The Flying Board awards ceremony was held, and the top 5 teams, including the champion, our team, were each presented with an award and prize money.
As for the prize money, I thought I should just give it to Aoi-chan and Hina-chan, but neither of them agreed, so it was decided that the prize money would be split three ways.
Incidentally, the 2nd place went to Scarlet Blue. Black Muscat had been leading, but in the final race, Scarlet Blue had managed to overtake Black Muscat and won 2nd place.
The event itself ended with an awards ceremony, but the locals kindly organized an afterparty. Although it wasnāt compulsory, the competitors participating in the afterparty voluntarily helped with the preparations, and we decided to follow their lead and help out as well.
[ā¦ā¦Shall we help out over there as well?]
[Right. This is kinda nice. Everyone doing the preparations for their party, I mean. It reminds me of the afterparty for the Cultural Festival.]
[Cultural Festival huhā¦ā¦ Cultural Festivalā¦ā¦ Iāve never properly participated in a Cultural Festival before.]
I thought about agreeing with Hina-chanās wordsā¦ā¦ but I didnāt really feel like I properly participated in the Cultural Festival back in high school. My school was relatively casual with such matters. They didnāt force the students to participate in class performances, and there were many times I didnāt go to the Cultural Festival.
I did participate once in my 2nd year, but I ended up going home without going around that much, so I at least didnāt experience what the closing party was like.
[Kaito-san kinda feels like a delinquent in high school huh.]
[N- No, I wasnāt that much that I could be described as a delinquent, itās more like Iām rather negligent with thingsā¦ā¦ Letās not talk about that for now.]
[Ahaha, Kaito-senpaiās openly avoiding talking about his high school days~~]
[Itās like thatās his black historyā¦ā¦]
In fact, my high school yearsā¦ā¦ no, including my junior high years, itās such a black history that when I recall it, I want to hold my head in my hands. No, it isnāt that I was doing something that troubles people back thenā¦ā¦ Well, I almost did no such thing, I think.
If people were to point out how Iām troubling Akira, I certainly canāt deny itā¦ā¦ but I think Iām generally more like unmotivated, lethargic perhaps.
W- Well, itās not like I cut classes, and Iāve never gotten a failing mark from my tests. When exam season begins, I do stop myself from playing MMOs and studied hardā¦ā¦ No, well, I did that partly because I felt bad for my uncle and aunt who were paying my tuition feesā¦ā¦ but in any case, itās a black history to the extent that I almost writhe in agony when I recall it.
[Speaking of which, I havenāt heard much about your side of things. Howās school like for you two, Aoi-chan, Hina-chan?]
[Aoi-senpai is like that, you know? How should I say thisā¦ā¦ Like the unattainable flower up above the mountains. As you can see, sheās beautiful, cool and quite popular.]
[ā¦ā¦I donāt think that was the case though?]
[Even though I also heard how you often get confessed to?]
[I did turn down people a few times, but itās not that Iām properly confessed to. People around me said they just did it for fun.]
As Hina-chan said, I think Aoi-chan will definitely be popular. However, she really does feel like an unattainable flower, so the atmosphere around her kinda makes her feel unapproachable.
As for Hina-chan, she seemed like the type whoād get along with everyone, so it feels like sheād have lots of friends.
[What about the fact that you turned down each of those confessions, saying that you have someone you liked?]
[Thatās true. Thatās a common way of rejection after all.]
[Is that so? From what I heard, you apparently canāt forget your first loveāāā Ouch!?]
[Hina-chan, I think itās not a good idea to invade someoneās privacy like that, you know?]
[ā¦ā¦You actually used magic? That means, I hit the bu-]
[Hina-chan?]
[āāāāI said nothing!!!]
From Aoi-chanās reaction, I think itās certain that she has her first love and that sheās still feeling conscious of them. Indeed, Aoi-chan feels like sheād be the earnest type.
Well, since the person herself doesnāt want to talk about it, letās just stop at that.
[How was Hina-chan like though? I kinda imagine that sheād have a lot of friends.]
[I do have a lot of friends. I hang out with the girls from the track team, but I also get along well with my classmates.]
[Even back in school, Hina-chan is as energetic as she is now. Sheās loved by everyone.]
Just as Aoi-chan additionally explains, Hina-chan has a bright and friendly personalityā¦ā¦ How should I say thisā¦ā¦ It really feels like sheās a bundle of sunshine, so Iād bet sheād be somewhere up above the class caste.
Aoi-chan would also probably be up above in the class caste, but in Aoi-chanās case, sheād be like the aloof, solitary type?
[Hina-chan also looked like sheād be popularā¦ā¦]
[Hmmm, I wonder about that? is what Iād like to say, but it hasnāt even been half a year since I entered high school, and I was focused on club activities in preparation for the first tournament, so I havenāt been confessed to by anyone.]
[I seeā¦ā¦ Come to think of it, the first time we were summoned here was before the summer vacation, so I guess you didnāt have enough time to get along with someone of the opposite sexā¦ā¦]
[Right. Also, I prefer older guys anyway, so in the first place, you could say dating a high school boy would be a pass for me. Iām hoping to date someone over 20 years old.]
Hina-chan likes older men. Hina-chan does feel like sheād want to be pampered by her partner, so her liking older men is kinda understandable.
She also seems to be getting along well with her older brother, so she may be looking for someone like a dependable older brother. Well, that could just be my imagination thoughā¦ā¦