Chapter 40

I woke up with the bell signalling the end of the cla.s.s .

“Today’s cla.s.ses are now over . Everyone, please be on time tomorrow . ”

Emilia leaves the cla.s.sroom and all the students start getting ready leave .

Ray who sits in front of me leaned his chair back and tilted his head my way .

“Should we get something to eat?”

“You’re always hungry . ”

“My bodies efficiency is bad . ”

I push my chair back and stand up .

“Do you want to come to my house and have a victory celebration? My mothers home-cooked food is the best . ”

“Sounds good . It’s your treat then . ” Ray says before standing up

Next to me, Sasha has a doubtful look on her face .

“Nee . Just this morning we were cruelly fighting for our lives in the demon tree forest . Why are you both so friendly? Also, isn’t it humiliating to celebrate with the person you lost to?”

Ray and I look at each other .

“Is that so?”

“It was my complete defeat and I don’t feel bad about it because I’ll win next time . ”

Ray smiles at me . He’s a funny guy .

“Surely you don’t think you’ve got a grasp of my power with just that one match?”

“I’ve never lost to the same opponent twice . ”

“I’ve never lost . ”

In response to my gaze that looks down from the high place I’m in Ray smiles his refreshing smile .

“…… . Why are you competing against each other again? I thought you were going for a victory celebration? I don’t understand at all . ”

Sasha’s complaint seems to come from the bottom of her heart .

“What don’t you understand?”

“It’s a difficult thing for girls to understand . ”

“Aah, I see . ”

We laugh together as we reach an understanding .

It felt like we could understand each other’s thoughts and feelings without speaking .

There’s some similarities to the master-servant relationship from the age of myths but there’s more a sense of equality between us here .

Is this what friendship between men is like? It’s not bad .

“Jealous?” Misha said to Sasha .

“I’ve said before but I’m not even though Misha keeps saying it . ”

“Shouldn’t I?”

“It’s fine . It’s good you speak your mind . ”

“Hey! Don’t answer for me! Misha asked me not you!”

What are you getting so excited for?

“I say what I want to say when I want to say it . ”

Sasha seems dissatisfied but I lightly brush her off .

“Anyway, let’s go . There’s a guy over there who’s face is saying he’s hungry . ”

“That would be me, but I can last another 10 seconds if needed . ”

“Is that your limit?”

Me and Ray laugh .

“…… . . What are those two laughing at……?”

“…… . Relations are good…… . ”

Sasha and Misha mutter something to each other .

“I’ll transfer us . ”

I hold out my hand and Sasha takes it firmly while Misha takes Sasha’s hand .

I offer my other hand to Ray .

“…Aah, could you wait a moment?”

Ray seems to have remembered something and calls out to a girl who’s about to leave the cla.s.sroom .

“Misa-san . ”

Misa stops and comes over to us .

“What’s wrong?”

“We’re going to have a celebration at Arnos’ house . Do you want to come with us?”

“Eh…that’s . I’m happy to be invited but isn’t it better for just your group to go?”

Ray makes a meaningful face at me .

Is he just being kindhearted or is he interested in Misa?

Either way is fine I guess .

“What are you talking about? You are already one of my subordinates . ”

“Eeh… . . ? But I completely lost to Sasha-san and Misha-san . I borrowed the power of Ray-san . ”

“Victory or defeat is irrelevant . You showed great promise . Also, mazoku cannot use spirit magic but you can and it was the same magic as the great spirit Riniyon . ”

“… . . Riniyon……?”

“You don’t know?”

Misa shakes her head .

If I remember right she did say that her mother was dead . No wonder she doesn’t know anything .

“It’s one of the great spirits that protected the spirits forest during the age of myths . You probably have some kind of link to it . A spirits magic is deeply related to its existence . ”

Misa was seriously listening to my words . She must be interested in her deceased mother .

“It’s pretty interesting that you can use the true power of a spirit . ”

There were no half spirits half mazoku in the age of myths so I have no idea if Misa will be able to completely use the power of a spirit yet .

“… . Thank you…… . I’d love to be one of your subordinates but……”

“What’s wrong?”

“…… . What about the others in the Arnos Fan Union…… . ?”

Aah, that’s right .

“For the time being it’s only you . It seems like it would be too noisy if the others joined my group . ”

“Ahaha…… . that’s right… . . ”

Misa looks uncertain .

“What’s wrong? Is it that hard to join by yourself?”

“More like I feel sorry for them……Their reactions will be scary . I might be attacked in the dark if things don’t go well… . . Ahaha…… . . ”

Fumu . Those fellows are a little crazy .

“But that’s my problem . Please don’t worry about it Arnos-sama . ”

“If you say so . ”

“Fast! What a heartless response . ”

Sasha pokes fun at me again .

“Aah Sasha-san, that reminds me… . ”

Misa sneakily beckoned her over .

“What’s up?”

“Fufufu . Because I lost the match . ”

Misa takes out the magic photo and gives it to Sasha who looks hard at it .

“…… . . Tentatively, I’ll take it as loot… . for now……”

“What’s on the photo?”

“Kyaaa!”

Misha suddenly appeared surprising Sasha and causing her to drop the photo .

“Fumu . What are you making noises over?”

I pick up the fallen photo .

“Don, don’t look! You mustn’t look!!”

“What are you so panicked about? It’s only a photo . What’s going to happen?”

Turning the photo around I saw a boy with black hair and eyes . He’s also naked .

Because it was necessary to change clothes for cla.s.s the photo was taken in the few moments when changing clothes with magic that you are naked .

“……………………… . . ”

Sasha’s face is red hot and she shrinks into herself .

“Even though its a voyeur photo Arnos would be aware of the magic . ” Ray says while looking at the photo over my shoulder .

“There’s no way I wouldn’t notice . Loads were taken after all but I left it alone because it seemed harmless . ”

I present the photo to Sasha .

“It’s a very cute thing to do . Did you always want to see my figure?”

Sasha raises her eyes and glares at me . Her cheeks are red hot and her have formed .

“Don’t be so conceited! Okay? Listen up . I like naked men! Your body just happens to be my preference! It’s only your body I’m after!!”

Fumu . Is that so? Even I’m a little troubled by her words .

The cla.s.sroom has fallen silent and everyone is pulling back a little .

“I also like Arnos’ naked body . ” Misha says throwing Sasha a lifeline .

“Misha . You don’t have to support Sasha you know?”

Misha shakes her head .

“Arnos’ naked body is artistic . I like it . ”

Misha stares into my eyes .

Yare yare . How brave, but isn’t it shameful?

“Truly? I had no idea my nakedness was so attractive . I’m really sinful . ”

I let out a laugh .

“All right then . I’ll fulfil the wishes of my subordinates . If you want to see it that much Sasha, I’ll show you . Not with a photo but directly!”

“Eeh… . ? Directly… . . eeeh……! Ah… . . errrm……”

Sasha is completely confused .

“What’s wrong . Wasn’t my body your aim? I’ll give you today’s reward . ”

“Tha, that’s right… . I did say that……”

“What? Don’t you want to?”

Sasha looks down .

“………………………… . I do…………… . ”

“All right . Here you go . ”

I strongly clench my fists and flex my muscles .

The upper half of my uniform explodes .

“Look at it!”

“Why are you taking it off here!? You idiot!!”

Sasha regained her full form and yelled at me .

It’s not bad to play the fool once in a while .