High School Hack and Slash Chapter 98 Part 3
「Looks like it was just my imagination.」
「That seems to be case~.」
「Simply looking around is certainly interesting, but as expected, I guess you should choose the one you want, Kazuto. I want to quickly go back and enjoy the victory party after all, right?」
「Ahn.」
「Hnn.」
Having their asses grabbed by Kotarou, the two let out a coquettish voice.
「Hmm? What’s wrong? Kazuto.」
「U, umm… N, no, it’s nothing.」
Being at the mercy of his useless super senses, Kazuto’s face was turning pale.
「Then. Have you decided?」
「U, umm, an item that increases defensive power. Armor, shield, anything is fine. But the best one at it please.」
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It could be said that we were blessed with good weather during the Takamagahara Reitasai.
It was a very exciting school festival.
It was not limited to only us, as the whole academy enjoyed the festive atmosphere, I think.
I have never been a part of such a youth event, so I took the liberty to enjoy it to my heart’s content.
It’s just that, as the president of the Adept Orders, it’s a shame that I was unable to help out with the stall as much as I would have liked.
When the club members looked around the school festival in rotation, I was dragged around as an escort.
I was indebted to Touka-senpai’s stomach medicine.
There was also some trouble during the three days of festivities.
It seems that the 『Idolatry of the Holy Night (Noel Choppers)』, a club that was famous as event crushers, took over the broadcast room and shouted out the lonely heart tenets, and the school building turned into a natural haunted house due to the plague of Null mobs.
I feel like I caught the fleeting sight of a gigantified konnyaku-man and baby Nue running through the hallway through the window, but, well, it must have been just my imagination.
There were other incidents as well, such as the 『Tartarus Colosseum』 being temporarily off-limits, or the exhibitions being destroyed by someone unknown during the 『Research presentation contest』.
Our multi-legged mobile tank (Rev) was safe and sound, but for some reason, its entry qualification ended up being revoked.
It seems that there were incomprehensible claims from the other exhibitors, stating that it was a violation of the rule.
There were other minor problems as well, but for us, it was just like our usual day.
As for the 『Event Evaluation Ranking』 of the school festival, which was tallied up on the same day, unfortunately, we, Adept Orders, didn’t make it to the ranking.
The votes must have ended up being split up by the categorization, and those who would vote for our club, which was not well known, must have also been few in number.
However, everyone in the club seemed to be having a good time, so there was no problem.
「All right. Then, everyone’s got their glasses, right?」
Otoha-senpai, raising her glass in front of the barbecue stove, announces the start of the closing party, a special event at Asagi-sou.
「We’re from different clubs, but let’s go for a free and easy appreciation party. Thank you for your hard work at the school festival. Cheers!」
Everyone raises their glasses and the barbecue party begins.
I’m often close to forgetting it, but Otoha-senpai is the greatest person, the dorm leader, at Asagi-sou.
Her junky side may be conspicuous, but her ability to manage an organization is a pretty serious one.
I’d like to give her the title of head of the banquet department.
Most of the Asagi residents participate in the outdoor barbecue that has completely become a custom recently.
The tables on the terrace area are fully occupied.
Moreover, it’s not only Asagi residents, as members of the Black Honey club are also participating as guests.
The Black Honey members consist almost entirely of female club members, so they fit in without any sense of discomfort.
They brought marine products as a present, so seafood flavor is added to the barbecue.
Doggy-senpai for instance – holding skewers with chunks of meat as well as skewers with octopus, squid, and scallops in her hands – is taking up position in front of the grill with an ear to ear smile on her face.
Rather, one of the grills is completely dedicated to Doggy-senpai.
In such a lively and bustling venue, I get the feeling that our table alone is isolated from the rest.
「Here are another serving of skewers.」
Mirin and her group of four, who are participating as if it’s only a matter of course, bring us grilled skewers of dragon meat and aquatic monsters.
The generously coated spicy sauce gives rise to a wild and appetizing smell.
「We also have a pitcher of fresh tea and lemon~.」
A pitcher of what appears to be bubbling barley tea and a pitcher of what appears to be bubbly juice with chunks of lemon floating in it are served.
「As I thought, yakiniku is the best for summer heat fatigue, isn’t it?」
「My oh my, you have to eat vegetables, too, you know.」
As Tetsuro-senpai bites into a meat skewer, Kaoru-senpai, leaning his elbow on the table, offers him some salad.
「Meat is good and all, but at this time of the year, it calls for seafood-salmon. The healthy image is popular with the girls-salmon.」
「… a matter of taste…」
Nenene-senpai, wearing a salmon-shaped hood, and Kanzashi-senpai, who is plainly subjugating skewers with gusto, are eating side by side.
「Right~. The Kaisen-down was delicious.」
「Our roast donburi was also pretty popular. I suppose Kurumi was happy that she was able to use up the stockpiled meat.」
Mikan-senpa and Rinko-senpai are also nodding in a good mood.
Yes, executive members of various organizations have gathered at this table.
Somehow or other, I have a feeling that it must be hard to approach.
In fact, though, there are no members who are that finicky.
Otoha-senpai, for example, who is chugging down her crisp, cold and sweaty mug, immediately becomes dead drunk.
Incidentally, the top club in the 『Food and Beverage Stall (Food court)』 category was, as expected, Black Honey.
Moreover, by a landslide, apparently.
「… There were quite a number of votes for your club as well, but sure enough, the votes were split into several categories.」
「Yeah. We’re aware of that, and we don’t mind it, I suppose.」
The massive lady Reika-senpai, who is straightening herself up neatly, gulps down her nth mugs of sake in one go.
I have a feeling that she is as heavy a drinker as Saki.
As for the massive vice president-san, who had dropped by in the name of thanking us for providing the ideas that led the school festival to a success, he’s smashed, passing out in the state of straightening himself up neatly.
I have a feeling that he is as light a drinker as Doggy-senpai.
He doesn’t move an inch with his eyes remaining open, so it’s a little scary.
At first, there was a bit of argument pertaining to drinking alcohol with our status as students, but Vice President-san’s final word was that for us to be free and easy.
As expected, I think he’s a nice, down to earth senpai.
Even the air – which had become tense due to the presence of people from the flower group, and members of the student council to boot, whom they normally had no chance of seeing – reverted back to the usual one once Vice President-san took the initiative to gulp down his mug and turned into a statue.
He’s a senpai who can read the air way better than me.
「This student dormitory is… No, you guys are unusual, aren’t you?」
「I wonder about that. It’s not us who are unusual, but the academy’s common sense, isn’t it?」
Shizuka and Reika-senpai are pretty much meeting for the first time, but somehow or other, I get the feeling that they’re birds of a feather.
「You could say that, but this academy’s condition is also a projection of the outside world, you know. It’s just that there is simply no restraint known as appearance or face.」
「I see, you have a point.」
They seem to be talking about difficult stuff, but the pace is just too fast.
Empty beer mugs are piled up like a mountain.
And then they eat.
Shizuka-san has also come to be eating a lot lately, so it’s like a petit food fight.
「But, just a little bit, it’s not that I don’t think that I’m envious of you guys.」
「I think if you stand in a different position, what you see will also be different.」
The two of them, floating a faint smile on their faces, seem to be understanding each other in some respects.
「— Leaving that aside. It was delayed, but here’s the complimentary copy.」
「— I don’t know what you’re talking about, but certainly.」
An A4-size item, packaged tightly, is being exchanged under the desk.
That is the stuff that was secretly sold in the corner of the stall, tended by Shizuka and the quartet.
I have always been curious about it, but just what in the world that thing is, I wonder.
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