Chapter 1811: First Day of the Competition (1/2)
The next day was the third of August. As if last night's incident didn't happen, the raising of the curtain of the Nine Schools Competition ceremony had taken place. Then starting from this day and ten days onward, a total of twenty magic contests, including rookie and official matches, would take place.
After the ceremony ended, as usual, Haru, Miyuki, Honoka, Shizuku, Erika, Tatsuya, Leo, and Miki also walked together while looking at the schedule of the Nine Schools Competition.
As for Mizuki? She had an important task to check out whether the staff might sabotage the CADs of the First High School team before the start of the event, so she didn't join them.
The first event that would be held on the first day was the official Speed Shooting Boys and Girls Preliminaries-Final Tournament and Battle Board Boys and Girls Preliminaries. Both events would give 50 points to the school that won the tournament.
On the girls' side, the official Speed Shooting would be represented by Mayumi, and the official Battle Board would be represented by Mari. Without a doubt, both of them would be able to win those two events. As for the guys? The First High School might have given up on the official Speed Shooting, but they didn't give up on the Battle Board since it was represented by Hattori.
Even though Hattori might have lost against Erika in the past, he was still the top five most powerful Magicians in the First High School, so without a doubt, the result for the Board Game for the guys' side would be quite good.
”Well, Mikihiko, I'll call you that. Is that alright?” Haru asked.
”Yes.” Mikihiko nodded.
”Do you know the Monolith Code, right?”
”Un.” Mikihiko nodded.
”Then you should know that this event will be represented by three people. One is me, the other one is Morisaki Shun, but I'm not satisfied with the last one, so if possible, I want you to replace him,” Haru said.
”Huh?” Mikihiko was surprised by how Haru was so direct!
”Do you want to do it?” Haru asked.
”I....” Mikihiko was, of course, happy that he had a chance to show his worth, but he was also hesitant whether he could do it or not.
”Whether you'll mess up or not, I don't care much. What I want to know is whether you want to do it or not. Since Erika has recommended you, then I know that you have a skill, and I also have heard about the Yoshida family, but if you don't want to do it, then it is better of us to forget what I have talked about before,” Haru said while looking at Mikihiko.
Mikihiko gulped, but then he nodded. ”I want to do it.”
”Good.” Haru smiled and said, ”I'll report this matter to Juumonji-senpai later.”
”But is this okay? What about the feeling of the contestant that I will replace?” Mikihiko asked.
”Don't be naive.” Haru looked at Mikihiko and said, ”We're looking for a third consecutive victory for our school. As long as we can win, I'm sure that he'll understand, so I need you to be on our team, so are you ready?”
”...” Mikihiko could feel that he started to sweat, and he could feel that there was a lot of burden on his back, but at the same time, he wanted to take this task, so he nodded without hesitation and said, ”Yes!”
”Good.” Haru smiled and said, ”When the first-day event ends, let's talk again since I have somewhere to go.”
”Huh? Haru, where are you going? We're not together?” Honoka asked sadly.
”Sorry, I met my acquaintance here. I'll talk with all of you later,” Haru said and left everyone.
”Acquaintance?”
”Who might that be?” Erika frowned.
”Family?” Shizuku titled her head.