episode_0022

When we weren’t doing our own work, we would all sit together in the student council room.

A scene like an ordinary conference room.

A large table, chair, bookcase in the middle, and a small locker for each person to put their luggage. There was no designated seat for the student council president, which is common in other schools’ student council rooms.

Among the shabby classrooms, it was the cleanest and most spacious, and when the window was open, it had the best view of Academy City. Before we knew it, it had become a natural gathering and waiting area.

When a wind carrying the warmth of the evening sunset blew through the open window of the student council room.

I was sitting on a chair with Lotta and listening to Kara’s story.

Kara was talking about the flag she had made, with the news department broadcast faintly heard in the distance as background music.

“… And so! I have arrived at a new idea! Why do summons and users have to attack separately? How to combine the ‘Spear’ that I normally use with the summoning skill [Revolutionary Comrade] in an easy to use way! That’s right!”

Cheekkeukkeuk-

Lotta’s two cat ears moved in disapproval.

Actually, since I already knew what Kara said from earlier as part of the game, I was just letting it go to one ear. All I could do was look at Lotta’s two cat ears moving vividly before my eyes.

Cheekkeukkeuk-

Every time it shakes, the fluffy-looking orange fur flutters, and the soft-looking pink flesh shakes elastically. The slightly shiny surface looked like a high-quality cushion made of silk.

A soft and cozy texture that couldn’t be seen in the illustrations in the game.

I want to feel the texture of the cat’s fur by rubbing my face, enjoying the softness of the outside with one hand and the softness of the inside with the other hand.

The sight of burying your face between your ears and smelling the scent of a cat like an old blanket laid out in the sun must be heaven.

Cheekkeukkeuk-

“… ”

My hand goes up without me knowing.

Lotta is still listening to Kara’s explanation with a grumpy expression.

‘Honestly, we’ve become close enough to be friends now.’

I tried to secretly catch that cat, but gave up.

Stop-

Rota must have unconsciously sensed my presence, because he glanced this way.

“… ?”

blink blink

The big orange eyes are filled with doubt. The cat beast’s unique jewel-like transparent pupils widened rapidly and examined my expression.

“… ”

“Ahaha―☆”

“… ”

I laughed it off, but Rota must have sensed the unusual atmosphere with his characteristic sensitivity as a prisoner. He sat on the chair slightly away from me.

Squeak-

Then he glanced at me and made a low sound of warning.

Purrr… !

‘shit. ‘The favorability rating is still low.’

Without paying attention to our delicate atmosphere.

“… So, as I remembered the moments I had experienced when I could not give timely instructions to my dear summons [revolutionary comrades], I strengthened my resolve for the rest of my life—!”

Kara was still making exaggerated gestures and talking about the uncomfortable moments she had while using her main weapon, the spear, and the summoning skill. And it boasts the ingenuity of new ideas.

I wanted to keep listening to my favorite junior’s bragging, but… To be honest, I was slowly getting bored.

‘… Is it such an ingenious idea to just attach a spear blade to a flag and use it?’

In fact, Kara, the main character in the game, has used long weapons from the beginning, and the earliest exclusive weapon design was a flag, so I thought that would be the case even after hearing the explanation about the new weapon.

But it could have been an innovative idea in its own way in this world. I glanced at the reactions of the other two juniors sitting around me.

‘Ah, this is a flag. ‘You can convey a signal to your allies.’

‘Eh! Awesome! ‘You hung a piece of cloth on a window and used it as a flag!’

I felt like I had to adapt to this kind of atmosphere.

While thinking about that, I looked sideways at my surroundings.

sense…

“Phew… ”

Lotta still looked like he was saying something obvious. However, perhaps because he sensed my gaze, which was unusual, the orange cat ears did not move as vigorously as before.

What you hear after that is the sound of a pencil.

Crunchy…

Regardless of our noise, Albit was looking at the general education textbook of the that Bell had distributed and organizing it in his notebook.

She often referred to and annotated the history books kept in the student council room.

Arbit’s voice mutters.

“Hmm… The history of the Aesir warlords… ”

Fluttering-

Albit only glanced at Kara’s words at first, but then completely lost interest and focused only on studying.

I was inwardly trembling when I saw that. Albit was the type of person I least understood until college.

‘The type of person who studies in OT without saying a word even if the class progresses… ‘

A hero doesn’t study or anything…

Didn’t Liu Bei also hang out with drinking friends in the neighborhood and cultivate grand dreams in his heart before he entered the military service?

‘Yu Bei, because you are so absorbed in your studies that you do not go to the Collaboration… I’ll let senior Zhuge Liang get the Gansunmi.’

I sighed inwardly and looked away.

The Japanese speech still continues.

Lotta seemed to be tired of the story that was getting longer, so he cut it off and spoke.

“So, in short, I am saying that I will attach a command flag to the spear and use it. Your introductions are always too long.”

“Uh… hmm… That’s right.”

“If you want to express your thoughts, first state the main idea simply and clearly.”

“I understand… So.”

“And in the end, since there is no ether conductive ore needed to be used as a spear blade at the end of the pole, the conclusion is that we only made the basic form for now, right?”

“That’s right.”

Kara seemed somewhat downcast. So I stopped explaining and put down the item I had been bragging about for a while on the table.

rattle

What she was holding in her hand looked like the tip had been removed from a spear… In short, it was an object with a flag attached to a long pole. However, it was characterized by a sturdy finish so that the indicator flag would not fall off even when used for rough purposes.

I looked closely at the weapon of the first long-armed weapon wielder I had seen since Hilde.

‘I secretly sent the ore I had obtained during my freshman year to … ‘

The second wish I asked Maya for.

『I will process the ore I sent you and make it into a suitable weapon that your juniors can use.』

This is an architecture club where Maya is the head… Unlike construction, which was the major of the Facilities Engineering Department, it was a problem that required crossing several bridges. So there was a condition to wait at least 3 weeks.

‘It’s been about a week since I sent it.’

That was when I was thinking about that.

Suddenly, I felt someone running onto the campus.

‘But why did he come again?’

yet…

bang-!

A huge noise struck the student council room, where only the sound of loud words had been quiet. This was because someone had kicked in the door in a very rude manner.

We all looked at the suddenly opened door of the student council room.

“… Huh?”

“… ?”

“Huh?”

Standing there was Bell, the second-year secretary of the “United Student Council,” a side-tailed kid who had run up to the point where he was sweating.

One day after returning to the garrison of , Bell returned to . As if he still hadn’t received his new school uniform, he was wearing the red training uniform from .

She suddenly entered the student council room stomping her feet with an aggrieved expression on her face.

“You, you, you—!! I helped you so much! Traitors—!!”

“… ?”

“… ?”

“… ?”

“… ?”

“Ah, ah, ah, ah~!! I think you won’t notice if we all tilt together like that! You guys scolded my boss for destroying your school as soon as I left for the garrison!! The boss said that if there was one more complaint, he would put me in solitary confinement for a week in the punishment wing of , but—!!”

Every time I say “ah,” I gesture with a small finger in that order: Kara, Lotta, me, and Albit. And feet rolling with tears in their eyes.

“How can you do that!! I did destroy the classroom a little bit, but you cleaned it up right away!!”

“… It’s right to correct your own mistakes… ?”

“Yes~ Yes~ The cutie secretary doesn’t know about that! If you make a cute girl do that kind of hard work, her cuteness will be weighted more and her cuteness points will be added! in other words! I’ve worked harder than my mistakes!”

“What are you talking about?”

“Wow―☆ I agree with that―♪ Let’s introduce that in our school as well―♡”

“Please understand the atmosphere, senior… ”

This kid wasn’t just unilaterally accusing us, he really believed we had done something.

What are you saying?

I couldn’t understand what this damn kid was saying.

We looked at each other quietly.

-What are you talking about?

-Lotta, did you do it?

-no. Isn’t it Kara?

-no. I’ve been in my room all day since yesterday.

-Then what about your senior?

-No―☆

-That can’t be possible…

-Hey―☆ What does that mean♪

We looked into each other’s eyes and talked with our eyes, but no one understood what we were saying. So we decided to take special measures.

nod

nod

An unspoken agreement shared between each other.

Albit stood up with a determined expression.

And then I walked trotting in front of Belle.

A subtle tension that arises between two people facing each other.

“… !”

Bell gradually narrowed his eyes and glared, perhaps because he thought it was Albit who approached him.

“You, it was you! You bastard!”

“… ”

“For some reason, he always took the lead and glared at me like that—!”

But Albit quietly placed his hand on Belle’s shoulder.

“… Let’s talk first after eating.”

“… Uh, huh?”

Belle is taken aback by the unexpected remark.

At the same time, a rumbling sound echoed from the stomachs of all the students of gathered in the student council room.

Growling…

Growling!

Growling♪

And a sound came from Albit’s stomach right in front of Bell.

Growling

At the same time, the answer resonates.

Growling…

Growling!

Growling♪

Growling

Harmony of empty stomach.

From the moment Belle heard that harmony, she was just sweating and rolling her eyes.

“Well, well… ? What the hell is this… What is it?”

To her, who stood at the pinnacle of Academy City’s fearsome power, ‘public servants’ was an unknown object. A place where you can get a sumptuous meal with just a wave of your hand, and where you can even think about eating snacks instead of rice. For them, ‘empty stomach’ was an unknown darkness and fear.

That’s right.

Belle was horrified by our empty stomachs and our shabbiness.

For the rich, the daily life of the poor was a fear.

This is our five intentions.

Beggar Girls’ ultimate negotiation skills.

[Harmony of empty stomach]

“Ugh… ?”

Bell was frozen, unable to understand what this situation was. Albit whispered in a low voice in her ear.

“Dried bread edges… Would you like to try it… ?”

“Bread… The edges of the bread… Why stop me… Eating… going to be… ?”

A smile appeared on Arbit’s lips. In that smile, there was an ugly satisfaction, as if the one who got dirty first was dragging the pure white girl into a dirty mud pit.

Albit answered quietly.

“… It’s crispy and delicious.”

“… Hehe.”

Belle’s face turned completely pale.

＊

Eventually, Belle let go of her anger in the absurd situation and began to listen to us rationally.

Muttering

“So, it’s really not you?”

“How many times do you say it? We really didn’t report it.”

“Mr. Ha, then what is it?”

“Is it just that the Union Student Council President was in a bad mood because of something else?”

“What do you know about the boss!”

“If you report Senior Bell right now, you will be locked up in the punishment building for a week?”

“Hi! Wrong!”

Belle was walking along the shopping street, chewing on the corner of the bread we gave her.

Quiet shopping street.

There was a quiet atmosphere after the sunset.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Belle chewing on the edge of a piece of bread.

‘In the end, I eat it because it’s given to me.’

We couldn’t fill our stomachs with just dried bread slices, so we ended up going to the shopping street.

A young man from a bakery who always gives us the leftover bread of the day.

It was because the friendly dwarf bakery was closing and it was time to stock up.

‘For a while, I got it from Grandpa Hwata’s, but I couldn’t get it from the bakery.’

After a long time, it was time to shake off the leftover discarded bread.

but…

The moment the five of us arrived in front of the bakery.

I saw an incredible message written on the front door.

[We are closed for the time being due to disruption in flour supply.]

“Huh?”

“Huh?”

“Oh.”

“Ugh♪ This is bad.”

“… ”

Belle saw that phrase and sighed.

“Ah… The erosion situation eventually spread here too.”

“Huh?”

Albit tilted his head at the word that came out again. Belle looked at Albit and answered while still chewing on the edge of the bread.

“Where ‘black ether’ is created in the ether core at the dungeon gate, chaos insects often pop out.”

“Chaos… Even outside… ?!”

“Because of that, logistics transportation is not blocked or disrupted here and there in Academy City… ”

When I heard that, I sighed inwardly.

‘I understand why Hilde is angry.’

A believer who worships dragons.

had begun to pollute Academy City in earnest.