624 Do you desire to become a magical girl? (1/2)

Natsuya fell silent for a moment after hearing Seiji's idea about allying with the Yoruhana Family participant. A while later, she shook her head.

”I think it's better that you don't formally ally with my family in the tournament… Even if you reach an accord, it's highly likely that you'll receive more drawbacks than benefits.”

”Okay, then. I'll forget about it.” Seiji directly decided to abandon this idea after hearing her say so.

He had only thought of it as a hopeful possibility to begin with. But since Natsuya thought it was a bad idea, he decided to simply let it go.

Something flashed in Natsuya's eyes. She wanted to say something, but decided against it in the end.

Seiji had resolved himself to enter this battle royale tournament. It would be unnecessary for her to apologize any further to Seiji for getting him involved.

”By the way, Kanna… Fujihara-san is joining this tournament as well. I want to contact her,” Seiji mentioned.

Later that night.

Seiji called Kanna Fujihara and learned that she was only joining this tournament because her family was forcing her to join. He listened to her complain for quite a while before he told her about his own situation.

”You're fighting for the sake of love? How romantic! I'll give you my full support!” Kanna exclaimed passionately.

Seiji smiled and gave his thanks.

The otaku boy and otaku girl easily agreed to become allies. They agreed that if they were on the same team during the group stage, they'd help each other out. If they were on different sides, then they wouldn't attack each other.

Tuesday.

News that Seigo Harano was spotted on Sunday out on a date with Mika Uehara at the aquarium was now spreading throughout the school.

When asked about this, Seigo and Mika both responded that they were only ”friends out having fun together.” Natsuya Yoruhana said that she knew about this matter and didn't mind at all.

Still, this caused a bit of controversy in school. Although the Magic-Devouring Dragon already had an excellent girlfriend in the student council president, he was still behaving so intimately with one of his classmates. Everyone was so jealous… whoops, furious!

But, what could they do? Expose his secret and force him out of school? Everyone had already tacitly agreed to keep Seigo's identity a secret. Anyone that betrayed this would have to risk taking full responsibility for any possible consequences down the road.

Although his girlfriend, Natsuya Yoruhana, said that she didn't mind, and she didn't seem like she was putting on an act at all… which made everyone's anger meaningless... they still felt jealous, damnit! Seigo already had such a wonderful girlfriend, yet he dared to cheat on her so openly!? This was just like him starting a harem!!

Many people were also quite curious just how all this came to be. Just what exactly did Seigo Harano do, or what background did he have, that Natsuya didn't mind his behavior at all…?

No matter what the students thought, Seigo, Natsuya, and Mika all responded in the same way. This small controversy would die out in a few days, after all.

During lunch break, Seiji received a phone call from Shika. He learned that his knight order members' equipment had arrived, so he contacted Hoshi.

After school.

Seiji and Mika met up with Hoshi and went back to the Uehara apartments together.

Hoshi was rather nervous as this was his first time visiting his senpai's home.

He wanted to buy some confectioneries as a visiting present. Even though Seiji told him it wasn't necessary, Hoshi absolutely insisted.

After Hoshi purchased a box of desserts from a nearby sweets shop, they all went to Seiji's apartment.

Upon entering, Hoshi respectfully handed Seiji the box. Seiji could only smile wryly as he accepted.

He then had his junior and Mika try their new spiritual equipment.

Their equipment was the same as Hisashi's—standard equipment. The only difference was in the clothing size.

After Hoshi and Mika finished putting on the equipment, it appeared as if a boy soldier and girl soldier had now arrived… No, perhaps it would be more accurate to say two girl soldiers!

Hoshi didn't appear handsome and cool at all in the black combat uniform. He actually appeared a bit weak and bookish. When he stood next to Mika, they seemed just like two girls wearing boyish clothing.

'Even in such a combat uniform, Hoshi still looks like a girl dressed in boys' clothing? His abilities as a trap are truly amazing.' Seiji's cheeks twitched at the sight.

”How does it feel?” Seiji asked them.

Hoshi and Mika both indicated that the equipment's size was just about right.

They then tested out their weapons.

Just like Hisashi, Hoshi was unable to inject any Mana into the spiritual sword. However, Hoshi was able to transform his red leaves into thorny vines which twined themselves around the sword.

Seiji cast a barrier and had Hoshi try attacking it. The power of Hoshi's attacks seemed alright.

Hoshi was unable to use the spiritual gun. As for the spiritual shield, he could only enchant it with thorny vines just like his sword.

With this taken into consideration, Seiji told Hoshi that he would only need to bring the sword and shield with him when training in the domain.

Meanwhile, Mika was able to inject her Mana into the spiritual longsword and spiritual gun. She could use them normally, but felt that it was rather tiring. And, her attack power was only average.