TEASER CHAPTER 5 PART 3
Shortly before Nozomu and Mars having a mock battle, the 1st class was having their lesson at another training ground.
The
content is combat training in the same mock battle format as Nozomu and Mars.
However,
the atmosphere of the 1st class students
who gathered at the training ground was different from that of the 10th class, and the class was wrapped in a tense atmosphere.
In
Solminati Academy, which was a meritocracy, it was never easy to keep achieving
high grades.
If
they weren't careful, their rivals would kick them down. And the treatment of
students who have fallen from the upper class to the lower class was by no
means gentle.
Humiliated
by former classmates and treated as a tumor in their new lower classes.
Around
the first year, some students shined in the upper class, but after that, they
were unable to keep up and they fell to the lower class. Many of them dropped
out of school because of that.
And
competition tends to be worse in higher grades.
In
such a tense atmosphere, Lisa Hounds stared at the corner of the
training ground.
"..."
"Lisa?
What's wrong?"
"Ken?"
Lisa
turned around in response to that voice, and there was her childhood friend,
Ken Notis, from the same class.
He
looked in the direction Lisa was staring with a suspicious expression, where a
girl with long black hair and a girl with brown hair fluttering down to her
shoulders talked as they prepared for the lesson.
"Ah,
Irisdina-san? So, are you curious about your rivals?"
Lisa
and Irisdina were almost equal in combat training and were rivals who had
collided countless times during combat training classes, mock battles, and
exams.
Ken
wondered if Lisa was curious about her rival, but Ken thought Lisa wasn't just
curious about that.
"...
Or, are you curious about Nozomu?"
"
!? "
The
moment she heard Ken's muttering words, her face looks surprised for a moment,
but soon she harbored a flame of anger in her eyes, bit her lips, and distorted her face.
"It's
okay. I'm here. You're not alone."
Ken
whispered so in Lisa's ear, pulled her to his chest, and hugged her shoulders.
"..."
Lisa
just silently left herself to Ken, but her expression was still stiff.
A
voice that was neither Ken nor Lisa can be heard from behind.
"Oh.
Both of you are so hot ~"
When
Lisa and Ken looked back to the source of the voice, a girl sighed with her
hands raised as if she was amazed.
A
girl with reddish-brown eyes whose hair was cut roughly at the shoulders of the
same color as her eyes.
Even
though her facial features were well-arranged, her facial expressions and
demeanor did not look feminine.
"Ca,
Camilla!"
"Umm~
Lisa. It's good to see you two flirting, but please pick another place.
Everyone is watching."
"
!? "
