“Everyone, listen up! Don’t underestimate our enemy just because we beat them once! We are at a disadvantage, and our enemy is a class two levels higher than ours,. The tables might be turned on us if we're overconfident!
Yuuji stood on the podium and gave his last instruction before we attacked.
“Therefore, even if we gain the upper hand, we must never rush recklessly! All of you must defend your positions with all you've got.”
If we rush recklessly, in a very short time our defense will be – broken. After all, we found out that our points, excluding Himeji-san’s, Minami’s and Hideyoshi’s, when added up, wouldn’t exceed ten thousand. But if we counted that of the girls of Class D, who had already finished replenishing their points to around 1500 points each; the total points of Class D’s girls were near forty thousand. And that’s not counting the boys of their class. The gap between both classes was huge; we cannot hope to fight them head-on.
“The enemy is advancing with their advantageous main force of girls who excel at their Combined Subject, so we’ll contend with them with Shimada and Hideyoshi leading the force! After reaching the limit, only then is retreating back to the classroom an option! That’s it! I hope that everyone will put in their best effort and fight to win!”
Once Yuuji’s speech finished, the clock on the wall pointed at the exact time of the beginning of the war with a “tick”.
Nine o’clock in the morning, the war was commenced.
“ “ “Look at our—“ “ “
Our side’s main objective was to secure the corridors and the stairs, and once the war began, the vanguard rushed onto the battlefield. Our opponent hoped to finish us before we put our plans into action, so they’d probably use flash raid tactics. To put it another way, this was a battle of speed.
As I was getting ready to leave the classroom, I noticed Minami walking to the door from the corner of my eyes. It’s been a day, is she still pissed off with me?
Fine, I’ll just try to talk to her.
“Good morning, Minami.”
“……”
No reply.
“Class D declared war on us, that’s very good.”
“……”
She wouldn’t even look at me.
“We’ll just have to win this battle, then all will be fine.”
“……”
She treated me as if I was just plain air.
Damn it, I won’t just admit defeat! I can’t give up; I must try harder to find topics to chat with her!
It must be that I was like talking to myself just now; I’ll try to start a conversation with her with a question.
“I’d say, doesn’t this remind you of the last Summoner Test War?”
“……Yes, I was abandoned and left alone by you the last time too.”
‘Digging your own grave’: idiom, a metaphor, meaning causing one self’s downfall.
“Minami, are you…….still angry at me?”
I asked her nervously. So far, I’ve angered her many times, but she would get over it in a day. She had never been angry for more than a day, this was the first time.
This time, Minami lowered her head and finally answered my question.
“……What do you mean by that?”
