The start of the selection battle is scheduled for next week.
This week is the first week for freshmen to go to school. As a result, the cruel selection competition will begin in the second week. I believe many people will complain.
But those who don’t want to participate can directly send a text message to tell the committee to cancel their qualifications. The selection competition does not happen every day. Some people will be on the Monday of the next week, and some people will be on the Tuesday of the following week, just like Oreki. As Li said at the beginning, there will probably be a game in a few days, so there is still plenty of time to prepare.
The match between Ikki and Kirihara Shizuya is on Tuesday of the next week, about a week away, that is, almost seven days.
Originally, the people from the Selection Competition Committee should have started sending text messages on weekends to notify the students who were preparing to participate in the selection competition. But for some reason, Ikki’s first selection competition happened on the third day of school. Receiving it in advance proved how hurriedly the selection committee decided, as if someone was eager to decide on this competition quickly.
At least, Stella and Zhu Shizuku had not received the notice of the selection battle yet, and Luo Zhen had already sent a text message to refuse to participate in the selection battle. As a result, only Ikki was notified in advance.
Perhaps, in the entire Pojun Academy, Ikki and Kirihara Shizuya were the first to receive the text message notifying them of the selection battle, and the rest are still waiting. That's not even possible.
In any case, the duel between Ikki and Kirihara Shizuya has been decided.
Even if Zhu Shizuku clamored to go to the chairman to argue with him after that, it would be useless.
"Since Kurogane has decided to participate in the Seven Stars Sword Fighting Festival and is aiming to win, Kirihara Shizuya will face Kurogane sooner or later as long as he is not defeated midway. It's just a matter of sooner or later. , even if you go to protest, it’s useless.”
In this way, Luo Zhen told Zhu Shizuku the ruthless reality.
There is no evidence or sign that there is a shady secret behind this game. Even if Shinguji Kurono wants to handle it, it will still be difficult to handle it, right
Not to mention, even if the Kurogete family really bribed the people of the selection committee, they just arranged an opponent for Ikki that was difficult to defeat, and did nothing else. They wanted to let this decision be made just because of this. It is basically impossible to be cancelled.
"Because the opponent is difficult to defeat, so I don't want to fight. I want the school to cancel the game and change it to an opponent that can be easily defeated. Wouldn't even I feel embarrassed to make such a request?"
That's what Luo Zhen said, leaving Zhu Shizuku speechless.
Magic Knights are not athletes, they need to fight, they need to serve their country, and they need to serve the . If they don't dare to fight because the opponent is not compatible with them, it will actually lower Ikki's evaluation.
In view of this, Ikki had no choice but to follow one path.
"Only by defeating Kirihara Shizuya can Kurogane realize his dream."
Luo Zhen laid out this fact.
So, no one mentioned it again.
After that, Ikki left without saying a word, returned to the dormitory dormitory, and stayed behind closed doors.
Zhu Shizuku quickly chased after him and entered his dormitory with Ikki.
Luo Zhen and Stella also returned to their dormitories.
Night, under such circumstances, gradually arrived.
... ... ... ...
"I'm ready. The bathroom is free. You can use it."
Luo Zhen, who had just finished taking a shower, was steaming all over, was wearing quite cool clothes, and had a towel hanging around his neck. He walked out of the bathroom and spoke to Stella.
"Oh, oh...!"
Stella, who was sitting on the sofa and didn't know what she was thinking, finally realized what she was thinking. She quickly stood up, picked up her clothes, and was about to walk into the bathroom.
Luo Zhen accidentally saw that there seemed to be some pink underwear accidentally exposed on the clothes Stella was holding.
(Is this also an inevitable situation when men and women live together?)
Luo Zhen felt helpless and looked away calmly.
Luo Zhen didn't have any special hobbies or interests. In order to avoid embarrassment and avoid causing trouble, Luo Zhen already knew what to do.
This is not the first time for Luo Zhen to live with a young and beautiful girl. He knows very well that if something unusual is accidentally exposed at this time, the other party's keen sixth sense will immediately notice it, and out of shame and anger, all mistakes will be made. It's very unreasonable to blame it all on the boys.
This is not the first time Luo Zhen has encountered such a situation.
In the past, when living with Nagisa and others, Luo Zhen had encountered this situation countless times, so he knew very well that at this time, he should hide his discovery quietly.
only...
(... On the contrary, Stella seemed to be very interested in my underwear last night.)
Such a thought flashed through Luo Zhen's mind, and then he quickly shook his head to get rid of this absurd and dangerous idea.
Otherwise, Luo Zhen is sure that he will not be able to bear it if he is investigated.
(Just pretend you didn’t find anything.)
Luo Zhen decided so.
Stella, who didn't know that Luo Zhen had thought about so many things in just a short moment, was about to walk into the bathroom, but suddenly stopped.
"Na."
Stella just asked without any reason.
"Do you think it's possible for Kurogane-san to defeat that ?"
Stella's question made Luo Zhen, who was about to sit on the sofa and watch TV for a while, slightly startled.
"What?" Luo Zhen said doubtfully: "Do you care?"
"Yes." Stella nodded without any hesitation and said very seriously: "Although I used to regard Kurogane-san as an ordinary student and thought that an F-class knight like him should have nothing worthy of attention, but today , I have fully seen that his strength is indeed worthy of my attention and even more worthy of my respect."
To be able to fight to this point with F-level abilities, to be honest, Stella was both surprised and impressed.
"If possible, I hope to fight against such a strong enemy. This is also the purpose of coming to this academy."
It was rare for Stella to speak her heart frankly.
"So, if Kurogane-san loses to that kind of person, I will feel very sad."
That's not even the most important thing.
the most important is...
"Kurotetsu was in a bit of a bad state today. Because of the relationship with the female swordsman named Atira, his spirit was already very low, and now he was forced to fight against such an unmatched opponent. When he left, his whole body was in a state of depression. It’s like giving up hope, which is really concerning.”
For this reason, Stella couldn't help but ask Luo Zhen for help.
"Could it be that Kurogane really can't win against that kind of thing?"
Stella asked just like that.
Luo Zhen then turned his gaze and looked at Stella.
"Do you want to hear the truth or do you want to hear lies?"
Luo Zhen actually asked such a question like he did when he was in the chairman's office.
However, Stella is different from Shinguji Kurono and Nishikyo Neine.
"Of course it's the truth. Who would want to hear lies?"
Stella expressed this dissatisfiedly.
Luo Zhen shrugged.
"The truth is, the chance of winning is not impossible."
Luo Zhen said this sincerely.
"It's just that it depends on Ikki's performance."
This is Luo Zhen's view.