Magical inferiority: quantum control Chapter 061

Although it was a new day, a new beginning, the sun’s brilliance still shone down on the earth as it had yesterday, forming speckles of light through the gaps in the leaves, illuminating the ground in a beautiful, dappled pattern.

This warm light also shone on the students hurrying to school, who, in groups of two or three, chatting and laughing, entered First High School.

“What’s wrong with you? You look unhappy.”

Chiba Yoru pulled out his chair, sat down, and placed his satchel. He then saw Miyuki Shiba, who was somewhat silent, not greeting him as usual. Her face was expressionless, and her two small fists were tightly clenched on the desk.

“Hmm?”

“I’m fine.”

Then she forced a smile.

Chiba Yoru saw that Miyuki Shiba seemed a bit down, with her head bowed and not speaking. So he leaned forward, raising his head to look at Miyuki Shiba’s small face.

“What’s wrong?”

“That smile is uglier than crying. Are you sure nothing’s wrong?”

“Come on, smile again for your master to see.”

“Pfft!”

Miyuki Shiba finally couldn’t hold back, and her slightly melancholic aura instantly vanished.

“Didn’t you always tease the President and joke with her? What, are you tired of it and have a new target?”

Miyuki Shiba gave Chiba Yoru a big eye-roll and said crossly.

“Actually, for a genius pretty boy like me, I don’t think that’s teasing. That’s adding some warmth to a girl’s cold heart.”

Chiba Yoru talked nonsense with a serious face, which made Miyuki Shiba unable to help herself again.

“Pfft!”

“What?”

“An arsonist of hearts, are you?”

“Why are you so narcissistic?”

“I’d like to interview you. How did you become such a narcissist?”

“Ah, that’s wrong. This is a manifestation of confidence. What did I do wrong? I just gave those beautiful girls a warm home.”

Chiba Yoru sighed, as if he had done some great act of benevolence, saving countless common people.

“Uh…”

Miyuki Shiba didn’t know what to say.

How could he be so narcissistic, and what kind of scumbag talk was that?

“Thank you.”

After a moment of silence, Miyuki Shiba suddenly said thank you.

“Feeling better?”

“Mm.”

“There’s no obstacle in life that can’t be overcome. Just keep moving forward, and don’t care what others think. Even your brother, whom you care about, needs to go through this. He has his path, and you have yours. Keep moving forward, girl. Only when you are strong enough will you have the right to influence others.”

Chiba Yoru gently patted Miyuki Shiba’s shoulder, then leaned back in his seat.

“Hmm?”

“Do you know what happened to me?”

Miyuki Shiba was a bit surprised.

“No, but I know that whatever makes you show that expression must be related to your brother. After all, only his matters can make you worried and sad.”

After spending so much time with Miyuki Shiba, Chiba Yoru also understood how much this brother-complex girl adored her brother.

Miyuki Shiba understood upon hearing this, her face slightly flushed, as if a secret had been discovered.

“What you said just now finally sounds a bit like a master.”

Miyuki Shiba nodded as she spoke, as if Chiba Yoru had been extremely unreliable before.

“Little girl, didn’t I seem like a master before?”

“No, it’s just that you’re becoming more and more like one…”

The Nine Schools Competition, pep rally.

Everyone came to this disaster-prone area—the auditorium.

All the contestants stood in a line on the stage, looking quite sparse. In fact, this queue was very long, with over twenty people, which was quite a large team.

Mayumi Saegusa, although also a contestant, as the student council president, she had to stand on the podium to address all the students and also be responsible for presenting the eight-petal emblem, symbolizing First High, to the participating students.

“Next, first-year Class A, Honoka Mitsui.”

Honoka Mitsui stepped forward out of the queue upon hearing her name.

Miyuki Shiba, the first-year representative responsible for presenting the emblems to the academy, stepped forward to present the prepared emblem to her. This symbolized that she would fight for the honor of victory for First High.

“I’m really a bit nervous. How are you two so calm? It makes me feel so awkward.”

Kei Isori, sandwiched between Chiba Yoru and Tatsuya Shiba, originally just complained softly, but then found both sides completely calm and composed, which made him feel a bit awkward.

“What’s there to be nervous about? Just treat it as a trip.”

Chiba Yoru had even done something as stimulating as human extermination. What could be more stimulating than that?

Uh, actually, there was—human extermination on a larger scale!

Anyway, his hometown people had all disappeared, so he could fight however he wanted, as long as it didn’t involve him. He just wanted to watch the show.

Even if it did involve him, it would be fine. He could just start the feast. Uh, there didn’t seem to be a tradition of feasts here. Damn, even four dishes and one soup would be tough. Damn it!

Chiba Yoru thought like a devil.

“Me too.”

You’re full of it!

Chiba Yoru glanced at Tatsuya Shiba, who had a calm expression, and secretly complained.

It was their turn next. When Mayumi Saegusa called Chiba Yoru’s name, Miyuki Shiba put the emblem on him, followed by Kei Isori, and then Tatsuya Shiba.

“What’s with that ‘Great!’ ‘Perfect!’ expression with a hint of blush on your face?”

Seeing Miyuki Shiba acting as if she was carefully carving some artwork, completely unlike simply putting on an emblem, Chiba Yoru was truly helpless.

Miyuki Shiba’s face turned even redder upon hearing this.

“Next, let us give the elites of First High the warmest applause!”

Then, Mayumi Saegusa led the applause, and for a moment, the entire venue was filled with the sound of “clapping.”

“Um, I won’t just be in charge of you two, right?”

In a small room, looking at the room where only two girls were sitting below him, he didn’t know what to say for a moment.

“What, are the two of us not enough?”

Mari Watanabe looked at Chiba Yoru on the podium with a smile.

“That Tatsuya Shiba actually monopolizes so many beauties, sigh!”

“Heaven is unfair!”

Chiba Yoru looked heartbroken.

“Then how about we bring in a few from the boys’ group too? Although the girls’ group is mainly short-handed, if you want, I don’t mind arranging more work for you. What do you think?”

Mayumi Saegusa leaned on the table with both arms, cupping her face, and said to Chiba Yoru with a hint of playfulness.

“I think the two beautiful girls are very good!”