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431 p3. Noble Faction and New School Year [4]

「Then let’s go to the next one.」

As we were about to move to another club,

「Ah, it’s Allen-senpai!」

One of the female students who came to see the Cheerleading Club called out loudly.

All of a sudden, a number of academy girls gathered around me.

「I-I am a big fan of Allen-senpai! If you don’t mind, can I have your autograph please!?」

「C-Can we shake hands…?」

「Um, senpai… do you have a girlfriend!?」

I wonder if you could call it the power of youth, as their push was quite fierce.

「Well, I’m currently in the middle of student council duties, so–」

As I was about to use the student council duty card to shoot them down,

「Wow, what an amazing hand! It’s big and veiny!」

「Your stomach is super hard! Just how much do you need to train to make it become like this!?」

「You look slim, but you’re so muscular!」

The juniors start running their hands all over me mercilessly.

Sweet and mellow scent, the nice soap scent, the fresh scent of flowers, and various such scents of the girls assailed my nostrils all at once, making my head dizzy.

「W-Wait, this is a bit too much…」

As I was perplexed by the situation, scorching black flames and sakura blossom petals burst forth with tremendous force.

「You guys are first year students, right?」

「Isn’t your attitude towards your senpai a little disrespectful?」

Ria and Rose emitted a very unique “pressure” that was different from spiritual power, and smiled gently.

(What a scary smile…)

There was no doubt that they had a smile on their faces.

They should be smiling, and yet…

The fact that they were pissed off was conveyed even to my bone marrow.

The junior girls, faced before Ria and Rose’s fiery rage,

「W-W-We’re sorry!」

Fled in all directions like baby spiders.

「Goodness… You really can’t let your guard down.」

「According to the love guidebook, it seems that men find junior girls charming and attractive. Extreme vigilance is necessary from this point onwards.」

Ria and Rose were talking about something with a serious expression.

「Eh, umm… well then, let’s go see the Swordsmanship Club next!」

The atmosphere was somewhat disturbing, so I tried to forcefully change the topic.

After that, we started moving to inspect the swordsmanship club.

On the way to the gymnasium, Ria brought up a subject.

「Speaking of which, Allen, is it okay if we don’t solicit new members to our Practice-Swing Club?」

「Hmm… Personally, I feel like we don’t have to do it.」

If there are first-year students who want to join our club, of course we welcome that, but… it’s not like we’re actively recruiting new members.

I think our club is a place where people like me who like swordsmanship gather naturally.

「Well, if the head of the club says so, then I understand.」

「Well, even now, we already have an excessive number of members.」

While talking about that, we arrived at the gym.

I changed from my outdoor shoes to indoor shoes and checked the solicitation activities of the Swordsmanship Club.

「It’s very lively as usual.」

There were over 100 members in the gymnasium. New students who wanted to join the club were given hands-on experience.

「Alright, are you all ready? Then, let’s start the “Three Consecutive Strikes”!」

When the female student in the middle of the gym thumped the drum,

「「「HA! HA! HA!」」」

More than 100 swordsmen started swinging at the same time with a matched rhythm.

Everyone raised their swords at the same time, took a step at the same time, and swung their swords at the same time.

This was repeated over and over again, filling the gym with enthusiasm.

(I have thought this when I visited this club before, but it still feels a bit stiff.)

As I had that impression,

「Next! Free practice! Alright, begin!」

「「「Yes!」」」

Some started checking their swinging form with a full-length mirror, some practiced their own swordsmanship school techniques, and some took out textbooks from their bags, beginning to polish their individual swordsmanship.

(…Huh? Was there free practice in the swordsmanship club before?)

As I tilted my head, the swordswoman standing in the middle of the gym noticed me.

「Oh my? I was wondering who it could be, and it turned out to be none other than Allen-kun!」

The swordswoman is a third-year student, Silty Rosette.

She is a senior with a bright personality, bright brown short hair, and big round eyes.

I heard that she was nominated by the previous year’s club head, Jean Baël, and was promoted from deputy head to club head.

「Silty-senpai, it’s been a while. I would like to ask just in case, but you are no longer doing the unreasonable solicitation like last year, are you?」

While saying that, I glanced towards the exit.

Last year, I was locked up in the gymnasium and almost ended up being forced into the Swordsmanship Club.

The main culprit of that incident was none other than Silty-senpai.

「Ahaha, I won’t do such a reckless thing anymore. Last year’s incident was an irregularity among irregulars!」

She said so and cackled loudly.

As usual, she seems to be a happy-go-lucky person.

「Speaking of which, did you change the practice regimen?」

「Oh, did you notice? As expected of Allen-kun, you’re sharp sighted!」

Silty-senpai started commenting while poking my side with her elbow.

「The form of swordsmanship is, of course, very important, but I started to think about what it would be like to be too obsessed with it. From my generation onwards, I decided to incorporate a little bit of free practice. Even Allen-kun’s practice swing club seems to be popular because of the freedom.」

「I see, so that’s what it was.」

This flexibility and adaptability might be her virtue.

For about five minutes after that, I watched the recruiting activities of the Swordsmanship Club, but I didn’t see any behavior that would be particularly problematic.

「Everything seems to be good.」

「Their solicitation is clean. The first year students seem to be having fun too.」

「Then, shall we go to the next one?」

After that, we visited various clubs such as the Mountaineering Club, Swimming Club, Art club, etc., but there was no solicitation that violated the rules.

「There are very few violators this year. Or rather, it’s still at zero at this point.」

「I suppose there are miracles too. Though, I heard there were a lot of rule violations last year…」

「While it is a good thing… I don’t feel like this is over yet.」

Immediately after that,

「—Oi Oi, are you lookin’ down on us!?」

We heard quite a boorish voice from the courtyard.

「…Trouble?」

「Sounds like it.」

「It doesn’t sound gentle either.」

We nodded in agreement and ran towards the courtyard.

As we arrived there, an outrageous spectacle that no one expected was unfolding.

「Oi, the student council is passing through! Oi, Oi, what happened to the rudeness you showed last year? At that time, you didn’t listen to us at all, did ya?!」

「The extreme solicitations, unreasonable approaches, and forcible recruitments that you guys usually do are completely okay, though. But if you did do that, I don’t know what our “real boss” will do to you guys, though…」

「E-Eek…」

「N-Nothing to worry! We’re doing it properly this year!」

Lilim-senpai and Ferris-senpai were threatening the clubs.

While using my name…