"...What do you mean, Madam Chairman? M-Me, roommates with this pervert!?"
"That's exactly what it means, Laura Stuart. Is there a problem?"
"A huge one!"
"I agree. Caelestia Academy's dorms certainly do put two people in each room, but I've never heard of a boy and a girl sharing."
"That's been true up through last year, before I became chair of the board of directors. Near, didn't I already tell you about my policy?"
"...To enforce a doctrine of pure merit, based completely on actual combat performance... wasn't it?"
"Right. Unlike the other academies, Caelestia produced no notable assets in the past year. We're on a losing streak even in the Magic Art Festival, which the other schools sponsor each year to select the strongest student Contractors and Paladinus. I was called by the board to reorganize this place, and that room assignment is the first step. It's not about how many people or what their genders are. I'm putting fellow Contractors and Paladinus with similar strengths together in the same room. After all, when equal fighters draw near one another, competition naturally sparks between them. This room assignment is a scheme to invoke that competition intentionally."
Semiramis haughtily revealed her plans as if to say, "Isn't it great?" Near had an issue with that explanation, though.
"Then isn't what you're doing even weirder? Among the incoming students, isn't Laura number one by a large margin? Why would she be in the same room as me, the worst student who's has no use in wielding weapons and casting spells?"
"Worst? You, you're the only student with low stats?"
"It's embarrassing, but my overall rank is D."
"D.... Me and an D-Rank, calling us Contractors and Paladinus of similar strength! Wh-What do you mean by this!?"
"Haha, well... how do I say this. You guys are a special case. Frankly speaking, there's nobody as excellent as Miss Stuart, and nobody as laggard asNear. In other words, you're both leftover students with no suitable partner, so I could only pair the two of you. Do you understand now?"
"Who could understand that!?"
*Bam!* Laura struck the chairman's office table with one palm and continued to protest.
"I-In the first place, it's absurd for boys and girls like us to share a room when we're the same age! What will you do if some mistake happened!?"
"Oh, Miss Stuart thinks that when boys and girls of the same age live together, a mistake will happen? I'd love to hear about it~"
"Tha-That's... erm... uuu...."
Sympathizing with Laura who was already teary-eyed from shame, Near also protested to Semiramis.
"Why are you playing like a drunken old man?"
Semiramis just smiled as if she was joking, but didn't change her mind.
"At any rate, this decision has already been made. There are also boy-girl pairs besides you two, but you don't have to consider that to make your choice. Laura Stuart, I won't give you special treatment just because you're a princess. If you don't like this arrangement, all you have to do is drop out of school, you know?"
Drop out of school. Laura was visibly startled by that phrase. She had deliberately crossed continents and come to Delemion for studying abroad, and while Near didn't know her goals or intentions for doing so, she definitely shouldn't be willing to drop out.
In the end, even Laura couldn't help but fold.
"...I understand."
"Are you okay with it?"
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7th Heaven: Weapons of God's fury
DiversosThis is an anime inspire story :) The story goes with the boy named Near a transfer student that came from the eastern country. He was enrolled at the school of Caelestia Academy the only school with complete facilities and equipment that teaches it...
