Kuzuha teaching Miu how to use the materialized weapon.

The use of an AD materialized weapon could enhance the user’s magic and increase the amount being released. In a nutsh.e.l.l, it acted as a medium. Through the help of the AD, the user did not have to depend on the power of the G.o.ds and elves, and could use their own magic power to chant magic. But because the magic Miu used were almost all entirely drawing on elves and G.o.ds’s magic, if she wanted to use her own magic power to activate magic, Miu must create a new type of magic.

But as long as you used the materialized weapon, it would enormously increase the magic drawn from elves and G.o.ds. In short, it could increase the power or shorten the chanting time. After acc.u.mulating a certain amount of experience, you could even skip materializing the weapon and directly use the AD as a medium.

…So that’s why Onizuka’s chanting speed was so fast.

Miu thought back to the quarrel on the first day of school. At that time Onizuka’s activated magic was extremely powerful, and the chanting speed was surprisingly fast. Presumably it must have been the results of using the AD as a medium.

Aside from that, Miu also remembered another situation. The ice magic used by the Student Council President during the entrance inspection. Creating a giant icicle from the ground, it should be the same method as well.

In addition, Akatsuki also seemed to encounter the same situation at the Student Council Office. According to Akatsuki’s description, the student council members almost instantly activated their magic.

…But to not think about the occasion and stirring up trouble, this person went too overboard…

Miu sighed. After the school bell sounded for ending cla.s.s, Akatsuki was called by the instructors to stay behind, probably due to the fact that he could not materialize his weapon. And from Akatsuki’s current expression, he probably could not obtain any decent results now. Thinking up to here, Miu could not help but laugh. The hero who defeated her father could actually have a moment when he was beaten. The world was really unpredictable.

“…Ha ha ha, to think that he also has these types of days.”

But at the moment when Miu snickered.

“—Looks like you’re quite happy, what’s so funny?”

“Whoa—!”

The sound suddenly came from beside her, and the startled Miu almost jumped back. Turning around, Akatsuki was standing behind her. Gently pressing her pounding heart, Miu said sulkily:

“D…Don’t scare people okay? So how were the after cla.s.s tutoring results? Did you successfully materialize your weapon?”

“No, I still didn’t succeed, so I’m taking a short break. It looks like afternoon is real combat training, so the instructor specifically told me to eat more, and recover my stamina.”

After saying this, Akatsuki narrowed his eyes.

“Well, who did you say had these types of days?”

“…Huh?”

Miu froze for a moment, and immediately exposed a pair of malicious eyes.

“Ha ha ha, even though you knew you still had to ask. Of course it was you.”

Afterwards she pretended to pout.

“You even had this expression saying “No, I can’t do it”. Ah ha ha ha!”

“I say you, getting proud of yourself because you easily pa.s.sed…Just wait and see.”

“—Can you two quiet down a little?”

Kuzuha interrupted.

“Ah, Sorry…”

Miu thought she was too noisy and suddenly revealed an apologetic look, but Kuzuha’s gaze did not fall onto Miu but rather stared at the depth of the warehouse.

“—”

“W…What is it…?”

Facing Miu’s questions, Kuzuha replied rather calmly, while her gaze remained at the depth of the warehouse.

“—I seem to hear the sound of people talking.”

The inside of the sports warehouse could only be opened with a key.

When previously entering the sports warehouse, the door was closed shut.

If someone was accidently locked in the warehouse, it should be reasonable to stay close to the door, to be more easily discovered by people on the outside.

If they were hiding in the depth of the warehouse, their intention was to avoid people’s eyes and ears.

“C…Could it be that you’ve heard wrong?”

Miu, who was following behind Kuzuha, spoke quietly. Deep inside the warehouse, it was both dark and humid. The atmosphere was almost like a haunted house. After walking for a bit, the sound of people speaking really did seem to come from the front. This terrifying atmosphere made Miu horrified. At this moment, Kuzuha, who was in front, suddenly stopped, and crouched down gently to avoid being found by the other party.

“… Found it.”

“R…Really?”

Miu and Akatsuki both crouched down. Hiding behind Kuzuha, Miu stuck out her head to look around. She noticed figures in the shadows five meters in front. In total there were two people sitting on the soft cus.h.i.+on, but she did not know what they were talking about.

“…Huh? Wait… Isn’t that…?”

After confirming the figure of one of them, Miu was shocked.

Using her pupils that were gradually adjusting to the dark to look carefully once again, Yes that’s right.

“…That’s Izumi.”

The figure that was closer to them was Chikage. She and another female student that Miu did not know were sitting side by side and seemed to be talking. Miu felt relieved. Chikage was absolutely not a suspicious individual.

…Huh? Wait a second…

What was Chikage hiding here? Just as Miu was puzzled, the sight in front of her eyes showed her the answer—Chikage kissed the other female student’s lips.

“Whattttt~~!”

Miu could not withstand it and shouted, then afterwards hurriedly covered her mouth. The scene in front of her eyes was the truth, but Miu could not accept this reality.

…Female with Female…?

Miu, with her ears completely red, stared at the two people, and watched as Chikage slowly pushed down the other female student.

A deep pa.s.sionate kiss. Their limbs entangled, each demanding from the other.

Akatsuki opened his mouth and said with a calm tone.

“Looks like Izumi’s experiences are quite abundant.”

“… I can’t watch it any longer.”

The pet.i.te back in front of their eyes coldly threw out this phrase, stood up and walked towards the front, preparing to enter the crime scene. A few seconds later —

“—!”

“—…—!”

Inside the depth of the warehouse came the sound of a dispute.

“Ah…”

“~~~!”

Their good deed was caught by others, it was probably extremely embarra.s.sing. The female student, who was enjoying her s.e.xual conduct with Chikage, blushed with a reddened face and flew over from in front of Miu and Akatsuki, then disappeared in the direction of the entrance. Afterwards, a sound of a heavy object being locked came from far far behind.

Kuzuha and Chikage were currently engaging in a fierce dispute, and seemed to not have heard the sound.

At that moment Akatsuki suddenly remembered something.

“Hey… she shouldn’t have locked the door right?”

“…Huh? So…”

Miu, who had not yet awoken from the shock of seeing two women entwining among each other, was suddenly awake, and did not seem to understand the meaning of Akatsuki’s words at that moment. After a period of time, she violently woke up.

“—It can’t be! Are we all stuck in the warehouse now?”

Miu panickedly stood up, her elbow accurately hitting Akatsuki’s jaw.

“Ah—”

Miu watched as Akatsuki fell down. Aside from being helpless, she could only temporarily throw away the unconscious Akatsuki and flew off to the entrance of the warehouse.

After coming to the door, she was surprised to find the sliding door was really locked.

“Ah ha ha … This can’t be real, this can’t be real… Oh G.o.d ~~~!”

Her smile suddenly disappeared. A panicked Miu used all her strength and attempted to open the heavy doors, but the doors did not move at all. This was also a matter of fact, if a single female’s power could pull open the door, how could it be called a foolproof security system.

“W…What can I do…”

Behind the dejected Miu, Chikage and Kuzuha were still quarrelling.

In this huge warehouse, you could only hear the sounds of the dispute coming from the two people.

Part 3

Standing in front of the closed door after several attempts ended up in vain, Miu reluctantly decided to walk back. On the way back, she pa.s.sed the unconscious Akatsuki who was lying on the ground, and walked up to the still arguing Chikage and Kuzuha. After telling the two the fact that everybody was trapped inside the gym’s warehouse, Chikage and Kuzuha instead started to push responsibility to each other, making the fight even more intense.

“Really, I originally wanted to be in a situation, where I would not be disturbed and where I won’t cause problems to others, and fully enjoy myself…”

Chikage sighed. According to Chikage’s confession, she had used the gym’s warehouse as a rendezvous location for a while already. And Chikage had a good relations.h.i.+p with the staff members who held the key to the warehouse, so every time they had gym cla.s.ses, she would run off to the office to borrow the key. Today was no exception, only that her rendezvous partner fled while taking the key with her, so she was currently helpless as well.

After Chikage’s confession ended, the expressionless Kuzuha suddenly frowned, and raised an issue that a 11 years old girl is unlikely to ask.

“So that means every gym cla.s.s, you will bring girls in here?”

“Not every time, every once in a while only.”

A relaxed Chikage did not have any guilt in her expression.

…The amount of times must be extremely high.

Miu, who was listening on the side, shook her head nonstop, and forced a few laughter sounds.

“Ousawa-san, this point isn’t funny.”

The young cla.s.s rep’s face revealed a scowl.

“If it wasn’t for her, how would we be trapped in here?”

“So that’s why I said that you were nosy, couldn’t you have pretended to not have seen anything? This way you guys could have used your legs and walked out of the warehouse, and she and I could have used the key to leave here.”

“I cannot accept your words. You make it sound like the person who was wrong is me.”

“I’m not saying it’s the fault of the cla.s.s rep, I’m only saying that everybody’s luck wasn’t good.”

Chikage shrugged.

“…I only feel that you shouldn’t be as close minded, being flexible is better.”

“Before you judge others, shouldn’t you examine yourself first?”

Watching the two people’s heated verbal exchange from the sidelines, Miu had a hint of a smile on her face that no one, including herself, discovered.

It has already a week since she had entered school. Aside from Akatsuki, Miu could only converse with these two people in cla.s.s. Cla.s.s rep Kuzuha was a typical talented student. Although she was younger than other students by a few years, her test results or even her combat ability were extremely outstanding. Her test results were number 1 in the cla.s.s, and even her combat ability was ranked 3rd.

Chikage was also an outstanding student in both areas as well. Her combat ability ranked as the second in the cla.s.s, only exceeded by Onizuka, while her test results were maintained in the top five. Just because her personality was too outgoing and cheerful, she would sometimes abandon herself to her desires and pleasures, causing conflict with the strict and self-disciplined cla.s.s rep.

Seeing the two of them in front of each other express their undisguised inner feelings, Miu felt envious about it. —During the time at Alayzard, she did not have any so-called friends, she only had her father and her father’s subordinates, and she never knew what kind of thing friends.h.i.+p was. Although her surroundings had some people at a similar age, they only had the feeling of admiration and respect towards her, so they could not really count as friends.

… Just because I am the Demon King’s daughter…

Even if she willingly approached them, she could not shorten the distance between them and turn the mutual relations.h.i.+p from being master and servant into friends. Thus, seeing Kuzuha and Chikage’s appearance over a dispute, besides making her feel warm, it also evoked a sense of envy deep within Miu’s heart.

Now, Miu had hidden her true ident.i.ty, becoming Akatsuki’s sister, and entered into Babel to study. She was naturally free to make friends. Although she got along with the other cla.s.smates, they could be only considered as acquaintances, but not true friends.

… Even though it is easy to say, taking action is not that simple.

Perhaps deep inside her heart, there was a trauma for the fear of strangers, so she could not open her heart to others. Aside from that, one of the reasons was definitely that she was not used to this world.

“…So nice.”

Miu muttered. Kuzuha and Chikage suddenly stopped their dispute and turned around to look at Miu at the same time.

Her mouth showing a peaceful smile, Miu gently said:

“Your relations.h.i.+p with each other is so good, it makes one jealous.”

Kuzuha and Chikage looked at each other.

“ “It’s not good at all!” “

The two of them grunted and simultaneously turned away.

After a period of time, Kuzuha and Chikage had finally stopped arguing.

Since the warehouse doors could not be opened from the inside, everyone naturally could not do anything. Forcibly destroying the doors could be determined by the school to be an act of destroying public property, and the culprit be asked to drop out. Anyway, after the lunch break is over, the afternoon courses will have to begin.

The following course B-cla.s.s has to take is live combat, at that time; someone will certainly have to open the door to move the necessary cla.s.s materials. Yes, we will just have to bear with it for a while.

“…”

Once the silence had settled over the scene, it was very difficult to find the correct time to break the silence.

… A very awkward feeling.

Sitting side by side on the floor of the warehouse, Miu could not help but want to express something deep inside her heart.

At this moment, Miu suddenly found a conversation point. Kuzuha, who was sitting beside her, was gently holding her shoulders, her body leaned slightly forward.

Miu looked up and down at Kuzuha, then she noticed that Kuzuha’s pet.i.te body was s.h.i.+vering.

“Are you cold? Are you okay?”

“…Not a problem, I’m fine.”

Although she said this, Kuzuha’s expression was still somewhat stiff. After Chikage saw this, her face suddenly displayed an unhappy smile.

“Cla.s.s rep, could it be that you need to go to the bathroom?”

“—!”

Kuzuha’s entire body shook.

“…No.”

Kuzuha bit her lower lip tightly, and coldly replied. Even in the darkness, Doumoto’s reddened face was visible.

…Whoa…What should we do…!

Seeing the urgent matter, Miu hurriedly tried to seek a solution. But after thinking for a while, her head was still blank. The gym warehouse could not be opened from the inside, they could only wait quietly for the people to open it from the outside.

At this moment Chikage spoke again.

“Is that so? That’s good.”

After saying this, Chikage faced forward again. The gym warehouse relapsed into silence.

“…”

“…”

“…!”

The brief silence was suddenly merged with sounds of pain and shortness of breath. The sound came from between Miu and Chikage. By using health as a comparison, it could be described as the part between two mountains. Kuzuha’s thin and frail body trembled clearly, and her closed eyes had tears flowing out of them.

“Cla.s.s…Cla.s.s rep, are you really okay?”

Miu asked uneasily, but Kuzuha looked daggers at Chikage.

“…I’m fine.”

However, her voice was very rough. Anyone could see that Kuzuha had already approached her limits, and she could not hold it any longer.

…We must think of a way…

Separated by Kuzuha’s head, Miu gave a glance to Chikage. Chikage also reluctantly shook her head with a wry smile, then nodded towards Miu. So Miu gently patted Kuzuha’s back.

“Cla.s.s rep, I remember that on that side there are a few sand bags. From what I remember, cla.s.s rep uses earth magic, why don’t you turn the sand inside the sand bang into a simple toilet? We will stay far far away and hold our ears. Izumi-san, what do you say?”

“Ah, that is a good idea, Cla.s.s rep can go take a leak then.”

After seeing Kuzuha had entered a state where she could not sit at ease, Chikage could not help but lend a helping hand.

But Kuzuha shook her head.

“…I don’t want to.”

She had lost her usual calm tone, but she still hadn't broken down yet. Chikage reluctantly scratched her head. She understood that Kuzuha was trying to maintain her remaining pride, so she wasn’t sure how to deal with Kuzuha.

“Actually I don’t want to use this kind of method to bully the cla.s.s rep. Sorry, it was my fault.”

“S…See, Chikage has already apologized.”

u….uaaan! u….uaaan!

Doumoto looked at Miu, then looked at Chikage. She was almost about to cry out.

Miu hurriedly nodded.

“I promise that I would not tell.”

“I’m not that petty, so you can rest a.s.sured.”

Chikage also firmly nodded.

Kuzuha suddenly closed her eyes.

“No… I can’t stand up. If I move a little, I’m afraid it will…!”

“Huh? W…What should we do? Cla.s.s rep, you must stand up!”

“…No, It’s about to come out…!”

Kuzuha’s voice was becoming softer, her face turning more and more red. Oh no, was it already too late? Miu silently screamed ominously.

But there didn’t seem to be a better plan. Miu’s speciality was wind magic, but out of the fire, water, earth and wind magic, wind and earth spirits are opposite properties.

Therefore, although Miu could use earth magic, it was not one of her strong points, not to mention that it was almost impossible to manipulate the small amount of sand, turning them freely into various shapes. Chikage’s speciality was water magic. Developing their own attribute magic was part of Babel’s education policy, so she could not use earth magic.

Although Kuzuha specialized in earth magic, but under this direct situation and still be able to chant without being distracted, there is no guarantee that the last line of defence will hold up till the end.

“I…In the end what should we do?”

Chikage was bewildered, and could not think of any better plans. Could they only stand and watch as this tragedy befalls them?

At this moment —

“—Cla.s.s rep, are you crying?”

Akatsuki, who had regained consciousness at an unknown time, appeared from the darkness, and slowly walked to Kuzuha’s side.

“D…Do you have any good ideas?”

“Nope. But I cannot allow a woman to have any tears, this is the aesthetic that I adhere to.”

Akatsuki smiled slightly, and squatted down in front of Kuzuha, his gaze matching Kuzuha’s in height.

The so-called aesthetic that the male, who saved the world, follows — Miu’s eyes were filled with expectation, silently watching the developments of this matter.

“…?”

Kuzuha stared at Akatsuki, with eyes expecting some sort of salvation. Akatsuki nodded, his face revealing a gentle smile.

“This is a good opportunity. I will instantly make you free from this…”

After saying this softly, Akatsuki held onto Kuzuha’s shoulder then gently latched onto Kuzuha’s earlobe with his mouth.

“Ah —“

Kuzuha exclaimed loudly

Her thin body shook slightly, the last line of defense had completely collapsed.

Part 4

In the dark gym warehouse came two different voices. One was the sound of a faint sob, the other was the sound of a metal bat fiercely attacking.

“I…Idiot, stop quickly… you’ll kill someone!”

Aside from these two sounds, there was the third sound of a panic-stricken voice, but Miu did not stop waving the metal bat.

Kuzuha was secretly sobbing behind her.

“Shut up, you pervert! What aesthetics, I’m really angry now!”

“Ah oh, constantly holding it in harms your body, so why not just let it have an early release and become more relaxed…”

“The thing that causes harm is you, your brain, your very existence.”

Miu yelled out loud.

“Look right now, how do we clean up the mess?”

Miu turned back. Aside from the crying Kuzuha, another person’s figure entered her eyes. This person was Izumi Chikage. She was currently gently comforting the crying girl.

“—”

The sinister relations.h.i.+p they had earlier on had completely disappeared. It was replaced with an atmosphere filled with warmth. This was thanks to Akatsuki’s perverted act. Yes, Akatsuki’s heroic sacrifice helped achieved peace for everyone. Kuzuha was simply the victim, she was humiliated and became the target of Akatsuki’s evil act. Afterwards, Kuzuha, Miu and Chikage all pushed the responsibility to Akatsuki. Even right now, holding a metal bat and whacking Akatsuki was an reasonable act — because everything was Akatsuki’s fault, it was all Akatsuki’s responsibility.

“I’m very sorry, for the situation to become like this.”

Looking at Kuzuha and Chikage, Akatsuki muttered.

“Uuuuu?~~~!”

Miu bit her lips tightly and stared angrily at Akatsuki. How could there be such a man in this world? Aside from this kind of cheap move, there was not better alternative?

—But then again, Miu could not have thought about this kind of option. At this time, Miu suddenly remembered, it was the same as the time during Alayzard. Akatsuki, alone, defeated her father, with the intention of bearing all the honor and disgrace himself, and tried to maintain the order of the world as well as the balance in power. Once she thought till this point, she could not help but regret her actions.

Compared to the helpless Miu, at least Akatsuki took action. Even though it was a perverted act, he at least took an actual action in response to Kuzuha’s tears, and now he was willing to act as the bad guy, and did not seem to care about the fact he had to accept all the blame from everyone.

This was all in order to help Kuzuha.

“Well, I shouldn’t have treated you this way.”

Miu put down the metal bat, turned her back to Akatsuki, and ran towards Kuzuha and Chikage.

Akatsuki’s forced laugh came from behind, Miu quickly took the side of the two people.

“Cla.s.s rep, are you still okay?”

Miu looked at Kuzuha’s expression. Kuzuha had removed her gym clothes and her underwear and put on Chikage’s uniform. According to Chikage, she was supposed to change into this uniform after her s.e.xual conduct was over.

“Sorry, it was the fault of our family’s idiot.”

“I have to apologize as well, I shouldn’t have laughed at you earlier.”

Miu and Chikage apologized with a face filled with guilt.

“…Well, it’s okay.”

At the same time as she was speaking, Kuzuha was still gently sobbing. Seeing this, Miu had a feeling that she wanted expressed out.

…She is still so small…

She was obviously not referring to Kuzuha’s height, her slender limbs, her childlike face, or her immature body. Don’t you forget, she was still only 11 years old, but she was always faithfully doing her responsibilities as cla.s.s rep, and leading the students of the cla.s.s. Her body’s weakness, the pressure of loneliness, even facing against these negative aspects, Kuzuha still chose to fight even risking her own life through her continuous efforts. I’m afraid that these days, she is constantly forcing herself.

“Cla.s.s rep, as I have said before, we will not tell anyone about this, so please be a.s.sured.”

“Me too, there’s nothing to worry about.”

“…”

Miu and Chikage both tried to persuade her; however, this type of consolation was just empty talk. Even they had to admit this.

…What should we do. If we do not think of a plan…

On top of being ashamed and resentful, Kuzuha could possibly hide from Chikage from now on.

As a result, the deeply apologetic Miu and Chikage would probably avoid contact with Kuzuha as well. Once they discovered that they, themselves, were the reason why Kuzuha slowly s.h.i.+fted away from others, it would definitely cause a large impact on the relations.h.i.+p between Miu and Chikage too.

…He had already come forth and acted as a villain…

Miu glanced at Akatsuki. After Akatsuki was aware, his face had a strange smile on it.

“What, is it time for my aesthetics?”

The appreciation inside her heart instantly vanished.

“Who do you think caused this! If you feel that you have even a tiny bit of responsibility, then think of a plan!” Miu could not help but retort.

“—Taking responsibility isn’t a big issue…”

Akatsuki’s att.i.tude was very relaxed

“I just need a.s.sistance from both of you.”

After noticing that Akatsuki’s expression was serious, Miu and Chikage unconsciously glanced at each other.

“…”

Kuzuha also raised her head to stare at Akatsuki. Under the attention of everyone, Akatsuki quietly said:

“—Are you guys willing to make a contribution to help the cla.s.s rep?”

A serious tone created a tense atmosphere. Miu nodded without flinching.

“Of course.” “This is something we are supposed to do.”

Chikage also added. Everybody had reached a consensus. Akatsuki nodded and immediately gave instructions.

“Okay, both of you stand side by side over here.”

“Just standing is okay? Is standing here okay?”

Under the instructions of Akatsuki, Miu and Chikage felt confused, but they still followed the orders. Only to see Akatsuki stand behind the two of them, stretch out both hands towards Miu and Chikage’s waist and gently push it once.

“Waaaa—!”

Miu subconsciously stretched out her right foot, attempting to keep her balance.

“—Huh?”

However, her right foot did not have any strength. Everything in her sight was shaking. Miu powerlessly slumped down to the ground. She struggled to get up, but her body didn’t even have the slightest strength to do so.

“W…What happened…”

At the moment when she was attempting to gather her strength from her body…

“Uh…?

Her waist was suddenly paralyzed. Miu felt a sense of aching and cried out softly, then immediately topped down onto the ground. A closer look revealed that Chikage was also currently down beside her, showing a state of powerlessness.

However, it was not over. The feeling of aching and pain coming from her waist continued to increase, Miu felt that her whole body was gradually heating up.

“Y…You…What did you do to us?”

With fear in her heart, Miu hurriedly questioned Akatsuki.

“I did not learn magic from that world, but I did learn a technique to manipulate ki. The technique called Renkan Keikikou can manipulate ki from inside you or others as well. It can be used in several situations.”

Akatsuki quietly replied.

“I…I have a sense of foreboding…”

Miu’s tone was very uneasy. Akatsuki stood behind Kuzuha, both hands placed onto her thin and frail shoulders.

“In short, I did something to your ki. This aching and paralyzing feeling will continue to become stronger.”

“W…Why? Didn’t you want to help the cla.s.s re….Ah!”

She did not finish, but a sudden burst of numbness made Miu unable to help but scream.

“Ah, I almost forgot to tell you guys not to talk, or else the feeling will become even more intense.”

Akatsuki added to his explanation.

“As for why I did this, you’ll know in a minute.”

Miu suddenly understood the meaning behind Akatsuki’s words. Among the swift expansion of numbness, another unbearable feeling emerged. Miu knew what this feeling represented and was shocked.

“C…Could it be…”

Miu almost couldn’t believe what she guessed. At this moment, Akatsuki coldly said:

“—Holding it for too long harms your body.”

Akatsuki’s intentions were extremely clear. Miu could not help but shudder. Was he crazy? He could even do such a thing. A feeling came from her belly, and it was exactly same as the feeling of pain that Kuzuha was experiencing earlier.

And the sense of numbness made Miu unable to use any strength, even if she wanted to hold it back, she did not have the strength to do so.

“Miu….! I…I’m going to…”

“N…Noo, Izumi-san! We can’t let this guy get what he wants…”

A panting Miu desperately cheered for Chikage. At this moment, Akatsuki, who was looking at the two of them, suddenly whispered into the ears of Kuzuha.

“Cla.s.s rep, it’s time. Just use the method I used before and allow Izumi to release it.”

“ “—!” ”

Miu and Chikage gasped.

…What did he just say? Could I have misheard it…?

In fact, they were both aware of what he had said in their hearts, they did not hear it wrong. Today Kuzuha was disgraced in front of everyone. To maintain the friends.h.i.+p between the three of them, the fastest and most efficient way was for the other two to suffer from the same humiliation — But would you really do this?

An incredulous Miu raised her head and stared at Akatsuki. Her gaze matched with Kuzuha who was in front of Akatsuki. The pet.i.te Kuzuha looked at Miu and Chikage, then raised her head and looked at Akatsuki.

“But…”

Kuzuha was very hesitant. Akatsuki smiled and shook his head.

“There’s no need for you to be hesitant, that’s where the phrase “Good friends share good times, but great friends divide the pain.” comes in. You help keep their secret, and they will keep your secret, both sides would not owe each other and it is very fair as well.”

“Fair…”

Kuzuha thought deeply, and was staring respectively at Akatsuki and Chikage.

Afterwards, she walked towards Chikage, as if she had made up her mind.

“…Please don’t hate me.”

After saying this, Kuzuha gently latched onto Chikage’s earlobe with her mouth.

“Ah~~!”

Chikage suddenly issued a sound of extreme pleasure. She was completely liberated. Miu’s face was twisted with fear. After looking back, she suddenly noticed Akatsuki standing in front of her.

“D…Don’t come closer! Don’t touch me! Can you hear me!”

Miu was shocked pale, but Akatsuki only lifted his eyebrow, with an expression of disapproval plastered onto his face.

“Ah, you really don’t know your current situation. I only want to make you recover your original state.”

“…Huh?”

Miu widened her eyes in shock.

“As long as I press other acupuncture points, I can reduce the feeling. Of course, I must be the one who presses it.”

“I…If there were this type of acupuncture points, then why don’t you hurry up and…”

Miu constantly twisted her body, her tone was almost pleading.

“Where? Where is that acupuncture point.”

“Near the belly b.u.t.ton.”

“R…Really? Please, hurry up and press that acupuncture point… I already am about to go—Huh?”

Chikage and Kuzuha suddenly appeared beside Akatsuki.

Both staring at Miu with a cold expression.

“Uhh… Don’t be like this, both of your expressions are very scary.”

Miu’s tone was somewhat timid. Only to see Akatsuki shake his head and reluctantly say:

“Did you hear this? She wanted to be the only one to stay out of it, what do you think we should do?”

“…”

“…”

Kuzuha and Chikage were completely quiet. After staring at each other, they both firmly nodded.

“Waaa, nooo, don’t fool around!”

Both of them subdued Miu’s hands.

“Don’t be like this, quickly wake up! Friends aren’t supposed to do this! You guys have been brainwashed, been deceived by that devil.”

That was Ousawa Miu’s final resistance, unfortunately it was ignored by both Chikage and Kuzuha.

“I didn’t think that Miu was actually that heartless…”

“Ousawa-kun…Don’t say this much, just hurry and punish this traitor.”

Akatsuki deliberately hid his face with his hands, exposing an overwhelmed expression.

“Women’s friends.h.i.+p is too great, I was almost moved to tears.”

“D…Don’t play this type of trick, you are obviously acting! It must be because I used the recent AD event to laugh at you, so you hold a grudge right!”

Ignoring Miu’s protest, Akatsuki silently stretched out his right hand. Miu desperately struggled and attempted to move her belly b.u.t.ton towards Akatsuki.

But Akatsuki’s face revealed a cruel smile.

“Ah I almost forgot to tell you, but the fact about the acupuncture point near the belly b.u.t.ton was a lie.”

“Y…You…You’re not a human—!”

Miu snapped while shouting. Akatsuki’s finger gently touched Miu’s belly b.u.t.ton.

“Ahhhh ~~~!”

The poor Miu screamed, her body bounced up.

After ten minutes, the doors of the gym warehouse opened, and Miu and the others were able to see the light again.

The savior was Chikage’s tryst partner. Although she had fled at the beginning, she could not forget about the situation so she came back to see.

But the three females, who were trapped in the warehouse, had no time to thank her, and immediately ran out of the second arena and directly to the showers.

—Leaving only a smiling Akatsuki standing at the same spot.