Vol 7 Chapter 3 (1/2)
Chapter 3 - School Festival Rhapsody I
——World Dragon Seventh Institute, Yellow Dragon Temple
“I cannot consent with that!”
In one rooed voice echoed
“Why must we form a team with those twins?!”
“Hmm, even if you say that”
While dangling her feet as she sat on the Kaorgeous crafts’s veheLu
The siblings Li ShenYun and Li ShenHua were standing behind her with serious faces
“HuFeng, do you have any complaints about my selection?”
“I have a lot of complaints!”
“…You have now come to speak quite frankly”
To HuFeng who affirLu muttered rather impressed
Certainly, when HuFeng becaht/stiff and there were many cases where he was unable to have his ith his conized, took the position of unifying the Wood Faction and as he was entrusted the task of XingLu’s secretary at the sahtness vanished in no time
As he was Lu’s words and actions beyond unprecedented amounts around the clock, he had no roo respect to XingLu as her disciple, but this and that were different stories
“Well~, I don’t particularly h~”
The wo broke in
Her wavy long hair was light brown and she also had well-ordered, yet clear-cut features In World Dragon where there were many students of the Asia area, this appearance of Cecily was conspicuous; but even though she looked like this, she was the Taoist which unified the Water Faction, XingLu’s disciple N°2, and World Dragon Seventh Institute’s rank 4 with the nicknah she was a person equivalent to senior disciple to HuFeng, their fellowshi+p itself was older and they achieved being the runner-up as tag partners in the last
“At least when it couys are already far aboveone?”
“You are too sketchy, Cecily It is not aas one is talented’ Besides, with three Taoists… no, fourth people including the Great Master Brother, the balance as teaht?”
Cecily’s character has not changed fros She was the type of person to clean a rooularly tidying it up
——No, correction Even in that case, Cecily would left it to so her hands on it… or rather in
“Huh?! What, HuFeng Are you by any chance frustrated that no one was selected from the Wood Faction? I see, I see~, if that’s the case, you should just frankly say it; how cute~”
When Cecily revealed a co to her voluptuous chest and stroked his head
“Wai-! P-Please stop that, Cecily!”
HuFeng turned bright red and struggled in breaking loose fro a Taoist
“It’s all right, it’s all right; you know that Big Sister[2] is properly trained in taijutsu, too, right~?”
“T-That’s true, but I don’t mean that… no, like I said please release me!”
Cecily was by nosomewhat disliked this part of hers that treated him like a child
“As usual, you two get along quite well”
Though XingLu innocently laughed watching them, at that time the back door opened and a tall male entered the room
“…I’ve kept you waiting”
His sharp look, his virile features, his tough body which one could understand was toned even fro at all let theof coercion to those who saw him
“G-Greetings, Great Master Brother…!”
“…It’s fine, sit down”
The , who hurriedly tried to stand and boith only some words
HuFeng as overawed by the sharpness of the glint in his eyes could do nothing but sit again as he was about to stand up
——Woo Xiao Fay
World Dragon Seventh Institute’s rank 2 with the nicknaLu’s best disciple who when she appeared in this acade in martial arts and Cecily in Star Senjutsu
But, Xiao Fay usually secluded hion Te tiedly, it was said that he was the only one who could serve as XingLu’s training partner, but HuFeng and even Cecily did not knohether it was true
When that Xiao Fay stood before the round table, he slowly put down the tray he held in hand On a closer look, there was a set of Chinese tea implement there
“U-Um… Greast Master Brother?”
“……”
HuFeng unintentionally called out to hi hilance His eyes were focused on the tea implement at hand Xiao Fay was familiar with it—— but as he poured hot water with careful hands, the tea leaves softly danced inside the glass-made tea implement
As tiave a s, poured tea into tea cups for the nu and company
Xiao Fay who finished the distribution sat on the seat in front of HuFeng and drank a mouthful of his tea share——
“…Umu”
He nodded still expressionless, yet contentedly
“N-No, no! What are you doing, Great Master Brother?! You should just let somebody else serve tea! Or rather, I’ll do it!”
HuFeng as taken aback finally came to his senses, drew back his chair and stood up
“No, but this is also Master’s command…”
“Master!”
“Hmm?”
As HuFeng sternly turned his gaze, XingLu was drinking the tea, which Xiao Fay served, with a calm face
“What do you let Great Master Brother do?!”
“The tea that Xiao Fay serves is the most delicious, so I can’t help it”
Saying so, XingLu joyfully laughed
“Well, this tea is certainly delicious~”
Cecily sitting next to HuFeng did not seem to mind it much either
“It’s fine, so you too, stop always co and just drink it”
“No, but…”
“Just do it”
“Y-Yes…”
Pressed by XingLu, HuFeng nervously carried the tea to his mouth, too
“——!”
At that h HuFeng could not say that he knewtaste that he has never tasted so far
“C-Certainly, this is delicious…”
“…Umu”
Xiao Fay who heard these words nodded somewhat proudly
“Co do you intend to stay like that?”
“Y-Yes…”
“Well then…”
Urged by XingLu, ShenYun and ShenHua nervously sat on the seats, too
Since the teren’t much acquainted with Xiao Fay, they were probably dumbfounded, too
Thinking so, HuFeng felt only just a little sense of familiarity to them
“Now then, I will announce once again A my disciples, I select you five to participate to the next <gryps> Don’t disappoint me”
XingLu’s tone was light in the same way until now, but a peremptory pressure lurked within it
The fourth people except HuFeng immediately took a stance of Bao Qan[3] with a bow——
“Yes… understood I do no longer have any complaint”
HuFeng finally resigned hihtly late
“However, Could I at least hear the reason why you add those twins to the team?”
“What, it was just to compensate the team’s weakness”
“Weakness?”
“Both HuFeng and Cecily have ability, but somehow you’re too honest For a team, people who are able to handle the dirty work like theht?”
“…I see”
HuFeng could not but consent after she said so
HuFeng hihts and as for Cecily, she had a battle style which began with brute force approach and ended with brute force It was hard to say that either of they like the twins
Then, HuFeng noticed the only person as not mentioned
“Master By the hat about Great Master Brother?”
“Hmm? Yes, he has no problem either way Do whatever you like”
“Yes…”
“Hohoho, then everyone, you should endeavor in training until the day”
XingLu who contentedly nodded said that and ju way
“You’re going out… don’t tell ain?”
“Yes The public performance’s day is close I must also confirm the completion”
HuFeng intended to iLu pretended not to understand it
“When you say that event, are you referring to the school festival?”
“That’s right Really, it’s unheard-of…”
To Cecil’s question like it was so his head
Onewas the season of the year where Asterisk’s students were mostly excited
Of course, uishi+ng theiven up on it and chose to enjoy their youth were not few in numbers, either For such students, the school festival held in spring every year was more of an enjoyment than the <festa>
——To Eishi+ro who emphasized as such, Ayato nodded as he was honestly impressed
“Heeh… I see So that’s why it’s so large-scale”
When looking outside of thefroes and food stands were advancing here and there on the site even now at lunch break As the school festival opening would be in two days, it seee everywhere
“They will be whatever one likes such as the lecturewhere well-known OB will be invited, the presentation of various clubs, confrontation battles with other acadee-scale since it will continue for three days in all of Asterisk”
“But if I’m not mistaken, wasn’t this sort of school festival only japan culture?”
“Yes, at first it seemed to be an event only in Seidoukan, but now all the other schools have completely beco with the <festa>, the school festival is one of thecustomers”
Eishi+ro was carefully explaining while nibbling melon bread
Since there weren’t any class changes in Seidoukan Acadeed even though they becaes Still, Ayato felt a strange connection having Eishi+ro sitting like this at the seat behind him
“After all, it’s the only event where all the six academies opened their sites It’s basically only in this period that people of the general public can enter the acadeht?”
“Which means that not only tourists, but we also can enter other acadeht?”
“Yes Although, the places that are being opened are only the school site and sos; so if you carelessly try to enter so”
Saying so, Eishi+ro pointed at the school badge on his chest
“By the way, pseudo-school badges which have that function are also distributed to the general visitors when they enter the school pre the school Festival, the control of the non-carrying of school badges and the duels became more severe You should be careful, too”
“I’ll bear it in mind”
Regarding that warning, it was announced many times by the academy, too
“Now then, I guess I’ll go do another task”
As Eishi+ro who finished his lunch licked his fingers, he ju
“Another task now? What will you do for the afternoon class?”
“We’re in the final stage just now After all, it’s the biggest event ever done since the founding of our club”
Eishi+ro was devoted to the school festival’s event as he stayed overnight every day lately
It was not an event of Seidoukan, too
During the school festival period, there would also been a festival in Asterisk urban area and various events would be opened there; it seemed that Eishi+ro’s newspaper club would be responsible for one of them
Although as for the event itself, the technical systeon would take a leading part and advance, and pro-media clubs like that of Eishi+ro and co and publicizing
“Although it’s an off-campus event, a three acadee scale, so look forward to it”
“That’s good and all, but can you stop beating around the bush and tell me what you’ll do?”
It seemed to be a participation type event, but Eishi+ro has not yet revealed the details
“I’ll leave the fun for until the event’s day”
“…And it comes from someone who forcibly makes people enter it”
As Ayato lightly turned a bla wryly, Eishi+ro distorted his rinned
“Hehehe, about that I’rateful to you With the na the participants, the event will increase in value with that alone”
Although Ayato tentatively lent his naan to worry a little because he did not think that it would beco a deal
“But, is it really all right? I also said it before, but I have a prior engage the school festival I can’t absolutely promise that I’ll be able to participate”
Since he was indebted to Eishi+ro in various ways, he really wanted to cooperate with hi on the situation
“Can’t you somehow make so that you’ll able to? Hey, please!”
However, Eishi+ro joined both his hands and bowed his head as he assu
Ayato felt slightly uncomfortable as he saw him like that
“At any rate, you’re quite enthusiastic Is there any reason for that?”
Eishi+ro was usually enthusiastic about the newspaper club activities and Ayato also understood that this was a major event, but even so, this enthusiasm of his was not normal
“Ah, no… to tell you the truth, rather than me, my club president is already extremely enthusiastic about it, you see In the first place, it’s also her who directly went into the Meteoric Engineering research otten the participation of the newspaper club”
“When you say president, are you talking about that bob cut[4]?”
Though vague, Ayato recalled having seen her face once over a space
“Since president will also graduate in this year, she wants to launch huge fireworks in her last year So I, her faithful dog, a my best like this, too”
Eishi+ro tried joking as he said so, but even if he hid it by doing so, one could understand that he was unusually embarrassed
This was the first time that Ayato saw Eishi+ro like this
Perhaps because Ayato guessed his truearound the bush and scratched his head
“Ah, so it’s sohtly indebted to the president I’ll have nightiri!”
“H about it, but…”
Though he was surprised at Eishi+ro’s laudable side, he could not fail to keep his promise
“Rather, what is that prior engage about? If it’s fine with you, could you tell me…?”
“Ugh…! Errr, that’s, um…”
His prior engagement of school festival ith that diva Sylvia Lyyneheym
As a thanks for having helping hi Flora before, for some reason he would have a date with her in the school festival
But, since she didn’t contact hiun to think that maybe it was a joke, but——
『Ah, hello Ayato-kun? It’s about the school festival, but I’m sorry for the late contact I had a bit of trouble to pick a day off But I e to win some vacation days, so let’s have our date in three days, okay?』
Just the other day, he received such a e from the very Sylvia
…Be that as itto Eishi+ro
“A-Anyway, I’ll just try discussing with the person But, it et a confirmation”
Although he would meet with Sylvia in three days, he has not heard yet up to their date’s small schedule Or rather, it looked like Sylvia fairly overdid it in order to take soh at all
Even if there was no problem since he only heard the appointht not be able to contact her until the appointed day
“OK, that’s enough I’ a favorable reply as much as possible”
As Eishi+ro said so, he suddenly changed the topic as he recalled so
“By the way, you’ll have a break froht?”
“Ah, yes It looks like Julis will practice independently though…”
Claudia seemed to have work as the student council president, and it looked like she would run around here and there during the school festival period On the other hand, Julis, see any interest at all in the school festival, said that she would seclude herself in the training room
“Heeh, she’s a hard-liner, that Princess”