In the evening Fitts-senpai showed up in the library.
"Rudeus-kun, it's become something amazing outside, what have you done?"
He was giving me a look with a bit of blame in it.
"Nothing, it seems that if you want to take Rinia and Pursena as your bride you have to defeat me."
"What's that!?"
Since Fitts-senpai's brow dropped I explained it in detail.
It seems that since I defeated Rinia and Pursena they've come to recognize me as their boss.
In other words it seems to be something like if you defeat the boss then you get your hands on the girl.
After finishing the explanation, Fitts-senpai was making a bit of a sullen face.
"That shouldn't be the case. You aren't the patriarch of the Dedorudia race. You might have won over them once, but you shouldn't have the right to accompany them."
Hmm... After all that's true, huh.
That would be right wouldn't it?
If that were the case then I should have more freedom to do as I please with the bodies of those two.
"Even though that's the case, how are we supposed to make them give up?"
"Eh? Hnn?? Even if you say it, the Beast race won't stop during this season after all.."
Fitts-senpai put his hand to his chin and thought while nodding.
"In reality, there shouldn't be any need for you to be their opponent, but even they would give up and return if they are defeated in a duel."
"...Does that mean in the end I still have to accept the duel?"
"That's what it comes down to."
You sure say that easily.
I don't know how many there are, but it seems there's at least 30 people lined up outside.
Almost all of them are untalented men who want to become the patriarch.
And that I have to defeat all of them...
"I don't wish for such a violence-filled daily life."
"I know that. However, if you don't do something you won't be able to leave here. And even if you keep hiding they might get impatient and come inside, we'll be in trouble if they act violently in the library."
"I guess so."
Well then, what a troublesome thing.
"Dueling with a bunch of dirty men huh..."
Who benefits from this I wonder.
"Umm, it's not as if they're all men, it seemed like there was one girl as well."
"Seriously? Was she a cute girl?"
"Rudeus-kun?? Will you accept the duel from that girl?"
"No, that can't be."
I somehow or other shook my head to that threatening glance.
However, I would like to see her face.
I wonder where she came to know about me.
"But, doesn't it make you curious?"
If they were trying to get close with good intention, then of course that would make me curious.
Of course, having them accompany me somewhere afterwards would be a talk for after my illness is cured.
"Is that so? You're curious? Hnn.."
...I don't know why but for some reason it seems Fitts-senpai is in a bad mood.
I wonder if it was because he told me not to carelessly accept duels.
Ah, that's right.
I'm sure, Luke was guilty of something like that in the past and he was left to deal with it.
That's why he's irritated at me for thinking about it so lightly.
"However, if it's become this sort of serious matter, can't the student council do something about it?"
"It can't be helped during the in-heat season. If we were to forbid it, it would become something even more terrible."
It seems that the student council is quite busy with various things during this season as well.
There are many students who rampaged, there are also guys who act violently outside of the school grounds.
Taking advantage of the strife during the duel, it seems there are guys who attack in the darkness as well.
It seems the students attached to the student council protect the students who have low combat ability from such fellows.
In small groups they patrol the school and if any misconduct occurs they stop it on the spot.
Supposedly Fitts-senpai as well, after he showed his face here was going to enter into that sort of patrol rotation.
"If the student council is doing that kind of thing then save me as well."
"Rudeus-kun you should do something yourself, you can right?"
Fitts-senpai's tone today is somehow a lot colder than usual.
I wonder if I did something to get on his nerves...
No.
It could be that he's remembered the examination from a while back.
Fitts-senpai said he didn't mind that I won.
However, here I'm sneakily running away.
I'm sure if Fitts-senpai is known to have lost to a coward, his fame would fall.
I've depended on Fitts-senpai in a variety of ways.
I don't really want to do it, but here I should give it my best for once.
"I understand, for the sake of Fitts-senpai's honor, let's go with massacring those guys."
"Ki...killing them is no good!"
"I know that, it was a joke."
Even though it's called a duel, we won’t go as far as taking lives.
There's that sort of unwritten law.
Even though I say that, it might be that there's a strong one mixed in with them.
I can't let my guard down.
Let's go while bracing myself.