Magical★Explorer

“Here, Iori-kun.”

“Thank you, Sakura-san.”

Iori brought me to a room inside the library.

Apparently, Iori already passed the library organizing event which is one of the events for the student council. That’s why he can use this room and even get a cup of coffee from Sakura Rue-san, the librarian. It seems Iori is properly getting his events as well.

Seem like I can’t be careless too huh.

“Here, Takioto-kun…..I heard a lot about you from the rumor. The Shikibukai is a harsh place but hang in there okay? If there’s anything I can do then,”

She makes a fighting pose and smile.

“You can rely on me okay?”

“Thank you very much.”

After she finished saying that, Sakura-san left the room. Of course, the teachers in the academy also know about Shikibukai’s inner workings. That also applied to Sakura-san, the librarian.

That’s why Sakura-san offered this place for our use.

However, Iori shouldn’t know about that yet. I have laid some groundwork beforehand so he must have some idea when he heard the official announcement. I guess he’s here to get the truth from me but he also understands that it is a secret that should be hidden from ordinary students. That must be why he asked Sakura-san to let him use this place.

“You need more sugar? I got a lot from Nanami.”

Iori was a little reluctant at first but after a little struggle with himself, he nodded and said yes. It seems like he really needs the sugar.

I take out a bottle with various shapes of sugar from my storage bag and put them in front of Iori.

Normally, Nanami would prepare them without me saying anything but she’s not with me right now because I told her to head back home without me. She should be preparing for our skill acquisition right about now. She should be, right?

Iori opened the lid and takes out the sugars, there are various shapes of them like a star, moon, heart, and square shape. He is now choosing which of the cutely shaped sugar he would put into his coffee.

Interestingly, Yuika, his own sister seems to be pulled away by her brother’s action.

“W, wow, what a cute sugar.”

After Iori finished, this time I hand the sugar to Yuika who is already trying to pulling away from her brother.

She said: [Ah, I already used the stick sugar!] Saying so, she takes one and lightly stirs her coffee.

I think a stick sugar should already be enough though. But look at your brother, on top of the stick sugar, he already put in several more cube sugar you know.

“Cute right? I got them from Nanami. You can take some with you if you want. I don’t know if it will be enough for you guys though…..”

I take my eyes off Yuika and look at Iori. He is normally sipping his coffee despite the amount of sugar he added. I stopped counting after he put the fifth one in. It’s fine as long as he doesn’t have diabetes. Well, in this world, magic should be able to do something about it.

“……Can you sneak some for me later? We are living in the dorm so we wouldn’t be able to share unless we meet up.”

Is she going to use it in secret? She’s not going to plainly eat it right? Nah, she wouldn’t. She’s not going to right……?

“Now I am curious about daily life in your family…..”

Iori and Yuika are basically always staying at the dorm in the game. There’s almost no information about their daily life after all.

Hearing me, Yuika’s expression brightened.

“Eh, by any chance are you interested in me?”

She should know that I didn’t mean it like that though. She gives me a cute cheerful smile and raises her body a little…….nay, she moves over to me and starts hugging my arm.

Can you please stop doing that? Seriously. You are too cute I might break into a smile.

Well, if I have to say whether am I interested in the Hijiri house then I would have to say that I am very interested.

“I am curious but there’s something I am more interested in more than that.”

Saying so, I slipped away from her.

“Kya ♪”

Yuika made such a well-practiced voice.

“Can’t be helped then, what do you want to ask? Is it my—–”

“Yuika.”

The conversation didn’t continue. Unable to just watch, Iori gave her a warning. Yuika reluctantly stopped and takes her seat next to me.

Yuika-san, aren’t you a little to close?

Looking at Yuika, Iori let out a sigh. It seems like he will be getting to the main subject soon.

“Takioto-kun, why did you join the Shikibukai?”

“Well, you must already have some ideas right? It is as you thought. Or perhaps you are still thinking that the Shikibukai is an evil organization?”

There’s no way that he would think so. Clearly, Iori has some confidence in this. That’s why there’s no way that he wouldn’t know.

“As I thought……”

“Yeah, sorry for making you worry. Well, originally I shouldn’t be talking about this in the first place. So sorry if I have to be a little vague.”

Well, there are several people who know about the actual situation outside the three committees like those at the Tsukuyomi newspaper club for example.

“So that is the case after all……..”

“Mou–!”

He let out such a voice as if he is angry with me or was it relief? But once our eyes met, we started laughing.

“It is clear as day to some of you guys after all huh……”

“Of course. In the first place, you were the one who asked me and Orange-kun to ignore you or act like we are on bad terms right?

It was good for me to at least doing some groundwork with my classmates after all huh. I can already picture Orange saying something like: [Shikibukai? You are still you right?] Aside from his wife-stealing hobby, he is a good guy after all.

“Well, even if I don’t tell you myself, you should be getting the full picture soon anyway.”

“Eh? Why?”

“The student council, you are aiming to join them right?”

Iori nodded with a serious expression.

“I don’t know if I can ever join the three committees but I am doing my best.”

“You will, there’s no way you couldn’t. I guarantee that.”

“You really think so?”

“Yeah, you can ask for the full detail from president Monika or vice-president Fran after you joined them.”

Iori nods understandingly and lets out a huge sigh. Then as if he suddenly lost power, he leaned back on this chair.

“….what’s wrong? Don’t tell me, did something happen with the president?”

“No, it’s nothing. Both the president and vice-president are kind, they are good people. It’s not about them.”

Saying so, he corrects his posture.

“I’m, just relieved.”

“Relieved?”

“It’s because I get to know that Kousuke-kun is not that kind of person you know.”

Iori laughs, his cheeks slackened.

“I am very relieved that I got to hear that from you directly Kousuke-kun.”

“…..Sorry. It seems like I made you worried again.”

“Seriously, I’m glad. you properly took the steps to prepare for it unlike last time so this time I will forgive you.”

“Oi oi, forgive me you say? aren’t you getting a little too cheeky?”

At first, he was just a timid guy who never complained no matter what happens after all.

“Ehehehe.”

Iori laugh.

“Well, I have grown too after all.”

Saying so, he pushes out his chest.

—

We chat for a while after that, but it seems like the student council has summoned him so he left after saying: [Sorry, I was the one who invited you too]. Now the only ones left are,

“Shall we head back as well?”

“Yes.”

Me and Yuika. We put away the coffee cup, thanked Sakura-san, and left the library together. Then when I was about to say goodbye, I thought of something.

Come to think of it, is her initial event already over? Looking at her behavior, don’t tell me…….

“Hey, Yuika.”

“? What’s wrong? Looking at me so seriously like that?”

“If, yeah,– if you have got yourself into trouble you can use my name alright? At worst you can use Marino-san’s………the headmaster’s name too. I will ask her myself later.”

The moment I said that. I didn’t miss the moment when her smile faded from her face. So it still isn’t over huh.

“…..Really, what are you saying?”

“Well, just put that in the corner of your mind for the time being.”

Iori should eventually resolve the event himself but I better put some safety net in place first. It is still an early-game event so he shouldn’t have a hard time with it.

If we are talking about difficulty then the saint’s or Ero-scientist’s events are quite bad. The latter is especially much more dangerous in a lot of meanings though.

For the time being, I will have to talk with Marino-san about this.

“Well, I am going back first.”

Saying so, I turn my back and head toward the transfer magic circle. Then at the moment I almost reach the gate….

My stole suddenly got pulled.

“Wait, please.”

Yuika sneaks a peek at me, a cloudy smile on her face.

“Do you, know?”

“No, I just thought that you looked like you have something weighing on your mind. If that’s not the case then there would be no one who would approach me like that right?”

Of course, I know everything. As long as everything goes according to the script that is.

“Um, you see?”

It was when Yuika tried to bring up the subject…..

“F, FOUND YOU!”

I heard a screaming voice.

“Finally, Finally I found you!”

……….So she finally appeared. I don’t even have to see her figure. I can tell just by hearing her voice.

I thought that she would appear eventually. It is a certainty on the same level as an Eroge childhood friend heroine must be a virgin.

When I turned around, I saw her standing next to Yuika.

Her blond hair is more yellowish than Ludi’s. The characteristic croissant-like hairstyle. Her accessories look so expensive like the one you would find on a nouveau rich.

In her hand is her favorite weapon, a parasol. It is currently shaking by her strong grip.

“I’ve been looking for you…I’ve been looking for you all over the place!”

If I have to say whether I like or hate her then I have to say she is my waifu.

An Ojou-sama character like her is out of place in a game like this but everyone still loved her.

“Uuuuuu, whenever I visit, you never come to the academy….each and every time. Then when I heard that you came, you never went to the classroom!”

Sorry about that. I am rarely coming to the academy in the first place but before I asked Lord Benito for his help, I did my best to avoid you.

But, aren’t you becoming too much of a stalker?

“You didn’t even take the test and you still got the first place……”

Well, it is that kind of evaluation system so I can’t really do anything about it.”

“On top of taking the first place you also joined the Shikibukai! You must have done something underhanded right!?”

How should I put this? Is it because I know that she would come? She is fully intended to start a fight but I don’t feel the stress at all. My heart is the picture of calmness itself.

“And of all things, even Onii-sama is…….Kyiiiiiiii! I can’t even put it into words! I have never been angry with anyone this much before!”

……Ah, this pattern, Lord Benito must have failed. Moreover, she seems pretty angry as well. Seem like I will get a message with something like [Sorry, I can’t do it!] from him soon. Even though I have already asked the Lord for help beforehand.

“I……will absolutely, absolutely not forgive you!”

“No, I didn’t do anything though…..”

“DON’T LIE TO ME!”

Ahh, I’m done for, I sigh in my heart. I took my eyes off the enraged girl and look at Yuika.

Her usual smile disappeared, it seems like she got caught by surprise. Well, it can’t be helped, Gabby’s impact is strong after all.

……..Even so, things have become interesting huh.

The Shikibukai member [Takioto Kousuke].

The girl who can join the Shikibukai, also the sister of Lord Benito, [Gabby].

And the heroine who can join any of the three committees depending on the event, [Yuika].

To think that all the character who can join the Shikibukai has gathered.

“Takioto Kousuke! I, Gabriella Evangelista challenge you to a duel ! !”