SHIZUKA; GRIMOIRE; SAYA TAKAGI

*SQUEAK!*

Yuuji slide the door of the nurse room with Saeko at his side.

After that all out battle they had just now, they were pretty bruised up. It wasn't visible on Saeko but she had also sustained many injuries, which was obvious by the way she was holding her stomach.

The only solace in this situation was that there weren't any major injuries like broken bones or something like that which would take a long time to heal. They would most likely be fine in a few days, maybe even less for Yuuji.

Sliding open the door, Yuuji finally caught a glimpse of the airheaded sexy nurse.

She had an incredibly curvaceous figure with massive bust and wide hips. Unlike Saeko who had an athletic figure, She could be called maturely plump.

What attracted Yuuji's attention the most were her hazel colored eyes which seemed to hold infinite care and gentleness.

All in all, she gave off a caring mother/sister vibe.

Shizuka Marikawa.

"Sensei, we sustained some minor injuries during practice today, can you please check her first." Shizuka seemed to be surprised by their sudden appearance and started looking and fumbling around.

"Yuuji-kun! You said that you are the one who wanted to have a check-up."

Yuuji ignored Saeko's protest and gently pushed her to sit down on a nearby bed.

"Since we are already here, it doesn't matter if you also get checked up, right?"

Saeko seemed to be dissatisfied with the situation but didn't voice it out. As Yuuji said, she couldn't really do anything now, since Shizuku won't simply let her go.

Yuuji then turned around to face the squirming Shizuka who had a worried expression on her face

"Em… um… uh…."

"I'm fine, sensei. Please check her up first."

She frantically nodded her head and rushed over to Saeko's side and started examining her.

Yuuji walked over to the sink and washed his hand and blood on his face from his nose. To his relief, he heard that the injuries weren't that bad and some painkillers would do the job.

"It's your turn now, Yuuji-kun." Saeko's voice came from behind as he turned around to face them.

He saw Shizuka also nodding her head in agreement while pouting.

"She's right. Lie down on the bed and wait for me." Shizuka instructed with a serious expression which looked extremely cute for some reason.

Yuuji sighed a little but he was actually happy inside from their concern. He walked over to the bed which was beside Saeko and lied down on it.

It didn't take long for Shizuka to come by his side with a medical kit.

"Remove your shirt." She said with a serious expression.

"eh? Is it necessary?"

Shizuka crossed her arms while pouting "Yes, absolutely necessary." She said while nodding her head at her own words.

Saeko's head immediately turned to Yuuji's direction as she heard Shizuka.

What the hell?! Can you be any more obvious?

(What's the matter, dear? She did said that it is ABSOLUTELY necessary, right?)

'Now even you are taking their side?'

(Of course not. I am only saying it because it is ABSOLUTELY necessary.)

Even though Lilith said that, her overly excited tone wasn't too assuring in the first place.

Yuuji formed a helpless expression on his face and removed his shirt before it became even more weird.

*GASP!*

*GASP!*

A series of gasps caused him to look at the two females in the room. Saeko had a slight blush on her face as she turned her head to other side but continued sneaking glances at him.

Shizuka seemed to be frozen, she recovered and immediately started poking his muscles

"You are very fit, em.."

"Kazami Yuuji."

"Kazami-kun, you must exercise a lot, right?" She commented as she bandaged him up.

"Sometimes…"

"You can't have this type of athletic body with only exercising sometimes!" She said with a glare.

"I guess so."

"I have bandaged your bruises and injuries, take a rest for tomorrow instead of attendng school."

She organized her medical kit and bandages again and placed them under a drawer, disposed the one time use mask and then turned around quickly making her massive assets jiggle.

"I'm going to the staff room, call me if you need anything, okay?" She had a gentle smile on her face as she said this.

She slide the door to open it, but for some reason it was stuck and wouldn't budge "Huh? What is happening?" She mumbled with a thoughtful expression.

"Sensei, that's the wrong one, you have to slide the left door." Yuuji stated with an amused expression on his face.

Is this her first time opening the door?

Isn't she the one who should be spending the most time here?

A look of realization crossed Shizuka's face as slided the door and left while waving her hand.

Yuuji shook his head at her actions and then glanced at Saeko who was lying on the bed beside his own. She was also staring at his face but instantly started looking somewhere else as soon as their eyes met.

Yuuji was gobsmacked by this.

Do you think that I won't notice such blatant staring?

Would looking away will make any difference?

"Yuuji-kun" Yuuji was brought out of his thoughts by her voice. "Don't you want to know why I wanted to have an all out spar with you?"

Yuuji gazed at the back of her head for a few moments and then replied: "No."

Saeko's back flinched at the unexpected answer as she turned her head to face him: "Why?"

Even though her tone was puzzled, Yuuji could see the relieved expression on her face.

"There is no need for that. You asked me for a favour and I agreed. There's nothing more to it than that." Yuuji explained with a wise tone.

"That's… quite a mature outlook."

"Did it impress you?"

"A little bit."

"That's enough."

Saeko chucked a little under her breath and replied: "Though I am quite impressed by your skills in fighting."

"Really? You wanna have a go again sometime?"

A smile appeared on her face as she immediately replied: "Why not?"

…

Yuuji was currently lying on his bed in his dorm room while holding an ancient and tattered book up in the air.

"hmm, so this is a grimoire?"

(Yes. You just have to send some Mana to open it.)

"Mana? I'm sure you know that I haven't practiced with my Mana at all." Yuuji stated with a twitching eye.

(I know, but the thing is that, the grimoire itself is a amazing catalyst.)

"So, you are saying that I will be able to have access to Mana more easily if I have this grimoire near me?"

(Correct.)

"But, wouldn't it be too unfair?"

(How?)

"Just having this grimoire can let someone have magical powers as you said, while on the other hand their are people who work hard to achieve the same result."

(….If we look at it from that perspective, It totally depends on someone's luck and destiny...)

(…After all, even a normal boy at the country side can obtain a magical treasure and then climb up the ranks to become a supreme oberlord.)

Yuuji had a thoughtful expression as he thought about Lilith's words.

Luck and destiny, huh?

Yuuji wasn't exactly bothered by this set up. After all, he himself was just a normal person who died. It was only die to luck that he met someone like Lilith who supported him without any ulterior motives.

Once again, Yuuji couldn't help but be extremely grateful towards Lilith in his mind. He made a mental note to also help her with everything he could in future.

(Anyways, I'm sure that beloved can already subtly feel the flow of Mana in the air.)

"yeah, I previously just felt that the air got heavier but now that you mention it, I'm sure this is mana."

It is true that Yuuji had the skill Mana manipulation previously. But he only ever maneuvered his Mana with the help of his passive skill, in reality he never bothered to sit down and feel the flow of the Mana in the air. So it wasn't surprising that he didn't knew how Mana would feel like.

(Just as I predicted! Now, try to imagine pulling the mana in the air in your own body.)

Yuuji followed her instructions and imagined his chest being a vacuum cleaner which is sucking all the Mana in the surrounding in himself.

Momentarily, a burning sensation spread through his whole body as if his organs were being boiled slowly.

A trickle of sweat trailed down his forehead travelling down to his nose and dropping off his chin.

*HUFF!!* *HUFF!!*

His breathing turned heavier as the heat increased several times. He felt his body being dipped in boiling water at cellular level.

He gripped the fabric of his shirt tightly while grouting his teeth in pain. His face turned red from high blood pressure.

All of a sudden, an urge to vomit clouded his mind. The nauseousness seemed to grow unbearable.

He wobbled back to his feet and stumbled his way to the bathroom.

He vomited out a black tarry substance which had a foul stench to it.

Smelling the lingering stink in the air, Yuuji immediately flushed it out, came back to his room, took a deodorant and sprayed it all over the bathroom.

'That's better!'

He realized something as he spontaneously grabbed his toothbrush and toothpaste and brushed his teeth three times until he was satisfied that there was no more smell.

(That was the process of purification every supernatural being has to go through!)

"Please kindly tell this before the process actually happened, okay?"

(Fine. By the way, this process is basically purifying your organs with the help of Mana.)

"Oh, so what are the benefits of this?" Yuuji casually asked as he wiped his face with a towel.

(Hmm, let's see. Improved looks, improved attractiveness, improved body figure-!)

"Isn't it supposed to increase my magical abilities!?"

(Oh, yeah, that also.)

So that's your priorities, huh?

"So, what new magical Abilities did I gained?"

(Nothing much. Just better access to Mana and a Mana circuit to circulate Mana in your body.)

This made quite some sense to Yuuji. After all, by the use of a cheat like his system, he didn't ever required using his body to circulate Mana. Before, he used to use the Mana in the air alone. That is also the reason he didn't had this purification process earlier.

...

"Alright class! I'm now going to distribute the test papers from yesterday. Those having less than half will have to write another assignment."

"What!"

"This is not fair!"

"This sucks!"

"There goes my free time!"

"Should I just write my Will instead?"

Several groans which were filled by heavy whispering and cursing reverberated in the classroom.

Yuuji, on the other hand was already above all these things. Sitting on his bench, he was openly eating potato chips without even hiding.

*CRUNCH!!*

He took a potato chip….. AND ATE IT!!!

A tick mark appeared on the old man's bald head as he shouted

"Kazuma!"

"Hai!!"

A random boy stood up and walked up to his doom. He took a hold of his test paper and his face immediately went pale.

Yuuji gave a sympathetic look to that boy. If this was a fanfic, Yuuji would have surely this boy a big F.

"Motohime!"

*CRUNCH!!*

The old man's expression turned dark as he handed over another test paper to a student.

"Akase!"

One after another, some students had a relieved expression on their faces while the others were crying anime tears.

*CRUNCH!!*

"Yuuji!"

Finally, Yuuji's turn came, he stood up with a nonchalant expression and strolled towards the teacher with leisure steps.

The teacher had a reluctant expression on his face, he begrudgingly handed over the paper to him.

A+

And this was the reason the teacher couldn't do anything to Yuuji. Not to mention, he was getting straight A's in every test, he was doing it in every subject.

Moreover, that wasn't all. He was also good in club activities.

Due to him being such a genius, the principal didn't wanted to expel him. If he scored such score in the final exams, then the prestige of the school would further increase.

Yuuji stood in front of the old man and took out another chip. Bringing it to his mouth slowly, he sent a taunting look towards the teacher.

Oh, come one. Who doesn't want to do the same to that one teacher you absolutely hate?

The teacher sent a glare his way with a expression that said 'I will get you next time!'

Yuuji grinned a bit and replied with his own expression 'Try me!'

But apart from the teacher, there was someone else who was also glaring at Yuuji with equal amount of annoyance.

Sitting on the corner seat of the room was a beautiful girl with an awful expression. She had pink hair color. Her hair were tied to her sides in twin ponytails on either side of her face.

She had fierce orange eyes and furrowed eyebrows. She had quite an model looking figure with her slender figure, ample breast and butt.

Saya Takagi.

Overall, if not for the expression on her face, she would be considered very pretty.

She stared at the sheet of paper in front of her with a annoyed expression.

'A'

It could be considered quite a good grade. Many would be overjoyed at it, but that wasn't the case with her.

Just like everyone else in the class, she was also aware of Yuuji's academic excellence.

Normally, one wouldn't care too much. But as a Genius, she couldn't let anyone else be in front of herself.

She couldn't bear anyone else holding the title of the 'genius.'

She studied hard for every test and got equal score to him in many. But as one says, you can't be good at everything.

Just like this one, she only managed to score an 'A'.

Yuuji himself wasn't perfect. But having already studied all these topic from an even prestigious academy, it wasn't a big deal for him at all.

She stood up from her bench while banging her hand on table causing a loud noise.

"Sensei! I suspect that he is cheating!!" Saya shouted while glaring daggers at Yuuji.

"Takagi-san, please sit down. We have already confirmed that he is not cheating." The teacher said with a helpless expression on her face.

"I don't believe it! I think he is using some other way of cheating."

Yuuji looked at her ranting out and gave a bored expression: "And… why do you care?"

"Huh?"

"I mean, even if I am cheating. It doesn't have anything to do with you. Or maybe… Are you jealous by any chance?"

"Wait what? Why would I be--"

"Isn't it obvious, I heard that before I transferred, you had the highest grades in the class. Now that my grades are higher, no one is paying attention to you, that is the reason you are so agitated, right?"

*gasp!*

*gasp!*

"Is that really the case, Takagi-san?" A female student sitting beside her asked with a shocked expression.

"Don't worry, Takagi-san. We all still remember you!"

"Yeah"

"You don't have to feel bad."

"You don't have to be jealous, Takagi-san."

"I still love you, Takagi-san." A boy shouted from the somewhere near the back.

Saya stood there with a stunned expression on her face.

When did I said that I was jealous?

When did I said that I wanted attention?

This was the power of speech. Leaning people's views to a direction from the power of speech. Everyone can talk. But there are very few who can speak charismatically.

Saya was also familiar with this, she spontaneously realized that she was played by Yuuji's game.

She glared at him again with a dark expression and then humphed while sitting down.

The teacher saw this and sighed with a helpless expression: "Okay, since 'some' students are suspicion that Kazami Is cheating in his tests, I will be taking an oral test. That's fine, right?"

Yuuji nodded with the same nonchalant expression. He already knew whole syllabus. Why would he care about some puny test?

"So kazami-kun. How does a foetus gets nutrition in a mother's womb?"

"Through placenta."

"When was the Napoleonic code officially published?"

"21 march, 1804."

*Sigh!*

"As everyone can see, he clearly knows all the answers. There is no cheating involved."

Yuuji shrugged his shoulders and strolled back to his seat and sat down.

He briefly glanced at Miku Yuuki, she had placed her head on the table while sleeping without a care of the world.

There was a piece of paper dropped near her bench. Yuuji focused on it and saw that it was her test paper.

'A'

A big A was drawn on the paper with a red marker.

Now anyone who knew her would have assumed that she also slept with the teacher to get marks. But this thought never crossed Yuuji's mind. He had heard from Takashi that she was actually quite intelligent, this could be seen by her accomplishments in various science based competitions.

*Classic School Bell*

Yuuji heard the bell, he immediately put his stuff in his bag and walked out of the class.

A certain pink head also stood up and ran up to the doorway. Gazing at his departing back, she also sneakily started to follow him.

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A/N: Yes, In my story Saya is not in the same class as Takashi, Hisashi and Rei. She is instead in a separate classroom with MC.