High School Hack and Slash Chapter 95 Part 1
Takamagahara Reitaisai
*Bang, bababang* Fireworks are being set off in the clear sky.
Friday, past mid-September.
As of today, the Toyoashihara Academy’s school festival, the『Takamagahara Reitaisai』, finally begins.
It lasts for three days until Sunday.
Classes are canceled during the school festival.
As far as the general department students are concerned, until last year, when they were unable to bring themselves to get excited about it, they seemed to think of it as just another consecutive holiday.
This year, however, the enthusiasm of the entire academy is high from the first day.
It’s truly like a『festival』.
We, the Adept Orders, have also been preparing our stall since early in the morning, and on the divided grounds, the other clubs are similarly working boisterously as well.
It’s like, not only Black Honey, even the other major clubs seem to be enjoying the event in high spirits.
Including this ground, on some parts of the academy grounds such as the gymnasium and the martial arts stadium, a faint dungeon space has been invoked through the large scale duel barriers laid down in advance by the duel committee.
It seems that these are not for duels, but as a surprise to liven up the events.
「Well, I guess it’s because they’ve announced that there will be rewards, or perhaps, prizes. So it’s just a matter of self-interest.」
What Seiichi swiftly pulls out is a pamphlet of the Takamagahara Reitaisai events.
On the front page, there listed the schedule of main events organized by the student council as well as information on the stalls and mini-events produced by each club.
And then, on the back side, there is a stamp-rally style bingo card.
These randomly lined up numbers correspond to the numbered events of each club.
It’s something along when you visit a stall or event, you get a stamp with the club’s crest.
And then, when the bingo card is filled vertically, horizontally, diagonally, and all squares are filled, the corresponding event rewards are given by the school festival steering committee.
Rewards such as meal coupons for the school cafeteria, exchange coupons for consumable items sold in the purchasing department, discount coupons that could be also used on student streets, and many other prizes that any student would want have been arranged.
I think this was Kaoru-senpai’s suggestion to forcefully lead all students toward the event and encourage them to enjoy the school festival.
The same is true as you go around the school festival as a visitor, but it would be sad if people don’t come to the events and stalls that everyone has gone through the trouble to prepare, so I remember myself being impressed that this was a pretty good idea.
It seems that the school festival steering committee, led by the Massive Vice President, is also pretty serious in their attempt to make the festival exciting.
「It’s interesting, isn’t it? I’m definitely going to get my hand on this『New Autumn Special Project, All-you-can-eat Newly Created Sweets Fair Participation Ticket』.」
「I wonder if these prizes are on a first-come, first-served basis. This limited gift certificate that can be used at student street, I simply want it….」
Mai and Otoha senpai are sitting at a table in the adept dining (provisional), looking at the pamphlet.
I hope they can properly help out with the preparation.
「The high ranked clubs’ aims are the prizes for the event evaluation ranking, I suppose?」
Rinko-senpai, who is assembling the counter seats, looks back.
The event space assigned to us, a C ranked Club, is in the corner of the grounds.
There are more than 200 clubs in the academy, so I guess it’s inevitable.
We applied early, so we are lucky to be able to secure a large booth.
I heard that other clubs hurriedly reworked their plans and submitted their applications for participation after it was announced that prizes would be given away in the event evaluation.
「I think they are probably after the prizes of sealing-subject (inspect) items stored by the academy.」
「I heard that among the items found in the dungeon, the dangerous ones end up being retrieved by the academy, though.」
Shizuka, who is helping with the assembly, tilts her head.
「Yes, that’s it, I suppose. I guess they’re trying to release the items that they have inspected, took the data, and confirmed the safety. I bet they have a lot of such items stashed away somewhere, after all.」
The『event evaluation ranking』 for the club’s events is determined by student voting.
The events are divided into several categories such as『food and beverage stalls (food court)』, 『products sales stalls (market)』, and『research presentations』, and prizes are prepared for each of them.
Speaking of what the Adept Orders are aiming for, it’d be the food court category, but the biggest enemy would likely be Black Honey.
Well, even if we can’t win the top prize, the most important thing is for everyone to be able to enjoy themselves.
「Right!」
The extremely energetic Mikan-senpai nods her head.
The senpais have done their best to prepare for this『Takamagahara Reitaisai』.
I think it’d be nice if it turned out to be a good event.
『— Well then, I now announce the opening of the Toyoashihara Academy, School Festival, the『Takamagahara Reitaisai』 —』
The information coming from the academy grounds loudspeakers announce the beginning of the Hare day.
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The completed stall of the Adept Orders has more than double the space compared to the stand we had at the flea market.
It’s on the corner of the sequential course, allowing us to secure more area than the other booths.
One side facing the course serves as a corner for displaying and selling items made by Adept Orders.
The items on display vary.
All kinds of equipment created mainly by Mikan-senpai.
Many of these are primeval armaments (nature weapon) created using monster drops under the convenience of material procurement.
There are also mysterious metal equipment made from mysterious metals found in treasure chests and mysterious ores collected in raid domains.
As for the price setting, the Black Honey members who had come to play silently added several digits of zeros to the price tags of the senpais, who had put them at random, thinking: about this much I guess~.
Not only such gimmick-ridden romantic weapons, it appears that they have also arranged slightly strong items specified for first-year students.
Other than those, what catches my attention are various accessories that Ichiko-senpai created with her Whitesmith skills.
These include rings, necklaces, and amulets made of precious metals and monster materials, mainly gemstones.
If you fuse them with monster cards, I get the feeling that they’ll turn into items imbued with skills.
I’ve also received a few cool-looking ones, so I’ve been using them myself.
About a third of the accessories in the accessory case have already been tagged as reserved.
Those are the prior arrangements of the Black Honey members as well as Asagi-sou residents.
Prepaid card cashier is necessary in doing『sen』 transaction, so it seems that they’ve been waiting for this opportunity.
Other than those, small items made by the senpais are lined up in a small space.
It’s very much like a flea market.
The stall facing the other course serves as something akin to an open terrace with tables and chairs arranged.
What stands grandly at the back is a self-created mobile food truck.
With Kurumi-senpai serving as the chef until after lunch, it’s a solid diner which mainly serves『Roast Dragon Donburi』.
After lunch, it’s set to switch into a café terrace prepared by Meiron-senpai and Hoodzuki-senpai.
The『all-you-can-eat solid meat』 sign fluttering in the wind is very valiant.
In any case, this is only the first day.
From the second day onward, the plan is to change the displays of the stall in accordance with the increase and decrease in the number of products.
Here and there, passersby are starting to come into view in the ground stall area, but no customers are coming into our booth.
Looks like I ought to go touting for customers, huh.
「Wait a minute, I suppose.」
As I’m cracking my fingers and firing myself up, I’m grabbed from behind by Rinko-senpai.
「… What are you intending to do, I wonder?」
「Nothing.」
「Why are you turning your face away, I wonder?」
*Haa* Rinko-senpai, letting out a sigh, beckons Shizuka.
「We were planning to take turns looking around the school festival anyway, so I’m thinking about asking you start chaperoning Touma-kun at once.」
「But don’t you need male help here?」
「Don’t worry about it and go. At any rate, I bet you’re going to get stuck going back and forth anyway.」
Seiichi, who is cooling off in the corner of the table, waves his hand.
She’s the kind of guy who tends to disappear without notice, so it makes me even more uneasy.
「Now then. Let’s get going, Touma-san.」
「Let’s go~.」
「The first group.」
「The event check is perfect.」
I get my back pushed by Shizuka, Saki, Miharu and Natsumi.
Don’t tell me, I wonder if there will be a second or third group?
Please go easy on me.
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