Chapter 106 - Abnormality and White Lily Academy [7] – part 2 (2/2)

「I lost again…」

Sid-san kicked the Anti-Impact Mechanism No. 3 that was lying at his feet, and Idol-san dropped her shoulders.

Right after that.

「With a million gold wager… And Allen-kun’s odds being fifty times… The final sum becomes… Fifty million gold…! Fufufu…Fuhahahahaha!」

Chemy-san, who won an unexpected sum of money, had a wicked smile on her face.

「Alcohol, snacks, gambling…! This is going to be a great weekend! Fuhahaha!」

She was running around like a child with unusually high excitement.

I don’t know why, but… I felt like she was going to be penniless once the weekend was over.

「Allen Rodore, who achieved the best results in first-year, will receive a shield and a certificate at a later date! With this, we will end the sixth ability measurement of this year! Thank you very much!」

After finishing the ability measurement, we had a simple dinner in the cafeteria.

After that, we utilized the vast schoolyard to train our respective swordsmanship.

Ria and Rose were training in High King-style and Sakura Blossom One-Sword style respectively next to me.

Sid-san trained in long-range attacks.

Cain-san was happily doing practice-swings next to me.

Idol-san was training in precise control of lightning.

(…As expected, it’s fun.)

To polish swordsmanship with everyone.

I loved this time of joy so much.

To the extent where I thought – I wish I could pause time in this moment.

A few hours later, when the sun had completely sunk, we dispersed.

「Ria, Rose, Idol-san – see you tomorrow.」

「Yes. Good night, Allen.」

「I’ll see you tomorrow.」

「See you later.」

Because the men’s dormitory and the women’s dormitory were located in opposite directions, I parted ways with Ria and the others in the schoolyard.

After that.

「Sid-san, Cain-san. Well then, I’ll take my leave here.」

「Ou.」

「God, I will see you again tomorrow!」

I broke up with them in the male teacher’s dormitory, and entered the room assigned to me.

「I’m home.」

I greeted as usual, but of course there was no answer.

(It is a little lonely without Ria.)

Because this was not Thousand Blade, it was not possible to stay in the same room with her.

「Even so, I’m tired…」I said to myself, stretching greatly.

Practice-swings for hours, after giving my all during the ability measurement, my body was dead tired.

(I’ll take a bath today and go to bed a little early…)

As I thought about that and just chilled, there was a knock on my front door.

(…Who is it?)

Looking at the clock, it’s already around ten o’clock in the middle of the night.

(Perhaps… it’s Ria?)

I opened the front door with a small guess in my mind.

And the person standing there was,

「Good evening, Allen.」

It was Idol-san with a small backpack.

「I-Idol-san… What’s the matter? Why did you come at this time…?」

「I have a little something to talk about… Can I come inside?」

「Y-Yes, please…」

「Thank you very much. I’m sorry to bother you.」

In this way, I invited the unexpected guest, Idol-san, into my room, with a slightly unpleasant feeling.