Chapter 1773: It is a fair bet, right? (1/2)

”The winner Rokkaku Haruka!” Mari announced the result of the battle, and somehow everyone was also in shock.

During the mock battle between Erika and Hattori, everyone's reaction was quite surprising. Still, they weren't that much surprised, considering that Erika was coming from the Chiba family, which was famous for their swordsmanship, so even though Erika had won, some people had guessed it already, but as for the mock battle between Haru and Tatsuya, they had to admit that they were surprised.

In truth, when they heard that Miyuki was going to propose to her big brother as a member of the Moral Committee, they thought that Tatsuya would have a special skill, or instead, Miyuki had told them that he had trained under Kokonoe Yakuma, who was the legendary ninjutsu user so they thought that Tatsuya might have one or two skills that he was confident with...

”Onii-sama!” Miyuki quickly ran toward Tatsuya, and her face was full of worry.

”You don't need to worry. He's only light-headed,” Haru said simply.

”Ugh...” Tatsuya held his head and frowned. ”Don't worry, I'm fine, Miyuki.”

Hearing Tatsuya's words, Miyuki let out a sigh of relief, but she knew that the moment Tatsuya had lost that meant...

Miyuki looked at Haru and showed a complex emotion. After all, she knew about Tatsuya's physical ability and skill, even matched Kokonoe Yakumo himself, and Kokonoe even needed to use magic so he could defeat her brother. Still, Haru could take down her older brother so easily.

Mari then looked at Mayumi and could only shake her head.

Mayumi could only show a bitter smile since, without an ability, nothing could be talked about.

”Well, Erika, you will be a member of the Moral Committee from now on. Is that alright with you?” Mari asked.

”Yeah.” Erika nodded simply and didn't show sympathy toward Tatsuya. After all, he was the one who provoked Haru.

Hattori somehow felt better when he saw that Tatsuya lose since this way, they didn't lose the face of the student council.

”I'm sorry, Tatsuya-kun, with the agreement that we have made before, we can't put you into the member of the Moral Committee,” Mayumi said in an apologetic tone.

”But that's...” Miyuki wanted to say something, but she couldn't.

”It's alright. I know my ability isn't par with the requirement of the Moral Committee,” Tatsuya said calmly, and there was no disappointment in his words, but if someone observed him closely, there was some bitterness in his eyes. If he had lost on the magic, then he wouldn't say much, but he had lost on the physical ability that he had confidence with, which made him that his confidence was hit.

Tatsuya still rested on the ground while rubbing his temple since he felt that he had lost something, but...

'Was it my imagination?'

Tatsuya didn't think too much and thought what had happened before was because of Haru's sudden attack, which made him a bit light-headed.

”Onii-sama...” Miyuki wasn't sure what to say in this situation.

Haru didn't say anything. After all, he was the winner. Everything that he told the loser would only be heard as sarcasm. He then sat next to Suzune and didn't say much.

Suzune looked at Haru and asked, ”Is that a physical ability before?”

”Um.” Haru nodded and said, ”I didn't use magic before.”

”.....”

”Why didn't you use magic?” Mari asked.

”Well, because I don't need to,” Haru said simply.

”...”

Haru knew that everyone wasn't satisfied with this answer, so he said, ”Using magic isn't the only way for a magician to fight. Using other means is also important too, right?”

They nodded and decided to accept this answer. After all, there was no way to press him that way.

”Well, since it has ended, then I'll go back now,” Haru said since he didn't want to go back now.

”Eh? Going back? How can you say that? You need to familiarize yourself with the student council's work first!” Mayumi was the first one who rejected Haru's idea to go back first. ”Come on! Let's go to the student council room!” She then pulled Haru's hand and walked directly toward the student council room.

”Erika, come on. Let's go to the Moral Committee's room,” Mari said.

”Un.” Erika nodded, then looked at Tatsuya.” Tatsuya, I'll go first.”

”Yes.” Tatsuya nodded.

Then one by one, everyone started to leave, leaving only Tatsuya and Miyuki.

”Miyuki, you should go first,” Tatsuya said calmly, but inwardly, he didn't expect the taste of losing would be so bitter. He might still have an emotion, but he wasn't that much different from a machine, but in the end, he was still a teenager. He had a shared experience in fighting and war, so when he lost against someone in his peers, he just felt very bitter right now.

”Onii-sama...” Miyuki really couldn't say anything right now.

”Just leave me alone for a moment,” Tatsuya said.

Miyuki showed a sad expression, but in the end, she did what Tatsuya asked him. She bowed her head slightly then said, ”Then I'll be in the student council room first, Onii-sama.”