How Can I Say It Aloud?

"If you meet Touka, Kurogane Ikki, and others in the selection matches, I will help you choose your opponents again and will not let you meet them."

After the smooth agreement, Kanata left these words, touching her red lips, and walked away with a satisfied expression on her face.

Although this was the first time, it was a very enjoyable experience.

It made her look forward to more skin contact with Hoshiharu.

'Senior Sister, my first kiss wasn't given to you, but taken by your good friend!'

Hoshiharu lay on the bed, his mind in turmoil.

The first kiss in two lifetimes had finally been given. He felt a bit nervous, but also somewhat excited at the same time.

Although Touka had direct information and had personally assessed his fate, his first kiss was definitely still there.

However, it wasn't Touka who asked him to give his first kiss, but her friend, which made him slightly worried if Hoshiharu would be hacked in the future.

"How could I be a bastard!"

Hoshiharu scolded himself a few minutes ago.

Eh?

That's not true!

He suddenly woke up.

Just because his first kiss a minute ago was gone didn't mean his first kiss now was gone too!

"In other words, I still got my first kiss! I can still give it to Senior Sister!"

Hoshiharu found his logical connection and suddenly understood.

"I was a bastard a minute ago, but what does that have to do with who I am a minute later?"

That's amazing!

After thinking about this, Hoshiharu suddenly felt confident.

Moreover, after cheating with Kanata, with the rich woman who cared for him, he no longer needed to worry about meeting Touka in the selection matches.

As the president of the Selection Match Executive Committee, Kanata had all the rights to arrange the Selection Matches, and adjusting opponents was an easy task for her.

Hoshiharu no longer needed to worry about meeting Ikki and Stella.

After all, both of them were also among his few friends. If they could meet at the Seven Stars Sword-Art Festival, it would be better if they didn't meet in the selection match the other side was willing to help.

Is this the pleasure of being taken care of by Kanata?

"Hoshiharu, I heard you woke up?"

"Congratulations on your first victory in the selection competition!"

When he thought about it, the hospital door opened from the outside again, and Ikki and the others entered from the door with happy faces.

Ikki and Nagi congratulated one by one, while Shizuku remained at the end of the group without saying a word.

Indeed, it wasn't easy for Hoshiharu to win this battle, and their special journey was worth it.

"I don't know, actually, it wasn't easy for Ikki to win."

Stella looked emotional, but her face was full of pride, as if she wanted to tell how Ikki's match yesterday went.

"I know."

"Eh? Did you hear the rumor?"

"No, I went to the fifth arena yesterday."

"... Then why didn't we see you?"

Stella was immediately stunned.

"The match had already started when I got there, so I didn't look for you and watched it in the corner."

In fact, Hoshiharu's entire body bore multiple times the gravity at that moment. He had spent a lot of energy practicing all morning and resting, too lazy to look for them.

However, Hoshiharu finished watching the match between Kurogane Ikki and Kirihara Shizuya.

"Want to see the evidence?"

Hoshiharu took the student handbook from the bedside. The book was brought by Touka when she came.

"A Knight F-Rank can't beat a Knight A-Rank or something. It's just the level you set without permission! You think it's impossible to beat geniuses like us just to find a reason to give up. You're free to give up if you want, but don't use your reasons to refuse Ikki's strength!"

From the student handbook, a female tyrannosaurus began to throw a furious and mocking speech to the entire audience.

Stella's expression suddenly became strange.

She looked like she wanted to kill someone, and unconsciously her hands began to look for weapons.

Stella took the bench next to her and turned towards Hoshiharu with a stern expression on her face.

Her face was red, and she looked like she was being socialized until she died in front of him.

When the others heard these words, which were played on the student handbook, their eyes gradually became strange, making Stella feel more embarrassed.

At that time, Ikki was in danger yesterday and was laughed at by the audience. Stella couldn't help but jump, curse at the audience, and continue to cheer Ikki.

At that moment, she acted entirely out of anger and unconsciously. Looking back now, she was very ashamed. Being released in public is the worst social death.

"Stop, Stella!"

"Do you want to be expelled from school?"

A group of people tried to calm Stella down from her uncontrollable state.

"Please send me a copy of this recording!"

Shizuku walked to the bedside with admiration on her face and made a very respectful request to Hoshiharu.

"I misunderstood you before, and I apologize to you. You are indeed an extraordinary friend of Onii-sama!"

"What did you misunderstand?"

"It's easy to say, I support you, don't consider tradition and prejudice! You have to work hard, I believe you can!"

Although she didn't know what Shizuku misunderstood about herself, it didn't stop Hoshiharu from having fun.

Shizuku's eyes as she looked at him suddenly became friendly, and her previous cold attitude disappeared forever.

"You stop!"

Ikki still couldn't hold it back and complained loudly.

Gradually he began to understand why Stella always looked so tired when facing Hoshiharu.

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Night.

After Hoshiharu finished his training and recovered most of his physical strength, he left the hospital and returned to the dormitory.

"Is Senior Sister here?"

"I'm taking a bath!"

Hoshiharu was silent for a moment, then immediately took out the key and opened the door.

"You forgot your clothes again, let me get them for you!"

"No, that's not the problem! Don't come in!"

"?"

Hoshiharu was confused.

This was the first time he had seen Touka refuse so hard, and she seemed very nervous, and even spoke in dialect... Forget it, because she was so adamant, Hoshiharu couldn't force anyone to do anything.

Inside the bathroom.

Not hearing footsteps approaching, Touka sighed in relief, then covered her red cheeks.

Because the atmosphere between her and Hoshiharu during the day was so good, after she came back she involuntarily thought about it and produced her own electricity, only to be hit by Hoshiharu.

How could she say it aloud!