Although the winner was Bakugo Katsuki and the loser was Momo Yaoyorozu, most people would get it wrong when the two of them left the arena, right? After all, Bakugo Katsuki looked much more miserable than Momo Yaoyorozu. His palm was pierced, and he was receiving emergency treatment from Recovery Girl, while Momo Yaoyorozu left the medical station after receiving Recovery Girl's quirk treatment and only had some bandages and some scar-removing medicine on her.
However, she didn't return to the others in the class but left the venue alone and appeared in the stands on top of the arena.
Because it was too far from the venue, she couldn't see the arena clearly, so there was no one here. Momo Yaoyorozu, who was lying alone on the railing, looked at the blurry match below and fell into a strange mood.
'Why did I flinch in the end?'
'Why was I scared when I saw Bakugo-kun's expression?'
'Why did I feel unwilling even though I was already prepared to lose before participating?'
As Lancer said before, the so-called 'arena battle' had too many limitations for Momo Yaoyorozu. If she was given enough space and time, she could definitely design a perfect trap and a battlefield that was beneficial to her, but the problem was the arena battle, everything had to be done under each other's noses, and she had to face the enemy head-on...
But just as she was constantly complaining in her heart, a familiar pair of hands suddenly rested on her head. This familiar feeling made her guess who it was in the first instant, but it was also because of this that she felt even more uncomfortable. Even the emotions that she had gradually controlled began to get out of control.
Her shoulders kept shaking with a soft sob.
"Sensei... I'm sorry, I lost."
"Why are you apologizing? You did great this time."
Listening to Momo Yaoyorozu tearful voice, Lancer also seemed very helpless. Although the results of Momo Yaoyorozu and Shoto Todoroki this time were related to his 'mission reward,' Lancer didn't actually care too much. The reason was simple, because he had already done everything he could. It wasn't like he could go and harm a bunch of high school students for the sake of the so-called mission, right?
However, Lancer matter-of-fact words seemed to have opened some strange switch. The shaking of Momo Yaoyorozu shoulders became more and more intense, and her sobbing could no longer be concealed, until in the end, it turned into a very obvious wail. This instead made Lancer at a loss.
In his more than 20 years of life experience, he hadn't encountered a girl crying out loud a few times. He had no experience in dealing with this at all, but Momo Yaoyorozu didn't seem to care so much. She directly turned around and lay on Lancer chest, starting to 'apologize' loudly.
However, the so-called apology sounded monotonous to Lancer. It was nothing more than that she shouldn't have hesitated in the end and that she was sorry for his previous teachings. After all, Lancer had emphasized countless times that she must be calm on the battlefield.
And Lancer, who went from being at a loss at the beginning to later finding that the other party's crying gradually weakened until the other party turned around with a red face and wiped away her tears with a tissue she created, was finally relieved, but he also came to a helpless conclusion.
'Sure enough, I'm not good at dealing with women, no matter the age.'
But at the same time as he was relieved, he did not forget what he should do.
"I've said this to you more than once, 'failure is not scary, as long as you don't fail in a battle that you absolutely can't lose.' I believe that a smart person like you should be able to turn this failure into nourishment to strengthen yourself. At the same time, I also believe that the next time you fight against Bakugo Katsuki... no, when you fight against all your opponents, you will no longer make similar mistakes, so——————laugh!"
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Lancer abrupt sentence left Momo Yaoyorozu, who had already stopped crying, at a loss as to how to react.
"Whenever I was feeling down after losing to my Senior Brother, he would always say this to me. This time, I'm giving it to you too——————Laugh! Laugh when you're happy! Laugh when you're sad! Laugh when you're fighting too! Because sadness has no meaning! Instead of being immersed in sadness, it's better to laugh and welcome the next battle! Until you can no longer fight! This is the way of life for a Celtic warrior!"
When he said these words, Lancer mind couldn't help but picture the blue-haired, single ponytail young man with a smiling face. He was always full of enthusiasm. When he was with him, he would even subconsciously forget his own troubles. With his unrestrained laughter, everyone couldn't help but laugh with him. That simple and heroic smile was his signature expression.
And Lancer also unconsciously showed a smile that was not brilliant but sincere.
She had been studying with Lancer for a month, and Lancer had smiled more than once when he was playing with Tiger and the others, but this was the first time Lancer had smiled directly at her. This simple and sincere smile made her blush a little.
But then she couldn't help but let out a light laugh.
What was she being shy about? Wasn't the person she was facing her teacher?
"Sensei! Thank you!"
Seeing the smile on Momo Yaoyorozu face again, Lancer also reached out and ruffled the other party's hair again.
"You're welcome~ Who told me to be your teacher~"
Perhaps because her hair was messed up by Lancer, Momo Yaoyorozu slapped Lancer hand away and shouted with a red face, 'I'm not a child anymore!!' and then trotted away.
Looking at Momo Yaoyorozu back disappearing into the stairs, Lancer also couldn't help but let out a light laugh.
"When... did I also learn to smile at others like this?"
It was like self-mockery and also like being carefree. Lancer voice was full of a strange feeling. Looking up at the sky, he seemed to see a certain man smiling at him and giving him a thumbs-up.
(Voiceover: I'm not dead yet! Hey!)
And Momo Yaoyorozu on the other side, after leaving the top floor, also ran back to the girls of Class A. As the last 'survivor' of the girls in Class A this time, everyone was still looking forward to Momo Yaoyorozu.
And when Momo Yaoyorozu lost, they were also very worried, but it was a pity that no one knew where Momo Yaoyorozu had gone. Now that they saw Momo Yaoyorozu trotting back, they also surrounded her. But when they were about to comfort her, they found that although Momo Yaoyorozu still had some traces of crying on her face, such as her slightly messy hair and slightly red and swollen eyes, there was a hint of a smile on her face.
And facing everyone's chatterbox of comfort, she also smiled and promised everyone——————
"Next time, I will definitely win!"