“T-those girls were talking bad about Lily… They said Lily is a bad luck charm or a gold digger… T-that’s why I ambushed them and poured water over their heads… A-after that, my notoriety spread even among the first-year students… T-then, they canceled their application…”
Did she think I would be angry at her because of that?
I gently placed my palm on the head of the trembling Mulle.
“In front of their eyes, it might be a bad thing, but you’re doing the right thing, aren’t you?”
“… Eh?”
“Although the fact that you made a move on them first was bad, from a Yuri point of view, trying to protect someone important to you is a perfect score. At least, I’d be glad to give you a flower circle just for that. But, dorm manager, you are someone who would stand on top of people. So, please don’t get your hands dirty.”
I smiled.
“Because that is my job.”
“…”
As I gently stroked her head, she averted her eyes.
Seeing that reaction, I grinned. Kuku… According to what I know, it should be pretty disgusting to have a man you don’t like stroking your head… Because only light novels’ main characters could raise the heroines’ favorability by stroking their heads… So, I will lower her favorability toward me at once.
Then, when she slaps my hand away, I’ll give the baton to Tsukiori. How is it? This is my ability as the winner of the Best Yurinist Award! I’ll have her taste the essence of the carrot and stick strategy by herself!
The scenery in front of me also begins to distort. While breathing heavily, I wander my blurred vision.
W-what is this nightmare… W-when will I woke up from this… Impossible… My perfect plan was… T-Tsukiori, please save me… Where am I right now… What am I doing… When I wake up, right after I reincarnated, I will immediately look at a Yuri and then go to sleep…
“Hiiro-kun, how long are you going to do that?”
When my name was called, I quickly took my hand off Mulle’s head.
With sweat dripping all over my body, I staggered and was embraced in Tsukiori’s arms.
“T-Tsukiori… What year is it right now…?”
“Looks like he is turning into a time traveler due to the sudden stress…”
In front of me, Mulle, whose cheeks are blushed, turns her head away and whispers.
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“… I-it’s a service.”
Then, she vigorously glared at me.
“T-there is no next time, okay! I just rewarded you for your loyalty. It is normally unthinkable for a man to stroke my head, okay?!”
“Tsukiori, let her sign a contract! She said there will be no next time! Let her sign a contract right now!”
“Yoshi, yoshi, that was scary, right? It’s okay, it’s okay.”
While being soothed by Tsukiori, I stared at Mulle.
“Dorm manager, please don’t suddenly act like someone simple-minded… Are you trying to kill me… Are you perhaps a top-notch hitman…?”
“Don’t get carried away! It’s because Lily said we owe you a favor. I just especially endured and did not brush your hand away!”
That was probably just a whim. When I timidly tried to stroke Mulle’s head again, she blushed in anger and slapped my hand away.
Thanks to that, I let out a sigh of relief.
“T-thank God… Then, let’s get to the point.”
“What’s the matter?”
“It’s about the new students’ welcome party. If the new students who came to the party were just Tsukiori and me, Chris would laugh at us.”
“… Hmph, it’s just like usual, anyway.”
I smiled at the sulking Mulle.
“That’s why we’ll have Tsukiori Sakura cast magic on the dorm manager.”
“A magic?”
“Yes, as long as she does that, the number of participants in the new students’ welcome party will increase tremendously.”
“L-let me tell you, I will not apologize to them! They are the ones who are to blame, so, why should I apologize?!”
“Let alone apologizing, you don’t even need to do anything. The dorm manager can just sit there. That’s what those who stand at the top should do.”
While laughing, I put my hands on the desk.
“Tsukiori, the wizard, will produce a pumpkin carriage, and the dorm manager can ride it. You can just enjoy the new students’ welcome party without walking the muddy road. Because magic will guide your path.”
“… Who pulls that carriage?”
“Didn’t I tell you?”
I stared straight at her.
“That’s my job.”
Saying that, I laughed– and the day of the new students’ welcome party.
In the hall of Flavum, which was crowded with new students, Mulle stood still with tears in her eyes… Looking at that, I smiled wryly and left the place with both hands in my pocket.
Behind the building of Flavum dormitory.
Behind the scene where no one is looking, I confront her. The long-awaited Chris Esse Eisbert quietly pulled out her cane, and I draw Kuki Masamune.
“I’ll praise you for not running away.”
“…”
“This is the first and last time and only once in my life that I praised a man. Then, in this place, you will–”
Chris drew a spiral– and opened her magic eyes 『Spiral Cane Banquet』.
“Die.”
I look up at the night sky. Beneath the chilly sky, I exhaled and covered my face with one hand– from between my fingers– my magic eyes,『Epic Daybreak』, lurked.
At that instant, the four directions were divided into red and black, just like in an isolated prison. The appearing jet black and crimson twilight went through my limbs and warped around my nerves, releasing a massive amount of magic power from the bottom of the abyss.
It reminds me of purgatory. The smell of my whole body burning with magic entered my nose, and below this twilight, an epic poem about Sanjou Hiiro will be engraved in the world.
In my hands, the blade of Kuki Masamune– was dyed crimson.
“15 seconds.”
I turned my Hiiro eyes to the astonished Chris.
“I will finish this in 15 seconds.”
I stared at her with my sunburned eyes– and a light flashed.