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A morning like any other.

“Hmm… Okay, decided.”

As I stood in the kitchen preparing to go to school, after much thought, I decided to prepare a lunch box for two as I usually do.

As Senior Perjena advised, I’m planning to grab someone I know and have lunch with them from now on. I think it would be polite to invite them to eat with me at least once.

Moreover, the only people I could talk to were people who knew well what I had done for Tirisia.

I don’t know what they thought of my lunchbox, but looking back now, I realize that I’ve never once cooked for anyone other than Tirisia.

Wasn’t that a bit too affectionate?

I had a self-reflective thought that perhaps, up until now, I had only been blindly looking at Tirisia, and as a result, I had not been able to look around.

Therefore, from today onwards, Erto’s lunch box and mine is public property.

As usual, prepare two servings and feed them to whoever it is.

“Even if we break up, the work we do doesn’t decrease in the end… ”

After getting ready, I headed to the academy, thinking about who I should talk to first.

*

The academy’s mock match time is back again today.

The randomly assigned sparring partner is the one who just happened to be in my head.

“Another round♡ Sloppy♡”

Ranked 27th in the official Academy rankings. Lucica Rapisle, without a nickname.

Before the duel began, she flashed her playful face in front of me, her cherry-colored twintails fluttering.

“I wonder what kind of face our Heojeopto will have when he cries today~♡ I’m looking forward to it♡”

I also raised the corners of my mouth and responded to her provocation.

“This time, you need to get your act together. It’s a little different from last time.”

“Huh~? You’re so confident today? I feel bad♡”

“Get ready.”

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After lightly clashing the wooden sword and the double-wielded dagger they held in their hands,

“Okay, let’s go♡”

“Come on!”

The fight that ended in my defeat last time started again.

Cock!

Kak!

Each time the two bodies fell and reconnected, the dull, wooden impact sound rang out repeatedly instead of the friction of fire and metal.

“Ahahaha! As expected, you’re slow, sloppy♡”

“Huh!”

Kagagak!

Although Lucica was inferior to me in terms of brute force, she continued to force me into close combat at a disadvantage by using her light movements, steps, and the versatile attack routes of her dual-wielding weapons.

From my perspective, where I had to aim for a single blow by taking advantage of the long sword’s range and superior physical strength, the key to victory was to find an opening in Lucica’s relentless movements.

Kagakak!

However, her opponent is a strong girl, ranked 27th in the entire academy.

She continued to provoke me without exposing any openings, as if mocking my tricks.

“You acted like you had something to show, but you were just talking? Pathetic♡”

Kagakak!

I had to keep moving backwards and barely manage to block the daggers she swung with an arrogant smile.

Top, middle, bottom, and then top again―

In that moment, Lucica turned her body, briefly changing the trajectory of the dagger she was about to swing.

this.

Fake!

The real thing was my stomach, which was completely exposed, as I raised both arms to defend my upper body.

“eight♡”

puck!

“Ugh!”

A moment later, when the tempo was late, a familiar kick landed in my stomach and my body was thrown backwards.

“Eotchacha!”

But unlike last time when I collapsed helplessly, I managed to do a back flip and land on my feet.

When I raised my head with one hand on the ground, I saw Lucica with her leg raised in a kicking position.

“Hey, hey, I can see your panties.”

“I’m wearing underwear~♡ Pervert who peeks under girls’ skirts♡ Are you excited?”

“Tsk.”

I tried a mental attack once, but it only diminished my dignity as a human being. I’m talking nonsense.

“The result seems obvious♡ If you lie down right now and lick between Lucy’s toes, I can gently spank you♡”

“Okay, you’re caught. Take off your shoes right now.”

“Eek♡”

As I opened my eyes wide and strode towards her, Lucica jumped back coquettishly.

“Are you finally going to show your true colors? Disgusting♡ Die♡”

“You said it yourself… If you won’t show your toes, then come at me!”

“Death penalty♡ It’s summary execution♡”

“Oh my gosh!”

I kicked the ground and flew in, slashing down with my longsword.

“slow♡”

This time, he slashed diagonally upwards at Lucica, who had easily avoided the blow by twisting her body.

“It’s obvious♡”

Lucica goes out of orbit just by bending her body backwards.

Without stopping my strikes, I turned my sword around and struck diagonally.

Cock!

And then the blade was intercepted by two daggers crossed like scissors.

“Clumsy♡”

I said this to Lucica, who was looking up at my face with her pink eyes slightly opened and grinning, for the last time.

“Oh, right. Do you want to have lunch together later?”

“Huh?”

“Gap!”

For a moment, he grabbed Lucica by the collar with one hand, who had a blank expression on her face, and threw her onto her back.

“―Ugh!”

Bam!

However, Lucica, who was spinning her legs like a windmill in the air, escaped his grasp and the attack failed.

I saw her smiling, hiding her embarrassment, as she slid across the grass and straightened her posture.

“, you suddenly said something strange and I was surprised, you pervert♡”

“What’s so weird about asking to eat together?”

“Eh… So… you’re saying that the three of us, including Tiring, should eat together?”

Lucica shrugged her shoulders, spreading out both arms holding the dagger.

I shook my head at her with an indifferent expression.

“No? You and I are going to eat together?”

“… in?”

This time, Lucica’s whole body froze beyond just her expression.

I didn’t miss that opening and kicked the ground with all my might.

“You are the sloppy one!”

A horizontal slash with the sword laid sideways with the momentum of the charge.

“Ah!”

Lucica suddenly came to her senses and tried to take a defensive stance by crossing her daggers, but

Kaang!

A swift sword strike sent the wooden daggers flying high into the sky.

“Wow!”

The recoil of the weapon in her hand ricocheting off her body caused Lucica to land on her buttocks on the grass.

The moment I opened her frowning pink eyes, the tip of my wooden sword was under her chin.

“Haa… ?”

A girl frowning as if she doesn’t understand what’s happening in front of her.

“I finally won a game.”

As I took back the wooden sword and snickered, Lucica finally came to her senses and shouted.

“This, I can’t accept this! This is fatal! This pervert! This fraud! This toe fetishist!”

“Ahh… So this is how sweet the loser’s cries are.”

As I put my hand to my ear and tilted it as if to say, “Where else can I try?”, a pink feather flew towards me.

Bam!

“Ugh!”

A woman with trembling twintails and a blushing face approached me, who had dropped her sword and fallen down in an awkward manner.

Dismissal, dismissal,

A magical red electricity began to bloom from her body.

“This… This… ”

“Please save me.”

I thought I was going to get hit with my special lightning magic, but

“Why am I eating with you―!”

Tukan!

The red lightning shot straight across the sky.

The magic power dispersed from Lucica’s body as she screamed, and she asked me while breathing heavily.

“What is Tiring doing? Why is she suddenly doing this to me?”

I covered my head with both hands and lifted my head up to ask again.

“No, is that the angry part?”

“I’m not angry! I’m just a little dumbfounded!”

I don’t know if asking someone to eat together is so absurd that it would make people angry, but since that’s what he said, let’s just accept it.

“Tirisia said… she had something to do during lunch time. So we decided to eat separately for a while.”

“Tiringi? Why didn’t you say anything to me?”

“Why would I report that to you?”

“Hmm… ”

Lucica, who was deeply thinking about something and had her mouth shut, came close to me and squatted down.

Clink-

Her thin fingers pricked my cheek.

“You, did you do something wrong to Tiring?”

“What?”

That’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard.

“There’s nothing like that.”

“Hmm, really?”

Knock knock knock

Lucica, who used to stare at my face and poke my cheek without any meaning,

“But why are you suddenly looking for me?”

He asked that, burying his face slightly between his knees.

From my perspective, that question had such an obvious answer.

“Well… you’re the closest person to Tirisia.”

“Huh―?”

“And I’ve known you for so long, but I feel like I’ve never treated you to a proper meal, so I wanted to do something for you now.”

“Oh, yeah, I see.”

Lucica, with her arms wrapped around her knees and her face buried deep in them, looked away for a moment and fell into silence.

The area under her eyes was covered, so I couldn’t see what expression she was making.

“You always buy meals with meal tickets anyway, right? I prepared everything for you today, so just come with your body.”

“Kick.”

Suddenly, a laugh came from between Lucica’s knees.

“?”

“Just bring your body, okay?♡”

The light pink eyes shining between the twin tails were bent upwards like a crescent moon, filled with her usual playfulness.

“This pervert♡ Adulterer♡ Even his single-mindedness is sloppy♡”

“Whoever hears this will misunderstand… ”

Lucica raised her head and said with a bright smile on her face, resting her chin on her hand, as if she was feeling so good.

“I can’t help it♡ Since the dirty water is so clean, today I, Lucy, will take care of it♡”

“Oh, really? Thanks.”

“Gyahat, I feel bad for liking that look♡”

… …

From a third party’s perspective, you are the person I like the most right now.

I wanted to say that, but I was afraid of the electric massage, so I decided to keep my mouth shut.