Chapter 31: There Are Still Experts
This battle had welcomed a small truce.
Thanks to Jeanne Alter giving them a step to climb down, the three had not yet reached the point of leaving completely.
But!
Up to this point, Jeanne Alter still hadn't gained any advantage.
Because the two crucial seats next to Mochizuki Eikou were still firmly occupied by Marie Alter and Melusine, she had no gap to squeeze in.
Melusine was acceptable for now, but even Marie Alter — whom she had just saved from the situation — still had no intention of giving up her seat.
Damn it, was she being used as a tool…
Jeanne Alter clenched her teeth in a silent curse.
All that effort she put in to help, yet Marie Alter showed no intention of repaying the favor?
How was this any different from the Duke of Burgundy who once betrayed Saint Jeanne, those despicable traitors, did they want to betray the Saint again!
"Haa…"
She sighed inwardly.
Haizz, in the end she was still too naïve, when forming the alliance she hadn't set any conditions for negotiation, so she couldn't blame others for not acting.
Moreover, she couldn't really blame Marie for having no moves, because at this moment there truly was no opportunity to break the current stalemate.
But, Eikou could arrive at any moment, and once he came it would be extremely difficult to change seats…
She bit her teeth, thinking desperately as she felt time slipping away.
Please, let someone come save us at this moment, even if just to break the current deadlock!
Clop, clop, clop…
As if heaven had heard her prayer, hurried footsteps echoed from the library's entrance.
Jeanne Alter hurriedly turned around.
What met her eyes were the two Fairy Knights of the Britain class, walking straight this way.
One was a tall, burly female knight with dazzling golden hair.
The other was a young girl in a red dress, with long crimson hair as red as blood, her personality arrogant and reckless.
These were exactly the opponents from the previous speed race, Barghest and Baobhan Sith.
"Melusine, you came this quickly?"
Barghest, walking in front, spoke coldly,
"Arriving so early is unlike the style of a lazy dragon like you."
"Haha, sometimes I can be diligent and get up early too." Melusine smiled as she spoke.
"Then try getting up early every day."
Barghest said in displeasure, then looked toward the empty spot next to Melusine, immediately noticing the nameplate with Eikou's name.
The tall blonde knight couldn't help but be stunned,
"Eikou is actually sitting here…?"
That's right, do you have any constructive opinion about it?
Jeanne Alter thought to herself.
"I just happened to receive an order,"
Barghest said seriously,
"That is to act as Eikou's study assistant, helping him keep up with the course progress, so I must ask you all to yield me a seat!"
What, there's still another contestant wanting to join in?!
Jeanne Alter and Marie immediately revealed expressions of grave seriousness as though facing a formidable enemy.
Barghest of the Britain class, is it?
From appearance, physique, and the strong affection she displayed for Eikou during the speed race, she was indeed a very difficult opponent.
Most importantly, she had the perfectly legitimate reason of "receiving an order," something no one could refuse, so she absolutely had to be given a seat beside Eikou.
It was no different from when everyone was fiercely competing, and suddenly a contestant appeared who was granted special admission straight in.
Another tough opponent emerged, combining all the factors Eikou liked, the fondness toward him, and on top of that, the legitimacy of "an order to yield a seat."
She, Barghest… was in fact the one most qualified to sit beside Eikou among everyone here!
'Three people already couldn't be divided, even I don't have a seat yet, and now there's another one…?'
Jeanne Alter bit her finger.
What an infuriating enemy—this seat I've poured my whole heart into but still failed to obtain, and yet you—a person who only appeared less than a minute ago—snatched it away.
Out of caution, Jeanne Alter secretly glanced at Baobhan Sith at the side.
This Blood Princess seemed completely uninterested in their dispute, only sitting idly in boredom.
Could it be she wasn't interested in Eikou?
If so, then she could be considered harmless.
"Melusine, together with this French young lady, I must ask the two of you to yield me a seat." Barghest emphasized, "No, Melusine, to be frank, you yield your seat to me."
"Why me? I also want to study and improve together with Eikou!" Melusine objected.
"You've always been Eikou's desk partner, if you truly wanted to study you would have done so long ago, so why suddenly act all serious now? Besides, you're usually the one sitting with him, giving up once won't hurt, now hurry and yield your seat to me!"
Such perfectly reasonable logic—this female dragon should have been fiercely refuted instead.
Jeanne Alter had already wanted to clap her hands in applause for her.
In this situation, Melusine had absolutely no reason left to argue back.
However, she still wanted to see if this dragon girl, in such absolute deadlock, could think up any more effective excuse.
"I don't want to, I just want to sit with Eikou!"
Melusine immediately collapsed onto the desk, flatly rejecting the reasonable request,
"If you've got the guts then duel me, anyway, a dragon will never yield its treasure!"
"..."
Jeanne Alter was instantly shaken, her golden eyes wide open.
What?
So she actually used the completely unreasonable and stubborn playstyle, entirely ignoring the opponent's reasonable demand. Could such a rogue tactic truly exist in this world?
Her judgment of this dragon had been correct from the start—Melusine was indeed a greedy and troublesome Evil Dragon!
Where's Siegfried! Come out here and shoot this dragon with your beam!
At that moment, Jeanne Alter didn't know whether she should spit mockery or show serious respect.
"Melusine, you damn…"
Barghest let out a helpless sigh,
"If it were under different circumstances, I would gladly accept your challenge. But this is the library, I don't want to cause too much of a disturbance, so this time you can count yourself lucky."
Oh my god, she was actually persuaded by this dragon.
Hey, you big woman, why don't you insist a little more, love is war, don't be so quick to raise the white flag!
Then… the pressure would most likely fall upon Marie Alter.
"Young lady, could you yield your seat?" Barghest turned her head to ask her.
"Haha, about this..."
Marie Alter revealed a somewhat embarrassed smile.
She neither had any legitimate reason that compelled her to sit beside Eikou, nor could she, with the dignity of a queen, act spoiled and unreasonable.
Jeanne Alter couldn't help but stretch her neck, wanting to see how Marie would respond to this attack.
"Well then…" Marie lightly coughed, "Miss Knight lady, from whom did you receive this order?"
"It is an order from my superior, from Her Majesty the Queen."
"???"
So it wasn't an order from the teachers of the academy, but rather an entrustment from her superior. Was it the same superior Melusine mentioned?
Just who exactly are your superiors, could it be something a little abnormal? Why do they keep sending beautiful subordinates to Eikou's side, isn't this no different from sending a pack of hungry wolves to guard a fat sheep, is that really okay!
Jeanne Alter screamed in her heart.
"In short, this is not an order from the school, but the order of my superior to me is equally sacred and great,"
Barghest solemnly declared,
"So I must insist that you yield a seat. If necessary, I truly may have to resort to violence. I want to firmly grasp this love… no, this mission!"
Did you just slip your tongue? So in the end you also just want to borrow your superior's order to flirt with a man, right!
At this moment, Baobhan Sith—who had remained silent from the start—suddenly rose slowly to her feet.
Jeanne Alter was startled.
Could it be you also want to join in!
Only to see Baobhan Sith brace herself upright, then slowly stretch out her hand…
She directly took away Eikou's nameplate, wasn't this basically flipping the table and refusing to play anymore!