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High School Hack and Slash Chapter 163 Part 2

「It felt very nice!」

Saki and the others, who have been indulging in destructive activities, come back.

With her face plastered with good humor, she bounces her ponytail about.

She seems to have enjoyed the sacred treasure she received as a Christmas present.

「Saki-chan has become more powerful.」

「It was so sick.」

Miharu and Natsumi, who have gone to watch her, are sporting a somewhat distant look on their eyes.

「Looks like I have to thank Karin for the gift~」

「No need.」

「That thing is aiming for your body, Saki-chan.」

The two are dissing Karin-senpai.

Rather, on the contrary, doesn’t that mean they’ve gotten close to each other?

It may be for Saki’s sake, but it’s unusual for the shy twins to step out to the front.

「Oooh. Looks like he made it through.」

Subaru-kun, who has been thrown out of the door as if he has been rejected, comes back on his own feet.

He’s in a groggy state, with a pale complexion, but he has the face of an accomplished man.

「I knew it, he sure has guts.」

「Yeah.」

I think Subaru-kun is probably a different type of person than I am.

However, he seems to have the guts to accomplish his goal without losing heart.

Not the type I dislike.

As the club president, even if in name only, I guess I should try to talk to the new guys to help them get used to the club.

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　The 『Holy Knight (Paladin)』 Senpai, who is as tall as the boys, is Fuuka-san.

「In my opinion, yes.」

The small 『Spirit User (Shaman)』 classmate, whose expression is still most of the time, is Anju-san.

「No. No can do. I won’t yield Subaru’s anus to anyone else.」

Subaru’s childhood friend and classmate, Ruka-san the 『Rogue』.

「Y, you can’t! Such a thing is filthy. To do it with fellow boys is….」

These three girls, Subaru-kun SS, are having tea around the chabudai in the club room (provisional).

How should I put it, in the blink of an eye, they’ve been steeped in the air of our club.

These girls have been removed from the student register, so we can’t list them in the club’s membership register either.

「As expected, no means no! I mean, I mean, Subaru is definitely an uke, after all!」

The noise sure is awful.

How should I put it, they reek of Shizuka.

Well, looking at the relationship between Subaru-kun and the girls, sure enough, it doesn’t look like the relationship between a lord and their slaves.

The usage method is different from monsters, which have turned into cards, used by those of the Officer class in general.

Or should I say, it’s the same, but the way they’re treated is different.

The basic skill of the Officer class, 『Materialization (Realize)』, and the monster domination that accompanies it, have been systematically analyzed.

First, in order to excite a card and materialize it, the level of the user (master) must be higher than that of the subject card.

Then, there’s a need to dominate the materialized subject.

Usually, the monsters summoned from the cards are the same as those that appear in the dungeon.

Making no distinction between friend and foe, they’d bare their fangs even at the master who summoned them.

A mental path is connected between the summoner (master) and the summoned subject (slave), and in order to make it fight, you have to suppress its will and control it.

However, in the cases of slaves with high intelligence level, it’s said that the higher their existence level (rarity), the harder it is to control them.

There’s even a fear that, on the contrary, the master would be influenced by the slave.

Barring such special cards, it’s not difficult to dominate the summoned subject.

What you must be careful of is the case where you excite several cards at the same time.

In that case, the domination power would end up being divided by the number of heads.

Assuming the summoner’s base level is 30, the choice would be whether to use three level 10 monsters or one level 30 monster.

What tends to happen to the Officer class that has gotten their hands on a number of cards is that the monsters run amok as they summon more than what their capacity allows, in other words, they have the monsters that have gone out of their control rebel against them.

If you have a relationship of mutual trust with the monsters you summon, the required dominance power (level) will also be reduced, but it’s recommended that you operate within your capacity as much as possible.

Such is what the textbooks must have said.

「Err, yes. I believe for the most part that is not mistaken.」

In the club room (provisional) at Asagi-sou, Subaru-kun, sitting across from me, is as stiff as a log.

I don’t mind if he speaks in a friendlier manner, though.

「Ah… But in fact, if it is just to excite it, it is possible to summon a monster from a card higher than the Officer’s level.」

「I see.」

I nod as I take a sip of my coffee.

But the monster will surely go out of control, so it can’t be put into practice, huh,

Even if it does materialize itself, it seems that the SP it possesses depends on the master themselves, so even if they were to summon a dangerous being, all you have to do is neutralize the master.

Well, they say it’d go out of control, but simply put, it’d simply escape from the master’s dominance.

Which means they’d be in a state of free will like Subaru-kun’s girlfriends, Ruka-san, Fuuka-senpai, and Anju-san.

Incidentally, the doggies encamped in front of the stove also seem to be in a free-will state.

It seems that when it’s time to eat, they come out of the cards on their own accord.

It’s up to the summoner (master) to decide whether or not to allow it, but it seems to be proof of how deep their connection with the cards is.

「I’ve heard that an officer with a powerful card can also act as an attacker in a party, but… Well, I bet you’re the only one who has been conquering the dungeon solo, Subaru.」

Seiichi, holding a new coffee pot in his hand, returns to the table.

The place is the café area set up in front of the club counter.

It’s a free café where Adept Orders-marked tea sets are offered, and the dorm residents also make use of it normally.

「That’s because Ruka, Fuuka-senpai, and Anju-chan have been lending me their strength.」

「… Ah, yes. Leveling up aside, it sure is surprising to know that they can have a class change, too.」

They must have acted as party members, not as a lord (master) and his slaves.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been able to reach a level where he can materialize the three at the same time without them rebelling against him, a level that allows him to stand among the top group of the underclassmen.

The EXP gained by the summoner and the summoned subject is fifty-fifty.

Therefore, Subaru-kun’s level has risen at three times the speed of the three girls.

But that doesn’t necessarily mean he’s equally three times stronger than the average student.

Materializing the three girls divides the SP of Subaru-kun himself.

His number of moves will increase by as many, and I bet the firepower they can exert in an instant will be tremendous, but if the three girls were to activate their full skills, he’ll run out of gas in no time at all.

「But, you guys are… much stronger, aren’t you, Seiichi-kun? When I first saw you, I was surprised, or rather, I got cold feet.」

Besides us, I’ve never seen any other first year students who have broken through the third step level cap.

I don’t think there are any in Subaru-kun’s classroom either.

Or rather, Subaru-kun is the surprising one, to have reached that level with a solo play.

「There’s no need for the kun, right, Subaru? We’re classmates and members of the same club, after all.」

「Err… Y, yes. Seiichi?」

Blushing in embarrassment, he calls his name with upturned eyes.

Ah, Seiichi flinches as if he had been bashed.

「A, ahaha… As expected, it’s embarrassing, so I’ll just call you 『Seiichi-kun』, alright?」

It’s like, Subaru-kun has an androgynous appearance and a delicate body.

Unlike a pretty boy, he’s the type that stirs your desire to protect.

It’s not like I have some ulterior motives or anything, but I guess I, too, will stick to calling him 『Subaru-kun』 for a while longer.

I sense a danger that if we get too close before I manage to grasp the sense of distance between us, my sense might waver.