Chivalry of a Dark Knight [Batman x Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry]

CH6: The Yaksha Princess's challenge (prt 2)

Kurono crossed into the next room where she found Bruce leaning against the wall with his arms folded. He was told by Nene and Yuuri earlier to wait there while they deliberated. While he wasn't fond of being led around, he did as they asked but he could feel his patience being stretched. When he saw Kurono stride towards him, he straightened from the wall and approached her.

"It's about time. Are we done here? Because I'd really rather-"

"What are you trying to pull!?" she hissed as she came close to him.

Bruce blinked in confusion at her sudden ire.

"Excuse me?"

"Your magic was Ranked terribly but you and I both know that can't be the case!"

He relaxed and exhaled when he realized what she was referring to.

"Ah, right."

"Don't act so casual about it! The amount of magic I sensed off you last night was unbelievable but now they tell me it's not even consistent! What's going on?"

Bruce frowned in mild irritation as he responded.

"Look, I told you: I don't know much about all this either but what I can you is that, truth be told, I haven't been able to replicate any of the things I did last night."

Kurono's eyes widened and her jaw slacked in disbelief.

"You can't be serious!"

"I'm always serious."

Before Kurono could question Bruce further, she heard rapid wooden clopping sounds echoing behind her; it was from Nene's single-toothed clogged feet taking strides as Yuuri trailed behind her. Her face was contorted with irritation.

"What's the big idea running off like that, Kuu-chan!?"

Nene halted and froze for a moment seeing her and Bruce together and then flashed a mischievous grin.

"Wait, what were you two discussing over there? It's not something 'scandalous', is it?"

The comment caught Kurono off guard and her cheeks tinged slightly from the embarrassment before she comically bonked the petite woman on the head.

"I-I'm not doing anything scandalous, idiot!"

Bruce and Yuuri looked at the two's antics with awkward expressions before turning to one another.

"Well. Since we're all present, I might as well give you the verdict." said Yuuri as her expression turned serious. "Unfortunately, I don't think we can enroll you in our school due to the uncertainty of your Mana capacity. Perhaps we could instead recommend a facility that could better help in-"

Kurono immediately tore her attention from Nene, who was rubbing her head with an annoyed scowl, and addressed the sickly teacher.

"Hold on, Yuuri. Let me remind you that we changed our policies from last year. We have no specific criteria for students so there's no reason to turn him away."

"That's true, Director. But regardless of what we do, it's the League of Mage-Knight Nations who decides if a Student-Knight is qualified or not. If we can't properly Rank him, they won't authorize us and without authorization, we can't issue him a Student-Knight ID."

Nene ceased from rubbing her head and flashed a smug grin.

"Aw come off it, Oreki! I heard from Kuu-chan that you've let in students for far less. In fact, I recall that you let a certain student in just because he was able to beat you in battle."