Chapter 05

"Are you alright, Kisaragi-san?" Chifuyu asked me those questions to me after she told the medics to treat Stella, who fainted due to my attack...

"Hm— Ah, well, it looked like I spent all my energy," I replied with a weak smile on my face.

"Oh, are you able to stand up?"

"Sorry, I don't think I can do it alone," I responded as I gave Chifuyu my hand.

"Oh, let me have a small check on you." Chifuyu took my hand and helped me to stand up before doing a small examination on me. I could see she was using magical tech. In front of him appeared a hologram and a small device that seemed to emit a red light that scanned my body instantly. With that device, Chifuyu could see if I had any injuries. Honestly, a lot of the magical tech in this world was very similar to the games on my previous earth.

"It looks like you don't have any injuries, but you may have lost a lot of mana in a short period of time. Do you have a headache or something?" Chifuyu asked the question, and I responded with a weak head shake.

"Really? Okay, then. Ah, can you walk?"

"Hm, of course I can. Ups—"

I replied that and immediately almost lost my footing when Chifuyu released her grip for a second.

"Geez, you don't have to be stubborn. You're already shown how capable you are— now you can rest. It's a good victory, you know." Chifuyu praised me.

"Really, I don't think I will win if this is truly a match, not a mock one," I responded to her. "In the end, this was a mock match or sparring one. If this were a serious match, Stella would defeat me by depleting my mana barrier with her overwhelming magic attack, but because this mock battle was meant to show if I had the same capabilities as a woman, which is why she didn't use her elemental magic till half the fight. Yeah, she's only served her purpose in this match very well—" I continued to ramble with a slightly frustrated tone.

"Ho— You're really harsh on yourself? Such a tomboy—" Chifuyu responded to my ramble with a giggle as if she saw what I did as a cute thing to do. "But for you to be able to draw this kind of conclusion is proof that you deserve to be a special student. What a smart boy!" She praised me while patting my head and acting like I was her little brother or something.

Honestly, I felt a bit complicated to be called Tomboy since, in my previous earth, it was usually for a girl, but it looked like the term 'tomboy' was used as 'rude, boisterous or forward boy' or you may say a boy acted like a girl. w

"Anyway, how about we go to the place where you can rest? I think the infirmary will be good?" Chifuyu said before quickly lifting my body and carrying me on her back.

"Ah, wait!"

"It's fine. We'll get to the infirmary faster by doing this."

"Yeah, but it feels a bit embarrassing."

"Is that so? But I don't think my little brother dislikes this kind of stuff?" Chifuyu replied with a wondering tone.

Once again, it showed the differences between this world and my previous world. Honestly, it had been more than 600 years since mana became a thing in this world and slowly changed the perception of their gender. It wouldn't be weird if men and women in this world changed too.

One thing was for sure that appearances in this world were very different. Maybe because men always had been in a safe place and protected by women, the man in this world became much smaller and cuter than in my previous world.

Yeah, the average height male in this world wasn't that different from women in my previous world, while women in this world itself were not that much different from women in my previous world, but they were still much taller than an average boy.

It was a sad thing since, because of that, my height was relatively shorter than in my previous world. No, my body was much shorter than the body I had in my previous world. Usually, if people's reincarnation were like in the story, that person would become a tall and handsome person, right?

"Ah, by the way, I felt a bit hungry. So it would be great if I could get some food too." I told Chifuyu before we arrived in the infirmary.

Upon arriving at the infirmary, I felt hungry and tired. However, I didn't expect to fall asleep immediately while lying on the bed. My body must be really exhausted.

"Oh, you woke up?" I heard a familiar voice beside me and saw Stella sitting on her bed. Well, she lost consciousness after being hit by my attack. Of course, she would be sent to the same infirmary as me.

"Ah, yes. I wonder if I slept long enough?" I replied and tried to sit too.

"Well, it's already two hours after our mock match finished. I think it's a good time for a rest. Ah, by the way, they bring you some food. But it may already be cold." Stella responded while pointing at the food on the tray at a nearby table. It was a porridge, with some meat and fresh fruit.

"Oh— Well, it's fine. I'm really hungry. You don't have to worry about it." Without saying anything, I started to put down the food on my stomach. At the same time, Stella just looked at me with a thin smile on her face. She didn't say anything as she waited for me to finish my meal.

"It's a good match. I've never expected to be defeated like that." Stella said as she came down from her bed and stretched out her hand to me. She didn't look like she had any problem at all even though I used my most powerful attack.

"Aaa— It may be a nice win. But next time, I hope I can beat you in a real match, not a mock one." I replied to her word and responded by receiving her hand. Of course, I shook her hand, and just like a small villain, I grabbed her hand and squashed it pretty hard. I could she frown for a bit before Stella smiled slightly

"You're such an interesting man, Kirasagi-sama. Even a woman will be happy to defeat me like that, especially since you're just listed as C-Rank Magician. You're successfully throwing me like a pebble in the road. Ha— I wonder what people imagine that the princess from the Vermillion Empire lost to a man. It's kind of humiliating, you know…" Stella said while she actually paid back what I did to her, and this time, she truly squashed my hand with her petite hand.

"At the same time, it really shows why you're here in this first place. It's such a good mindset that an average woman doesn't have to— anyway." She continued to speak while smiling at me.

Which was pretty fucking hurt—- it also showed how different our strengths are.

"Well, it's fine already. But if there's a chance we both compete against each other next time, I'll be the one who triumphed." Stella said while letting my hands go. "I wonder how you destroy my mana barrier. Hm, from what I saw— It looks like you put most of your magic in a single point."

"Yeah, that's something I do. I don't have that much magic. That's why I need to be smart."

"You're answered like you're doing such an easy feat. You must be working hard to be able to do that." Stella, with her big beautiful eyes, stared at me fondly. It kind of made me feel embarrassed since I didn't think I had a person stare at me like that. "Those baseless rumors are ridiculous."

Magic, after all, is a woman's field— That's why most of the people I knew laughed and made fun of me who dreamed of becoming a magician. And even though I had some success, a lot of ridiculous gossip was always thrown at me.

It felt like her clear crimson eyes grasp hold of me. Well, if she had the same past, just like in the anime I saw in the previous world, she may be fond of me because she experienced something similar to me. People always looked upon her as a genius, even though she became this strong because of her strong will.

"Hm— I wonder if I can learn something from what you are doing—" She continued her talk.

"Well, I can give you some points."

"Eh, really?"

"Yeah, from today, we'll be roommates. I hope we will be good roommates for a long time."

"Ah, yes. That's true. But are you fine with it?"

"I'm fine. It's not like you will take advantage of me, right?"

"What!? Of course not— I will swear I will not do anything you don't like."

"Hm, so you'll do it if I like it?"

"What!!? That's— shameless!! It wasn't a gentleman thing to say!!!" Stella responded with a blushed face.

"Hahaha, you're such a cute girl."

"Ugh— This feels like a complicated feeling that I never felt before—"

That was my small conversation with Stella.

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Well, Okay. I took several recommendation for the harem. Btw, this fanfic will be more about action. adventure school life, slice of life, and harem stuff. Maybe +smut in the future. Don't expect such a big plot. Even though, I try to put some.

Please, You can put any recommendations here----

Btw, the schedule of this fanfic, will be Monday to Saturday.

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