HPDBC Chapter 78
Chapter 78
We finished dinner and gathered on the benches in the open space in front of the dormitory. Everyone had changed into comfortable clothes, so the outfits were varied.
There were three benches set up in a U-shape next to the dormitory building.
This was a great spot for light conversations.
“I like the middle! Hahaha!”
Eir, dressed in red training clothes, plopped down on the middle bench. With her legs spread wide open like a king sitting on a throne, she exuded the aura of a great general.
I looked at her with disapproval.
“...”
The way she stretched her thighs until the crotch of her training pants was taut.
It was a posture called "manspreading," the type you most hate to encounter on the subway or bus.
In my working days, I wished someone would just ask those men to close their legs...
Eir, as expected of the unchallenged ruler of the northern slums, had that unsightly habit.
“...”
“What’s up, [Spiral]? Why are you staring like that?”
In my previous life, all I could do was pray.
But this time, I had to take action.
Swoosh!
I grabbed Eir's knees, which were indecently spread apart, and closed them. But she giggled and spread her legs open again.
Swoosh!
“...!”
When I corrected her again, she made a point of spreading them wide once more.
Swoosh!@@@@
Swoosh!
Swoosh!
Swoosh!
‘Sigh... goodness.’
I closed her golden gate again with the resolve of a mother trying to teach her precious child. But our precious child kept opening it and giggling.
“Is this some kind of training? Hehehe!”
“...”
Swoosh!
Swoosh!
Swoosh!
Swoosh!
Swoosh!
Swoosh!
“Senior...”
“What... are you doing?”
“Another weird behavior, starting again?”
The juniors wore baffled expressions. The looks in their eyes as they watched our constant open-and-close actions were filled with resignation.
‘Weird behavior! It’s an etiquette lesson!’
Somehow, I felt a stubborn determination from those words, so I politely closed Eir’s knees again. But understanding the meaning behind my actions, Eir decided to tease me.
“Yap!”
Eir took on an acrobatic posture that evolved from manspreading.
She placed both legs wide apart on the bench like a gymnast. Although it was a very flexible and beautiful posture... in my eyes now, she was a super ultra special child.
You.
Why don’t you understand a mother’s heart?
“...”
“Kikiki...”
This troublesome special child prestige edition had no intention of listening. She pretended to rotate her shoulders or stretch while provoking me.
‘I’m getting tired...’
Perhaps because she wasn’t my child, any further education felt impossible. So, I gave up and plopped down next to her with a light rebuke.
“You get three demerit points, Eir...☆”
“Kikik...! Oh, is that a declaration of defeat? But what are demerit points?”
“They exist♪ I won’t tell you~☆”
“A loser’s lament!”
“No, it’s not☆”
“Yes, it is!”
“No, it’s not☆ Mom didn’t teach you like that!”
“Why a mom joke here...?!”
Albite intervened between us. Her thick eyebrows were raised in disbelief.
“What were the seniors even doing?”
“I won the match. Hehehe!”
“Ugh... the red child won’t listen...☆”
“Trying to control the flames as you wish! Foolish one! Hahaha!”
Eir laughed heartily for a while.
She grinned widely, revealing her shark-like teeth, and exclaimed as she admired the surroundings.
At some point, she properly folded her once-spread legs.
‘Was she just unwilling to lose to me...’
Eir sniffed the air deeply through her pointed nose and spoke in a satisfied tone.
“Oh, the air is nice here! Hehe... in the northern wilderness, there’s always a dust storm, so it’s hard to find clean air like this!”
“Of course, it’s such a nice place to live~☆ You can see the landscape of the academy city well because it’s on a hill♪”
‘Hilde said she’d handle the school events... so what should I do now?’
As I quietly pondered.
Eir suddenly stretched and spoke.
“Hyaaawn—!! ...If there’s nothing to do, why don’t you come to our school festival? I should head back soon; I think the kids’ hierarchy should be sorted out by now.”
Festival.
It was indeed a regular event responsible for summer in
‘Even in the game, it came out as a trivial farming story and a swimsuit skin-selling event... but to see the festival of
The warrior’s nest,
Thus, we asked in surprise.
“A festival?”
“A festival?”
“A festival?”
“A festival...?”
School festival?
You guys?
You simple-minded and brawl-loving guys?
Such intent-filled eyes.
Eir grinned as she looked at us with those eyes and said.
“Kekek...! Didn’t our school have quite a few exchanges with other schools recently? So, the kids say...”
The ensuing explanation.
We were astonished by the absurd festival method planned by
Their festival was an unlimited field open-world PVP zone.
They created a place for passersby to fight to their heart’s content and foster (?) camaraderie—a field of sweat and friendship.
‘Does
I wondered if a school, relatively laid-back, or rather, simple-minded in atmosphere, could be responsible for the safety of such a rough event.
And so, arriving at
The pandemonium disguised as a festival had long since begun.
And...
“D-damn it!! I’m getting out of here!! This place is crazy!!”
“Hyaaaah—!!! You coward!! You’re not worthy of a warrior!!”
“What are you talking about!! You damn redheads—!! You attack when you’re the ones carrying weapons without warning!!”
“Hyaaaah—!!!”
“Uwaaaah—!!”
Sure enough... there were delinquents unfortunately caught up in their festival.
Indeed, they were fools.
“Don’t... don’t move! Do you not understand what I’m saying?!”
“...?”
“...?”
“...?”
Finishing my recollection, I glanced to the side.
‘Around the third stage... she can barely use [Wave Ether]. For a delinquent, she’s worked hard.’
The delinquent holding a knife to my neck. She was originally the leader of a large delinquent gang ruling this area.
But she and her gang, patrolling their territory, ended up unfortunate victims of the warriors’ festival. And the hostage she chose to break through this situation... was me.
“...”
“Senior, are you okay?”
Albite asked about my wellbeing nonchalantly.
She had grown strong enough to handle such a situation with ease.
“...”
Suddenly...
I felt like indulging in hidden power for once.
The discarded kidnapping event of Clara.
‘I don’t necessarily need to recreate it, but having at least one story go according to the original might be nice.’
I couldn’t deny a feeling of unfairness from being constantly embroiled in unexpected incidents.
There was no risk, and no need to worry.
I thought it might be nice to approach it as if playing tag.
With everyone watching now.
Taking the opportunity to visit another school, I wanted to give the juniors a quest.
‘This is... a memory for you guys—☆’
I screamed with all my might and clung to the delinquent leader. Startled, she seized the moment when everyone was in a daze and carried me off, running.
While being carried on the delinquent leader’s back, I shouted.
“Kyaaaah—☆ Help me—☆ At this rate, I’ll be kidnapped—☆”
“...?”
“...?”
“...?”
“What...? L-Lara’s kidnapped?! I’ll verify the situation!!”
“I will execute it, President!!”
“W-wait a minute, Boss!! No, Hilde, sis!! If you go, there’ll be no one to work!! Please, spare your adorable secretary—!!”
Brynhild kicked open the front door of the temporary office, wielding a massive lance. Beside her, Ziklin, carrying a large sword, stood gallantly.
And Belle was sobbing, buried under a mountain of documents.
“Please don’t leave me behind...!”