From the surrounding voices I started to hear pity and criticism.
Tears started to appear in Goriade's eyes.
I felt like tears were about to appear in my own eyes as well.
Strange. What's with this?
The gazes hurt.
"Nya? What's this, what's this, a fight?"
"How vigorous even though it's noon nano."
Just at that time, Rinia and Pursena happened to pass by.
According to a story I heard afterwards, it seems the two were in the same year as Goriade.
After seeing my appearance and Goriade with tears in her eyes.
And then it seems like they came to some kind of understanding and nodded to themselves.
Then, while making some smug faces they interrupted.
"Boss, let her off with something like that nya. I'm sure Goriade meant no harm nya. I'd like for you to let us save face here as the same Beast Race nya."
"Look, let's hurry and go. Learn a lesson from this and never again do anything that bothers Boss nano. You have good luck nano. If the No.2 like me hadn't been passing by, you'd have been torn limb from limb nano."
"Ah, wa, yes??!"
Goriade made a face as if she had just been saved and lowered her head to the two, and then quickly left the place while trying to make that wide back look small.
"Look, you all scatter as well nya! This isn't an exhibition nya!"
After hearing Rinia's words the onlookers all scattered like the clouds.
I took a breath in relief as well.
"Pursena what was that just now nya?"
"What do you mean by just now nano?"
"The No.2 is me nya."
"Recently the boss's underlings have increased, the idiotic Rinia doesn't fit the job nano."
"Pursena's grades are the same nya."
I thought about asking about the situation, and was about to turn around and the two had started a well practiced comedy act. [1]
"Look, you two don't just get into a fight on your own, it's fine if there's two No.2."
"Boss doesn't get it nya. It's no good if you don't properly decide the order of the organization nya."
"That's right, it's something important nano."
Humu. It seems that hierarchy is an important matter to the Beast Race.
But, in the first place I have no intention of standing at the top of an organization.
I don't care who is No.2.
Putting that aside.
For the time being, I thanked the two.
I decided to give them some kind of present next time.
I'm sure a fish or something would be fine.
"However, to touch upon the Boss's imperial wrath, Goriade is an idiot as well nya. Nyat did she do?"
"No, she mistook me for an underwear thief on the first day of school..."
"Ah!! It's that! So the underwear thief was boss nya!"
"...Fakku nano."
They started sending me looks of scorn.
Let me talk to the end.
It's a false charge. False charge.
Should I give you despair and humiliation as a present again?
"Come to think of it, previously Goriade was boasting about it. That Fitts covered for a cowardly first year boy. The one cowering was that guy. How laughable nano."
"To let an opponent who was making a fool of him off the hook, Boss sure is lenient nya... However, if you don't properly discipline them, next time I'll do it properly nya."
Do it properly huh.
Didn't you guys stop being delinquents and turn into honor students?
"Please stop that. What are you going to do by unnecessarily increasing my enemies?"
"Ha, boss doesn't aim high enough nya. If you were to team up with us right now, you would be able to defeat Ariel and rule over the dorms."
"That's right, since boss can win against Fitts he can be the top of the school nano."
Somehow it seems like all the Beast Race guys are obsessed with standing at the top.
They might seriously be patients suffering from "New Leader Illness".
"Rule over the dorm and become the top of the school, then what are you telling me to do?"
I couldn't care less about the top.
I fundamentally always go with a principle that doesn't get into fights.
In order to stand above people, in other words means to buy into the possibility of resentment.
In this world your heart can suddenly be penetrated while just walking down the road.
Therefore, if you treat all of your opponents as above yourself it's about just right.
"After becoming the top of the school nya? I guess so nya?? For starters how about forcing all of the girls in the dorm to strip off their panties?"
"That sounds good nano. Since boss likes panties enough to decorate his shelves with them, I'm sure it'll make him happy."
"It won't...make me happy?"