Then I noticed, those two freshmen who were talking with high spirits from before, averted their eyes from here and watched their feet.
"Oi, why didn't you come to talk... I mean return to the Great Forest?"
"I also want to ask...."
"Eh? What?"
Those two guys spoke in a small voice, only Grannel-san looked puzzled.
"Are~e?"
So Rinia noticed them.
These two are also from the Great Forest.
She raised her hand to them in a friendly manner.
"O~y, Rai, Mii!"
Those two were trembling and faced away.
It seems they’re acquainted.
"Hey, did you come here from the Great Forest nya? Hasn't it already been about eight years? Hey I missed you nya, are you healthy nya? Hey, face me nya."
It's no good, there's going to be a quarrel.
Ara? Rinia's eyes, that's the look she has right before a fight.
Hey now, even that Grannel boy is scared.
"No, you’re mistaking me for someone..."
"I, I also didn’t know someone with such a name..."
"Oh?"
Rinia grabbed those two heads and turned them toward her, saying yakuza-like lines.
Like, it felt that line [Just a minute your loan is not that little.] Completely like that.
"Perhaps, it’s a fatal thing, to carelessly leave nya? Eight years have passed. I see, your memory needs to be refreshed nya..."
So, somehow I understand the relationship of these three.
Pursena and Rinia are the bosses, those two are their henchman.
Even if she herself is a slave now, this girl has the strange sense of a boss.
"N, no, there is no way it’s true...! Since I heard someone who left the great forest will become someone else entirely!"[20]
"Pu, Pursena-san and Rinia-san have become really beautiful. For a moment I thought that you were someone else.... it was like that, please forgive our rudeness...!"
Well, slowly, they’re self destructing.
The surrounding freshmen have become frightened and retreated to a distance.
New students, it'll be bad if you think this is a scary school dominated by violence.
The Magic University is Roxy's alma mater, it's our university.
This is a glorious university designed to teach and practice magic!
So, I'll give a little help to these cute freshmen and save them from the clutches of their delinquent Senpai...
"Hey, what's going here!"
"....What?"
"Eh... Ehhhhh...!"
Our surroundings suddenly became noisy.
The crowd was split into two.
Someone, walking toward our place.
Soon, that person showed up.
Bright blonde hair inherited from Mother, with eyes full of motivation.
It’s Norn.
Student council president Norn Greyrat.
Following from behind, a brawny Beast race youth and a Magic race girl.
Looking at the two people behind her made me remember Ariel.
OK! Norn.
You made a blunder a little while ago, but now the opponent is Rinia.
Now say something, show off your dignity as student council president.
Okay, I won’t allow Rinia to say anything. This Onii-san will give her threatening glares from behind!
"Nii-san!"
When I thought about that.
Norn passed Rinia, she came toward me.
With her hands on her hips, she came and looked up at me with a pouting expression.
"Why did you mix into the entrance ceremony?"
....seems like Rinia was just ignored.
No, I didn’t do anything like bullying, I hope.
"Well, you know... for this and that..."
"You saw my screw up... ahh, how embarrassing..."
"Well, uh, it was a wonderful speech. Very elegant. Father in heaven------"
"I didn’t come here to hear about that!"
She was angry at being praised.
I feel a little crestfallen.
"Why are you in a place like this? Are you bullying the freshman?"
"What?"
Bullying?
Me...?
That can’t be true.
Looking around, all gazes focused toward Norn and me.
Expectant gazes focused on Norn and frightened gazes focused on me.
That’s weird, was I always such a bad guy?
"Say! What did you do to this child?"
"No, nothing.... just, they were saying a few bad things about Norn and Onii-san just wanted to..."
Such as, let’s see B rank.
Um.
....Umm?
"I'm already used to that sort of thing, so please stop it! Look, they’re scared now!"
"N, no, they’re scared of Rinia aren't they?"
"Rinia-senpai is working for us, so it’s definitely nii-san's fault! "
OH, SHIT! [21]
So that’s how it is.
I failed to see this from that point of view.
Me as the big bad banchou with Rinia as my henchman.
Damn it.
Is it because of my daily conduct?
"I mean, listen Nii-san!"
"What? What is it?"
This nii-san is almost weeping, you know.
Any more than this... Are you trying to deliver the final blow?
"Some time ago, Roxy-nee said it! Rinia-senpai became our s, s, slave! What are you after!?"
Eh? That?
“There's no way around it, a slave is a slave. Instead of us shouldering her debt, she's simply working it off at our home. That way, no one loses."
Clearly, Norn's lips are puckering while she frowned.
Really, rather, Rinia please, help me!
I don’t have any evil intentions whatsoever.
"Norn-chan, what boss said is true, nya! He already saved my life, nya!"
Rinia while rubbing her hand together approached Norn.
The two freshman showed a relieved look.
Seeing that, Norn sighed.
"...So that's it. Well, all right. To be honest, I would have probably done the same thing if I saw her under those circumstances."
She believed me.
"But, Rinia-senpai, you’ve already graduated. Please stop causing problems at the school!"
"Is that a problem, nya? Achichi, and I was just greeting a couple of my old acquaintances...."
"......"
"Alright, it’s my bad, nya! If I ever become the center of attention again, I'll get outta here, nya."[22]
Norn looked up with a disgruntled look, and Rinia scratched her head and bowed down.
I feel kind of bad for her. She probably didn’t mean to start a scene.
With all that said, she turns around starts saying things like, [These two, nya, I need to give them some spirit], and so on. Apparently she still has more to say.
Hearing that, the two freshmen become even more frightened.
Diverting her eyes from Rinia, Norn faces me again.
"Nii-san, I’m glad that you’re trying to protect me, but please don’t help me too often. I can settle things on my own."
"Right, I'll keep that in mind."