The story in the Mulle route is about Mulle’s growth. However, it doesn’t mean we’re talking about her strength as a magician. Rather, it is more about her growth as an individual.
Although there are quite a few players who hold animosity toward Mulle in the early stages of the story, as the scenario progresses, many players begin to like her. In other words, it showed how the players had witnessed her growth as a human being.
“…”
The teary-eyed Mulle was standing next to me while sobbing. Standing in front of her is a former dormitory student of Flavum… And the girl, who once was kicked out of the dormitory by Mulle, was glaring at the small dormitory manager.
“Apologize to her.”
I urged Mulle, and she vigorously raised her head.
“D-don’t be so silly! Why do I have to apologize? She is the one who was wrong! I am the dormitory manager of Flavum, you know?”
“Whether you are a noble, a president, or Arnold Schwarzenegger, it is natural to apologize if you’ve done something wrong. Come on, apologize to her.”
“Guuu…”
Looking at me, who won’t yield, Mulle gritted her teeth and said.
“Why do I have to listen to you? I am Mulle Esse Eisbert! I don’t have the plan to be so fallen to even listen to what a man says!”
“Your resistance is futile.”
The girl who seems to be a senior from the color of her ribbon shakes her head.
“Do you know how many dormitory students this girl has kicked out until now? Moreover, she has zero regrets about that. She always arrogantly exploded, saying her special phrase, 『This me, who was from the Eisbert family~』, and then just going through her life the way she wanted to.”
“Don’t you dare be so self-important! It was your fault! I just told you to respect me as the dormitory manager! Even though I only pointed out your mistake because you seem to have a problem with your manner of living, you still refuted me, so I kicked you out of the dormitory!”
Senpai shrugged her shoulders, and I let out a sigh.
“Dorm manager. If you keep doing that, there will be no one around you.”
“… Humph, who needs them.”
Mulle turns her head away and muttered.
“I… am alone from the beginning to the end… It’s easier when there’s no one around me… I… will definitely fulfill my duties as the youngest daughter of the Eisbert family… Because if not… My mother won’t look at me…”
“Hah, the way you always tried to look like a victim is also irritating.”
“W-what did you say!!”
They’re like oil in water.
As the two of them glared at each other, I picked up Mulle.
“H-hey! Y-you! R-release me! W-what are you doing! Who do you think I am?!”
*Struggling, struggling*
While dodging the fist of the rampaging Mulle in my hands, I bow my head to the senpai.
“I will have the person herself apologize to you soon. When that time comes… Can you please come back to Flavum?”
“Why would someone like you go to such lengths for someone like her?”
At the question, I smiled broadly.
“When beautiful flowers bloom, you want other people to see them, right?”
“Bring me down! You insolent fellow! Bring me down!”
“Beautiful flowers, huh…”
After parting with the senpai who smiled bitterly as she left, I put down Mulle who was still swinging her arms.
*Pon, pon, pon, pon*
Looking at Mulle, who swung her arms around while stepping forward a little, I couldn’t help but think she looked like an old wind-up toy.
“Don’t kid me! I’d be kicking you out if you weren’t a special nominee!”
“Do you hate me?”
“I don’t hate or like you! I thought nothing about someone like you! I just let you stay here because Lily seems to be interested in you.”
“You thought nothing about me, thank god! I am so grateful…!”
As I was praying to Mulle with gratitude… as planned, the uniform-wearing Tsukiori came over and raised her hand.
“Hiiro-kun, morning.”
“Ou,”
Tsukiori smiles and then spreads her hands.
“Come.”
Without hesitation, I shoved Mulle into Tsukiori’s arms, and the small dormitory manager fit perfectly in the arms of Tsukiori.
“Uwaa, what are you doing all of a sudden?!”
“Yoshi yoshi, you did your best. Yoshi, yoshi, yoshi.”
“…”
With a sweet smile on my face, I stared at the two of them hugging.
The night before, I cried to Tsukiori and had her accept participating in 『Carrot and Stick』 operation I had planned. For the growth of Mulle, I will become a whip and scold her, and in return, Tsukiori will become a candy who comforts and pamper her.
What do you think would happen? I, the stick, will be hated, and Tsukiori, the carrot, will be liked. Then, before I knew it, the lily was growing and blooming beautifully, while I was dunked in a trash bin.
While we are at it, if I get Mulle to spread my notoriety, other people’s favorability toward me will also decrease. Mulle will also gradually grow up, and Tsukiori will enter Mulle’s route as she becomes involved with her. It is like killing 100 million birds with one stone.
As expected of me, this is how to use one head perfectly.
“Tsukiori Sakura! What are you doing?!”
Mulle slips out of the chest of Tsukiori and pushes her away with a bright red face.
“Eh, I mean, it was because Hiiro-kun asked me to–”
I held my hands at my waist and raised my voice. Somehow, it was able to deceive Mulle by attracting her attention.
While breathing heavily, I beckoned Tsukiori to come.
“What’s wrong, suddenly release your mind like that?”
“No, it just, when you want to deceive someone, shouting Kaiouken would do the trick. The success rate is also high. Wait, not about that, why did you suddenly betray me? I was so surprised. You just betrayed me in seconds. Is your blood really red2?”
“Un.”
“Stop with the ‘un'”
I then stopped Tsukiori’s hand, which, like usual, started to play with my bed hair.
“Stop it. Listen to me.”
“No.”
“Don’t answer like that. Anyway, did you forget my tearful persuasion yesterday? Please give me back my tears. I shed a litter of tears yesterday, you know?”
“I’m not interested in that girl, after all… If we’re talking about pampering Hiiro-kun, I’ll gladly accept it, though… In short, I don’t feel like doing it.”
Just like usual, what a low-tension main character. When will this girl’s love switch turn on, I wonder… Even though she will be the invincible Tsukiori Sakura-sama as long as the switch is turned on…
“Oi!”
Mulle, who suddenly showed her face between us, shouted.
“What are you two talking about so secretly? I hope it’s not a conspiracy.”
“Ahaha, there is no way we would be talking about something like that… I’m begging you, Tsukiori, I’ll be grateful…!!”
“Good grief.”
Tsukiori smiled wryly and seemed to be willing to join the operation somehow. Knowing that, I sighed in relief.
The three of us then returned to the Flavum’s dormitory manager’s room–
“So,”
I stared at the two participation forms.
“Even though the new students’ welcome party is just around the corner, why there are two participation forms?”
“I’m sure they were attracted to my charisma!”
“I’m not praising you. I’m asking you why you’ve still only collected the participation forms of Tsukiori and me.”
As I asked Mulle, Tsukiori, who was behind me, continue to play a mysterious game in which she repeatedly leaned against me and left.
Ignoring that act, I stared at the small dormitory manager, who averted her eyes.