Chapter 90 : The Scene of Carnage

TL:SummerPeanut

It never rains but it pours. Swollen foot and scalded hand. Luckily I got chapters in stock. Thanks for the peanuts, Abunai.

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30 June 2030.

Right now I'm sitting on my knees.*1

And in front of me is a letter.

‘Dear Beloved Mars’

Well, it is what is commonly known as a love letter. And this was delivered yesterday, to the top floor of the first-year female dormitory...... in other words, to the ‘Reimei’ party girls' room.

These letters arrived quite often but this time the person and the content of the letter is bad.

Of course, the sender was the glasses senior. The contents of the letter were.

“Dear Mars,

I hope you remember our promise when we two skipped classes together. I'll be waiting for you at the usual place after school on 1 July.

P.S. I gave you my first time so you haven't forgotten your promise, have you? If you did, I'll go to Ike and cry. From your glasses person."

Where my knees are sitting right now is the floor of the harem room on the sixth floor of the female dormitory, the object of everyone’s envy.

Around me are four demons and one outsider...... as for why that outsider is here, Clarice said that if four S class girls live in a room together would make it seems like they are excluding her and that’ll be sad. So Minerva also lived with them in Reimei’s girls’ room.

Normally it's forbidden to live in a female dormitory.

But I reduced that rule of cohabitation to null and I can enter this room anytime I want.

Welp, they really went and did it... They should have kept the entry ban to the female dormitory area...

Clarice spoke to me with a smile plastered on her face.

“Mars. I won't get angry so tell me honestly. You and Senior Ede have been very close lately, haven't you? You often call her glasses senior or something similar, don't you? What first time did Senior Ede give you?”

I looked down and answered, unable to look directly into Clarice's eyes because of how scary her eyes are.

“N-no, I didn't receive anything ......”

“Oh, so are you saying that Ede-senpai is lying? It’s even something that would make her cry if you forgot right?”

“No, I didn't do anything like that......”

And now the Queen of Jealousy’s turn.

“......Mars......recently changed......sad......”

She said some stinging words.

I feel like I shouldn't let a woman say these words.

I feel like the worst trash kind of a guy......Though I'm the cause...

Queen Little is next.

“Putting aside Clarice and Ellie, and although it’s plausible for Misha, I can’t accept losing to Ede! Come on Mars, assault me too as you had to Ede!"

Saying this, Karen suddenly laid sideways and closed her eyes.

Lady Karen. Your words are dangerous!

Finally, the runaway elf suddenly hugged me and tried to kiss me.

“Why can't it be me? Is that senior glasses that much better...?”

When I held Misha's shoulders and tried hard to stop her, tears started to flow from Misha's eyes......

This scene of carnage lasted for less than four hours from after school to 7 pm.

The issue became such that it could only be resolved in its entirety the next day during the meeting with the glasses senior after school.

And the next day after school - 1 July 2030 - I went to the student council room.

I knocked on the door of the student council room with Clarice and Ellie on my shoulders.

Without caring whether it’s the homeroom, magic class, or martial arts class, to think that I had to sit on my knees the entire time...

“Excuse me...”

When I entered the student council room, Ike looked at me and immediately noticed the unusual atmosphere.

“M-Mars...... what's wrong? Aside from Clarice, it's unusual to see Ellie, Karen and Misha here, isn't it?...”

Then, instead of I who wasn’t given the right to answer, Clarice plastered a smile on her face before speaking.

“I have a few errands to run with Senior Ede. I believe it will be over quickly. May we interrupt you for a moment? Brother-in-law?"

Ike also seemed a little put off.

“S-sure...... I don't know what it is but... don't do anything too extreme, okay? But for Mars's fiancées wanting to see Ede... Mars! Don’t tell me even Ede?..."

As expected of my good brother that I’m proud of...... so perceptive to the point of causing disgust......

"Yes, I'm falsely accused...... and I didn't do anything......."

Then the four judges stared at me.

No, they can’t be said to be a judge anymore. They look more like executioners… Then came the initiator of this case, the glasses senior.

“Oh? Did everyone come? But that’s a no, okay? It will be just you as promised, okay? Well then, Mars, let's go, shall we?"

Then Clarice was about to say something to the glasses senior but Ike restrained Clarice and said

“Ede. Where and what are you going to do with Mars?"

Ike asked the glasses senior. Then she replied.

“Oh my, we discussed this with you the other day, didn't you? We're going to the gymnasium…now."

As soon as she finished, she dragged my hand.

But Clarice pulled my other hand.

“Wait. I haven't finished talking to you yet!”

Clarice stopped her with a loud voice, and the glasses senior was surprised. Then Ike turned to Clarice.

“Clarice. I'll take responsibility here so let Ede do what she wants. I'm sure that absolutely no harm will come to the four of you...I think. At the very least not in the way you guys might think."

Ike separated mine and Clarice's hands.

Ike looked apologetic to me and clasped his hands in front of his face.

Is that a sign of an apology? Or is it a sign of condolences?

I was taken to the gymnasium by the senior glasses.

Ah, my legs are still numb and... by the way, when I secretly recovered the numbness with Holy magic yesterday, Clarice told me I’m not allowed to because I didn't show any remorse...

The hall was not like the one where I fought Ryner the other day but a much larger gymnasium where you could look down from the second floor.

And there were a lot of girls upstairs.

Apparently, all of them are upperclassmen and I received many cheers from the second floor.

“Good luck, Mars!”

“I love you, Mars.”

“Mars, if you win, you can do whatever you want with me”

Then, glasses senior said.

“There's a lot of support for you Mars......I'd say more than 90 percent of the fans there are here for you. It's been a while since I've fought as an away team and I'm getting motivated!”

And Garl, the dwarf, too said.

“Well, it’ll be ‘ol us win so they'll be screaming in no time. Don't overdo with him, y’all. Ike will be furious."

The members of ‘Red Lotus’ were already in the hall, and they were already in discussion with each other excluding Ike.

I already knew what was going to happen.

But it seems like the four executioners still don't know what this meant......

When I tried to explain to them, Ike put out his hand and restrained me.

I am sure that Ike will explain to the four properly.

As for me, I would be more grateful if Ike explained it to me.

Hm? Did Ike know about the conversation between the senior glasses girl and me? Why does Ike know? And if he knew, why didn't he clear up the misunderstanding in the student council room?

As I approach the middle of the hall, the voice of a woman, apparently the MC, echoes through the gym.

Huh? Could this voice possibly be miss announcer from the Freshman Combat Tournament?

“Okay, everyone! Today's main event! First, the Red Corner! It's no secret that this is the strongest and number one party in the Lister Imperial School! Everyone longs for that party, and everyone envies that partyyyyyy----. B rank party, ‘Red Lotus’!!!!!”

There were cheers from a few in the audience.

“And from the blue cornerrrr!!!! The younger brother of Ike Bryant, also renowned as the strongest of this Lister Imperial School! Blonde, good-looking, with a face more beautiful and delicate than girls, and above all, the master of the harem party in the first year! The name of the man who is going to win this battle and welcomes our Ede as a member of his harem is......Mars Bryant!!!!!!!"

There's no doubt...... this way of agitating the crowd is miss announcer from the Freshman Combat Tournament......

When my announcement ended, the senior girls on the second floor went wild.

I looked up and saw hundreds of cherry blossom views.

But soon Clarice came up to me.

“I'll show you ours later as much as you like, just don't look up now.”

She told me that still with a smile tacked on her face.

Although it’s a lucky opportunity for me, I don’t think I should be happy about this…

“I was just curious because the cheers were so loud, that's all. More importantly, have the misunderstanding been cleared up by a bit?"

Then Clarice apologized.

“I heard what happened from your brother-in-law just now....... I'm really sorry! I always believed in you Mars......."

The end of the sentence is getting weaker and weaker......

“But! What first time did she give you?! I'm still not going to forgive you depending on your answer!"

Hearing those words, the glasses senior…

“Are you talking about my first time? That's a matter of course. There's no way I could write it in a letter and there's no way I could say it in public either."

Clarice heard that and said.

“Look, Mars, you're having an affair!”

“What? Affair? ......did you guys think that is referring to cheating? Just from how I gave him my first time skipping class for Mars?"

When the glasses senior said that, Clarice...

“Eh? The first time you skipped...class? So two of you didn't skip class and did something unseemly together?"

“If you want to call it unseemly, it might be so... but Ike said that even if ‘Red Lotus’ all together took on Mars, we wouldn't win so I just skipped my class and went to negotiate with Mars......is that unseemly?"

Clarice fell into turmoil.

“Eh? What…do you mean unseemly… Mars, why didn't you say anything...?"

No, I said I definitely didn't do it.

I was a bit irritated too so I told Clarice.*2

“I'm the only person who can actually judge in this trial. At the very least I have the right to pronounce the judges. You had made a mistake."

Clarice seemed to understand.

“B-but from my perspective......right?”

And then she backed away.

I quickly told Clarice.

“I'm going to punish all four of you together later. Be prepared."

Anyway, so much for picking on my fiancées, I told glasses senior.

“To begin with, it's all because senior glasses sent me that strange letters. Since we are meeting in the student council room every day, wouldn’t it be fine if you just say it normally?"

When I said that, the glasses senior replied.

“But isn’t something like a letter or challenge necessary? And it’s weird to send a letter of challenge to the harem room right? So I wrote it in the form of a love letter like the other girls but......was that a poor decision?"

She said with a wink.

Was this letter calculated? Or is she just that airheaded?

“Then, what do you want us ‘Red Lotus’ to bet? Naturally becoming your fiancée is a little hard...”

“Then please clear up any misunderstandings to our members. Karen and Misha are particularly dangerous.”

Saying this, I looked at the four people behind me and saw that Ike's persuasion seemed to have worked and they had become smaller.

It seems that the misunderstanding has already been completely cleared up so it might be okay if I don’t get glasses senior to explain. But just in case.

And then the fated(?) battle between me and ‘Red Lotus’ began.

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Author’s note:

I hope you will all fight any false accusations to the bitter end. (lol)

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TL’s note:

1. Seiza. 101 of how to torture your legs.
2. Wow, this might be the first time Mars explicitly said he’s annoyed. I already thought of him as another typical pushover MC by his harem long ago.