Chapter 109: The Angel’s Borrowing Item (1/2)

The only events Amane had to participate were the ball toss, the borrowing race, and the cavalry battle all the boys had to participate. Thus, he was rather free.

Some particularly enthusiastic went for more than two, but Amane was not particularly invested in the sports festival, so he only registered for these two, and the group event.

Just to note, the ball toss ended.

There was not much passion in such a competition, and it was merely a matter of throwing balls into a basket hanging up there.

They had to snatch the thrown balls, but there were already lots of them, and no need to contest. The entire competition ended peacefully.

Chitose nudged Amane in the back, wanting him to be active, but there was no reason to stand out.

The ball toss was merely a game of picking a few balls, gathering them at a spot, and throwing them at a basket. It was nothing particularly outstanding, just a boorish repeat of actions.

The only matter of particular note was that they scored more than the White Team. it probably was because they were more accurate, and gathered the balls in the first place.

“You really choose the really boring events Amane~”

“Shut up. It’s your duty soon. Hurry on.”

“Ah, yes.”

Chitose looked at her schedule “Man, being a committee member sure is busy~” she grumbled as she went over to the organizing tent.

Then why did you sign up for the job?  he wondered, but it was a little too late.

He watched Chitose skip off, and scanned the schedule pinned on the tent pole.

There were only a few events left for the morning. This would include Amane’s last personal event, the borrowing race.

Once they ended, it would be lunch break, followed by the afternoon.

In other words, once the borrowing race ended, Amane was only left with the cavalry battle.

“…But seriously, she’s in charge of the borrowing race?”

Since she was taking over this time, it appeared Chitose would be in charge of the following events, and she would be the judge…Amane had a feeling she was aiming for this.

He did not know who would be deciding the items, but it was likely someone planned something, which scared him.

His heart suddenly felt heavy, but he went towards the gathering spot for the next event, the borrowing race. It appeared Mahiru too went for this event, for she was waiting silently over there.

There was nothing for them to talk about, so Amane did not speak up. The moment his eyes met Mahiru’s however, she smiled and nodded towards him.

They kept their distance outdoors, but Amane’s heart raced a little once he saw her give her usual smile.

Amane acknowledged her with a usual stoic look, but he was feeling uneasy inside.

And Chitose, organizing this sports festival, looked at Amane and Mahiru happily.

Once it was time for the event, the participants followed the instructions of the in-charge…Chitose, and went to the field.

There were lots of folded paper scattered on the field. On her command, they could then pick up these papers, and retrieve the item listed inside.

Unlike the other races, this borrowing race was rather leisurely, and the objective was to enjoy the borrowing process. They did not have to be so serious.

Depending on the listed item however, one might end up in a public execution. He had to be careful.

“All participants, please stand on the starting line.”

Chitose gave clear instructions through the microphone. She could be a proper emcee, assuming that she did not fool around. She had a cheery personality, was adept at reading the mood and situation, loud and clear, not too shrill, and could gather attention.

“On your marks.” she did not fool around at all for the time being, as all the students and staff were watching.

The gun however was held by another boy, so she was just in charge of the countdown.

“Get set” a beat after she called out, the airgun was fired.

The sound of this gunshot would always be bad for the heart, but Amane stoically jogged towards where the papers were put.

The faster runners had already opened the papers and read the contents. Amane followed them, picked up a folded one, and saw what was inside.

There were a few words in proper handwriting.

“Someone you think is pretty.”

He was asked to pick a person and not an item, but he did expect something like that.

He really want to comment about who would choose such topics, but luckily for him, he could somehow deal with this.

At the very least, it was not the hardest kind of question, ‘the person he likes’. He simply had to choose someone who was objectively pretty.

In other words, he had to call over the acclaimed beauty…which would be Mahiru. Once Mahiru was done borrowing her item, he would just have to bring her along to the finish line.

Though he might stand out if he be brought her along, it was the requirement. Everyone would think it was an appropriate decision once they knew what he had to take.

Such was his thought as he intended to look for Mahiru, who probably was looking for a piece of paper…someone grabbed at his T-shirt next to him.

Truth be told, she was pinching rather than grabbing. The hem was tugged at a few times, and he turned around skeptically.

Right before him was the person he was looking for, looking at him worriedly.

“Fujimiya-san, I will have to borrow you. Will you come along with me after you borrow what you need?”

“Eh, me?”

“Yes.”

Amane never expected them to have to borrow each other.

In a certain sense, this was good, but he felt it was too obvious.