The Irregular at Magic High

Chapter 24

It took a little effort recovering her mood, but Tatsuya was able to continue his patrol before people around them started ridiculing them. But 5 minutes into it, Tatsuya wanted to go home. He had underestimated things. Even though he heard that things were a bit "rowdy", he still thought it would be within the bounds of a normal high school club recruitment fair. But in reality, it was nowhere near that. 

Hm, I see why they need people to police this place, but I don't think even 10 people are going to be enough. The mass of tents covering the grounds were filled with people. Across the wall of people, Erika was captured and letting out some kind of scream. Even though she had high agility, she still wasn't able to push her way through the crowd. 

Well, it didn't sound too convincing coming from Tatsuya who decided to look on from a distance. It did not necessarily mean that Tatsuya had more agility; it was just that people targeted her rather than him. Tatsuya had an average height and looks, and at first glance he seemed a bit plain. On top of that, he was also a Weed so people paid no attention to him. In Erika's case, she was beautiful. 

Miyuki is the type of fragile beauty that made people hesitate reaching their hand out to, but Erika is the type of beauty that, even though people know they would be burned somewhat, they would still try to grasp her. 

Basically, what happened was that the club solicitations bombarded her. The fact that she was a Course 2 student didn't help her at all (or as Erika put it, it was useless). They were probably trying to make her join as a mascot figure, something that didn't require the use of magic. 

So everything around her turned into chaos. Tatsuya couldn't see what was going on through the line of people (he guessed that they were probably, at worst, only grabbing her arm, holding on to her, or even groping her). The atmosphere quickly turned murderous as this went on to a point where Tatsuya could no longer ignore it. Tatsuya only went ahead of her because he assumed that she would be able to fight her way through. 

A person would need a lot of training to restrain someone like Erika. He remembered how she was able to quickly flick the CAD out of Morisaki's hands, and that move was not something that could be obtained in a year or so. Because of that, Tatsuya had confidence in her abilities. 

The ones who actually surrounded Erika were all female upperclassmen. It seemed like the males were not insolent enough to go around touching a girl's body. He assumed that she would be able to break past girls who were only a year older than her, but that seemed to put her at a disadvantage. Erika was hesitant in using any violence. Just when Tatsuya thought about saving her, it occurred. 

"Hey, wait, where are you touching me? S... Stop...!" He started hearing cries of help from Erika. It looked like playtime was over. Tatsuya quickly engaged the CAD on his left arm. When the magic formulated, he kicked the ground and made it shake slightly. Physically, the vibrations he made from the shock weren't visible, but he used magic to manipulate the vibrations he made and directed them towards the crowd. The vibrations weren't enough to make a person unconscious. Tatsuya didn't have the physical strength or the magic capability to make a vibration that large. But the vibrations did make everyone lose their sense of balance. As he pushed forward in the crowd everyone who was touched by Tatsuya fell over. After pushing a number of people over, both boys and girls, he was able to get to the center and break through the upperclassmen. 

Tatsuya then grabbed Erika's hand and said "Run". He pulled her hand and made his way out of the crowd. After slipping through the crowd like a magician, Tatsuya was able to run to a remote location between the buildings. After letting go of her hand and turning around, he finally realized the mess she was in. Her hair was messed up, her new uniform was wrinkled, her top was undone, and her necktie was in her hand since it had fallen off. Tatsuya, by pure coincidence, was able to see the skin underneath her uniform as she frantically tried to fix herself.