“So? So? How are Shian Feir and Egos Cutman!? Their power is evident, and their popularity second to none! They have great leadership abilities, and are very promising students! Aren’t they wonderful students who aren’t outdone by any of the others?”
“That is true! I have nothing bad to say about their power or their ability to lead the others! The other students are also moving around like fish in water, so I can see why they are singled out as exceptional even in a noted school!!”
“Right? Right!? We teachers are proud to see they measure up even to miko from Yamato~! Well… I see we also have students who have given up all too soon and are slacking. Mister Castle? Good grief, why did you recommend him? I can’t understand what you were thinking!”
“…”
Meanwhile, the teachers and the combat miko watched the students fight the monsters through the monitors in the exercise area.
Nira praised the students she picked to Sakura, the hero prospects, and was very clearly getting carried away. And she made snide remarks to Uno over his pick of the one who immediately failed the test, Yuugo.
Setsuna also watched, with the quarrel between teachers in her peripheral vision, and Sakura asked her a question.
“What do you think, Setsuna? How do you see the students recommended by Miss Mira?”
“…Wonderful. They move the other students like their limbs, and the others fight well while following their commands. I really think it’s great, yes.”
“Hm, I see. But if you say that, it means something is sticking out to you as you watch them, correct?”
“Oh? Sakura? When did you become such a contrarian? I really do think they’re wonderful. But…”
“…But?”
“If they didn’t have a leader giving them instructions, or if something were to happen that defied the expectations of their commanders, would they still fight like that? For better or worse, that group is reliant on their leaders. And… No, nevermind.”
“???”
It seemed Setsuna was aware of the subterfuge performed by Ramy and the hero prospects, even if Sakura was not.
She purposefully kept it to herself, and instead turned to Raiha, who seemed focused on one point.
“What do you think, Raiha?”
“Eh? Ah, s-sorry… I wasn’t really listening…”
“…You really are curious about him, right?”
Raiha silently nodded, agreeing with Setsuna.
Sakura also stepped in, and spoke to encourage her.
“I understand how you feel, but worrying too much is poison for the body. Not to mention that he gave up on the test as if it were nothing and is currently taking a break. He might be a bigger coward than we thought.”
“Yes… And if that’s true, there’s no reason for Raiha to worry…”
“…I don’t think he’s that kind of person. I’m sure he…”
Raiha was about to continue, disagreeing with the other two combat miko.
However, she was interrupted by the earth rumbling, and the impact made her scream.
“K-kyah!?”
“What is going on? What was that impact!?”
“Did… Gigantes just enter attack mode? And this power…!?”
“T-that can’t be! The summoned gigantes has a limiter that seals its power! He shouldn’t be displaying this much power…!”
Mumbled Ramy as her face turned pale, and she saw through the monitor that gigantes was clearly acting strangely.
“Strange, strange…! T-this shouldn’t be…!”
“Miss Nira, Please remove gigantes immediately! Hurry!!”
“I-I know! G-gigantes, return! O-oh? Why…?”
Ramy tried to withdraw gigantes by activating her summoning magic again, but no matter how much magic energy she infused as she ordered its withdrawal, gigantes would not leave the exercise area.
She was shocked once she realized control over gigantes had been shifted from her to someone else. In the meantime, Uno gave instructions to the other teachers to bring this situation under control.
“The test has been suspended! Remove the barrier surrounding the exercise area! I’m going in to rescue the students and take down gigantes!”
“M-Mister Castle! We can’t! The barrier stopped responding to us!”
“What!? Then we can’t enter or bring the students out!?”
There was a barrier around the exercise area to keep any attacks from leaving it.
“A-Amamiya, Kogarashi, Utsusemi! E-evacuate from this place! I will escort you out, follow me!”
“What are you talking about, Miss Nira!? Are you going to leave the other students!? What will happen to the students locked in the exercise area, if the person responsible is gone!?”
“The safety of the exchange students comes first! If something were to happen to them, it could bring about an international incident!”
Uno and Ramy argued in the face of this abnormal situation.
The other teachers were about to intervene and stop them, when…
‘Uooooooooooooooooooooohh!!’
“Guu!? T-this…!?”
“H-Howling…!!”
It was very simple, the monster just howled. However, the people who heard this intimidating and loud howl felt fear down to their core, and found their movements sealed.
Howling… Uno was hit by one of the monster’s techniques, and his face twisted as he found himself paralyzed and thought about the students.
He was relatively far away, but this was the result of hearing that howl. He could not imagine how much more the students were affected, since they were closer and in the face of the rampaging gigantes
The students who were inside had to be saved as quickly as possible… As a teacher, his heart was roused with a sense of duty, and he managed to shake off the fear, but he saw something he could not believe.
The rampaging gigantes stood in front of a building, and raised its arms for a hammer swing.
If it hit the building, its pieces would fly all over the exercise area.
If it hit the ground, it would create an earth shattering rumbling that would be bigger than the one before, meaning the students would not be safe.
Uno thought that gigantes had to be stopped somehow… But there was nothing he could do.
‘Uooooooooooooooh!’
Gigantes roared, and swung its arms down.
The impact from its angry roar, the vibrations, and impact enveloped the whole area.
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Mira praised the students she picked to Sakura
Nira*
Oh Setsuna is the perceptive one, she is able to see through the rigged match. Looks like Yuugo will be gaining a new friend soon.
So Raiha has a soft spot for Ryuuga and Setsuna is good at reading people. Meanwhile, Sakura is too quick to judge and she’s too dismissive