Chapter 3
Chapter 3 Welcome to a fun life of martial arts
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Break time between classes.
When Moroha was about to return from the toilet to the classroom, he unexpectedly came across a girl in the hallway.
A beautiful Eastern European girl with dark silver hair similar to steel.
She came right from the front with a machine-like way of walking, maintaining a uniform velocity and constant steps and impeccably waving her well forged and toned limbs. She was an overseas student from Russia.
Her name was Elena Arshavina. Nicknamed Leshya.
Formerly manipulated by the treacherous Russian Division, she only devoted herself to assassination missions by abandoning all her youth. She was the owner of terrifying aliases such as “man-eater” and《Savior》 killer of《Saviors》 , but everything was in the past now.
With the exception of Moroha, almost nobody knew that, now she was trying to adapt to school.
However, overseas students were rare, and in that sense, walking alone attracted attention.
Leshya strode, showing no concern at all right in the midst of those gazes,
– What a great coincidence, Haimura Moroha.
As soon as she saw Moroha’s face, she excitedly approached him.
– I was thinking of visiting your class at lunch break. I have something to ask you.
– OK, what is it?
A consultation from Leshya who tried a lot to not open her heart before.
Moroha felt glad and accepted with a smile.
– Have you joined those things called club activities?
– No… I haven’t. Is Leshya interested in club activities?
Hearing so, she assented with an overly serious face.
– I used 『5ch』last night──
– You do like that, huh….
Leshya brought up the name of Japan’s biggest anonymous bulletin board and Moroha made a bitter face.
He had heard it was useful depending on how one used it, but there was a tendency in which posts of false rumors and slander were extremely frequent, so he couldn’t honestly come to like it.
However, Leshya, with a firm look and tone of voice,
– Of course. Above all, I’m proud of being a Russian that is a fine 5ch user nowadays.
– Don’t think, don’t think.
Moroha retorted, but Leshya just had a question mark floating on her head while still having an overly serious face.
– Oh well… so what happened on that『5ch』?
– Last night, I extensively looked to gentlemen for advice and made a thread, saying『I can’t make friends at school, I’m an overseas student so I don’t know the way of making friends』.
– Another thread that seems to be ruined…
– Then they suggested『Why don’t you try club activities first?』.
– Sorry, it was a decent thread.
– Of course it was. I give my thanks to >>4-san who took the initiative and gave me their opinion.
– I also would like to seriously thank >>4-san.
– Coincident with that, I remembered. The other day, the principal encouraged me to do club activities too, but I, who still didn’t get it well, paid no attention to her.
– The principal’s reputation is below『5ch』….
– If I do club activities, then I, who shows no signs of making friends, may do them properly.
Leshya’s look was serious.
She was lonely in Russia and that was about to change when she came to Japan.
For her, who only knew about her mission, this wasn’t easy.
But Leshya tried to overcome her dark past without being discouraged.
Looking at that face of hers, Moroha closed his eyes partly as if looking at a dazzling object.
– Well, I’m sure Leshya can do it.
– If I could get you to tell me so, then I also hope for it.
Leshya fumbled in her breast pocket as she unabashedly let out embarrassing words.
In front of Moroha who suddenly was suspicious of something──
And without changing her facial expression, she simply took out a throwing knife.
Why on earth was she carrying that hidden!?
Ignoring the dumbfounded Moroha, Leshya turned it and waved it with a very experienced manner of using her hands and threw it.
*Sto*──the knife stuck into the linoleum floor with a sound.
– Hyuueih!?
The scream of an unknown girl student was heard all of a sudden.
She shivered greatly, seeing the knife that stood at her feet.
– What are you doing, Leshya?
The expression of Leshya changed in front of Moroha who asked, being amazed.
A grim stare with wariness laid bare.
The piercing-like gaze of “man-eater” was turned to the girl student.
– She erased her presence, crept behind me and listened to our conversation.
– T-two famous people were chatting, so I just wondered what it was ab〜out.
– I’m sure she must be some sort of spy or assassin.
– *Eeeeeeeek*, I’m telling you, you’re wrong!
The miserable girl trembled violently and excused herself, but,
– Everyone says so at first. However, when I ask them to their bodies, they immediately tell the truth.
Leshya pulled out another knife while having the same grim stare with bared wariness.
– Wait wait wait wait…
Moroha grabbed the hand that had the knife as he lamented.
– You saved me, Haimurkun!
Without missing the chance, the girl student ran away with all her strength.
Leshya turned eyes that partly reproached and that didn’t agree with it to Moroha.
– Because of you, I failed to catch her.
– If you had done so, forget about making friends in your life…
– What I hear is very strange to me. In Japan, if you reveal that someone is a spy or an assassin, then you can’t make friends. … Could it be that Japan has no anti-espionage law due to the national sentiment around those things?
– No, such sophisticated political issues have nothing to do with it.
Moroha sighed deeply again.
– Alright, let’s do club activities. A cultural and quiet as possible should do it. Leshya should never, ever join something related to martial arts because she doesn’t know how to go easy on someone and that will be dangerous.
– I’m glad that you think about me so seriously.
The uncanny glabella of Leshya began to relax as if loosing up tension swiftly.
– Asking you for advice was the right answer.
Moroha put his palm on top of the hand that remained grabbed.
A strong palm that kept holding the weapon.
A palm that couldn’t be called girly.
Even if she had stopped being an assassin, 《Saviors》couldn’t possibly live a life unrelated to battle. The reason of being of Akane Academy was to improve their fighting skills to protect people from the monsters called《Metaphysicals》.
──Still, the blood flowing in Leshya’s hands was indeed warm.
Moroha couldn’t help but wish that the day would come when these palms were used for something girlish.
– I would be happier if you could join a club with me.
Leshya tightly grasped Moroha’s hands as if clinging to them.
Without a doubt, this was a「consultation」with that included.
– You really do want to stay with me, huh…. But I’m a member of Strikers, aren’t I? Club activities are prohibited….
– …. That’s terrible and unfortunate.
– But we can search for one together. Why don’t we take a look at them together? That way, you won’t have to worry about anything, right?
– ……
Leshya pondered Moroha’s proposal for a moment.
Oh? Moroha inclined his head. He thought she would certainly reply OK right away.
Then Leshya raised her face and replied resolutely with a clear face.
– I feel grateful for the offer. But I decided to look around various clubs by myself.
– I’m okay with it… but are you sure?
– I’ve just realized that the thing itself I’m worried about is already a problem. I took the liberty to consult it with you, but I should not rely on you. Without you, I wouldn’t be able to adapt to this academy and there would be no point in coming here. That’s why I’ll give it a try myself first.
– Oh…
Moroha was a bit impressed. He thought that this might be the strong impression when a baby stood on their feet for the first time.
– Okay. Do your best. But if there’s something that Leshya can’t do alone, or if there’s a problem, don’t hesitate to rely on me, understood?
– Thank you, Haimura Moroha.
Leshya closed her eyes ecstatically and leaned her head on Moroha’s shoulder.
Abruptly concerned about the grinning eyes of the students walking in the corridor, Moroha caught the weight of Leshya while being shy.
In the end, Leshya did so until the bell signaling the next class sounded.
They simultaneously separated from each other and headed to class 1’s and class 2’s classrooms.
– Then, I’d like you to pray for my good luck.
– Hahaha, sure thing.
Moroha smiled and waved his hand to Leshya who returned with a serious look.
That same day, after school.
When Strikers’ intense special training ended, Moroha was finally ready to go home.
He took off the combat uniform in the locker room, changed into his uniform and headed outside.
He unexpectedly encountered Leshya there.
– You’re still here this late? Oh, could it be that you found a club you liked without difficulty?
If so, then this was the best.
Moroha was about to bless her──and refrained from doing so.
Leshya looked strange.
Without appearing to be able to endure being there a second longer, she continued sweating cold.
– What happened?
– I couldn’t do anything by myself, and troubles occurred.
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– So fast.
Moroha was lost for words.
Leshya cast down her eyes feeling more and more desperate.
– I’m depressed. I should die.
– Hey, I said I’m sorry. Don’t torture yourself. So don’t die.
Moroha hurriedly drove away the dark shadow placed on Leshya’s shoulders.
– S-so? What happened?
The “don’t hesitate to rely on me for anything” Moroha intentionally tried to tap his own chest.
Leshya hesitated for a moment, but she readied herself and opened her mouth.
– That’s──
However, at the same time as she started to say something──someone appeared from behind Leshya.
They suddenly appeared from behind the pillar in the passage,
– We shall explain so, 《Ancient Dragon》!
And declared cheerful words.
Moroha was disconcerted and Leshya turned her head as she trembled.
In the meanwhile, two more people jumped out from behind the pillar.
All of them were unknown.
He barely grasped that they were their Senpais and not classmates.
– We want to scout her for our club!
The leading figure, the Senpai that appeared first, proclaimed in an enthusiastic voice.
– The overseas student from Russia, the infamous among the crazy powerful ones ♥.
The seductive girl Senpai on the right uttered disquieting words as she winked.
– Moreover, she’s an expert in PVP, she fits our club so muuuuuuuuuuuuuuch.
The muscular Senpai on the left said bluntly in a sweltering tone of voice.
What’s wrong with you…?
Moroha turned suspicious-looking eyes to the obviously fishy Senpais who suddenly appeared.
Then he shifted his attention to Leshya and confirmed.
– Why do they know you’re an expert in PVP?
Leshya being “man-eater” was a secret.
– They told me that those interested who came to see had to write an entry sheet and in the field of special kills I wrote that I’m an expert.
– I think pure honesty has a limit too.
No, maybe it was Leshya’s charm that couldn’t write irresponsibly.
Moroha came to that conclusion though with a wry smile.
– So why this commotion?
– After giving a simple inspection, I immediately realized that it wasn’t good, but they obstinately came courting me, I refused and refused but they don’t listen to me.
Leshya glared at the Senpais, having a look with bared wariness in her eyes.
The hand that clung to Moroha’s uniform represented the panic inside her.
– Our club isn’t bad! Try joining the club temporarily first!
– That’s right, it’s as the president says ♥.
– And guide uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuus.
All the Senpais vehemently argued what was convenient for them.
Moroha asked, his gaze still suspicious.
– So? You’re the Senpais of what club?
As if they were waiting for that question, the three Senpais lightened up their pupils and said all at once.
「「「We’re the PVP Research Club!」」」
– Not that our job is to defeat《Monsters》!?*
*TN: Monsters is used instead of Metaphysicals.
Moroha retorted with all that he had, but he couldn’t tear down the triumphant look of the Senpais.
– W-what does this club exist for…?
He wiped the cold sweat while being dumbfounded.
Was there really such a strange club?
The world──no, Akane Academy was wide,
Moroha couldn’t react for a moment, but the hot-blooded Senpai referred as president clenched a fist in front of his chest and took a pose.
– Did you say “what does this club exist for?” How admirably of you to ask that!
Rather, he began to talk seemingly happy.
– If the White Knight Organization grows and the number of《Saviors》increases favorably, it wouldn’t be strange that those who began to run on the path of evil and that conspired with fellow groups to plan unpardonable things eventually multiply. So we predicted. Someday it should be necessary to have an institutionalized anti《Savior》police-like feature within the White Knight Organization with enough political power to rival every Division! And at that time, the skills specialized in PVP will be demanded, don’t you agree!?
– First of all, Onee-sans fighting against《Metaphysicals》is NG ♥.
– They’re disgusting, I don’t physiologically tolerate theeeeeeeeeem.
Everyone but the president hid their real intentions…..
Moroha was at a loss and a little appalled.
– We need that girl who is an expert in PVP as a member! That girl will become our hope and our ace in no time! Absolutely!
– As for the club, she’s recognized, but the Onee-sans are social outcasts, so we want her to give us prestige ♥.
– At least I want to buy sweets every day with the club expenseeeeeeeees.
Come on, everyone but the president hides their true intentions….
– I’m grateful for the invitation, but these are the feelings of the person in question.
Moroha embraced Leshya to hide her like a father protecting his daughter.
Then, and to confirm Leshya’s intention once again,
– You advised me to pass on martial clubs, so I refused.
She explained in an overly serious tone of voice despite being nervous in his arms.
– But more than that, I don’t want to have such weird friends.
– That’s true.
– Even I have the right to choose my friends.
– That’s very true.
Moroha nodded deeply.
Given that Leshya wanted to have friends and to do club activities, this didn’t mean that she wanted to find out the meaning of the activity content itself of the club.
– I’m sorry, but please leave. Senpais.
– I’ll be your kouhai,《Ancient Dragon》!
– Onee-san will do good things to you ♥.
– I’ll also be your younger brotheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer.
– Why on earth are you that desperate…?
The Senpais hadn’t even a piece of dignity.
– We’re desperate. I suffer the attack of the cold look of my classmates every day!
– They make fun of us with things like『Do you participate in inter-scholastic athletics competition? There’s no way, is it? *Fired up*』♥.
– Uooooooooooo, now I’m crying just because I remembereeeeeeeeeed.
You should just quit that club…..
– But if a Russian overseas student joins our club──
– If an infamous Russian girl join us──
– If the Russian《Savior》, who is the representation of fear, joins usssssssssssssssssss──
「「「──No one will make fun of us!」」」
– If you don’t go home at once, I’m going to considerably lose my temper, you hear me!?
When Moroha glared at them seriously, the Senpais quickly hid behind the pillar.
– Jeez… Who’s the representation of fear?
Leshya was trying to sever ties with her past and relationship with Russia.
He didn’t want them to call Russia this and Russia that familiarly as if it were the representation of evil.
As he felt he was unable to clear his anger away, his chest was gently caressed by Leshya.
– I don’t care that much. But it makes me happy that you got angry instead of me.
He got moved by her heroicness.
With that, Moroha cooled his head down and let the ones behind the pillar know.
– Sorry, but Leshya is seriously looking for club activities. Is it possible for you to sympathize with her feelings?
– Are saying we’re not being serious!?
The president jumped out from behind the pillar and protested.
– … I think anyone would feel the same if they heard your words?
– We’re serious too! I truly want to refine my PVP skills! Certainly it’s a congenial club and that we chat and eat sweets in the clubroom, but we do serious sparring every day and we really, really want to learn from that girl!
The president made gestures, seethed his blood and exhibited a fervent speech.
Hmm, Moroha pondered.
He didn’t look like he was lying.
– I’m sorry for not having treated you seriously. I apologize.
Despite lowering his head, he looked at Leshya, wondering what had just happened.
– If they’re serious, then I want to respond seriously too.
Leshya looked up at Moroha’s face and assented overly serious.
Moroha understood and stopped embracing her.
Leshya faced the Senpais alone.
– I’m sorry, but I’m a human who only knows how to fight. And you say you’re people who live in battle seriously. If so, then I shall have a match with you. That way, and rather than continuing exchanging words, something will be transmitted to each other.
Whether Moroha supported her or not, whether he sheltered her or not, she thought and replied by herself.
Moroha smiled with his whole face and watched attentively her firm movements.
When the president clapped,
– I accept the challenge! In other words, if we show our abilities and we’re acknowledged by you, then that will do!?
He consented with cheerful words.
The other two Senpais also came out from behind the pillar and showed a fighting spirit with a fearless smile on their faces.
A match by mutual consent.
(Fine, you can do it, but don’t go too far, alright?)
Moroha became anxious to that extent and warned Leshya in a small voice.
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(I know. We’re not going to kill each other, it’s a mere tryout)
Leshya assented solemnly.
(Alright, but…. Can Leshya really go easy on them? I’m worried, you know?)
(Don’t worry. I’m not going to use the cursed sword and I’ll stop when they’re half killed)
There was no sign of jokes on Leshya’s face who agreed one more time.
It wasn’t that regrettable.
Moroha sighed and stared at the Senpais who were getting excited, forming a circle.
With a look of pity.
That said, Moroha, Leshya and each member of the PVP Research Club moved to the first martial arts stadium.
There was a special barrier spread inside there, so it didn’t matter how injured they got, they would be as ever if they went outside of it.
It was the most suitable place to have intense matches.
Five people stood in the arena in the middle of the empty and large building.
With the three Senpais they decided that Leshya would fight them one at a time.
The first opponent was the muscular Senpai──Maeda.
Moroha and the others took distance from Leshya and Maeda and watched them attentively.
There were no other spectators. Nobody hesitated so battles could be done.
Bur for this reason both parties were serious.
They stood at around 5 meters from each other and glared at each other.
Leshya took a hand-to-hand battle stance and just used her hand as a sword without pulling out her weapon.
However, Moroha knew that if she felt like it, she could pull out a hidden knife like a magic trick at any time.
She made a dark prana rise well up from her whole body and calmly waited for the start.
Her expression was grim and her spirit was sharpened. It made remind herself as if she were a thoroughly tempered sword.
Maeda, on the other hand, squared his shoulders to threaten her with his blessed giant build and cracked both hands.
Without trying to show his prana yet, Moroha still didn’t know how much of a user he was.
Without being negligent, Leshya was tensely on guard.
– Listen to my research resuuuuuuuuuuuults.
Maeda raised a thick voice to threaten her.
No sooner he thrust his thick index finger at Leshya than,
– With this battle skill, I overcame the weakness of the weak Kuromas in close combaaaaaaaaaaat.
He started spelling ancient magic characters with his fingertip.
– Oh, he wasn’t a Shirogane.
Moroha was surprised.
Maeda was well built, so he subconsciously had that preconception.
On the other hand, Leshya──because it was no more than a match──willingly didn’t move, and waited and saw without stopping being on guard. With the eyes of everyone gathered on him, Maeda’s Dark Art was completed.
A loud sound was heard.
Immediately after, the giant body of Maeda transformed in a twinkle.
His size swelled two, three times.
The flashy effect ended and──a huge rabbit was crouching there….
What was this?
– Sshaa! You saw Maeda’s specialty《Phantasmal Vision》!?
The president shouted in a triumphant pose.
《Phantasmal Vision》was a Dark Art that created a 3D image.
In other words, Maeda didn’t actually transform, he created a 3D image of a rabbit as if trying to completely cover himself with it, but why this became the victory in close combat?
– Ufufu, it’s cute, isn’t it? You want to love it, right? ♥
– A baby is cute due to the wisdom of the Mother Nature to protect it herself! Maeda is a real tactician who further investigated that thoroughly! There should be no bad person who could attack a cute little rabbit! It’s not a human, it’s something different covered with human skin!
– Noooow, coooooooome. Oh, you can’t come, can youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu?
The three of them erupted in cheers and smugness.
The reaction of Leshya when she heard that──
– Understood. Then I’ll go.
As was expected, it was cold and hard like a blade.
She indeed received Maeda’s extremely arousing rash remark and judged「That it can be overturned」then came close to the giant rabbit in an instant.
By means of 《Godlike Movement》, a Shirogane’s Light Technique that let her gain superhuman speed.
She immediately released a ruthless low kick towards the face of the big rabbit.
A kick went into his stomach that seemed to break almost like a standing baseball bat.
– Ginyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
Maeda immediately shouted.
The Dark Art was cancelled, the illusion of the big rabbit disappeared and his giant body was exposed.
Maeda, who seemed to have been hit on his chin, held his right leg and withstood the pain, hopping on one foot.
Without a moment’s delay, Leshya’s heartless low kick hit his left leg.
Then kicked his pivot leg, a ruthless low kick with which he fell.
A low kick with which he couldn’t move around or lie on his back. Another low kick. And another low kick.
– W-waiiiiiiiiit! They’re sinking! Your toes are sinking into my stomaaaaaaaach!
Low kick. Low kick. Low kick.
– I give uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuup! It’s my defeeeeeeeeeeeeeeat.
Maeda surrendered as he tapped the floor and the rain of torturing low kicks finally ceased.
Leshya wasn’t even sweating, like she didn’t embrace the feeling of winning.
She very calmly looked down at Maeda who still writhed in pain.
– Y-you demon! This girl is the child of a demon!
– How can you send a kick into a cute little rabbit… ♥.
The president and the Senpai girl trembled, hugging each other.
It wasn’t a question per se, but Leshya replied unconcernedly.
– I didn’t think it was cute. Rather, I thought it looked tasty.
「「… Huh?」」
The president and the others were flabbergasted.
Moroha was honestly surprised too.
– When I was very young, I was raised in a children’s home. However, it was a poor home. Russia at that time was also in the midst of an economic chaos. Both the director and the children were forced to live on the fringe of subsistence. For us, the rabbits that the older children could catch in the forest sometimes were unique feasts. I felt that if a giant rabbit like this one now actually existed, I surely would have eaten it.
Leshya talked in a rather plain tone without mixed with any emotion or sentiment.
That, accompanied with a reality that heavy, made the president and the others panic.
– D-don’t go hunting me….
– This girl is actually a predatory woman…. ♥
That made them tremble even more violently.
Leshya wasn’t particularly threatened, but a quiet ghastliness filled her body.
– I-Is this what they call cultural gap…? Hahaha.
Even Moroha joined them to the point he made a sound with his throat.
Anyhow, Leshya won and the fainting-in-agony Maeda was carried outside the martial arts stadium for a moment by the president and the girl then returned, feeling well with the effect of the special barrier.
Then,
– Onee-san won’t go like Maedchan ♥.
The next opponent, the coquettish Onee-san──Kitsukawa would confront Leshya.
Moroha couldn’t help but involuntarily watch Kitsukawa again as he surrounded them at a distance.
Erotic.
First of all, the plump bust that wobbled with the slightest movement was erotic.
The round butt that seemed to bulge out of the miniskirt was also erotic.
The protruding and voluptuous thighs were so erotic that mosaic was needed.
The dark skin that seemed to be from the southern lands was, once again, erotic. The sun-tanned skin was far from a slightly dirty feeling; it was glossy as if being oiled. It was glistening.
On top of that, she remodeled her uniform. The chest was open to the extent her brassiere could be glimpsed, the length was boldly shortened, so the sexy navel was completely visible. Akane Academy girl’s uniform was a dress type, so given that she did this resolutely, she wore her own extreme miniskirt below.
– Ufufu, Onee-san has researched a battle skill that attacks the enemy’s heart ♥. It’s easy for any strong castle to fall if the gates are open, and I can easily defeat even the strongest《Savior》if I make them lose focus ♥.
Prana rose up swaying like a heat haze from Kitsukawa’s whole body.
A rich pink-colored prana.
Moreover, and suddenly, a strong sweet smell similar to mature fruit hung over.
As soon as Moroha smelled it, his head became dizzy and covered his nose with his hand at once.
The president and Maeda had escaped far away in the distance already.
– Is this…《Mars》?
– Correct answer, Morohchan ♥.
Kitsukawa winked in a sexy way.
《Mars》was an ultrhigh-class Light Technique that transformed one’s prana into the source of one’s soul.
Not only it was difficult, it was a performance that depended on the nature of the soul itself of the person in question, so Shiroganes who couldn’t use it couldn’t master it no matter how hard they practiced.
This unknown and enticing scent was the personification of Kitsukawa’s soul shape.
The eyes of Leshya that looked at Kitsukawa became more and more grim.
And bared her wariness at the last moment.
– Ufufu, as expected ♥. So you understand how scary Onee-san is?
Kitsukawa threw a kiss to Leshya.
*smack*, her very thick and erotic lips sounded.
– Ufufufufufu ♥.
With a fascinating smile, she bent forward while flirting, further emphasizing the cleavage visible from the open collar and winked seductively.
The aroma effect of the enticing smell was erotic enough to make one be bewitched.
Moreover, Kitsukawa’s foolery went on and on. Like a stripper, she bewitchingly twisted her body, slowly put her hand on her chest as if putting on airs, took off her brassiere while still wearing her uniform and threw it to place it on Leshya’s head.
It wasn’t a tempting thing. It was too erotic. A walking R rating. Despite this being a school. Moroha could no longer look her in the eyes and turned his face away to a different direction.
And the battle was done without Moroha seeing it.
Leshya, who bared her wariness and carefully measured the opponent’s approach, said.
– I’m not good at reading the subtleties of people’s emotions. However, since I clearly see your seductive act and yes, the clearly troubled face shown by Haimura Moroha, then I clearly find it not funny!
The air violently moved outside Moroha’s visual field.
Maybe Leshya charged and strongly cut off the atmosphere.
– Gyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.
Kitsukawa shouted immediately.
– H-how!? The Onee-san’s temptation attack doesn’t weaken you!?
– I’m a woman too.
– N-now that you mention it, I have only studied this skill against the president and Maedchan ♥.
– You’re telling me something that is sheer stupidity: using a skill that lacks practice in combat.
– Gyaaaaaaaa, this isn’t combat, is it? Stop poking me in the eyes, stooooooop.
The repulsive scream of Kitsukawa and the sound of disgusting blows resounded.
However, as all of this happened outside Moroha’s field of vision, he didn’t know well what was going on.
Yeah. Anyway, Leshya won and the fainting-in-agony Kitsukawa was carried outside the martial arts stadium for a short time then came back, feeling well with the effect of the special barrier.
Then,
– It seems it’s my turn, at last!
The last opponent──the president would face Leshya.
But, for some reason, Maeda and Kitsukawa stood to his left and right.
– Are you sure about this, president-san?
1VS1 fights were decided.
Moroha rebuked more or less politely.
However, the president shook his head in denial as if it were a misunderstanding,
– The battle arts that I’ve been studying is the combination of the three of us so it can’t be helped!
– These guys really don’t get it.
Moroha retorted but the president and the others took the offensive.
Shrugging their shoulders with an exaggerated gesture like an American, they shook their heads and upper bodies to the left and right and took a stance that said「I don’t know what you’re protesting about」.
He felt incredibly angry.
However, Leshya’s feelings were different.
In a calm state,
– I don’t care. It’s natural that a 1VSMany can occur on the battlefield.
She approved the shitty cowardly act of the president.
– In any case, if I abandon something I decided to participate in in the middle of it, then I won’t be able to show my face to the 5ch. users.
– You don’t need to face those guys.
– Why, Haimura Moroha? I promised to post today’s whole story tonight, so they’re going to wait while being excited, no?
– It’s alright to make that thread wait forever.
– Since those are your words, I can’t hear them. I hate ingratitude.
Leshya flatly cut down Moroha’s advice.
Oops, Moroha scratched his head.
– You done talking? I really got tired of waiting!
The PVP Research Club laughed boldly as if saying they wouldn’t lose in a 1VS3.
– You should have come at me at any time.
Leshya’s face seen from the side made the look in her eyes look grimmer and grimmer and sharpened her fighting spirit more and more.
– … N-no way.
Moroha compared both parties with the eye well, not worried about (what would happen to 5ch).
He took distance and decided to watch them attentively, surrounding them at a distance.
Was it a sign that Moroha left the place──?
– Let’s show her the real worth of our PVP Research Club!
– Understood ♥.
– Uooooooooooooooooooo, I’m fired uuuuuuuuuuuuuuup.
No sooner the three gathered quickly in the same place than they lined up from front-to-back.
Moreover, the vanguard was the giant Maeda.
From the perspective of Leshya in front of them, the figures of the president and Kitsukawa seemed to be completely hidden in her blind spot.
The PVP Research Club, now combined, and in that same battle formation, began an assault.
– We got our idea from a game──
– The three of us did intensive training every day ♥ We made it sublimate until it could be used in combat──
– Jeeeeet Streeeeeeeeam Attaaaaackkkkkk!
The screams of the three swirled and hit the high ceiling of the martial arts stadium.
Oh, look!
Perfectly coordinated movement and synchronization…?
Despite the three rushed madly ahead with all their might, no particle was shaken while perfectly aligned in a straight line. Even the shadows of the president and Kitsukawa didn’t stick out from the giant body of Maeda.
How much training did they accumulate every day to be able to achieve an admirable cooperation like this?
The PVP Research Club approached Leshya while maintaining a perfect battle formation and attacked, finally baring their fangs at her. Seeing that, the look in the eyes of Leshya increased its severity even more.
From the opponent’s point of view, this was a difficult thing to──
– What kind of joke is this?
– Ginyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
──It wasn’t, Leshya coolly kicked Maeda, the vanguard, flying out of the way.
The president, who was the second in the line, was also kicked flying out of the way.
Finally, the remaining Kitsukawa was impartially kicked flying.
「「「Uuuuuuu…」」」
The three Senpais writhed in pain while crouching on the floor.
What was this?
– I can’t understand the meaning of the formation just now.
It seemed that Leshya thought the same thing as Moroha.
– It’s as if you were saying『Please crush each one of us』.
Leshya looked down at the PVP Research Club with a gaze as if seeing garbage.
– If you want to make the most of your numbers, I think that fighting by encircling from three sides is more combat-like.
Leshya’s word-knives became sharper and sharper.
– Even if I were to say that I approve that formation, putting the Kuroma as the vanguard is nonsensical.
– Y-You see, our bodies can’t be hidden unless the muscular Maeda is the vanguard….
The president, whose pain seemed to have finally subsided, replied gaspingly.
Leshya, who heard so, turned her face to Moroha as if asking for help.
What was written there was: I’d like you to translate that explanation.
– There’s nothing else, the meaning is the same as what the Senpai said.
– I don’t get it…. Is this what they call cultural gap…?
Leshya groaned, looking serious.
Moroha had no choice but to smile wryly.
And,
– Umm… Senpais? Will you continue?
He asked as he scratched his head.
The three people shook their heads to the left and right all at once while still crouching.
– Do you still want to invite Leshya to the club? And spar like this every day?
The three people shook their heads to the left and right all at once while still crouching.
– Her level is too different from ours!
– I thought I would be killed… ♥.
– Like I thought, the bad reputation of Russia isn’t just for shoooooooooooooow.
They appealed unanimously.
(Though the bad reputation of Russia isn’t the problem here…)
Moroha thought so but some things were better left unsaid.
Lashing on dead people wasn’t his hobby.
– Oh, that’s right. Let’s go back, Leshya.
When he asked her to go outside, for some reason, Leshya shook her head to the left and right.
– Hmm?
– I still don’t think I can join your club. However──
– Yes?
– ──I want to respond to their seriousness and teach them what combat is like for the day.
The face of Leshya, who told so, hinted she wasn’t joking at all.
– If I abandon midway, I can’t show my face to 5ch. users.
It wasn’t that unfortunate.
「「「Eeek──」」」
The Senpais gasped.
Immediately after, and unbelievably standing up, writhing in pain,
「「「Kindergarteners don’t need university lectures!」」」
They disappeared like baby spiders scattering in all directions while screaming terrible words.
The cool breeze of autumn evening blew in from the entrance that was left open.
Moroha and Leshya were left behind, dumbfounded.
Umm, Moroha scratched his head,
– Oh, that’s right. Let’s go back, Leshya.
This time, she assented with an overly serious look.
They immediately left the martial arts stadium and walked shoulder-to-shoulder to the school gate.
Moroha gazed at the setting sun, feeling what was all that.
However, Leshya’s impression was different.
– I’m glad I had a match. They got a nice study.
– Really?
Seriously surprised, Moroha ended up letting out a voice in disarray.
When he fixedly stared at the face seen from the side of Leshya who walked next to him, she agreed with an overly serious look.
– Thanks to them, I was able to understand, though vaguely, what club activities were as I didn’t understand them much.
– Is that so…?
– To me, they looked like they have a good relationship.
– Yeah. That’s true.
What Leshya feels isn’t wrong, he nodded.
– Unfortunately, I didn’t feel like wanting to join their circle, but for me, their relationship seemed pleasant and I felt envious too.
– Yeah. I get you.
He threw in interjections many times to show he was paying attention.
– If I’m with people who have the same sense of purpose and the same thinking; I see, I could understand that I can be friends with people like them. In that case, this means I just have to find a club whose sense of purpose and mentality are the same as mine. I ended up searching at random today, but I finally could get an important clue.
Leshya talked in a stiff tone of voice.
However, her face seen from the side had a soft expression and atmosphere.
The part of the eyebrows closest to the nose that were tense instantly relaxed.
Thanks to the setting sun, it looked as if a deep red color was applied on her pure-white cheeks, they looked very lively.
And beautiful.
– Are you going to work hard starting tomorrow?
– I want you to see my fighting spirit.
– If there’s something that Leshya can’t do alone, or if there’s a problem, don’t hesitate to rely on me, understood?
Moroha stopped walking and said the same thing he said during the day.
– Thank you, Haimura Moroha.
Leshya stopped walking, closed her eyes ecstatically in the same way as during the day and put her head on Moroha’s shoulder.
Her warm and pleasant weight leaning on him.
What was the thought of Leshya now?
Was she warmly thinking about Moroha?
Was she comfortably thinking of Moroha’s support?
While thinking such things──
– Thanks to you, I made a family.
Leshya murmured while having the same ecstatic face.
Then opened her eyes wide open,
– But I want to make friends by myself. I want to give it a try.
She said something trustworthy.
Moroha embraced Leshya’s head and caressed her.
She remained like that, it seemed that it felt good.
The feeling of parting to their dormitories suddenly welled up──
In the end, they were like that until the setting sun was completely set.
The next morning.
When Moroha went to school, Leshya was waiting in front of the shoe rack.
Moreover, she looked strange.
She continued sweating cold profusely and in state that said “I feel like running away”.
– What is it?
– I can do nothing by myself, and problems ended up occurring.
– So fast.
Moroha was lost for words.
Leshya cast down her eyes, feeling even more desperate to run away.
– I’m depressed. I should die.
– I told you already, don’t worry about it so don’t die. May I hear an explanation of what ha──it’s unnecessary.
Moroha turned his eyes behind Leshya while freezing.
More than 10 Senpais were lined up there.
– We’ve already heard that the PVP Research Club proceeded to scout you.
– Those guys secretly acting before others is sly!
– Our club certainly wants your strength!
– Please give us a chance! Let’s have a match!
– And certainly with us, the Shirogane Baseball Club!
– Nope, with us, the Assassination Home Economics Club!
– No, with us, the Most Sinister Maid Club!
The Senpais unanimously appealed to their own conveniences.
– What happened to the club activities of this school!?
Moroha retorted without enduring it and Leshya placed a dark shadow on her shoulders.
When will the day come when she can make friends on her own…!?
Moroha, who made sure that the Queen Coffee Shop had taken the first step of rehabilitation to be a respectable coffee shop, headed to the auditorium with Maya. It was about time for the performance.
– I also want to hear from Leshyonee-san desu.
– Again, huh──
On the way, they talked about that.
– Leshya is an expert in PVP. I think Maya knows that though.
– If anything, is she poor at fighting against《Metaphysicals》nanodesu?
– There are a few reasons for that.
First, the prana she was born with wasn’t strong.
Therefore, and excluding the cursed sword, Leshya’s pure ability was about C-Rank.
Because《Metaphysicals》moved by satana, the cursed sword Leprazan, which absorbed mana and prana, was useless.
To say nothing of poorly turning the「switch」on, if she did so, her allies wouldn’t be able to use《Ancestral Arts》 and the situation would get terrible.
And in case the 「switch」were turned off, the blade of the cursed sword would absorb prana. Therefore, the 5-Planet Techniques such as《Venus》and《Jupiter》couldn’t be used through that cursed sword. Leshya had no choice but to fight using a knife or something.
– I see nanodesu. But being invincible in PVP is reassuring desu.
Maya praised her from the bottom of her heart.
As if the matter in question was important.
Despite Moroha feeling dubious,
– Oh well. A guy with enough prana and mana that can’t be absorbed by the cursed sword. A guy who can defeat Leshya with plain martial arts. I don’t know how many of them are in this world, but with the exception of them, Leshya is unbelievably strong. I can’t imagine her losing.
– I can’t find anyone beside Moroha within the Japanese Division desu.
Maysan smiled friendly.
Moroha felt even more dubious of what made her so happy,
– By the way, if anything, Maya is a Kuroma that is useful in PVP nanodesu.
Maya made a mysterious appeal while smiling.
– I know.
Moroha scratched his head, still holding onto that feeling that didn’t make sense.
Whatever happened in Maya’s Barrier Dark Art《Field of Dreams》was reset when they went outside the barrier or when the duration of the barrier expired.
Its uselessness in fights against《Metaphysicals》like when Fortress appeared at the summer camp was evidenced by captain Isurugi, saying「A lot of research has been done, but it’s no good」.
Conversely, when it came to human opponents, being able to fight with all their power and without reservation in a situation like「I don’t want to take your life, I just want to leave you a bit unconscious, but controlling myself is hard…」, it was possible to call it “a more than great advantage”. This was especially appreciated for people like Moroha whose firepower was so strong it ended up damaging his surroundings.
– If you know that, then it’s fine desu. I want to be depended on desu!
– Hmm…
– *Shock*. Are you saying Maya is undependable desu!?
– No… in the first place, I want this to be the last time I fight with something other than《Metaphysicals》.
Moroha became dejected, remembering the battles against Zhixin and Charles the other day.
Maya finally asked while she was in a good mood.
– What do you think of Leshyonee-san as a girl desu?
Moroha, who already got used to this startling question, answered right away.
– She’s a girl I can’t… leave alone.
– I’m also jealous of that answer nanodesu.
Maya took notes while her cheeks relaxed unlike her mouth.
And with a sidelong glance,
– By the way, if I’m asked what I think of Maya as a girl, how should I answer?
Maya immediately stiffened and her heart throbbed.
Oh? When thinking so, he peeked at her face and the cheeks of the girl were quickly dyeing in a light pink color.
As Maya bashfully and quickly moved her pen on the memo,
– That’s… I would like that to be locked in Moroha’s chest desu…
She said in a voice that seemed to vanish.
It was very rare to see the shy moments of this「angel and sometimes an imp」-chan, so he patted her head gently and slowly while feeling pleasantly.
Maya was certainly a very special girl for Moroha.
Yes.
When he thought about it, it had been 6 months since this girl became his roommate, but he didn’t feel the length of those months and days.
Because he got on well with Maya from the beginning and they were able to open their hearts quickly──