Volume 11 Chapter 3 (2/2)

「Fueeee, three people coming like this, it feels scary somehow desuuuu~」

Aine who touched Sylvia's stomach spontaneously became speechless.

「……It, it's true……what's this? Even though Britain people should  be similar with Yuris.h.i.+a yet……no, after two, or three years pa.s.sed, this skin will undoubtedly become rough like shark skin with spots all over just like Yuris.h.i.+a.」

「That's rude! There is no spots on me, it's smooth like this! Even I am properly taking care of my skin! I even go to beauty salon twice a week I'm telling you.」

Even while quarrel with each other, the three's hands that were caressing around Sylvia's body didn't stop. No need to mention breast or b.u.t.t, Sylvia's whole body was caressed around leaving no spot untouched.

「Hyaaaaaaaan, it's, ticklish desuu~ this is not just a bit desuuuuu~」

Sylvia searched for help while getting teary. However the three couldn't stop their hands from how pleasant the sensation was.

Aine went 'hah' and came back to her senses. She raised her voice.

「I found it! The upper arm, the upper arm feels the best.」

「Eh!? Is that true!?」

「Wow! Amazing! Perhaps there are still more treasures hidden! In that case I'll search for it thoroughly!」

「Perhaps something more heavenly than this still exist!?」

「Everyone, please return to your sanity desuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!」

Part 7

After enjoying Sylvia thoroughly to their heart's content, the four returned to their room.

They stayed inside the bath for very long, so they opened the window to cool down a bit. Refres.h.i.+ng breeze entered through the collar of their yukata, cooling down their flushed body.

「Looks like there is still a bit of time until dinner.」

When Himekawa opened a conversation with that, Yuris.h.i.+a who was lying down on the sitting cus.h.i.+on on her side replied with a bit tired voice.

「How about taking a stroll nearby?」

「……Sylvia, cannot move desu.」

The Britain girl who was thoroughly toyed with was lying down limply on the table.

「Ahaha……forgive me, Sylvia-chan.」

Himekawa smiled apologetically and shrugged her shoulders.

Beside the table, Aine was rolling on the tatami mat.

「I guess……I too want to roll around for a while here.」

It was truly heaps of corpses all around. It really didn't look like a scene of four girls of that age going in a trip.

Suddenly Sylvia raised her face.

「Then……how about we play card or something desu?」

「Aah, we can do that inside the room. But, the essential card set is──」

Sylvia crawled on all fours and went toward the luggage, then she took out a card set from her bag.

「Your preparation is thorough isn't it.」

Himekawa felt admiration to the thorough preparation of such Sylvia while at the same time thinking warmly of her.

Sylvia smiled embarra.s.sedly and put the card box on the table. When Yuris.h.i.+a lifted her body, she took out the cards from the box and began to shuffle them lightly.

「What will we play? Blackjack? Or else baccarat?」

She suddenly mentioned somewhat unknown names, so Himekawa spontaneously faltered.

「Errr……it will be nice if it's something with easy to understand rule if possible……Aine-san, is there a game that you know about?」

「This is the first time I touch playing cards like this.」

In the end, they played sevens.

Yuris.h.i.+a distributed the cards to everyone.

Himekawa play out the 7 of diamond and heart that were among her hand.

The order of playing out card was Yuris.h.i.+a -> Sylvia -> Himekawa -> Aine.

──'But, it might not be bad to play game with everyone. This is something like the basic of recreation. It feels like when I was a child, I made friend by doing something like this. With this, perhaps everyone can get along…….'

And then twenty minutes later.

「Who is it!? Who is the one that make it stop at 8!」

Himekawa's angry yell resounded.

「I will understand if it's stop at 10 or the face cards, but how can it stop at 8! We cannot progress like this! Who is it? Yuris.h.i.+a-san, is it you!?」

「It's not me! Besides, there is no way anyone will answer if they are asked that question! Ah, I'm pa.s.s here.」

「Why did you pa.s.s!? Actually you have something that you can play out right!?」

「Rather than that it's diamond 3! Who is it!? Stop s.c.r.e.w.i.n.g around and play it out already! The one who is doing such act with twisted spirit like this must be Hayuru isn't it!?」

「I don't want to be told that only by you!」

Murderous atmosphere.

Players imprisoned with paranoia that jumped at shadow.

Whirlpool of rage and hatred.

In this bloodthirsty battlefield, friends.h.i.+p, camaraderie, or trust didn't exist.

There wasn't a single comrade to be found here.

What one could trust was only oneself.

So to speak it was an alone and una.s.sisted struggle.

Everyone other than oneself was enemy.

「With this it's a rise deesu!」

Spade 8 was played out with a wide smile.

「SYLVIA-CHAAAAANNNN! So, IT'S YOU AGAINNNNNNNN!」

Currently it's the fourth game, everything was a complete victory for Sylvia.

Himekawa bit her lips in humiliation.

──'What strength. Her tactic is also magnificent, but above all else it's that formidable luck……or rather, her luck is too strong! Just how much she is loved by G.o.d!?'

Aine clenched her fist tightly.

──'Kuh, why can't I win!? This is just a game of playing out card in order. Even if I try to stop her, I'll lose card that I can play out, but if I pa.s.s then I won't be able to rise up……aah, geez-!'

Yuris.h.i.+a frowned in distress.

──'This is bad. At this rate it will end with complete victory for Sylvia, I won't have any face left as her senior. If I don't do something…….'

「Is something the matter desu? Let's start the next game desu♪」

'Don't tell me she is holding grudge because of the matter in the bath?', such doubt was welling up inside the heart of the three.

「The one at the bottom this time is Aine-san isn't it? Please do the shuffle desu.」

「Eh, yes……」

Sylvia's smile that was without cloudiness in it was terrifying.

*gogogogo* With such sound effect, a black aura was rising from Sylvia. A sensation as though there was a terrifying protective spirit standing behind her attacked everyone.

While Aine was shuffling the cards with inexperienced hand, Yuris.h.i.+a looked around at the hand of the four.

──It's impossible to win by myself. I have no choice other than making comrade.'

Looking back from the game progress until now, Aine was useless. If she was going to find the prospect for victory then──,

Her eyes met Himekawa at that timing.

「I'm going for a bit to the restroom. Hayuru, keep me company☆」

Himekawa felt somewhat uncomfortable when Yuris.h.i.+a winked at her while she stood up.

「Yes……I also wanted to go to toilet so」

「Sylvia-chan, watch over Aine so she doesn't cheat okay?」

「Roger desu.」

「What's with that way of talking huh!」

And then five minutes later the battle resumed.

7 was played out. This time Aine had one 7, Sylvia had one, and Himekawa had two in a good omen. At this rate if she could continue playing out card without pa.s.s, it would be Himekawa's victory.

However originally there was a tactic of making pa.s.s instead even when one had card that could be played out. So to speak it was 『Stopping the card』. Doing that was for the sake of inviting the opponent's self-destruction. When the opponent had no card that could be played out, as expected they would be unable to do anything except pa.s.s. In the game this time a player could only make three pa.s.s. More than that and it would be considered defeat.

Therefore, originally this was a game of picking the optimum method amidst that degree of freedom, but this time the circ.u.mstance was different.

Himekawa glanced at Yuris.h.i.+a who sat at her opposite side. Yuris.h.i.+a returned a signal with just her blinking.

──She would let Himekawa win.

That was the signal's meaning.

The one with the most 7 from amidst the cards that were distributed at first, she would be the one that was prioritized. That was the agreement when she formed an alliance with Yuris.h.i.+a in the toilet.

In the end would Yuris.h.i.+a fulfill that promise?

Such thinking crossed Himekawa's mind.

However, there was nothing she could do even if she thought it. At Sylvia's blind spot, Himekawa put her elbow on the desk and rested her cheek on her hand, then she raised her fingertip. Aine was concentrating all her nerves at her hand and the cards on the desk, she had no leeway to look at Himekawa's way.

Himekawa raised a finger. It was the signal for the topmost area on the desk. In this case it referred to spade area. Next she raised three fingers, her pinkie, ring finger, and middle finger. That was the signal for 8.

If there was spade 8 among Yuris.h.i.+a's hand, she should play it out.

By the way if she raised her fingers from the thumb side, it was the signal for 1 until 5. If she raised her fingers from her pinky side, it was the signal from 6 until 9. In case of 10, she would clench her hand and twisted her wrist. In case of face cards, she would continue her wrist movement with 1 until 3 to designate the card.

And then it was Yuris.h.i.+a's turn.

Spade 8 came out from Yuris.h.i.+a's hand.

──'Good!'

Himekawa murmured inside her heart.

Like that the round was going along favorably, and Himekawa's hand was decreasing until there were only three cards left in her hand. Sylvia had four cards left. Yuris.h.i.+a and Aine had six.

If she could leave them behind with this pace, it was her victory. But, there was a problem.

She already had no card that she could play out.

Himekawa's hand consisted of queen of spade, diamond 3, and ace of heart.

At this endgame, the cards that remained in her hand were only the cards that were high in turn of order. The real match was from here on. Until just now Himekawa was putting a stop at clover 9, but she had no other card she could play out so she used the card. Sylvia played out 10 after that, so she thought that it was a bit unfortunate but it couldn't be helped.

So that she could play out her remaining cards, Spade 10 and jack, diamond 4, and heart 2 and 3 had to come out on the desk. She had came to this point without using pa.s.s at all, but at this rate she would be forced to use pa.s.s at her next turn. If Sylvia managed to keep playing out her cards without using pa.s.s, it would be the victory of Sylvia whose turn was in earlier order than Himekawa.

Sweat trickled damply on Himekawa's back.

At that time, a devil whispered inside Himekawa's heart.

'You are going to lose', the demon said.

Her body s.h.i.+vered from a chill.

Terror and despair toward defeat attacked Himekawa.

She was falling into illusion, as though the tatami she was sitting on, and also the desk the cards were put on, all of them were distorting flabbily like jelly that couldn't be relied on.

Throughout the world it was only her alone who was sinking, swallowed into the darkness of dread.

An overwhelming sense of despair.

Her salvation was,

……none-!

She almost drowned into a vortex of defeat and resignation, it was at that moment──,

She could see light inside the darkness.

A golden radiance.

──G.o.ddess?

It was a maiden with blonde hair that looked s.h.i.+ning.

The blonde hair fluttered inside the darkness.

That radiance was the only torch that showed her the path she should advanced through inside this jet black darkness.

It was her sole revelation, the only place she could lean on. The golden thread she ought to put her faith on.

──'That's right.'

Light dwelled inside Himekawa's eyes once more.

──I have earned even Yuris.h.i.+a-san's cooperation after much pain, there is no way being unable to win can be forgiven! This is not a problem of just me alone. I and Yuris.h.i.+a-san……no, including Aine-san too we the three seniors fight with our dignity on the line. Losing is not permitted!'

Flame was blazing in her soul.

──'There surely will be chance without fail. Something that will bring me victory!'

「aAAAAAAH! GEEZ-! I LOST AGAINNNNNN!」

Aine tossed away her cards.

──'It comes!

The groundwork for my path of victory!'

Aine's defeat was set in stone with her fourth pa.s.s. And then Aine's hand was put on the desk. If there was diamond 4 among Aine's hand……!!

It was there.

──'Nice a.s.sist! Aine-san!'

Himekawa sent a thumbs up inside her heart toward Aine who was writhing on tatami.

Sure enough at the path that stretched out from diamond 7, a bridge that connected toward diamond 3 in Himekawa's hand was placed.

──But,

If, in the case that Sylvia had diamond 2 and ace of diamond, what then?

Was it fine for her to be in high spirits and played out her diamond 3 when her next turn came?

No, it was still too fast for her to be happy.

Among Aine's hand there was spade 10 and heart 3. So that she could play out queen of spade and ace of heart inside her hand, one more card for each needed to be played out by the other first.

──'Calm down Hayuru.'

She mustn't play out card that would give Sylvia advantage. The possibility of the cards that Sylvia had. The cards that she absolutely didn't have, card that wouldn't cause any influence toward anyone.

──'Then!'

Himekawa stared at the one who sat at her opposite side, the blonde haired G.o.ddess of victory.

While hearing the sound of her heart beat that was fiercely ringing inside, Himekawa questioned Yuris.h.i.+a using her fingertip.

Himekawa asked whether she had heart 2.

Yuris.h.i.+a looked at her own hand and the table alternately, and continued making expression of worry. And then, her beautiful white fingertip elegantly picked a card, and threw it on the table.

With a flutter, that card fell beside heart 3.

──'Heart 2.'

Himekawa desperately endeavored herself so that her expression wouldn't change. Inside her heart, she was embracing her grat.i.tude toward her comrade.

「Then, Sylvia will use this desu.」

Clover 3.

It was a card that didn't affect Himekawa.

And then, Himekawa played out her ace of heart.

Two card remained.

Next she wanted to play her queen of spade. The king of spade had been put on the table from Aine's hand, so this card was a safe one. Conversely there was a possibility that Sylvia had diamond 2.

Himekawa asked Yuris.h.i.+a.

Jack of spade.

Yuris.h.i.+a bit her finger with the same pondering face like before. Throughout this game Yuris.h.i.+a was making a difficult expression all along. It was Yuris.h.i.+a's poker face, her acting.

And then the card that Yuris.h.i.+a played out was,

──Jack of clover.

Himekawa received a shock.

This was, what in the world……could it be, Yuris.h.i.+a mistook her sign? Or perhaps she misunderstood? Or else……!?

A devil crept near below Himekawa once more.

──'No, I believe Yuris.h.i.+a-san! The fight is not over yet!'

The next card of Sylvia.

Seeing how Yuris.h.i.+a didn't have it, that meant jack of spade was among Sylvia's hand.

Sylvia's small hand wandered above her three cards. And then her pink nails of her fingertips chose one card.

That card was put on the table. It was,

──'Jack of spade!!'

Himekawa released a sigh of relieve and pulled out one card from her two cards.

That was the card of victory, queen of spade.

The one that dealt the finis.h.i.+ng blow to the enemy, the queen of sword(spade).

At this moment, Himekawa's victory was a sure thing.

Part 8

When Himekawa was immersing herself in the aftertaste of her victory, there was a knocking sound from the door and a voice came from the other side of the sliding screen.

「Excuse me. The preparation for dinner is finished, is it fine for us to start serving it?」

Himekawa turned her face to the direction of the entrance.

「Yes! Please do!」

The sliding screen was opened. The waitress lowered her head while doing seiza before bringing in the food. Himekawa and others put away the playing cards in a hurry.

The dinner was a banquet in a style where each food was brought in one by one.

Perhaps Sylvia was unable to restrain her expectation, because both her hands were moving restlessly.

「This is the first time Sylvia will have a genuine j.a.panese style dinner desu. Sylvia is excited desu.」

First was the appetizers. Fried manganji, eel with shredded dried plum dressing, snow crab, and boiled urui in bonito-flavored soy sauce, such foods were lined up. (TN: Manganji and urui are vegetable in j.a.panese.)

「My? They are using Kyoto vegetable here……moreover there is conger eel too. This loos like Kyoto cooking.」

Himekawa who looked happy for some reason reached out for a chopstick.

「Aa, come to think of it, Hayuru came from Kyoto wasn't it?」

Yuris.h.i.+a picked at the eel while asking.

「Yes. My home was nearby the s.h.i.+mogamo shrine, but right now it moved to Kyoto float.」

「Hee, isn't that great. Like that you can return home easily.」

「……That's envious desu.」

Sylvia whispered that in a small volume. She was smiling like usual, but Himekawa felt something that caught her attention from her voice.

「Sylvia-chan came from London right?」

「Yes. Sylvia's home was near Paddington station desu.」

Yuris.h.i.+a reflexively spoke about what she was reminded of after hearing that station name.

「Is that Paddington of Paddington bear?」

Sylvia answered with a reaaally bright smile.

「That's right desu! That's why, Sylvia loves bear-san desu♡ There is also the statue of Paddington bear in Paddington station you know desu.」

However her bright expression vanished right away.

「But……Sylvia doesn't know what happen to Sylvia's family right now desu.」

Both Himekawa and Yuris.h.i.+a spontaneously looked down.

They knew that London was also greatly damaged with the appearance of Entrance. However, they didn't know anything at all more than that.

Yuris.h.i.+a spoke with a bright voice as though to blow away the gloomy atmosphere.

「It's fine! Surely they are alive somewhere.」

「Tha-, that's right! There is no doubt that it's like that! Isn't that right, Aine-san?」

「Ye……yes. I guess.」

Although Aine nodded with a smile, for some reason her reply was inarticulate.

Sylvia narrowed her damp eyes and directed them a happy looking smile.

「Everyone, thank you very much desu. Sylvia also thinks so desu! Surely there is no doubt that they are safe desu!」

Yuris.h.i.+a jokingly smiled and shrugged her shoulders.

「Even I don't know how is my family is doing. I think that they have moved to megafloat……but, they are in West USA so they must be somewhere in Atlantic Ocean. Even if we wander aimlessly at Pacific Ocean, perhaps we won't meet with that megafloat.」

Next, everyone's gaze was naturally moving toward Aine.

However Aine kept her silence. Her gaze fell to the floor with her face sweating.

「I……」

「Aine?」

She was gripping her chopstick tightly and she looked like she was greatly troubled.

「Aine-san……」

Aine couldn't remember clearly why she was in Ataraxia. She didn't feel any question about her being here, and she didn't really feel that it was strange which was excessively puzzling.

──'If I remember right I was together with Grace……no, that wasn't it. I was called to Nayuta lab……and then I reunited with Grace after so long in the academy……was it?'

Seeing Aine who kept silent, the three wondered whether they had brought up a topic that mustn't be touched and they felt panicked.

「E, err, Aine──」

At that time, the room's sliding screen opened.

「We have brought the next dishes.」

Yuris.h.i.+a, Himekawa, and Sylvia instantly exchanged gaze.

「Lo, look, we need to eat quickly! The next dishes came already!」

「Uwaa, this is bad desu. Sylvia will hurry and eat desu! Aine-san too, hurry desu!」

「That's right! If, if you don't eat then I'll have all the manganji you know? Ah, next is soup. Clear broth soup of tofu skin, it looks delicious♪」

「Everyone……」

Aine lifted up her face and began to eat the appetizer in hurry.

「Good grief, I cannot be careless and show any opening to you all. I'm eating properly, so don't s.n.a.t.c.h my portion.」

'The usual Aine returned'──The three was a bit relieved seeing that.

Part 9

All of the dishes were delicious. They ate yuzu orange sherbet for dessert, then they took a breather while drinking tea. They had after meal rest for a while, but just staying inside the room was boring, and they had gotten really heated up with the card game, so it felt like it would be boorish to continue more than that.

「Then, how about we loiter inside the inn for a bit?」

With Yuris.h.i.+a's suggestion, it was decided for them to explore the inn.

First they went out of the room and tried going to the lobby. The lobby was s.p.a.cious, it was a pleasant s.p.a.ce. A large flower arrangement was put at the center, and decoration like colorful and vivid folk crafts were decorating the wall, giving a beautiful impression. A woman wearing kimono was standing by at the modern counter that was illuminated by indirect lighting, when their eyes met the woman bowed naturally.

A corner of the lobby was turned into a souvenir shop, they spent their time there for a while.

Yuris.h.i.+a was only picking peculiar things, starting from things like wooden sword or pennant, while Himekawa, Aine, and Sylvia each bought box of sweets as souvenir for everyone in their cla.s.s.

With bag filled with snack on hand, they further looked around the inn. Yuris.h.i.+a requested an express home delivery service, so her hands were empty.

「What is this place desu?」

Sylvia peered into a dark room with its lighting turned off.

「The recreation room……I think.」

Himekawa read the letters that were written above the door. Her hand crawled on the wall around the entrance, and when her search found the lamp switch, it became bright inside the room.

There was a shelve on the wall, lined up with a variety of board game. But, what attracted their eyes the most was the large green table placed at the center of the room. Their gaze was attracted to that table where a net at the center was dividing the table between left and right area.

「Is that……ping-pong table.」

Four rackets and several b.a.l.l.s were prepared at the shelves on the wall.

「Waa─, it's ping-pong desu! Sylvia want to try it desu♪」

Yuris.h.i.+a's voice also sounded excited.

「Table tennis is it? I have never played it before, but it looks interesting.」

Aine spoke gravely as though to pour cold water on the fun atmosphere.

「No, this is a different game called 『hot spring ping-pong』 just so you know.」

「Aine-san……you are blurting something strange again.」

Himekawa ma.s.saged her temple.

「Hot spring ping-pong, it's a traditional contest that had been continued in j.a.pan since the Showa era. All people who traveled to hot spring are regarded as the contestant of this contest.」

Yuris.h.i.+a folded her arm in admiration.

「Hee……is Aine an experienced player I wonder?」

「No way. I have never done it before.」

It felt like *gaku-* sound could be heard from how Yuris.h.i.+a and Himekawa's mental state slid down.

However Aine continued her explanation proudly.

「It's an absurd contest that is only similar with ping-pong. It has a peculiar difficulty……I heard.」

Sylvia who was listening seriously tilted her head in the middle.

「In other words, this is something like volley ball and beach volley desu?」

Aine nodded with a serious face.

「The difference with the normal ping-pong is how this contest is done while wearing yukata. Other than that the contestants only wear a set of slipper. Also the rule isn't that strict……in short, if the ball that fell on the opponent's court couldn't be returned back then it's their defeat.」

Aine looked around the face of everyone. It seemed, not to mention hot spring ping-pong, the other had never even played the normal ping-pong. 'In that case──', Aine's lips loosened.

「How about we settle everything with this? I am told that in the past this hot spring ping-pong was used to deepen friends.h.i.+p while at the same time that match was also used to decide the pecking order.」

──'If it's a contest that demand a simple physical ability, it should be advantageous for me. I'll win this and wash away the disgrace from the card game just now! And not just that, I'll make them recognize me as the main force of Amaterasu……like that Kizuna's main partner will be……♡'

「What are you doing grinning by yourself like that, disgusting.」

Aine returned to her senses after that tsukkomi from Himekawa.

「Hah! It, it's nothing at all! Ra, rather than that how about it? You all scared?」

Yuris.h.i.+a's eyebrows twitched up.

「Fufun♪ Isn't this interesting.」

However Himekawa seemed disinclined.

「Well, if it's just for recreation……」

Sylvia brought the rackets and b.a.l.l.s that were placed on the shelves and looked up to Himekawa.

「This looks fun desu.」

Stared by that innocent smile, Himekawa sighed.

「I understand. Then, let's give it a try.」

Saying that, Himekawa accepted the racket.

Like that the first Amaterasu hot spring ping-pong tournament was started.

First match, Aine VS Himekawa.

「This is the end-!」

Aine's full power attack burst. The ball pounded Himekawa's court with a terrifying speed and it rebounded with changed angle, grazing Himekawa's racket and slipped through.

「Eh!?」

Sylvia quickly raised her hand.

「Aine-san's victory desuuu!」

Himekawa's shoulders dropped in dejection.

「Haa……I lost.」

The winner Aine made a composed smile and tapped on Himekawa's shoulder.

「Don't feel down Hayuru. It can't be helped with the gap between our ability.」

「This is because Aine-san was making your pointlessly huge b.r.e.a.s.t.s kept jiggling, that I couldn't concentrate on the match!」

「Wha-!」

Aine's cheeks reddened in a flash and she hid her b.r.e.a.s.t.s with her arms.

「Ufufu~n♪ If Aine caused that, then when you see my play, you are going to faint you know♡」

Yuris.h.i.+a closed her one eye and stood before the ping-pong table.

「Both of you, please at least wear underwear! That's shameful-!」

「It's fine. There is no one else here except us anyway.」

Yuris.h.i.+a did practice swing lightly while saying that. Yuris.h.i.+a's explosive t.i.ts were shaking, looking like they were going to jump out from behind her thin yukata anytime.

In contrast with that t.i.ts──,

「Please treat me well deesu♪」

Small t.i.ts, or rather they were flat. Sylvia hopped up and down *pyon pyon* but they didn't bounce at all. Seeing Sylvia hopping up and down with an excited expression, Yuris.h.i.+a, Himekawa, Aine, the three went──,

'……So cute♡'

Their heart spontaneously calmed down.

「──But, I won't go easy on you.」

Yuris.h.i.+a unleashed a service with her full strength right from the start.

And then, after several rally, the match was decided.

「Aa~ Sylvia lost desuuu~」

Sylvia was frustrated with her eyes turned into cross mark.

「But, you are quite something. It's amazing how you returned my attack like that.」

「You're right. The aim of your serves was also pin point. If that was accompanied with power, wouldn't it become dangerous for Yuris.h.i.+a-san?」

「And most of all, your speed and instantaneous power are good aren't they? Also your counterattacking motion was fast, it was amazing. Is that because of your light weight I wonder?」

Although Sylvia lost, she received high praises. The praises caused Sylvia to withdraw into herself in humility.

──And then the final was Aine VS Yuris.h.i.+a.

「Both of you please do your best desuu~」

「Aine-san! You won against me, so I'll be troubled if you don't become the champion!」

Amidst the two's heated cheer, Aine and Yuris.h.i.+a glared at each other. Aine who obtained the right for the first serve from the rock-paper-scissor game held the ball in one hand and a racket in her other hand, and she took her stance.

──'It's coming!'

Yuris.h.i.+a's eyes s.h.i.+ned.

Aine swung her racket with a shocking speed and sent the ball flying. At that time Yuris.h.i.+a was already moving.

「How naïve, Aine!」

Yuris.h.i.+a hit the ball back aiming at the very edge of Aine's court.

「The naïve one is you!」

Aine moved agil

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