Break time. After having gone through the experience of razors and chabudai hurtling towards me, as I returned from the toilet, the usual three --- Yuuji, Hideyoshi, Muttsuliini, those three --- were sitting at Yuuji's place, facing one another and talking about something. What is it, I wonder.
"What's up with you guys. Making such serious faces."
"Mu, Akihisa huh. You came at the right time."
Hideyoshi made some space for me and I sat down, cross-legged.
"What's up? Is there trouble?"
"............ (nod)."
"Yeah. Thanks to you, trouble seems to be brewing."
Yuuji said with a sigh. I see. Trouble again. This class really can't take a breather with the various bothersome stuff......
"So, what's the trouble you're referring to?"
"............ D-class seems to be preparing for a Summoner Test War."
"Summoner Test War? D-class?"
The Summoner Test War where summoned beasts, whose strength are determined by the test scores, are used in fighting. The outcome of the war will decide the facilities of the classes, making it a matter of grave importance but,
"Even if D-class were to attack B-class, it won't really concern us right? At any rate, our class has yet to regain the right to wage a summoning war anyways."
We've already applied for a Summoner Test War in April and after our loss, as a penalty to F-class, we won't get the right to apply for another war for 3 months. Since we couldn't apply for a war, how the other classes were moving shouldn't be a matter of concern for us.
"Like what you said, if D-class were aiming for B-class, there wouldn't be a problem but......"
Hideyoshi trailed off.
"Eh? It's not that? In that case, are they aiming for A-class?"
By the way, C-class lost to A-class in a Summoner Test War previously, and now has the same type of facilities as D-class. Given that, D-class should not be aiming for C-class.
"Are you an idiot? If there were the case, we won't be feeling troubled right?"
"Then, don't tell me......"
"............ D-class is aiming for this very F-class."
"Eehhhh?"
How can that be! Impossible!
"But, isn't it that we have yet the right to have a Summoner Test War?"
"Yeah. Indeed, F-class does not have the right to apply for a Summoner Test War against another class. However, it doesn't mean that Summoner Test Wars do not concern us at all. Even if we can't initiate a war against another class, we can't afford not to fight back one that is initiated against us."
According to the rules of the Summoner Test War, the losing class is unable to apply for a Summoner Test War for 3 months. This is a rule to prevent the Summoner Test Wars from getting drawn out, but, nowhere was it written in the rule that a class which has lost cannot participate in a Summoner Test War, it seems.
"But, we are the F-class which should have the worst facilities, and there shouldn't be anyone who would come attack us right?"
There is plenty of merit for a lower ranked class in winning against a higher ranked class. Since that means they can swap their facilities. However, even if the higher ranked class win against the lower ranked class, the higher ranked class wouldn't be able to upgrade their facilities so there is no merit for them. Only the lower ranked class which has lost would get their facilities downgraded.
