CH 119

“All right, food, food, food!”

“See you later then!”

When I left the tent, Ryuuze stretched and laughed, and Urka ran to her parents. He only competed in the throwing competition, but he came in second and I guess he wants to report it.

“We’re coming too! I heard that the bread I ate in the bread-eating contest is being sold in a cart, so I’m going to buy one.”

“Oh, I want to try some too!”

“I’m going to look for my SIs first and then go to my father’s.”

Makina, Kudelica, and Luciel also left the tent and went back to their places. I’m going to go back with Nora, but first.

“Yogus, It’s regrettable with the competition in the morning, but I’m counting on you on the guess the name of the demon competition!”

“……! Yeah, of course. You can count on it! Well, I guess I’ll go get my strength back.”

Yogus was a little depressed, so I decided to blast him. Rather than consoling him, it would be more effective for us A-Class to admit that we lost and then say what we expect from him.

Sure enough, when I called out to him, Yogus regained his energy and went to his parents.

“I have to work on my magic too!”

“Right. Now let’s go back and find brother.”

“I guess I’ll go with you. You’re going too, aren’t you, Helena?”

“Of course♪”

As I left the tent with Nora, Jack and Helena, I saw my brother coming towards us. Jack and Helena waved to us and went on ahead, while Nora and I joined him.

“Lars, Nora, over here!”

“You did the calculations fast, Dedite-kun! I didn’t understand any of the difficult calculations.”

“Thank you, Nora. But you were the best at the riding competition. Everyone in the class knows you’re my girlfriend, so they were surprised.”

“Eheh~, I’m embarrassed.”

We walked along, talking like this. I walked next to them, watching how they were getting along. I wondered what would happen to them at one point, but it was nice to see such a happy-looking brother.

When I was looking for my dad and the others, I found my dad, my mom, Nina, and Hauzen-san in a rather nice spot in the audience. Then Verna-sensei and Tigre-sensei joined them, and the number of people suddenly increased.

If Nina and Verna-sensei comes, it’s only natural that she’ll have a companion or candidate …… hmm? Wait, so maybe I’m the only one who’s single?

Oh, no, I’m only ten years old. There’s no need to panic …… And I’m not sure about love yet. That’s the only thing that I feel like maybe I’m really ten years old.

When I was thinking about something unimportant, my brother opened his mouth with his eyebrows lowered.

“…… Don’t you see a lot of people talking to Mom and Dad?”

“Now that you mention it …… Wait, the person talking to Mom on is Makina’s mother! My dad is talking to Luciel’s dad on …… N-No, there’s Kuderica’s mom too!?”

“It’s true! Ah, there’s also Luciel-chan, Luciela-chan, Makina-chan, and Kuu-chan.”

All the girls from our classmates except Helena were there, and Nora charged to Mom with glee. She took off her shoes, climbed onto the seat and hugged Mom around the waist.

“Mother-in-law♪”

“Oh, welcome home, Nora. Welcome back Dedite and Lars. You guys did a great job.”

Mom pats Nora’s head and looks at us. I nodded as I climbed onto the seat.

“Yes. Thanks to everyone, we’re in first place for points in the first year.”

“So are we, the third year A-class.”

Sarge is clapping his hands on Verna-sensei’s lap.

“Oh, Sarge. You can’t annoy Mom or Verna-sensei too much.”

You’re such a curious dragon.

In the meantime, Makina and Kudelica’s mother spoke to Mom.

“Looks like Lars-kun and the others are back, Madam …… I’m sure our little girl will be a great girl in the future.”

“Oh, Kudelica is a little girl now, but she will be a big girl when she grows up! What do you think?”

“Mom, stop it ……”

“This is embarrassing ……”

Makina and Kudelica turned over and tugged on their mother’s sleeve. Mom put a finger to her lips, then looked at them alternately and opened her mouth.

“Hmmm, I can’t say anything about it because it’s up to Lars to decide. He’s only ten years old …… aside from Nora, there may be other good boys will appear out there?”

In response to my Mom’s gentle reply, the mothers clenched their fists and said.

“No! He has great magic and physical skills, and he’s the son of a lord. You’ll never find a boy like him! Right, Makina, properly–“

“Waaaaaaaaaah!? Mother’s at it again!”

Then Sorio, Luciel’s father, who was talking to Dad, starts talking to us. His face is red in a different way, don’t tell me ……

“Hahaha, you can’t do that because I plan to have Lars-kun marry my Luciel. I’m sorry about Brao’s case …… but if Luciel wants to marry you, she will! Hahahaha!”

Unlike usual, Sorio-san is quite cheerful. Then, Luciela opened her mouth.

“Oh, you’re drinking, father!?”

“Ohhhh …… and …… I-I’m sorry, Lars-kun, father said some strange things.”

“Oh, yeah, I’m fine, but ……”

“Gununu, Kuu-chan, you have to appeal him too.”

“What!? T-That’s embarrassing ……”

“I’m so jealous of you, Lars. You can choose all you want. Hiccup.”

It seems that my dad is drinking too, and he says irresponsibly. As I was wondering what to do, Verna-sensei started talking to the mothers.

“Now, now, children have their own pace, so why not♪ Lars-kun is confused too, so why don’t we have lunch first?”

She was smiling, but her voice was a little low. She had been in trouble because of her parents’ arguments, so maybe that’s why she thinks that parents shouldn’t be too critical about these things.

“I, I guess so. Well then, let’s have lunch.”

“Nina made it for us. Of course, so did I.”

“Wow♪!”

When Nora received the basket and took off the cloth, she saw that it contained sandwiches, rice balls, the standard egg rolls, sausages, tomatoes, fruit, beef skewers, and many other things that could be eaten with one hand.

“I’ve made it a little more luxurious than the usual bento! Here, have some too, Hauzen-san♪”

“Yeah, thank you for this! I’ve never seen an academy competition before, but it’s really elaborate. If I had a child, it would be a good education.”

“Oh my, it’s too early to say child ……”

“What? Ohhh, haha …….”

We all shrugged our shoulders and laughed at the exchange between Nina and Hauzen-san, and they both noticed that their faces were red.

“Well then, thanks for the food!”

“Thanks!”

“Thanks for the food!”

We finally had our lunch. As I was wondering where Luciel and the others’ lunches were, I saw their mother walking towards me with a big bag.

“Mom, over here!”

“Yes, yes. Oh, are you drinking? Geez, It’s like this whenever I take my eyes off you.”

“Now, now, he don’t get to talk to Roen very often, so why not?”

“Aren’t you with us at the Chamber of Commerce meeting? …… Well, that’s fine for today. Just properly cheer, okay?”

“I know, I know. Now, shall we have some too.”

“Yeah! Hey, Dedite-kun, can I trade your sandwich for one of my pancakes?”

“Okay, you want too, Nora?”

“Yeah!”

“Ugh, damn you, Nora ……”

“Sis, she’s my friend, so you can’t glare at them.”

“L-Lars-kun, would you like to trade for my food ……?”

“Are you sure? While we’re at it, let’s trade. What about it you, Makina?”

“Oh, yeah! I’ll take this too.”

And before I knew it, the girls were gathered around me, eating and chatting.

I felt a little sorry for Makina and Kudelica, wondering if this is what happens when the parents are more excited than the girls themselves.

One more chapter at a leisurely pace!

Thank you for reading!

[Afterword Theater]

“I’m a little worried about the future, even though he’s very popular.”

If you’re not chosen, it’ll be hard to be just classmates ……