While waiting in the empty classroom, I felt really bored as I had nothing else to do. I felt like playing my handheld gaming console or reading a book just to kill time, but if I do this, it won’t look like I’m getting ready to challenge others, and if a teacher find me here, my handheld gaming console will be confiscated. Since I have no choice, I’ll just daydream here.
Then, Minami’s figure suddenly appeared unexpectedly in my thoughts.
Was my attitude towards Minami unacceptable?
Is Minami really hurt because I was not considerate enough?
Am I hated down to the core by her?
Such questions came into my thoughts one by one. I thought about it a lot, but the more I think, the more chaotic my thoughts got. I knew that I’d face this problem beforehand; I should’ve trained myself to handle my thoughts.
I felt frustrated by my pathetic brain, but I was still trying hard to ponder the answer for these questions.
I couldn’t tidy up my messy thoughts, and I also could not find a trace to the answer. Because of that, I decided to continue thinking.
Just when I fell deep in thoughts, I heard something coming from the corridor, and it seemed to be getting closer and closer.
“……It’s about time she comes.”
I cleared my thoughts instantly, and changed what I was thinking. After all this was a crucial moment, the Summoner Test War was still going on. Was it going well for the bodyguards at the classroom? I closed my eye forcefully, and tried to swallow down the uneasiness, because I still had a mission to complete.
I could hear the ruckus caused by the defensive battle, and I felt that someone from the enemy that passed by noticed me.
I continued waiting.
“It’s great that you are waiting here alone, Miharu has something to say!”
After waiting for a while, I suddenly heard the voice of the person that I’m waiting for. Great, she’s finally here.
I let out a sigh of relief, and slowly opened my eyes to see the person who was standing in front of me.
“You have something to say to me? What is it about?”
I walked slowly to her as I said that.
Although I’d been waiting for her for a while, I had nothing worth telling her.
“It’s nothing much. In a nutshell – Miharu just wants to clear things up.”
While saying that, she stared at me with pure hatred. It seems like she really detests me.
“It’s fortunate that there’s a Summoner Test War going on, I can take this opportunity and settle things once and for all.”
Standing behind Shimizu-san was Fuse-sensei, it looked like she’s fully prepared for the occasion. If I escaped from this battle, it would be counted as deserting the battle and is the same as being KO-ed. So, I’d have to accept her challenge.
Since Shimizu-san had already engaged me in battle, other than agreeing, there’s nothing else that I could do. Or…… did she think that I wouldn’t reject her challenge, believing that I wanted to settle things with her once and for all too?
-- All I can say is, the way she thinks is really scary.
“I understand, we’ll fight this out, Shimizu-san.”
When I said that, Shimizu-san turned to Fuse-sensei and said: “Teacher, permission for summoning.”
“I know.”
