Being faced with those three guys question, I decided that it was better to clear everything up not to give other people chances of beginning to circulate new rumours about this, I directly told them that we were half siblings, it really wasn't that secretive anyway .
But even though that was the case in my opinion, I still saw that after I blurted out those words, the girl that should have been my half sibling was glaring at me from across the training field and it seemed that with how murderous her gaze just now looked, I will need to evade her killing me in the upcoming days .
Once the three girls that were pressing me all of a sudden demanding answers, they all seemed unconvinced but me saying this, so even when I gave them an answer, I ended up gaining the hostility of that revengeful girl and the weird look that the guys in front was giving me, I had finished saying what I had to say so I should have already get going on my way, but no my path was blocked by two of the three girls .
The third one who was missing and I still didn't understand why she was reacting like this even was Momochi-senpai, I saw that she was using Godspeed to move towards Shizuno and my heart began to feel an uneasy feeling, a blink of an eye later, I saw that the cold girl that was glaring at me just now, was now standing in front of me and was acting weird .
She the girl who was known for his cold complexion was now acting docile and was even blushing while staring at the floor, trying to act as timid as possible, yes, she was acting like that all of a sudden, for one purpose and that was to create more troubles and problems for me .
The girls were circling around us as if they were afraid that either one of us might run away or something, she was still acting coyly and I was having a headache on what should I do to get out of this situation with the least amount of damages as possible .
I really shouldn't have told the truth, I tried to fix things up, but only ended in shooting myself in the foot, I tried to stop rumors from spreading about me, now we were making a scene that forced even those who were about to leave to stand and watch the show that was unfolding .
Not to mention gaining the enmity of that girl Shizuno, who was the instigator of this situation, the mini court that they were setting up for me started with being ruled guilty without even having the chances of defending myself or say anything in defence .
They were asking the girl who was acting so coyly to state her relationship with me, the girl shot back and directly held my arms in a lock and refused to let go or answering the question, making the misunderstanding continue to go on, I rolled my eyes at her and all I got was her pinching my arm .
Okay I deserved that for blurting the words I did without asking for her permission first, but it just happened, I cursed myself enough for doing this, I looked around wanting to ask Moroha to help, but that guy looked at me straight in the eyes, then turned his head to the side and looked away, I hope for him to be put in my same situation and I will respond in the exact same way he did .
Seeing that there was no hope of getting this predicament solved by the interference of an external aid, I was ready to plead guilty or do anything to get out of this tight situation, I no longer cared about what it looked like, but just as I was about to implement that cursed plan of mine .
I was surprised to see her suddenly nodding her head and declaring that we were indeed siblings, but using a faint tone of voice so no one would be able to eavesdrop and get anything from what she was saying, I was the one responsible for making sure that no one came even close to her and the other girls, they should have ended their discussion since quite the long time ago .
Yet, the moment I shifted my gaze to where they were, I saw that they was still conversing with one another, completely uncaring for where they were or what I'm forced to do for them to get the chance to continue chatting there .
" Hurry up already and finish chatting, I'm beginning to get bored standing here like some kind of a scarecrow, you can continue to chat more after you get out of here, y'all know that right .
At my question, I seem to have gained their attention, but how to say this, I really wished that I didn't, they were staring at me with pitiful looks, as if they were seeing me struggling with something, I was confused at first at the looks they were giving me, but then I was completely stunned as I heard the words that came out of their mouths, they said :
Tokiko :
I didn't know that you have suffered this much already in this life, my dear, I hope that I will be able to make it up to you for all those bad days you had .
Haruka :
Ryuu-san is so strong, I know that I wouldn't have been able to live under these kind of circumstances, but Ryuu-san is different, not only you survived them, but you thrived in them, my respect to Ryuu-san is increasing day by day .
Sophia :
I would have never that the guy who was able to beat me, is someone this softie, Ryuu-san is really a mama boy, but I didn't dislike it one bit, in fact I'm starting to like Ryuu after I knew more about your past .
I was stunned and at loss of what to say about this, I turned to the person that was the instigator behind all this and sensing that my gaze was locked on her, she shrugged her shoulders at me and acted as if she hadn't have anything to do with this .
Those girls were looking at me with pity in their eyes not out of concern about my current self or state, they were looking at me like this because she told them about how we got to be siblings, she told them about my past, that was why they were reacting this way .
I looked at the three of them and was about to use Paradox to get out of her, the pitiful looks they were giving me began to spread like wildfire among the guys who were watching with interest on what was going on, they too began to make their own assumptions about what was happening and most of them decided that they will be looking at me with pity just in case .
That was her way of taking revenge, making my social life more awkward than it have already been, just as I was about to get out, I suddenly heard a familiar voice and a familiar monologue repeating itself in my ears, the voice was so loud that it was quite difficult to miss it out, so once it sounded in the training ground, it caught the attention of everyone present .
The voice belonged to Kamekichi-senpai who was currently asking the captain for his permission to be the one who assessed the newly recruited Moroha, the captain was looking at him with amusement then he was looking at me as if he was asking for my opinion on this, I shrugged my shoulders at this and didn't say anything, but the other guys began to cheer and ask the captain to grant his request .
I sensed someone stare at me as if asking for help and saw that it came from none other than Moroha, he was the one looking at me with pleading eyes, but I stared at him back playfully then raised my eyebrow at him and acted as if I hadn't seen it at all, he wasn't asking me to help in him dealing with Kamekichi, he was probably asking me to help in escaping the assessment by telling them my honest opinion on him .
This was unluckily to happen, after all, he gave me the cold shoulder before, so it was payback time, the captain seemed aware of our interaction and in the end, he agreed to let that obnoxious guy to give it a try, but we both know in addition to others that it won't even continue to go on for more than one round before he will be defeated or just strain himself and lose conscious like before .
This battle caught the attention of many, but I had little to no interest in watching how will it goes, but just as I want to slip away, I was fixed in place by two girls locking both of my arms with theirs, on the left Sophia was holding into my right and Tokiko was locking my left hand with hers, Haruka looked at us like this and snickered .
She looked a bit aggravated for some unknown reason, but weirdly enough after taking a few seconds just staring at us like that, she seemed to find what she was looking for and she directly locked her hand with Sophia's free hand, we were connected and locking arms with one another, I was taken hostage by them .
I was taken a bit aback by the fact that they seemed to be surprised at the actions of Haruka, Tokiko and Sophia looked at each other then at Haruka then they shook their head and then smiled at one another, what exactly did that mean, I had no clue .
" What, do you have something to do with me ? .
All the three of them looked at each other, then two of them suddenly shifted their gaze and both gazes fell on the same person Tokiko, I didn't even need to wonder much before I understood what was happening, they were picking someone who will be responsible for speaking what were in all of their minds, Tokiko began to talk directly after she got chosen as spokesperson, she said :
It's like this, since you won't have a date with any of us tomorrow, we decided that we will be using the next few hours to spend as much time as we could with you, but only for the next few hours .
" Since I will be the person who you will be spending time with and intruding on, can I have at least a say on all of this .
No ×3 .
" Figured as much, well to tell you the truth, I really wanted to watch the fight that is about to breakout, so you can join me or go and do something else until I'm finished here .
We too figured as much, but to prevent you from escaping, we decided that we will be here watching beside you, so don't think of using Paradox or anything else of that sort to escape, or else ... .
" Fine, fine, I gave up .
Tokiko already saw through my plan to escape from them and I was now unable to do anything but accompanying those guys, their glaring looks were quite effective in scaring me, even the eyes of the Horned Boa wasn't so venomous, I don't know what they might have done if I refused to go along with their wishes, but I also didn't want to actually find out, so I forsake my chances of getting some peace and was instead in the stands watching the shortest sparring ever .
I had gotten a few nostalgic moments assaulting me while sitting in the stands, first was the monologue of the Great Kamekichi that I was familiar with, he was repeating yet again, but what made me almost burst out laughing and I wasn't even the only one who was trying to hold back his laughter .
The reason to why we were like this was because that guy had the audacity to say that he sparred against the second strongest after the captain and was even able to tie with him, I heard this and felt that he was both funny but also quite shameless .
Moroha was beginning to believe that his opponent was strong, he even looked at me and was wondering whether was what that guy said was the actual truth, I shook my head at him and he relaxed again .
The other nostalgic feeling that hit me was the envious eyes that I seemed to now be getting no matter where I went, I just allowed a sigh to escape my mouth and Sophia directly said :
Are you missing your mom, here I can give you an emprace .
She was even spreading her arms wide opened at me as if indicating me to just go ahead and do it, but the glare that came from my back was a reminder of what was waiting for me if I did that, I turned to Tokiko and saw that she was now spreading her arms at me as well, I clutched my head in pain of the headache that I was now having, then I glared at Shizuno in the stands right next to us and yelled loudly at the guys on the center of the arena and said :
" What in the world are you standing there for start this fight already .
The cheers soon followed right after my shout, the guys on the ground stood stunned at first, but then Kamekichi-senpai used his tire 1 dark art Flare and aimed at Moroha who was still stunned with it .
The spell hit him but did no damage, he protected himself using Prana, Haimura began to counter attack and while his opponent was still writing the glyphs of his dark art, the other guy had already began putting the final touches on a tire 2 dark art .
I saw Kamekichi-senpai suddenly falling down on his knees and in a comical manner he began to use every words that could give the meaning of surrendering he had in his mind at the moment, he was abdicating from the fight and Moroha allowed him to do with a smile .
But unluckily for Kamekichi-senpai, this time he didn't collapsed like last time, so the other guys began to troll him quite heavily, he withdrawn from the training ground in a hurry saying that he had some matters, he need to attend to and directly left the building in shame .
Shouldn't we get going as well, the fight had ended, after all .
At her saying this, I shook my head and pointed forward with my finger towards the center of the training ground, seeing that the captain at some point appeard there and I said to the still confused girls :
" THE ACTUAL SHOW IS ABOUT TO BEGIN .